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Why is this man smiling?
UNC's J.R. Reid (third from left) and other
South team players relax on the sidelines
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during Sunday's game against the West
team in the Olympic Festival.
UN C files, srat
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By SALLY PEARS ALL
Editor
and RON CRAWFORD
University Editor
A dispute over trademark rights
has prompted the University to
bring suit against Chapel Hill's
Johnny T-Shirt, a Franklin Street
business that specializes in
University-oriented merchandise.
The suit, which was filed in U.S.
Middle District Court in Greens
boro last Friday, names UNC and
the Board of Governors as plain
tiffs and Johnny T-Shirt, JTS
Promotions, and owners Mike
and Chuck Helpingstine as
defendants.
UNC is hoping to bar the T
shirt firm from selling clothes
bearing the letters "UNC," the Tar
Heel foot, the University logo and
the phrase "University of North
Carolina." The suit claims trade
mark infringement and "unfair
and deceptive trade practices."
Tom Shetly, director of auxil
iary services at the University, said
Johnny T-Shirt has not paid a
licensing fee to sell products with
UNC logos.
Shetly said Collegiate Concepts,
an Atlanta firm, acts as the
licensing agent for all UNC pro
ducts. Collegiate Concepts is paid
by the manufacturers who make
licensed material, and they in turn
pay royalties to the University.
"Most (University-oriented
businesses) are licensed, and if we
find one that isn't licensed we
notify Collegiate Concepts and
they notify (the business) that they
should be licensed," Shetly said.
Shetly said that Collegiate
Concepts representatives had
approached Johnny T-Shirt and
JTS Promotions several times
requesting a licensing agreement
before the University decided to
go ahead with the lawsuit.
University officials have said
that the school receives $150,000
a year in royalties from licensed
See LAWSUIT page 12
Chapel Hill inspector condemns fraternity houses
By RON CRAWFORD
University Editor
Five UNC fraternity houses
have been slapped with condem
nation notices this month, but
reports from three of the five
fraternities on Monday said the
necessary repairs will be made to
bring the houses up to standards.
Darrell Wall, housing inspector
for the town of Chapel Hill, said
the Sigma Nu, Sigma Alpha
Epsilon, Sigma Chi and Pi Kappa
Alpha houses on Big Fraternity
Court were inspected and con
demned earlier this month. Wall
said the Zeta Psi house on Little
Fraternity Court was inspected
and condemned Monday.
Wall said all UNC fraternities
are in the process of being
inspected for compliance with the
Chapel Hill Housing Code.
"We've been through this all
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before and no one made any
corrections," Wall said, "so this
time we condemned them, too."
When houses fail inspection, the
owners have 30 days to repair the
violations or they must vacate the
house. Then, said Wall, "if we feel
it is a safety hazard, we can ask
that the house be demolished."
But Chuck Snellgrove of Pi
Kappa Alpha said that's not going
to happen. "The bunch of things
the house got condemned for were
minor technicalities and we just
have a few repairs to make. There's
nothing structurally wrong with
the house," Snellgrove said
Monday.
Snellgrove said most of the
violations concerned the appear
ance of the house, for example,
windows lacking screens.
Stephen West, acting treasurer
of Sigma Nu, said there are no
structural problems with the
Sigma Nu house, either. Viola
tions found in the Sigma Nu house
were staircases needing handrails,
water damage to a ceiling and
debris on the property.
West said repairs will be com
pleted within the allotted time.
The major violation in the
Sigma Chi house was . a main
staircase in need of repair, but
workers have already started
replacing it, said Jeff Christian of
Sigma Chi.
Wall said violations found in the
Zeta Psi house included sinks that
need to be rehung, broken com
modes, holes in the walls and
ceilings, debris in the basement
and storage rooms, and falling
ceilings.
The SAE house, which is pres
ently uninhabited, was cited for
having broken windows, water
damaged ceilings, cracks in walls
and windows lacking screens.
Spokesmen for Zeta Psi and
SAE fraternities could not be
reached for comment.
Fenner released on bail
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By MIKE BERARDINO
Sports Editor
Derrick Fenner, former record
setting UNC tailback, is free on
$100,000 bond and awaits his trial
in October on charges that he
killed a man during a drug-related
shooting.
Fenner, 20, left the Prince
George's County (Md.) Detention
Center late July 15 after relatives
and members of his church raised
the $10,000 necessary to buy a
bond.
Fenner, who set a single-game
rushing record at UNC last season
and made the All-Atlantic Coast
Conference football team, was
See FENNER page 8
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A third floor room in the condemned Sigma Alpha Epsilon house