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Friday, Oct. 29
■ Two men were given trespass warn
ings after a police officer saw them selling
T-shirts without a permit on South Road,
outside ofCarmichael Auditorium at 10:05
p.m., before the Tar Heel Tip-off, police
reports state.
William A. Robinson, 23, of Forrest
City, Arkansas, and Anthony J. Critell, 23,
of Raleigh, were asked to stop selling T
shirts, reports said.
The shirts were white, with blue, dia
mond-shaped lettering that said “Carolina
Basketball ’s3-’94: Let the Long Strange
Trip Begin,” reports state.
■ A student had his leather jacket taken
from the Carolina Court office in Lenoir
Hall, police reports state. The Aviatorjacket
was dark brown and contained a pair of
sunglasses, reports state.
■ A student’s bookbag disappeared in
Lenoir dining hall, according to police
reports. After the student left the dining
hall, she realized that she had forgotten her
bookbag and went back and discovered
that it was gone, police reports state.
The contents of the green L.L. Bean
bookbag included a pair of bowling shoes,
cash, glasses and a $265 class ring, reports
state. The value of the contents was esti
mated at $857, reports state.
Thursday, Oct 21
■ According to University police re
ports, a student suspected that someone
had attempted to remove a TV and VCR
from 104A Swain Hall.
The student said that when he went to
check a monitor in 104 Ahe found a person
sitting in the room whom he thought was a
student, reports state.
When he came back a few minutes later,
the person was at the nearby exit and was
leaving, reports state.
He checked the area and noticed that
the TV and VCR in 104A had been tam
pered with so that it appeared that some
one had attempted to remove them, re
ports state.
■ A student reported that she saw a
man expose himself indecently on the sixth
floor of Davis Library at 4:35 p.m., police
reports state.
The student said that when she looked
up from studying, she saw a man holding
his penis in his hand and “wiggling it
around,” reports state.
The woman said she was shocked and
looked away, reports state.
She told police that when she turned
back around, the suspect was gone, reports
state.
She said she waited a few minutes to
make sure the suspect was gone before she
left the library to go back to her dorm,
reports state.
The suspect is described as ablack man,
about 5 feet, 10 inches tall, with a medium
build, reports state. The suspect was wear
ing a white shirt and blue jeans, reports
state.
City
Sunday, Oct 31
■ A Fayetteville man reported to Chapel
Hill police that he and a friend were as
saulted and robbed at East Rosemary and
Boundary streets, according to police re
ports.
The victim and his friend reported at
1:35 a.m. that they were robbed by four
black males at gun point, reports state. The
victim also told police that he was physi
cally assaulted by several of the suspects,
according to reports.
Police later recovered the property. The
suspects are unknown, reports state.
Saturday, Oct 30
■ Police responded to a report at 10:34
a.m. of an attempted breaking and enter
ing into the United Church of Chapel Hill.
Half of a double pane glass window was
broken during the attempt.
The United Church is located at 211 W.
Cameron Ave.
Damage is estimated at $lO, reports
state.
Friday, Oct. 29
■ A Granville Towers West resident
reported at 5:16 p.m. that his bicycle was
stolen while parked at 204 W. Cameron
Ave., according to Chapel Hill police re
ports.
The lock was cut, and the bike was
carried away, reports state. The estimated
value of the property was S4OO, reports
state.
■ A UNC student reported at 9:09 p.m.
having personal items stolen from his ve
hicle while it was parked at Ram’s Plaza,
according to reports.
The estimated value of the stolen items
is $1,645, reports state. There was no evi
dence of forced entry into the vehicle, re
ports state.
■ A Chapel Hill woman told police at
4:30 p.m. that her wallet was stolen from
her car while at the Auto Bath Car Wash
on Airport Road.
The vehicle was parked at a vacuum
cleaner with its trunk open, reports state.
■ Police responded to a call at 11:39
a.m. that a car was stolen from Yates
Motor Company.
