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The University and Towns
In Brief
Police Check Licenses,
Plates on Raleigh Road
Police officers set up a license check
point on Raleigh Road in front of
Alexander Residence Hall Tuesday
night. Officer Chris Burnett said UNC
Police picked the location of the check
point at random. Burnett said officers
had been checking drivers for inspec
tions, license plates and driver’s licens
es.
Harvard Professor
To Deliver Lecture
Dr. Jay Winsten, associate dean for
public and community affairs and fac
ulty member in the Harvard University
School of Public Health, will deliver this
year’s Godfrey M. Hochbaum
Distinguished Lecture on Sept. 17. at 3
p.m.
Wiiisten’s lecture will focus on the
interplay between mass communication
and health issues. The lecture will be
delivered in the Ibrahim Seminar
Room, 1301 McGavran-Greenberg
Building. Following the lecture, a recep
tion will take place in Rosenau Hall.
Both are free and open to the public.
School of Public Health
Receives Senate Funds
The Senate Appropriations
Committee approved a budget on Sept.
3 that would allocate up to sl4 million
in funding to two programs at UNC.
The School of Public Health could
receive between $5 million and sl3 mil
lion for the construction of a proposed
$24 million, 90,000 square foot labora
tory building.
Also, LEARN North Carolina, the
Learners’ and Educators’ Assistance
and Resource Network of North
Carolina, a statewide, Internet-based
resource for teachers would receive $1.2
million to expand as a national demon
stration program.
Restaurants Not Hurt
By Non-Smoking Ban
A UNC study to appear in the
September-October issue of North
Carolina Medical Journal confirms that
the prohibition of smoking among din
ers and food workers has not hurt North
Carolina’s restaurant industry.
OWASA Installs Tank,
Increases Water Supply
Anew elevated storage tank has
been put into service on Hilltop Street
by Orange Water and Sewer Authority,
boosting Chapel Hill and Carrboro’s
water storage capacity by 23 percent.
“Once Hilltop is up and running our
water distribution system will have a
total storage capacity of about 8 million
gallons, which is roughly a day’s sup
ply,” said John Greene, engineering and
planning director.
Customers should not notice any dif
ference while the 210-foot-tall tank at
Hilltop Street is brought on line this
weekend. However, some repaving and
service connections still have to be com
pleted along the Cameron
Avenue/Merrit Mill road area.
Volunteers for Youth
Sought by United Way
Volunteers for Youth, a non-profit
United Way organization that matches
at-risk young people with caring adults,
has scheduled a pre-service training ses
sion for Sept. 16 and Sept. 17.
Volunteers will serve as a positive
role model and form a relationship with
at-risk youth that centers around friend
ship, trust, and self esteem. All volun
teers will be carefully selected and must
attend 6 hours of training. Those inter
ested in joining may call 408-0771.
Cancer Support Center
To Host Free Forum
The Cornucopia House Cancer
Support Center will host a free forum
on “Twentysomething and Having
Cancer,” on Monday from 7 to 9 p.m.
The forum will address issues like
dealing with treatment as a young adult,
dating and wanting to have children.
The Cornucopia House is located on
the comer of Sage Road and U.S. 15-
501.
Movies Under the Sky
Offered in Carrboro
On Friday at 8 p.m. the Carrboro
Parks and Recreation Department will
offer Movies on the Commons at
Carrboro Town Commons. The show is
free. Those interested should bring
chairs or blankets for seating.
From Staff Reports
5 Fraternities to Go Alcohol-Free by 2000
Some fraternity members
say distancing themselves
from alcohol would improve
the Greek image on campus.
By Beth Hatcher
Staff Writer
Some UNC fraternity members will
soon be trading in Miller Lite for Sprite.
By the year 2000, five IFC fraternities
will become alcohol-free: Phi Delta
Theta, Phi Gamma Delta, Delta Sigma
Phi, Sigma Nu and Phi Kappa Sigma,
said Director of Greek Affairs Ron
Binder.
These fraternities are following the
lead of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity,
which became alcohol-free this year.
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Jaime Powell, visiting from Greenville, dons a hat made out of balloons on Franklin Street as her friend, Carrie
Messenheimer, from Raleigh, laughs. A clown named Mr. Rainbow made them
the hat at Ham's Restaurant.
