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Police
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University
Sunday, Feb. 4
■ University police reported a hit
and-run at 4:09 p.m. A student parked
her car in Swain Parking Lot and when
she returned, she noticed the damage to
the rear driver’s side bumper.
According to police reports, she said
there was no note on her car explaining
the accident. There are no suspects at
this time.
■ Police reports state that Greenlaw
Hall was vandalized around 3:15 p.m.
University police said the words
“Doherty Is God" had been spray-paint
ed with light blue paint on the south
end of the building. There are no sus
pects at this time.
■ According to police reports,
University police responded to a tip that
a student was drinking underage in his
Hintonjames Residence Hall room at
12:24 a.m. The officer went to the stu
dent’s room and asked him if he was
drinking beer out of a cup that was in
his hand. The student said, “Yes,” and
the officer gave a citation for underage
possession of a malt beverage.
The area director on duty and the
student’s resident assistant were notified
of the incident, reports state.
■ Two students were given citations
for underage possession of a malt bev
erage at 3:27 a.m. in their Morrison
Residence Hall room.
Reports stated that police received
information that the two students were
18 years old and drinking beer on their
balcony. The area director on duty and
the RA were notified.
■ University police said seven stu
dents were caught with vodka on the
eighth floor of Hintonjames Residence
Hall at 4:04 a.m.
The officer cited all seven students
with underage possession of liquor. The
area director on duty and RA were noti
fied.
Saturday, Feb. 3
■ University police responded at
12:06 p.m. to a report of a break-in to
the Kenan Football Center.
The housekeeper found that the door
to the equipment room had been pried
open. The equipment manager said he
could not yet determine if any equip
ment had been stolen.
Reports state that the locker room
had also been broken into and a display
■case holding a skull of a ram with blue
painted horns had been broken. The
skull was missing. University police said
a picture of an unknown player was also
stolen from the hallway. There are no
suspects at this time.
■ A student living in Kenan
Residence Hall complained to UNC
police at 11 a.m. of receiving harassing
phone calls at late hours the previous
night There are no suspects at this time.
■ According to police reports, two
crosswalk signs were found missing by
a University police officer at 7 a.m. One
was found flattened on the ground and
the other is still missing.
There are no suspects at this time.
City
Sunday, Feb. 4
! ■ Carrboro police arrested Jose
Antonio Rodriguez-Castillo, 31, with an
Unknown address, for simple affray and
drunk and disruptive behavior.
; Reports state that he was involved in
a fight in the El Chilango parking lot.
Rodriguez-Castillo was transported
to Orange Countyjail in lieu of a SIOO
secured bond and is scheduled to
appear March 12 in Orange County
District Court in Hillsborough.
■ Lloyd Franklin Coley, 21, a UNC
student of 307 Church St, A, was arrest
ed by Chapel Hill police for possession
of cocaine.
Reports state that he was arrested at
137 E. Rosemary St after an officer saw
Coley holding the cocaine. Coley was
held on a SI,OOO bond and was scheduled
to appear Feb. 5 in Orange County
District Court in Hillsborough.
■ Chapel Hill police were alerted to
property damage at 23 Steps, at 172 1/2
E. Franklin St, at 1:48 a.m.
Reports state that a toilet was tom off
the wall, causing SSOO in damage. The
case has been closed and there are no
suspects.
Saturday, Feb. 3
■ Seth Cain Spenser, 21, of 3309
Powers Lane in Durham, was arrested
by Chapel Hill police for possession of
marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
Reports state that Spenser had 17
grams of marijuana and a glass pipe in his
car when he was stopped at Umstead
Drive and Pritchard Avenue Extension.
Spenser was released on a written
promise and is scheduled to appear on
Feb. 26 in Orange County District
Court in Hillsborough.
Board Monitors SBP Campaign Violations
By Joe Sullivan
Staff Writer
This time of year, it seems as though
students can’t escape the multitude of
student elections campaign fliers post-
ed on campus.
The focus of
each candidate
running for stu-
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dent body president up to this point has
been to get their name out as much as
possible - fliers fitter the halls of literal
ly every building on campus.
But in their zeal to publicize their
campaigns, several candidates have
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Freshman Virginia Knechtel gives blood for the Red Cross
on Monday afternoon in the Great Hall of the Student Union.
Knechtel said she doesn't mind giving blood because people need it.