Chapel Hill police received reports that
a tan Plymouth Acclaim was stolen from
the lot, which is located at4l9 W. Franklin
St.
The man who reported the incident
could not say when the vehicle was taken,
according to reports.
Spangler, Hardin to Discuss UNC’s Ranking Slip
BYERICA LUETZOW
STAFF WRITER
In response to UNC’s continued slide in
the college rankings of publications such as
U.S. News & World Report, student gov
ernment is sponsoring a panel discussion
about academic concerns at 7 p.m. today.
The discussion, to be held in the North
Dining Room of Lenoir, will address a
variety of academic issues such as faculty
salaries and funding and libraries, said
Dacia Toll, student body vice president.
The panel’s goals are to determine the
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WTVD’s ‘Reflections’ Features Debate
On Free-Standing Black Cultural Center
BY HOLLY RAMER
STAFF WRITER
Sonja H. Stone Black Cultural Center
proponents are frustrated with having to
explain their position again and again,
BCC Advisory Board Chairman Harry
Amana said Sunday in a televised discus
sion.
Amana, a professor of journalism and
mass communication, joined Darren Allen,
editor of The Carolina Review, and Jasme
Kelly, student government’s coordinator
of academic affairs, on WTVD’s “Reflec
tions,” a talk show about community is
sues.
“One of the things that brings about this
tension and debate is that, on the part of
BCC supporters, there is a frustration with
constantly having to restate what the BCC
is,” he said.
Although the half-hour show has fo
cused on the BCC controversy several
times, the panel for Sunday’s show had the
most balanced viewpoints, said Brett
Chambers, WTVD’s director of commu
nity affairs and “Reflections” producer.
“We’ve had students and professors on
the show before, but this is the first time we
Multicultural Education Plan
Overshadows Other Problems
BY JUDITH SIVIGLIA
STAFF WRITER
The heated debate over the Chapel Hill-
Carrboro school system’s multicultural
plan has garnered much media attention,
but for a majority of the candidates, vio
lence and academic achievement of aver
age and minority students are the pressing
issues of Tuesday's school-board election.
“The brouhaha
over the
multicultural plan
has greatly over
shadowed other is
sues we need to
concentrate on,”
write-in candidate
Richard Kryder
said.
School spokes
woman Kim Hoke
said that while or
ganizations such as
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Chapel Hill-
Carrboro
School Board
Putting Children First had been very vocal
about opposing the multicultural plan, it
was difficult to tell whether the plan was a
mainstream concern.
But the community has expressed wide
spread concern about violence in the
schools, Hoke said.
All the candidates agreed that dealing
with violence in the schools was a top
priority.
“We can’t expect our teachers or stu
dents to perform in an environment which
is not conducive to learning,” candidate
Mark Royster said.
Kryder suggested alternative classrooms
as a way to deal with the problem of vio
lence. Candidate Bea Hughes-Werner took
the idea a step further, supporting alterna
tive schools.
Many of the other candidates stressed
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areas UNC has been losing to its peers and
where it can go from here, Toll said.
“This is not a one time slip,” she said.
“This is a continual slip.”
Panel speakers will include C.D.
Spangler, UNC-systems president; Chan
cellor Paul Hardin; Johnny Harris, chair
man of the Board ofTrustees; James Pea
cock, Faculty Council chairman; Joel
Schwartz, director of the CenterforTeach
ing and Learning; and David Taylor, the
Undergraduate Library director.
Also speaking will be N.C. Rep. Joe
Hackney, D-Orange, co-chairman of the
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had someone who was clearly focused on
not supporting the BCC," he said.
Allen, the editor of anew conservative
publication that has criticized the BCC,
represented,the opposition to the BCC.
“We’re not going to back away from
our position,” Allen said.
“We believe that from its very concept,
(the BCC) is wrong.
“It goes against what Dr. King taught,”
he said.
“Even if it is built, it’s not right.”
But Amana said a black cultural center
would not contradict the teachings of civil
rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.
