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Vonnegut to speak at
Duke Tuesday night
Kurt Vonnegut, a popular American
author, will speak Tuesday night at Duke
University.
The program will begin at 8 p.m. in
Page Auditorium on the Duke campus.
Vonnegut will lecture on the topic
"How to Get A Job Like Mine."
He also will speak about motives
behind his writings and discuss how his
works relate to current events.
A question-and-answer session will
follow the lecture.
Vonnegut, who grew up in India
napolis and studied biochemistry at
Cornell University, is known for works
such as "Slaughterhouse Five," "Cat's
Cradle" and "Dead-Eye Dick."
The program is free and open to the
public.
Tickets are available on a first-come,
first-serve basis.
The public may pick up tickets at the
Page Auditorium box office between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m. daily until Tuesday.
The Major Speakers Committee at
Duke, which is sponsoring the event,
expects no tickets to remain the day of
the speech.
Tickets are limited to two per person.
For more information, please call
(919) 684-2911.
Friday night inarch
to honor Bob Sheldon
A local group formed to remember
slain Chapel Hill bookstore owner and
political activist will hold a program
Friday night in his memory.
The Friends of Bob Sheldon will
gather in front of the Franklin Street
post office in Chapel Hill at 7 p.m.
Following a march to International
ist Books located at 408 W. Rosemary
St., a program of music and speakers
honoring Sheldon will be held.
All interested participants are asked
to bring a flower.
Bob Sheldon, who owned Interna
tionalist Books, was shot in his store
with a small caliber shotgun last Feb.
21.
No arrests have been made in con
nection with Sheldon's murder.
Sheldon was politically active in such
groups as the Orange County Greens.
For more information on the march,
call Internationalist Books at 942-1740.
Man struck by car dies
at University hospital ,
A man that was hit by a car last month
died Feb. 7 at UNC Hospitals.
Raymond D. Hairston of 1 23 Windsor
Circle died due to injuries sustained in
a car-and-pedestrian accident involv
ing motorist Bellina Veronesi of IS 12
Borland Drive, Hillsborough, accord
ing to police reports.
Hairston, 73, was struck by
Veronesi's 1988 Volvo near the inter
section of Airport Road and Homestead
Road about 6:45 p.m. Jan. 28.
Veronesi's excessive speed and
Hairston's failure to cross at the inter
section properly were cited as circum
stances contributing to the event, police
spokeswoman Jane Cousins said.
No charges were filed against
Veronesi.
Dinner to pay tribute
to former police chief
A dinner will be held next month to
honor former Chapel Hill Police Chief
Arnold Gold.
Gold retired after working for the
town for 25 years.
The dinner will be held at 7 p.m.
March 6 in the Skipper Bowles Room at
the Smith Center.
Tickets are $10 each and are avail
able at Breadmen's, the Downtown
Commission Office, Bud & Eb's Grill
andTavem, He's Not Here andTripodi 's
Delicatessen.
. Tickets may also be purchased at
Squids, Spanky's,41 1 West, Show and
Tell Video and Tumbleweed Cyclery.
. A gift will be presented to Gold at the
dinner.
Donations for the gift can be made to
the Arnold Gold retirement gift fund, c
o First Citizens Bank, P.O. Box 930,
Chapel Hill, N.C. 275 14.
For more information or to donate
money for the gift, call 929-9700.
Meditation instruction
offered in Carrboro
A Carrboro woman will lead medita
tion classes on Tuesdays, starting Feb.
18 and ending March 10.
Barbara Hartley wi 1 1 teach yoga medi
tation through practical exercises and
discussion.
Other topics will include benefits
and goals of meditation, and how to
establish a daily routine of meditation.
A variety of concentration and medi
tation techniques, including creative
visualization, breathing and chanting
also will be taught.
Music and poetry will be used as
tools for meditation.
The class will be based on writings
by Sri Chinmoy, an Indian spiritual
teacher whose writings are the basis of
the workshops. Hartley is a student of
Sri Chinmoy.
The classes will be free.
To receive directions or for more
information about the workshops, call
Barbara Hartley at 967-9633 after 5
p.m.
