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Otyr Saily ffiar Hppl iS ROUNDUP University Sunday, Oct 8 ■ Jill Fonaas reported her purse stolen while she and a friend were walking from Hector’s to her car in the Morehead Plan etarium parking lot, according to police reports. Several witnesses said they saw a male take her purse and run a way with two other people, police reports stated. None were able to get a close look at the suspect, according to police reports. Saturday, Oct 7 ■ Police responded to a break-in at Fetzer Gym at 9:13 p.m., according to police reports. Someone had broken through the ceiling near the sports medi cine department and climbed over the in ner doors, according to police reports. Four ceiling tiles and four ceiling frames were broken, reports stated. Friday, Oct 6 ■ Police responded to a call of attempted textbook larceny at UNC Student Stores. Bill Franklin Vehom, of Raleigh, was caught on videotape taking books and walking out of the store with them, accord ing to police reports. Police apprehended a second suspect, Kelly Thompson, of Burlington, waiting for Vehom in the Student Union Circle, police reports stated. Thursday, Oct. 5 ■ Police investigated a vehicle parked at the N.C. Botanical Gardens at 2:11 a.m. Aimee Butler, of Durham, explained that her boyfriend, Gavin Barrett Glass, of Greensboro, was missing, police reports stated. She said he was drunk and ran into the woods after telling her he was going back to nature, police reports stated. He later called to see if she got back home safely, but would not reveal his whereabouts, ac cording to police reports. ■ Catherine C. Calbazana reported an obscene word had been written in the dust on the back of her vehicle while it was parked at Ehringhaus Dorm, according to police reports. ■ Mark Blacknall Elrod, a student em ployee at the Ram Shop, was arrested for attempted larceny of two IBM Thinkpad computer systems valued at $11,013.40, according to police reports. Wednesday, Oct. 4 ■ Police responded to a domestic vio lence complaint at 613 A Hibbard Dr. Darcy Blaine Miller and Paula Silven Miller agreed there had been a fight, but each claimed the other was the aggressor, ac cording to police reports. Darcy Miller had scratches on his arm and his wife claimed she would have bruises the next day from where he threw a remote control at her, police reports stated. Darcy Miller agreed to stay at the Uni versity Inn for the night, and the two were advised to seek the help of an investigator before contacting each other again, ac cording to police reports. ■ Laura Janda, associate professor in the Department of Slavic Languages, re ported that she received eight pages of mail containing anti-Semitic material and other references to Jews, according to police reports. Janda thought it unusual because she is not Jewish, reports said. She said members of the linguistics de partment had received similar mail, ac cording to police reports. City Sunday, Oct 8 ■ Jeffrey Todd Parham of6oßStarmont Dr., Durham, was arrested at the lOOblock of E. Rosemary Street at 2:15 a.m. for being drunk and disruptive, police reports stated. Parham challenged Thomas Ruffin Bledsoe to a fight, but was stopped by police. Parham was taken to UNC Hospi tals for injuries sustained before the inci dent and was being held under S2OO unse cured bond, reports stated. The court date is set for Oct. 11 in the Orange County Courthouse in Hillsborough, reports stated. Saturday, Oct 7 ■ MicahZachry Barker, oflo6-256Tim berHollowCt.,wasarrestedat4:15a.m.at 109 Hillsborough St. for removing one case of Student Guide information books from the front porch of the Pi Beta Phi sorority house, police reports stated. ■ Joderek Harris, of 2501 Damascus Church Rd., reported the theft of a 9mm semi-automatic handgun at 3:07 a.m., po lice reports stated. The handgun and a 16- round magazine, together valued at over S2BO, were stolen from Harris’ vehicle, reports stated. ■ Andre Gene Tobler, of 216 Mitchell Ln., was arrested at the Chapel Hill Police Department at 1:37 a.m. for assaulting a woman, police reports stated. Montsay Artimece Alsaton, of 508 B Craig St., was arrested as an accessory to the assault at 12:51 a.m., reports stated. Both men were arrested for assaulting the woman with a baseball bat at Jeffs Quick Stop on West Rosemary Street. The men were taken to Orange County Jail and are both being held under $2,500 secured bond, reports stated. Friday, Oct 6 ■ The Sav-A-Centerat 1722 Chapel Hill- Durham Blvd. repotted shoplifting at 4:06 p.m., police reports stated. Two packs of Marlboro cigarettes were stolen, reports stated. Candidates Address Wage Bias, Growth, Other Issues BY JENNIFER ZAHREN STAFF WRITER Chapel Hill town candidates voiced their opinions on issues of waste management, growth, development and wage discrimi nation at a forum hosted by several local special interest groups Wednesday night. The Chapel Hill Greens, Sierra Club and NAACP