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The Daily Tar HeelTuesday, September 29, 19923 77 11 No action planned after Harris speech Student Congress members said they anticipated no further action concern ing John Harris' presentation "Intimacy in the Age of Aids" Thursday, said speaker Jennifer Lloyd, Dist. 27. As of Friday, Lloyd had received no complaints about the Student Congress funded presentation. "I went, and sev eral Student Congress members were there," she said. "It's not my job to judge the program. I thought it was very useful and worthwhile for the campus community. Some groups on campus questioned tne legality ot the donation, since Cam pus Crusade for Christ invited Harris to speak on campus. No members of con gress have filed for any official action against the allocation of student funds for Harris' expenses. "We granted (Campus Crusade) the money last week based on knowledge that the speech was not religious, and they were honest with us, Lloyd said. Finance Committee Chairman Chris Tuck said there would be no way for Student Congress to take back the money. "As long as there is a two-thirds vote, Student Congress can fund anything, he said. Any action to freeze the funds would have to go through Student Body Trea surer Nigel Long. Earn credit through internship program College students can earn UNC credit and have a great summer by participat ing in the Institute of Government Sum mer Intern Program. Through the program, 30 college stu dents have the opportunity to work in local and state government, drawing on their intelligence, enthusiasm and cre ativity to contribute to important as signments. The program also includes weekly seminars on current public issues and field trips to different state government institutions. Interns live in groups in the Raleigh area and are responsible for all living expenses. - Summer interns earn about $200 per week and can earn political science credit. i .(, : Personal interviews are required for all candidates. Interested students should contact Joan Wilson at 966-4347 for more information. Sigma Chi Derby Days means fun, fund raising The annual Sigma Chi fraternity Derby Days fund-raiser, which benefits the N.C. Children's Hospital, kicked off Saturday. Proceeds from this year's fund-raiser, the 47th of its kind, will go to construc tion of a new porch on the hospital's pediatric surgical unit and to a hospital benefaction set up by past Derby Days organizers. The total contribution comes from fund-raisers organized by Panhellenic sororities, Derby Days T-shirt sales and donations from local businesses. Eleven sororities compete through out the week in various Derby Days events. Last year, Chi Omega was the overall Derby Days champion. The year's Derby Days events in clude a pudding pour, a Big Wheel race and a lip sync contest. One of the week's highlights is a "Dec-a-Sig" contest, in which each so rority dresses a Sigma Chi brother as a popular children's character. The group of "characters" then visits hospitalized children. Register to vote and rock at the same time For those who go to the Rock the Vote concert Thursday at Rosey 's Good Times, voter registrars will be at tables outside the bar starting at 9:30 p.m. Inside, patrons can hear four local bands for a $3 cover charge, with pro ceeds going to Rock the Vote, the na tional organization working to register more young voters. Dirty Feather Boas, 81 Mulberry, Bobo the Amazing Rubber-Faced Boy and Zen Frisbee will perform. Petitions for congress election due today All students interested in running for Student Congress seats in Graduate School Districts 4, 7 and 8 must turn their petitions in to the Elections Board Office by 5 p.m. today. All candidates who do not turn petitions in on time will be considered write-ins. The election will be held Oct. 6 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Pit. SARR plans discussion on DCC, race relations Students for the Advancement of Race Relations will hold an informal discussion on the black cultural center at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Toy Lounge of Dey Hall. Representatives from vari ous groups involved in the controversy will speak. Of iciafe ay lockep one key to security By Gary Rosenzweig Suff Writer No decision has been made on whether the 24-hour residence hall lockup will be implemented perma nently, University Housing Director Wayne Kuncl said at a forum Monday night. Kuncl said that although no final decision had been reached, a majority of the housing department staff thought the lockup should be permanent. A panel that consisted of Kuncl; Teri Farmer, Granville Towers east tower manager; Countess Hughes, Hinton James area director; and Dan Watts, CarmichaelWhitehead area director, spoke to an audience of about 15 stu dents in the Carmichael Ballroom Mon day. The panel agreed that the most effec tive way of preventing crime was for students to lock their dormitory doors. Kuncl said theft in unlocked rooms was the number one problem in resi dence halls. He also said that the feeling that "it isn't going to happen to me" contributes to the problem. Farmer said that even on the day after the Aug. 29 rape in Granville Towers, some residents left their doors unlocked. iniiiiianiiiitir' '" '- M " i IS' : Y Jilt til 1; ;- n s --ft "-"M Art Pope, candidate for lieutenant governor, speaks to students Monday in the Pit Pope: Strong economy and higher education vital for state's future By Alia Smith Staff Writer N.C. Rep. Art Pope, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, dis cussed student issues and the state budget Monday in a noon speech in the Pit. Pope, a UNC graduate, faces Demo crat Dennis Wicker in the race for N.C. lieutenant governor. The candidate, who was invited to speak by the UNC Young Republi cans, delivered a brief speech and then opened the floor for questions. During thequestion-and-answer session, Pope reiterated many of his campaign stances, including those of direct con cern to the University. Except in special circumstances, college students should be required to graduate in four years to make room for incoming students, Pope said. Pope also said he supported keep ing university professors in the class room as opposed to doing research. Research is an important role ot the University, but it shouldn't take precedence," he said. "I think we