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In Chapel Hill:
A bomb was reported in the
Hargraves Center Friday. Upon ar
rival officers set up command and
evacuated the building. The build
ing was searched, and no bomb was
located.
A resident reported Friday that
someone had left a pile of newspa
pers and magazines in the street. He
requested that officers take the
magazines and papers and dispose
of them because of their adult na
ture. The magazines and papers were
disposed of by police.
A man reported two subjects
carrying property from his fraternity
I house, Phi Gamma Delta, on Friday.
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ine suDjecis were locaiea, ana ar
rest warrants were issued.
A woman reported that someone
rode by her in the University Mall
parking lot and made obscene ges
tures. Police advised her that the
information would be passed on to
detectives.
A woman phoned the police
station Saturday and threatened sui
cide. Officers responded to the loca
tion of the call, but the woman had
left. The subject was later spotted on
Franklin Street and after a brief foot
chase was transported to the Chapel
Hill Police Department.
A resident contacted police and
said someone was walking on leaves
behind the resident's house. Offi
cers responded to the call but could
find no one.
Police received a report of a
fight in progress on Kenan Street
behind University Massage Satur
day. The fight had ended before
officers arrived. No one was injured
in the fight, and three subjects were
identified.
A woman advised police Satur
day when a person known to her had
taken her husband's leather jacket.
When the woman approached the
female about the coat, the female's
boyfriend threatened the complain
ant. Police referred the woman to the
magistrate's office. The incident took
place at Hardee's restaurant on West
Franklin Street.
A woman reported that while
she and a friend were standing out
side Hectors s Saturday a man
approached them, made vulgar state
ments and pushed her friend.
Three males left the Sav-A
Center grocery store with a basket of
unbagged groceries Sunday. The
manager tried to stop them but they
refused to stop and return the gro
ceries. A 'description of the males
could not be obtained.
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HUD to grant repair
By KATHERINE SNOW
Staff Writer
Chapel Hill was one of 32 North
Carolina communities selected last
week to receive a federal grant to make
needed repairs on public housing.
The city will receive $221,406 to fix
roofs and kitchen cabinets in four of
Chapel Hill's housing projects.
"We did a survey to find out what
repairs were needed most in Chapel
Hill," said Tina Vaughn, director of the
Chapel Hill Housing Department
(CHHD). The city applied for money to
Granville
By DEBBIE BAKER
Staff Writer
Area trick-or-treaters can receive a
double dose of Halloween fun at Gran
ville Towers tonight.
Granville East and West are spon
soring two festivities for trick-or-treaters
from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Chil
dren can trick-or-treat in Granville East
or visit the haunted house in the base
ment of Granville West.
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Meet Representatives from 30 Schools Open to all Students
sponsored by UCPPSDMslon of Student Affairs
RHA president seeks further housi
By CHRIS HELMS
Staff Writer
The UNC housing department should
take action on the results of a recent
survey on the quality of resident life,
Residence Hall Association (RHA)
President Liz Jackson said Monday.
"We need to stop and say, 'These are
the numbers, let's do something about
them,'" Jackson said.
Jackson said she would like to see
housing go back to the students for a
more in-depth investigation of what the
strictly numerical survey means. "This
is what students are thinking; tell us
why."
This is the third year the Department
Rejection
By STEPHANIE JOHNSTON
Staff Writer
Student leaders said Monday they
are disappointed that the Board of
Trustees (BOT) rejected the Student
Recreation Center (SRC) committee's
recommendation to employ the Norma
Burns Studio to design the SRC.
Lisa Frye, president of the Carolina
Athletic Association, said that although
the BOT didn't agree with their selec
tion, she still feels good about the proj
ect. "I'm disappointed. We thought the
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the federal Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD) last Feb
ruary. North Carolina was granted $33
million for public housing repairs. The
N.C. HUD office in Greensboro and
the regional office in Atlanta decided
how the money would be distributed
across the state, said Robert Fields, the
director of housing management at the
Greensboro office.
"Of the 66 housing agencies that
applied for money, we ranked them on
their management and modernization
a stop, for
In addition to the haunted house,
there will be a mini carnival featuring
face-painting and apple-bobbing games.
There will be no admission charge for
any of the events. Granville West presi
dent Frank Sutton said he hoped the
Halloween project would become an
annual event.
Lisa Roberts, Granville East presi
dent,, said the residents were asked to
put a pumpkin or some other Hallow
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of University Housing has conducted
the survey, which asked students living
on campus to rate satisfaction in areas
such as safety, physical condition of
the halls, responsiveness of staff to
student needs, study environment and
reasons for moving off campus.
