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The Daily Tar HeelThursday, October 26, 19893 Camnpias and City -"V"v ""ly" Monday, Oct. 23 A wallet left in the restroom at Hanes Art Center was reported sto len at 1:55 p.m. The wallet con tained $30. The South Orange Rescue an swered a call at 2:50 p.m. to the Cameron Avenue construction site. A construction worker tripped while walking a steel beam. He fell about 12 feet before his safety rope caught him. The paramedics treated a lac eration on the man's head and took him to North Carolina Memorial Hospital. Saturday, Oct. 21 A pocketbook left in the Health Sciences Library was reported sto len at 1:42 p.m. Police found a man passed out in the Kenan Center driveway at 9:48 p.m. Saturday. The man had con sumed too much alcohol. Police cared for him until he had suffi ciently metabolized the alcohol and could drive. The man was released at 2 a.m. Friday, Oct. 20 A man exposed his penis to a woman as he stood in her doorway at Wilson Hall at 9:57 a.m. He was described as a black male, 5' 10"- 11", of medium build, with short hair and facial hair, wearing blue jeans, a T-shirt and a yellow hard hat. A woman reported at 1 0:25 a.m. that when she got on the U-bus near Hinton James, a man also boarded. He took a seat directly across from her and stared at her until he got off the bus on Franklin Street. Police saw two persons carrying two signs near Hanes Hall around 2:04 a.m. Police chased the two men on foot, and apprehended one at Carroll Hall. The man provided police with the name and address of the other. The other man was appre hended at Grimes Residence Hall. Both were charged with larceny and released on $50 bond. Arrested were Kenneth Charles Pearce, 18, 221 Connor, and Wayne Douglas Comer, 18, 111 Grimes. Police saw two men tampering with a Jeep at Ramshead lot at 2: 1 9 a.m. Both suspects fled the scene, but officers pursued them on foot,' finally apprehending both. The men were charged with tampering with a vehicle and delay and obstruction. They were released on $100 bond. Arrested were Richard Dax Hawk ins, 18, 739 Hinton James, and David Seth Kaplan, 18, also of 739 James. Thursday, Oct 19 A woman reported around 1:14 p.m. that a man standing in a dark corner of the west side of the parking deck followed her. She ran away and called the police, who could not locate the man. A drill, battery and tape measure were reported stolen from a desk in the .construction area of Gravely Thursday around 1:35 p.m. The owner had left the instruments, val ued at $189, there during his lunch break. Wednesday, Oct. 18 : Locks were reported broken off a trailer at the Continuing Education construction site at 8:13 a.m. Cop per pipe and fittings valued at $15,000 were stolen. The back window of a car parked in F lot was shattered but in place when the owner returned to the car at 8:38 a.m. The glass particles fell out of the window when the car was driven. . A 2-ton Chevrolet truck with some barrels, a welding torch and fuel pump on its bed were reported stolen from the Pizzagali Construc tion site on Highway 54 at 11:52. The value was estimated at $5,000. Tuesday, Oct. 17 A book bag that had been left in the hallway at Connor was reported stolen at 4:34 a.m. The bag and its contents were valued at $191. A Morrison resident reported receiving several phone calls in which the caller breathed heavily around 12:36 a.m. A VCR was reported stolen from Venable Hall at 8:38 a.m. The UNC property was valued at $406. A vacuum cleaner was reported stolen from room 1108 in the Stu dent Union at 8:54 a.m. A wallet left in the Student Union lounge was reported stolen at 9:42 a.m. A car parked in Craige lot was unlawfully entered, causing dam age, and a cassette player was sto len. The theft was reported at 1:10 p.m. A control arm in the parking deck came down on a car at 3:10 p.m. Police were called to Saunder's Hall at 3:43, where someone had left several syringes on the floor of a women's restroom. The syringes were turned over to Student Health Service for disposal. Maternity plans annual soccer toyrnamenf By BRYAN TYSON Staff Writer Theta Chi Fraternity will sponsor its fourth annual Soccer Shootout Satur day and Sunday, with all proceeds from the event donated to the South Orange Rescue Squad. Any student who wants to organize a team may participate, according to shootout organizers. "We're trying to attract teams from intramural as well as different fraternities that might want to sponsor a team," said Theta Chi Chap ter President Eric Chasse. There is a $15 entry fee that goes to help pay ACLU to From Associated Press reports MADISON, Wis. The Wisconsin chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) plans to challenge new rules enstated by the University of Wisconsin-System Board of Regents (BOR) regulating racist and discrimi natory conduct on campuses in the state system. The ACLU will file a facial chal lenge to the rules