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MONDAY
NOVEMBER 25,1996
Field hockey wins 2nd straight national championship
BY KURT TONDORF
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. All sea
son, North Carolina coach Karen Shelton
has been waiting for her team to excel in
every facet of field hockey during the
course of one
contest to
play the per
fect game.
When it hap
pened, she
wouldn’thave
Field Hockey
Princeton 0
UNC 3
Northeastern 1
UNC 2
to declare it. Everyone watching would
just know.
It took a while —■ 24 games, in fact.
But on a clear
Sunday after
noon in front of
3,264 die-hard
fans at Boston
Seniors pave way
for UNC repeat
See Page 14
College’s cavernous Alumni Stadium,
Shelton got her wish. The Tar Heels
turned what should have been the sport’s
Chapel Hill man charged with killing
UNC mascot, could face time in jail
BY MARY-KATHRYN CRAFT
ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR
He was not killed in a bizarre Satanic
ritual, nor was he killed by zealous Duke
or N.C. State fans out of rivalry.
Rameses XXVI, the beloved UNC
mascot, was killed and mutilated last
February for the traditional reason most
animals are killed food.
Orange-Chatham District Attorney
Carl Fox announced Friday that law
enforcement officials had made an arrest
in the death of the UNC mascot. Scott H.
Wade, a 26-year-old Chapel Hill man,
was arrested and charged with cruelty to
animals last week.
Rameses XXVI was found dead at his
owner’s Carrboro farm Feb. 25. Robert
C. Hogan Jr., the mascot’s owner, found
UNC housekeepers vote to accept settlement
BY SHARIF DURHAMS
ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR
The mediator in the UNC Housekeep
ers Association lawsuit against the Uni
versity said Sunday that he hoped a judge
would soon approve an agreement that
was reached Friday between the two par
ties.
The agreement, reached by a secret
ballot vote by employees of the House
keeping Services Department, will be
presented to Administrative Law Judge
Brenda Becton soon, said Greensboro
attorney Jonathan Harkavy, the media
tor in the case.
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Carolina Indian Circle members participate in the Grand Entry at Friday's Third Annual Native American Performing
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UNC forward
ASHLEY HANSON
scored the final goal
against Princeton.
most competitive
affair into a flaw
less exhibition,
pasting Princeton
3-0 in the NCAA
title game and re
peating as national
champions.
“I don’t know if
it was perfect,’’said
an exuberant
Shelton, whose
team defeated
Northeastern 2-1
Saturday to reach
its fourth straight championship game.
“But this is as close as we’ve come this
year.”
North Carolina ran all over the Tigers
in the first half, showing no mercy to a
team that survived a brutal 4-3 overtime
contest against Old Dominion in
Saturday’s other semifinal. It was a ruth
less, sustained assault by the Tar Heels,
who released all the pent-up energy and
UNC mascot
RAMESES XXVI was
killed in February.
Officials suspected his
killer did it for food.
the dead animal
approximately 200
feet from his pen.
The ram had been
gutted, his throat
was cut and one
shoulder was miss
ing.
Fox said the Or
ange County
Sheriff’s Depart
ment believed the
ram was killed for
food.
“There is noth
ing to indicate
(Rameses was killed) for rivalry or Sa
tanic ritual,” Fox said. “There was noth
ing to indicate (Wade) knew he was kill
ing the UNC mascot.”
“I would expect her to consider it and
do what she’s going to do with it very
soon,” he said.
Harkavy and Chancellor Michael
Hooker said they would not release spe
cific terms of the settlement because they
were waiting for Becton to approve the
proposal. But an outline of the proposal
stated the plan would include $300,000
in training programs for low-paid Uni
versity employees, with SIOO,OOO in re
serve and $60,000 in additional funds
during three years for a child care pro
gram.
The agreement came after Hooker
made a proposal last month calling for an
Hate is too strong a feeling to waste on someone you don’t like.
California dreamin’
A group of former students
is heading west in hopes of
striking it rich in the
computer industry. Page 5
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enthusiasm of a year’s worth of waiting
for a chance to defend their crown.
The Tigers did their best to shield
themselves from UNC’s inevitable on
slaught, but it quickly became apparent
that Princeton didn’t have the legs to
keep pace with the Tar Heel forwards,
who had numerous opportunities.
Kate Barber and Cindy Werley led
one of their patented two-vs.-the-defense
breakaways within the first five minutes,
but they lost possession atthe last minute.
Ashley Hanson slapped a centering pass
across the goal mouth, but Barber and
Werley both whiffed.
But on UNC’s second comer bid of
the contest, stemming from forward
Nancy Pelligreen’s rush into the Princeton
circle, Susannah Schott found the back
of the net. The Tar Heels had taken a lead
they would not relinquish.
“When we went out there today, ev
erything just kind of flowed,” Schott said.
“Everyone was just doing their job.”
Including the defense, the Tar Heels’
Fox said although officials believed
the ram was killed for food, he did not
think any part had actually been eaten.
“I don’t know that I can say what
actually became of the shoulder that was
removed from the animal,” he said. “I
don’t believe that any part of the animal
was consumed.”
Fox said the sheriffs department re
ceived information concerning Rameses’
murder in early November and had been
working on the case until they had enough
evidence to arrest Wade.
“Authorities received information and
developed Mr. Wade as a suspect,” Fox
said. “ (The case was) investigated in Feb
ruary when it occurred and (officials)
had to reopen it this month when they
See RAMESES, Page 5
additional SIOO,OOO in training and pay
raises for many of the University’s low
est-paid employees.
