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SEPTEMBERS 1996
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Senior tailback Leon Johnson (12) sprints away from a bevy of Clemson defenders during a 67-yard run Saturday. The carry was Johnson's longest ever, and he scored moments later
to give the Tar Heels a 6-0 lead. Johnson rushed for 109 yards and scored two touchdowns as North Carolina beat Clemson for the first time in three years.
Tar Heels torch Tigers in opening-day rout
BYROBBIPICKERAL
SPORTS EDITOR
Greg Ellis, like the 47,500 fans who
roared excitedly around him, was
stunned.
Rahim
Abdullah,
standing
Football
Clemson 0
UNC 45
defeatedly on the other sideline, was
speechless.
Entering the closing minutes against
Clemson on Saturday, the North Caro
lina defensive end and the Clemson line
backer both looked up at the scoreboard,
Tailgaters disregard
chancellor’s request
■ Students said UNC had a
double standard regarding
the open-container law.
BY JON WILLIAMS
STAFF WRITER
Chancellor Michael Hooker’s letter
asking alumni to refrain from drinking
while tailgating at this weekend’s foot
ball game received a mostly positive re
sponse . But the letter did not seem to stop
many alumni from drinking.
“I don’t see anything wrong with drink
ing at the game,” Educational Founda
tion member James Holleman said.
“Drinking a couple of beers is no worse
than drinking a couple of Coca-Colas.
“Tailgating is what makes coming to
football games so much fun. People just
want to eat, drink and be sociable.”
Other alumni rejected Hooker’s re
quest to refrain from drinking, but tried
to maintain a facade of compliance.
“I agreed with his letter,” said Tom
Gaddy, class of 71. “I don’t think you
New N.C. driver’s licenses will slow production of fake IDs
BYLEANNSPRADLING
STAFF WRITER
Fake identification makers beware:
theN.C. Department of Motor Vehicles
is starting to issue new drivers’ licenses
and identification cards with enhanced,
hard-to-alter security features.
“It’s going to be nearly impossible to
make fraudulent licenses,” said Mitzi
Powell, DMV public information officer.
If you go, beer stays
Chapel Hill police were out
in force to keep drinkers in
the bars and off the streets.
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spied a gaping “0” under the Tigers’
lights and mentally shook themselves.
“It was a big shock,” Abdullah said.
“Really big shock.”
Ellis said, “I just kept thinking,
‘They’re going
to score a touch
down, they’re
going to score a
touchdown
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and I don’t want them to.’ I’m still sur
prised.
“I wasn’t expecting a shutout against
Clemson.”
Neither was the sellout crowd that
should flash (beer) around, which is what
we are trying to do.”
Molly Michels, class of ’BB, and her
father, class of’s9, who did not want his
name used, said they were upset that
drinking was being discouraged at tail
gate parties.
“I thought (Hooker’s letter) was crap, ”
said Michels’ father. “I threw it in the
trash. It’s ridiculous not to be able to
tailgate and drink.”
But Hooker’s letter kept Betty Pope,
class of ’67, from drinking before the
game.
“I have drunk while tailgating before
but didn’t today because of Hooker’s
letter,” Pope said. “After the fire at the
fraternity, and being a parent, I’m wor
ried that alcohol is becoming a prob
lem.”
Hooker’s letter was prompted in part
by students’ complaints that they were
often cited for alcohol consumption while
alumni were not.
Andy Page, a junior from Midland,
N.C., said, “I do think that there is a
See TAILGATING, Page 2
“If you start cutting on this new driver’s
license, you’re going to destroy it.”
The new cards, approved by the Gen
eral Assembly during their 1995 long
session, will start showing up in mid-
September, but it will take eight years for
all the old cards to disappear, said Fred
Aikens, deputy secretary of the N. C.
Department of Transportation.
Customers can get the new cards by
renewing their drivers’ licenses or can
Its easier to get people off heroin than coffee.
Dr. Richard T. Rappolt, who treats heroin addicts
Send your books to
study abroad
A UNC employee asks for
donors to give books to an
African university. Page 4
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watched the Tar Heels mutilate the Ti
gers 45-0 at Kenan Stadium.
There were too many questions enter
ing the season opener; too much specula
tion about who would start at quarter
back, who would earn kicking duties,
how the secondary would hold up and
just how good UNC could be.
The Tar Heels answered those ques
tions Saturday —with an exclamation
point.
“We got whipped, I think, offensively
and defensively and in the kicking game, ”
Clemson coach Tommy West said.
“The things we had to do coming in
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Perhaps in response to Chancellor Michael Hooker's letter, many alumni
tailgated outside Kenan Stadium with plastic cups in hand.
exchange their old cards for new ones by
paying the driver’s license renewal fee.
The new licenses will have two pic
tures instead of one. Holograms of the
DMV logo will cover both pictures, cus
tomers’ dates of birth and customers’
signatures. Tampering with the cards to
change information will destroy these
holograms, Powell said.
