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FSU Game:
Get Tickets
In Advance
Students wishing to attend
UNC's football game against
Florida State will have to
get tickets before the game.
By Shannon Snypp
Staff Writer
The Carolina Athletic Association
will require that students have tickets to
gain entrance to UNC’s football game
against Florida State University this sea
son after students rushed the gates in
1997 in a mad dash for seats.
CAA officials said the change to tick
et distribution, a first for a UNC football
game, would prevent the chaos that
ensued two years
ago.
Students can
usually get into
home football
games by swiping
thdir UNC One
Cards at the gates,
but now they will
have to wait in
line prior to game
day to receive a
ticket.
“Last time FSU
played us at
home, there was a
huge mob outside
the gates to
Carolina Athletic
Association President
Tee Pruitt
said safety should
be a priority
at games.
Kenan Stadium,” CAA President Tee
Pruitt said.
“And since we had more students
than seats, everything was chaotic.”
At that FSU game, several thousand
students rushed the area just outside
Gate 5 of Kenan Stadium by 3:30 p.m.
When the turnstiles opened, students
pushed their way into the stadium gates,
receiving cuts and bruises.
There were not enough seats for
everyone who made it into the stadium.
Pniitt said the CAA, the Department
of Athletics and the Department of
Public Safety all decided to find a dif
ferent way to effectively and safely dis
tribute tickets this year.
“Anything we can do to keep stu
dents and all visitors to campus safer
during our football games is important,”
said Director of Public Safety Derek
Poarch.
He said a meeting was planned next
week with the athletic department and
the CAA to finalize all plans for ticket
distribution and safety at the game.
“We chose to implement the wrist
band method from basketball because it
has proven to be a safe and effective
manner to distribute tickets,” Pruitt said.
Students will wait in line to receive a
wristband with a number Sept. 15 and
Sept. 16. On Sept. 17, the CAA will
draw one of the numbers at random
and then students will line up Sept. 18 to
receive tickets.
However, Pruitt said students would
be allowed to bring five ONE Cards
with them instead of just one, so they
could get six total tickets instead of two,
which was the case with basketball tick-
See CAA, Page 8
Capture the Flag
Many Chapel Hill residents don'fknow that the town has an official flag. It has been around
since 1991 and was selected from nine different designs.
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The flag features University landmarks such as the Old Well and the
Morehead Planetarium. Officials say the green hill represents the
beauty of the town, while the sky is Carolina blue. See story 6.
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Drug Bust Nabs 10; Police Seek 13 More
Chapel Hill police launched
the third major drug bust in
less than a year with hopes
of nabbing 23 crack dealers.
Bv Jacob McConnico
City Editor
In the third major drug bust in less
than a year, Chapel Hill police rounded
up 10 suspects Thursday and will con
tinue to hunt for 13 others on charges all
stemming from the sale of crack cocaine.
The bust, which includes 115 different
charges ranging from conspiracy to sell
crack cocaine to the sale of cocaine, is
part of a three-month undercover oper
ation.
As of 7:25 p.m. Thursday, Lt. Marvin
Clark, an investigator for Chapel Hill
Setting Up
For the
Future
Two UNC juniors are working with the local
school system to increase the computer
skills of underprivileged children.
By Colleen Jenkins
Staff Writer
Juniors Alex Little and Alex Mehfar have spent many
late nights in their Winston Residence Hall room talking
about a dream.
The dream doesn’t focus on their
individual futures, and it’s not lost in
the obscurity of ideas that never tran
spire. Instead, it is one that will soon
become a reality.
The roommates, who have been
friends since their freshman year, are
the founders of Students Engaged in
Technology for the Future. It is a men
toring program designed to provide
technological skills to underprivileged children.
See FUTURE, Page 8
Block Bash Boasts Rugby Roots
The Brent Road blowout
Saturday is the focus of
residents' anticipation as
well as some apprehension.
By Matthew B. Dees
State & National Editor
Anyone familiar with the rough and
tumble game of rugby might not be sur
prised that arguably one of the biggest
block parties in the state was initiated a
decade ago by a group of no-holds
barred scrummers.
What started as a raucous bash at
some rugby houses on the corner of
Drunkeness is nothing but voluntary madness.
Seneca
Friday, August 20, 1999
Volume 107, Issue 57
police, said officers had located less than
half of the wanted individuals.
“We got 10 in hand,” he said. “We
need 13 more. This is part of an ongoing
investigation.”
According to police reports, under
cover officers from other police depart
ments across the state have been active
ly purchasing cocaine from dealers in
various areas of Chapel Hill since June.
Similar to an undercover operation in
September that yielded 27 arrest war
rants on 66 charges and an April bust
that resulted in the issuing of 32 war
rants, police have been concentrating
efforts in the Pine Knolls neighborhood,
public housing areas and the Northside
section of town.
In addition, a police press release stat
ed that the department was working
with the district attorney’s office to
ensure that offenders have stipulations
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Juniors Alex Little (left) and Alex Mehfar (right) are in the planning stages for Students Engaged in Technology for the Future.
The duo will teach computer skills to underprivileged middle-school students.
Brent Road near the N.C. State
University campus soon spread down
half the street, drawing revelers from
across the state to kick off fall semester.
But 449 citations for alcohol viola
tions last year, coupled with the shooting
death of an N.C. State student less than
a block away from Brent Road last
November, has raised concerns about
having such a large party in a neighbor
hood that mixes college students, young
families and retirees.
“It’s good fun,” said Brian Comisky,
an N.C. State senior who played host
before moving last year. “Everybody
blows it out of proportion. It’s just stu
dents letting off a little steam. I don’t see
why everyone gets so upset about it.”
