2The Daily Tar HeelMonday, May 18, 1992
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Faculty members quiet in BCC debate
By Jennifer Friedman
Staff Writer
Campus leaders in the debate over
establishing a free-standing black cul
tural center say they are disappointed
that faculty members are not taking a
more active part in deciding the issue.
Scott Wilkens, co-president of the
Campus Y, said he "sensed a general
reluctance on the part of individual fac
ulty members to take a stand.
"A lot of departments are looking for
their own spaces, so they may see (a
free-standing center) as siphoning funds
away from their own departments,"
Wilkens said.
Wilkens said he was "surprised and
disappointed" that more faculty mem
bers had not expressed support for mov
ing the Sonya H. Stone Black Cultural
Center into a free-standing building.
"We can't sit back and wait for them
to take the initiative," Wilkens said. "I
can't see what more we can do to en
courage individual faculty members."
Chancellor Paul Hardin, who op
poses a free-standing BCC in favor of
expanding its present Student Union
facility, said he considered faculty mem-
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bers' opinions on the subject as impor
tant as those of the students.
Hardin said the faculty was involved
in the issue, citing the April 13 Faculty
Council meeting at which the issue was
discussed. "The bulk of those who spoke
agree with my position," he said.
But Campus Y Director Zenobia
Hatcher-Wilson said she thought most
faculty members still did not under
stand the debate.
"There's still a lot of lack of knowl
edge about what the issues are," she
said. "I was a faculty member at the
University of Cincinnati and I know
that as faculty ... if it's not in our area we
don't get involved."
Some faculty members who missed
meetings on the subject said they had
been preoccupied with other concerns
and were unable to keep themselves
informed about the issue.
David Halperin, director of graduate
studies in the Department of Religious
Studies, said he had no opinion on the
matter and had "not thought very much
about it." He doubted students could do
anything to get him more interested.
Stirling Haig, chairman of the De
partment of Romance Languages, said
he had been "busy with so many other
adm in istrat i ve th ings that I haven 't been
able to keep up with the issue."
Hatcher-Wilson said faculty mem
bers could become more involved by
discussing the BCC at meetings and by
talking about the issues with students.
"For those who are not yet sure, they
should ask questions to students who
are involved in this issue," she said.
BCC Director Margo Crawford said
most faculty members who studied the
issue supported a free-standing build
ing. "Usually the faculty with whom I
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come intocontact are already in favorof
a free-standing BCC," she said. "As for
those who drop in to discuss the issue,
most of them leave favoring a free
standing BCC."
Walter Spearman professor of jour
nalism Chuck Stone said he would like
to encourage faculty members to be
"involved in the exchange to the extent
that they feel they need to be."
Stone, who has taught at six univer
sities, said faculty members may have
been reluctant to get involved because
education was their first priority.
"One has to be careful not to get
sucked up in social actions and ignore
their primary function, which is to
teach," he said.
Stone said he supported whatever
solution the students want. "I'm not an
advocate of a free-standing BCC, but if
the majority of students want it then I
feel constrained to support it as well."
Promoting an "open and honest dia
logue" is important in fostering debate,
Stone said. White faculty members
should not feel they are going to be
labelled as racists for raising questions
or objections, he added.
'The college campus is the last bas
tion of the free exchange of ideas, even
if they pain us," Stone said.
"If we cannot have an open and hon
est discussion, we are taking something
away from this university atmosphere."
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Buddies collect 3 tons
of food from students
for Orange Co. needy
By Dana Pope
City Coordinator
Organizations that help Orange
County needy will have an additional
three tons of food to distribute this
year, thanks to a recent University
graduate and his Little Buddy.
University graduate Michael
Lowry, his Little Buddy Anthony
Daniels and four student volunteers
collected 6,000 pounds of food in three
days by placing boxes in dormitories
before students moved out.
Theirfood collection program could
be instituted as an annual program at
the Campus Y, Director Zenobia
Hatcher-Wilson said.
"I would ask him to come see me if
he wants (to discuss the program),"
she said, and added that the program
sounded like a great idea.
The Y'sHungerCommittee, which
sponsors other food drives, possibly
could take over the program, she said.
Lowry said earlier this month that
he would like for the program to be
instituted on an annual basis and would
talk to the Campus Y this summer.
Lowry, who graduated May 1 0 with
a bachelor of arts degree, said he started
the food collection program because
he wanted to set an example for
Daniels, a sixth-grader at Ephesus
Road Elementary School.