Power
By Maile Carpenter
Staff Writer
Neighbors of the University's
Cameron Avenue power plant have
hired a lawyer to remind plant officials
that noise levels and light pollution in
their area remain urgent problems, a
resident said Saturday.
Power Plant Neighbors, a group of
residents organized to represent the con
cerns of people living near the plant,
hired Chapel Hill attorney Robert Epting
of Epting and Hackney Law Firm to
"step up the pressure" on plant officials,
PPN director Pierre Morrell said.
Recent break-ins
may be connected
to previous crimes
By Emily Russ
Staff Writer
Four recent instances of larceny and
vandalism aimed at local businesses
may be related to a string of similar
crimes that occurred in January, Chapel
Hill police spokeswoman Jane Cousins
said Friday.
In the last week four Chapel Hill
businesses have had their windows shat
tered, and three of them have had prop
erty removed from their premises, po
lice reports state.
Police have no leads but are looking
for patterns connecting the four crimes
that damaged Shoney's, Jyzner's Fast
Food Delivery, the Cedar Village Con
venience Store and the Italian Pizzeria,
Cousins said.
"Any time we have crimes that are of
a similar nature, we would always in
vestigate that they are possibly con
nected," she said.
A rock was thrown by an unknown
suspect through the window of the Ce
dar Village Convenience Store on
Weaver Dairy Road sometime between
midnight and 5 a.m. Saturday, reports
state.
A cash register, valued at $2 1 9, was
taken but contained no cash. Damage to
the door was estimated at $200.
In a similar crime, an unknown sus
pect threw a brick into the front door of
Shoney's Restaurant, located at 1 506 E.
Seniors launch fund-raising
By Jenny Mclnnis
Staff Writer
Class of 1992 officers hoisted the
University's commemorative flag over
Wilson Library Friday to kick off a
fund-raising campaign for their class
gift.
Class officials will begin calling se
niors to request pledges for the gift,
which will establish two scholarships
and a financial aid information center.
Amy Smith, senior class gift com
mittee co-chairwoman, said a perma
nent flag would fly over the library in a
month. "It's a good balance with the
state of North Carolina flag flying over
South Building and the U.S. flag flying
over the quad," she said.
The gift committee hopes to raise
more than $300,000, which the finan
cial aid office would divide between
two scholarships and a computerized
resource center.
The gift will establish a need-based
scholarship and an academic scholar
ship, said Eleanor Morris, director of
the Office of Scholarships and Student
Aid.
Students also will benefit from a Stu
dent Aid Resource Center that will help
them find sources of aid, Morris said.
The system will allow students to ob
tain reference materials and scholar-
Year-round
alleviate overcrowding,
By Andrea Bruce
Staff Writer
Lazy days of July and August might
be filled with reading, writing and
'rithmetic if the Chapel Hill-Carrboro
school system decides to implement
year-round school plans discussed last
week.
During a planning session held at the
Siena Hotel, parents, teachers and ad
ministrators discussed two possible sys
tems for enrolling students in school all
year long.
Under the single-track concept, stu
dents would attend school for the same
number of days they do now, but sum
mer vacation days would be spread out
in shorter vacations through the year.
The multi-track system would divide
students into two or more groups, and
groups would alternate sessions of at
tendance by staggering starting dates.
'Both concepts would increase the
strength of education in this area dra
matically. Chapel Hill-Carrboro As
sistants uperintendent Neil Peterson told
the school board.
Plant Neighbors hire attorney
"We want to speed up noise and light
control measures," Morrell said.
Morrell said he fears the group is not
receiving all the information from plant
officials about steps to reduce noise and
light at the plant.
"The idea of the lawyer is not to be
confrontational," he said. "Basically,
we want to remind the University that
there is an urgent obligation to the Power
Plant Neighbors."
The University's pollution-reduction
plan is more than a year behind sched
ule, he said.
Plant ombudsman Martin O'Brien
said plant officials were not given a
Franklin St., Thursday, reports state.
Police officers searched the restau
rant and found everything secure. The
restaurant manager said nothing was
missing, reports state. Damage to the
restaurant was estimated at $300.
