Daily ®ar Mwi INSIDE FRIDAY AUGUST 30,1996 Final carjacking suspect surrenders to police ■ The 16-year-old suspect turned himself in four days after the countywide chase. BY £MY CAPPIELLO ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR Police ended their search for a fourth caijacking suspect Wednesday when a juvenile appeared at their door to turn himself in. The 16 year-old was arrested at 1:30 p.m. after showing up at the Chapel Hill Police Department, police spokeswoman Jane Cousins said. The minor, whose identity cannot be released due to his status as a minor, was allegedly involved in a caijacking that happened in the parking lot of Chapel ••V • • 4 !_ . ~ v \. . ••• ■' .• • • ; - • DTH/KELLY BROWN Matthew Grice, a junior from Madison, got involved in the race after his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Critics: Dole doesn’t focus on higher education BYIENNIFER WILSON STAFF WRITER While rising costs continue to make higher education a hot political issue, Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole has been more concerned with pri mary- and secondary-school issues than higher education. Over the summer, Dole campaigned extensively in support of private school tuition vouchers and making public Let the game begin ■■■ No Option It's back... football season, that is. And with it returns Sport Saturday, the DTH's 16-page home-game football supplement Pick one up on your way to Kenan Stadium on Saturday, and don't forget to read about all the Tar Heels in Football '96, an insert in today's paper. Applications due today Don't forget to drop off your application to be a part of The Daily Tar Heel. We are currently hiring for ail positions, including writers, photographers, designers and a host of other options. There's only one problem: applications are due today at 5 p.m. Don't miss out on the extracurricular activity of a lifetime. § Opened doors The University's outsourcing committee held its first open meeting Thursday. Page 2 mmmumt, muirnmof wiilie hawkins (I to r) were arrested Sunday for allegedly carjacking a Jeep from a Rosemary Street parking lot A fourth suspect was arrested Wednesday. Hill Realty on Sun day night. “He was charged with armed robbery and conspiracy to com mit armed rob bery,” Cousins said. The minor was released on $5,000 secured bond. Robert Peterson, Brian Williams and Willie Hawkins, all 19, were arrested Sunday night in connec tion with the caijacking. Peterson and Williams were charged with armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery. Hawkins was charged with aiding and schools safe. However, he seldom spoke about his proposals to aid college stu dents. “(Dole) has been curiously silent on higher education during the campaign,” said Barmak Nassirian, policy and bud get analyst for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. “He is not one of higher education’s top sup porters.” AASCU isa Washington-based higher education association representing more A political war is one in which everyone shoots from the lip. Raymond Moley Carolina Brewery will hUsHS P rov^e transportation for fans to this season's home football games. Page 3 abetting, armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery. All three of the teens have been re leased from Orange County Jail on $20,000 bond. Assistant District Attorney Jim Woodall said Thursday he had not yet than 375 public colleges and universities and 30 state systems nationwide. Nassirian said he supported Dole’s backing of the Republican Budget Plan, which would increase funding for stu dent loans by almost 50 percent over the next seven years. A second Dole proposal would allow low- and middle-income families to in vest up to SSOO a year in tax-free savings accounts that would earn interest to help pay a child’s college costs. Nassirian said Tailgaters beware: police to cite for open containers BY LAURA GODWIN CITY EDITOR When the Tar Heels take to the foot ball field Saturday for their home opener, local law enforcement agents will take to the parking lots and streets to enforce Chapel Hill’s open-container ordinance. Chapel Hill police spokeswoman Jane Cousins said despite recent questions raised about the validity of the open container ordinance, which makes it ille gal for anyone to posses an open con tainer of a malt beverage on town prop erty, police will be busy enforcing the ordinance. “We will enforce it the same way we always have,” she said. The police have been pleased by the apparent drop in the number of open container violations in recent weeks, she said. While the first week of classes usu ally keeps the police busy writing open container citations, Cousins said there ■a Kenan kickoff Hlh ~he Tar Heels open their MSB football season Saturday jPo against Clemson in a 3:30 p.m. start. Page 9 received the police reports on the teens and therefore could not comment on their cases. Woodall did comment on possible sentences. A guilty verdict on Hawkins’ charge of aiding and abetting armed rob bery could gamer him anywhere from 15 to 98 months in prison, he said. “For the people charged with armed robbery, the minimum is 38 months and the maximum is 229 months,” Woodall said. All four could gain an additional 15 to 98 months if they are found guilty of conspiracy to commit armed robbery, he added. The caijacking occurred Sunday evening at 151 E. Rosemary St. Three young men stopped the victim at 10:30p.m. in the parking lot of Chapel Hill Realty, pointed a handgun at him Race Relations Matthew Grice is bringing a well-known breast cancer awareness race to Raleigh. BY OLIVIA PAGE STAFF WRITER An avid runner he is not. In fact, running rarely occupies Matthew Grice’s free time. So it