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The Daily Tar HeelThursday, January 16, 19923 ft fflBugITy HIV-positive partners neglect responsibility Many North Carolinians who test positive for the HI V virus do not inform their sexual and needle-sharing part ners in spite of a state law requiring such notification, according to a recent study by UNC researchers. The study, published in the Jan. 9 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, surveyed individuals who tested HIV-positive in Durham, Mecklenburg and Wake counties. N.C. law requires people infected with the HIV virus to notify their sexual or needle-sharing partners either per sonally or through the public health department. Violation of this law results in a fine, a prison term or both. The study divided the patients with HIV into two groups. Members of the first group were trusted to notify their partners person ally. Publichealth department counselors notified partnersof those infected in the second group. Researchers determined that SO per cent of the partners were notified by the health department officials compared to the 7 percent who were notified by tne individual patients. The low rate of effectiveness in the health department is based on the in ability of officials to locate all of the partners. Columnist Kilpatrick's speech to benefit kids James J. Kilpatrick, a nationally syn dicated columnist, will speak on behalf of UNC Hospitals' Program on Child hood Trauma and Maltreatment at the Omni Europa Hotel on April 23. Kilpatrick, author of "The Sovereign States" and "The Writer's Art," will discuss "The Beauty and Power of the English Language" at a dinner for about 500 people. Tickets are $100 per per son. ' The columnist's appearance is part of a fund-raiser for the statewide pro gram that provides support and treat ment for children who are victims of sexual abuse, psychological trauma and other maltreatment. . The dinner program is sponsored by UNC's School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Cancer researchers request volunteers . '" 'As part of an international, multi center effort, researchers at UNC's School of Medicine are studying a new therapy that may be added to the list of cancer-fighting treatments. ; The researchers involved in the study tire recruiting patients with non Hodgkin's lymphoma, a malignant form of cancer, and patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, the most com mon adult form of the disease. ; Patients in the advanced stages of these diseases, or those who fail to achieve a complete remission from ei ther chemotherapy or radiation treat ment, have a life expectancy of a few months. Researchers are trying to prolong these individuals' lives by developing new cancer-fighting therapies. The new therapy consists of injec tions of an antibody that attaches itself to the antigen found on the exterior of most cancerous cells in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and lymphocytic leukemia . patients and kills the cancerous cell, i To be eligible to participate in the ttudy, patients must be 18 years of age 6r older and must have undergone che motherapy or radiation therapy without ftchieving remission. I Persons interested in taking part in the study should call Dr. Howard Ozer, professor of medicine and chief of the division of oncology, at 966-4431. 4 Botanical garden offers natural winter wonders The N.C. Botanical Oarripn has cjv. era programs in its schedule aimed at plant life during the winter months. Jim Ward, garden curator, will lead an indooroutdoor workshop titled Winter Botany." The workshop will provide basic in formation for identifying native plants and their beauty in winter. The work shop will be held from 9 a.m. to noon (Jan. 25. ; Participants will be given a chance to 'take a closer look at nature during the ;winter. i Hot chocolate will be provided and participants are encouraged to bring itwigs from plants on their property to be identified. ', "Residential Landscape Gardening." ;a five-day workshop on planning, in stalling and maintaining the home land escape, is scheduled for Saturdays, 10 ;'a.m. to noon, beginning Feb. 1. ; The workshop is a repeat of earlier .'sessions conducted by former garden staff person and local landscaper Al (Cooke. Topics include site analysis and plan ning, soil preparation, selection of an- propriate plants, installation and long term maintenance. ! The program will include a field trip , to make observations of plants in the (managed landscape. '. Winter garden hours are weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. NAACP head plans to meet with By Michael Workman Staff Writer The local NAACP chanter president said he plans to take Chancellor Paul narain up on an otter to meet and dis cuss University policies regarding mi norities. James Brittian, Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP president, said a Dec. 19 letter from Hardin proposed that the two offi cials arrange a meeting. In the letter, Hardin wrote, "The Di vision of Human Resources, as well as Student By Mary Moore Parham Staff Writer John Ward's film, "Go