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Apartments 101
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workshop to help those looking for places
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apartments could lead to greater
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Play Portrays Forgotten Jazz Artists
By Sarah Kucharski
Staff Writer
Play Makers Repertory Company’s
production of the 1999 Tony Award
winning play “Side Man” takes a dark,
intense look at a
lifestyle often
glamorized.
Fifty years ago,
jazz music stood at
the forefront of
the American
music scene. “Side
“Side Man”
Play Makers Theatre
Saturday, Feb. 3
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Man," a 30-year journey through jazz
history, chronicles the triumphs of jazz
musicians during the glory days of the
overstepped the boundaries set by the
Board of Elections, the governing body
which enforces the rules set forth in the
student government elections laws.
Although the number of violations is
down from years past, they have been
occurring on nearly a daily basis, said
Board of Elections Chairman Jeremy
Tuchmayer.
Until now, the majority of disciplinary
cases that have come before the board
have concerned the placement of fliers.
But Tuchmayer said this might
change as the campaigning season
enters the home stretch with election
day just a week away.
big band - sex, drugs and disorderly
conduct included -and the lessons that
followed.
“Side Man,” presented in conjunction
with the University’s jazz festival, delves
into the family construct surrounding
many of the 1950s jazz musicians. While
working as professionals, often spending
late nights in the clubs and weeks on the
road, jazz musicians were also family
men tom between doing what they
loved and making ends meet.
The play’s title is based on these men
who, although they were talented and
essential members of the traditional
swing band, often went unnoticed
behind the names of more popular band
News
Although Tuchmayer would not com
ment on a decision he is expected to
make later today concerning a possibly
more severe campaign violation, the
records of this and all punitive decisions
handed down by the Board of Elections
become public documents once they are
released and are available in Suite C of
the Student Union.
Tuchmayer said the only violations
thus far have been minor, such as ille
gally posting fliers on campus, which
carries a fine of 50 cents per violation.
All fines count toward the SSOO that
the Board of Elections limits each stu
dent body president candidate to spend
Virginia Effort to Limit
Out-of-State Students Fails
By Michael McKnight
Staff Writer
Out-of-state students hoping to get into one of
Virginia’s premier public colleges or universities
can rest a little easier.
The Virginia House of Delegates Education
Committee killed a bill last week aiming to cut the
number of out-of-state students to 25 percent of a
school’s total enrollment.
One of the bill’s co-sponsors, Delegate Jay
O’Brien, R-Fairfax, said the proposal was devel
oped because several constituents had complained
that qualified in-state students were being denied
admission because their places had been taken by
out-of-state students. “Several of Virginia’s finest
students are not getting accepted into its (public)
universities,” O’Brien said.
But many members of the university communi
ty oppose the measure because they fear it will hurt
the academic quality of their schools.
Bill Walker, associate vice chancellor for public
Multimember N.C. Districts
Face Extinction, Redistricting
The bill would create an additional
eight Senate districts and 22 House
districts, all of which would have
one elected representative.
By Stephanie Lockwood
Staff Writer
A bill proposed in the N.C. General Assembly
on Monday that would eliminate multimember dis
tricts for the N.C. House and Senate was met with
opposition from local legislators.
Sen. Virginia Foxx, R-Watauga, who proposed
Senate Bill 31, said creating single-member districts
would allow more equal representation..
“There are some districts that are very tiny and oth-
CUAB Hosts Forum on Renting
By Jessica Joye
Staff Writer
Students hoping to move off campus
received helpful advice from Chapel
Hill landlords and Student Legal
Services on Monday night.
The Carolina Union Activities Board
sponsored the “Apartment Rental 101”
forum in the Carmichael Fishbowl to
focus on necessary fife skills.
Ashley Lorance, a member of the
board’s miscellaneous committee, said
she thought many students would find
the topic timely and helpful.
“I felt this was one of the biggest
needs for students on campus right
now,” Lorance said.
The forum featured five speakers
familiar with rental processes in the
Chapel Hill and Carrboro areas.
Christian Francis, founder of chapel
hillrentcom, said his Web site allows peo
ple looking for property an easy and con
venient outlet. His site features pictures,
leaders such as Benny Goodman, Gil
Evans and Glenn Miller. Written by the
son of a side man, Warren Leight, “Side
Man” is a semiautobiographical story of
his parents’ own rocky marriage and
jazz lifestyle.
