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POLICE
ROUNDUP
University
Sunday, Oct 16
■ A man from Kentucky with a self
inflicted knife wound to his back ap
proached a police officer at 2:11 a.m. in the
Morehead Planetarium parking lot, Uni
versity Police reports state.
The man told the officer he was home
less and needed Band-Aids for his injury,
after which the police officer determined
he needed medical attention and called
EMS, reports state.
Saturday, Oct. IS
■ According to University Police re
ports, a female UNC student, Robyn Ward
of Cobb Residence Hall, was arrested for
communicating a threat after she verbally
abused another Cobb resident.
A $1,500 bond was set, and Ward is
scheduled to appear Dec. 1 in Chapel Hill
District Court.
■ Ruth Anna Louise Miskell, 0f605 N.
Greensboro St. in Carrboro, was stopped
by a University Police officer at 4:04 a.m.
for a broken tail light, according to reports.
After checking Miskell’s records, the
officer determined that she was wanted for
a probation violation outside of Orange
County and arrested her, University Police
reports state.
■ The door to an equipment room was
taken off its hinges at the Thurston Bowles
Building and hand tools and other items
were stolen at approximately 7:30 a.m.,
according to police reports.
■ A red, white and blue New York
Giants jacket was stolen from the Chase
Hall cafeteria at 4:40 p.m., University Po
lice reports state. A female UNC student
left her jacket in Chase and when she
returned later the jacket was gone, reports
state.
■ A UNC student’s bicycle was stolen,
the bike lock cut in half, off the bike rack
outside of Carmichael Residence Hall on
Stadium Drive at 9 p.m., University Police
reports state.
Friday, Oct 14
■ A female UNC student reported be
ing followed at 8:15 a.m. by a white man,
about 5’10” with a mustache, beard and
glasses, University Police reports state. She
said he has been followed by him since the
first summer school session. The man was
issued a trespass warning, reports state.
■ A female UNC student in Cobb Resi
dence Hall called University Police at 5
a.m., saying she had received five mes
sages on her answering machine, which
included a man saying he was going to kill
her and sexual references, reports state.
Thursday, Oct 13
■ An unauthorized person was in
Alexander Residence Hallat 10p.m. Thurs
day, University Police reports state. The
suspect was later found in the Pit and
arrested for delay and obstructing a police
officer, and was given a trespass warning,
reports state.
■ A female UNC student who lives in
Morrison Residence Hall collapsed behind
Ehringhaus Residence Hall, according to
University Police reports. EMS was called
at about 3 p.m. when the student was
found semi-conscious, according to Uni
versity Police reports.
City
Sunday, Oct 16
■ Jason Patrick Rumfelt, 22, of
Ramsgate Apartments in Carrboro was
arrested at 2:30 a.m. on charges of assault,
according to Chapel Hill police reports.
Rumfelt was charged with attacking and
fighting with a woman in the Rosemary
Street parking deck.
Rumfelt is the CAA Homecoming
Chainnan at UNC. The victim’sname was
not reported, reports state.
■ Micah Aric Parker, of Durham, was
charged with carrying a concealed weapon
at 3:55 a.m., Chapel Hill police reports
state. Parker was arrested at Caswell Road
near Estes Drive for concealing a .25mm
handgun, reports state. Parker is employed
by Waspco Construction.
■ The manager on duty at Maxx’s Cel
lar, located at 143 W. Franklin St., was
confronted by Chapel Hill police officers at
1:04 a.m., reports state. The bar was re
ported as overcrowded, and the officer in
charge called for assistance, reports state.
No further action was reported.
Saturday, Oct 15
■ Chapel Hill High School student Leon
Clark, 17, was arrested for assault at 7:50
p.m., according to Chapel Hill police re
ports. Clark attacked a man using his feet
and hands, hitting the victim in the face
and kicking him in the chest, reports state.
■ A fight wasreportedatthe Pye wacket
restaurant at 431 W. Franklin St., reports
state. The restaurant manager reported that
two people told him they had been robbed
in the rear parking lot. The victims said
they did not have time to report the inci
dent to the police and left the scene, Chapel
Hill police reports state.
