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INSIDE
TUESDAY
MARCH 25,1997
PR Lot
hit by 12
robberies
■ Eleven cars were broken
into and one was stolen
Saturday morning.
BY BALKEES JARRAH
ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR
After a string of break-ins at the PR
Lot this weekend, students are ques
tioning security at the off-campus park
ing facility.
“The security at the PR Lot is inad
equate,” said Kelly Gardner, a sopho
more whose car was stolen from the lot
this weekend. “If I give (the University)
my money, I want to know my car is
going to be safe.”
In addition to Gardner’s car theft, 11
cars were broken into at the PR Lot,
according to police reports. The major
ity of the break-ins were discovered at
approximately 4 p.m. Saturday, but
University Police Chief Don Gold said
they might have occurred between 6
a.m. and 10 a.m.
Car owners reported items stolen,
including car radios, compact disc play
ers, compact discs and cellular phones.
“Car larceny is a growing problem in
the country, but we have not experi
enced an incident like this in some
Final Four ticket distribution
aggravates confused students
■ Students said they did
not feel informed about
the distribution process.
BYSHENGLEE
STAFF WRITER
Students camping out for tickets to
the Final Four said they were out
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Dan Hines and Heather Isley play cards Monday in front of the Smith Center.
Both were camping out to get tickets to attend the NCAA Final Four games.
Horace Williams Airport committee to work toward restoring jet ban
BY JULIA WOOD
STAFF WRITER
The Chapel Hill Town Council unan
imously approved Monday a committee
that members hope will help reinstate a
jet ban at Horace Williams Airport.
“The council is against jets,” Chapel
Hill Mayor Rosemary Waldorf said.
“This is a committee that would try to
uncover anything that would help us
bolster our claim against jets.”
Council member Julie Andresen said
the purpose of the proposed committee
would be to investigate constructive
steps the town might take to reinstate the
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Safety measures in the University park and ride lots include Point-2-Point call boxes, security booths and pay phones.
University Police Chief Don Gold said the University hired a security attendant to monitor the lot after dusk.
time,” Gold said.
Gold said the University provided a
security attendant after dusk, but the
attendant probably was not present at
the time of the break-ins.
Michael Fryar, a junior whose car
was broken into Saturday, said criminals
were attracted to the lot because of its
isolation. “They should put cameras or
even pseudo-cameras up. I think they
should increase the personnel there.”
Chapel Hill Town Council member
Joe Capowski said cameras would be a
raged Monday about the ambiguity of
distribution methods.
UNC students, many of whom
started gathering at the Smith Center
following the Tar Heel’s win over
Louisville on Sunday, said they had
not been informed about the ticket
process as of early Monday evening.
The Carolina Athletic Association
organizes ticket distributions.
“They haven’t told us anything,”
“no jets allowed” policy at the Horace
Williams Airport.
Town officials and residents were
angered in February when they learned
UNC-system President C.D. Spangler
had lifted a long-standing jet ban at the
airport.
Residents appointed to the committee
include Council members Andresen and
Edith Wiggins, a yet-to-be-named
Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of
Education member, Fred Black of
Citizens for Airport Planning, Nancy
Ferguson, Diane Bloom and airport user
Bill Sawyer.
Andresen said Sawyer was a member
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useful option. The council approved the
installation of security cameras in two of
the town’s PR lots last month, he said.
Gardner said he felt surveillance
should be provided 24 hours a day.
Gold said police were planning to
take additional safety measures follow
ing the incidents. “We are moving to
extend the hours of coverage of the lot
and increase police patrols in the area.”
He said he felt the criminals specifi
cally targeted the PR Lot this weekend.
“We’re working with local authorities in
said April Groff, a first-year grad
uate student from Carrboro.
Dan Meigs, a fifth-year senior
from Cullowhee, said CAA
members were not at the Smith
Center on Sunday.
Meigs said CAA representa
tives did not inform students
about ticket distribution until
7:30 p.m Monday.
CAA posted a sign late
Monday night at the ticket
office stating that about the
first 320 students who had
signed up on a list could get
a voucher at 6 a.m. Tuesday.
CAA President Seth Nore
said he visited students
camping out Monday morn
ing. “I talked with the people
in line and everything
seemed to be going fine,” he
said. “They were doing a fine job
of self-regulating.”
About 288 people had signed a
list that was circulating. Nore said
he told the ticket office that they
should hand out tickets this
morning on a first come, first
serve basis according to the list.
But confusion arose between 5
p.m. and 7 p.m. when the ticket
office did not inform students of
that, he said.
Daren Lucas, director of ticket
operations for the Smith Center,
said the NCAA had allotted 350
of the Chapel Hill
Flying Club, but
that his member
ship did not pre
sent a conflict of
interest as the
committee was
only focusing on
one aspect of air
port operation.
“What is at
issue is the opera
tion of the airport
with jets,” she
said. “We think he
will be a construe-
Council member
JUUE ANDRESEN
said the committee
would take steps to
reinstate the jet ban.
developing suspects. We do have some
thing that we are following up.”
Jessica Valpey, a sophomore whose
car was stolen before Spring Break, said
officials should guard the lot more effi
ciently.
“It’s frustrating when you get forced
to park all the way out there and things
like this happen,” Valpey said.
Gold said people should keep their
eyes out for any suspicious activity. “We
encourage people to call us if they see
things that don’t look appropriate.”
