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(Tl? t Bail}} (Ear Heel POLICE ROUNDUP University Sunday, March 31 ■ Police were called to the scene of an assault early Sunday morning, police re ports state. An officer saw three black males near the Student Recreation Center as one started to punch one of the other two, police reports state. Police tried unsuccessfully to stop the fight, and then the parties were sprayed, police reports state. According to police reports, after all parties were laying on the ground, a fourth party came across South Road and began kicking a Raleigh resident in the face. Police tried to break up the fight, but the fourth party punched a police officer and ran across the street into a crowd, police reports state. According to police reports, the Raleigh resident and one of his friends were placed in investigative detention, and Kenneth Lamar Adams of Fayetteville was arrested and cited with simple assault for punching and kicking the Raleigh resident. Adams was transported to University Police, issued a citation and released, po lice reports state. The Raleigh resident and his friend were checked by Orange County Rescue and released, police reports state. Saturday, March 30 ■ Eboni Jacanne Baugh of Avery Resi dence Hall was cited for damage to per sonal property after she took her car door and slammed it into another car, police reports state. According to police reports, Bauch was cited and released. ■ Caroline Emma Slade was cited for simple assault and damage to personal property, police reports state. According to police reports, Slade hit someone with her car and slammed her car door into another victim’s car. According to police reports, Slade was issued a citation and released. ■ Chekesha Hunt of Avery Residence Hall was cited for simple assault and charged with damage to personal prop erty, police reports state. According to police reports, Hunt grabbed two victims by the hair and face and broke one of the victim’s glasses. According to police reports, Hunt was cited and released. ■ Elizabeth Amy Singer was cited for . simple assault, police reports state. According to police reports, Singer kicked a victim in the chest after the victim reached into the passenger side of another person’s car. Singer was cited and released, police reports state. City Sunday, March 31 ■ A robbery was reported at 1:13 a.m. at a residence on Hillsborough Street, po lice reports state. According to reports, the suspect knocked on the door ofthe residence, forced his or her way in and stole approximately $630 in U.S. currency from the residents. ■ At 3:02 a.m., Jason Page of Canboro was an-ested for DWI after he was in volved in a car accident in the 700 block of Merritt Mill Road, police reports state. He was released on a S3OO unsecured bond. Saturday, March 30 ■ Abankbag containing approximately $3500 in checks and currency was reported missing from the PTA Thrift Shop on Elliott Road, police reports state. ■ Two incidents of breaking and enter ing and larceny from vehicles were re ported at 121 W. Rosemary St., according to reports. A1990 Toyota Camry was broken into and had S4OO worth of golf clubs stolen, reports state. A1987 Honda Accord was also broken into, and a Kenwood cassette player val ued at approximately S2OO was stolen, reports state. Damage to both the cars’ windows was estimated at $75, according to police re ports. ■ At 3 p.m., according to reports, the tires of a white 1992 Ford belonging to Amy Norwood of Durham were slashed at 100 S. Columbia Street. According to police reports, damage to the tires was estimated at S2OO. Friday, March 29 ■ Vandalism was reported at the comer of Cameron and Kenan Streets, police re ports state. According to police reports, a loose dog chased and bit the left front bumper of a Toyota station wagon. Damage to the car was estimated at SIOO, reports state. ■ Larceny was reported at 6:07 p.m. at Blockbuster Music of 131 Franklin St., reports state. According to reports, five CD’s, which were valued at approximately $63, were stolen from the business. ■ A breaking and entering and larceny from a vehicle was reported at 425 Hillsborough St., reports state. According to reports, the suspect un locked the vehicle and stole two watches, a stereo and some loose change valued at approximately $620. ■ Food stamps valued at approximately sll6 were stolen from a mailbox at Tar Heel Mobile Home Park at 1208 Airport Road, reports state. Hooker to Address Women’s Center Funding ■ The chancellor also said he would create an advisory board on women’s issues. BY SHELLEY HARPER STAFF WRITER Chancellor Michael Hooker said Fri day afternoon that he would follow the recommendation of the Chancellor’s Task Force on Women and create an Advisory Board on Women’s Issues and address funding for a proposed women’s center Hooker spoke at the Faculty Council meeting before the task force presented its ' *VyJ* \J '■ '' v' U.J■."