Amana said a black cultural center in
Atlanta as well as Native-American and
Jewish-American cultural centers in Wash
ington invited all people to learn.
“People who come to these centers are
from all races, religions and ethnic groups, ”
he said.
“When you go there, you don’t ever see
only American Indians or only Jewish
Americans going to these things.”
In a phone interview Saturday, Amana
said the criticism that a BCC would segre
gate students was unfounded.
“There are over 150 black cultural cen
the importance of having clear-cut rules
and uniform implementation of punish
ment. “We need to be very strict with
implementing the violence policy that was
approved this summer,” candidate Billy
Bevill said.
Royster sees the issue of violence closely
linked to academic achievement, another
matter of great concern to most of the
candidates.
“Reading is fundamental, so students
can begin to feel good about themselves
and devote energy to acquiring education,
not guns,” Royster said.
LaVonda Burnette, a part-time UNC
student, is concerned that many students
are not getting the attention they need.
“The top 10 percent get a lot of atten
tion, and the lower achievers get a lot of
attention, but middle students are falling
through the cracks,” she said.
“Our school system is one of the best in
the state but only for the top 10 to 20
percent,” she said. “We need to make it as
great for all the students.”
Incumbent candidate Mary Bushnell,
along with Royster and Hughes-Wemer,
pointed to the implementation of goals set
by the Blue Ribbon Task Force on African-
American Education as an important mea
sure to take in promoting academic excel
lence.
“We have a very diverse population in
Chapel Hill-Carrboro,” Bushnell said. “We
need to have high expectations of every
body.”
Candidate Grainger Barrett added,
“Programs good for improving the aca
demic achievement of African-American
students are also good for all students,
including the so-called average students.”
Only two of the eight candidates, David
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N.C. House Finance Committee; Jim
Copland, student body president; and
Jasme Kelly, co-coordinator of academic
affairs for student government.
Copland said the panel discussion would
be a valuable way to force people to ac
knowledge and address the issues.
“We’ve seen, on a lot of fronts, de
cline,” Copland said. “(The panel) puts
people on the spot and makes them answer
the hard questions.”
Panel coordinator Nick Johnston said
that having many panelists will make it
easier to get answers about UNC’s decline.
ters in this country and from what I have
heard, not one is segregated,” he said.
Panelists also discussed the types of
facilities that could be included in the BCC.
Allen said he had heard proposals for a
barber shop and a dance studio in the BCC.
The inclusion of such facilities would
make the BCC “another student union,"
he said.
“It comes across as not being for the
advancement of race relations or the un
derstanding of a culture, but for the benefit
of people’s egos,” he said.
But Amana and Kelly said there were
no plans for a barber shop in the BCC, and
a dance studio was something the Univer
sity needed.
Like Amana, Kelly expressed frustra
tion about the continuing debate over the
BCC. “Reflections” showed footage from
a recent discussion about The Carolina
Review articles, during which participants
yelled at each other.
“There was no resolution,” Kelly said
of the meeting.
“There were people basically bashing
each other, which is always counterpro
ductive to whatever goal you’re trying to
reach.”
Candidates Differ on Key Election Issues
BY JACOB STOHLER
STAFF WRITER
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen race
is pitting six candidates against one other
for three open seats, and while their mes
sages are as diverse as the candidates them
selves, the candidates say some issues are
universal.
Fighting and
Deterring Crime
Hank Anderson
111, a member of
Orange Water and
Sewer Authority’s
Board ofDirectors,
said the rising
crime rate was the
reason he entered
the alderman race
in the first place.
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“We stm have time in this quaint little
town of ours to put all of our energies
together, ” he said. “We don’t want (crime),
and we’re going to do something about it.”
Specifically, the town can encourage
community crimewatch programs and arm
residents with radios to help police deter
crime, Anderson said.
Incumbent alderman Jacquelyn Gist
agreed that there were ways the board
could work with residents to reduce crime.