sponsored the opportunity for questions to be raised to and among candidates on issues for the upcoming elec tion. Incumbent council member Joe Capowski said he thought the town should turn to economically centered solutions to improve waste management. “We need to go to some sort of pay system for the collection and disposal of solid waste, coupled with an effective recycling pro gram,” he said. Council candidate Julie Andresen agreed that cooperation was a key to supe rior waste management. “The area needs to see some new methods of collection, as well as looking into offering people incen tives to recycle, ” she said. “It will also take effective people working together with the town government.” Mayoral candidate Kevin Foy said he viewed anew landfill as “a last resort.” Drinking Games Liven Up Student Shindigs BY TEJAN R. HICHKAD STAFF WRITER Mention the word “quarters” anywhere around campus and one of two thoughts comes to mind: laundry or alcohol. That’s because while most realize that two bits can help provide clean underwear, “Quar ters” is also one of the “classic” drinking games played at the University. “Drinking games are basically an enter taining way to get drunk,” said Dean Hondros, a senior from Fayetteville. “It is more exciting to play a drinking game than to just sit around and drink.” From the classics, such as Quarters and “Asshole,” to more recent games, such as “Melrose Place” and “Friends,” drinking games come in all shapes and sizes. Most drinking games involve a group of people, about six to eight; an abundance of alcohol, often beer but sometimes liquor; and an idea or an already established set of rules. “Drinking games are very social activi ties,” Hondros said. “There are a vast array of games that people can try, and it i&really easy to make up your own game. They can be totally creative and are a cool way to meet people as well as to get to know your friends.” Hondros said that until he came to col lege he had never really played drinking games but that since arriving three years ago he had participated in his fair share. “One game that I have played a couple of times is the ‘Century Club,”’ Hondros said. “Basically, you drink a shot of beer every minute for a hundred minutes.” Hondros said most people heard the rales for the Century Club and thought the game would be easy to win. “When you start out, you feel pretty good,” he said. “But by the time you get toward the end of the first hour, you realize there’s no shame in not making it to the end.” Hondros said winning the game amounted to drinking about 81 /2 beers in a little more than an hour and a half. Hondros has played the Century Club twice, winning both times, and has also played “The Wizard of Oz” and Asshole and “Bullshit, ” two drinking games played with cards. He said he considered drinking games fun but warned people to be respon sible and know their tolerance. Big Rooms Create Close Quarters ■ Quadruples, quintuples make living a crowded affair in some North Campus halls. BY SCOTT BALLEW STAFF WRITER If two’s company and three’s a crowd, what the heck are four and five? “I don’t know what you’d call it,” an swered UNC sophomore Kara Hodges slowly. “But there are definitely five of us inhere." Roommate and fellow sophomore Stacey Dogenhart said she knew what the living situation meant. “With five in a room, it’s compromise, a lot of compro mise," she said. “Yeah, compromise,” Hodges agreed. “Make sure you quote her on that.” If anyone knows what compromise is, Hodges and Dogenhart should. Together with three other undergraduates, they live in UNC’s largest dorm room, a quintuple. And when five women were crammed into one space in Alderman, everyone agreed there were going to be some con- See RESIDENCE HALLS, Page 7 UNIVERSITY & CITY Chapel Hill Town Council “The landfill needs to be seen as a place toberecycledaswego,”hesaid. “Through improved waste management and in creased technology we have already been able to prolong usage of the landfill by two years.” Most candidates agreed that Chapel Hill needed to develop a strategy concerning how to deal with die landfill before taking the next step. The issue of mixed-use development, which has become particularly important since the Meadowmont proposal, was also addressed by both mayoral and council candidates. “Mixed-use is a little self-contained com munity where people live, shop, work, play, raise kids, go to school and especially play baseball without going anywhere,” Capowski said. “This minimizes traffic congestion and pollution, while maximiz ing mass transit, walking and friendship.” Mayoral candidate Rosemary Waldorf said that Chapel Hill’s downtown area was probably the best example of mixed-use in the town, and the ultimate goal of mixed- DIH/JOHN WHITE Many students like to play drinking games because it adds to the social atmosphere and makes drinking more fun. They also act as icebreakers at parties and provide a way for people to