North Carolina Now; North Carolina Now Episode from 04/11/1994

John Bass and I wanted to make a speculate tonight a conversation with you in the business school Dean Paul Fulton a super Saturday celebration and a tour of Thomas Wolfe. This is North Carolina now. Good evening everyone thanks for joining us. The Kenan-Flagler Business School at USC Chapel Hill is a nationally renowned as is Paul Fulton. It's Dean for the past four months and joins us tonight to talk about his vision for the business school. Thousands converged on Chapel Hill this weekend for Carolina Saturday part of the Bicentennial events for USC Chapel Hill. As you'll see it was quite a celebration. Take you to Thomas White House in Nashville the inspiration for a look and a popular tourist stop. Today was cloudy across all

of North Carolina highs in the northern part of the state we're in the upper 50s and 60s further south that got into the 70s tonight. Cloudy skies will continue with at least the slight chance of rain almost everywhere. The mountains may get a few thunderstorms. Most will be mostly in the 50s. Tomorrow the chance of rain continues statewide as does the chance for a thunderstorm in the mountains. Highs will be in the 60s in the mountains and across the northern part of the state. Elsewhere it will get into the 70s North Carolina has its first ever comprehensive economic development strategy. The plan was released today in Raleigh It calls for millions of dollars from the legislature over the next few years to boost North Carolina's economic development. The plan recommends boosting investment dollars for small businesses and high tech companies. It also advises reducing the corporate income tax and allowing company tax credits for research development investment education and

training. Governor Jim Hunt says the 103 recommendations listed in the report will put North Carolina ahead of other states. We're going to have a lot of you or you're out. Then the obvious course is right. I think the Israeli technology if we have a right to strongly believe parts of the state and we can do that. The plan is a directive from the General Assembly which last year ordered the Economic Development Board to plot out state wide economic development strategies and a closed door hearing this afternoon parents of children allegedly abused at the Little Rascals daycare center in Eden TN that one of the former owners be kept in jail. The Parole Commission is hearing testimony as it considers whether to release Elizabeth Kelley. She pleaded no contest to sex abuse charges in January and was sentenced to seven years behind bars.

Kelly was eligible for parole immediately after sentencing because she spent two years in prison prior to her trial. Kelly outraged parents by telling the court before her sentencing that she is innocent of any wrongdoing. Kelly her husband Bob and another former employee have already been convicted in this case. Others are awaiting trial. The trial for the first of four peace activists got underway today in Elizabeth City Philip Berrigan is charged with destruction of government property. He had three others are accused of damaging an air force jet at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base last December. Earlier this year federal prosecutors attempted to try the four protesters together. But those efforts ended in a mistrial. Now the four will go on trial one at a time. The national debate on crime came to North Carolina today a House subcommittee which helps set priorities for the U.S. Justice Department held hearings in Raleigh the congressional field trip was the idea of Congressman David Price. Price says it's critical for the subcommittee to get out of Washington and hear firsthand

about the impact of federal crime control initiatives on local communities. The purpose of the hearing is to discuss how the federal government can be more effective in assisting states and local governments in the fight against crime. The nonprofit group North Carolinians against racists and religious violence contends that our state's laws state crime on hate crimes needs to be re-examined. The Durham based group argues that too often it's being used against blacks and minorities the very people it's meant to protect. The attorney general's office pledges to review the statute to ensure that it's being used properly. A report by North Carolinians against racists and religious violence indicates that there were 147 incidents of hate crimes in our state last year. Those acts of racial violence occurred in 46 of our 100 counties. That sense still some very stark signals to us about the level of ongoing activity in this state. So that while the numbers of counties didn't increase we cannot celebrate because it certainly sends the message that there's still this fire raging burning of intolerance in our state. The study shows that incidents of hate crimes are highest among use. North Carolinians

against racists and religious violence is urging that a statewide curriculum be developed to teach students tolerance respect and human dignity. African-American smokers have long been shown to have a higher incidence of lung cancer than whites. Now it appears that biology may be the reason that information comes from the American Health Foundation. The initial research used to control group of 31 black smokers and 25 white smokers. The study indicated that biology rather than behavioral or dietary causes is the reason blacks are more susceptible to cancer. Now the control group will be expanded to include 160 smokers. Researchers want to determine if the initial study results hold true. The problem with the radar device aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery has been fixed. Astronauts are now mapping hundreds of thousands of square miles of the earth's surface including the Duke forest. The Duke University School of environment is working with NASA in a project to test the effectiveness of using radar to study the environment. The shuttle's radar will map the growth patterns of the forest Duke researchers along with some Durham high school students are you are