Jyzner's Fast Food Delivery, located
at 309 W. Rosemary St., also reported a
breaking and entering early Thursday
morning, according to police reports.
Someone threw a rock through the
front glass window, entered the build
ing and took the cash register, reports
state.
The cash register contained no
money, according to reports.
The Italian Pizzeria also was vandal
ized last week.
A suspect threw a piece of concrete
through the front door window of the
business located at 508 W. Franklin St.
Wednesday, reports state.
The suspect then unlocked the door
and entered the restaurant, reports state.
The cash register drawer was pried
open and an undetermined amount of
money was taken, according to reports.
There are no suspects and damage to
the front door was estimated at $100,
the report states.
Cousins said the recent string of
crimes might be related to similar crimes
that occurred in January.
A suspect was arrested in connection
with one of the January crimes, but has
not been convicted, she said.
Senior class officers raise the University
ship application forms.
"This idea is especially unique," she
said. "It helps to establish a new tradi
tion at Carolina."
Senior Class President Mike
Ferguson said a number of seniors had
volunteered to call classmates to ask for
pledges between Sunday and Wednesday.
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school schedule might
"Students tend to have great reten
tion loss during the summer, and teach
ers usually spend a month reviewing the
information studied the year before," he
said.
System overcrowding prompted of
ficials to explore year-round school.
The expense of a multi-track system
and the fact that a single-track system
would not decrease overcrowding were
some of the problems discussed.
Board member Ted Parrish expressed
concern for possible racial or cultural
imbalances that might occur under the
multi-track system.
"I'm worried that if a multi-track
system comes intoeffect, students would
be divided by where they live because
of transportation, which might create
cliques of any kind, including racial,"
Parrish said.
Board member Sue Baker said stu
dents transferring to the Chapel Hill
Carrboro system from other systems
might be left behind by year-round
school.
"Would kids from this area get so far
ahead that others entering our system
time limit by the Chapel Hill Town
Council for completion of pollution
reduction measures.
"It's hard to say how long it's going
to take," he said.'Tt could take months
and months."
O'Brien also said the plant had done
a lot to reduce noise pollution.
"We've hired an acoustical engineer,
and he is taking measurements," he
said.
John Stewart of Noise Control Spe
cialists will recommend procedures to
reduce noise at the plant within the next
month, O'Brien said.
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Tar Heel Voices a cappella group members Milton Artis, left, the Bad Mamma
Alicia Barefoot and Son Pernell, harmonize in "True Colors" at . N.C. State, Duke
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commemorative flag to begin a fund-raiser
The volunteers ask for $200, which
is payable over the next five years,
Ferguson said. The first payment is $20
and increases a little every year, he said.
"I think it's an easy pledge," he said.
"Students don't have to pledge, but we
are encouraging everyone."
Smith said she expected the first
scholarships to be awarded in the fall.
board says
wouldn't be able to keep up?" Baker
asked.
Board members also said students
who needed summer school might not
find time for the extra instruction under
the year-round system.
Shara Stewart, president of the Chapel
Hill-Carrboro Federation of Teachers,
said teachers would benefit economi
cally from a year-round system.
"On an economic standpoint, teach
ers wouldn't need a second job as bad,
because they would be employed year
round," she said.
The board decided to begin educa
tion programsto inform the public about
the options and problems related to year
round school.
Board member Judy Ortiz said the
board needed time to research and mea
sure citizen reaction before it made any
decisions about the proposal.
The discussion of year-round school
was part of a two-day planning session
held by the board Thursday and Friday.
Board members also discussed sys
tem goals and budget concerns for the
upcoming year.
ence by theend of the summer,"0'Brien
said.
Morrell said residents near the power
plant still were concerned about "intru
sively bright" lights in the area.
O'Brien said power plant officials
did not plan to hire a consultant to
handle light-reduction at the plant.
"We can shield the lights ourselves,"
he said.
O'Brien added that University offi
cials could not shield lights or install
light shades until the University re
ceived complete control of the plant.
