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Monday, Feb. 18
The fire alarm in zone IS of the
ninth floor of the Brinkhous-Bullitt
Building went off at about 8:05 p.m.
Police saw and smelled wax that a floor
crew was putting down.
The odor was so strong it set off the
alarm. A Chapel Hill Fire Department
officer reset the alarm.
A woman reported around 2:40
p.m. that someone stole a VCR camera
from a classroom in New Carroll over
the weekend.
Around 5 p.m. the VCR was found
locked in a closet in Carroll.
Sunday, Feb. 17
B Police discovered someone had
written on the side of Ackland Art Mu
seum, near the garden, with white paint.
Slogans written on the wall included
"Kill A Cop," "Oil Oil new breed,"
"Skinhead Non-Racist United and
Strong" and "We are everywhere."
Saturday, Feb. 16
Police responded to a report that a
loft collapsed in a woman's room in
Connor Residence Hall. No one was in
the room at the time of the collapse.
Police notified Physical Plant per
sonnel. The loft collapsed because of a
weak leg and unbalanced weight.
Friday, Feb. 15
B A construction worker fell from a
12-foot wall at a Mason Farm Road
construction site around 10:45 a.m.
He suffered a compound fracture to
his left leg and was transported to UNC
Hospitals by the Orange Rescue Squad.
B Leonard James Richardson, 27, and
David Wayne Richardson, 22, both of
Rt. 7, Box 94, Hillsborough, were ar
rested by police and charged with felony
breaking and entering and larceny at the
UNC Electric Distribution Operations
Center.
Thursday, Feb. 14
B Chancellor Paul Hardin set off the
burglar alarm at his home at 306 Coun
try Club Road at 6 p.m. as he was
leaving. Police responded and reset the
alarm.
B Police responded to a call of a
suspicious person at Craige Residence
Hall. They found the man in the first
floor lobby. -
The man told them his wife had just
had a baby, and he wailooking for his
friend, a Craige resident, to tell him the
news.
Police explained why they stopped
him and allowed him to go.
Wednesday, Feb. 13
B Someone reported seeing three
men, possibly intoxicated, riding up
and down the east drive elevator of the
Health Affairs parking deck without
getting off.
Police could not locate the men.
CITY
Monday, Feb. 18
B A Chapel Hill man was arrested at
1 1:24 p.m. for driving while impaired
(DWI).
Jason Todd Ward, 20, of J-304
Ramsgate Apartments in Carrboro, was
arrested after registering .07 on a
breathalyzer test. The magistrate found
no probable cause for the DWI and the
subject was released.
B Police arrested a Chapel Hill man
at 1 :39 p.m. for larceny after he was
observed taking a box of Contac cold
tablets from the Sav-A-Center at Rams
Plaza.
Faustino J. Vega, 26, of Rt. 4 Box
489, Chapel Hill, was charged with the
crime.
B A complainant reported at 12:30
a.m. about alive band playing at Colonel
Chutney's on Rosemary Street.
Police located the management and
advised turning the music down. The
management did so without incident.
B Police responded at 5:26 p.m. to a
report of a bicycle hanging in a tree at
the intersection of Foxwood and Hon
eysuckle roads.
B Officers responded to a report that
someone entered a residence at Pritchard
Apartments and took two television sets.
The apartment was entered without
damage to the door.
Sunday, Feb. 17
fl A woman reported that between
1 :30 and 9 a.m. that an unknown person
took a Peugeot mountain bike from the
balcony of her residence at Pinegate
Apartments. She said she heard voices
outside her apartment at 3:30 a.m. and
that she recognized one of the voices.
One of the subjects had wanted to
enter her apartment earlier, but was
denied entry.
B Police responded to a report of
indecent exposure on Ransom Street. A
woman informed police that she and a
friend were walking when a male sub
ject pulled up and stopped and asked the
women to come to his car.
When they looked into the car they
saw the male subject had exposed
himself and was fondling himself. They
walked away and went home to notify
the police. A search of the Ransom
Street area revealed no suspects.
Senior class candidates pleased
with cleanliness of campaigning
By Soyia Ellison
Staff Writer
Mike Ferguson and Jay Dunn de
feated Wendell McCain and Libba Can
Tuesday in the senior class president
and vice president runoff election.
Ferguson and Dunn won with 394
votes to McCain and Carr's 301 votes,
according to unofficial results.
Ferguson, president elect, said he
and Dunn were pleased with the race.
"There were five good teams to start
with and two good teams that finished,"
he said.
"We'd really like to thank everyone
who helped us. Our campaign team was
tops."
Dunn, vice president elect, said they
wanted suggestions and comments from
the other teams.
Carr, vice presidential candidate, said
she had known the race would be tight.
"We knew it was going to be a close
race, and it was, and we wish them the .
best of luck," she said.