evaluating on the ground what the shuttle's radar will be seeing from 140 miles in the sky. The project is a great learning experience for the students. Space shuttle itself because of its exposure is a good way to introduce high school students to new scientific areas as well as offering an opportunity to see what scientists actually do when they go out in the field and collect data. A problem with the radars high power amplifier aboard the shuttle caused a minor delay in the project over the weekend. But now the equipment is reported to be working perfectly. Millions of dollars will be pumped into North Carolina's economy from the two International Home Furnishings markets to be held this year in the Triad. The figure is estimated to exceed two hundred twenty seven million dollars. The spring furniture market gets underway this Thursday and high point sixty nine thousand people are expected to attend the nine day event. Buyers and sellers from all 50 states and 85 foreign countries will hit the high point to see the latest

trends in home furnishings and to exchange orders. Another furniture market will be held in the fall within the next two months there could be a freeze placed on all new commercial fishing licenses issued by the state. The Marine Fisheries Commission is seeking the moratorium for two years because overfishing has produced dramatic declines in catches. If approved by the General Assembly the freeze on new commercial fishing licenses could become law by the end of June. The Marine Fisheries Commission includes representatives of commercial and recreational fishing and members of the scientific community. The group has given unanimous approval to seek the moratorium. The stock market started the week with again today the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose fourteen point fifty seven points to close at thirty six eighty eight point eighty three gainers lead decliners by about six to five. And volume was fairly heavy as 243 million shares traded. The Standard Poor's 500 index was up nearly three points and the Nasdaq composite index lost over half a point. Analysts say investors are optimistic about future inflation and first

quarter earnings reports on Tuesday and Wednesday the government releases key data on producer and consumer prices. And now for some stocks of North Carolina interest. Last Friday ground was broken for a new building which by 1997 will be the new home of the Kenan-Flagler Business School that you would see Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler is considered a leading business program in the nation and the future of the school is quite impressive primarily because of its new Dean former Sara Lee President Paul Fulton took the helm in January and hit the ground running.

He's here tonight to talk about his plans for the school. Right after this features preview now. Later on North Carolina now will be visiting the actual home of Thomas Wolfe see the home place that inspired the author of the book Homeward Angel. And many of you came home to Chapel Hill this weekend for its bicentennial celebration. We'll bring you highlights of all the festivities. Ground was recently broken for the new building which will house the king in Flagler School of Business on the campus of USC Chapel Hill. Joining us now to talk about what the future has to hold for this new school is its new dame Paul Fulton. Thank you so much for being here. Thank thank you very much for having us. It's nice to have the opportunity to talk about our group and a wonderful school it is. Now I read in an article that was written about you know one of the things that really interested me was the talk of your passion for basketball and how you find similarities between

basketball and the business schools about their loved ones and I sort of got hooked on basketball in 1957 when I was a senior and we won. First in C Double-A tournament. But I like to call a shoot is Where is very striking. We have a premier basketball program here possibly over an extended period of time the best anywhere and we have a premier school that Kenan-Flagler we are clearly one of the top 10 business schools in the country I think the the concept of teamwork is today is just as relevant in business as it is at it as it is in basketball and I think ultimately that leads to the sort of success that Dean Smith does have and we hope to have and I think there's a there's a real correlation. Well you know as you say came in Flagler is a nationally ranked business school how do you plan to keep it that way. Well I think we start with with a really great asset and then the quality of our faculty and the quality of teaching and the quality of the experience that our students experience in the classroom.

The greatest asset that Kenan-Flagler has today is the is what I asked you to experience at the school and and what they say about their experience once once they're out of that school. So it's sort of like being in business with the with the best product in your category where where people want to experience that product. Have a have a great feeling for it and are willing to come back and report you so then you are the essence of your of your challenge is to make sure of that as much of the world as you can knows about the quality of products so that they have more and more demand for it so that's a little bit of what our situation is kina black eyed students have an outstanding experience there and we know it not only from how they react to the various polls about about business school but I know it personally from the conversations I've had with many of them in the first three or four months at Chapel Hill. Now you come from a very strong business background former president Sara Lee. Is there anything that you want to bring from your dealings unfairly into the business school. Any similarities there.