Jackson disagreed with some of the
conclusions presented in the housing
department's report on the survey. The
summary report said, "Student percep
tions of the quality and utility of facili
ties continues to improve."
But Jackson said the data did not
support this conclusion, citing a 10
percent increase in student repair re
quests that remained outstanding a week
of SRC design firm upsets student leaders
firm we recommended was good, but
we didn't feel it was the only firm. I got
the feeling that it (the rejection) was
somewhat political since Ms. Burns is
on the (Raleigh City Council)."
Gene Davis, Student Congress
speaker, said he felt Burns' outspoken
opinions concerning women's issues
may have contributed to the BOT's
rejection of the committee's recom
mendation. "Norma Burns Studio is one of the
most unique architectural firms in North
Carolina in regards to the composition
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capability, the local and tennant sup
port and the urgency of the need," Fields
said. The need for repairing roofs and
upgrading kitchens in Chapel Hill
seemed urgent enough for the town to
receive funding.
Forty-one apartments at the Airport
Road and Pritchard Park complexes
will have their roofs repaired or re
placed. Kitchens will be upgraded in 60
apartments at the North Columbia and
Craig Street-Gomains housing facili
ties. "My kitchen cabinets are just so
area track-or-treaters
een ornament on their door to show
trick-or-treaters they could ex pect candy
from that room. "The girls from East
really enjoy the kids coming over to
trick- or-treat. The haunted house we're
having has also become a tradition".
Sutton said 3,000 fliers were sent to
all area day care centers and elemen
tary schools to publicize the events.
"We wanted to do some sort of service
project that would affect the immediate
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Wayne Kuncl, director of housing,
said the results were ambiguous about
the physical condition of the residence
halls, with gains in some areas and
declines in others.
Housing officials were proud of the
report, especially with the 15 percent
increase in student satisfaction with
noise levels. "I am pleased with the
reduction of noise. We came after that
strongly over the last year," said Al
Calarco, associate director of Univer
sity housing.
One of Kuncl's concerns was the
drain of students to increasingly af
of its employees," Davis said. "The
majority of the employees are either
women or minorities. In addition, Ms.
Burns is an outspoken feminist in her
position on the Raleigh City Council."
Both Frye and Davis said they felt it
is important that the firm be willing to
work with students.
The BOT overturned the decision of
representatives from the faculty, ad
ministration and students, Davis said.
This was a slap in the face from the
BOT," he said.
Because the decision was made in
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shabby and charred, they make the
whole kitchen look like its falling apart,"
said Shirley Patterson, a resident of
Gomains Street.
The Chapel Hill Housing Depart
ment will apply for $259,000 next year,
Vaughn said.
Since 1976 HUD has brought more
than $1 million to Chapel Hill to im
prove public housing, Fields said.
"This program has brought millions
of dollars to help the whole state.lt has
made all the difference in the world."
area. We mainly want to appeal to the
5- to 10-year-old."
The safety of trick-or-treaters is the
main concern of those who worked on
the project, Sutton said. "The parents
will feel better about it (safety), and the
children will have something to do."
Parents will be served doughnuts
and coffee while their children partici
pate in the activities, Roberts said.
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fordable of f -campus housing. "We have
to realize that we can price ourselves
out of the. market."
He said better bus service and the
lack of on-campus parking has com
bined to further the problem of keeping
students in University housing. "If we
don't maintain full occupancy, we can't
afford to give the services we want to."
Kuncl said the housing department
was also expanding marketing cam
paigns to attract summer camps and
conferences to generate revenue from
empty halls during the summer. "The
more we can make use of facilities
during the summer the more we can
executive session, most BOT members
contacted refused to comment on the
decision. Trustee Arch Allen said he
felt the recommendation needed fur
ther consideration.
'The overall facility (Fetzer Gym)
was designed by another firm," he said.
'The recommendation might not be
compatible with the current building."
The SRC committee comprises two
students, one representative from the
Buildings and Grounds Committee, one
representative from Facilities Planning
and Design and one professor. The
Resolution seeks
On The Hill, boycott
By JEFF D. HILL
Staff Writer
A resolution calling for all members
of the University community to boy
cott the Chapel Hill nightclub On The
Hill because of alleged discriminatory
policies will be introduced by Rep.
Mindy Friedman (Dist. 12) at the Stu
dent Congress meeting Wednesday.
The resolution, written by Friedman
and Rep. Sam Bagenstos (Dist 14),
states "On The Hill discriminates
against potential customers based on
their physical appearance and style of
dress."