Aikens said people under2l would be
easier to identify because they would
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here, we didn’t get done. We had to win
the turnover game; we didn’t get that
done. We had to win the kicking game,
and we didn’t get that done. I thought the
key to the game for us was to get that
accomplished, and we didn’t get it ac
complished.”
' Credit the defense not just a good
defense, but a rugged, smash-’em-down
division that embarrassed the Tigers’ of
fense by allowing just six first downs and
91 yards for the game.
The Tar Heel secondary, the one part
of the Tar Heel ‘D’ that was questioned
coming into the game because of its lack
have red frames around their photo
graphs, and their birthdays would be red.
Bar codes on the cards’ backs will
store driving records and license holders’
photographs using a process called digi
tal imaging. Law enforcement officers
will soon be able to access this informa
tion by swiping cards through a card
reading machine.
See LICENSE, Page 4
Cybergrrls unite
From the military to Miss
America, women make
their presence known in
cyberspace. Page 6
of experience, ran well to the task Satur
day, allowing only eight catches for 41
yards.
Safety Jomo Legins led the stat book
with six tackles, while Andre Purvis and
James Hamilton tortured Clemson quar
terback Nealon Greene with a sack each.
Redshirt freshman Dre’ Bly made his
presence known on several occasions,
dogging wideouts with thrifty catch-up
speed.
“I thought this was, by far, the best
defense we’ve played against a good foot-
See CLEMSON, Page 11
UNC faculty member
joins race for council seat
■ Edith Wiggins officially
announced she will apply to
fill the empty seat.
BY LAURA GODWIN
CITY EDITOR
After much speculation, a UNC fac
ulty member has filed to fill the vacant
Chapel Hill Town Council seat.
Edith Wiggins,
interim vice chan
cellor for Student
Affairs, declared
herself eligible for
consideration.
Wiggins, who will
retire from the Uni
versity on Oct. 1,
said she felt she
should go ahead
and make her deci
sion known. This
decision will give
her more time to
prepare for the
EOmt WIGGINS,
interim vice chancellor
for Student Affairs, will
retire from her office
octl.
mandatory presen
tation she and the other applicants wifi
make before the council on Sept. 16, she
said.
The council seat became vacant after
the death of four-year council member
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Murder
suspect
arrested
■ The suspect arrested for
Sunday’s shooting appears
in court today.
BYANGELAMOORE
ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR
The suspect in Chapel Hill’s first mur
der this year will make his initial court
appearance today.
Brian Keith Blackwell, 22, of4l Rocky
Brook Trailer Court in Carrboro, will go
before District Court in Chapel Hill to-
day in connection
with the early Sun
day morning
shooting death of a
22-year-old
Carrboro man. Po
lice have charged
Blackwell with
first-degree mur
der.
Chadrick Alfred
Morrow, of 736
Mason St. in
Carrboro, was
gunned down at
2:48 a.m. Sunday
in front of the Village Connection, a bar
on the 100 block ofNorth Graham Street.
Morrow was taken to UNC Hospitals,
where he was pronounced dead.
Later Sunday morning, police arrested
Blackwell at 408A Mitchell Lane in
Chapel Hill. Police reports stated that he
was arrested without incident.
Blackwell is being held at the Orange
County Jail in Hillsborough. Police re
ports stated that Magistrate Loy Long
ordered that Blackwell be held without
bond.
At today’s court appearance, a judge
may decide to set or deny bond to
Blackwell. The judge will also appoint an
See SHOOTING, Page 2
Barbara Booth-Powell. Booth-Powell
died July 7 after a lengthy battle with
cancer. She was known throughout the
community for her commitment to mi
nority issues and to the unemployed.
Wiggins, who served for eight years
on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of
Education, said her experience as an
elected official is one of her strengths.
With her retirement, she will be able to
devote the time necessary to council work,
Wiggins said. She also cited her “open
ness, energy and commitment to learn
what the council has (done)” as strengths
she can bring.
Wiggins said she began to think about
the possibility of applying for the vacant
seat after members of the South Orange
Black Caucus approached her. After her
consideration of the seat became public,
Wiggins said many other Chapel Hill
residents began to contact her.
“After it became public, then I started
to receive encouragement from all over
Chapel Hill,” she said. “It was very reas
suring.”
Moses Carey, chairman of the Orange
County Board of Commissioners and
member of the caucus, said the group
decided to encourage Wiggins to pursue
the seat because of her commitment to
the community and her past service.
See COUNCIL, Page 2
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graduate journalist produce an in-depth story
or photo essay on an issue of compelling
contemporary interest.
Applications can be picked up at the DTH
office in Suite 104 of the Student Union and
are due Sept 6.
BLACKWELL was
charged with first
degree murder Sunday.