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6 Thursday, June 8,1995 McQure Charged On Five Counts For Serving McGee and Friend BY ROBYN TOMLIN HACKLEY ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR According to John J. Simmons, area supervisor for the Alcohol Enforcement Agency, English Blaine McClure, 23, of Raleigh is currently facing up to 10 years in prison for five misdemeanor charges filed against him last Wednesday. The ALE’s charges against McQure are related to his alleged involvement in the accidental death of UNC freshman Jamie McGee, 18, ofWilmington, on April 27. McQure was the only witness present at the scene when McGee fell 30 feet to her Gold To Take Over As Interim Police Chief In July BY STEPHEN LEE ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR Maj. Don Gold of the University Police will be taking over as interim chief of the department upon the departure of current University Police Chief Alana Ennis, who will be leaving for Duke University’s po lice force at the beginning of July. Gold, currently second in command, began his career in the University Police in 1982. In 1983 he left to take a position with the High Point Police Department, but in 1984 he returned to Chapel Hill to work with University Police. “Having worked with the Town of Chapel Hill, I’m really familiar with the University,” he said. Gold said he understood the nuances that went into doing a good job within the University’s police force. “I think, in part, I have a good understanding of what it’s like to move through every facet in the department.” Of great importance to Gold is the inter action among Chapel Hill, Canboro and University Police forces. “We have to work as a cooperative effort," he said. “We have worked well BCC Director To Be Selected Soon From Short List of Three BY WILL SAFER UNIVERSITY EDITOR There are three finalists being consid ered for director of the Black Cultural Cen ter, according to Provost Richard McCormick. He is in the final stages of interviewing the candidates. 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For more information call 493-5000 get a higher score KAPLAN death from a fire escape she was attempt ing to climb at the Phillips Hall Annex. Alcohol is being considered as a major contributing factor in McGee’s death. Her blood-alcohol level at the time she died was 0.19. In North Carolina, a person with ablood alcohol level over 0.08 is considered le gally intoxicated. Earlier that evening, McQure allegedly served alcohol to McGee and another un derage drinker at Buckheads, the Franklin Street bar where he was working. ALE officials have charged McQure with two counts of selling alcohol to a together in the past.” Ennis said that Gold had close ties to the University because of his upbringing in Chapel Hill. “Well, he knows the department inti mately,” she said. “He has done an excel lent job of establishing relations within the community.” She added that Gold was experienced in special events and said some of the challenges he could face are personnel is sues. Gold, who will be taking over the posi tion shortly after July 1, said he thought the transition process might be a little rough. “Our primary goal is to continue with the accreditation process and bring it to a successful conclusion,” he said. “We’re hoping that we will get it.” The department is currently trying to become the first college or university po lice force in North Carolina to receive accreditation. A major concern was staffing, because the department is not very large, he said. “It’s a very tasking, very complicated process, ” he said. Certain jobs may change in responsibility and this will take some getting used to. Winbush is an associate professor of the practice of human development and the first director ofVanderbilt’s Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center. “I would, of course, like very much to come to UNC, as would anyone for this position,” he said. He was featured in the January issue of Ebony Magazine in an article on black leaders in the technological revolution along with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown. The article, “Blacks in the Fast Lane of UNIVERSITY & CITY minor, two counts of giving alcohol to a minor and one count of furnishing mixed beverages to someone younger than 21. Since the incident, the ALE has re voked Buckhead’s temporary permit to sell alcohol citing the McGee incident and other alleged Alcohol Beverage Control violations. McQure was working at the bar that his brother was part-owner of on the night of the incident. He is scheduled to appear in Orange County District Court on June 30. Each of the charges against him caries a potential two year sentence. Hesaid, “Peoplehavetoworkextremely hard” in order to make the transition pro cess as smooth as possible. As for the accreditation process, every aspect of the department has been evalu ated. “It makes you do a self-assessment, ” he said. “There are 440 standards that we have to address." Some of the aspects the department is concentrating on are service effort and the quality of on-going training. The depart ment also