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Tuesday, Jan. It
■ A $270 gold class ring and a UNC
owned chair were reported missing from
Mclver Residence Hall, reports state.
The items were taken from the victim’s
locked room during Winterßreak, accord
ing to police.
The room was still locked when the
resident returned, she told police.
■ University Police and the Chapel Hill
Fire Department investigated the Student
Union at about 11 a.m. after a student at
the WXYC radio station reported smoke.
Officials determined that the smoke
came from a leaf blower near the fresh-air
intake vent outside the building, reports
state.
Monday, Jan. 10
■ About 400 UNC ONE Cards were
taken from the ONE Card Office in the
Student Stores building during the week
end, police reports state.
The cards, valued at $2,000, had been
made for continuing education students.
■ A mountain bike was stolen from
Carmichael Residence Hall bike racks,
police reports state.
The Antelope 970, worth S3OO, was
locked Dec. 13 and last seen Jan. 1, reports
state.
■ Two basketball jerseys were taken
from the Smith Center Gift Shop, reports
state.
University Police found the shirt rack
pulled toward the grating in front of the
window, with several shirts and hangers
on the floor.
■ A parking sign was knocked over and
damaged in the F parking lot, near the
Smith Center, according to reports.
The sign “appeared to be broken as if it
had been struck by a hard object,” the
report states.
City
Wednesday, Jin. 12
■ An unknown person entered the Phi
Gamma Delta house at 108 Cameron Ave.
and took S9OO worth of electronic equip
ment, according to police reports.
There also was $25 worth of damage to
the house, reports state.
Tuesday, Jan. 11
■ Chapel Hill police reported two hit
and-run incidents Tuesday.
1992. Honda was.strack by a 1969
Chevrolet at the intersection of East
Franklin Street and Elliott Road, causing
SSOO damage to the Honda, police reports
state.
The Chevrolet, whose license plate
might have been N.C. ETE-8018, left the
scene without exchanging information,
according to reports.
In the second incident, a 1993 Honda
parked in the lot at the Blue Cross-Blue
Shield building on West Lakeview Drive
was struck by another vehicle, police re
ports state.
Damage to the Honda is estimated at
$416.36, reports state.
■ Gary Emanuel Evans, 20, of 3 Pin
yon Place in Durham was arrested and
charged with breaking and entering a ve
hicle, police reports state.
He was released on a SI,OOO unsecured
bond, according to reports.
He is scheduled to appear in Chapel Hill
District Court today.
■ Edward Carl Hicks Jr., also known as
“Big Daddy,” 21, of 708 N. Columbia St.
and Dalton Deneen Major, 23, of 600
Cecil St. in Durham were arrested at 7:45
p.m. and charged with shoplifting, police
reports state.
The two tried to leave the Sav-A-Center
on Airport Road concealing meat under
their jackets, according to reports.
They both wall appear Feb. lOin Chapel
Hill District Court, police reports state.
■ Police responded to a report of three
gunshots heard in the McCauley and Ran
som streets area at 7:54 p.m., according to
reports.
Police investigated but found no evi
dence, reports state.
■ Wayne Morgan Sneed, 39, of Rt. 7
Box 578 was arrested at 2:31 p.m. and
charged with assault on a female, police
reports state.
He was released on a $l5O unsecured
bond, according to reports.
He is scheduled to appear Jan. 20 in
Chapel Hill District Court.
■ Several members ofKappa Alpha fra
ternity reported items stolen from rooms in
the fraternity house at 110 W. Cameron
Ave., according to Chapel Hill police re
ports.
Fraternity members originally reported
the breaking and entering Dec. 22 and
notified the police again when they discov
ered items missing, reports state.
Some property belonging to the frater
nity also was stolen, police reports state.
■ A person driving a blue-gray 1984
Honda, bearing N.C.license plate number
DTZ-1501, stole sl6 worth of gas from the
Eastgate shopping center BP gas station,
which is located at 1801 E. Franklin St.,
according to police reports.
The incident was reported at 8:53 p.m.
■ James Bryan Rapp, 20, of 222 Avery
Residence Hall was arrested at 6 p.m. and
charged with possessing a fake identifica
tion card and attempting to purchase alco
hol, according to reports.