that organization members say infringe on First Amend ment rights to free speech, state ACLU Executive Director Eunice Edgar said. A facial challenge is a court test of a rule before it is actually enforced. Following a July public hearing at the State Capitol, the Assembly Col leges and Universities Committee, the Senate Educational Financing and Higher Education Committee chairper sons sent a letter to BOR President Paul A helping hand f . s ,'VV ' ' ill ' -v "Y v ' f JSS v ILL v Junior Frank Pollock helps junior Andrew Whitley increase his jump ing height on Granville's basketball court Wednesday afternoon. Newly passed ordinance to preserve town's trees By GABRIELE JONES Staff Writer As of Oct. 23, fines of up to $10,000 can be charged for cutting down trees. After two years of work, Monday night the Chapel Hill Town Council voted unanimously to pass a tree ordinance. The ordinance is designed to protect trees from development and construc tion. It also protects trees on public rights of way and in open spaces. The ordinance requires developers to get permits in order to cut down trees and designate someone on each con struction site to oversee the protection and preservation of specified trees. Chapel Hill's Town Forester Adam Kuby will observe all sites to make sure the ordinance is properly followed. If construction crews do not obey the ordinance, crews can be fined or be forced to stop building temporarily. A tree task force was formed after the original tree ordinance was pulled from the General Assembly in July 1988 because of protests from the Durham-Chapel Hill Homebuilders Association. The homebuilders objected to the ordinance because environmentalists helped write it, and developers were not allowed to participate. Developers and environmentalists served on the task force and worked on the new tree ordinance for a year before it passed. Several changes recommended by Town Manager David Taylor and Plan ning Director Roger Waldon were made since the original draft of the tree ordi nance. These changes included setting a $10,000 maximum fine for violating the ordinance. Another change allows utilities such referees and cover other expenses. Sign-ups will continue until the last minute for the event, which will take place on Carmichael Fields and Ehring haus Field, Chasse said. Teams may sign up by going to the Theta Chi table in the Pit, by going by the Theta Chi House or by calling the fraternity. Event organizers have 36 games scheduled in the tournament, with room for 25 teams. The games, which are single-elimination, will be governed by intramural rules and refereed by University intramural referees. "This is a good chance for the intramural office contest Wisconsin discrimination roles Across the Campuses Schilling supporting the rules. How ever, they asked for quarterly and an nual reports to the legislature on the number and types of complaints filed under the measure, the disposition of those complaints and any recommen dations for modifications. Misconceptions are clouding the debate over the rules, said Donna Shal ala, University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor. The integrity of the univer sity and its commitment to free speech and the learning environment are the real issues, not strict legal interpreta tions. "The University of Wisconsin at ( ' , DTHSchuyler Brown as Duke Power or Southern Bell to get annual permits to trim trees in rights of way. The original ordinance would have required permits more often. Julie Andresen, town council mem ber, said the ordinance's original intent was to save and preserve trees in Chapel Hill because too many trees were being lost in development. "The ordinance will help save trees." Andresen said the ordinance puts more regulations on the town and will add to the expense of developers. While developers worry that the expense may pass on to residents, she said, a positive aspect of the ordinance is that it re quires tree buffers which will guaran tee that trees are planted and replaced. Bill Kalchof, executive vice presi dent of Durham-Chapel Hill Homebuilders Association, said the ordinance had been a two-year debate between the town council and devel opers. "We'd like to congratulate the town council in working very hard and get ting the ordinance passed," Kalchof said. Homebuilders are pleased that single-dwelling homes will be exempt from the ordinance, Kalchof said. But homebuilders are not pleased about increased costs, he said. "With out a doubt, the cost of housing will go up about 1 percent." Kalchof said the already high cost of housing with the added 1 percent would drive some homebuyers away. "The town council will be surprised when they begin to implement the ordinance. They will have to hire more staff in order to support the ordinance, and the cost will surprise them." , if -piJr I v pa&k to train their referees," Chasse said. Spectators are welcome to attend the tournament, with