‘jiT^ mH HV - & & •' -Bg • ***&& DTH/CELESTE JOYE People of all ages get involved Sunday in a 10-kilometer Cropwalk for hunger. The participants asked for donations from family and friends for the annual walk. Mildred Berkeley, co-chairwoman of the walk, said they were hoping for as many as 1,000 walkers this year. Hundreds of Residents Brave Cold to Walk for Hunger BY KATE HARRISON STAFF WRITER Hundreds of walkers took off for the tenth annual Crop Walk for Hunger on Sunday to the beat of the Dixieland jazz band Fidgety Feet and a cry of “Let the games begin!” over the loudspeaker. The 10K walk, sponsored by the Inter- Faith Council in cooperation with Church World Services, drew in walkers of all types, including babies in strollers, kids on rollerblades, senior citizens, students and even a dog with a Crop Walk sticker on its collar. N.C. Senate candidate and former mayor of Chapel Hill Howard Lee kicked off the walk with a short motivational speech. Chapel Hill Mayor Rosemary Waldorf, Carrboro Mayor Mike Nelson Coles Stresses Importance Of Learning From Others BY DEANNA WOTMER STAFF WRITER Pulitzer prize-winning author and Harvard professor Robert Coles empha sized the importance of volunteering and learning from others’ straggles in Saturday’s keynote address for the Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education’s national conference at UNC. Coles, a child psychiatrist who has de voted much of his life to community ser vice, said people who do volunteer work can learn a great deal from those they are helping. This type of learning is often not valued in classrooms or in traditional learning environments, Coles said, and he praised SCALE for trying to encourage participa tory learning. “As we become volunteers or do service, we acquire the knowledge that in offering ourselves we enhance our selves,” Coles said. Individuals like those who fought for desegregation in the 1960s showed that people can make a difference, Coles said. An advocate for human rights, Coles has worked for desegregation in the South and has tutored in ghetto areas in the North east. He has extensively documented his experiences and work. Ed Chaney, SCALE community literacy initiative director, introduced Coles as “a dynamic individual who has an impact in all sorts of fields." Coles said he worked intimately in 1960 with a young black girl named Ruby who went to elementary school all alone for months in New Orleans. The rest of the students, who were white, boycotted the school when the U.S. President ordered UNIVERSITY & CITY final report to the council. The report details the findings of a cam pus survey which questioned students, fac ulty and staff about issues affecting women at UNC. The report also provides an in ventory of existing services for women at UNC. The proposed women’s center would bring together existing services forwomen, develop educational programs and repre sent and promote the interests of women throughout the University, the report states. At the meeting, Anatomy Professor Noelle Granger and Director of House keepers Barbara DeLon, co-chairwomen of the task force, discussed proposals ad dressed in the report, including security, and Senate candidate Eleanor Kinnaird participated in the walk. Many volunteers coordinated the event, which has evolved from a walk with a single water stop to one with five rest stops, each with refreshments and a band, said long-time volunteer Ann Sawyer. Mildred Berkeley, co-chairwoman of the walk along with Susan Humm, said there were more than 500 walkers last year who raised about $50,000, and they were hoping for as many as 1,000 walkers this year. “I’d love to see us raise $75,000 this year, but since it’s a little cold and was supposed to rain, I don’t know if we can get that much,” Berkeley said. Each walker was asked to find sponsors to donate to the event and to bring a can of food for the Inter-Faith Council, a Chapel Hill homeless shelter that provides free “Let them be teachers to us ivho have so much. These are our heroes, these are the people that are important to us morally. ” ROBERT COLES Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author the school to integrate. He also spent time with a 16-year-old boy named Lawrence who was one of the first black students to integrate an all-white high school. People like Ruby and Lawrence offered avaluableperspectiveoncitizenship, Coles said. “Let them be teachers to us who have so much,” Coles said. “These are our he roes, these are the people that are impor tant to us morally.” Coles encouraged the audience to con tinue their education and learn from their volunteer work. Elizabeth Edwards, a junior a.p.p.l.e.s. intern with SCALE, said Coles’ speech related well to the themes of the literacy conference and the struggle many people encounter with literacy. “There are a lot of questions about race and diversity when we discuss literacy,” Edwards said. The national conference, which was held at the University on Friday and Satur day, was titled “Partnerships for Power.” Participants examined many issues linked to literacy, such as crime, poverty, homelessness and racism, said Kim Gor don, managing director at SCALE. women’s health, le gal services and work-life issues. They said Stu dent Health Service should hire a full time obstetrician/ gynecologist, UNC should establish a system-wide mater nity leavepolicy and efforts should be coordinated for ex istingsafety groups. Granger said she was excited about the establishment of Director of Housekeepers BARBARA DELON served as co chairwoman of the task force. daily meals and overnight housing to those who need it. Twenty-five percent of the donations go to Inter-Faith to help stop local hunger and 75 percent go to Church World Services to help people worldwide. “None of us can enjoy our nourishment and fullness as long as there is a single hungry person in this world,” Lee said in hisspeech. “We must remember that there are people who have no warm place to go or food to eat.” Michelle and Keith Silva, Chapel Hill residents, came out as a family with their seven-year-old daughter Emily forthe walk. “It’s a great way