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INSIDE
TUESDAY
APRIL 16,1996
Shooting Suspects to Appear in Court Today
BY REINO MAKKONEN
STAFF WRUER
Probable cause hearings for three sus
pects allegedly involved in the early Sun
day morning shooting in front of Fetzer
Gymnasium will be held this morning at
Chapel Hill District Courthouse, Univer
sity Police said.
Resting at his Durham home after being
released from UNC Hospitals on Monday,
victim Shon Chambers, 24, said the 1:35
a.m. Sunday shooting followed a heated
Gore: Young
Voters Key
In ’96 Race
■ The vice president said
college students could be the
deciding vote in this district.
BY ROBYN TOMLIN HACKLEY
STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR
In a trip that focused on current issues in
education, Vice President A1 Gore stressed
area college students ’ important role in the
upcoming election season during a 30-
minute forum with N.C. college journal
ists.
“Students have a very important role to
play in helping our country make decisions
about the fu
ture,” Gore said.
The vice
president said
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the importance of students’ voices in the
political arena was most evident during the
congressional debate over proposed cuts in
student aid funding. Gore said college stu
dents, from both ends of the political spec
trum, banded together to fight the pro
posed cuts.
Gore spoke with five student journalists
in a roundtable discussion at the Kenai.
Center. Pointing to the 67,000 college stu
dents in N.C. ’s 4th Congressional District,
Gore said the college population could be
the deciding factor in the congressional
race between U.S. Rep. Fred Heineman,
R-N .C., and former U. S. Rep. David Price,
D-N.C.
“The future of our country could be
very different depending on who wins on
Nov. 5. College students can really deter
mine the outcome of the election,” Gore
said.
Gore said one reason students should
be concerned about the November
election’s outcome was that student loans
and federal Pell Grants were “very much at
risk in this election.” Gore predicted edu
cation and environmental binding as two
main funding cut targets if Republicans
maintained control of Congress.
“We proposed an increase in funding
for Pell Grants. It has not kept up with
inflation,” he said. “Inflation in tuition
costs has been higher than than the infla
tion rate generally.”
Gore touted the administration’s sup-
Lawyer: Student Should Not
Be Charged in Assault Case
BY ANGELA MOORE
STAFF WRITER
A 16-year-old Chapel Hill High School
student made his first appearance Monday
in Orange County District Court to answer
to charges that he took part in a sexual
assault on another student.
Patrick Moore and two 15-year-old
CHHS students were accused by a 15-year
old female student of sexually assaulting
her April 4 in the school’s cultural arts
building. The female student told school
officials about the incident, who then re
ported it to the police.
A warrant for Moore’s arrest was issued
Friday, along with petitions against the
two 15-year-old students. Moore is charged
with aiding and abetting sexual assault.
After the appearance in District Court
Monday morning, Moore’s attorney
Carlton Mansfield said the case against
Moore did not have enough evidence to
progress to trial in Superior Court.
Mansfield said he was present when
Moore was arrested and the charges were
explained to him by Chapel Hill Police
Officer Cathy Williams. He said Williams
explained to Moore that he was being
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argument between Chambers’ cousin and
another male.
“My cousin was just talking to a couple
of girls about how this guy was acting crazy
in front of the cops, ” Chambers said Mon
day. “Then the guy comes up, asking like,
‘What’s up?’ and yelling at him."
An argument then ensued between the
man and Chambers’ cousin. After a while,
Chambers and his cousin turned away from
the argument and began to walk to their
car. When they reached the crosswalk in
front of Fetzer Gymnasium, the man who
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Gore was in the Triangle on Monday to promote the Clinton administration's interest in education issues.
port of the Direct Lending program and
the establishment of the AmeriCotps pub
lic service program.
Using the administration's legislative
successes as a road map, Gore said he and
President Bill Clinton would look to the
future during the 1996 campaign.
“We will run on the basis of the
president’s prospective agenda, and we
will talk, as the president did during the
State of the Union address in January,
about the challenges facing America,” he
said.