"I wanted to show my Little Buddy
that he could make a difference,"
Lowry said. "I know I worked him
hard carrying cans and things."
; Lowry and Daniels gave the food to
four area organizations the Inter
Faith Council in Chapel Hill, the Or
ange County Department of Social
Services, the Orange Congregations
and Missions based in Hillsborough
and the Faith Deliverance Church.
Lowry said he gave about half of
the food to the Hillsborough organiza
tions so it could be redistributed in the
rural areas of Orange County. :
"It's going to help rural areas ...
where it's needed most," he said.
Lowry said he was surprised at the
amount of food and other items do
nated. Stuffed animals, clothes and
Christmas ornaments also were placed
in the boxes, he said.
"My original expectations were that
we would only get about 2500pounds,"
he said. "There was anything (in the
boxes) people thought the needy and
impoverished could use.
"My main concern with the pro
gram was to m ake sure the food wasn't
thrown away. I have seen how food is
thrown away in the past because stu
dents didn't want to take it home.
"It seems that Chapel Hill students
are socially conscious enough to make
the extra effort (to put the food in the
boxes)," he said. "It was very ... en
lightening and it kind of reaffirmed
my faith in the campus."
Lowry said Carl Henderson, Greg
Mayo, Sanjib Mohanty and Don
Vecchiarello helped on two of the three
collection days.
At the May 1 1 Chapel Hill Town
Council meeting, council member
Joyce Brown publicly commended
Lowry for collecting the food.
"I think this helped the groups help
the needy and it helped keep the food
out of the landfill," Brown said.
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Buddy program was established
in 1971 and was not affiliated with the
Big Brother-Big Sister program.
"(Big Buddy) is designed to be a
friendship-mentor relationship ... be
tween University students and students
in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school
system who have been identified as
needing a special friend," she said.
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Town council
votes to test
landfill options
By Debbie McMahon
Staff Writer
The ChapeJ Hill Town Council gave
engineers the go-ahead to study poten
tial sites for a new Orange Regional
Landfill last week, despite residents'
attempts to deny them access.
The council's May 1 1 decision goes
to the Carrboro Board of Aldermen and
the Orange County Commissioners at
their meetings on May 19. If they agree
with the decision, written notices will
be sent to landowners 30 days prior to
the start of the testing.
The search for a landfill site, which
began in late 1989, faltered in mid
April when Joyce Engineering, Inc. sent
letters to 49 landowners on the four
potential sites requesting access to their
properties.
Eighteen of the 49 landowners de
nied the engineers access, 23 allowed
access and eight failed to respond.
The investigations involve drilling
test holes and ditches to determine
ground water depth and flow, bedrock
depth and soil types.
Reginald Gillespie, an attorney rep
resenting Orange County landowner
Randy Fox, asked the council to delay
its decision until the Landfill Search
Committee could eliminate at least one
of the potential sites. Delaying the in
vestigations could minimize the loss of
timber and destruction of land during
testing, he said.
Gillespienoted that reducing the num
ber of testing sites would save the town
between $20,000 and $25,000 for each
site not tested.
Orange County resident Mark
Marcoplos recommended postponing
the search until an effective waste re
duction plan could be implemented.
But Scott Franklin, a member of Stop
Eubanks Area Landfill, spoke in sup
port of testing on the four sites because
he said it would verify the unsuitability
of Site 17, the Blackwood division of
Duke Forest.
Some council members seemed hesi
tant to allow the engineers to enter the
private properties without permission.
Council member Julie Andresen said
she wanted to ensure that all landown
ers were made aware that they would be
reimbursed for damages incurred on
their properties during testing.
Council member Joyce Brown said
that some points raised against the use
of specific sites may have been valid. :
Brown also questioned the need for
such large landfill sites. The four sites
vary in size from 818 acres to 1,643
acres, 500 to 1,150 acres of which are
suitable for landfill use.
Council member Art Werner sup
ported further testing, saying the data
that would be collected would help re
move doubts about the sites.
The four sites are:
Site 2 an818-acretract south of
the Cane Creek Reservoir off of N.C. 54
in Bingham Township.
S ite 9 an 824-acre tract between
N.C. 57 and N.C. 86 near Hillsborough.
Site 11 a 1643-acre tract north
east of Hillsborough in Eno Township.
Site 17 a 853-acre tract in the
Blackwood division of Duke Forest.