The storyline in “Side Man” weaves
between Clifford Brown’s present day,
the early 80s, pseudo-flashbacks of his
parents’ early days in the 50s, and his
childhood through the 60s and 70s.
Jack Marshall delivers a carefully
crafted performance as Brown, a cur
rently unemployed and confused 20-
something, tom between the responsi-
See SIDE MAN, Page 5
on their campaign.
Most candidates said they set aside a
certain portion of their SSOO campaign
budget for unexpected fines, not intend
ing to spend the full SSOO anyway.
Tuchmayer said the money collected
from these fines is given to Student
Congress’ unappropriated fund.
This money is then distributed as
Congress sees fit to various student orga
nizations. Some candidates expressed
concern for the rules and said they are
doing the best they can to keep their
campaign staff well-informed via e-mail.
But candidate Dustyn Baker said that
it’s inevitable that someone will slip up
contact information and maps for all fist
ed properties. Francis advised students to
allow ample time to rent places. “The
best time to start looking for a place for
this summer or next fall is now,” he said.
Carol Badgett, a lawyer from SLS,
addressed legal issues facing students rent
ing off campus. She said students should
be aware of their rights as tenants and
should pay close attention to their leases.
“Watch out for automatic renewals in leas
es and pay attention to the required peri
od for termination notices,” she said.
Junior Britt Whitesell, founder and
director of the Carolina Rental
Advocacy Group, voiced a student’s
perspective on renting.
Whitesell said she and her roommates
had no idea about all the details renting
entails when they began looking for an
off-campus house. “There are a lot of
hidden costs that you have to watch out
for,” she said. “Things like utilities and
Internet connections add up quick.”
Whitesell said the two biggest aspects
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Christopher McHale, Jeffrey Blair Cornell, Julie Fishell, Ray Dooley, Ken
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Tuesday, February 6, 2001
when you have more than 100 volun
teers working on a campaign.
Baker cited an incident in which a
resident assistant posted one of her fliers
on her door.
This is illegal according to elections
rules, and carries a fine of 50 cents.
Candidate Eric Johnson said one way
he and campaign staffers make sure
their fliers are not illegally posted is by
periodically checking every academic
building and residence hall to make sure
they are not in violation.
Candidate Charlie Trakas argued that
See VIOLATIONS, Page 5
affairs at the College of William and Mary, said,
historically, out-of-state students have been impor
tant in creating a diverse environment at the
school. “I went to the University of Virginia,” he
said. “Jefferson wrote of the importance of attract
ing out-of-state students.”
He added that William and Mary has a long
standing policy of maintaining an in-state versus
out-of-state ratio of 65 to 35 percent.
Currendy, 36 percent of William and Mary stu
dents are from out-of-state. “We feel for a number
of reasons that’s preferable,” Walker said. “We feel
that geographical diversity as well as other kinds of
diversity are important ”
O’Brien said the reason many in the university
community, including the Board of Visitors, which
oversees Virginia’s public colleges and universities,
are not in favor of changing the policy is because
they are not elected and do not hear complaints
from constituents.
See VIRGINIA, Page 5
ers that are very large,” she said.
“Redistricting will even out the population in
each district and so only one member will be
needed.”
North Carolina has eight two-member Senate dis
tricts out of 42 and 18 two- or three-member House
districts out of 98. Foxx’s bill would create eight
more Senate districts and 22 more House districts.
Orange County is in one of the multiple-mem
ber districts, electing two senators and two repre
sentatives.
Foxx said her proposal would not pose any redis
tricting problems because lawmakers have to
redraw die districts anyway this session on the
heels of last year’s census.
She said districts with only one representative
See DISTRICTS, Page 5
to be aware of are financial and parking
issues. “Transportation is a big problem
for a lot of students,” she said. “You need
to find out how many spaces you’re allot
ted and get to know the bus schedule.”
Chapel Hill landlords Carolyn
Baucom and Steve Mills emphasized the
importance of renter’s insurance and
communication.
Mills said purchasing renter’s insur
ance could save students a lot of money.
“You never know when something like
Hurricane Floyd will come along and
ruin your apartment,” he said. “One
hundred and twenty-five dollars a year
will go a long way in those situations.”
Baucom said student communication
facilitates the process of successfully
finding an off-campus living space. “The
best way to find a great place to five is to
ask around and find good landlords and
neighborhoods.”
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
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