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Campus
Tuesday, March 30
■ A housekeeper reported that a
vacuum cleaner was stolen from the
janitor’s closet in Hamilton Hall, ac
cording to police reports.
The housekeeper said the vacuum
was in the closet Friday afternoon but
was gone by Tuesday morning, reports
stated. The housekeeper also reported
that someone had vacuumed Hamilton
100 during the weekend, according to
police reports.
Reports stated that the value of the
vacuum was more than S2OO.
■ A faculty member reported that his
car was broken into and his car phone
was stolen, reports stated.
The car was left Monday night in the
Health Affairs parking deck, and the
owner returned Tuesday morning to
find his car phone missing, reports
stated.
Police reports stated that the phone
was valued at S3OO. No other damages
were reported, police reports stated.
Monday, March 29
■ A dead, skinned cat was found at
10:50p.m. on the west side of Alexander
Residence Hall, police reports stated.
According to police reports, the cat
was taken from the laboratory beside
Alexander. Reports stated that no sus
pects or further details of the incident
were reported.
■ A Morrison Residence Hall resi
dent reported that her credit cards were
stolen from her room, reports stated.
The cards were taken on March 14
from the resident’s desk when she was
in the shower, police reports stated.
Approximately S2OO was purchased
on the cards between March 3 through
March 5, reports stated.
■ A student reported that her car was
damaged, reports stated. The car was
parked in the N-4 Cobb lot, according to
police reports.
The student returned to the car and
found that the driver’s side quarterpanel,
lower half of the front door and rear
door had been damaged, reports stated.
The damage was estimated at SSOO,
according to police reports.
■ An N-4 parking lot sign was re
ported stolen from the comer of Cobb
Drive and Raleigh Street, reports stated.
The sign was valued at $45, accord
ing to police reports.
■ An S-4 parking lot sign was re
ported stolen from the comer of Sta
dium Drive and South Road, reports
stated.
The sign was valued at $35, police
reports stated.
City
Wednesday, March 31
■ Police responded to a complaint at
3:30 a.m. that a live band was playing
outside a Rosemary Street residence,
police reports stated.
When the police arrived, the band
agreed to stop playing, reports stated.
Tuesday, March 30
■ A University student reported that
an unidentified suspect broke into his
convertible car and stole his radar de
tector, police reports stated.
The robbery took place between
12:01 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the comer of
Bolin Heights Road and the driveway to
Mill Creek Apartments, reports stated.
The radar detector was valued at about
S6O and the damage to the car was
estimated at $ 150, police reports stated.
Police have not yet identified any
suspects, reports stated.
■ A UNC-Wilmington student visit
ing Chapel Hill reported that an un
known suspect broke into his car and
stole a cassette player, reports stated.
The robbery occurred between 10:55
p.m. Monday and 11:30 a.m. Tuesday
in the comer parking lot at Schultz
Street and Kingsbury Drive, reports
stated.
The cassette player was valued at
about $l7O. Damage to the car was
estimated at $ 150, police reports stated.
There are no suspects at this time,
according to police reports.
■ An employee of The Lodge re
ported that a customer left the store
without paying for merchandise at 5:34
p.m., police reports stated.
Police were unable to locate the sus
pect, reports stated.
The Lodge is located at 157 E.
Franklin St.
■ An employee at the Mini-Mart on
Airport Road reported that a customer
driving a gold Dodge mini-van left with
out paying for $11.31 of gas, police
reports stated.
The suspect was last seen driving
toward 1-40 on Airport Road, reports
stated.
The Mini-Mart is located at 1200
Airport Road in Chapel Hill.
■ A Carrboro resident reported that a
dog tried to bite him at 301 Laurel Hill
Road in Chapel Hill at 11:06 a.m., po
lice reports stated.
The complainant told police the dog
caught and ripped the leg of his pants
but did not actually bite him, reports
stated.
The owner of the dog was informed
of what had happened, reports stated.
■ Chapel Hill police responded to a
report of loud music coming from a
vehicle on N. Graham Street, police
reports stated.
Upon arrival, police told the driver of
a green Oldsmobile to keep the music
down and the driver complied, reports
stated.
Congress OKs sexual-orientation bill
By Marty Minchin
Assistant University Editor
Student Congress members voted 11-
10 at their Wednesday meeting to ap
prove a resolution recommending that
the Board of Governors amend the UNC
system’s nondiscrimination statement
to include protection on the basis of
sexual orientation.
“We see this as a building block to
allow us to go on and get this put under
the whole system,” said Caroline Heller,
co-founder of the recently formed Po
litical Action Committee for Equal
Rights, the group that sponsored the
bill.