“We have to work at improving Head
Start programs and initiatives for juve
niles,” she said. “Crime’s always been an
issue. Lately it’s become more of an issue. ”
N.C. Central University student Rudy
Gregory said reducing crime was his top
priority. “I think of crime in the long-term
sense, working with kids so they have a
sense of community,” he said.
Civil engineer Michael Hughes said that
as a founder of Citizens for a Safe Carrboro,
he was very concerned about rising crime
and believed that Carrboro’s recent anti
panhandling ordinance was a step in the
The panel discussion is the first of five
discussions sponsored by student
government’s From the Front Line project,
an evaluation of UNC in its Bicentennial
year.
Copland said the discussions would pro
vide the project with valuable student views
for the report.
Kelly said students should take advan
tage ofthe high profile panelists and attend
the discussion.
“It’s important for students to show
their support and interest in the Univer
sity,” Kelly said. “It would be nice for
Crime, Growth Key to
Carrboro Mayor Race
BYAMYPINIAK
STAFF WRITER
As Tuesday’s Chapel Hill and Carrboro
town elections near, Carrboro mayoral
candidates Eleanor Kinnaird and Hilliard
Caldwell are bringing issues such as crime
and development to the forefront of the
race.
Kinnaird, who ran unopposed in 1991
for her third term, will face Caldwell, her
longtime colleague, who has served as an
alderman for 12 years.
If re-elected, Kinnaird said she planned
to reduce crime by continuing projects she
began in her past three terms, such as the
Carr Court Community Center.
“The Carr Court area had been having
problems with
crime and drug
traffic last year,”
Kinnaird said.
“The Carr Court
Community Cen
ter was established
to provide a safe
place for elderly
residents and a
learning center for
children. I will con-
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tinue to be involved with projects there for
the residents, especially academic programs
for the kids.”
Kinnaird said she would help establish
new methods of crime prevention in resi
dential areas and downtown.
“One of my goals is community polic
ing, where teams of officers are assigned
permanently to certain areas of the town,”
she said. “TTiis way, the officers can get to
know the residents and the different prob
lems and needs of each area. }
“Then they can address what the resi
dents would like them to do-about the
problems.”
Caldwell said that if elected, he would
establish a Crimewatch program in every
neighborhood, including apartment com
plexes.
“We need to escalate crime prevention
by having this program in each and every
community,” he said. “We also need to
expand our resources, such as additional
officers and equipment.”
Both candidates said they supported
growth and development, but that it must
be examined and controlled.
Kinnaird said she wanted to implement
growth-management strategies that would
protect the environment and quality of life
for Carrboro residents.
“Right now we have a Small Area Plan
ning Group which is trying to think of
creative ways to develop areas,” she said.
“We are trying to avoid ‘urban sprawl,’ or
one house per every acre or half-acre.”
Caldwell said Carrboro’s growth was
inevitable and that he supported the efforts
right direction.
“The town clearly needs more police
men,” he said, adding that he would sup
port “whatever it takes” to reduce crime.
Mike Nelson, a 1989 board-of-alder
men candidate and recent UNC graduate,
said he considered fighting crime his top
priority, particularly because a lot of crime
occurred in apartments and affected stu
dents. He advocated increased foot and
bike police patrols and said he would work
to establish a volunteer reserve police force
to supplement Carrboro police.
Charles Riggsbee, an insurance agent,
said crime was not as important an issue to
him as other issues but that it was on his list
of priorities. “I’ll be honest, I don’t know
the solution,” he said. “I don’t think any
candidate knows the solution.”
Keeping Budgets and Taxes Efficient
Gist said municipalities such as Carrboro
had had their budgets squeezed in recent
years as state funding dropped and public
demands increased.
“Carrboro is a little town that demands
urban programs,” Gist said. “I haven’t
heard any of the other candidates say which
programs they want to deny to citizens.”
Riggsbee agreed that the aldermen
needed to take a firm stand on the budget
to keep costs down. “The board of aider
men needs to scrutinize all items in the
budget to see that all necessary services are
provided at reasonable prices,” he said.