Rapp tried to buy beer with someone
else’s ID card, reports state.
He will appear Feb. 10 in Chapel Hill
District Court.
Yoder to Speak at Conference Friday
BY ROCHELLE KLASKIN
ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR
Finally, a legitimate reason to miss class.
On Friday, UNC graduate Ed Yoder, a
syndicated columnist and Pulitzer Prize
winner, will speak at 9 a.m. at the Friday
Center as part of a daylong conference
dedicated to issues of intellectual and aca
demic freedom.
After Yoder’s keynote address in which
he will discuss freedom of expression within
the academic community, the rest of the
day will focus on panels of distinguished
guests from around the nation.
Conference organizer Ruth Walden,
associate professor of journalism and mass
communication, said she had received an
extremely positive response from both the
academic and local communities. She
added that she expected about 200 people
to attend the event, which is free to the
public.
“I am very excited about the confer
ence,” she said. “The conference has a
UNC, UGa. Share Honor of Being First Public Universil
BYMARSHALL BENBOW
STAFF WRITER
At UNC, the phrase “We’re No. l”can
allude to any number of things—women’s
soccer, men’sbasketballortheUniversity’s
academic reputation. But this year, it is
said to express pride in being the first pub
licly funded state university in the nation.
One might think that the claim to being
the first public university is an undispu
table proclamation that easily could be
proved by simply opening any history book.
But not according to officials at the
University of Georgia at Athens, who say
their university celebrated its bicentennial
in 1985. UGa. was chartered by its state
government in 1785, the first state to do
such. So, how is it possible that UGa.
celebrated its 200th birthday eight years
before UNC, yet UNC still can lay claim to
being first in the nation?
“We have always referred to ourselves
as the first state-chartered university, by
virtue of the fact that we came into exist
ence albeit on paper in 1785,” said
Larry Denby of the UGa. public relations
department.
Tom Jackson, also of the UGa. public
relations department, said he did not think
the celebration had been in question.
“I don’t remember if there was any
debate, ” Jackson said. “It’s a chicken-and
egg sort of thing. We’re both first, and then
neither one of us is first.”
UNC can be considered to be first be
cause its first student, Hinton James, be
gan attending classes in 1793, said Scott
.TPupreej UNC Bicentennial media direc
tor.
“We’dhadgraduating students in 1798,”
he said. “We’re saying we were the first
(public) university to exist. Both of us are
right; we think it’s more significant that we
opened first.”
UGa. did not admit students until 1799,
the same year the second class of students
graduated from UNC.
Though the universities might differ in
their opinions of who is first, they appar
ently share some of the same ideas about
how to stage a celebration.!
Carol Winthrop, the assistant to the
Refund Makes Filing Taxes
Less Painful for Students
BY ALIA SMITH
STAFF WRITER
Students have two reasons not to put off
doing their taxes this year: It’s the law and,
because students are generally poor, they
are likely to receive a refund from the
government.
“Students are, more often than not, en
titled to a refund,” said Barbara Albright,
public affairs officer at the Department of
the Treasury in Greensboro.
If a person makes less than $6,050, then
they will receive all their federal and state
withholdings, with the exception of taxes
taken out for social security. Students who
make more than $6,050 only will be taxed
on what they make that is more than $6,050,
she said.
Albright also said that because students
frequently were entitled to refunds, it was
to their benefit to file early, thus ensuring
that their refund would be returned to
them faster.
According to the 1994 tax supplement
sent out by the Internal Revenue Service,
those who file their tax returns in January
and February receive their refunds in less
time than those who wait until March or
April.
The deadline for filing returns or for an
extension is April 15.
“If you were employed in 1993 and
taxes were withheld, then you need to file
a tax return, even if your parents claim you
as a dependent,” Albright said.
She added that the most common filing
error made by students was claiming them
selves as dependents at the same time their
parents claimed them.
“If a parent provides more than one
half of the student’s support, then the par
ent is entitled to claim the student as a
dependent, and the student cannot claim
himself,” she said.