learn more about their friends. “All hindrances are lost during the games,” Hondros said. “While the games are fun and people can get giddy, everyone still needs to be responsible and watch out for each other.” Most people leam about drinking games from others who have played, but one of the more recent ways to acquire games is off the Internet. The World Wide Web has an unofficial fist of drinking games as well as several other pages and bulletin boards that con tain games, the rales and “buzz factor” ratings. The Internet contains games rang ingfrom “Fuzzy Duck” and “Categories,” which are word games, to games that deal with television shows or movies, such as “Beverly Hills 90210” and “Star Wars.” Most drinking games based on shows or movies are played by getting a list of ac Airborne * *” I fig L ‘ II *5 -Nw.% DTHf WARREN PRICKEIT Bikers like to use construction sites around campus to create makeshift ramps on which to practice new tricks. Bikers, skateboarders and rollerbladers utilize many areas of campus. use should be to promote vitality and op portunities for improving mass transit. Candidates were also asked whether racial bias was present in Chapel Hill’s wage scales, and if so, how the situation should be remedied. This issue has become particularly important since the Black Pub lic Works Association filed a discrimina tion suit against the town. “There is racial discrimination in the pay scales, but it’s not intentional it’s there because of negligence,” incumbent council member Mark Chilton said. “Tra ditionally Jobs employing blacks have been paid lower wages, and this needs to change. We need to re-evaluate what is just and fair.” Foy said the council needed to make strides on continuing to improve racial relations in town. “Everyone on this panel has agreed with something that is probably indicative of greater racial problems, and it is up to the Town Council to take the lead towards eradication, ’’ Foy said. “It takes vision and people in charge making sure the job gets done. We need to have a commitment to provide the training and leadership neces sary to make sure everyone has some kind of opportunity to advance in the work force.” _ tions or dialogues that are in the show or movie and then taking a drink every time that action occurs. For example, in the “Star Wars” drinking game, players are to drink every time a character uses “the Force" or Yoda uses incorrect grammar. Shannon Wood, a junior from Con cord, said that she did not play drinking games often but that she would participate to meet new people and to have fun with large groups of people. “I think some drinking games can be fun when they involve everyone and they are not competitive,” Wood said. “Al though most of the games I know all in volve luck, they are still really fun, and when I’m asked to play by my friends, I will go ahead and play.” She said her favorite drinking game was “ Circle of Death. ” In that game, a group of Congress to Consider Minority Recruitment BY BRONWEN CLARK UNIVERSITY EDITOR After a five-hour marathon meeting Sept. 20, Student Congress hopes to settle into a normal schedule, SpeakerofStudent Congress Roy Granato said Sunday. With the contro versy of the S4OO tuition increase over, congress will consider legislation to fund minority re cruitment, to make Honor Court ap pointments and to reconsider funding for groups which were denied it atpre vious meetings. “(Carolina Ath letic Association) is coming before con gress for money mr ROY GRANATO said he expected debate about the bill at Wednesday night's meeting. again,” Granato said. “Also, the Alliance for Black Graduate and Professional Stu dents is coming before congress again.” Another issue on the table Wednesday is minority recruitment, which has a his tory of controversy. Granato said he did not anticipate such problems this year. “The reason it was such a big deal last year is because of the tactics used to push it people sits in a circle and a deck of cards is placed, face down, in a circle as well, with each card having a certain drinking conno tation. Wood said she thought drinking games were good ways to meet people and to interact with others. Emily Martin, a senior from Charlotte, said she and some friends recently had made up their own drinking game to go along with the movie “Pulp Fiction.” She said she thought drinking games were popular at the University because they presented opportunities for social in teraction. “I definitely don’t think that drinking games are for everyone, but I do enjoy them, especially when I’m playing with my good friends,” Martin said. “Drinking games are just part of the spirit of the college atmosphere.” Floyd: Housekeeper Issue Moving Toward Resolution BY JOHN PATTERSON STAFF WRITER Chief of Staff Elson Floyd told members of the Employee Forum at its regular meeting Wednesday that additional meetings were needed between administrators and representatives of the housekeeping staff to reach a