To the Editor:
More than 222 years ago, a committee of six men lobbied to create the first state university in a budding nation. Legend has it that under the canopy of a Tulip Poplar tree near the center of New Hope Chapel that William Richardson Davie picked this spot to build. The course of history has proved them correct.
Some 10 years ago, a self-elected Board of Governors met around a dead piece of wood to plan the future of Carolina North. This does not evoke nearly a quarter century of world class.
I hope this letter finds a voice. I plea that these words evoke discussion about how we build in the woods of Carolina North. In a few short weeks a 40-to-60-foot wide swath of naked earth will scar Carolina North from one end to the other.
I believe as a community we can achieve far better a plan than slash, dig and replant. We should be more concerned about the initial impact and not sustaining the collateral damages.
Harold K. Hill
Housing Support