Albright added that most students quali
fied to fill out the simplest tax form, the
1040EZ. The 1040EZ is designed for single
or married people with no dependents who
make less than $50,000 dollars a year and
do not plan to itemize their deductions.
Itemization of deductions is the listing
of expenses, such as medical expenses or
UNIVERSITY & CITY
wonderful lineup of speakers who are speak
ing on extremely salient topics.”
Walden said that both the speakers and
panels would leave time at the end of their
discussions for questions and comments
from the audience.
“These are really current, relevant top
ics to what’s going on in the campus and
local communities,” she said. “We’re hop
ing for a lively discussion and debate.”
Walden encouraged students to attend
the event and stressed that students were
free to come and go during the day to fit in
the conference with their schedules.
The event is part of the Bicentennial
Observance. The schools ofjoumalismand
mass communication, education, law, li
brary and information science, and the
Department of Communication Studies
are sponsoring the event.
“All of the academic units contributed
financial support to the conference,”
Walden said.
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The University of Georgia, located in Athens, received its charter in 1785, the first in the nation. The Arch (above) is a
symbol of the university, like UNC's Old Well. Legend says that only upperclassmen can pass under it.
vice president of academic affairs at UGa.,
was in charge of special events for its bicen
tennial celebration.
Enthusiasm for the celebration ran high,
Winthrop said.
“It was really a time of great enthusiasm
and pride; a wonderful year of enrichment
for the campus,” she said. “It was a com
munity-building year. I hope yours is do
ing the same for you.”
To commence the celebration, former
Vice President George Bush spoke at the
school’s convocation in 1984, Winthrop
gifts to charities, that could add up to be
more than the standard deduction.
In order to file, students must possess
copies of their W-2 forms to send to the
IRS. W-2 forms must be sent to filers from
their employers by Jan. 31. Students who
have not received their forms by Jan. 31
should contact their employer, Albright
said.
Betty Fransisco, accountant and man
ager ofßoyd Income Tax Service in Chapel
Hill, said her best advice to student filers
was to prepare early.
“If students prepare their taxes early,
and they are entitled to a refund, they can
file and receive it early, ” she said. “Or, they
may discover that they owe taxes, and by
preparing early, they leave themselves time
to come up with the money.”
Fransisco added that a common mis
take among students was the omission of
scholarships counted as taxable income.
“Generally, scholarships for solely aca
demic purposes, such as tuition and books,
are not taxable," she said. “But scholar
ship money for room and board, for ex
ample, is taxable. It is up to the student to
make sure they know the terms of their
scholarship.”
Most students are able to complete their
own tax forms, but some do seek account
ing firms for unusual circumstances,
Fransisco said.
“Students sometimes come to us if
they’re not sure of something, such as
(what to do if) they work in North Carolina
but are the legal resident of another state, ’’
she said.
If this is the case, students must file with
both states, but they will not be double
taxed, she said.
Larry Giles, an accountant in Chapel
Hill, said he agreed that preparing taxes
early was the most important thing stu
dents could do this tax season.
“Students should figure their taxes early
to determine if they’re due a refund, or if
they owe taxes,” he said.
“Many students mistakenly believe that
because they are students they are tax ex
empt. But this is not always the case.”
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9 .m.-10 a.m.: Keynote speaker Edwin Yoder, Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist
1956 UNC graduate and former Daily Tar Heel editor. Introduction by Professor Ruth Walden,
UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
10:15 am. —11:30 a-nu "Campus Quandaries: Free Speech Vs. Civity on Campus.' Gordon
r Baldwin, University of Wisconsin law professor Wiliam Van Aistyne. Duke University law
professor; and Arab Korwar. UNC School of journalism and Mass Communication Ph.D. student
0 Moderator Professor Margaret Blanchard, UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
1 11:30 am —1 p.m-- Luncheon Speaker Judith King, director of the American Library Association's
Office of Intellectual Freedom. Introduction by Dean Barbers Moran, UNC School of Library and
(Information Science.
1:15 pm,-2:30 p.me 'Access to School Information: Issues of Privacy and Public Accountability.'
