Technician North Carolina State University’s Student Newspaper Since 1920 Volume LXlV. Number 56 Monday, February 7, 1983 Raleim. North Carolina Phone 75-2411/2412 ‘ , Japan Center seeks funds .‘ f, for building on campus by Eleanor Ide But the image of the center has of Japanese visitors asked over and Staff Writer been affected by the Japanese at over to see “your building." “To prove that there is a center it The North Carolina Japan Center. titude that an institute must have its must be a concrete perceivable established at State by Gov. James own building. Sanders said. One group something." Sanders said. Hunt in 1980. is seeking contributions toward a building that "will serve as a physical symbol of North Carolina’s commitment to bridging the cultural Neighbors cooperate gap between the state and Japan." ac- cording to the center's new booklet. The contributions of Japanese com- panies. N.C. firms that deal with Japan. interested institutions and in- in site location process dividuals toward the million dollar building will be matched by funds by Eleanor lde “If the Japan Center were an from the N.C. legislature; State will Writer isolated thing it would be different." ' '7 Staff photo byPatrick Chapman donate the land. Staff Cannon said. The proposed Japan Center will serve as a symbol ofNorth Carolina’sattempt to bridge the cultural gap with Japan. The A proposed building has been Neighborhood objections to the “City planners agree that (rezoning building will be located at the corner of Brooks and Vanderbilt avenues. designed by Linda W. Sanders. assis- suggested site of the proposed Japan the Brooks-Vanderbilt corner) would tant professor of architecture. who Center building have arisen in an be an entering wedge. What we are studied in Japan in 1981 as one of the established atmosphere of coopera- seeing is the vulnerability of a whole first Japan Center Fellows. tion between State and neighborhood very lovely street." State holds class despite weather “The image of this center is organizations. Harris and Cannon are_ both critical." Sanders said. The architec- Edwin F. Harris Jr.. university ar- members of the University— by Bic Barnes which is a bulletin for faculty and to closingof(State) or by voluntary ac- ture must “show the Japanese that we chitect and director of campus'plann- Neighborhood Committee. formed staff. and in the “Green Sheet" for tion must be charged to vacation understand them." ing. and former Mayor Isabella W. last fall to study the impact of State Staff Writer students. , leave or made up. Sanders' design connects three Cannon. president of the University on surrounding neighborhoods. The Snow or adverse weather condi- The policy's first paragraph applies 5. Employees who are on prearranged housosized units and incorporates Park Homeowners Association. committee is chaired by Claude E. tions will not close classes at State. equally to faculty. staff and students. vacation leave or sick leave will many Japanese features: overhanging stressed this underlying cooperative McKinney. dean of the School of State's snow policy is that classes The current polic'y includes: charge leave to the appropriate ac- roofs. enclosed gardens. a ‘torii' or effort in separate interviews Wednes- Design. and has 17 members from will be held despite adverse weather 1. A radio announcement indicating count with no provision for makeup welcoming gate. a walkway raised y. State and adjacent areas. conditions. unless otherwise announo the closing of State Government of- time. over a quiet pool. “It's not a controversy; it's a pro “This committee is exciting." Can- ed by the Chancellor's office. The fices due to adverse weather condi- Where operational needs allow. "Japanese rooms all connect to the cess." Harris said. non said. “The neighborhoods have policy. formulated by the office of tions does not apply to (State). management and supervisors may ar- outside and every house has a “I feel so strongly that we (State had to take a tremendous impact" George Worsley. vice chancellor of Should closing of(State) be required. a range work schedules whereby garden.” Sanders said. and neighborhood groups) can do because of State's rapid growth. she Finance and Business. is approved by separate radio announcement will be employees are given the opportunity The building is designed around the great things if we work together." said. and released through the Chancellor's made by the chancellor or his to make up time not worked rather 12 trees currently growing on the pro Cannon said. , The Raleigh Times reported that office. representative. than charging it to leave. posed site, the corner of Brooks and A tentative building design. the Homeowners Association gave Margaret Black. Worsley's ad- 2. If offices remain open. employees Since the opportunity to make up Vanderbilt avenues. The