Record #:

2033

Author(s):

Boyer, Josh

Abstract:

Aggressive panhandling in Raleigh's downtown areas has led the City Council to adopt a new ordinance to punish it. However, critics believe that current ordinances address the problem, and that the new ordinance is discriminatory and unconstitutional.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 46, Nov 1994, p8, 10, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Begging--Raleigh; Ordinances, Municipal--Raleigh

Record #:

2034

Author(s):

Ruley, Melinda

Abstract:

\"Scooping booty,\" meaning in caving language to be the first in unexplored territory, was the lure that drew Chapel Hill caver Barbara am Ende to one of the world's deepest and most dangerous cave systems - Mexico's Sistema Huaulte.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 46, Nov 1994, p12-13, 15, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

AmEnde, Barbara, 1955-; Caves--Mexico; Spelunkers

Record #:

2051

Author(s):

Ruley, Melinda

Abstract:

Although Mary McClintock Fulkerson has Duke Divinity School support for her quest for tenure, controversy over her radical teachings is spotlighting an undercurrent of discontent among women students and women professors within the conservative school.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 50, Dec 1994, p10-12, 13-15, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fulkerson, Mary McClintock; Sexism in theological seminaries--Durham; Duke University. Divinity School

Record #:

2052

Author(s):

Leonard, Andrew

Abstract:

The Internet is a resource for all kinds of electronic information, including census statistics, weather data, and Supreme Court decisions. With some basic equipment and guides, any individual can gain access to its resources.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 50, Dec 1994, p19-21, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Internet (Computer network); Computer networks

Record #:

2059

Author(s):

Morrison, Richard

Abstract:

Raised in Chinquapin in Duplin County, Randall Kenan is the author of two books that relate his experiences of growing up both black and gay in the religious South.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 47, Nov 1994, p23, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Kenan, Randall, 1963-; African American gays; Gays' writings, American

Record #:

2060

Author(s):

Branan, Brad

Abstract:

Patterned on San Francisco's successful Delancy Street Program, Durham's Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers (TROSA) is a tough, no- nonsense two-year drug rehabilitation program run by Kevin McDonald.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 48, Nov 1994, p10-12, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

McDonald, Kevin; Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers (Durham); Narcotics addicts--Rehabilitation--Durham; Drug abuse counseling--Durham

Record #:

2095

Author(s):

Beaudoin, Chris

Abstract:

Although black and white Southern Baptists share the same beliefs, they tend to worship separately. In Chapel Hill, University Baptist Church and First Baptist Church are holding occasional biracial services to try to bridge the gap.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 1, Nov 1995, p12-13, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Baptists--Chapel Hill; Baptists, Black--Chapel Hill

Record #:

2104

Author(s):

Branan, Brad

Abstract:

With conservative Senator Jesse Helms becoming chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a number of people are concerned over the direction of the agenda, the issues warranting hearings, proposed legislation, and appointments.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 1, Jan 1995, p14-16, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Helms, Jesse Alexander, 1921-2008; United States. Congress. Senate--Foreign Relations Committee

Record #:

2106

Author(s):

Burtman, Bob

Abstract:

The North Carolina Airport System Plan will upgrade the sixty general- aviation airports from Murphy to Manteo. Critics are questioning the project in light of a decline in general aviation nationwide and considering the $350 million already invested.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 2, Jan 1995, p8-11, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Airports--Maintenance and repair

Record #:

2126

Author(s):

Sisk, Taylor

Abstract:

Durham's Lee Mortimer believes that the state's redistricting process, which formed the serpentine 12th Congressional District, does not reflect the democratic principle. His solution, partly, is to elect representatives by proportional representation.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 3, Jan 1995, p10-11, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Election districts; Proportional representation; Mortimer, Lee

Record #:

2127

Author(s):

Burtman, Bob

Abstract:

Regional airports have been built in such areas as Siler City and Person and Franklin Counties with the intention of attracting industry. In some areas, however, the returns have yet to justify the outlays and the additional maintenance funds.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 3, Jan 1995, p12-15 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Airports

Record #:

2128

Author(s):

McCullough, Sue Olsen

Abstract:

To teach future doctors patient relations, the Clinical Arts class at University Medical School uses actors to play people with medical problems. These \"patients\"\" are interviewed by the students, who then have their bedside manner critiqued.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 3, Jan 1995, p17, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Physician and patient; Duke University. School of Medicine

Record #:

2129

Author(s):

Chitwood, Michael

Abstract:

Alex Albright, a professor in the East Carolina University Department of English, has edited a collection of A.R. Ammons's poems, THE NORTH CAROLINA POEMS, that captures the longing a person feels for his home state when he is far away.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 4, Jan 1995, p16, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Poets; Albright, Alex; Ammons, A.R. (Archie Randolph), 1926-2001

Record #:

2130

Author(s):

Branan, Brad

Abstract:

The Chapel Hill-based North Carolina Alliance for Democracy contains twenty-eight groups, including Common Cause/North Carolina, which have joined together to encourage the General Assembly to pass tougher campaign financing laws.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 5, Feb 1995, p9, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Campaign funds--Laws and legislation; North Carolina Alliance for Democracy

Record #:

2160

Author(s):

Burtman, Bob

Abstract:

Due to the lack of a good mass-transit system, Triangle residents who do not own a car suffer from the inability to move freely around the area.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 5, Feb 1995, p10-13, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Local transit--Research Triangle Metropolitan Area