Mark Goodman, executive .director. Student Press Law Center Hugh Stevens, counsel for N.C.
Press Association; Andrew Vanore Jr.. N.C. chief deputy attorney general; and Ann Majestic,
attorney representing local school boards. Moderator Professor Cathy Packer, UNC School of
Journalism and Mass Communication.
12:45 pun.-4 p.m.: 'Family Values, Religion and Censorship in Public School and Libraries.' Joan
DelFattore. University of Delaware professor and author of "What Johnny Shouldn't Read”;
Cynthia Campsen Mosteller, member of the Advisory Board of the South Carolina Christian
Coalition; alto Cathy Stuart executive director for the N.C. People for the American Way.
Moderator. Professor Chuck Stone, UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
said. President Bill Clinton spoke at UNC
on its University Day, Oct. 12,1993.
UNC and UGa. both had world-re
nowned composers write suites to observe
their bicentennials. Karel Husa, a Pulitzer
Prize-winning composer, wrote a com
memorative suite for UGa.
Likewise, UNC commissioned a suite
composed by Richard Adler, a Pulitzer
Prize nominee and Tony Award recipient.
A special visitors’ center, which housed
a major exhibit tracing the school’s his
tory, was built in 1985 to serve UGa.
University Rejects Opportunity to
Package Sweet Smell of Carolina
BY MARISSA JONES
STAFF WRITER
UNC students and alumni can buy
clothing, stickers, banners and school sup
plies with University logos, but they have
lost the chance to show their Tar Heel
spirit with the fragrance they wear.
The University and its licensing agent,
Atlanta-based Collegiate Licensing, re
jected a proposal from Wilshire Fragrance
Inc. for a UNC men’s cologne.
Company founder Peter Klamka said
he was puzzled by the rejection of his
proposal.
“UNC refuses to give me a license, and
I’m really not sure why,” he said. “Even
though I have licenses for 30 colleges
I’m having trouble comprehending their
situation.”
UNC Contract Administrator Biruta
Nielsen said the University rejected the
proposed “Tar Heel Fragrance” because it
did not license fragrances.
“Cologne is not a line of products we
license, so they are not selling it,” she said.
Tracy Washington, director of licens
ing for Collegiate Licensing, said the
University’s rejection of the proposal was
due to the possible liability of licensing a
product that comes into contact with a
consumer’s skin.
“The University has to be careful how
their trademarks are used in conjunction
with that type of thing,” she said.
Washington described cologne as a
“high-risk” product and said consumers
could feasibly sue the University if the
product caused irritations.
Nielsen said the University did not li
cense products that came into contact with
skin and could potentially pose legal prob
lems.
“It has nothing to do with the com
pany,” she said. “It has to do with not
wanting to accept the liability.”
Nielsen said an exception was made for
the fake footprint tattoos because they be
came popular after being worn by UNC
cheerleaders.
Klamka said UNC was the only school
This is similar to UNC’s Windows in
Time exhibit, currently on display in the
Morehead Building.
A stamp featuring Abraham Baldwin,
who wrote UGa.’s charter, was issued by
the U.S. Postal Service. UNC also had a
commemorative postcard and stamp of the
Playmakers Theater issued this year.
The debate about which school should
be considered the nation’s first public uni
versity might never end. But as UNC’s
Dupree maintains, “As far as we’re con
cerned, Carolina is the oldest university.”
Smells Like Tar Heel Spirit
■ The would-be Tar Heel Fragrance' would have been packaged in a light blue box
with the Tar Heel ram logo.
■ Wilshire Frangrance Inc. produces men’s fragrances for several colleges. The
company, run by University of Michigan alumnus Peter Klamka, markets colognes
for Georgetown University, the University of Michigan, the University of Miami, the
University of Florida and the University of Nevada at Las Vegas.
■ The fragrances are designed with the schools’ geographic region, academic and
athletic strengths and students' SAT scores in mind to produce scents
characteristic of the student body. The University of Florida fragrance smells fruity,
and the scent for Kentucky evokes 'bluegrass tradition."
“The Tar Heel box
was easily going to be
one of the coolest....
1 get requests for UNC
(cologne) every day.”
