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Friday, November 16, 2001
Pretzel Store Readies to Open Doors
By Chris Blow
Staff Writer
Anew pretzel shop is opening on
Franklin Street this weekend, and the
owner says he hopes to attract the area’s
college crowd.
* Katie’s Soft Pretzels, to be located at
125 E. Franklin St. next to the Varsity
Theatre, will be taking the place of Maui
Smoothies. “Mostly we’re keeping it as
it was,” said owner Christopher Stott.
“We’ll be keeping the smoothies, but the
main feature will be pretzels.”
The store is part of a chain started by
two Carrboro entrepreneurs 10 years ago.
Stott, who lives in Carrboro, already
FBI Investigating
Students' Records
By Michael McKnight
Staff Writer
International students studying at
American colleges and universities
might be placed under stricter scrutiny
as federal authorities begin to closely
monitor foreign students.
A survey by the American Association
of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions
Officers released last week reported 220
colleges had been contacted at least once
since Sept. 11 by federal authorities about
the academic standing of foreign students,
mostly from Middle Eastern countries.
Jason Foster, a spokesman for San
Diego State University, said officials there
have been contacted twice by federal
agents about some of the 1,400 interna
tional students who attend the university.
“In the week following the attacks,
the FBI was on campus asking to review
student records,” he said.
Foster said that before last week, the
last time the Immigration and
Naturalization Service had asked to view
students’ records was during an overhaul
of the INS during the mid 1980s.
Foster added that before internation
al students can enroll at SDSU or any
other U.S. institution, they sign a waiver
allowing the INS to check their person
al academic records any time it chooses.
Under the Federal Educational
Rights and Privacy Act, federal author-
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owns two pretzel shops in Durham. He
has been affiliated with the pretzel chain
for eight years.
The store will feature at least nine dif
ferent types of pretzels and seven differ
ent dipping sauces, he said.
Stott also said the stores are popular
for their drinks, featuring freshly
squeezed fruit ades and iced tea.
He said nearby businesses are excited
about the new store and have been ask
ing about the opening date. “I’m very
pleased there’s some anticipation - it’s
ready-made business," Stott said.
Because it is a locally operated chain,
many people in the Triangle are familiar
with the idea of a pretzel shop, Stott
ides cannot view the academic records
of students who are U.S. citizens unless
they have a court order or subpoena.
But recently approved terrorism legis
lation might make access to these records
easier for federal agents to obtain.
The new law - titled the Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing
Appropriate Tools to Intercept and
Obstruct Terrorism Act - was signed
into law by President Bush on Oct. 26.
The new law allows authorities to get
a court order to view students’ academ
ic records if the information is pertinent
to a criminal investigation.
UNC counsel Mary Sechriest said that
in addition to using the power granted
them by the legislation, federal authori
ties wifi also likely exercise many of the
rights they had prior to the act’s passage
to investigate the status of foreigners.
Sechriest said that prior to Sept. 11, the
last time a federal agency asked to view
the academic records of an international
student at UNC was after the U.S.
bombed Lybia in 1986. Since Sept. 11,
federal authorities have not asked to view
the records of international students at
UNC, Registrar David Lanier said.
Lanier said if someone were to inquire
about a student, he can provide only
basic directory information.
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said. “We’ve had some following from
the sororities and fraternities as far as
catering goes for rush,” he said.
Stott says many of the pretzel eaters
are just looking for a cheap meal. The
pretzels will cost about $2 or less.
Stott said he is especially excited
about the opening his third store
because of its position near the college.
“We have been trying to get a spot on
Franklin Street for some time,” he said as
he took a break from remodeling the store.
Robert Humphreys, Chapel Hill
Downtown Commission Executive
director, said Stotts’ excitement is under
standable but warned that the location is
no guarantee for success. “There are a
UNC Officials: Students Spared
Federal Record Checks So Far
By Kara Eide
Staff Writer
The FBI might soon be coming to
UNC to investigate students from
Middle Eastern countries who are study
ing here.
While the FBI has not yet targeted
any students at UNC, it has been to
other university campuses across the
nation to question and investigate stu
dents from the Middle East, and officials
here say they anticipate a possible visit.
Part of the reason that the FBI has not
yet come to UNC might be because there
is a small Middle Eastern population here,
saidjean Hughes, associate director of the
International Center. She said UNC only
has about 22 Middle Eastern students.
According to a Nov. 12 New York
Times article, the FBI has been seeking
various types of information about Middle
Eastern college students, from where they
are living to whether they are performing
well in their classes. Some of the schools
the FBI has contacted so far include the
University of Colorado at Denver,
Columbia University, Tufts University and
San Diego State University.
Associate University Counsel Mary
Sechriest attributed the high interest of
the FBI in college students to the rela
tive ease of foreigners obtaining a stu
dent visa as opposed to full immigration.