West," is perhaps the film equivalent to the a.p.p.l.e.s. program. It was during a summer internship in Chicago that Ward, a senior adver tising major from Wilmington, got the idea to write, direct and star in a ro mantic comedy about facing the re sponsibilities of life after graduation. "I was thinking about my senior year ahead of me and thought that a film would be a great opportunity to test out the field and learn about di recting at a low cost to the Univer sity," he said.'That's what a univer sity setting is all about. "Film classes are good, but there is little access to equipment or chance for practical application because the projects are often small," Ward said. "We felt the classroom could onlv take us so far, and that the real learn ing experience would have to be on location." With the idea of nioneerin? an nut let for student filmmakers at the Uni versity, Ward teamed uo with pro ducer Christy Hardison, a senior pub lic relations major also trom Wilmington, and placed an advertise ment in The Daily Tar Heel announc ing auditions for cast and extras. Soon after, an ad asking "Hey baby, wanna crew?" appeared to recruit a crew. "What we found was that we got a melting pot of people." Hardison said. "There were people from all walks of life athletes. North Campus, South Campus, Greeks every single col lege dividing line you could imag me. With a membership in the Screen Actor's Guild and the experience of acting or appearing in 1 2 feature films ' including "Teenage Mutant Ninia Turtles," "Dream a Little Dream" and bleeping With the Enemy. Ward is no stranger to life behind the camera. Classes still available, By Deborah Ann Greenwood Stan writer Frustrated students who still have not finalized their schedules may find it difficult, but not impossible, to pick up classes tney need. University officials said Wednesday. "A little bit of everything is still absolutely available," University Reg istrar David Lanier said. "There are even still a lot of chem labs, and a variety of psychology and philosophy classes." Betsy Taylor, student services man ager for the College of Arts and Sci ences, said officials in her department have been helping between 200 and 300 Parking deck downtown businesses, merchants claim By Chris Goodson Staff Writer The new Rosemary Street parking deck is being built to ease downtown Chapel Hill's parking woes, but several downtown business owners believe the problems created by construction out weigh the potential benefits. Sam Petrides. owner of Franklin Street Sporting Goods, said since con struction began last fall his retail sales have dropped 35 percent. . "Business is not good on Franklin Street," he said. Franklin Street Sporting Goods ex perienced an especially difficult Christ mas season because regular customers said they would not be able to shop there due to the lack of parking, Petrides said. "My customers said they weren't coming," he said. Chapel Hill Engineering Supervisor Larry Tucker said construction began on the East Rosemary Street facility in Li fe- early ieptem Per and is no w three weeks behind schedule. The deck will create 315 new parking spaces. Chapel Hill Town Manager Cal Horton said construction should be com pleted by the end of this year. But Petrides said the town should have started construction earlier. "They should have started in June," he said. "They didn't." Franklin Street Sporting Goods is moving from its present location at 169 E. Franklin St. to Timberlyne Shopping other members of my administration who have responsibility for issues re lated to workplace equity and environ ment, remain willing to meet with you to discuss further any of these issues." Hardin was out of town Wednesday and could not be reached for comment. Brittian said, "I'm going to take them up on this offer. I intend to call him and set up an appointment next week to discuss a variety of issues." Hardin and Brittian have established an extensive written correspondence with each other, sending at least five finds own UNC senior John He was, however, a stranger to the cam era itself and also had to place an adver tisement for a cinematographer. Scott Lansing, a junior radio, television and motion picture major from Vienna, Va., answered. "Scott called me, a total stranger, and began to throw out all this technical stuff. I had no idea what he was saying but I had heard some of the words before so I said 'OK,'" Ward said. What followed was an exercise in trust and communication, j "At the beginnings ve had a hard time trusting eactvother," Ward said. "Scott probably thought, 'Yeah, well you've done a couple of movies, but you don't know the first thing about equipment,' and I wasn't totally sure of students a dav find classes. Most of the course sections still open aren't appealing to students, she said. "The courses I have found available are not the classes our students are look ing to fulfill," Taylor said. "We had a terrible time filling upper-level lan guages, although a lot of lower-level classes are still open." The number of students coming in for help has increased from last semes ter, she added. This is the result of smaller sections in lower-level classes being offered this spring. "It's been worse than I can ever re member." Taylor said. "In the fall there were more large sections in classes like construction t tt.