has to show that itfollowspolicy and procedures. Ennis said it was important that the University Police received accreditation because of the amount of time she and her staff have put into preparing for it. Gold said he hoped to continue with the implementation of the on-campus E-911 number, a change in the emergency calling system that credited Ennis as a major pro ponent. Carolyn Elfland, associate vice chan cellor of business, said the search process for anew permanent chief was still in the early stages and by the end of the week applications should start coming in. “I’m going to go through all the applica the Information Superhighway,” said Winbush had “made it his mission to en sure that black colleges, black students and black professors grasp the importance of the information superhighway.” The ar ticle also said that Winbush was a major advocate of black colleges allocating “ma jor resources” in the area of technology education and development. He said his interest in computer tech nology would continue to be an important issue for him. Sources close to the search say Winbush has already visited campus as part of the interview process. 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Asbestos Forces Temporary Closing BY STEPHEN LEE ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR Asbestos was found in the Ram Shop Monday when workers replacing the car pet discovered tiles underneath that con tained the dangerous material. The Ram Shop is located on the second floor of Student Stores. Asa result they would move most of their software to the textbook department today while the asbestos was being re moved, said John Gorsuch, manager of the Ram Shop. He said the shop will re open June 14. Gorsuch said the asbestos does not pose any health risks in its current condition unless it was disturbed. He said that certain areas of carpet that were worn out were being replaced and, because of the asbestos tions,’’ she said. “I’ve got certain things that I’m looking for.” Elfland said the number of candidates would be narrowed down to six to eight people and would then go through an as sessment process. An outside, independent firm would conduct the assessment process on the most important and critical aspects of the posi tion, she said. “Then they develop an exercise to mea sure a candidate’s competency on critical dimensions, ” she said. About three or four exercises would be developed, she said. The kinds of exercises were varied, and they included writtentestsand role playing situations, Elfland said. After that, the field will be narrowed down to two or three and will be inter viewed by various members of the Univer sity community. “We will do an extensive background investigation on that person,” she said. “I’m hoping we can have a person selected by early September.” Gold did say he was interested in seek ing the permanent chief position. Elfland said his application would be handled the same as anyone else’s. gramming Coordinator Ellington Graves. Graves said he wasn’t sure how his position would be affected by the arrival of anew director, but he said he expected to go through a thorough transition period, giving the new director an opportunity to become familiar with the University and the BCC. As far as the final decision on a director was concerned, Graves said the process could be ending fairly soon. “The last of the three candidates is com ing in this week for an interview,” he said. Search Committee Chairman William Darity was unavailable for comment as of press time, but Graves said the committee might announce its decision as early as next week. all of the carpet will be removed. Gorsuch said he hoped the move would not be too much of an inconvenience. “We’re going to try to stay kind of open,” he said. “It wasn’t a case like ‘oh no we have asbestos and we have to close.’ “If someone wanted to buy a computer we can still get it and keep everybody happy.” He said it was just a matter of‘biting the bullet’ until the removal was complete. “Two weeks from today you won’t no tice anything different except for different color carpeting,” he said. The new carpet would be blue, he said. Dwight Qayton, physical plant con struction and renovation designer, said the asbestos removal was done through a pro cess of sealing off the store and pumping the air out through a filter system. The University Police Continue With Accreditation Process BY ROBYN TOMLIN HACKLEY ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR A seal of approval by the Commission for Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA)for the University Po lice Department could be the lasting legacy that University Police Chief Alana Ennis leaves behind when she leaves to become Duke University’s Director of Public Safety. Carolyn Elfland, associate vice chan cellor ofbusiness, said that Maj. Don Gold, would assume the position of interim chief until a search committee filled the position this fall. In the meantime, University Police will complete the final steps towards CALEA accreditation under Gold’s supervision. “The accreditation process and the instal lation ofthe new E-911 