■ A resident of Airport Road reported a
trespasser at 9 p.m., according to Chapel
Hill police reports. The resident told police
there was an unwanted person in his house,
reports state. The officer asked the suspect
to leave the property, and the suspect re
portedly left without incident, according
to reports.
Friday, Oct 14
■ Village Bank, at 77 Elliott Road in
Chapel Hill, reported a case of fraud, Chapel
Hill police reports state. The suspect alleg
edly took $362.22, according to reports.
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Town to Consider Expansion of Columbia Street
BY DEAN HAIR
ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR
Local residents and the Chapel Hill
Town Council will again discuss plans to
widen South Columbia Street between
Purefoy Road and Manning Drive at a
public hearing Wednesday.
Residents and council members will
discuss whether the town will ask the N.C.
Department of Transportation to perform
a comprehensive study on the narrow sec
tion of Columbia Street between Manning
Drive and Purefoy Road. The section of
road links UNC Hospitals to U.S. 15-501.
Joan Bartel, of 1004 S. Columbia St.,
organized a neighborhood meeting to re
spond to the proposed expansion of the
street. Bartel said she believed increasing
the number oflanes would encourage faster
traffic and residents would have trouble
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I ailgating scenes like this, including a wide variety of food, beverages and other accessories, are common before
football games at Kenan Stadium. The rain didn't bother these tailgaters before the UNC-Texas Christian game.
Kenan Faithful Discuss Art of Tailgating
BY ALISON INCE
STAFF WRITER
As surely as the band’will march at
UNC football games, people will tailgate
around Kenan Stadium.
They will arrive about one hour before
the game to claim spots and unfold card
tables. After smoothing the tablecloths,
the food will come out. Fried chicken,
pimiento cheese sandwiches and deviled
eggs.
Just as they have been doing for years.
“T ailgating has not changed in 35 years,"
said Howard Weiss of Columbia, S.C.,
who has been tailgating at his spot on
Stadium Drive since he graduated from
UNCin 1959. “I wouldn’t give this spot up
for anything in the world.’’
Police: Still No Suspects
In Student’s Abduction
FROM STAFF REPORTS
University Police confirmed Friday that
a UNC student had been abducted early
Wednesday and forced to drive to Durham
before escaping his kidnappers.
Though some details remained some
what sketchy, University Police Lt. An
gela Cannon confirmed Friday earlier re
ports which stated that 20-year-old Michael
Leasure, a member of Sigma Alpha Epsi
lon fraternity, was kidnapped from the
UNC campus in the area of Abernathy
Hall around 2 a.m. Wednesday.
Cannon interviewed Leasure Thursday
afternoon.
Apparently, Leasure was walking to get
his car, which was parked near Abernathy
Hall. He was approached by a lone man on
foot, who forced Leasure to get in Leasure’s
car and drive.
Cannon said although the man dis
played no weapons, Leasure was threat-
UNC Professor’s Dictionary of Philosophy Written for Novices and Experts
BYSTACEYMEWBORN
STAFF WRITER
If you have ever pondered the meaning
oflife or just had trouble grasping common
academic terms such as existentialism,
answers may lie at your fingertips in The
Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, written
by UNC philosophy Professor Simon
Blackburn.
The reference book, which will appear
in bookstores before Thanksgiving for about
$35, is designed to be a practical tool for the
novice or the philosophy expert, Blackburn
said.
A copy of the pensive self-portrait of
painter and philosopher Paul Gauguin,
who abandoned his family for the sake of
his artistic passion, furnishes the book's
cover. But his probing eyes shouldn’t in
timidate readers from exploring the book’s
contents, Blackburn said.
Neither should a lack of philosophical
knowledge, Blackburn said. “I’m a big
democrat. Philosophy ought to be acces
UNIVERSITY & CITY
crossing the street or going to bus stops.
One of the reasons for expanding the
street is to relieve some of the traffic con
gestion during morning and afternoon rush
hours.