“I think that the proposal that we
made is heavily incorporated in agree
ment," Hooker said.
Housekeepers voted 212-1 in favor of
the settlement proposal, Housekeepers
attorney Alan McSurely said.
Harkavy said the support came after
he discussed the terms of the tentative
agreement with housekeepers and held a
question-and-answer session in Hill Hall
on Friday morning.
See HOUSEKEEPERS, Page 4
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secret weapon. UNC’s pressure in the
midfield completely stymied a Princeton
offense that had compiled 105 goals this
season.
With the Tigers making their way
downfield midway through the half, Tar
Heel midfielder Joy Driscoll laid out on
the turf to intercept a Princeton pass with
the end of her stick, instantly rose to her
feet and found Werley on the left wing.
The junior forward slanted hard past her
defender onherway to the cage, drawing
Princeton goalie Gia Fruscione out and
feeding Pelligreen at the goal line for the
Tar Heels’ second goal.
It was effortless execution by UNC,
and unfortunately for Fruscione, it was
only a sign of things to come. The fresh
man keeper, who played brilliantly in the
Tigers’ 4-3 overtime upset of Old Domin
ion on Saturday, had the unfortunate
task of standing frilly exposed in front of
the UNC firing squad, which includes
See FIELD HOCKEY, Page 4
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Durham’s Wal-Martization
squashing small local stores
BY AARON LEVINE
STAFF WRITER
Mom and pop just can’t compete with
Wal-Mart anymore.
According to economic statistics re
leased Nov. 14, small business-oriented
Orange County is losing retail business
to neighboring Durham County, hurting
local merchants and impacting the
county’s sales-tax revenues.
Retail sales’ growth in Orange County
dropped to 2.4 percent in the last fiscal
year following three consecutive years of
at least 10 percent annual increases, ac
cording to statistics released by the Or
ange County Economic Development
Commission.
Commission Director Ted Abernathy
said the strength of retail competition in
neighboring counties helped explain this
decrease. He pointed to large develop
ments such as New Hope Commons,
offering Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Barnes
& Noble stores near the Orange and
Durham county line.
“There’s a changing pattern of retail
buying in America," Abernathy said.
“Now the prevailing most popular thing
to do is to go to these large superstores."
The shopping trend hurt Orange
County because many people spent
money at superstores outside county lines,
Joe Williams
Hoping the bubble
doesn’t burst
After an ACC semifinal
loss, UNC volleyball awaits
an NCAA invitation. Page 7
Building a Tar Heel dynasty
North Carolina's field hockey team has been to eight consecutive final fours
and has won three national championships.
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Durham County's regional retail sales have
grown during the 1996-96 fiscal year at
the expense of Orange County.
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Abernathy said. “If those stores were in
Orange County, people would be buying
here, and people from Durham would be
coming here.”
This decrease in local sales harms the
county by depositing residents’ sales tax
in Durham’s coffers instead ofbenefiting
Orange County, said Robert Humphreys,
director of the Chapel Hill Downtown
Commission.
“Our local sales tax allocation was
down by some incredible amount of
See DEVELOPMENT, Page 2
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Partly cloudy; chance *
of showers, mid 60s.
Tuesday: Rain ending: mid 50s.
High-ranking
town workers’
raises on hold
■ Salary hikes for Chapel
Hill’s town manager and
attorney face opposition.
BYSALLIELACY
STAFF WRITER
Four times might beffle?sarm for two
Chapel Hill employees awaiting pay
raises from the town.
Pay raises for Town Manager Cal
Horton and Town Attorney Ralph
Karpinos are on the agenda for a fourth
time at this week’s
meeting, which
will be on Tuesday
instead ofMonday.
The pay raises were
not discussed at
two previous meet
ings because of
time constraints
and were post
poned for a third
time for closed-ses
sion discussions.
A state law says
all personnel dis
cussions may be
made in closed ses
sions as long as the
final decision and vote are done publicly,
council member Joe Capowski said.
Feelings are mixed about giving a raise
ofup to 5 percent. Council member Rich
ard Franck said it was not in the interest
of town employees to give a large raise.
“I expect I will vote against an in
crease of 5 percent,” Franck said. “Five
percent turns out to be a very large in
crease for the highest-paid employees.”
A 5 percent raise would increase
Horton's $89,711 annual salary to
$94,197 while Karpinos would make
$87,043 instead of $82,898.
Council member Pat Evans said she
felt excellent work should be rewarded
with the highest salary possible.
“I can say that I think we have an
excellent town manager,” Evans said.
“In times of emergency like Hurricane
See RAISES, Page 5
Urging you
The Daily Tar Heel is trying to unleash
your deepest urges - Creative Urges, that
is. The DTH is sponsoring its first-ever
literary magazine. Creative Urges, which
will go on newsstands Dec. 6 - just in time
for preexam procrastination.
We are accepting submissions of
previously unpublished fiction, poetry and
photography. Contestants must be UNC
students.
More details can be found on the
Classified Pages and by contacting DTH
Editor Jeanne Fugate at 9624086.
Submissions are due 5 p.m. Tuesday
Bring your entries to the DTH office, Suite
104 of the Student Union.
-The Editors
Council member
RICHARD FRANCK
said he opposed a
5-percent pay increase
for the town’s highest
paid employees.