- j If If Uli 'O 1 mi AHUM ppUULLLLQxr :.;JJ- i I 4, I " ; ' MI',tlJMaeJJ'"MM,M''""JJfl" - ... i,. . DTHCum Halverwn Rosemary Street parking deck scheduled for completion by end of year Center mainly because of the drop in business, Petrides said. The benefit of the new parking deck will not come in time to make up for the parking problems caused by its con struction, Petrides said. He added that he expected setbacks in construction to delay completion of the deck for as long as two years. While Franklin Street Sporting Goods can move, other downtown businesses may not survive until the parking deck is completed, Petrides said. Ted Nelson, manager of Barrel of letters to each other since October. Brittian's recent letter from the chan cellor was in response to Dec. 2 and Dec. 4 letters from Brittian accusing Hardin of mishandling University em ployment discrimination cases. In his recent letter, Hardin said he had confidence in the University's dis crimination prevention programs. "The established structures and pro cesses for dealing with equity in the workplace and for creating a positive working environment within the Uni versity have my full support," the letter way to silver screen Ward uses video equipment lo direct "Go West," a 45-minute film his capabilities." It was during a four-day shoot in Wilmington over Fall Break when Lan sing lived in Ward's home that the two were forced to work together, one pick ing up where the expertise of the oiher left off. Together the two have been able to turn Ward's screenplay intoa45-minute piece shot fi Im-sty le, as opposed to TV style, using only video equipment unusual for this type of project. Most soap operas and sitcoms are filmed TV-style, meaning that they are set inside and usually in the same loca tion. In addition, they are shot at only one angle and in even lighting, Ward said. "In contrast, one scene in 'Go West' 1 gay and having gay sex," he said. but students must compromise Econ 10, the political sciences or His tory 18. Now there aren't many large sections and they all seem to meet at the same times." Last semester the Registrar's Office printed a list of all sections still avail able in undergraduate and graduate courses. But Lanier said because few students took advantage of the lists, they were not posted this semester. "We didn't see it as all that success ful. We had one posted in the Student Union and one in the hall here," he said. "We watched it, and no more lhan 220 students came by." The list was used sparingly because the openings in classes change by the delays hurt 7 '", Fun, a Franklin Street video arcade, said the lack of available parking for the downtown area has caused a 20 percent to 25 percent drop in his business. "If you can't get people downtown, you can't do business," he said. The parking deck may not even solve the problems when it is completed, he said. By that time the need for down town parking may be too great, Nelson said. "If it was ready today, I'd say fine," See PARKING, page 7 states. Hardin called the programs "com prehensive", but Brittian said he thought the programs were only designed for supervisors. "From what I've seen, there is no comprehensive training program," Brittian said. 'They are saying (comprehensive programs) are in place, but we want to know how they are being implemented," he continued. "Employees are still being harassed in regards to grievances." DTHCarth fon might be filmed at 12 to 15 different angles and in various settings," he said. Producer Hardison has proved to be the persuasive force behind thecast and crew, obtaining permission to film segments in Wilmington.Chapel Hill, Raleigh and a Mobil gas station half way between the towns on N.C. 54. Most recently, the cast filmed a scene in the Dean E. Smith Center. When a technical problem stopped the filming, both cast and crew got to shoot baskets with one of the security guards. None of the cast or crew is getting paid for their work, including fellow See GO WEST, page 7 second, he explained. "The problem is that if we produce a list today, it is outdated as soon as we print it." Taylor said a computer-updated list would help, but only if students were willing to accept alternatives to the classes they wanted. "I am less willing to help students that aren't willing to take what is avail able," Taylor said. Lanier agreed that students with in complete schedules should consider available alternatives. "Many students won't consider the other classes," he said. "They have the subject they want, the time they want and they don't want to hear about any thing else." Chapel Hill teens search for place to skateboard, hang out By Carol Davis Staff Writer A recent decision by the University Board ofTrustees banning skateboard ing on campus coupled with the lack of approved skateboarding facilities in Chapel Hill has left local teenagers searching for a place to shred. The Dec. 13 decision