PETER KLAMKA
Wilshire Frangrance Inc. founder
he had approached that had rejected his
fragrance proposal.
“There’s probably nobody out there I’ve
wanted to do (colognes for) who has re
jected me except for Carolina,” he said.
“I have been told by other colleges that
I am one of the easiest companies to work
with when it comes to the use of trade
marks.”
Washington said other schools repre
sented by Collegiate Licensing had rejected
his proposals but said she could not name
them.
Klamka already has created scents for
schools such as Georgetown University,
the University ofMichigan, Michigan State
University and the University of Miami.
He currently is negotiating with Notre
Dame University.
He said he expected to create a product
for Harvard University in the next few
months.
A 1990 graduate of the University of
Michigan, Klamka founded the line of
Thursday, January 13,1994
Barnes
Leaves
Congress
Dist. 4 Representative Says
Legislative Body Inefficient
BYPHUONGLY
ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR
Student Congress Rep. David Barnes
has resigned his position, saying that he
was dissatisfied with the political bickering
and inefficiency within the legislative body.
“It’s not that I’m adverse to politics,”
said Bames, who represented Dist. 4. The
district includes graduate programs in his
tory, political science and regional plan
ning.
“My complaint is that the form does not
fit the function,” he said.
Bames, a member of the Finance Com
mittee, said congress often spent hours
debating issues that he said probably would
reach a similar outcome if discussion was
limited to 10 minutes. He also said the 37-
seat congress could be more efficient if
only about a dozen elected students made
funding decisions.
“What’s the use ofpretending we’re like
a national body that needs checks and
balances when we’re just a student body
distributing funds? (Student Congress is)
not a real government in any sense of the
word.”
Bames will not be replaced by a special
election because general elections for con
gress will be held Feb. 8, said Speaker
Wendy SaiTatt. Terms forthis school year’s
congress members end in April, but Bames’
seat will stay vacant until the newly elected
congress takes office.
Bames, a second-year graduate student
in regional planning, said he always had
made fun of the antics of student political
bodies and ran for congress last spring as a
learning experience. He said most of his
preconceptions about congress had been
confirmed.
Bames listed four characteristics of most
congress members in a resignation letter
dated Wednesday and addressed to Sarratt.
He said congress members included those
who wanted to add to their resume, those
who wanted to defend a cause or group,
those who wanted to be politicians and
those who voted to be “with the crowd.”
In an interview Wednesday, he said
some congress members were concerned
and had a positive effect on the organiza
tion.
Some congress members disagreed with
Bames’ ideas about the organization.
“We do spend a large percentage of
time working on items,” said Rep. Joey
Stansbury, Dist. 11.
“I understand David’s frustration, but I
think (the time spent) is necessary with the
way the system is set up. Discussion and
debate is important,” he said.
Sarratt said congress was not flawless,
and other systems had been tried before.
She said the congress system could be
changed over time, but did not know if a
perfect system could be found.
Bames, who will finish his graduate
work in the spring, said he did not plan to
work in student government any this year.
fragrances a year ago with the “Victors”
cologne designed for his alma mater.
He said its success inspired him to cre
ate colognes for other schools in the coun
try.
Klamka said the products were sold in
200 stores around the country, including
department stores and stores specializing
in school or sports paraphernalia.
The company also advertises in alumni
magazines, and many of its consumers are
alumni.
Other consumers have included mem
bers oflast year’s Michigan basketball team
and NFL players, he said.
Klamka said the fragrances were devel
oped using each school’s geographical lo
cation, strengths, academic and athletic
reputations and even their SAT scores.
Colognes for the Florida schools have a
citrus smell, and the Kentucky scent
“evokes bluegrass traditions.”
Klamka said he was disappointed that
he could not market the UNC cologne.
“The Tar Heel box was easily going to
be one of the coolest,” he said.
And Klamka said he had no doubt that
the UNC product would have been suc
cessful.
“I get requests for UNC (cologne) every
day,” Klamka said.
“Every time I have a story about me, I
get 10 phone calls from people wanting a
UNC fragrance,” he said.
“There’s no question it would be suc
cessful.”
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