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Saturday, Oct 14
■ An employee in the Security Services
Building reported an act of vandalism to
the outside telephone. According to police
reports, someone came to the building to
complain about a parking citation he had
received Sunday morning. After the em
ployee explained the appeals process, the
phone was left off the hook. When employ
ees went outside to replace the handset in
the cradle, they found the damage. Dam
age was estimated at $25, police reports
stated.
■ Benßooth,al7-year-oldfrom Chapel
Hill, was arrested for possession of mari
juana, possession of drug paraphernalia,
underage DWI and driving without his
license, reports stated. According to police
reports, police pulled Booth over while he
was driving.
When police spoke to Booth, he admit
ted to drinking alcohol, reports stated. Af
ter obtaining a search warrant .police found
a green, leafy substance in the ashtray with
rolling papers and a metal roach clip, re
ports stated.
Booth also failed sobriety tests, accord
ing to police reports.
■ A UNC student reported her wallet
stolen from Carmichael Residence Hall
laundry room, according to police reports.
Police reports stated that the victim left her
wallet on the table while doing laundry.
When she returned about 30 minutes later,
her wallet was missing, reports stated. The
value of the wallet was estimated at $lO,
reports stated.
■ Police were called to the Undergradu
ate Library after an employee at the front
desk, smelled electrical smoke coming from
the light fixture behind the desk, reports
stated.
UNC Fire Department advised that a
Physical Plant electrician repair the light
ing ballist and wiring, according to reports.
Friday, Oct 13
■ A Morrison resident reported his com
pact disc player stolen from his car in the
Southern Village Park and Ride lot on 15-
501 South, police reports stated.
According to police reports, an unknown
person entered the secure vehicle and took
the CD player. Damages were estimated at
SBOO.
■ Police issued a citation to Angela
Hutchens, a 24-year-old student, for driv
ing Yyith a suspended License, .according to.
police reports. , .., ......
After getting into an accident, police
asked to see her license and found that she
was driving with a suspended license, re
ports stated.
■ A Stacey resident reported his moun
tain bike stolen upon returning from Fall
Break, according to police reports. The
bike was valued at $275, police reports
stated.
Thursday, Oct 12
■ A resident of Parker Residence Hall
reported that she was stalked while taking
a shower and then later while brushing her
hair in front of her mirror, reports stated.
According to police reports, a female
student heard someone continually com
ing into the bathroom and touching the
curtain.
After she was finished, a man put his
head through the curtain. The victim hit
him and he ran away, police reports stated.
Later, while the victim was brushing
her hair, she saw a reflection in the mirror
and reported it was the same man who had
come into the bathroom, reports state.
Police will further investigate the report.
■ A fire alarm was activated in Hinton
James Residence Hall, according to police
reports.
After finding where the alarm went off,
Chapel Hill Fire Department and Univer
sity Police checked suite 219-222 and found
that the only thing that could have set off
the alarm was the strong scent of hairspray
in the hallway and bathroom, police re
ports stated.
City
Sunday, Oct 15
■ Police responded to a fight between
subjects on Church Street at 1:30 a.m.
reports stated.
According to reports, the victim did not
know the other subject and refused to talk
about the incident with police.
Saturday, Oct. 14
■ Larceny was reported at a storage
area at 245 S. Elliot Road at 11:08 a.m.
reports stated.
According to reports, a $738 sandwich
unit was stolen. The property belonged to
Foods Unlimited of Raleigh.
■ Police responded to a report of lar
ceny at Glenwood Exxon, 1010 Raleigh
Road at 1:10 p.m. according to reports.
According to reports, a suspect drove
away without paying for $14.58 worth of
gasoline.
■ Larceny was reported at 115 Martha
Lane at 2:53 p.m., reports stated.
According to reports, victim’s home was
entered and suspect(s) took items. A $l2O
cellular phone, a S6O gray comforter blan
ket, two sheets valued at S2O, tights valued
at sls and a S2OO gold 20’ ’ rope chain were
stolen reports stated.
Friday, Oct 13
■ Larceny of firearms was reported at
226 A Knolls St. at 3:42 a.m., reports
stated. According to reports, a .357-caliber
blue revolver valued at S7OO and a 9mm 10-
shot semi-automatic pistol valued at S3OO
were stolen.
Developer Says Hans Will Continue
■ Even if the council does
not approve Meadowmont,
development will take place.
BYMATTMESMER
STAFF WRITER
A vote by the Chapel Hill Town Coun
cil on the Meadowmont mixed-use devel
opment plan last week has elicited strong
responses from many involved, including
several council members.
The Town Council voted 5-4 Monday
to allow the project, which plans for the
rezoning 0f435 acres ofland north ofN.C.
54 on the border of Orange and Durham
counties. The land would be developed for
both residential and commercial use.
According to a Chapel Hill ordinance,
any rezoning project that receives no more
than five votes must be reconsidered at the
next meeting. The final vote on the
Meadowmont plan will take place next
Monday.