“In this section there is almost no traffic
congestion, more lanes would only increase
the air pollution,” Bartel said. “What traf
fic there is, is caused by the interchange
traffic and not Columbia Street.”
The council’s agenda calls only for the
consideration of how to study the pro
posed idea.
Linda Bowden, of 1101 S. Columbia
St., said the intersection of Purefoy Road
and South Columbia Street is dangerous
because of all the merging traffic.
According to a town study, more than
10,000 cars travel daily on South Colum
bia Street between Purefoy Road and Man
ning Drive.
Jennifer Savitz, also of Columbia, S.C.,
shared the benefits of Weiss’ spot at the
Homecoming game against Georgia Tech.
She has been tailgating since she was a
child and uses the chance to come back to
Chapel Hill to see her friends from college
and her children, who attend UNC.
“It’s fun to tailgate, ” she said. “It makes
the day something to remember.”
The only thing that has changed over
the years for Savitz is the food she brings.
“We used to do potato salad and fried
chicken, but not anymore," said Savitz,
whose group was also enjoying flowered
paper plates and wine “Now we have
fresh fruit, nonfat chocolate cake, broccoli
salad, pasta nothing store-bought.”
The health food kick has not hit all of
the tailgaters, however.
ened at times during the kidnapping.
Initially, the man made Leasure drive
around Chapel Hill. Then, the man forced
Leasure to drive to Durham, Carmon said.
The man made Leasure stop the car and
withdraw SIOO from an automatic teller
machine (ATM), then stop again at an
other ATM, where Leasure was forced to
withdraw another S3O, Carmon said.
Sometime along the way, the man forced
Leasure to drive to a Durham house and
stop the car, Cannon said. Two acquain
tances of the assailant—one man and one
woman entered the car, Carmon said.
After an unspecified number of stops,
Carmon said, the group made Leasure
drive them to another house.
When Leasure stoppedthecar.the three
people left the car and entered the house,
Carmon said. Leasure then waited in his
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sible to all people. It’s designed for public
consumption.”
Jane Reid, a UNC graduate student in
philosophy, stressed the book’s potential
usefulness forstudents. “Philosophers do a
lot ofconceptual analysis and include words
that have robust meaning in their writ
ings,” she said.
“Sometimes students can miss the gist
of the philosophical point. Knowing the
philosophical meaning helps you to get the
full impact and not import meanings the
philosophers didn’t intend,” Reid said.
This comprehensive dictionary defines
technical philosophical terms, which often
overlap with other academic disciplines,
as well as concepts and biographies of
figures in philosophy, Blackburn said.
Although Blackburn has written two
academic books, the extensive research
involved in writing a reference book was
challenging. But it was also fascinating
because he had the freedom to explore the
entire realm of philosophy.
“Because of my own background in
As the University continues expanding
its southern campus, traffic will probably
increase.
South Columbia Street is a two-lane
road that serves as an entranceway to
Chapel Hill before winding through down
town.
Proposed plans are to widen the two
lanes to four with a concrete median or
widen the road to five lanes with a center
lane for turning.
Some town planners have proposed
ideas to widen the street to three lanes.
The N.C. Department of Transporta
tion is more likely to finance a study of a
four- or five-lane proposal over that of only
a one lane addition.
The council held a public forum last
Monday with a transportation draft that
stated proposed improvements forbike and
pedestrian lanes without mentioning auto-
“ We still go with fried chicken or barbe
cue,” said Nancy Short of Raleigh, a
tailgater at the Homecoming game. “But I
think we’ve got some veggies in there to
day.”
Short was one of a group of about 10
tailgaters eating out of the back of a station
wagon that was spread with food. Pimiento
cheese sandwiches and thick chocolate
brownies were two of their specialties. A
small dish of celery sticks and carrots was
hidden off to the side.
Dewey Pate of Raleigh has tailgated in
the same spot for 24 years. He said he had
come up with three guidelines for a good
tailgate.
“First, you get good friends to come.
