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Woman reports sexual assault during football game
■ University Police Capt.
Jeff McCracken said
investigators had a suspect.
BY SHARIF DURHAMS
UNIVERSITY EDITOR
University Police are looking into a
reported sexual assault inside of Kenan
Stadium during the first quarter of
Saturday’s home football game.
FSU dominates UNC,
maintains supremacy
■ The Seminoles sacked
UNC’s quarterbacks nine
times in Saturday’s rout.
5 BY ALEC MORRISON
SPORTS EDITOR
North Carolina wanted to be in the
spotlight Saturday night.
More than 10 years after coach Mack
Brown lifted the UNC program from
total obscurity, the fifth-ranked Tar
Heels arrived at their contest with No. 3
Florida State facing an opportunity to
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title.
But UNC never could have imagined
it would be upstaged in such dramati
cally torturous fashion. The Seminoles,
masters of winning big games, thor
oughly dominated UNC for a 20-3 vic
tory before a record crowd of 62,000 at
Kenan Stadium.
The loss eliminates any shot UNC
had at a national title. More significant
was the vivid gap UNC still must close
to reach FSU’s level of play.
“It’s what we play for, to be in games
like this,” UNC linebacker Kivuusama
Mays said. “Not everybody can win
’em. We lost. Now it’s time to move on.
“I hope there’s a lot of grown men on
this team,” Mays added. “A grown man
takes a loss, accepts it and moves on.”
FSU (9-0, 7-0 in the ACC) racked up
334 yards of total offense on UNC’s
defense, the second best in the country,
including 175 on the ground. The Tar
Heels (8-1, 5-1) couldn’t break even in
rushing yards, while the Seminoles’ top
tailback, true freshman Travis Minor,
had 128 on 30 carries. Minor’s total
alone topped FSU’s season average of
111 yards on the ground.
Florida State’s attack stung UNC like
a cold shower on a bare chest, knocking
the air from the Tar Heels and forcing
them backward to safety. But no matter
where UNC moved, it could not escape
Unruly game crowd too large for security guards to manage
BY SEAN ROWE
STAFF WRITER
At 6 a.m. Saturday, Rodney Look, a
medical student from Baily, Colo., and
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UNC students ham it up and settle in their seats before the football game against Florida State on Saturday night. The
Kenan Stadium gates opened to students at 5 p.m., admitting around 15,000 people.
A 21-year-old non-student told
University Police Lt. Mark Mclntyre at
8:10 p.m. that a male in the crowd sex
ually assaulted her.
Although police and University offi
cials did not release many details about
their investigation, Capt. Jeff
McCracken said investigators had a sus
pect in the case.
“It’s an isolated incident,” he said.
Students in general do not need to worry
about the attack, he said.
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FSU’s defensive
front spent much
of the night in the
UNC backfield.
The Tar Heels
never established
any semblance of
a running game,
finishing with
minus-28 rushing
yards. After falling
behind 17-0 at
halftime, UNC
had no choice but
to go to the air.
But that could
n’t work without a
ground game to
UNC coach
MACK BROWN
said the Tar Heels
tried everything to
move the ball on
Florida State's
defense.
distract the Seminoles. FSU turned its
attention solely to UNC quarterback
Oscar Davenport, and the Seminoles
sacked him seven times. The last, by
FSU defensive end Greg Spires midway
through the third quarter, knocked
Davenport out of the game —and the
rest of the season —with a broken
ankle. He will have surgery today.
“We tried everything, and they threw
everything back at us,” UNC coach
Mack Brown said. “It’s really difficult to
call plays when you can’t block on the
run and can’t protect on the pass.”
Florida State recorded a school
record-tying nine sacks for 52 lost yards.
Even Davenport’s mobility couldn’t save
him from the garnet-and-gold crush he
faced virtually every time he dropped
back to pass.
Backup QB Chris Keldorf didn’t fare
any better after replacing Davenport in
the third quarter. Spires’ sack of
Davenport meant FSU had knocked out
the starting quarterback for the eighth
time in nine games this season. Lacking
Davenport’s mobility, Keldorf appeared
even more vulnerable.