After debating the bill, congress
members voted 10-10 on the bill.
Speaker Jennifer Lloyd broke the tie
Funding for Raleigh
World Trade Center
not a town priority
By Maiie Carpenter
Staff Writer
Promoting international business in
Chapel Hill isn’t a top priority for
town council members, so the town
probably won’t help fund the local
branch of the World Trade Center,
council member Art Werner said
Wednesday.
Despite its appeal to some local
businesses with overseas connections,
the Research Triangle World Trade
Center probably will not secure the
10-cent per-capita donation it re
quested from Chapel Hill, Werner said.
“I don’t have any enthusiasm built
on it,” Werner said. “This just doesn’t
seem to be a high-priority issue.”
The center, which is located in
Durham near the boundaries of Re
search Triangle Park, is a nonprofit,
nonpolitical organization with 200
member businesses in North Caro
lina, according to public relations co
ordinator David Thomas.
Like its counterpart in New Yotk,
the Raleigh World Trade Center puts
local businesses in touch with foreign
companies who want to do business
with American firms.
Thomas said the center requested
funding from local cities io Help boost
international business in the Triangle.
“Any company in Chapel Hill that
has a product to export could benefit,”
Thomas said.
The center is funded primarily by
membership fees and the N.C. Gen
eral Assembly. But after Raleigh do
SBP-elect recruiting
broad student base
for executive positions
By Candace N. Watson
Staff Writer
Student Body President-elect Jim
Copland has begun seeking applicants
for positions in his administration.
Paid inserts in Monday’s Daily Tar
Heel advertised positions from elec
tions board chair to town council liaison
to the Carolina Union Board of Direc
tors. The insert lists a total of 81 capaci
ties through which students can partici
pate in the executive branch of student
government.
“We want to have as many people
involved in the executive branch as
possible,” said Mark Shelburne, stu
dent government transition coordina
tor.
The distribution marks the first time
student government has published in
serts for students to see what positions
are available.
Shelburne said the purpose of the
inserts was to open up student govern
ment to students who wouldn’t know
about it otherwise.
“The forms are for allowing people
to judge the time commitments of each
position, as well as be more aware of the
positions,” he said.
Copland said he wanted a large num
ber of students to respond to the interest
forms. “I feel we should get a hundred
New computers to help police department operate more efficiently
By Matthew Henry
Staff Writer
The Chapel Hill Police Department
will be entering the computer age in
about a year.
“Not having computers is really frus
trating, because so much information
that we need is not retrievable without
computers,” Chapel Hill police spokes
woman Jane Cousins said.
The police department currently
stores all of its records on 3-by-5 index
cards in file cabinets.
The Chapel Hill Town Council passed
a resolution last week to form a commit
tee to oversee integrating anew com
puter system into the police
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with an affirmative vote.
Heller said a group representative
would bring the resolution before the
BOG at its next meeting.
If approved, all 16 schools in the
UNC-system would adopt a permanent
policy providing protection on the basis
of sexual orientation.
Matt Stiegler, a PACER member and
co-founder of the Student Organized
Movement Against Discrimination, said
the fact that the 74th congress passed
the bill showed how much support the
bill had garnered from congress mem
bers.
“The fact that this congress would
pass this bill really says something about
the support,” he said.
“Right now their credibility is almost
zero due to the endeavors of a special
nated $24,000 this year, Thomas said
the center was asking Chapel Hill and
other towns throughout die state for
contributions.
“The reason why it’s a good idea
for Chapel Hill is that we’re providing
services that any Chapel Hill business
can take advantage of,” Thomas said.
But town manager Cal Horton said
he didn't think any funds would be
given to the center, even if the center
requested less money.
“My recommendation would be that
there be no appropriation,” Horton
said. “We don’t have any information
that would suggest that the center’s
services would justify a contribution
from die town.”
John Ruggles, owner of a Chapel
Hill business in international environ
mental consulting, said his member
ship in the Research Triangle World
Trade Center had been a great asset to
his company.
He added that the town should con
sider giving money to the center.
“If the town feels like having a
vibrant business community, it will be
a worthwhile investment,” Ruggles
said. “It willhelpattractforeignmoney
to this area.”
Ruggles said he had introduced four
* other Chapel Hill businesses to the
local World Trade Center.
Thomas said the center provided
free educational seminars in Chapel
Hill for anyone interested In interna
tional business. “We are helping to
disseminate information to the people
of Chapel Hill.”
interest forms,” he said.
The form lists all the committee and
coordinator positions available to stu
dents.
Since his election Feb. 16, Copland
has been working with a transition team
to ensure that his administration is in
touch with campus needs.