“We will cite some of the accomplish
ments of the first term as examples of why
we think it is realistic to believe that the
general approach we’re taking offers the
prospect of success in meeting these chal
lenges that the president will lay out.”
Gore said a retrospective campaign was
charged as an aider and abettor to the
assault.
“She said the theory behind this charge
was that he was present during the assault
and had a duty to stop the other guys and
didn’t,” Mansfield said. “But the North
Carolina courts have only said a parent has
that duty.
“This is the only time in the state any
one other than a parent has been held to
that standard.”
Mansfield said the charges of aiding
and abetting sexual assault should not be
applied to Moore. “He should have never
even been charged.”
Chapel Hill police spokeswoman Jane
Cousins said she could only confirm that
Moore was indeed charged with aiding
and abetting assault, and not actual as
sault.
She said the police could not comment
further on the case because it is still under
investigation.
Moore’s probable cause hearing will be
in Orange County District Court on April
26. There, a judge will determine if there is
enough evidence against Moore for the
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had accosted Chambets’ cousin drove up
to the traffic fight at the intersection of
Raleigh and South Roads with his friends,
Chambers said.
The confrontation between the man
driving the car and Chambers’ cousin con
tinued, and the driver eventually pulled
out a semi-automatic handgun and fired
three shots at the victim and his cousin.
Chambers was struck once in each leg.
North Carolina Highway Patrol offic
ers later apprehended Plimpton Lee
Robinson, 25, and Anthony Lamont
significant only because it illustrated why
it was reasonable to believe the approach
toward the future was a good approach.
“There are inherent weaknesses in cam
paigning on what we have done. We are
painfully aware of how much we have left
to do.
“I think that the election of ’96 is a little
different from past elections in that the
voters are really confronted with a stark
contrast between two visions of change,"
Gore said.
Gore stumped hard for the Clinton-
Gore ticket, saying voters could choose to
stick with “the president’s vision of a bal
anced budget with increased investments
in education and the environment.”
Or, he said, voters could choose the
Republican “wrecking crew that has put
forward an agenda of slashing Pell Grants
Loreleis Capture
National A Cappella
Award, Appear on TV
BY MARISA FERGUSON
STAFF WRITER
TheNationalCollegeA Cappella Championships might
not get the same attention as March Madness, but UNC’s
female a cappella group, the Loreleis, has made a name for
itself nonetheless.
The Loreleis won the National Collegiate A Cappella
Championship on Sunday at New York City’s Lincoln
Center. They had advanced to the finals from a field of 53
university groups nationwide.
The Loreleis were the only all-female group in the
finals, which was made up of five teams. The group sang
several contemporary tunes to capture the $2,500 first
place prize.
Following their win, the Loreleis secured an impromptu
appearance Monday on ABC-TV’s “Good Morning
America,” where they sang En Vogue’s “Hold Onto Your
Love.”
Loreleis’ President Christy Parker, a senior from
Wilmington, said she thought the accomplishment meant
a lot to the group and to all a cappella groups.
“It’s the ultimate satisfaction for all the work we’ve put
in,” she said. “It’s also good for a cappella groups across
the nation, and that was one of the objects of the compe
tition.”
Chancellor Michael Hooker and his wife, Carmen,
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and
McEachin, 23, ofßaleighand ZellEverette
Harris Jr., 16, of Apex on 140 after Univer
sity police issued a statewide bulletin for
the suspects’ vehicle, a 1995 red, two-door
Honda.
Robinson was charged with assault with
a deadly weapon with intent to kill and
driving while impaired, as he was believed
to have been under the influence of alcohol
at the time he was stopped.
He is being held at Orange County Jail
under $50,000 bond. McEachin and Har
ris were released Sunday after posting
and aid to education.”
Gore said: “What I’m finding is that
Democrats, Republicans and Independents
are all dismayed by the Gingrich-Dole
agenda and reassured by the steady leader
ship that President Clinton provides our
country and excited by the prospect of
meeting the challenges he’s laid out.”
