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Thursday, Oct 12
■ According to University Police re
ports, the fourth floor of Mangum Resi
dence Hall was vandalized between 2 and
5:30 a.m. All bulletins were tom off the
boards and crude messages were written
on several surfaces. Damage was estimated
at $l5O, reports stated. Reports stated that
a resident saw a group of four or five men
at about 2 a.m. and one had long hair and
was wearing a baseball cap.
■ University Police responded to a fire
alarm at Carmichael Residence Hall, ac
cording to reports. Reports stated that the
alarm was activated forunknown reasons.
Wednesday, Oct 11
■ Heather May Hudson reported that
an unknown person had used her e-mail
password without her consent to send a
sexually-oriented messages to Triangle
Singles, reports stated. The message was
sent Oct. 11 at 3:10 p.m., according to
reports.
■ According to reports, there was a gas
leak from a state-owned track at the
McGraven parking lot in Chapel Hill.
Chapel Hill Fire Department and Health
and Safety responded and put sand on the
small amount of gas. The track was moved
to minimize the spill, reports said.
■ A UNC student reported his bike sto
len, University Police reports stated.
According to reports, the bike, valued at
$125, had been locked to a Carmichael
bike rack. The victim said someone had
stolen his bike, switched locks and moved
it from one rack to another. He had no
paperwork but showed the officer a spot on
the bike where he said his initials had been
scratched off, reports stated.
■ Kakeem M. Abdul-Kareem reported
a missing bus pass, University Police re
ports stated. The pass was valued at $lB9,
reports stated. Abdul-Kakeem had the pass
when he boarded the C Express Bus the
morning of Sept. 26, but discovered it was
missing when he tried to board the bus that
evening, according to reports.
■ University Police responded to a fire
alarm at Carmichael Residence Hall, ac
cording to reports. The alarm in Suite 318
was activated for unknown reasons, re
ports stated.
Tuesday, Oct. 10
■ A vehicle leaking gas was reported at
the Forest Theater parking lot, police re
ports stated.
Approximately three to five gallons of
gas had leaked from the rear ofFrank Allen
Sloan’s 1987 Honda, reports stated. The
Chapel Hill Fire Department responded
and advised the owner to have the car
towed to a service station for repairs, re
ports stated.
■ A UNC student reported her wallet
either lost or stolen from Joyner Residence
Hall, University reports stated.
Reports stated that the velcro wallet,
valued at $ 10, contained the victim’s UNC
ONE Card, room key, Wachovia Bank
Card, B.P. gas card and driver’s license.
The wallet was either lost or stolen while
the victim was sitting behind Joyner, ac
cording to reports.
Monday, Oct. 9
■ Robert J. Locke reported receiving an
antisemitic letter in the mail, police reports
stated. Locke,turned the letter over as evi
dence, according to reports.
City
Thursday, octl2
■ Larceny was reported at 225 Schultz
St., reports stated. According to reports,
the suspect bent the driver’s side plastic
door of a parked Jeep Wrangler and stole a
lock box and a radio and CD player face
cover valued at $l5O.
■ Damage to property and breaking and
entering was reported at a Church Street
home, reports stated. According to reports,
the suspect broke a window and back door
glass of the residence. The damage was
estimated at $125, reports stated.
Wednesday, Oct. 11
■ Vandalism was reported at the Alpha
Tau Omega fraternity on 321 W. Cameron
St., reports stated. The suspects threw a
cinderblock through windowsofthe house,
reports stated. The damage was estimated
at S2OO, according to reports.
■ A handicapped-equipped van was re
ported stolen, according to reports. The
1991 Ford van was parked on Misty Woods
Circle, when it was stolen, reports stated.
The van was worth $23,000, reports stated.
■ Larceny was reported at the Sigma
Nu fraternity on 109 Frat Court, reports
stated. According to reports, someone stole
a foosball table from the house valued at
S4OO.
■ Breaking and entering and felonious
larceny was reported at the Zeta Psi frater
nity on 200 W. Cameron Ave., reports
stated.