two outer prepared by Linda W. Sanders. assis the Japan Center site plan a mixed ministrative assistant. suggests that who anticipate transportation pro time lost is a benefit to an employee. units and the connecting hallways tant professor of architecture. har- reception. In an editorial on Jan. 14 students use caution before coming to blems will be permitted. with super- it will be permissible for such madoup align with Vanderbilt. while the ex- monizes with the features of a State- the Times advised the residents that school. visor's knowledge and approval. to time to occur in excess of 40 hours in a hibit unit. the focus of the building. is owned lot at the corner of Brooks and “they could do worse." Students should call first to be sure take vacation leave in reporting for work week without the time being set at a slight angle parallel to Brooks. Vanderbilt avenues. near Sanders' On Jan. 18 the Times reported that their professors have shown up for work or leaving early. Time will be subject to overtime compensation. The Japanese “don't lay their cities home. alternate sites would be considered. provided the employee has requested Sanders said she showed a model of and that “the center received support class. There have been occasions dur- made up at the discretion of the out on a grid." Sanders said. Buildings the building to her neighbors in the and opposition" at the Wade Citizens' ing such weather where the students manager. the opportunity to make up time. are “juxtaposed in unusual ways." Homeowners Association Jan. 10. on- Advisory Council meeting‘Jan. 17. were counted present. but the pro 3. Employees who serve in a critical Allowing time to be made up where The Japan Center is unique in the ly five months after she began the Alice R. Ehrlich of the University fessors were absent. according to role and must work during adverse possible is encouraged. However. the United States in encouraging feasibility study and probably a year Park Homeowners Association sug- Black. weather conditions should be properly decision to allow make-up time is an economic and social as well as before a final site decision will be gested in a letter to the Times printed State had their official policy con- informed so that no misunderstanding administrative one. and is based on a academic ties between the two made. Jan. 24 that the Japan Center be built cerning adverse weather conditions will occur. manager's or supervisor's knowledge cultures. John Sylvester Jr.. director “We approached (the Homeowners on Hillsborough Street. published in the “Official Bulletin." 4. Work time lost by employees due of the operational needs of (State). of the center. said. Association) in a spirit of good com. Building on Hillsborough "would The center has sent 30 Fellows munication and a genuine attempt to set a precedent for the creation of from State's faculty and staff to work solicit their feedback. and we are beauty out of ugliness and disrepair Reagan blasts violence of truckers strike and study in Japan for a semester. It listening to what we are hearing." and could spur others to follow this has helped Japanese and N.C. Harris said. example." Ehrlich said. (UPI) — President Ronald Reagan ted murder for an early-morning fresh produce in some metropolitan businesses find linked opportunities. State is hearing that some “Hillsborough Street is such an im- blasted striking truckers for trying to sniper attack on a convoy near areas. It has established a Saturday school residents want Vanderbilt Avenue to portant thing." agreed Cannon. change laws by “committing murder" Rockford. Ill. Three truck drivers suf- North Carolina Gov. James B. Hunt for the children of Japanese living in remain zoned for residential use along “Visitors see Hillsborough Street and and states hard-hit by shootings. bur- fered minor injuries in the ambush. Jr. ordered the National Guard North Carolina. its entire threoblock length. The may not see any other part of the nings and stonings called out the Na- Larry Mackeben. 18. a truck helicopters to patrol busy truck “Japanese regard the center as an Japan Center requires office- city." tional Guard to patrol highways in the mechanic. and Robert J. Hopperstad routes in the state where there have extraordinary effort by (N.C.) to work industrial zoning. Cannon mentioned “No decision has been made on a sixth day of the strike. Jr.. 23. a truck driver. were held in the been 17 incidents of shootings. in- with Japan and the resident Japanese two other properties on Vanderbilt site for the Japan Center." Harris Pennsylvania national guardsmen Boone County jail pending a status cluding the killing of a Teamster community." says a Japan Center han- that have been'considered for office or said. “We're looking at several alter. stood by in the state that has borne hearing next week.