Gore took on campaign and public
policy questions tossed at him during the
forum.
When asked whether he thought the
passage of the T elecommunications Act of
1996, a bill that bans “indecent” and “pa
tently offensive” materials from the
Internet, violated free speech regulations
and threatened college newspapers on the
World Wide Web, Gore waffled.
“I don’t see how the Telecommunica
tions Act will have an impact on college
The Loreleis, UNO's only all-female a cappella group, captured first place Sunday at the
National A Cappella Championship in New York City.
have extended support to the Loreleis since their arrival
last year. Carmen Hooker accompanied the group to N ew
York City this weekend.
“The Loreleis’ accomplishments bring national expo
sure to another part of excellence within the fjniversity, ”
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$2,000 bond each.
It is still unknown whether the three
suspects, none of whom are college stu
dents, attended Saturday night’s annual
step show, which drew about 3,000 people
to Carmichael Auditorium and ended with
out incident at 1:30 a.m.
The dance exhibition was open to the
public, Director of Greek Affairs Ron
Binder said, unlike parties held inside the
Student Union Great Hall.
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newspapers,” he began. But after clarifica
tion, Gore said he understood the dilemma
more clearly.
“We said from the outset that we would
let that provision stand or fall in the courts
and that it will be stricken by the court, ” he
said.
The administration hoped that Internet
access providers would come up with pri
vate-sector solutions to the problem, Gore
said.
Gore said parents had legitimate con
cerns that their children be shielded from
Internet material that violated their family
values.
Using the catch-phrase “extremist” six
times to describe the Republicans in Con
gress , Gore said that since the Republicans
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Carmen Hooker said. “Their unique, exciting approach is
going to send a message to other groups across the nation. ”
The style of the Loreleis was much more dynamic and
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No ‘Girls’
On Town
Streets
■ The state will support the
town’s decision to ban “Kiss
the Girls” from filming.
BY ERIC FLACK
STAFF WRITER
The N.C. Department of Transporta
tion will not override the Chapel Hill Town
Council’s decision to deny Paramount Pic
tures permission to block off local side
walks and streets to film the upcoming
motion picture, “Kiss the Girls.”
John Watkins, the department’s divi
sion engineer, said that although his divi
sion had the authority to overturn the town
council’s decision, he would not intervene.
“It would be my opinion that this is a
state-system street, and we would have the
authoritytocontrolit,” Watkinssaid. “But,
since it is a local issue, I would not try to
overturn the decision.”
Paramount Pictures hoped to shoot
“Kiss the Girls” at sites all over the Tri
angle area, but many local residents and
politicians objected to the plot of James
Patterson’s best-selling novel about two
serial killers who kidnap and rape female
students.
However, the movie’s content is irrel
evant to the town’s decision, said Shelly
Green, director of the Chapel Hill Visitor’s
Bureau.
“Paramount’s request involved block
ing off Franklin Street and the sidewalks,”
Green said. “The town has a policy against
closing off public streets for private use. It
was a policy decision and the policy is
clear: You don’t inconvenience all of your
citizens so a private interest can make
money.”
Paramount did not offer Chapel Hill
any money in return for temporarily clos
ing down the 100 block of East Franklin
Street.
Paramount has had more success film
ing in Durham, but roadblocks still re
main. Most recently, the Durham County
Board of Commissioners vetoed
Paramount’s request to film a scene out
side the old county courthouse downtown.
Orville Powell, Durham city manager,
has approved shoots in about 80 locations.
Powell, who acknowledged the city
council’s right to overturn any of his deci
sions, said his decisions were based on
upholding the Constitution and for the
benefit of Durham’s residents.
“Wewanted to protea the First Amend
ment rights and free speech of the Durham
residents,” Powell said. “We’ve encour
aged movies to be shot in our area because
of the economic gain. We’ve found our
citizens enjoy watching the movies being
made and the bit parts that come with
them.”
Reyn Bowman, head of the Durham
Convention and Visitors Bureau, said that
“Kiss the Girls,” the 16th major motion
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