Well I think one thing you want to bring is make sure that the business education has a relevancy to what's going on in the business world. Now the thing has impressed me about Kenan-Flagler as a faculty is quite aware of that and through their own experience or through research projects or doing or through executive education they're constantly stay in close touch with business and what's really happened in the business world so that's that's obvious something I think I can continue to contribute. But also the contacts that I have in the corporate world and the business acquaintances I have I think and I think can bode well for the school school in the long term. Now I also know that you have an extreme interest in diversity both in the workforce and in the business world. How you going to make sure that is maintained that Kenan-Flagler and that those students are prepared to enter the world. Well diversity in business today is a fact of life. I mean whether we're talking about the workforce in the you know beyond 2000 beyond today or whether we're talking about our consumer base I mean it is a fact of life that in business you must function and deal well with with a

diverse workforce and a diverse consumer base. One of the primary objectives of ASA Kenan-Flagler is to make sure that we have a really global and international curriculum and a global and international aspect to the school that in itself is a is a part of diversity of making sure that we have a student body and a faculty and a curriculum that not only has a proper referent representation of women and minorities and but also of international students and an international flavor so I think all of that fits together from the standpoint. Diversity and its. It's clear that it's an important part of all of any business person's life and all being successful in business today and service to the community is also very importantly I mean it if there is one clear objective we has acumen Flagler is to have our students understand that to be success a successful person to be a successful business a business person you have to understand that there is an obligation to community service and for leadership in the community and to be committed to putting something back in the community as a business person.

Well the school is very very lucky to have you as its head and we thank you for being here with us. Thank you very much on where you're pleased to be a part of it. Now please don't you go away because there is much more to come here. Over 35000 people converged on Chapel Hill this weekend for Carolina Saturday. It was a smorgasbord of family events to celebrate the bicentennial of the Chapel Hill.

Our Bob Garnett was there to enjoy it. The sun is warm the dogwoods are in bloom the grass is green. What I gorgeous spring day to invite the whole state to Chapel Hill to help the university celebrate its bicentennial. But near perfect weather no doubt boosted the turnout from across the state as visitors struggled to choose from among 130 different events or points of interest around the campus. The waiting lines were wrong for one of the academic events the stupendous physic shill. This was a collection of popular experiments in cool the lighting and unconnected fluorescent tube bypassing it through an electrical field really from science to science fiction we rented the part of the cast of the show a Star Trek voyage of discovery which was playing at the Morehead Planetarium. I'm happy. There was a rich sampling from among 350 student groups at Carolina. Many of them involved in the cultural or

performing arts. One extremely popular event was a martial arts demonstration. Yeah. There were also performances by off campus groups like these Cambodian temple dancers from Greensboro. We started this the planning on this particular of it started about two years ago when we sent out invitations to all the departments asking them and all the student groups asking them to make suggestions for things that I could do today. This was the university's first ever open house. A lot of other bicentennial events have been going on since the academic year began in the fall. So this is a kind of finale in which we want everyone to come and see the station they create stayers. We think it's a wonderful place. I want them to

have a chance to sort of see what we get to be a part of every night wonderful lives changed a lot since I've been down here. They're OK they go where you hear it in 1940 now is that right. What's changed the most. All these buildings are right here. Oh all that scarce ospital for today but it's still the same party here beautifully here. Over and Kenan Stadium the annual Blue white spring football scrimmage was going on in the spirit of celebration. The officiating was a little loose. This was called the score. Second from the 30 series pass is complete to Octavius for a 35 yard touchdown. Well who wants to quibble about dropped passes in the warm spring sunshine on the main stage the UMC band performed a bicentennial fanfare written by Director James Heil which gives us the perfect opportunity to let you enjoy some

of the day sights and sounds on your own. Carolina Saturday brings to an end a series of very successful events commemorating the bicentennial of the University of North Carolina. Now anyone who visits Asheville generally finds their way to a somewhat somber house near