system will take us through the rest of the summer,” Gold said. “We just recently completed a mock on-site evaluation. Three people spent a week reviewing everything from policies and procedures to the physical and admin istrative features of the department.” The evaluation was intended to help prepare the department for the final accreditation visit this fall. Ennis came to UNC in May 1992 from the Durham Police Department where she was serving as the department’s accredita tion officer. Her arrival at UNC sparked Career Services Provides Cure For Job Hunting Woes BYKATHLEENBULEY STAFF WRITER Job hunting can be scary business even for the most ambitious students. The pres sure to be successful or to just be employed can induce panic attacks and occasionally, stomach cramps. University Career Services offers sev eral remedies for these ailments, but stu dents had to make personal appearances in the UCS office to benefit. Now, procrastinators and students with limited time do not have to leave the com fort of their computer terminals for guid ance. UCS has anew World Wide Web home page that students and employers can access 24 hours a day. Gary Johnson, UCS counselor for edu cation information and library science, said the home page is like a cross between a postal address and a reference library. “There is an unbelievably large amount of information at your fingertips,” he said. Shady People jjlyf;-'. > 127-129 E. Franklin St. Downtown Chapel Hill • 967-7766 Get A Real Education! Come see the best short track racing in the South... Orange County Motorsports Stars Art Son/ speedway “KEn SATURDAY, JUNE 10,1995 JT"E.“h, Rick Hendrick Chevrolet 300 then Hwy 57 H. „-. . Late Model Stock Cars 200 Laps Speadway la JUU La " 5 ' Limited Sportsman 50 Laps located Pedal fO the Pure Stocks 26 Laps 'l”!*"" Metal! Mlnls,oCk9 25 Laps Hillsborough Gst6B Open at s:oopm on Hwy 67. Qualifying 6:3opm - Race Starts 8:00pm mtiosiai Adml3sion: Adults s l2 . College Student w/Photo ID $lO on THE lefti BYOB-Double 6-pack coolers we!come..No GLASS BOTTLES) Satlg (Ear Heel Cary-based company removing the asbes tos is Enpuricon Inc. Qayton said University policy required that whenever carpet was being replaced in campus buildings and asbestos tiles were found, then the tiles have to be removed. He added that the department that oc cupied a building had to pay for the costs and not the physical plant. Greg Morton, associate director of Stu dent Stores, said the Ram Shop was going to move anyway because the old carpet was being replaced. Morton said he did not believe the store’s temporary relocation would hurt business. “Hopefully, otherthanlocation, it won’t be a problem as far as sales go,” he said. Carpeting is also being replaced on the first floor of Student Stores, but there are no tiles underneath that contain asbestos. the three year accreditation process that is now being completed. On May 25, Duke announced that Ennis will move on to head their Public Safety Department. The police accreditation process is simi lar to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) reaccreditation pro cess being completed by the University this year. If all goes as planned, UNC will be the first school in North Carolina with a nationally accredited police department. Elfland said, “Accreditation means the department has met up to a rigorous set of standards. Very few departments are ac credited.” In an effort to increase the department’s responsibility on-campus, the University Police have expanded their role in the community. Since Ennis’s arrival, the University Police have taken over the co ordination of major events security, on campus motor vehicle and fire calls. The department’s latest coup will be the the installation of a $30,000 E-911 emer gency dispatch system which will re-route incoming emergency calls handled by Or ange County Emergency Services to Uni versity Police dispatch operators. The new system will enable on-campus callers to dial 911 directly instead having to first get an outside line to make an emer gency call. “The new system should speed up the time in which emergency calls are handled and make the whole process more efficient,’’said Gold. He said UCS started working on the home page late in the spring semester and although it was a work in progress, there were enough resources for immediate use. The home page is divided into two main segments: one for students and the other for employers. Through the home page, students can find out how to register with UCS and which careerworkshopsareoffered. Coun selors for different departments are listed with their e-mail addresses. Students can even see photographs of the counselors. Employers can use the page to find out how to do on-campus recruiting. They can get information on listing internships and get dates for career fairs. Judy Hallman, campus-wide informa tion systems manager or the Web Master, said that students could get to the home page with all the groovy graphics through any of the IBMs in the computer labs. The home page address is: http:// www.unc.edu/depts/career/.
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