may come as a surprise that Grice is one of the primary organiz ers of a world reknowned race that raises money for breast cancer awareness and re search. i* * * But not if you know Matthew. Grice, a junior from Madison, has been touched by breast cancer in a very personal way. When he was in eighth grade, his mother was diag nosed with the disease and had to undergo a mastectomy and chemo therapy treatments. His mother has since recovered but the memory of the ordeal lives on for Grice and his family. And it has spurred Matthew to action. Grice has been instrumental in bringing the Race for the Cure five this was a “throwaway” idea designed to attract voters. “Conceptually, it’s not a bad idea,” Nassirian said. “But it will not make a difference for the vast majority of the American public who don’t have the means to afford higher education.” Student Body President Aaron Nelson said he hoped Dole would address more fully student issues. “The funding of See DOLE, Page 7 have only been a “handful” of violations. “It appears to us that people know about this ordinance,” she said. “It ap pears to us that people understand.” Cousins said in an effort to promote awareness about the ordinance, the po lice have distributed flyers to local bars outlining the ordinance. University Police are also busy getting ready for the weekend crowds. Capt. Steve Kilmon said University Police will be aided in their patrol by reserve offic ers, Carrboro police officers and officers from the Orange County Sheriffs De partment. Although the Chapel Hill Police De partment will not be part of Saturday’s patrol, Kilmon said any of the officers that are a part of the special events force have jurisdiction to charge someone with possession of an open container. “We will be enforcing an open-con tainer ordinance," he said. Today's Weather Partly sunny, mid 80s. Weekend: sunny; low 80s. and demanded he turn over the keys to his 1996 Jeep Cherokee. The victim complied and the three drove off in the car. According to reports, police were given a description of the car and soon spotted itonU.S. 15-501 near Estes Drive. After the police car turned on its lights and sirens, the suspects sped up and turned onto Mason Farm Road. After turning down a dead-end street and crashing the vehicle into a bar that ran across the road, the three jumped out of the vehicle and ran into the woods. Williams and Peterson were found in the woods with the aid ofK-9 dog units at 11:30 p.m. Hawkins, who drove the three to Chapel Hill for them to steal the car, was arrested at his home in Durham later that evening. kilometer race to the Triangle area in 1997. The race, considered one of the largest five kilometer races in the world, is sponsored by the Su san Komen Foundation of Breast Cancer. Much of Grice’s inspiration for the race came di- rectly from his mother’s in volvement in community ser vice following her recovery. “I would have to say that my mom is the reasonl am doing all of this,” Grice said. “She gives so much of herself to women who have been diagonosed with breast cancer. She has befriended lots of women and families who need to talk to someone who has been through the entire process.” Grice and his mother’s involve ment with cancer support began in 1991 when the entire Grice family See GRICE, Page 2 MEDIEVAL REVIVAL - - DTH/BRAD SMITH The Society for Creative Anachronism held a demonstration Thursday afternoon in the Pit. During the performance Lord Keigan Broussard (Aaron Anderson) battled Lord Daemon Broussard (Scott Smithers). 103 years of editorial freedom Serving the students and the University community since 1893 News/Feaares/Aiß/Spofls: 962-0245 Business/ Advening: 962-1163 Volume 104, Issue 59 Chapel Hill, North Carolina C 1996 DTH Publishing Gap. All rights reserved Clinton in Chicago: 4 I accept’ ■ In a speech to the convention, he highlighted first term accomplishments. The Associated Press CHICAGO Thousands of cheer ing Democrats thundered “Four more years! Four more years!” as President Bill Clinton offered himself as the engi neer of change and optimism for the next century. “We are on the right track for the 21st century,” he declared Thursday night. Riding high in the polls, fresh from a triumphant four-day train ride through the vote-rich Midwest, Clinton boasted a litany of accomplishments achieved, in part, by changing “the old politics of Washington.” Clinton said his administration had made college more affordable, streets safer, water and lands less polluted, tax rates lower for middle-class Americans, jobs more plentiful and families more ready to cope with the new millennium. He said he would not insult or criticize his rival, Bob Dole, yet he took a swipe at the 73-year-old’s offer to be a bridge to the past. “With all due respect, we do not need to build a bridge to the past,” Clinton said. “We need to build a bridge to the future.” As he walked to the podium looming high above the boisterous crowd, a sea of blue and white “Clinton-Gore” pennants waved in the convention hall. The open ing ovations rose and fell for several min utes, broken up only by chants of “Four more years! ” Clinton snuggled to get the delegates calmed down so he could speak. Then he spoke the words they had been waiting all week to hear. With a grin, he said, “I don’t know if I can find a fancy way to say this, but... I accept” the Democraticpresidentialnomination. With polls indicating Americans crave civility in government, Clinton swore off campaign attacks. “This must be a campaign of ideas,” he said, “Not of insults.” Clinton said, “I will not attack. I will not attack them personally orpermit oth ers... to do it.”

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