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Court date
closes in for
sexism suit
■ An employee says a job
offer from UNC Hospitals
was unfairly revoked.
BY SHARIF DURHAMS
UNIVERSITY EDITOR
A University employee who claims
she was passed up for a promotion
because of her gender and because of
politics within the University adminis
tration will face the officials in court
next week.
Kristy Pittman, who manages the
pay operations office for the
Department of Transportation and
Parking, said the University offered her
a job at UNC Hospitals, then took the
offer away after another applicant with
more political connections made a few
phone calls, said Pittman’s attorney,
Alan McSurely.
“She was refused this employment
by the hospital because she is a woman
and factors involving her sex,”
McSurely said.
McSurely will argue the case in
Hillsborough Superior Court on
Wednesday and Thursday before Judge
Brenda Becton.
Court documents filed by McSurely
include a memo written on Feb. 21, stat
ing that Tom Smith, head of police and
parking for UNC Hospitals, had chosen
Pittman as his new administrative office
manager.
Documents from the next week indi
cate applicant Greg Graves, former
commander of the operations division
of University Police, accepted the posi
tion.
A few days later, Graves married a
secretary of Carolyn Elfland, director of
Auxiliary Services and supervisor of the
police department, the filings state.
The new job had Graves report to
police chief Don Gold, who reports to
Elfland.
Smith could have based his decision
on rumors that Pittman dated another
employee in her department and could
have considered filing a sexual harass-
See PITTMAN, Page 4
County Board of Education
debates ousting its chairman
BY BARRETT BREWER
STAFF WRITER
Debate over the replacement of Larry
Haverland, chairman of the Orange
County Board of Education, as board
spokesman has created discord among
board members.
Board member Robert Bateman said
he felt the accusations of Haverland’s
failure as spokesman for the board were
unfounded and unnecessary. “I’ve sug
gested we sit down and talk about it,” he
said. “I’ll just have my say and hope
everybody sees this is pure folly. I defi
nitely think if (he is replaced) it will cre
ate animosity on the board.”
Haverland was accused by board
members of misrepresenting the major
ity opinion of the board after he stated
recently that he did not support anew
high school in the county. The majority
of members support anew high school.
Some members said they believed
Haverland had violated his role as chair
man and spokesman of the board by
giving his own conflicting opinions of
the school instead of representing the
consenting opinion of the board.
“We have a chairman who I feel has
n’t represented the majority opinion of
the board, and we need someone to get
that across,” said board member
Richard Kennedy, who made the
motion to elect anew and arbitrary
spokesperson for the board.
Board member Keith Cook said he
felt the responsibility of the chairman
was to speak for the majority of the
board and not to express personal opin
ion. "We don’t think that in some areas
the position of the board was heard,”
Cook said. “I’m convinced that we need
someone different.”
Haverland said the majority postion
of the board is not his postion or the
voters position.
Cook said if the board were to elect a
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An all-student ska band, the Quicksteps blare their horns Wednesday nights in Gerrard Hall.
With game finally at hand, UNC focuses on dethroning ’Noles
■ Saturday’s winner will
have the inside track to the
conference championship.
BY AARON BEARD
SPOKTSATURDAY EDITOR
It’s been a long nine weeks for fifth
ranked North Carolina.
The Tar Heels cruised to an 8-0
record and dropped opponents by an
average of 17 points during that span.
Yet questions persisted about their
showdown with Florida State, about
UNC’s potential to win the big game.
The Tar Heel players replied they
wouldn’t think about the game until the
time was at hand.
It’s time. The hype has reached
stratospheric levels. And the Tar Heels
are finally able to focus on their show
down with No. 3 FSU (8-0, 6-0 in the
ACC).
“It’s what you want,” UNC line
backer Kivuusama Mays said. “You
want all the hype. You want the glory.
You want the implications that whether
“We don't think that in some
areas the position of the
board was heard. I'm
convinced that we need
someone different.”