Copland has taken an active role in
the student-led fight for a free-standing
black cultural center, helped organize
last week ’ s Rape-Free Zone and is form
ing a group of students to lobby the
General Assembly against its proposed
tuition increases.
Copland said the inserts were in
tended for students who had never
known about student government com
mittees and coordinator positions.
For students who want to know more
about a particular committee or posi
tion, Shelburne said Copland soon
would be assembling more in-depth
packets.
Positions are listed on the form ac
cording to the approximate time com
mitment they involve. Categories range
from 15 hours a week to three hours a
month.
The listing allowed students to gauge
the time involvement of each position,
Copland said.
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department’s operations.
Council member Joe Capowski said
he thought it would take about a year to
purchase and introduce the computer
system, which will cost about $50,000.
Capowski said Chapel Hill was well
behind the rest of the country in making
the switch from keeping records on
paper to using computers.
“Computers will save work because
they will allow the department to access
computer statistics and criminal records,
allowing the police department to use
its limited resources most effectively,”
he said.
Cousins said storing information in a
database would help the department in
criminal investigations, spotting trends,
few. That they supported it is very en
couraging.”
Heller said the group brought the bill
before congress because they wanted to
show the BOG that the student body of
UNC-CH supported the bill.
“We decided this was one of the steps
we wanted to take before it came up
before the BOG,” she said.
‘We want this to reflect UNC-CH is
in support of the systemwide installa
tion of this addition.”
The Association of Student Govern
ments, a group of student leaders from
all UNC-system schools, supports the
recommendation, Heller said.
Copland said Derrick Griffith, a
UNC-Charlotte student and ASG presi
dent, could bring the recommendation
before the BOG because his position
Merchandise sales skyrocket
as Heels head for Final Four
ByS.Tebbens
Staff Writer
And they’re off...
Not only is the UNC basketball team
off to the Final Four in New Orleans this
weekend, but highly demanded Final
Four memorabilia is running off the
shelves.
Store managers all over Chapel Hill
are finding it difficult to keep Final Four
T-shirts, sweatshirts and hats in stock.
“We’re selling (memorabilia) so fast
that we can’t get deliveries soon
enough,” said Shelton Henderson,
owner and manager of The Shrunken
Head boutique on East Franklin Street.
‘We’rehavingtotakeordersforthem.
It’s been an exciting time,” he said.
“Beat Kansas” buttons also have
been selling very well, Henderson said.
The Tar Heel basketball team plays
Kansas Saturday evening in the first
game of the NCAA Final Four in the
New Orleans Superdome.
The Shrunken Head, Carolina Pride,
Johnny T-shirt and UNC Student Stores
all are carrying Final Four memora
bilia. And all store managers say they
are excited about sale increases.
John Jones, UNC Student Stores di
rector, said sales of Final Four items at
all campus stores had increased signifi
cantly. “We’ve sold more than $15,000
in three days,” he said. “That’s a terrific
rate of sale, and it’s been better every
day —and that’s not very common.”
Student Stores has been
Final Four items all week—sometimes
two and three shipments a day.
Donna Devanney, manager of Caro
lina Pride on East Franklin Street, said
the Final Four definitely had depleted
their stock. “It goes quickly,” she said.
Alicia Hardin, manager of the
Franklin Street boutique Johnny T-shirt,
said Final Four merchandise had been
in higher demand than other UNC
memorabilia.
“Final Four merchandise is selling
better than other Carolina items,” she
said. “We’ve been running out of a few
things, but we’ve been able to get them
in the store as soon as we can.”
Linda Home, administrative assis
tant in the Department of English,
stopped by the Student Stores Wednes
day to buy T-shirts for her children.
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Senior class to present $300,000
gift to Academic Affairs Library
By Chris Robertson
Staff Writer
The senior class is putting the bows
on its gift to the University an en
dowment of more than $300,000 for the
Academic Affairs Library.
The Academic Affairs Library in
cludes Davis, Wilson and the Under
graduate libraries as well as several
departmental libraries.
Ron Barnes, senior class gift com
mittee co-chairman, said the senior class
raised $305,680 of its $365,000 goal.
“We’re very happy with where we
ended up,” he said. “We feel we did a
good job with our resources. We would
have liked to reach the $365,000 goal,
but we’re pleased.”
Elizabeth Mitchell, senior class vice
president, said the senior class fund
raisers did not view the goal as a num
ber they failed to reach but as a standard
crime analysis and patrol placement.
The police department will be better
able to identify high-crime areas and
schedule regular patrols with comput
ers, Cousins said.
Cousins said the police department
eagerly was anticipating the change.
Town manager Cal Horton said that
although computerizing the police de
partment might not reduce crime sig
nificantly, it would have long-term ben
efits.