no admission charged. Theta Chi will sell T-shirts both Satur day and Sunday at the tournament to help raise money. "This will be our main project for the semester," said Chasse, who added that the Chapter had targeted a profit goal of $ 1 ,500. Jim Greenlee, a paramedic for Orange County EMS and a member of the South Orange Rescue Squad, said the money they received from Theta Chi would be used for new buildings and vehicles. Madison would never support anything that would in any way restrict the abil ity to express opinion and to create knowledge in an atmosphere of toler ance." Law professor Ted Finman, member of a three-person team of legal scholars reviewing the proposal for the BOR, said the rule could be invoked when discriminatory speech or behavior met all of the following conditions: it is aimed at a specific individual(s); it is clearly intended to demean the individual(s); and it is clearly intended to create a hostile atmosphere on cam pus for the individual(s). Pushing for equal rights WILLIAMSBURG, Va. The Student Concerns Committee of the College of William and Mary is consid ering changing the school judicial sys- tudents aid in Charleston relief By JENNIFER PILLA Staff Writer When 10 students from Chapel Hill arrived in Charleston, S.C., last Friday to aid in the recovery from Hurricane Hugo, they did not see the devastation they had expected. "It was kind of reassuring," said student Jamie Brigman, co-chairman of the Campus Y's Habitat for Human ity. "A lot of the clearing had already been done. It was not as bad as I thought it would be." The students, who had volunteered to go on the trip, hoped to help clear debris left by Hurricane Hugo. The trip was sponsored by the Habitat for Humanity and two other Campus Y groups, the Student Housing Outreach Programs to By CAMERON TEW Staff Writer The Chapel Hill Town Council and Chapel Hill residents are working to make housing affordable in town for low-income families through two hous ing programs. Both the Tandler Homeownership Program and the Culbreth Park Com munity Development Corporation's proposals will bring affordable hous ing to Chapel Hill for people who can not pay the high prices in the Chapel Hill market. The town's Comprehensive Plan defines low-income housing as 50 per cent to 80 percent of the median house hold income. The estimated median income for a family of four is $40,300. Since 1980 the estimated median household income has risen 50 percent, but the price of single-family homes Survey "Although students perceive the residence hall environment to be safe, this perception appears to render them less than prudent in their efforts to help secure themselves and their property from unwanted intrusions," the report said. "The department should continue efforts to increase students' willingness to lock room doors and to their willingness to se cure entry doors." The report found the primary rea son that almost half of resident stu dents live on campus is location. Students move off campus usually because of room drawings, physical space, friends and privacy. Susan Eisenacher, who lives in Teague Residence Hall, and Lara Gravely, who lives off campus, said the worst aspects of living in the resi dence halls were not having enough space and privacy. "It's pretty much as good as it is going to get in the dorms, because the biggest problem is not having enough space, not having enough privacy," said Eisenacher, a sophomore from Charlotte. "You're not going to be able to change that unless you get everybody a single room." Gravely, a junior from Franklin, said: 'Two years in the dorm was enough. I figured it up not to be much more expensive and wanted the expe rience of having my own place." The survey tried to answer the criti cism that University housing and its programs hindered academic prog ress, Taylor said. According to sur vey results, less than 5 percent of those surveyed felt their academic progress had been hampered by liv ing on campus. The winning teams can't receive any cash prizes by University rules, so food prizes will be awarded. These include two six-foot submarine sandwiches from Subway, along with a pizza party sponsored by Pizza Hut, for the tourna ment champion. Other sponsors of the event include Coca-Cola and CO. Copies. Jerrell Coleman, captain of last year's championship team, Sting, said this year's tournament should be even bet ter than the previous ones. "The intra mural officials will make a better game. Also, using the Carmichael Fields in tern to balance the rights of the ac cused and accuser in assault cases, according to a spokesman for the dean of student affairs. Under current policy, women who report sexual assault to the college instead of the police are denied emo tional support during an administrative hearing and are forbidden to decide on the type of hearing, a right reserved for the accused. The college conducts two types of hearings. The first, and most