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new spokesperson, that person would be
Delores Simpson, vice chairwoman of
the board.
Board members will discuss
Haverland’s possible replacement at the
Nov. 24 board meeting.
Bateman said he felt the accusations,
fostered by Kennedy, were the result of
Kennedy’s personal and bitter resent
ment at losing a prior board race to
Haverland. "I don’t think Mr. Kennedy
likes Mr. Haverland at all. There was
accusations of pulling up campaign
signs when running together,” Bateman
said. “I think Larry is the type who can
put it behind him, but I’m not sure
about Mr. Kennedy,” he said.
Haverland said he, too, was con
cerned that this latest attack was of a
personal nature and without merit. “It is
absolutely personal," he said. “Any
action I am in agreement with I will tell
the board’s position; if I disagree I will
make it clear that it is my opinion and
not the opinion of the board.”
Kennedy said he felt strongly that
Haverland was undermining his respon
sibility as chairman and spokesman by
speaking out against both the board’s
majority decisions. “We need to repre
sent to die community what (the board)
stands for, and Larry Haverland’s opin
ion is not as important as the board’s,”
Kennedy said.
“Anyone who says it’s personal is just
trying to blow smoke.”
Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.
Bill Bradley
Friday, November 7,1997
Volume 105, Issue 106
SKANKIN' INTO THE NIGHT
you beat them or
they beat you, the
cream rises to the
top.”
Saturday’s 7:30
p.m. kickoff at
Kenan Stadium
will be televised
nationally on
ESPN.
The winner will
all but lock up the
ACC title and take
the inside track to
the Orange Bowl,
where it will likely
face Nebraska for
a shot at the
national champi
onship.
UNC linebacker
KIVUUSAMA MAYS
said the Tar Heels
want the hype
and pressure
associated with
the FSU game.
The loser will hope for an Alliance
Bowl berth.
“It’s a game to get up for,” UNC cor
nerback Dre’ Bly said. “Everyone will be
watching. It’s something everybody’s
been dreaming of.”
North Carolina is riding the nation’s
second-longest winning streak at 10
games, dating back to last season (Penn
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All of Chapel Hill is in a frenzy of
anticipation for Saturday’s football
game against Florida State, but no
one more than Shelton Henderson,
owner of the Shrunken Head
Boutique.
Henderson and his staff are pre
pared for a spirited crowd Saturday.
The boutique, located at 155 E.
Franklin St., is full of UNC para
phernalia. On game days, the lines to
purchase game memorabilia and get
free buttons and Tar Heel tattoos are
out the door, Henderson said.
“This is the largest game in the
history of the (University). We are all
hyped. It’s nuts, absolutely nuts.”
Henderson said this was the year
UNC football would triumph.
“We’ll see you at the Orange
Bowl.”
Henderson and his boutique have
been Franklin Street fixtures since
1969, when the store opened as a
men’s and women’s clothing store.
Henderson is proud of his shop,
which has been under the same name
and ownership for its 28 years of
existence.
“When alumni come back, they
want to have lunch at The
Rathskeller and visit the Shrunken
Head,” he said.
A UNC fan long before he came
to Chapel Hill, Henderson grew up
cheering for football great Charlie
“Choo-Choo” Justice.
“I’ve been a Carolina fan since
before I knew anything about sports
before I knew anything about col
lege,” Henderson said.
See HENDERSON, Page 4
State owns the longest at 12). For the
first time since 1980, the Tar Heels are
undefeated as late as November.
“We’ve put ourselves in a great posi
tion,” Tar Heel defensive tackle Vonnie
Holliday said. “We have a great oppor
tunity. For the first time, our destiny is in
our own hands.”
To get to the Orange Bowl, the Tar
Heels must dump Florida State, a feat
accomplished only once in ACC play
the last five years. Since the Seminoles
joined the league in 1992, they have won
45 of 46 league games. The lone loss
came vs. Virginia in 1995. Saturday’s
game will take place almost two years to
the day from the Cavaliers’ upset.