Roger Perry, developer for East West
Partners, the company handling the
Meadowmont project, said he was not
Students Gather at UNC for SEAC Conference
■ Group members decide
that unity is the key to
improving the environment.
BY JENNIFER BRYAN
STAFF WRITER
More than one thousand high school
and college students from across the globe
gathered at UNC this weekend for the
fourth national Student Environmental
Action Coalition conference to promote
environmental awareness and to address
social issues.
“Environmentalism is so much more
than recycling and putting your cans in the
right bin,” said Linda Kwon, the SEAC
National Council coordinator.
SEAC began at UNC in 1989 and has
grown into a national organization with
more than 30,000 members and 2,000 high
school and college groups.
“SEAC has not held a conference since
the fall of 1991, and, within that time
period, we’ve grown, sputtered a little bit,
grown some more, and most importantly,
I think, we’ve matured in our outlook,”
said Gopal Balachandran, co-chairman of
UNC’s SEAC chapter, the group hosting
the conference. Laura Marston is the co-
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Sleepout Raises Money for Homeless
BY JOE MILLER
STAFF WRITER
UNC students braved the rain Friday
night to participate in the annual sleepout
for the homeless sponsored by Alpha Phi
Alpha Fraternity Inc.
About 30 students participated in this
year’s sleepout, which was held in front of
Morrison Residence Hall. The annual event
is a fraternity fund raiser that benefits the
Chapel Hill Inter-Faith Council for Social
Services and seeks to increase awareness of
the plight homeless in Chapel Hill.
To show their support for the cause,
UNC students were encouraged to make
contributions in the Pit last week or come
to the sleepout Friday night.
Alpha Phi Alpha President Mark Lee
said the fraternity had raised more than
SI,OOO. Lee said he believed this was the
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comfortable with the stipulations set forth
by the Town Council. “We had hoped to
put all this behind us on Monday. Regard
less of the outcome on the 23rd, we will go
ahead with the development of the land,”
he said.
In addition to its vote last week, mem
bers of the council attached several stipula
tions to final approval of the site.
“The stipulations were not ones we could
agree to. Right now we’re trying to analyze
the situation and see where to go from
here,” Perry said.
One of the requirements states that East
West donate 18 acres to the Chapel Hill-
Carrboro school system for construction of
a middle school to ease overcrowding.
Developers had originally pledged to grant
10 acres to the schools.
“(The school district requirement) is
what we have a problem with. We offered
to give 10 of the 18 acres and it is not in our
position to offer more than that,” Perry
said.
Council member Mark Chilton ex
pressed his dissatisfaction over the school
land grant stipulation. “I think it was a
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most successful sleepout the fraternity had
held.
“I think that the word got out more,”
Lee said. “I think more people found out
about it. I think more people asked ques
tions and more awareness was raised.”
Lee said the fraternity chose to donate
to the Inter-Faith Council because it was
strictly a local charity.
“We felt that the best way to make that
statement (within) the community that we
have a vested interest in affecting change
would be to give to them as opposed to
other places around the area, ” Lee said.
Some ofthe sleepoutparticipantsplayed
football, others danced to the music and
still others just talked.
Participant Tracy Sanders said she had
heard about the sleepout last year and
really liked the idea.
“I think that it’s really great to have
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students help with the community, to actu
ally care about what’s going on around
them and not what’s just going on at the
campus,” Sanders said.
Sanders also said a man from the local
homeless shelter had attended the sleepout.
“He saw that people were actually con
cerned,” Sanders said.
Senior fraternity member Antoine
Rogers said he wanted students and others
in the community to gain a better sense of
the hardships the homeless suffer every
day.
“People who I would personally want
to invite are people who are not exposed
that much to the homeless,” Rogers said.
“Raising the consciousness of this com
munity is more important as far as I’m
concerned because a lot ofpeople are oblivi
ous to the fact of how many people are
homeless.”
■ “Magnum, P. 1.” star Tom Selleck
and panelists discuss the importance
of instilling character in children.
BYJAYMURRIE
STAFF WRITER
A panel addressed the problem of deteriorating
values at the N.C. Counts program’s second annual
conference Sunday, kicking off National Character
Counts Week.
Tom Selleck, spokesman for the group, gave a
summary of the group’s platform.
“The purpose of this conference is to give the
community a chance to reflect upon opportunities to
build character,” Selleck said. “There is no simple
solution to America's character problems. Saying
please and thank you is a good start. Driving more
carefully is also good.”
Character Counts is a non-partisan group deter
mined to reform American society through the pro
motion of positive character traits. Selleck joined
Lloyd Hackley, president of the N.C. Community
College System and Michael Josephson, president of
the Josephson Institute of Ethics in speaking about
what they call the six pillars of character.
The pillars are trustworthiness, respect, responsi
bility, fairness, caring and citizenship. The group
members said they felt that the absence of these values
was eroding our society.