“What it will do is increase effi
ciency and make it possible to have
better use of our resources,” he said.
Capowski said he thought the coun
cil would support allocating the neces
sary funds to buy new computers.
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included an ex-officio, nonvoting seat
on the BOG.
Student Body President-elect Jim
Copland said he was in full support of
the recommendation.
“(Congress’s support) is just show
ing a feeling of the congress, which is
representative of the student body,” he
said.
“The UNC system should adopt an
official nondiscrimination statement
including sexual orientation.”
During debate on the bill, Heller told
congress members that the bill was simi
lar to Chancellor Paul Hardin’s policy,
which includes protection against dis
crimination on the basis of sexual orien
tation.
“There’s already a statement in this
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Troy Golden and his babysitter examine Student Stores' Final Four T-shirts Wednesday
big Carolina fan,” she said. “When
you’ve lived in Chapel Hill all your life,
you have to be.”
Tonya Holcombe, a fifth-year music
major from Asheville, said she bought a
Final Four T-shirt Tuesday and a hat
Wednesday. “I’m in the band and didn’t
get to go to the games this year, so I
might as well get a T-shirt,” she said.
Increased sales at tournament time
aren’t unique to the area. Duke Univer
sity stores experienced the same bulg
ing sales each time Duke went to the
toward which to work.
“I feel proud that we reached over
$300,000,” she said. “Goals are sup
posed to be out of reach to make you
work harder.”
The main fund-raiser for the endow
ment was the Senior Class Phone-a
thon, a weeklong event last January in
which volunteers called seniors, asking
them to donate or pledge money to the
campaign.
More than 45 percent of the senior
class pledged money to the campaign
during the phone-a-thon, Barnes said.
Barnes said library officials will de
cide the specific details of what will be
purchased with the endowment.
“The only stipulation the committee
has given the library is that the money
stays in the library,” he said. “We asked
them to spend the money on items that
will go into or benefit the library. Other
than that, they are free to allocate the
“Crime was the single biggest topic
at our January retreat,” Capowski said.
Horton said the computer equipment
and software might cost more than
$50,000, so additional appropriations
probably would be needed in the future.
Carrboro police Capt. John Burke
said the four computers his department
owned had been a big asset.
“Computers have cut down on
manhours, on investigations, on time
spent making reports, because when
ever we need information it’s right there
at our fingertips,” Burke said.
Chapel Hill police Detective Pat
Bums said computers would cut down
on a lot of legwork.
“I’ll be able to look at suspect records
tion,” she said.
“This obviously is something that is
recognized as important—it should be
permanent and recognized in the entire
UNC system.”
Hardin’s policy only is in effect as
long as remains at the University.
UNC-CH has no other official state
ment providing protection on the basis
of sexual orientation.
Rep. Sneha Shah, Dist. 19, said dur
ing debate that Hardin’s support of a
policy against discrimination on tjie
basis of sexual orientation showed the
importance of the bill.
“If the fact that Chancellor Hardin
has adopted (this policy) ... I really
don ’ t think there’s a problem with mak
ing this a resolution and giving it our
support.” ,
Final Four. The Duke basketball team
has traveled to the Final Four tourria
ment six of the past seven years.
Tom Craig, general manager of Duke
University retail stores, said sales rock
eted during the each of Duke’s tourna
ment runs. “Duke Final Four memora
bilia probably tripled sales before the
national championship game —and
that’s probably aconservative estimate.”
Craig said the Duke University stores
did not have off-campus competition
like UNC. \
money as they see fit.”
The libraries will draw from the fund
when they need to purchase periodicals
or new technology, Barnes said. >
“We hope the library will use the
funds for the new CD-ROM’s that ire
the new technology now and for new
resources we don’t even know about
that will surface in the future,” he said.
Mitchell said the senior class wattled
to give a gift that would help the entire
undergraduate population of the Uni
versity, not just graduating seniors work
ing on their thesis papers.
“It’s all for undergraduate purposes,
not solely for the seniors,” she said.
“It’s for ail kinds of resources and tech
nologies.”
Bob Paty, senior class president, said
he “was very pleased with the choice of
giving the money to the libraries.” All
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on the computer, instead of having tado
it manually,” he said.
Bums said computers would enable
officers working on similar cases to
check the progress that had been miide
by other officers.
Capowski said he was recruiting
about eight citizens to join him orrthe
committee, which he thought woulg be
formed in about a week.
“I’m looking for people experienced
in the introduction of computer systems
into a complex business organization,”
he said. “The committee will checkout
how other police departments the Size
of Chapel Hill’s have introduced com
puter systems and more or less imitate
them.” :<
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