The road to the Final Four
For the lucky 320 students that actually get tickets.to the Final Four in
Indianapolis, here’s how to get there. It’s a long drive, so be ready to buy lots of
caffeine. And don’t forget to bring back T-shirts for all your friends.
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student tickets to the University, but
30 of those tickets were given to pep
band members. Tickets cost SIOO.
Final Four games will be played
Saturday and Monday at the RCA
Dome in Indianapolis.
Students who purchase tickets will
be given a voucher and will receive
tickets for Saturday’s game in
Indianapolis. Tickets for the final
game will be distributed Monday.
Students had dissenting opinions
about this policy.
Matt Young, a senior from Raleigh,
five member.”
Council member Joe Capowski said
he thought the committee was supposed
to advise the University on how the air
port should operate.
“I thought there would be input from
the neighbors of the airport, people who
use the airport and owners of the air
port," he said. “But this committee is
composed of, except for one member,
people who have all publicly stated that
they are against jets. This would be a
very biased committee.”
Andresen said the point of the com
mittee was information gathering rather
than advising. “The purpose is specifi
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Congress votes down
DTH advertising ban
■ But they passed two
riders regarding student
fee-funded publications.
BYTERESA KILLIAN
STAFF WRITER
A late-night addition to the Student
Congress Finance Committee’s budget
bill that would ban student-fee money
from funding advertisements in The
Daily Tar Heel was voted down Sunday.
Rep. Jason Jolley, Dist. 16, sponsored
the rider, which failed by voice vote in
Student Congress’ full budget hearings
this weekend.
“We just wanted to let the DTH
know that their rates are a little bit exces
sive for student organizations,” Jolley
said.
Jolley said Student Congress voted
down the rider because of the DTH’s
willingness to cooperate with them and
examine lowering their rates.
Rep. James Hoffman, Dist. 15, said
some committee members felt the DTH
should not charge excessive amounts for
student groups because it is part of the
university community, not a business.
Student groups currently pay the
same rate to advertise in the DTH as
person-to-person and non-profit groups.
These rates are less than business rates.
Kevin Schwartz, general manager of
the DTH, said the advertising rates in
said he thought students should get
the full value of their SIOO investment.
“They’re saying if we lose and we
decide we need to be back for class,
then we just have to leave the ticket
because they’re not going to give us
the ticket until Monday morning.”
RJ. Avetta, a freshman from
Winston-Salem, said he thought the
idea was brilliant. “That’s going to
keep (out) a lot of people who are
here just to scalp tickets, which I don’t
appreciate because it’s a lot more per
sonal ”
cally to do concrete research and get
some answers,” she said.
Council member Pat Evans said she
thought since Area Health Education
Centers was a major user of the airport,
they should have a representative on the
committee. “This would give people
insight into the broader perspective of
the issue," she said.
Andresen said since AHEC did not
use jets, she was not sure what their
interest would be.
Waldorf and other council members
amended the motion to invite AHEC
members to participate.
The committee plans to meet by July.
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know which publications their
fees go towards ... they’ll
be aware of what their
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the DTH were determined on a break
even analysis.
“We are going to examine the possi
bility of having a student-group rate sep
arate from all others,” Schwartz said.
The DTH will examine these possi
bilities when its budget is decided in
April.
Student Congress also passed two rid
ers requiring even partially student fee
funded student publications, flyers, pro
grams and advertisements to state that
they use student-government funds.
The riders, proposed by Rep.
Amardeep Athwal, Dist. 21, were
attached to the 1997-98 budget alloca
tions and will affect groups that receive
Student Congress funding. The budget
bill and riders have now been sent to
Student Body President Aaron Nelson
for approval.
“I feel that by letting students know
which publications and programs their
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Police plan
for future
street bash
■ Sunday’s Final Four
Franklin Street celebration
resulted in no damage.
BY STEVE MRAZ
STAFF WRITER
Chapel Hill Police hope that future
celebrations on Franklin Street run as
smoothly as the one that took place
Sunday afternoon following UNC’s 97-
74 victory over Louisville.
Around 4:30 p.m. police blocked traf
fic on Franklin Street from Columbia
Street to Henderson Street when fans
rushed into the street to celebrate.
“There were about 4,500 people (on
Franklin Street) for about an hour,”
police spokeswoman Jane Cousins said.
“There were no damages, arrests, com
plaints or violations issued during the
celebration.”
Although Sunday’s crowd was well
behaved, Chapel Hill police have
already made preparations to deal with
the celebrations that could break out on
Franklin Street Saturday and Monday
nights.
Police will post signs above barri
cades reminding revelers that alcohol,
weapons, glass bottles, paint and flam
mable objects are prohibited on
Franklin Street during the celebrations.
“We are going to remove parking on
Franklin Street Saturday,” Cousins said.
“We’ll have bags over the parking
meters during the day and start towing
cars at 6 (p.m.)”
In order to avoid scrubbing paint off
of Franklin Street, police will issue a let
ter to area businesses asking them not to
sell paint to eager fans.
“We do encourage people not to
paint the street,” Ronnie Mann, general
manager of Fitch Lumber and
Hardware in Carrboro, said. “I’ve been
here 34 years, and I’ve only had one
encounter with a student who wanted to
buy paint to paint Franklin Street with.”
“Light blue is a popular color, and if
people want to buy paint to paint their
apartment, we will sell it to them.”
During Sunday’s festivities fans
refrained from using spraypaint, but
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