According to reports, a five-disc CD
player, a stereo receiver and an amplifier
was taken from the house. The value of the
equipment was estimated at $1,500, re
ports stated.
Tuesday, Oct. 10
■ Eric Gordong of Moncure was ar
rested and charged with larceny and delay
and obstruction reports stated.
According to reports, Gordong was ar
rested after officers engaged in a foot chase.
Witnesses identified Gordong and the sto
len pants he was wearing, reports stated.
Gordong was released on S3OO secured
bond, reports stated.
Groups Throw Support to Candidates
BY LESLIE KENDRICK
STAFF WRITER
Two local environmental political ac
tion committees have announced who they
support for the upcoming municipal elec
tions in both Canboro and Chapel Hill
The Sierra Club presented its endorse
ments on the steps of Canboro Town Hall
on Thursday morning for the Canboro
mayoral and Board of Aldermen races.
The Sierra Club gave the nod to candidate
Mike Nelson for mayor, and it also sup
ports both Alex Zaffron and Jay Bryan for
the Board of Aldermen.
The Orange County Greens stated in a
press release that they were throwing their
support to three candidates for the Chapel
Hill Town Council and one mayoral can
didate.
The Greens stated that they chose to
back Kevin Foy for mayor and Joe
Capowski, Mark Chilton and Richard
Franck for council seats.
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Joseph Lowman is
fulfilling his wish to play
tuba with the UNC
Marching Tar Heels.
BY SCOTT BALLEW
STAFF WRITER
UNC psychology professor Joseph
Lowman isn’t your typical 50-year- old. He
doesn’t play a whole lot of shuffleboard. Grab
bing a quick game of bridge just isn’t his style
and the tempo ofLowman’slife is, if anything,
speeding up, not slowing down.
So it came as no great surprise to his family
or students when UNC’s bespectacled and
balding Bowman Gray professorpopped up in
the marching band ... playing the tuba.
“I can’t tell you how excited I am to go to
every practice,” Lowman said. “I really love
the jazz we play in the marching band. It’s
great for our tubas, we really get to play a big
part.”
Lowman’s history with the tuba goes back
just about as far as he can remember. He took
to playing it as a young child, following in the
footsteps of big brother Everett, and immedi
ately developed a fondness for the oft-misun
derstood and somewhat quirky instrument.
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Carrboro Candidates Focus on Cooperation With Schools
BY MARY-KATHRYN CRAFT
STAFF WRITER
Candidates for Carrboro mayor and
Board of Aldermen addressed issues of
school overcrowding, rezoning, building
and funding in an election forum spon
sored by the Stop Overcrowding Schools
organization Thursday.
Mayoral candidate Mike Nelson said
he saw a need for imaginative thinking
when it came to new ideas for town and
school development.
"We need to brainstorm creatively,”
Nelson said. “We don’t have to think in a
box.” Nelson said that facility costs could
be cut by sharing parks and recreational
facilities between schools and the town.
He also said building anew school on the
Greene Tract would save money.
Mayoral candidate Randy Marshall said
there was a need for anew elementary and
high school. He said he supported funding
through impact fees, bonds and general
revenues.
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The recently opened Carrboro station of the U.S. Post Office has been hailed by many as modern and convenient. One
of its improvements over Carrboro’s old post office is a postal store in which patrons may shop for postal supplies.
UNIVERSITY & CITY
Carrboro and Chapel Hill
The Sierra Club decided to endorse only
two candidates for the three open seats on
the board because the three other candi
dates had no background of leadership in
environmental issues, according to a state
ment issued Thursday.
“We prefer to follow the pattern of en
dorsing only really excellent candidates
and not endorsing a candidate for the third
seat,” said Allen Spalt, Sierra Club spokes
man. “While we think Diane McDuffee
and David Collins have some good ideas,
they have no records on these issues."
The group endorsed Mike Nelson for
mayor largely due to his record as an aider
man for the past two years, including his
work on the Landfill Owners Group, Spalt
said. Asa member of the group, Nelson
supported a move to ban cardboard from
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Professor Joseph Lowman shows his school spirit while taking a break from his tuba playing.