McCain, presidential candidate, said
Ferguson and Dunn ran a clean race.
"They (Ferguson and Dunn) ran a
good race, and we were real pleased
with the cleanliness of the race," he
said. "We have high hopes for the se
7 congress seats filed; GPSF president elected.
By Steve Politi
Staff Writer
Runoff elections in nine Student
Congress districts Tuesday filled seven
districts, and left one to be decided by
another runoff and one still open, ac
cording to unofficial returns.
Jane Roper, a first-year MBA student,
was elected president of the Graduate
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Recent fire sheds hght on
problems of old buildings
By Chris Goodson
Staff Writer
Old buildings present difficulties for
firefighters during blazes like the one
that severely damaged several down
town businesses on Saturday, officials
said Tuesday.
The building that houses Hector's
and other businesses was originally
called the Scott Building and was built
in the 1 930s, according to a Chapel Hill
Fire Department report.
Chapel Hill fire chief Daniel Jones
said the building's many renovations
had created structures such as false
ceilings and hidden spaces that proved
difficult for firefighters to tackle.
"The fire can travel through all those
hidden spaces," he said.
Other old buildings in the downtown
area would present similar problems in
the event of a fire, Jones said.
"Fighting fire in these larger, older
buildings is akin to placing a fire in a
mouse maze and then filling it with
dense smoke and asking someone to
climb through the maze and try to find
nior class, and we're looking forward to
working with them."
Ferguson said he and Dunn planned
to meet with representatives from the
University Development Office, with
the University Career Planning and
Placement Service and with the present
officers this week, he said.
Ferguson and Dunn's campaign fo
cused on appointing diverse represen
tative marshals and creating a senior
volunteer network to provide leadership
experience for students and help cam
pus organizations.
They plan to print an options booklet
and hold options seminars to provide
seniors with a list of career opportuni
ties after graduation. They also want to
publish a senior class newsletter.
Traditional senior activities such as
senior week and senior nights out will
be continued, they said.
Ferguson said their first priority when
they take over the offices would be to
implement the representative marshal
program.
They will be inaugurated in April.
"It's real important that we get our
marshals in first because Jay and I don't
to be the only input into what goes on,"
Ferguson said.
and Professional Student Federation by
defeating Martha Fawbush, a Ph.D.
candidate in musicology, 132 votes to
30.
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Ronald Doepner won as a write-in
candidate with three votes,
a District 5:
William Phillips, William B. Flow
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Local buildings are inspected regu
larly to help warn firefighters of potential
fire hazards in old structures, Jones said.
"Every time we inspect a building,
we look for that kind of information,"
he said.
In addition, the Chapel Hill Fire
Department uses a process called
preplanning, which gives firefighters a
chance to identify fire fighting diffi
culties in buildings before the outbreak
of fires, Jones said.
Although the building in Saturday's
fire received extensive damage, the fire
department's report stated that repair
would be possible.
All the businesses that suffered dam
age in Saturday's fire plan to reopen as
soon as possible, said James Paliouras,
a spokesman for Paliouras Enterprises
Inc., which owns the building.
The former Continental Cafe, which
suffered the most damage, also plans to
reopen soon as The Common Man's
Restaurant when repairs are completed,
Paliouras said.
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Senior class officers-elect Mike Ferguson
one vote, and will face each other in a
runoff Tuesday,
fl District 8:
Steven Browning and Eric Martin
won the two open seats as write-in
candidates, receiving three and two
votes, respectively.
B District 9:
Joanne Trgovcich won with four
votes as a write-in candidate.
University
reconstructed on original site
By Shannon O'Grady
Staff Writer
The University Press building, which
was destroyed by fire in December, will
be reconstructed on its original site.
Members of the UNC Press' board
of governors decided last week to rebuild
the publications office at its original
location, said Gordon Rutherford, di
rector of facilities planning and design.
"I would guess it will be about 1 8 to
20 months before the Press is back in
that space," Rutherford said.
Matt Hodgson, University Press di
rector, said the UNC Press has tempo
rarily relocated to office space in the
private Block Building at 410 Airport
Road. "We are a little cramped for space,
but we're able to work pretty well."
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Boundary Street and Hooper Lane,
FBI to file charges against
By Dawn Spiggle
Staff Writer
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
has yet to file charges against a Durham
man for the robbery of a local branch of
Central Carolina Bank last Thursday
and cannot release further information
until a later date, said the supervisor of
the Raleigh-Durham FBI office.
But Chapel Hill police officials said
Tuesday the FBI informed them that it
was planning on fil ing charges sometime
in the near future.
Charles Anthony Smith, 30, of Wall
Street in Durham, was arrested Friday
on a Chapel Hill warrant in connection
Female politicians discuss
By Jennifer Brett
Staff Writer
The Orange County Women's
Center hosted a forum Monday night
to discuss women's roles in politics
and feminist issues at the local level.