Keldorf managed to lead the Tar
Heels to a field goal early in the fourth
quarter, cutting the FSU lead to 20-3,
but the Seminoles still sacked Keldorf
twice and broke up a handful of deep
passes that took away any possibility of
three of his friends spread out a blanket,
unfolded lawn chairs, and sat down to
study outside Gate 5 at Kenan Stadium.
Their goal: seats in section 124 at the
40-yard line. “It’s the biggest game in
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on the south side of the stadium and was
not injured, police reports state.
Officers helped the victim immedi
ately, Capt. Jeff McCracken said
Sunday.
He said the officers from University
Police, Carrboro police and from the
Orange County Sheriff’s Office tried to
keep the crowd as safe as they could.
“You had to take into consideration
the number of people in the stadium,”
he said. “We would not like that to
occur anywhere on campus.”
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FSU defensive end Greg Spires (90) sacks UNC quarterback Oscar Davenport in the first quarter of the Tar Heels’
20-3 loss on Saturday. Spires knocked Davenport out of the game in the third quarter with a broken ankle.
hope for the helpless Tar Heels.
“They just come after you,” Keldorf
said. “As an offense, you have to be pre
pared to handle that pressure. I wish we
could’ve handled it a little better.”
FSU’s offense struck late in the first
quarter when UNC punter Brian
Schmitz shanked a 20-yarder that gave
the Seminoles a first down and 10 at
their own 45-yard line. To that point, the
Tar Heel defense had limiting FSU to 12
yards of total offense in three drives.
But Seminole quarterback Thad
Busby found his timing with the end
zone so close, and he marched the
’Noles on a seven-play, 55-yard jaunt
that ended with Busby throwing an
eight-yard strike to tight end Melvin
Pearsall in the end zone for a 7-0 lead.
“I think going into the game they
realized North Carolina does have a
good defensive front, a good total
defense,” UNC defensive end Greg Ellis
Carolina history,” said Look, who was
part of the first group to camp out for
the UNC-FSU football game.
“It’s the chance of a lifetime.”
Eleven students had set up camp at
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McCracken said local police had
stepped up their efforts to make
Saturday’s game safe. Usually, about 30
police officers cover football games, but
45 officers surveyed the record crowd,
estimated at 62,000 people, Saturday.
Officers patrolled the field level and
the lower and upper levels of the stadi
um, McCracken said.
“Our main duty at the ball games is to
assist the ushers if they have a problem,"
McCracken said.
“Basically, we bolstered what we
said. “You’ve got to throw timed pat
terns. (Busby) really didn’t have a lot of
time to stand up back there.”
What Busby lacked in time, though,
he recovered in the precision of his pass
es and his receivers. Busby made no crit
ical mistakes, save an early interception
to UNC’s Omar Brown, and finished the
game with 14 completions in 30
attempts for 159 yards and two TDs.
Just as crucial to Florida State’s for
tunes was Minor’s timely running. His
performance gave FSU enough offensive
balance to relieve pressure on Busby.
“They probably came out trying to
stop our pass,” Minor said. “Once we’re
able to mix it up, have a balanced
offense and free our receivers, good
things happen."
Perhaps if FSU hadn’t smelled the
end zone so distinctly—the Seminoles’
average starting field position in the first
half was their 46-yard line it would
10:30 a.m. By 3:30 p.m., several thou
sand anxious students mobbed the area
just outside Gate 5. Chanting, crowd
surfing and knocking around a beach
ball kept the rowdy crowd occupied.
The security supervisor seemed fran
tic while he and the majority of his staff
worked from inside the stadium gates.
Not many officers stood outside to
keep fights from breaking out or help
one girl who was badly shaken after a
crowd-surfer fell on top of her.
One security officer could barely be
heard over the mayhem as he spoke
through a blow horn, asking students
not to push and to go through the turn
stiles in an orderly way.
When the turnstiles finally opened
shortly after 5 p.m., anyone with a UNC
ONE Card waved it in front of the gate
keepers and piled into the stadium.
Cards were not swiped.
Within minutes, every inch of stu
dent seating was filled, including the
additional bleachers specifically set up
to deal with the record high attendance
of 62,000 at the football game.
Many students could not get seats.
“I guess I was supposing there would
be a more organized system,” said Ryan
Schlitt, a sophomore from Memphis,
Tenn. He and 20 others got to the stadi
um at 4 p.m., but settled for standing
along the stadium's perimeter.
would ordinarily have for a game.”