Federal Loans Aid Student Storm Victims
By Jessica Jones
Staff Writer
College students who are permanent
residents of declared disaster areas hit
by Hurricane Bonnie might be eligible
for additional financial aid from the
Department of Education.
Scott Middlesworth, a certified finan
cial planner and financial aid expert,
said the federal government authorized
lenders of federal college loans to use
disaster-related loan forbearance poli
cies to aid those affected by the hurri
cane that hit the North Carolina two
weeks ago.
Middlesworth said financial aid offi
Classes
Challenge
Students
UNC honors courses range
from "North Carolina
Literature" to "Art and the
Fictions of Hyperspace."
By Mark Slagle
Staff Writer
Every semester, UNC students enroll
in honors classes by the hundreds, but
they can’t always pinpoint the qualities
that separate such classes from their
more traditional counterparts.
Associate Dean of the Honors
Program Robert Allen said honors
classes start at a more advanced level
and go into greater depth than might be
the case with a regular class.
UNC currently offers 120 different
honors courses, at freshman, sopho
more and junior levels, which are open
to any interested students, but honors
program students get first priority.
Every year, UNC invites about 200
incoming freshmen to participate in its
honors program. UNC does not use a
set formula when considering admission
to the honors program, but many fac
tors are examined when evaluating
potential program participants, he said.
The honors classes encompass such
“We need to get back to our roots of
integrity and scholarship,” Binder said.
“Alcohol plays too large a part in
Greek culture.”
Binder said the alcohol-free policy
was not anew idea. All UNC sororities
and National Pan-Hellenic organizations
are currently alcohol-free, he said.
The five IFC fraternities’ national
organizations issued the alcohol-free
policies.
Binder said he predicted that about
half of UNC’s fraternities would even
tually become alcohol-free.
SAE pledge John Branch said there
was much more to being in a fraternity
than drinking.
“The importance of brotherhood is
lost in the stereotypes,” he said.
Binder said he saw nothing but ben
efits from the alcohol-free policy. He
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cers were authorized to use their “pro
fessional judgement” in deciding the eli
gibility of a student for additional aid.
He also said it was up to the students
to request the help because the financial
aid officer could not know a student’s sit
uation without being informed.
“If there are students at Chapel Hill
that live in a disaster area, they need to
notify the FAO,” Middlesworth said.
The North Carolina counties origi
nally declared federal disaster areas
were Beaufort, Brunswick, Carteret,
Currituck, Dare, Hyde, New Hanover,
Onslow, Pamlico and Pender.
President Bill Clinton added an addi
tional 20 counties on Sept. 2.
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Nathan Edgerly, a senior from Chapel Hill, discusses a point in Rule Tyson's "Philosophy of Friendship" honors
class. In a class of 15 students, Edgerly is the only male.
diverse topics as “Art and the Fictions of
Hyperspace” to “Ethnicity, Race, and
Religion in America” to “Contemporary
North Carolina Literature.”
Honors courses are in such demand
that many students who want to take
such courses find them full.
Instructors use various methods when
teaching honors courses, Allen said.
“In some classes, the teachers lec
ture,” he said. “In other cases, they are
dependent on student participation, on
the students taking responsibility for
leading the classes.”
A typical honors-level class is
News
said fraternities
across the nation
that have gone
alcohol-free had
seen a rise in
GPAs and a
decrease of alco
hol-related acci
dents.
“Alcohol-free
housing sends a
clear message to
who we want join
ing the fraterni
ties,” Binder said.
Sigma Nu
member Terry
Director of Greek
Affaire
Ron Binder
said alcohol played
too large a role in
Greek culture.
Tobin said he thought the alcohol-free
policy would improve his fraternity’s
image, but he feared it would take away
personal freedom.
Middlesworth said the amount of
money given to individual families
might vary. “It all depends on the sever
ity of what happened, loss of income,
how much aid the student was already
given, etc.,” he said.
Middlesworth said the federal gov
ernment used the natural disaster policy
to give families more options when deal
ing with higher education. He said there
should not be any increase in the
dropout rate due to problems at home.