Local women's leaders were guest
panelists for the discussion. Panelists
included Orange County Commis
sioner Verla Insko, Carrboro Alder
man Jacquelyn Gist and community
volunteer Peggy Pollitzer.
"My idea in putting this together
was that we could hopefully have a
healthy discussion," said Liz Stiles,
the center's administrative assistant.
Celia Carter, a member of the dis
cussion group, said she did not come
expecting solutions, but to hear the
opinions of community officials.
"If we were to try to reach an
agreement, we would be here all night,"
she said. "B ut I think we should address
the issue of women in politics and hear
each other's opinions."
Insko said her interest in politics
stemmed from personal experience.
"I lived through the 'Grapes of
Wrath era and was one of the few at
that time to receive an education,"
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D District 10:
No candidates; seat remains open.
B District 12:
Jennifer Lloyd received 73 votes and
defeated Allison Inscoe, who got 70
votes.
B District 15:
Scott Maxwell received 92 votes and
defeated Russ Helms, who got 3 1 votes.
B District 20:
Press building to be
housed the UNC Press until it burned
Dec. 5.
Kate Torrey, University Press editor
in chief, said the smaller working space
was inconvenient for the editors. "All
the editors have had a difficult-tim6 in
cramped quarters," she said. "They do
reading and other work that requires
high levels of concentration at home.
"It has made it inconvenient not al
ways having everyone under one roof,
but I think we have done a remarkably
good job keeping up with the flow of
work," she said.
Hodgson said the UNC Press edited
manuscripts but was not involved in
actual printing.
Rutherford said construction of the
new building would probably start in
the fall and would cost between
$800,000 and $1 million.
The State Fire Fund insured the
with the robbery of the CCB branch
located on Dobbins Drive.
Chapel Hill Police Capt. Tommy
Snipes said Smith was charged with
common law robbery for stealing an
excess of $500 from the bank.
After Smith was identified as a sus
pect, the Durham Police checked ad
dresses for his location and made the
arrest, Snipes said.
Snipes said he could not release the
circumstances under which Smith was
identified as a suspect. But Smith was
the only suspect identified.
"(There was) just one person involved
that we know of in robbing the bank,"
Snipes said.
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Jacquelyn Gist
Insko said. "I grew up realizing that not
everyone had been so fortunate. This
experience fueled my energy and interest
to become involved in human service,
especially education. That led to political
activity."
Insko said serving people who were
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the results of Tuesday's runoff election
Brannon Cashion and Tiffany Walker
won the two available positions as write
in candidates, with 13 and 10 votes,
respectively.
B District 21:
Tim Moore won the third seat by
defeating Christian Hardison, 1 13 votes
to 70.
The two other seats were filled in last
week's election.
original building, he said. 'They (the
insurance company) will pay a large
majority of the cost it takes to rebuild."
Judith Bergman, University Press
controller, said a separate insurance
policy covered the cost of the tempo
rary location.
UNC Press computers and furniture
were insured by a policy valued at about
$400,000, she said. Damage totals have
not been finalized, but probably will
surpass $300,000.
Richard Hendel, University Press
product manager and associate director
of design, said the firefighters' quick
work saved equipment from extensive
damage.
"Our stuff was pretty well protected
because the firemen did such a good
job," he said.
Hodgson said the UNC Press lost
only one edited manuscript in the fire.
bank robber
If the FBI charges Smith with federal
bank robbery charges, the state charges
could be dropped, Snipes said.
"We have to arrest him on a state
charge and then turn our information
over to (the FBI)," Snipes said.
Smith has a history of arrests, includ
ing several misdemeanor and larceny
charges, said a Durham deputy clerk of
court. Smith was arrested for aimed
robbery Sept. 28, but the case was dis
missed Nov. 9.
Thompson said Smith did not display
a weapon during the robbery last week.
Smith presently is being held on
$100,000 bond.
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living in poverty with little or no edu
cation interested her. The key to
eliminating poverty is economic de
velopment, she added.
'There is no way to help those
living in poverty without improving
the economy of the community in
general," Insko said. "They go hand in
hand."
Pollitzer, who works extensively
with the Inter-Faith Council for Social
Service, said interest in social issues
was not part of her upbringing.
"I was born with a silver spoon in
my mouth," she said. "It was not until
after I was married and had children
that I began to analyze my life and my
way of thinking."
Pollitzer said her community in
volvement began with the Girl Scouts,
Sunday school and the Parent-Teacher
Association.
"Because I didn't need to work, I
was free to actively volunteer my time
to several local organizations,"
Pollitzer said. "I felt fortunate for all
I'd been given all my life, and I wanted
to help the less fortunate."
Gist said her interest in politics
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