Tyger Construction Company still
controls physical changes at the plant.
drive for
"It's a wonderful idea
with the tuition hike and
the budget problem at
Carolina."
Mike Ferguson
senior class president
The resource center already is open.
James Parrish, director of the devel
opment office, said the scholarships
would grow each year because of inter
est. "The real exciting thing about doing
an endowment is that it keeps grow
ing," he said. "Students can keep giving
as long as they're around."
Mike Ferguson agreed the endow
ment was a good idea. "It's a wonderful
idea with the tuition hike and the budget
problem at Carolina."
Parrish said the resource center would
Fraternity's efforts provide enough
money to finance King scholarship
ByMaridaMoye
Staff Writer
Although organizers have not re
ceived the endowment necessary to
make the Martin Luther King Scholar
ship a permanent part of the Univer
sity, a fraternity's fund-raising efforts
have helped make this year's scholar
ship possible.
Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity mem
bers were instrumental in raising funds
for this year's Martin Luther King
scholarship. Fund-raising efforts by
the fraternity began last fall.
"Last year the funds for the scholar
ship were raised through the Campus
Y," said Karlton Pettis, president of
Kappa Alpha Psi. "But this year we
wanted to be a part of the fund-raising
efforts by making the MLK scholar
ship fund a service project for our
organization."
The purpose of the scholarship is to
assist financially those students who
demonstrate many of the ideals King .
represented as a freedom fighter and
as a human itarian. The criteria include
academic excellence, leadership and
civil duty to the community and the
University.
The recipient of this year's scholar
ship, worth $500, was Cassandra
Caldwell, a junior from Fayetteville.
For any scholarship to be consid
O'Brien estimated that the University
would completely take over operation
of the plant by mid-March.
"When we accept the power plant,
we can make changes," he said. "We
know now what the problems are."
Members of PPN told the town coun
cil in October that they were concerned
about noise, dust and light pollution
caused by the power plant.
Mayor Ken Broun promised to hear
residents' concerns when he was cam
paigning for election last fall.
"There's no doubt as to Ken Broun's
backing of our rights, but the authority
of the town is limited," Morrell said.
DTHEvie Sandlin
Jamma festival Saturday night. Croups from
and UNCalso joined in the 2-showsingingjam.
class gift
give students a chance to find out about
scholarships to any institution. He said
the resource center is open already and
for students to use.
The money from the senior class gift
would help the resource center to buy
software, Parrish said. Students would
plug in their name, major and area of
study, and thecomputer would list schol
arships that apply to that student. " ;
Ferguson said UNC's class of 1992 ;
was the first class to sponsor a gift of ;
scholarships to a university in the na- ;
tion. "Most gifts are given in people's ;
names."
Duke University ischallengingUNC ;
to beat their senior class gift, Ferguson ;
said. ;
"Duke is looking for an opportunity ;
to get even from the basketball game," ;
Ferguson said. "We will beat them ;
soundly."
The Duke gift will benefit the Child ;
Care program at the university and the ;
Duke Annual Fund.
The results of the challenge will be ;
announced during halftime at the Duke- ;
Carolina basketball game March 8.
ered permanent at the University, it
must have a minimal endowment of
$ 1 0,000. Archie Ervin, assistant to the
vice chancellor for University affairs
and chairman of the MLK scholarship
committee, said a donation may be on
its way to fund the scholarship.
"We are now in the process of wait
ing on a large donation which should
aid us in our quest to make the MLK
scholarship a permanent scholarship
here at the University," he said.
Erik Moses, a Kappa Alpha Psi
member and co-coordinator for the
MLK scholarship drive, said although
donations played a large part in the
success of funding the scholarship,
other activities coincided withthe spirit
of the MLK scholarship.
"We gave out Martin Luther King
buttons in the Pit," he said. "Although
it rained one day during the week,
overall the week was a success."
Ervin said fraternity members were
committed to finding funds for this
year's scholarship.
'To my knowledge, this scholar
ship fund drive is the only one on
campus solely supported and run by
students," he said.
"I think it says a lot about these
students. They could have been doing
a thousand and one other things, but
they were committed to making this
fund-raiser a success."