Lowman is a psychology professor and an assistant dean in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Charles Riggsbee, another candidate for
mayor, also said anew elementary and
high school were needed. He said he sup
ported funding through traditional ways.
Bond referendums are acceptable, but im
pact fees are not. “Impact fees are the least
efficient way of raising revenue, ”he said.
Candidates also discussed effects ofover
crowded schools on the community. Board
of Aldermen candidate Jay Bryan said it
was difficult for children to learn in a
crowded school. He said overcrowding
caused teachers to become stressed, and
important programs such as peer media
tion were inhibited or even prevented by
the crowding.
“We need to live up to the reputation
that our real estate community is selling us
as (that of) a good school system,” Bryan
said.
David Collins, candidate for Board of
Aldermen, said overcrowding affected stu
dents and the community. “Schools are
consistently cited as the reason people and
businesses locate where they do.”
the landfill to save expensive landfill space.
“I worked harder on environmental is
sues than on any other one in my two years
on the board,” Nelson said.
Zaffron, head of the Canboro Trans
portation Advisory Board, has shown his
commitment to a responsible transit sys
tem in the face of community growth,
Spalt said.
“Right now, we are about to face the
serious challenge to the quality of transit
service and we will fight for it to be main
tained,” Zaffron said.
“I’m ready to work on a local and state
basis to make sure legislators realize how
important our transit system is to us and to
all cur neighbors as well.”
Bryan based his ran for Board of Aider
men eight years ago on watershed protec
tion but has also shown comprehensive
concern aboutthe environment, Spaltsaid.
“Jay was never a one-issue candidate,”
said Spalt. “His view took in areas like
community, transportation and develop
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Chapel Hillians Call for More Communication
BY JENNIFER ZAHREN
STAFF WRITER
Calling attention to the need for new
school development, Chapel Hill mu
nicipal candidates focused onbonds as a
possible way to fund future schools
Thursday at a forum sponsored by Stop
Overcrowding Schools.
“We need anew formal mechanism
for cooperation between the town and
the school board, such as a long range
strategic planning committee directed
towards solving problems with specific
goals and plans,” said former council
member Julie Andresen.
Incumbent council member Pat
Evans said coordination was the key to
improving education and maintaining
minimal costs.
ment in regard to the environment.”
As aldermen, Bryan andNelson worked
on the Open Space Ordinance (OSO),
whose future concerns all three candidates.
Nelson and Zaffron both said the OSO
needed to be revised to fulfill its original
purpose of coupling development with re
sponsible land preservation.
“The town is facing such growth that in
the next 10 to 15 years our population will
double,” Nelson said. “How we balance
that growth and development with con
cern for the environment is the biggest
issue for the town government.”
Bryan agreed that the appropriate usage
of the open land is an essential issue facing
the town.
“There was a desire on the part of the
people when we voted to get something in
place because we have beautiful land north
of town that needs a different type of devel
opment,” Bryan said. “I’d like to see what
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ELEfiKi.-k
Chapel Hill and Carrboro
“There definitely needs to more com
munication which is why annual meetings
between the school board and the munici
pal government are a great idea and should
continue,” Evans said.
“In Chapel Hill, the retired population
provides a strong set of volunteers, as do
the University and local businesses. With
the community working together we can
effectively reduce costs.”
Town Council candidates Scott Radway
and Mark Chilton agreed that completion
of the new high school on Weaver Dairy
Road should be a priority, and that the
town’s next step should be the construe-
Carrboro Opens New, Modem
Post Office to Good Reviews
BY LUTHER CALDWELL
STAFF WRITER
The opening of the new Canboro post
office on Tuesday should ease a 15-year
overcrowding problem and provide hassle
free service, Carrboro Mayor Eleanor
Kinnaird said Thursday.
The 14,400-square-foot office at 1500
W. Main St. will supply 11,750 additional
square feet of space, said Postmaster Peggy
Ferguson. The post office moved from its
previous location at 202 S. Greensboro St.