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Hospital Employees Moving Out of Area
Survey Prompts Concern
About Available Affordable
Housing in Town, County
BY DAN DEFRANCO
STAFF WRITER
According to a recent UNC Hospitals
survey, the percentage of hospital employ
ees living in Orange County and Chapel
Hill has dropped considerably over the
past few years.
The poll showed that only 43.9 percent
of the 3,441 hospital workers surveyed
reside in Orange County and Chapel Hill,
while seven years ago 53.2 percent of the
employees lived in the area.
Asa result of the survey, Todd Peterson,
hospital operations director, said he was
concerned about recruiting and retaining
sufficient workers.
“We share the concern that others have
expressed that we need a diversity in the
kinds of available housing, ” Peterson said.
modem philosophy, I found some of the
classical entries quite challenging,” said
Blackburn, who spent three years on the
project. “The hardest were the Indian and
Chinese entries.”
The Oxford University Press asked
Blackburn to write the dictionary. Like
many publishers, the company is less inter
ested in books written about single topics,
he said. “They are quite keen on reference
books at present.”
Blackburn emphasized how important
writing is for philosophers. “Asa philoso
pher, if you don’t write, you probably never
fully get your ideas in order,” he said.
“Only when you are face-to-face with your
word processor do you realize exactly what
you know.”
Graduate students in the philosophy
department aided Blackburn with the re
search and the compilation of the entries.
Using other encyclopedias and dictio
naries was part of the process, Blackburn
said. “Any other source is a springboard.
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mobile traffic options.
Some of the residents of South Colum
bia disapprove of the possible expansion.
Bowden said she believed that expand
ing the road would hurt the natural beauty
of the neighborhood.
Students Finally Get
Home, Sweet Home
BYRACHAEL LANDAU
STAFF WRITER
The problems of waking up to the wrong
alarm or having uninvited guests come
into their room at 2 a.m. to watch televi
sion are over for the last of the 126 men
who had been in temporary housing since
August.
As of Tuesday, all students who were
previously in temporary housing have been
placed in permanent housing in the resi
dence halls.
“The process took slightly longer than
anticipated, but all students are in rooms
now, ” said Rick Bradley, assistant housing
director.
The men who had been in temporary
housing are happy and relieved to have
their own rooms.
William Everhart, a sophomore trans
fer from Mebane, said having his own
room was more convenient than being
crammed in a lounge.
“Overall (being in temporary housing)
wasn't terribly negative, just a pain,” he
said.
Everhart, who lived in an Ehringhaus
Residence Hall lounge with six other men,
said although the University repeatedly
told the students they would be placed in
permanent housing by a certain date, it
took longer than expected.
Nick Beard, a sophomore transfer from
Atlanta, Ga., was just relocated Tuesday.
“Somepeople really hated livinginlounges,
but I really didn't mind it,” he said.
Beard said the experience wasn't bad
because he got along well with his room
mates. “It was a shock having a room after
living in a lounge for six or seven weeks,”
Beard said after his first week living in his
new Hinton James Residence Hall suite.
Beard said he felt bad that a suite of
women had been broken up so the men
could move in.
“The suite the University broke up (to
make space for us) was really close,” he
said. “I wish that we could have maybe
opted to stay a couple more days so that
Housing could have had more time (to find
another suite to move).”
Mike Bush, a freshman from Raleigh,
Donna Dyer, director of the Orange
Community Housing Corporation, said
she was not shocked by the survey. “The
results are not surprising, since housing
prices are rising and there are no affordable
rentals available,” Dyer said. “The student
population seems to have taken up most of
the rental space in the area. Supply is just as
much a problem as cost.”
The price of housing in Chapel Hill is
currently rising, with an average price per
home of more than $125,000. Chapel Hill
apartment rentals are averaging $565 for
two bedrooms.
This amount of money is too great for
the lower-paid hospital workers to endure,
and therefore they are choosing to locate in
other areas, Dyer said.
“People’s income has not grown as the
cost of housing has grown, “ Dyer said.