UNC has flirted with knocking off
the ’Noles. In last season’s game in
Tallahassee, Fla., the Tar Heels held
FSU to 213 yards of total offense, its
lowest output in 10 years. But Florida
State managed to capitalize on a host of
blocked kicks and UNC mistakes to
claim a 13-0 victory.
Two years earlier, FSU won a 31-18
decision. In that game, the Tar Heels
had two costly fourth-quarter fumbles
one at the Seminole 6-yard line that
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Shelton Henderson, owner of the Shrunken Head Boutique, has been a UNC
fan since before he learned about sports.
Students to snuggle
next to Kenan gates
■ Student gates will open
at 5 p.m. Saturday for the
much anticipated matchup.
BY KENYA ELD RIDGE
STAFF WRITER
Football fever has many students tak
ing extra measures including camp
ing out —and local services planning
early for the game against Florida State.
Eric Hart, sports marketing co-direc
tor for the Carolina Athletic
Association, said Gate 5 will open at 5
p.m. Saturday, and there will not be any
specific cutoff time for admittance.
The Department of Athletics and the
Department of Public Safety will decide
when they need to close the gate for
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Saturday
killed any chance of a win.
In the five league contests between
the two teams, FSU has outscored UNC
141-50. But as far as the Tar Heels are
concerned, the gap between the squads
is narrowing.
“We feel like we’ve been close,”
Holliday said. “Since I’ve been here, we
have felt like we’ve had the teams to beat
Florida State.”
While North Carolina has had talent
in past years, this is its strongest chal
lenge to the Seminoles’ conference
supremacy.
The Tar Heels mirror Florida State’s
defensive philosophy, relying on team
speed and putting a great amount of
pressure on the opposing quarterback.
The two teams rank at the top of
every major ACC defensive statistic.
Offensively, the two teams rank 1-2 in
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safety reasons.
Hart said an additional 750 bleacher
seats will be added for students, bringing
the total number of student seats to
between 12,000 and 13,000.
Another 750 will be available for the
general public, Hart said.
Several students said they planned to
camp out at the gates before the game.
Jonathan Barker, a sophomore from
Statesville, said that he was planning to
camp out in front of the gates before
they opened.
“I just want to make sure I have a
really good seat,” Barker said.
Hart said he encourages students to
come out early Saturday, but not to
camp out overnight.
“There’s really no point in camping
See GATES, Page 4
three offensive categories: passing yards,
total yards and scoring offense.
With the two teams evenly matched
at most skill positions, the difference
could come down to intangibles. With
an expected record crowd of nearly
60,000 at Kenan, the Tar Heels should
have a sizeable home field advantage.
The Seminoles, however, boast big-game
experience against the likes of Florida,
Notre Dame and Nebraska.
With the stage set for a contest with
national implications, the atmosphere
surrounding what many consider to be
the biggest game in ACC football histo
ry should be nothing short of electric.
“I can’t even describe it,” Bly said. “I
can’t describe how I’ll feel coming out of
that tunnel on game day. I know the
night before the game, I won’t be able to
sleep like always.”
The ’Noles own a 7-0-1 advantage
against the Tar Heels. But, Holliday
said, Saturday’s game will be different.
“We really think this is our year,”
Holliday said. “We think this is our
time. This is Carolina’s big chance, and
we’re hopefully going to capitalize on
it.”
INSIDE
The Tar Heels’ new order
New coach Bill
Guthridge returns
four starters from
last year's Final
Four team. Look
inside for our
guide to the
upcoming season.
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Football frenzy grips town
The biggest
Sport Saturday
issue of the year
hits stands this
afternoon with full
coverage of the
showdown
between No. 5 UNC and No. 3 FSU.
Adding to the madness
Three of the
nation's top
four teams
will compete
in the ACC
field hockey tournament at Navy Field
this weekend. Page 5
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