should look at cutting research and administrators before we cut teachers in the classroom." The need for improved state educa tion that would establish a well-trained work force is vital to North Carolina's future, he said. This prepared work force would attract outside business and industry to the state, he said. Pope said he was running about even in the polls with Wicker, but there remained a large percentage of undecided votes. Pope then commented on his oppo nent. "Mr. Wicker believes that gov ernment knows what's best for every Kuncl outlined what he thought needed to be done to make the lockup more effective. UNC officials are working on ways to solve logistical problems, such as how to deal with the use of side doors, adding telephones to building exteriors, adding lighting on campus and teaching students to protect themselves, he said. Hughes said that the lockup was worthwhile if it prevented one crime. "The one thing the policy does is make people stop and think about what is going on around them," she said. Watts said that while residents were getting used to having their building locked 24 hours a day, not all of the campus's residents were ready for the lockup. He added that there were still some problems to iron out, such as side door access. Students expressed concern that the lockup was not foolproof and that people still could enter residence halls by hav ing other students let them in. All of the panel members recom mended locking individual room doors as the best way to ensure student safety. Another problem that the panel ad dressed was students propping open side doors. Most side doors in residence halls DTHErin Randall one and he knows what's best for government," he said. Pope also addressed important cam paign issues such as the N.C. budget and state taxes. "The solution I pro pose is to limit spending .... My oppo nent calls that a gimmick," he said. "My first bill is to lower state sales tax," Pope added. Pope then addressed the issue of AIDS testing for convicted rapists. "If a woman has to go through the terrible horror of being raped, shouldn't she be able to have the peace of mind to know if the person who raped her has AIDS?" Pope said. Pope, who supported the Libertar ian Party when he attended UNC, joined the GOP in 1984. He said he switched affiliations when former President Ronald Reagan took office. Wicker has used Pope's past with the Libertarian Party as part of his political strategy. "My opponent is afraid to debate me on the real issues: his voting record, education, prisons," Pope said. Audience reaction to Pope's speech was mixed. Charlton Allen, co-chairman of the UNC Young Republicans, said he was pleased with Pope's appearance. "It was great because he answered student questions as opposed to Wicker's brief appearance here when he refused to take them," Allen said. Michelle Anglin, aUNCjunior, said she was opposed to the Pope's stand on University issues. "(Pope) says that the purpose of the University is to teach, but without research, we would only be teaching the past." Anglin said. "He also basi cally said that if you can't graduate in four years, tough." only open from the inside, and some have delayed alarms to ensure that they are not propped open. The four members of the panel began the discussion by briefing the students about events leading up to the 24-hour lockup and the reasons for implement ing it. Since Sept. 2, all UNC-owned resi dence halls have allowed entrance only through the front doors after several assaults were reported on and near cam pus. Campus security has been tight ened with increased police patrols, the installation of new lights and the lockup since the Aug. 29 rape of a student in her Granville Towers dorm roomand the Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 assaults of two students on the paths around Kenan Stadium. Granville Towers also has had the lockup policy in effect nights and on weekends, but not during regular busi ness hours, Farmer said. One of the drawbacks to the lockup has been problems with mail service to the residence halls, Kuncl said. He said that this problem had been solved by giving a set of front-door keys to the UNC postmaster, who will loan them out to mail carriers on each residence hall route. Woman at By Maria DIGiano Staff Writer With a cheerful smile and an easy going disposition, University Police Chief Alana Ennis is the antithesis of the stern and dominating police chief image. Ennis, who became chief of Univer sity Police in May, spent 16 years as district commander in patrol with the Durham Police Department before com ing to the University. "(University Police) is very different from the agency I came from," Ennis said. Crimes committed on campus are different from ones in Durham. "We don't have drive-by shootings here," Ennis said. Another difference is the change in responsibility. "Now the buck stops with me," she said. Ennis is seeking national accredita tion for the police department. To achieve this standing, the department must meet standards similar to those set for hospitals and other institutions. The department will be judged by a group of outsiders on all aspects of the police force, including how they deliver services to the community, promote officers and recruit minorities. "If we receive national accreditation, we will be one of less than 10 university police departments in the nation and first in the state to do so," said Ennis, who planned to make changes to meet accreditation requirements. Although the chief position is new to Ennis, Chapel Hill is a familiar place. Originally from Mebane, located in Alamance County, Ennis claimed to have "grown up in Chapel Hill's back yard." She received her undergraduate de gree in English from Stratford College in Virginia, but still remembers what UNC was like during her college years in the '60s. "It is very different now," she said. "I think the students are calmer, more rational." After graduating from college, Ennis went on to graduate school at the Uni versity of South Carolina. "I thought I wanted to pursue teaching in a univer sity environment," she said. Ennis became interested in law en forcement "through the back door" when she landed a job working as an admin istrative assistant for a sheriff depart ment in Dallas. But she was kept out of the profes sion, like many other women, by physi