was made to protect campus property after staff members reported damage and van dalism attributed to skateboarders. Jeff DeGraffenreid, a recent gradu ate of Chapel Hill Hieh School, said teenagers usually hang out at the teen center and at Cat's Cradle. But there are few places for skateboarding in Chapel Hill, he said. "You can find skateboarders in the parkine lot above Cat's Cradle." DeGraffenreid said. "There used to tv a place called the 'bowl' behind Uni versity Mall. Before, there were lots of places for skateboarding, hut thru cut out a lot of places when they started constructing all those new buildings downtown. In fact, the nearest place for skateboarding is in Durham.'' Mike Loveman. director of the Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation Department, said a proposal was made three years ago to build a skateboard ramp in southern Community Park. But because the liability insurance would be too expensive, the proposal was abandoned, Loveman said. "The town would have to mirchflsrt $ I million worth of liability insurance Hardin Brittian said he was pleased to have a chance to meet with University offi cials. "What we have requested is that he ... instruct the Division of Human Re sources to cooperate fully with us, whereby we m ay be able to sit do wn and ... if there are some processes in place that we don't know about, then maybe they can show us what they are and how tney are oeing implemented, he said. Laurie Charest, associate vice chan cellor for human resources, could not be reached for comment. DA: Charge accurate in sex offense By Amber Nlmocks City Editor Two Carrboro men were charged with crimes against nature Monday morning because they were involved in an illegal sexual act and not because they per formed the act in public, Orange Chatham District Attorney Carl Fox said Wednesday. "There is no prohibition against sex in public," Fox said, adding that the men did not violate the N.C. law pro hibiting indecent exposure. "Indecent exposure requires a person of the oppo site sex be present." According to police reports, a Chapel Hill police officer discovered Julius Kenneth Walker, of 605 Oak wood Ave., Carrboro, perform ing fellatio on Joshua Carl Flamer, of 1 1 5-B, Sue Anne Apart ments, Carrboro, in the parking lot of the old Western Sizzlin' building on West Rosemary Street. Fox said this was the first time he had seen the crimes against nature charge brought against two consenting adults. Crimes against nature include oral sex, anal sex and sex with animals, Fox said. Fellatio is aclassified crime against nature whether committed by hetero sexuals or homosexuals, he said. Chapel Hill Town Council member Joe Herzenberg said he did not agree with the law prohibiting crimes against nature, but said he did think having sex in public should be illegal. Herzenberg, North Carolina's only admittedly homosexual elected official, said he had worked for years to have" this law appealed. The fact that homosexual acts are illegal leads some to believe that homo sexuality is illegal, Herzenberg said. "There is a difference between beine ... The University offers manv courses students could take to fulfill perspec tives, but students will have to keep an open mind, he said. "We are a University and so we offer the diversity, but unfortunately many students don't want to diversify." Taylor said competition for places in course sections was strong, and only one course had been added that was not listed in the course directory. "I understand that departments are restricting enrollment to majors," she explained. "For example, speech, economics and RTVMP. Andtheonlycourseadded is a way upper-level speech communi cations class for speech majors." to cover any accidents," he said. "The insurance would have cost the town $50,000 a year. The town would also nave to absorb the cost for all acci dents estimated at $25,000 or mm. Chapel Hill Town Council member Kooseveit wiikerson said the town had no plans to construct a skate boarding center. "Our basic position is that we would not provioe any icina ot skateboarding facilities because of liabilitv issues" he said, "There is a teen center that is located tn the basement of the Chapel Hill Post Office downtown." The town occasionally provides iunas ror tne center, which creates programs for junior high and high school age groups, Wiikerson said. Richard Kinney, director of the Carrboro Parks and Recreation De partment, said Carrboro no longer planned to build a recreation center. The Carrboro Board of Aldermen had placed a $2. 1 5 million bond refer endum on the Nov. 5 ballot for a center, but voters defeated it Dallas Myatt, manager of Chapel Hill's Community Center, said the center, which is run by the town's i parks and recreation department, tried to offer teens many diverse activities. "Athletics is a major part of (the center's program)," he said. "There are more than a hundred activities geared toward teens hens at the com munity center. During the teen years, however, socializing with friends takes precedence over other activities."
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