“It’s possible that someone who wasn’t
intending to be a real college student
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lot of factors that work against business
es on Franklin Street - not the least of
which is high rent.”
Humphreys estimated that rent can
cost a business $4,000 to SB,OOO a month,
not including additional utility costs.
Stott said he thinks the size of the
store will not be a problem because
preparing the food in the front window
makes for an eye-catching sight.
He said, “People see us rolling the
dough and hand-squeezing the juices....
There’s a holistic quality to the store that
brings people in.”
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might get in,” she said.
It is not entirely clear which UNC
department the FBI would contact if it
were to come to UNC. Both Hughes
and University Registrar David Lanier
said that if contacted by the FBI, their
offices would first approach the
University counsel for legal purposes.
“If (the FBI contacts) us, we will go to
the University counsel and ask for direc
tion before releasing any information on
an individual or group of individuals,”
Hughes said.
Lanier said his office refers those
requesting private information to the
legal counsel. “No one in my office
would give out that information without
requiring further proof,” he said.
Sechriest said that if anyone came to
campus to investigate, they would have
a court order.
But the FBI can legally delve fairly
far in their investigation, Sechriest said.
“I think they have pretty broad powers.
It’s not a run-of-the-mill thing.”
Hughes said she understands that the
FBl’s actions might make Middle
Eastern students nervous.
“They must feel somewhat uncom
fortable already, and it would be diffi
cult if they’re questioned,” she said.
“I think (Middle Eastern) students
would be concerned, and rightly so.”
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
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The University and Towns
In Brief.
Candlelight Christmas
Set for Hillsborough
The 15th annual Christmas
Candlelight Tour in Hillsborough will
focus on the Civil War experience of the
holidays. “Christmas 1863” re-enact
ments will take place at the Burwell
School Historic site.
Tours are from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 2.
For more information contact the
Chapel Hill-Carrboro County
Chamber of Commerce at 732-8156.
N.C. Arts Gallery Plans
To Host Pottery Show
The N.C. Arts Gallery is hosting a
group show that will include fiber, paint
ings, pottery and Christmas ornaments.
The show will be held in the gallery
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through
Saturday and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
For more information call 942-4048.
Former Chancellor
To Share View of State
Former UNC Chancellor Paul
Campus Calendar
Today
8 p.m. - Psalm 100 presents its Fall
Concert, “Sellin’ Out,” which also runs at
8 p.m. on Saturday in 111 Carroll Hall.
Tickets are $3 in the Pit or at the door.
8 p.m. - Singer/songwriter Christine
Kane will be performing at the
Presbyterian Student Center at 110
Henderson St. Tickets are $5 for students
with a UNC ONE Card and $8 for the
public. The event is being held by the
Presbyterian Campus Ministry.
Saturday
8 p.m. - Sangam proudly presents
“Saathiyon Ka Safar,” a travel with
friends. Come experience South Asia
through a music in Memorial Hall.
Tickets are $6 and are available in the
Pit or at the box office.
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Hardin will deliver a speech on state
issues today at 11:45 a.m. at the Chapel
Hill Country Club.
Hardin, chancellor of UNC from
1988 to 1995, will speak about “A
Personal Perspective on Current Issues:
North Carolina politics, Higher
Education, Athletics, Etc.”
The Chapel Hill Newcomers Club is
sponsoring the event at 103 Lancaster
Dr. Carolina Speakers at UNC, a
statewide outreach program, organized
the talk.
Admission is $9.50.
Call Marty or Bruce Kirchner at 968-
0503 for more information.
Novelist Tessa Bridal
To Give Master Class
Award-winning novelist Tessa Bridal
will give a master class to undergradu
ate students this afternoon.
Bridal’s novel The Tree of Red Stars
won her the Milkweed Press National
Fiction Prize in 1997.
The master class, which is co-spon
sored by Wordshed Productions and the
James M. Johnston Center for
Undergraduate Excellence, is limited to
undergraduate majors in English, com
munication studies, dramatic art and
Latin American studies.
It will start at 3 p.m. in the Kresge
Commons Room in 39 Graham
Memorial.
Wordshed Productions will then
present an adaptation of Bridal’s
novel at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday
and 2 p.m. Sunday at Studio 6 in
Swain Hall.
Bridal will attend the production.
Tickets are $5 for students, $8 for
seniors and $lO for others.
9 a.m. - Arts Carolina will host a
seminar on Public Art. The public is
invited. The registration fee is sls and
includes lunch. Seminars will be held in
39 Graham Memorial.
For the Record
The Nov. 14 story “ I I Positions to Be
Cut Due to Tight Budget," incorrectly
reported that the N.C. General
Assembly made a 2.7 percent cut to the
UNC-system operating budget
The cut was ordered by Gov. Mike
Easley.
The Daily Tar Heel regrets the error.
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