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The Daily Tar Heel Tuesday, January 17, 19897 e Officials investigate dorm fires By JUSTIN McGUIRE Assistant University Editor University police and the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation are investigating three separate fires set on bulletin boards in Hinton James Residence Hall on Wednesday night and early Thursday morning. Sgt. Ned Comar of University police said the incidents are being investigated as class E North Carolina felonies. A person found guilty of the crimes could be sentenced to serve time in state prison, he said. "This is something you can't let slide," Comar said. "When there's the potential of losing life and serious property damage, you can't treat it as a prank." The first fire was reported at 7:38 p.m. Wednesday on the third floor. The fire caused about $75 worth of damage to the bulletin board and the wall behind it, Comar said. The second fire was discovered when a fire alarm went off at 3:54 a.m. Thursday on the fourth floor. Comar said the fire was still burning when police arrived and an officer put it out. The fire also caused about $75 worth of damage. The third fire was reported at 4:26 a.m. on the 10th floor and was put out by the residence hall staff, Comar said. .Police have been investigating the fires by questioning Hinton James residents, Comar said. "Sooner or later, somebody is going to say something," he said. D6dfh from page 1 may have been manic-depressive and the shooting could have been the result of a manic episode. "I think it's unfounded," he said. "I was not aware of it. If that is the case, then only Bill knew." -However, McMichael's death may not mean the end of Helium Highs, Haydock said. The final decision about the future of the successful wholesale balloon company will be made by McMi chael's father sometime this week, Haydock said. William J. McMichael Jr. is part owner of the company. But Haydock spoke with McMi chael's father on Monday and received tenative approval to keep the business in operation. "As of now there is a 99.9 percent chance of us keeping it going," Haydock said Monday. "The major ity of everything has to be worked out, but his dad thought Bill would have liked it (the company) to continue." But the mood in the office was not noticeably improved by the news, Haydock said. "We're up here still kind of mourning over Bill's death," he said. The company has canceled its contract to provide balloons to the George Bush inaugural celebration due to McMichael's death, Haydock said. 'He would not comment on the amount of money involved in the contract, but he said the terms specified about 15,000 balloons to be used as decorations tor various events. jMcMichael was excited about the inaugural contract and the exposure and publicity it would have brought the company, Haydock said. Word that Helium Highs had received the cqntract came just before McMi cHael's death. j Police are not commenting on the investigation, and Sizemore has been unavailable for comment since the shooting. Detectives working on the case will compile their results in a report to Orange County District Attorney Carl box, but police othcials would not say Friday n indictments are expected in the case. J; Why apply to !? Medical school twice? s Did you know that only 1 in 4 Students accepted to U.S. Medical schools is a repeat applicant? That's .why it's important to make sure iyour. grades and your MCAT scores measure up ON THE FIRST TRY. How? The BEST way is profes sional test preparation at the Stanley H. Kaplan Educational sCenter. We've been giving intensive care to MCAT candidates for over 30 years. We start with a free diagnostic test and a personalized vcomputer evaluation of each student. 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Organizations must fill out a form describing the group and submit a detailed itemized list of expenses to the Finance Committee by Feb. 10. The University's spring schedule influenced the decision to hold the process earlier, Knight said. The budget hearing, which takes several hours, is normally held over a weekend. Because of spring break and Easter holiday, the only wee kend available before the budget deadline date is the first weekend in March, she said. In the past, newly elected con gress members have resigned their positions after the budget process ended, Knight said. She said con gress members were concerned that students might run for congress only to help certain groups through the budget process, and this also affected the decision to move the date. . The current members of congress will vote on the budget for 1989 90 because they do not leave office until . March 29. Members of this congress also voted on the 1988-89 budget. "Since the budget date has been moved, this is going to mean a lot of tight scheduling for groups," Knight said. "It doesn't necessarily give groups coming before Student Congress for funding the time they might need." Members of groups funded by congress expressed some conce: i about the change, but said it would not pose a real problem. Susana Dancy, editor of the Yackety Yack, said the staff had decided to elect the editor for the following year earlier, partly because the budget hearing is earlier. - PRICES AS LOW AS ANYBODY'S, QUALITY, VARIETY, SERVICE & CLEAN STORES... 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