But John Hopkins, owner of On The
Hill, said the club's dress code only
prohibited people wearing black from
entering. Patrons did not like the pres
ence of th'minority that wore black
and thus thecode was implemented, he
said. "Different groups of people do
not mix in certain atmospheres."
When asked who comprised the
minority, he said, "I have no idea. I
don't know who they represent or what
they represent. I just know that our
customers that represent the majority
of the market segment have complained
about them being in there."
But Friedman said the code was not
uniformly enforced. "You will see
people in there wearing black on any
given night," she said.
"As far as I'm concerned, all gays
don't dress a certain way, and all blacks
don't dress a certain way, and all people
in a certain minority group don't dress
a certain way, so there can be no real
dress code," Friedman said.
According to the resolution, the
boycott would continue until On The
Town council members
disavow discrimination
By CAMERON TEW
Staff Writer
Discriminatory pol icies of downtown
businesses have no place in Chapel
Hill, said several town council mem
bers and candidates in telephone inter
views Sunday.
All agreed that discrimination does
not belong in Chapel Hill, and they said
students and other Chapel Hill resi
dents must take the initiative to stop
such practices.
The controversy over discriminatory
policies arose in September when the
management of On The Hill, a down
town dance bar, began enforcing a dress
code to exclude people who were not
considered the mainstream college
crowd.
Michael Fischer, a former employee
of the bar said the dress code was meant
to keep out homosexuals and people
wearing "alternative" styles of cloth
ing, such as too many black articles of
clothing.
Art Werner, town council member,
,said the situation with On the Hill was
the type where students must choose
whether to patronize such businesses.
"I think students can handle this
problem themselves by boycotting the
business if they are unhappy with its
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keep down cost during the academic
year."
He said growing dissatisfaction
among graduate students living in
Craige Residence Hall may lead to
changing Craige into a more apartment-like
building.
He said the construction of the Craige
parking deck, which should be com
pleted in 1 8 months, should help keep
students on campus.
Kuncl also said housing was further
ing safety efforts through student pa
trols checking for propped doors and
patroling campus pathways and park
ing lots.
committee reviewed. 50 architectural
firms competing for the SRC contract.
After interviewing five of the 50 firms,
the committee selected Norma Burns
Studio.
In the first vote of the SRC commit
tee, four of the five members selected
Norma Burns Studio as their first choice
and picked a second and third firm. The
studio was unanimously approved in
the second vote.
The BOT decided to allow the com
mittee to reconsider their recommen
dation and present another firm.
Hill makes a formal apology to the
University community, drops their
present discriminatory dress code and
adopts a non-discriminatory policy.
"It seems to be me to be so threaten
ing, if you are not part of a majority,"
Friedman said. "It is threatening to every
minority."
Student Congress Speaker Gene
Davis (Dist. 16), a sponsor of the reso
lution, said discrimination of any kind
including discrimination on the basis
of sexual preference is condemned
by the student body in its student
constitution. "Whether or not the owner
of On The Hill dislikes homosexuality
should have nothing to do with who is
allowed to enter his business."
Bagenstos said, "It makes a danger
ous precedent if we sit by and do noth
ing now".
Friedman said she had spoken with
Hopkins and members of the gay
community and had compiled evidence
against On The Hill.
Friedman said she expected the reso
lution to pass, although she said she did
expect some opposition from Student
Congress members who say On The
Hill is a private business and should be
allowed to do as it pleases.
Hopkins said he had never had any
problems in the past with dress codes
and that all of his nightclubs have had
dress codes. He has operated night
clubs for seven years.
A similar resolution may be intro
duced to the Chapel Hill Town Council
by council member Joe Herzenberg,
Friedman said. Friedman said Herzen
berg supported the proposed Student
Congress resolution.
policies."
Alan Rimer, town council candidate,
agreed with Werner, saying students
must boycott businesses that practice
discriminatory policies.
"Run 'em out of town, boycott the
place. There comes a time when stu
dents need to speak up and have their
voices heard, and I believe this would
be a good time."
Council members said it was un
likely that the town could pass any
resolutions to stop such policies, but
the town attorney would check into the
possibilities of taking action against
offending businesses if a formal com
plaint was brought before the council.
Council candidate Bill Thorpe said
council members must set a moral tone
for the town in situations involving
discrimination. "We must represent the
people and try to get rid of all discrimi
nation if possible."
Joe Herzenberg, council member,
said the council and the University
student government might take action
against discriminatory actions.
"I have heard business has declined
at the bar, and I hope it continues to
decline as long as they continue such
practices."