“Ithasbeen lOyears since we’ve known
we needed (anew post office),” Kinnaird
said. “The former building was a very
inadequate facility for a town our size.”
Kinnaird described the new facility as a
“plug-in” building with modem ameni
ties. “We are very pleased to have anew
building,” she said.
Anew feature of the new post office is a
postal store with an open atmosphere,
Ferguson said. “Customers will be able to
shop for stamps and stamp products,” she
said. “There will be twice as many post
Friday, October 13,1995
Black Women
Offer Support
For March
■ Black women at UNC say
they do not feel excluded
from the Million Man March.
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AND JENNIFER WILSON
STAFF WRITERS
As black men assemble for the Million
Man March scheduled to take place in
Washington, D.C., on Monday, an infor
mal campus poll shows that black women
at UNC are optimistic about its effects on
the community as a whole.
Controversy surrounding the all-male
march has been rising steadily as the event
draws near. Feminist complaints aboutthe
exclusion of women have been responded
to with an overwhelming show of support
for the march’s purpose from black women
in the public eye.
Poet Maya Angelou and civil rights
activist Rosa Parks are scheduled to speak
at Monday’s march. Other women leaders
have endorsed the march’s goals. Civil
rights activists Coretta Scott King and Betty
Shabazz came out in a show of force to
support the conservative goals of the march.
An informal poll of 35 black women on
UNC’s North Campus asked about the
respondents’ opinion on the possible ef
fects the march will have on the status of
black women in America. The majority
said they believed the march will not ex
clude women, even though they willnotbe
allowed to march.
Some explained that it will bring black
men and women together. “Theblack males
are working to improve the community,
which includes women,” freshman Crys
tal Peebles said.
Senior Selina Hines had a similar opin
ion. “It is not excluding black women. It is
helping black people unite.”
“Anyway you look at it, it shows soli
darity , which a lot of people think we don’t
have,” senior Kim Tucker said.
However, not everyone agreed with this
assessment. UNC sophomore Shana
Fulton said: “It’s a great idea, but it needs
to be more inclusive. I don’t understand
how the black community can be united by
separating it. Please, I already live in a
patriarchy.”
UNC junior Ivy Farguheson said she is
not completely sure about the role of
women in the march. “I really do hope it
goes well. But I wish that it was more
inclusive. The more and more I hear about
it, the more I am against it. I will be going
to class on Monday,” she said.
UNC march organizers have asked black
women and men not going to Washington
to stay out of class and work on Monday
and not to spend money at establishments
that are not owned by black merchants.
Groups sponsoring the march have
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tion of anew elementary school to alle
viate the overcrowding now prevalent.
Candidates also addressed how these
projects should be funded.
“The need for anew elementary
school is the most severe right now,”
Chilton said.
“We cannot keep waiting around for
the funds to come to us. Clearly, we
need a bond referendum.”
Town Council candidate Joe
Capowski also said a bond referendum
was the most practical and efficient way
to subsidize the school system’s growth.
“The need is so great for school fund
ing that it must be spread as widely as
possible, but no one can borrow money
cheaper than a local government, that
provision has been made for us by the
General Assembly,” Capowski said.
office boxes as well.”
Kinnaird said limited parking and
cramped quarters were reasons for the open
ing of the new office. “There has been a
problem of overcrowding for 15 years,”
Kinnaird said. “It was just a nightmare as
far as traffic and lines.”
Carrboro Alderman Jay Bryan echoed
the sentiment. “The space has been too
small for their needs,” Bryan said.
The search for anew location has taken
a long time because of concerns for blend
ing the post office into a neighborhood
setting, Kinnaird said. There were also
problems with residents not wanting to sell
their land, she said.
“We wanted to build a (post office) to be
compatible with its neighborhood," she
said. The new office is bounded by the
Plantation Estates community.
Kinnaird and Bryan said they thought
the new post office would have a positive
impact on both the community and postal
workers. They also said they expected such
benefits as faster service for residents and
improved working conditions.
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