resolution to their grievances. “We do have one additional meeting that will be held on Oct. 10,” Floyd said. “After we complete that meeting, hopefully we will be able to make some further comments about what type of resolution we view as possible with the housekeepers.” A lawsuit filed by the housekeepers against the University alleging poor supervisory practices, a lack of training programs and unfair pay schedules is still in litigation. Chancellor Michael Hooker, who was absent from the forum, and Floyd have been meeting with housekeepers since last month to gauge concerns. Margaret Balcom, an ex officio member of the forum, said she was concerned about career development for all University em ployees. “I want to know if there is going to be career development for all University employees, not just the housekeepers,” she said. Floyd said he thought career development and the involvement of all University employees in the decision-making process were extremely important.“We are going to make sure that we create the best work environment,” he said. In other business, the forum voted to make public their oppo sition to recent legislation from the N.C. General Assembly that eliminated priority for state employees who had recently been laid off. According to Vice Chancellor for Human Resources Laurie Charest, University employees who had recently been laid off would no longer be given higher priority consideration for em ployment openings than any other state employees. “There had been complaints expressed by state employees who had been waiting for a job for five yean, ” Charest said. “When the job opened, they thought they had the job. However, an employee not in layoff status came along and was awarded the job." Charest said that despite the good intentions of the legislation, there was still wide opposition to the change. Monday, October 9,1995 through Congress,” he said. “What makes it controversial is when people start accus ing others of being racist and of making shady deals.” However, Granato said he expected “reasonable” debate on the issue. Because the bill requested funding, 75 percent, or 25 of 33 members of congress, must agree to the legislation, Granato said. The Student Congress Finance Committee recom mended that the legislation receive $978 from congress. The legislation originally requested $3,583. Several bills also will be introduced by Student Body President Calvin Cunningham relating to appointments to the Student Supreme Court. Cunningham vetoed legislation passed on Sept. 20 which contained a clause defining the judicial branch of Student Government as consist ing of the Undergraduate Honor Court, the Attorney General’s staff and the Stu dent Supreme Court. He said he objected to the bill’s implication that serving on the Honor Court and the Student Supreme Court was a conflict of interest. Cunningham said he would introduce legislation to eliminate this as an issue and would propose the nomination of Honor Court member Karl Nobert to the Student Supreme Court. Cunningham said, “This was an opportunity to propose legislation to iron out this problem once and for all.” Geography Professor Dies at 63 BY KATIE TYSON STAFF WRITER Barry M. Moriarty, a UNC professor of geography, died Friday at UNC Hospitals after a long illness. He was 63. Moriarty had been a member of the UNC faculty since 1969. His teaching and research focused on industrial location and economic development theory and appli cations . Moriarty was also known interna tionally in the fields of geography, urban and regional planning, urban and regional economics, and business management. John Florin, chairman of the geogra phy department, said Moriarty had battled kidney problems and had been on kidney dialysis for the past eight years. “He fought it courageously," Florin said. Florin said Moriarty maintained his teaching schedule despite his illness. “He met his obligations through difficult cir cumstances,” he said. “He was a remarkable and extraordi nary man,” said Lorraine Moriarty, his wife. Florin said Moriarty’s classes would be taken over by Michael Nicholls, a Ph.D. candidate in economic geography and one of Moriarty’s former students. Florin said the department would fill Moriarty’s posi tion next year. Nicholls, who expects to receive his degree next spring, said he had worked in business for two years and had received practical experience in an environment other than research. Nicholls said he would begin instruct ing on Tuesday. He said he felt prepared to conduct the classes. “I bring practical experience to the aca demic environment,” he said. “I will in struct his classes to the utmost of my abil ity, based on what I have learned from Dr. Moriarty and the business world.” Funeral services will be held today at 10 a.m. at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Chapel Hill. Memorials may be made to the National Kidney Foundation. 3
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