downtown. The house that was the childhood home of Thomas Wolfe and the inspiration for world's best seller. Look Homeward Angel a book scandalized Nashville and exiled will for a while producer Bill Hannah and I spent some time in Nashville so naturally we took a tour of this house that was immortalized in print. Thomas Wolfe was the author of novels each a lyrical recording of his life. The first of these novels look where the angel is set here in a sprawling white boarding house in Asheville North Carolina. Welcome Audrey to the Thomas Wolfe memorial Dixieland of look o morning. So this is the home place of Thomas What did you live here most of his life. Yeah someone who lived in this house for 10 years now actually it was his boyhood home of a rather short life of 37 years. When was it that he moved here. Well I moved here when he was six years old and he lived here right up until the time went to college. His boy Eugene was ashamed of that. And

he was again afraid to express his shame he felt toward that had trapped. He saw plainly by this time that their poverty belonged to the insensate mythology of hoarding. There was no place sacred into themselves no place fixed for their own inhabitation no place proof against the invasion of the borders. All of the furnishings in the house belonged to the wolf family who lived here for 43 years. The house itself was built in 1883 and was open to the public. In 1949 It's now owned by the state of North Carolina and managed by the Department of Cultural resources. Now this is Apollo where a lot of the action and look come when I talk to play yes in the novel Wolf describe how a sister Mabel would play the piano and sing for the boarders in the evening some of the more the stars exist. One small solicitation she sang for the birds dumping the cheap piano with her heavy accurate touch and singing

in her strong vibrant somewhat heart so proud of her repertory of songs classical sentimental and comic. Eugene remembered the soft lights of some of the assembled boarders and I wonder who's kissing her again. Now this is Thomas's older brother Ben's around the place where Ben died. Yes there was a special bond between Ben and then with the older brother who looked after he was Tom's protector and was Tom's sister Mabel who arranged the furniture in this room. Both Mabel and Tom were here that night and Mabel remembered Mrs. Wolff sitting in the rocking chair holding Ben's hand while he died and Tom's father sat in the rocker at the foot of the bed. Exactly the way it was described and Look Homeward Angel. Eugene worked with cold dry lips to the bleak front room upstairs with its ugly Victorian bay window as get out of the

round he saw Ben lying in the semiconscious come of that precedes death. They seated in the chair at the foot of the bed and Eliza. Now that he could deny her no longer now that his fierce bright eyes could no longer turn from her in pain and aversion sat near his head beside him clutching his cold hand between her rough worn palms as readers of Thomas will know. Eugene escaped from this house from his domineering mother and the Baroness of the mountain life he disliked. When the book came out in 1929 many of the citizens of Asheville were easily recognized on his pages. And Wolf was threatened with hanging in the public square if he ever returned to town. But with the author success came a softening of criticism and a few years later he was welcomed back to Asheville as one of its own. So were these things part of the original home.

Actually they came back to this house after Thomas Wolfe died at 19 and the family himself put them on exhibit. However all of these things Tom's typewriters his writing table his clothes will be moved into our new visitor's center that'll be behind the memorial. John there is one angel that stands in Hendersonville about 20 miles from Nashville and it seems to fit the description from the book. In fact it's the one that family members remember is standing on the porch of their father's shop. If you're interested in volunteering to be a tour guide at the Thomas Wolfe house you can call 7 0 4 2 5 3 8 3 0 4. And now we want to hear from all of you we want your reactions to North Carolina now enjoys suggestions as well. And there are several ways to let us know what you think. You can call our viewer comment line at 9 1 9 5 4 9 7 8 0 8. Or you can write that P.O. Box 1 4 9 0 0 RTP in C 2 7 7 0 9. Or if you prefer. Fax us at 9 1 9 5 4 9 7 0 4 3

whatever you do please give us your daytime phone number just in case we need to get back to you. In tonight's news 103 recommendations were released today in a report by the Economic Development Board. The strategies are intended to provide our state with its first ever comprehensive plan for state wide economic development. And recapping the weather tonight skies will remain partly cloudy and there's a chance of rain statewide. The mountains may see some thunderstorms. Lows will be mostly in the 50s. Tomorrow the chance for rain continues as does the chance of thunderstorms in the mountains. Highs will be in the 60s in the western and northern parts of the state. Elsewhere it will get into the 70s and we're done for another day we thank you for joining us and hope you'll do the same tomorrow. Gretchen Lange will return to show us the quick and easy pie crust it was so easy even I could do it. And I'm a real long bird will take us to the western part of the state to visit the O'Connell off the Indian village. Until then that's all for now.

I'm John Banks and I'm watching Kate's belly for the entire hardworking now team I bid you goodnight.