All the workers surveyed held state
classified positions, ranging from janito
rial staff to the highest-paid surgeons. Sala
ries ranged from $13,210 to $97,515.
Workers are choosing to locate in south
ern parts of Durham County and northern
sented the material through my particular
lens. There is a fair amount of me in the
book.”
Of the nearly 3,000 entries, 700 to 800
are unique to The Oxford Dictionary of
Philosophy. “Many entries have been un
justly neglected in other dictionaries," he
said.
Philosophers' willingness to absorb de
velopments in other fields gives philoso
phy an evolving nature, Blackburn said.
He included entries that are indicative of
modem thought, such as feminist philoso
phers. Blackburn's favorite entry is “Elis:
City of the Peloponnese of Greece, deserv
ing immortal fame because, in honour of
its native son Pyrrho, it passed a law ex
empting all philosophers from taxation.”
The dictionary will need constant revi
sion to upgrade biographies and concep
tual developments, Blackburn said. The
frequency of revision will depend on sales.
Blackburn is currently writing a book
that explores the philosophical problem of
realism and the nature of fact.
Monday, October 17,1994
“They need to beautify the entrance and
not five-lane it,” Bowden said.
However, Bowden said a turning lane
could possibly alleviate some of the street’s
traffic problems.
Bartel has no car and she and her family
walk, bike or utilize public transportation.
Bartel also believes expanding the street
would hurt the overall image of the com
munity by potentially destroying residen
tial property.
“Expanding it, by definition, means
more asphalt and less trees,” Bartel said.
Many of the residents are in favor of
adding more bike and pedestrian lanes
encouraging less car use, Bartel said.
No town council members were avail
able for comment.
The town council will hold the public
forumat 7:30p.m. Wednesday in the coun
cil chambers of Town Hall.
“It made me feel awkward
since I didn t have my oivn
room. You have to have a
humorous attitude about it
all. ”
BRIAN MAY
Sophomore from Newton
said he didn’t mind living in temporary
housing at first, but it got to be tiresome
after a while.
Bush, who was in the Lewis Residence
Hall first-floor lounge, moved to his new
room in Lewis right after Fall Break.
With everyone’s alarm clock going off
at different times and so many people com
ing and going, it was difficult not to disturb
each other, Bush said.
Another man who was in temporary
housing said not having his own room
affected his first few weeks at UNC. “It
made me feel awkward since I didn’t have
my own room,” said Brian May, a sopho
more from Newton. “You have to have a
humorous attitude about it all.”
May said he didn’t mind being in tem
porary housing at first, but by the seventh
week he dreaded being there.
“I felt like the whole situation was disor
ganized from the start, and that we got the
runaround from the housing department,”
May said.
Despite his dissatisfaction with the hous
ing department, May said the area director
and the resident assistants were helpful
while he was living in a lounge.
“The main difference from living in a
suite was that you didn't have a choice but
to see who you were living with,” May
said.
Students living in residence hall lounges
had no closets, drawers, desks or tables.
They did have some chairs, and many had
color televisions. Cardboard closets were
transformed into makeshift wardrobes, and
students were given voice mail in place of
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parts of Chatham County because of the
increased affordability and availability of
housing there.
There has been no recent apartment
construction in Chapel Hill, Dyer said.
She said there must be more affordable
housing built in the area.
Some of the areas now more populated
with hospital workers include Durham,
Alamance and Wake counties. From 1987
to 1994, the rate of hospital employees
residing in Durham County rose from 23.2
percent to 25.7 percent. In Alamance
County, the percentage increased from o. 1
percent to 7.5 percent over the same pe
riod, and Wake County’s percentage of
UNC hospital employees also rose by about
4.3 percent.
Unfortunately, there are negative con
sequences for Orange County and Chapel
Hill due to the recent trend of employees
living out of the local area. Longer com
muting means more air pollution, and hos
pital workers consume more in their home
towns, resulting in less money being spent
in local businesses.
Professor SIMON BLACKBURN spent
three years on the dictionary, which
has about 3,000 entries.
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