Riggsbee advocated a freeze on Cartboro
employee salaries and benefits until they
came in line with private business salaries.
He said a 1989 survey found that public
employees earned 18 percent more than
similar workers in the private sector.
Citing a 23-percent increase in his taxes
last year, Hughes said he would work to
prevent what he considered another unrea
sonable jump. “I don’t want to be classified
as an anti-tax candidate, but I think we
need to start to get the town budget more in
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students to show that they really do care
about the quality of their education.”
Johnston said that because of the im
portance and complexity of academics, it
was the focus of both the first and the last
sessions.
Campus security, the environment and
race relations will be discussed in later
programs.
The discussion will be divided into two
sections. The panelists will first answer
previously prepared questions that directly
concern their field of expertise. A ques
tion-and-answer session will follow.
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of the Extraterritorial Growth Task Force.
“Growth has to take place, but it can be
controlled, ” he said. “I’m not going to run
away with growth by myself.”
Kinnaird and Caldwell said downtown
Carrboro was the center of the commu
nity. Kinnaird said she would keep work
ing on making downtown an exciting, vital
place.
“The town has a kind of feel to it,” she
said. “It’s like we have a front yard by Carr
Mill Mall. I want to continue having pe
destrian access and encouraging the
economy by continuing to support The
Arts Center and the Farmer’s Market.”
Healthy businesses would contribute
greatly to downtown Carrboro and the
economy of the entire community,
Kinnaird said.
“A loan to the Cat’s Cradle is awaiting
approval by the Carrboro Board of Aider
men,” she said. “I’m thrilled about that.”
Kinnaird also said she wanted a town
commons built to benefit students. The
outdoor commons would include a band
stand for musicians, she said.
“This would be a good way to showcase
local bands on their way up,” she said.
“There would be no fees and no alcohol
since it’s outdoors. The commons would
hopefully attract more people, especially
students, to Carrboro.”
Caldwell said vitalizing the downtown
area would strengthen the tax base and
ease the tax burden on residents by im
proving the economy.
“Downtown Carrboro needs a boost. I
would encourage new businesses and ac
tively seek them," he said. “I would like to
see the Carr Plaza and Willow Creek malls
filled to capacity.”
Both candidates said they had other
areas of concern in the campaign. Among
Kinnaird’s projects was a branch library
for residents. She said she would continue
adding bike paths for students as well.
“We are in the process of adding bike
paths that will join with UNC paths," she
said. “There will be one by the post office
and one from Greensboro Street to Main
Street that passes Carrboro Elementary.”
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line with what people want to spend.”
Anderson said one of his goals was to
“make sure taxes don’t go hog wild.” To
do this, the town should encourage more
small businesses to relocate to Carrboro,
which would ease the tax burden on resi
dents, he said.
Nelson said high taxes most likely would
hurt low-income families. “(But) we are a
town of people who expect a lot of ser
vices,” he said.
Gregory said he did not favor tax in
creases because they represented a hard
ship on the elderly.
Promoting Business
Nelson said attracting business to
Carrboro was an important issue and that
he applauded the town’s revolving-loan
fund for small businesses.
“It’s been very effective for people who
have a good idea,” he said. “And it helps
existing businesses expand.”
Hughes said businesses located in a town
for specific reasons, such as having a mar
ket for its goods, finding available space
and being able to get permits without too
much time or cost involved. “The board of
aldermen needs to make sure the town staff
is doing everything it can to make sure
each of those is met,” he said.
Businesses will locate in Carrboro if
they feel welcomed by the atmosphere,
Riggsbee said. But he questioned the
aldermen’s role on this issue. “I don’t nec
essarily think the board of aldermen should
recruit business,” he said.
Gregory said encouraging businesses
was important for Carrboro and for its
residents. “I would like to help people in
the black community get more businesses, ”
he said. “I would like to see more em
ployee-owned businesses.”
Gist said Carrboro was a “really lively
place” for business, mainly because of the
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