Cops in 'Full Force' for Party
By Matthew B. Dees
State & National Editor __
Law enforcement officials in Raleigh
will be patrolling en masse on Saturday
to prevent a repeat of the 449 citations
for alcohol violations and other infrac
tions written last fall at an annual bash
on Brent Road.
The annual event that drew an esti
mated 5,000 party-goers last year has
raised concerns among N.C. State
University officials, police and local res
idents.
This year, officials say, a stepped-up
police presence will have a sobering
effect on the raucous romp.
“The Raleigh Police Department and
(Alcohol Law Enforcement) agents will
be out in full force,” said Sgt. John
Barnwell of the N.C. State University
“Of course it’s rewarding; it’s
my job ... this is just a drop in
the bucket. There is still a lot to
be done. ”
Lt. Marvin Clark
Chapei Hill Police Department Investigator
put on their pre-trial release that pre
vents them from returning to neighbor
hoods where they were observed selling
crack. Officers attempted to have this
restriction put on last September’s
arrests, but the ban was modified by
District Court Judge Charles Anderson.
April’s busts carried the same stipula
tion, but Districtjudge Alonzo Coleman
made no such modifications.
Patrol officers, investigators and
On the other hand, some families
would rather their children not be
exposed to the rowdy festivities.
“I have a 2-year-old who lives across
the street from me,” said Benson
Kirkman, a Raleigh city councilman
who has lived on Brent Road for years.
“There are preschool children, ele
mentary school children and grandpar
ents. There’s no reason why is should be
imposed on folks like that.”
Kirkman played a large role in
encouraging an increased police pres
ence at the party this Saturday.
One younger Brent Road resident
said the unusual mix of neighbors
caused as many problems as the size of
the party itself.
Public Safety Department.
“The main thing is to protect the pri
vacy and the property of residents not
involved with the party.”
ALE agents will bring in nearly twice
the manpower as last year, in addition to
Raleigh and N.C. State police officers,
said Randy Knight, deputy director for
operation for ALE.
Officers will patrol the houses and
area alcohol vendors and set up traffic
stops to curb drunken driving.
Knight said ALE agents would focus
on curbing the sale and consumption of
alcohol by minors.
A Raleigh city ordinance prohibits
alcoholic beverage consumption on
public property, which includes streets
and sidewalks.
Knight said that would not stop an
agent with probable cause from pursu
members of the Special Emergency
Response Team began looking for sus
pects late Wednesday evening. After a
couple of horn's, police had five of the 23
suspects in custody, reports state.
Between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Thursday
afternoon, officers made an additional
five busts, bringing the total number of
arrests to 10.
Among those arrested Wednesday
night were Jerry Mauriat Baldwin, 23, of
409 Broad St. in Carrboro; Frederick
Grey French, 38, of 2501 Merrick St. in
Durham; Jamaal Andrew Alston, 22, of
210-A Mitchell Lane; Richard Leroy
Foushee, 30, of QT Tarheel Apartments
in Carrboro; and Ronald Robert
Morgan, 17, of J-3 Oakwood Ave. in
Carrboro. They face 36 felony charges.
All five were being held at the
Orange County Jail in Hillsborough.
French and Morgan were being held in
“The biggest misconception is that
there are only college students in this
neighborhood,” said Gia Keown, a
three-year Brent Road resident from
Northern Ireland. “It just kind of ends
up being party central.”
Though Kirkman said the older resi
dents had been the most vocal about
their opposition to the party, some
younger residents harbored reservations
about the bash as well.
“It’s fun when you’re 19 or 20,” said
Page Hogdin, a recent graduate from
N.C. State who lived on Brent Road for
three years.
“Then it kind of gets old. There’s
See PARTY, Page 8
ing someone he suspected of drinking
underage onto private property.
But he said the sheer enormity of the
party made that somewhat unlikely.
“It’s a pretty big party, so it’s all you
can do to protect the public and keep it
under control," Knight said.
City councilman and Brent Road res
ident Benson Kirkman began the push
to keep the party under wraps.
He encouraged the increased police
presence and fostered dialogues with his
college-age neighbors.
Kirkman said many of the problems
result from nonstudents crashing the
party. Their lack of accountability to the
area, he said, creates a breeding ground
for disruptive behavior.
“It’s just too big,” Kirkman said. “It’s
See CRACKDOWN, Page 8
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lieu of a $45,000 secured bond; Alston
and Baldwin were being held in lieu of a
$35,000 secured bond; and Foushee was
being held in lieu of a $27,500 secured
bond.
The five men are scheduled to appear
in Orange County District Court in
Hillsborough today.
Shaun DeCarlo Crolsand, 27, of the
streets of Chapel Hill; Keisha Shanique
Durham, 21, of D-7 Trinity Court;
Cynthia Clark, 40, of the streets of
Chapel Hill; James Earl Craig, age
unknown, of 110 W. Longview St.; and
Calvin Dwight Edwards, 45, of 116
Alston Drive were all arrested Thursday
evening on a total of 20 charges.
Clark said shortly before 7:30 p.m.
Thursday that officers were concluding
the day’s operations, but efforts would
See BUSTS, Page 8
Friday
Syphilis-Prone South
Studies show an increase in syphilis
along the 1-40/1-85 corridor due to an
increase in drug use and prostitution.
The number of reported cases has
doubled in the last year. See Page 5.
Coles to Miss Opener
Florida State
wide receiver
Laveranues
Coles will
miss the
team’s Aug.
28 game
against Louisiana Tech. Coach Bobby
Bowden suspended the speedy senior
for academic reasons. See Page I I.
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