cal requirements. "When I first got started in the '70s, they had height and weight rcquire- Council to By Paul Bredderman SUffWritw Chapel Hill Town Council members tonight are expected to approve a $900,000 spending plan to expand or renovate parks, create new athletic fields and lengthen greenways traveled by cyclists and pedestrians. The council will discuss the issue at their meeting at 7:30 p.m. today at Chapel Hill Town Hall. The money comes from the $5 mil lion bond referendum Chapel Hill vot ers approved in 1989 to make improve ments in town parks and open spaces, as seen fit by the town's Parks and Recre ation Department and the Greenways Commission. The council approved a preliminary request in June and then asked the com missions to develop a joint plan to allo cate the funds based on town needs. The town's Parks and Recreation Department and the Greenways Com mission established a uniform list of funding priorities in July, after some initial disagreement. Student Health offers HIV testing for UNC students By Joyce Clark StoffWrittr Students who want to take advan tage of the confidential HTV-antibody test offered at Student Health Service might have to wait almost two weeks for an appointment Dr. John Reinhold, Student Health Service HIV test counselor, say s there might be a slight delay in the appointment-making process because demand for the test has sky-rocketed since basketball star Ear v in "Magic" Johnson disclosed he was HIV posi tive last fall Reinhold said that requests for the test at Student Health have doubled since then and that the demand has been sustained. Reinhold, who coordinates HTV testing and counseling at SHS, said the test, often mistakenly called the AIDS test, actually was a test for the HTV antibodies that can cause AIDS. To be tested, students must sign a consent form that is kept by a counse lor until the results of the test are : returned. If the student receives nega tive test results, the record is destroyed, the helm of University Police Chief Alana Ennis is ments," she said. "I may meet the weight requirement, but I will never be 5 feet 7 inches." Once the Supreme Court ruled such requirements unconstitutional, Ennis, along with other women, was admitted into the profession. But Ennis still faced other forms of discrimination. "When I went out on the street in uniform, people would stop and stare because it was so unusual to have a woman police officer," she said. Ennis faced discrimination on her first call. "I answered a disturbance call from a woman, and when she saw me she said, 'I want a real police officer.'" Ennis said it was very normal now for a woman to be a police officer or even a police chief. She said she felt no gender discrimi mm msmm mmMtmim psstsM?. v mmim lillillllllllli rt iiili w:mi f-K iissfisssiii t vote on parks funding Lee Pavao, Parks and Recreation Department chairman, said: "(There was initially) a difference in interpretation (of the referendum)." The Greenways Commission thought the money was solely for land acquisi tion, he said. "After we met in July , we came to the conclusion that the money was both for land acquisition and development," Pavao said. The resulting plan was approved unanimously at an Aug. 12 meeting of the Greenways Commission and also on Sept. 1 6 by the Parks and Recreation Department. The plan recommends that funds be prioritized as follows: $200,000 for park improvements and land acquisition, $150,000 for greenway develop ment, and $550,000, the majority of the funds, for the development of new park facili ties on existing town property. The town already has spent $2.5 mil lion of the funds toward the purchase of new land. and nothing is entered into the student's medical record. If the student tests positive, the results must be reported to the Orange County Health Department so an AIDS counselor may continue to as sist the student. All reports are confi dential. Ona Pickens, Orange County Health Department adult health su pervisor, said N.C. law required that HTV infections be reported to the county health department. After a student has been identified ' as HTV positive, health department ; workers take over the case and help the student notify any former or cur-! rent sexual partners who may be at' risk of being infected. k The student may choose whether to be identified to the partner by name, Reinhold said. State law also requires that HIV tests be accompanied by pre- and post test counseling, even if the test is performed at a doctor's office. "(SHS workers) designate 45 minutes to an hour for an initial meeting and post See AIDS, page 7 UNC Police 1111 DIK'luslin Williams seeking national accreditation for the force nation in the University community,; which she claims is more enlightened.; "Respect is earned and goes beyond; gender," she said. ; While taking on the burdens of being; the University Police chief, Ennis also; faces the difficulties of being a single; parent to her 6-year-old daughter, Tay--lor. "She's grown up with the hours of a police officer," Ennis said. "She under stands, but, sure, it's tough." ; Despite the amount of time spent working away from her daughter, Ennis said that she loved working for Univer-j sity Police. ! j "I love being on campus tho beauty, the community of young peoplej the air of change and the tradition of the University." Council member Joe Hcrzcnberg said: "There's a greater need for devel oping (land) we already have." "We haven't added a new ball field in 10 years ... or 15 maybe," he said. "The real shortage right now is soccer and softball fields." The Parks and Recreation Depart--ment is considering Northern Commu nity Park as a possible location for new fields. Council member Mark Chilton said: "I think I'm more committed to using the money to protect open space as opposed to park development." Chilton added that he was glad part of the money was being recommended for theexpansion of existing greenways; "I think certainly a lot of students are going to get a lot of use out of the Boliri Creek greenway," he said. '. Students living near Umstead Park in Bolihwood, Bolin Heights, University Gardens or Colonial Arms could then walk or bike along Bolin Creek most of the way to University Mall, he said. : The trail would extend from Umstead Park to Estes Drive Extension. . :
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