to stay healthy and help someone,” Michelle Silva said as her daughter and husband counted out their leg stretches. “And we get a chance to see parts of the city we haven’t seen yet.” Slightly different motivations drew other ‘ . j^\. *<l|g-* HHk —I DTH/ASHLEY BROOME Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Coles speaks to SCALE on Saturday afternoon. His talk centered around his experiences during the Civil Rights Movement. the new Advisory Board on Women’s Is sues. “That board will definitely consist of women, staff and students,” Granger said. “The women will probably represent the different women's groups on campus. We hope it will also include men.” The current Task Force on Women does include men and women. Physiology Professor Paul Farel called the proposal for a women’s center a “mod est request” and expressed his desire for Chancellor Hooker to locate resources for funding. “This report follows a long tradition of very excellent reporting from women at this University,” Farel said. walkers to the event. Tanner and Keenan McCardle, ages 9 and 12, and William Davies, 10, came in their Boy Scout uniforms and cited the free ice cream at the end of the walk as their main reason for coming. All of the walkers who came out braved the forecasts of rain, and many came equipped with umbrellas and hats in hand. Gregory Fox, a fourth-year graduate student, wore a backpack packed with rain gear. “I hope it doesn’t rain,” he said, “but you can just never tell.” Fox said he got involved with the Crop Walk through his church, the United Church of Chapel Hill, and had asked friendstosponsorhimfortheevent. “Most of my friends are starving grad students,” he said. “But I still managed to get a few donations.” Monday, April 1,1996 Dentistry Professor Stephen Bayne ech oed the approval of the task force report. “I feel like this is very important and is the kind of stuff we need to be doing more of, ” he said. Bayne also said the timing of the survey corresponded with the upcoming 25th anniversary of women being admit ted to UNC under the same standards as men. Granger described the overall faculty response to the task force’s report as “very supportive.” Granger said she was particularly pleased with the male response. “I think the best part was that the two people who expressed support were men,” said Granger. Changes May Hurt System ■ Anew legislative proposal would take funding flexibility away from system officials. BY DAWN PRINCE STAFF WRITER The UNC system’s flexibility in dealing with its budget could be threatened by a proposal being considered by a group of state legislators that could come before the General Assembly in May. The proposal would require the gover nor and the UNC system to get approval from anew committee before making cer tain budget changes. The proposal would give more power over the budget to the legislature. Cur rently, the governor can make changes in the budget as he thinks necessary. The proposal is currently being consid ered by the Executive Budget Art Revision Study Commission for approval to appear on the May agenda of the General Assem bly. System officials are worried because programs in the UNC-system budget might be included in two of the five categories that would limit the governor's power: approval of certain program reductions and approval of overexpenditures in pro grams enacted by the legislature. William McCoy, vice president for fi nance of the UNC system, said the system wanted to do the most cost-effective job with its money. “We were given the authorization ... that has enabled the University to optimize its money and get the most value out of each dollar,” he said. McCoy said in the past the University had been able to do this by moving money from programs that spent less than what was allocated to programs that needed to spend more. He said he was concerned about the proposal because the system wants to maintain its flexibility in manag ing its money. Don Follmer, communications direc tor for N.C. House Speaker Harold Brubaker, R-Randolph, said the General Assembly wanted to impose the limitation on the governor because he might secure veto power after a November referendum. “A lot of members over the years have strongly resisted giving the veto,” Follmer said. “Now that it will appear on the ballot See BUDGET, Page 5 New 800 Line Hangs Up on Student Callers ■ Some students were unable to register through Voice FX this weekend. BY RUTH BORLAND STAFF WRITER The University’s new 800 number in tended to supplement Caroline, the tele phonic class registration system, was hang ing up this weekend on students who had been trying to register. Students who reach the number, oper ated by Voice FX, a private company in Pennsylvania, are asked to enter their ac tion code, term code, student identifica tion number, and personal identification number. Then, a commercial message is sup posed to play, but instead the system hangs up on students about half the time, said David Lanier, University registrar. “Students are probably frustrated,” he said. “I’m tempted to call the company and ask them to put a message at the beginning that says they can’t handle all the calls and that students should just call Caroline.” Caroline, the 64-line registration sys tem operated by the University, is working fine, he said. The problem only affects the new 800 system, which added 144 new lines for registration this semester, he said. Voice FX President Marc Cohen said See CAROLINE, Page 4 3
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