Executive Vice Chancellor Elson
Floyd, who was briefed on the assault
Sunday, said the University should have
gone to greater lengths to make the
game safe for fans.
“We did not adequately anticipate the
number of people trying to get in at
once,” Floyd said.
“We want, obviously, to be careful
about this issue of safety.”
Susan Ehringhaus, the University’s
legal counsel and head of the
have struggled more on offense. But
UNC set them up late in the second
quarter when the Tar Heels bungled an
option pitch on third and 13 at the UNC
8. The pitch to tailback Jon Linton left
him prone to the blitzing Seminoles,
who took him down at the Tar Heel 1.
After FSU’s Peter Warrick returned
Schmitz’s ensuing punt to the UNC 28,
the ’Noles needed just three plays to take
a 14-0 lead and win a key battle in the
much-hyped war between their receivers
and UNC’s comers.
FSU wideout E.G. Green caught a
14-yard pass from Busby in the left cor
ner of the end zone that sailed under the
outstretched arm of Tar Heel corner
back Robert Williams. Williams had his
back to the ball, and Green made a one
handed grab with 4:27 left in the quarter.
“He does that in practice all the
time,” FSU coach Bobby Bowden said.
“We don’t get excited about it.”
“We probably could of
used a little more help
than normal. 1 think, all
in all, things went
well. ”
OLLIE BOWLER JR.
University Police Captain
Schlitt said he had been to other col
lege football games with larger crowds
than Sunday’s and still been able to get
seats. Overcrowding, he said, was avoid
ed because students had to get game
tickets beforehand.
University Police Capt. Ollie Bowler
Jr. said Carrboro police and the Orange
County Sheriff’s Department made up
part of the total 40 police officers
charged with controlling the crowd.
“We probably could have used a little
more help than normal,” Bowler said,
adding that some students had cuts and
bruises from getting into the stadium. “I
think, all in all, things went well.
University Police reported one arrest
Saturday night, charging a UNC student
with trespassing and delaying and
obstructing an officer. Security officers
had stopped the student earlier for fight
ing with another UNC student.
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University’s Emergency Notification
Committee, said Sunday afternoon that
she had spoken to University Police and
other officials hours after The Daily Tar
Heel told her the assault had occurred.
“I know it’s under active investiga
tion,” Ehringhaus said from her home.
The victim made a “blind report” to
University Police that identified the
assailant’s relation to her as a stranger.
The law defines a sexual assault as an
assault with sexual motives or under
tones.
Trip to focus
on town-gown
relationships
■ Area leaders leave for
Ann Arbor, Mich., to learn
from another college town.
BY NICOLE WHITE
STAFF WRUER
Parking, transportation, growth and
development issues are old news in Ann
Arbor, Mich.
That is why 102 local leaders from
Chapel Hill and Orange County will
travel there Monday to learn from the
experience of this fellow college town.
“The purpose is to look at how a peer
college town is handling the issue of
sustainability and what they are doing
with performing arts centers,” said Joel
Harper, president
of the Chapel
Hill-Carrboro
Chamber of
Commerce.
“The reason
these issues were
picked is because
they are important
to our University
community and
this town.”
Every few years
the Public-Private
Partnership orga
nizes a trip for
government, busi
ness, community
and University
Chapel Hill Town
Council member
JOE CAPOWSKJ
said the trip would
allow officials to work
in a relaxed
atmosphere.
leaders to retreat to another college
town to discuss issues and build
stronger working relationships, Harper
said.
Chapel Hill Town Manager Cal
Horton said the trips offered a rare and
useful opportunity to the town.
“It’s like laboratory,” Horton said. “It
gives us a chance to watch someone
else’s experiment at minimal cost.”
See TRIP, Page 6
INSIDE
A true mixture of spices
Spicing it up with its fashion show, "A
Rainbow of Colors,’ Masala blends
cultures of the east and west. Page 6
The University’s diversity
Race
Relations
Week
Although we may often
talk about race relations
in terms of black and
white, there are more
than two colors in our
society. Where do these
"others' fit in? Page 11
On the road again
Travel agents offer several travel tips
for students in preparation of the busy,
upcoming vacation season. Page 4
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