“Ninety percent of people who lose their first jobs
lose them because of their behavior, not lack of abil
ity,” Hackley said. “Calculus may get them the job,
but character will keep it.”
Josephson said he became aware of the lack of
basic values in society when he became a father. He
said that Character Counts provided a framework for
change, but every community must address the prob
lem in its own way.
“Treat it like a real problem, ’’ Josephson said. “The
challenge is to translate this very good idea into
Downtown Protest Targets
Pepsico’s Foreign Involvement
■ People voiced opposition
to the company’s dealings
with an oppressive country.
BY IAURA GODWIN
ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR
About 250 protesters gathered in front
of Taco Bell on East Franklin Street to
voice their objection to Pepsico Inc.’s con
tinued economic involvement in Burma
Sunday. The protesters claim the Pepsi
corporation, which has bottling plants in
Burma, supports the current Burmese gov
ernment, which protest organizers deem
oppressive.
reality.”
He said the Dallas and Toledo, Ohio, school sys
tems had adopted the organization’s guidelines, along
with the city of Albuquerque, N.M.
Selleck said he thought the media had contributed
to the deterioration of values in America.
“All of us are confusing celebrities with heroes and
role models,” he said. “We need to talk about people
being respected for who they are, not what they are."
WRAL News Anchor Pam Saulsby addressed the
issue of media as a negative force in society in a speech
during the conference banquet.
“In too many instances people say we never have
anything good in the news,” Saulsby said. “I try to do
that with the ‘For The Children program.’”
Selleck said the loss of basic values affected all
sectors of society. He quoted a Josephson Institute of
Ethics study which stated that 16 percent of college
students admitted to shoplifting, 21 percent had lied to
get a job, 29 percent had lied to keep a job and 32
percent had cheated on an exam.
“We’ve got a lost generation of adults,” Selleck
said. "A generation that doesn’t walk its own talk. It’s
fine to point out hypocrisy and double-standards, but
that doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with stan
dards."
The Character Counts Coalition has rewarded col
lege and university campuses and students for their
efforts at spreading the values. Ellen Ennes, a student
at Johnston Community College in Smithfield, re
ceived an award from the coalition for her efforts.
“A lot of our program is in the planning stage,”
Ennes said. “We want to enter National Character
Counts Week into our curriculum.”
Ennes said at her school they have planned games
and events in which students can show values, and
plan to reward students who demonstrate good charac
ter.
“A lot can be done around a college campus, you
just have to be creative,” Ennes said.
The Character Counts Coalition consists of 56 na
tional and regional organizations capable of reaching
more than 35 million parents and children.
Monday, October 16,1995
Churches *
Receive
S3M Grant *
■ Two local churches will
begin building affordable
housing for the elderly.
BY WENDY GOODMAN
CITY EDITOR *
Two local churches, both branches of
the United Church of Christ, are in the
process of finalizing plans for the construc
tion of supportive housing for senior citi- -
zens after receiving a $3.4 million grant
from the U.S. Department for Housing
and Urban development.
The churches, the United Church of
Chapel Hill and the New Covenant Chris
tian Church, received the HUD grant based
on a proposal to build 40 units of support
ive housing for low-income elderly people
in the community. The housing will be
built on the comer of Smith Level and
Culbreth roads.
The churches announced that they had
received the grant in morning services Sun
day, said Nancy Atwater, a member of the
New Covenant Christian Church. .
“Everybody was very happy about it **
and excited that we can help our commu- ';
nity,” Atwater said. “We all think this is a *
very good thing for our community be- i
cause it is needed, and we are very thankful
that things have gone through as they have. ”
Residents of the community and mem
bers of the congregations involved said
there was a great need for an increase in
this kind ofhousing in the Chapel Hill area
which caused them to request the money.
“There is a tremendous need for hous
ing for the elderly in this community, ” said
Diane McArthur, the manager at Adelaide . ,
Walters Apartments. “They don’t have .
outside resources often, and in this com
munity the rent is so high that it is very
difficult to five.”
Adelaide Walters Apartments, spon
sored by the InteTF aith Council, is this type
of development. McArthur said those liv
ing in the apartments had incomes less
than $ 16,400 for a single occupant and less
than $18,700 for a couple.
She said there were many others in the
community on the waiting list for the com
plex.
“It is greatly needed. In feet, it was
needed yesterday. I can’t give enough credit
to the congregations for doing this,” she
said. “I can’t say ah f )]tf l h rm ' great
this new housing for
“This is a visible expression of our out
rage,” said John Peck, organizer of
Sunday’s protest. Peck said members of
the Student Environmental Action Coali
tion were outraged that companies like
Pepsi continued to build plants and con
duct business in Burma. Peck said
yesterday's protest was a way to bring
Pepsi’s practices to the attention of the
University and the community.
The organizers chose to hold their pro
test in front of Taco Bell because it is
owned by Pepsico. The company also owns
other fast foodrestaurants, including Pizza
Hut and Kentucky Fried Chicken.
The protest, originally scheduled for
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