common, is the administrative hearing, in which the accuser and accused, with counsel, present the case before one member of the administration. A panel hearing is the second type, in which a panel composed of a student affairs admin istrator and three students hears the case. Proposed changes include allow Coalition (SHOC) and the Hunger Elimination Project. On Friday the volunteers were housed in Charleston at the United Methodist Church. Saturday morning they drove to James Island, S.C., where they spent most of the day repairing the yard and home of an elderly widow and survey ing the island's damage. Malani Moorthy, Campus Y co president and volunteer, agreed much of the damage had been repaired. "Most of us expected it to be a lot more devastated, but they have been cleaning up for three weeks." According to the trip's organizer, Richard Harrill, co-chairman of SHOC, much of the damage was done to the inside of buildings. reduce cost of housing has risen 70 percent, according to the Comprehensive Plan. TheTandlerprogram, agovernment sponsored affordable housing project, improves housing through the town's use of vacant land and federal govern ment funds and tries to lower purchase costs for families. Town council member Julie Andre sen said the program was a town initia tive in which a mortgage is negotiated on a home, and the town offers a buyer a second mortgage with no interest, based on the salary of the buyer. Tina Vaughn, director of housing and community development, said families that originally would not have been able to purchase a house in Chapel Hill because of the high prices would now be able to through the program. "It is just like buying a house on the con ventional market, but it is cheaper." Reasons for moving off campus Reasons for living on campus yVW t f f t. Jsvffl The results of the survey came from 2,055 students who were living in resi dence halls last spring. The survey had representation roughly equivalent to stead of just the Ehringhaus Field will make a difference." The South Orange Rescue Squad was chosen this year after the death of Jeff Jones, a Theta Chi alumnus, in a boating accident near Rocky Mount. "The rescue squad there was a great help to his family," said Chasse. "We decided that it would be a good idea to help our local rescue squad. Many fra ternities are beginning to take a com munity view. The community gives a lot to the Greek system, and we're trying to give something back. It's all for a good cause." ing someone in the administrative hearing to support the accuser through silent counsel and with agreed confi dentiality and allowing the accuser to choose the type of hearing. Reputation carries little weight STONY BROOK, N. Y. Research by Dr. Elizabeth James of the State University of New York-Stony Brook has shown the prestige of a university does not affect graduates' future pay. Factors with the most positive im pact include majors in engineering or business, high grade point averages and successful completion of extra math courses, said Dan Forbush, vice presi dent of media relations. Factors with the least influence include a school's selectivity in admissions, its spend ing per student and whether it is a public or private institution. Harrill, who is from Charleston, also said that a lot of the damage was caused by flooding, floors collapsing and mildewing. Many of the students said they were surprised at the amount of psychologi cal damage sustained by Charleston's residents. "There's a lot of emotional upheaval. It's a traumatic experience," Moorthy said. The hurricane victims were ex tremely hospitable to the students, Harrill said. "Most of the group had never been to Charleston or the deep South before," said Harrill.'They got to see the good nature of the people of Charleston. They were so receptive and generous after they had lost so much." Vaughn said 26 families had moved in to the completed houses on Legion and Merritt Mill roads The Tandler program is complete except for the evaluation of the pro gram's cost to the town, Andresen said. "This was a successful pilot proj ect which should be helpful for the Culbreth Development. We are not sure we can buy more land to build more houses." The Culbreth Park project plans to create 52 small single-family houses available for rent or purchase on 25 acres of land on Culbreth School Road. The project's developer will take part of the profit from the units they sell and rent to build more affordable housing in the area, Andresen said. "It is a marvelous plan that the town has been to asked to help with, and we want to help as much as possible." from page 1 room drawing O physical space friends privacy HI independence O cost parking E3 regulations 0 academic other Source: UNC Housing DTH Graphic location convenience cost parents Source: UNC Housing DTH Graphic the demographic breakdown of the University as a whole. The survey's margin of error was plus or minus 5 percent. 1