Mary Garren, UNC financial aid offi
cer, said she had not received any
requests for additional aid due to
Bonnie. She said she was not familiar
with the policy and that it would be han
“Philosophy of Friendship.” Occupying
a modest classroom on the third floor of
Manning Hall, the class is smaller than
most traditional classes. Tuesday after
noon, 15 students filled the classroom.
A long discussion took place about
friends’ responsibility and loyalty, with
Professor Ruel Tyson alternately lectur
ing and encouraging student debate.
“It’s intense,” said Tyson, when asked
about the difference between honors
classes and traditional classes. “We don’t
have to press each other (to speak).
There’s a high degree of motivation.”
Tyson’s students also agreed that
SAE pledge Tim Earle said fraterni
ty members had to sacrifice a little free
dom to follow the rules.
“You’re a representative of your fra
ternity whether you like it or not,” he
said.
Gordon Woodruff, a 1973 UNC
Alpha Tau Omega alumni of Smithfield,
said he thought alcohol-free policies
were fair because most students were
not old enough to legally drink.
Pi Kappa Alpha President Bill
Warren said a slow transition should be
made instead of trying to push an alco
hol-free policy through by the year
2000.
“Stopping all drinking is not going to
solve the problem,” he said. “People will
just go elsewhere.”
He said the entire alcohol aspect of
Greek culture needed to be changed.
Warrants Issued
In Carjacking Case
Police have two suspects
in a carjacking on Lakeview
Street that left two victims
injured last month.
By Jennifer Knesel
Staff Writer
Chapel Hill police have issued war
rants for the arrest of two Durham men
suspected of being involved in an Aug.
19 carjacking.
Police are searching for Randy T.
Sowell and Anthony L. Nesmith for the
early-morning armed carjacking on East
Lakeview Street, said Lt. Marvin Clark
on Tuesday.
“The two men will be arrested for
robbery with a dangerous weapon and
attempted second-degree murder,” he
said.
Police reports state that the men
involved in the incident took a tan four
door sedan by force, leaving the victims
with minor injuries.
The vehicle belonged to a Durham
friend of the two victims, Larry C.
Shumacher of New Jersey and Jerry J.
Jones of Pennsylvania, Clark said at the
time of the incident
died differently from other cases.
“We have not seen anything from the
Department of Education. They usually
give relief for families trying to verify
their income,” Garren said.
UNC-Wilmington Director of
Financial Aid Mark Williams said he
was not aware of any requests for addi
tional aid from Bonnie disaster area res
idents.
“We’ve only had a few (requests) and
they’ve been related not to the hurri
cane, but because the university closed
and delayed refund checks.”
The State & National Editors can be
reached at stntdesk@unc.edu.
there was a clear difference between the
two types of classes.
“I don’t know that it’s harder, but it’s
different,” said Lelia Schwab, a junior
from Charlotte. “It’s more discussion
and conversation. It’s smaller, which
makes a big difference.”
“It’s important that all students have
a chance to sample the honors pro
gram,” Allen said. “We want to give stu
dents the opportunity to hit the ground
running.”
The University Editors can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
Wednesday, September 9, 1998
instead of just initiating an alcohol-free
policy.
Binder said students often misinter
preted the alcohol-free policy.
“It does not mean an alcohol-free
experience, just an alcohol-free house,”
he said.
He said fraternity members that were
of legal age could drink, just not at the
house.
Binder was a member of Sigma Phi
Epsilon fraternity as an undergraduate
in the early 80s at the University of
Toledo. He said drinking was not a
major problem at his fraternity until his
senior year. He said drinking hit its peak
in the eighties.
“In the 80s, the keg was king.”
The University Editors can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
The victims were in Durham on Aug.
18, when they met a man on a red
Yamaha motorcycle, Clark said.
The two then followed the man to the
area near BW3’s and the Gotham night
club in Chapel Hill.
Clark said Shumacher and Jones
decided to follow the man on the motor
cycle and several other cars back to
Durham early the next day.
But around 1 a.m. the caravan of cars
pulled into Lakeview Street, and the
men were removed from their car.
“One victim remembers hearing gun
shots, but the other doesn’t,” Clark said.
“One of the suspects did display a nick
el plated revolver.”
Clark said the other automobiles
involved were a gold BMW 7 , a bur
gundy Honda and a white Pontiac mini
van.
He said the victims were not
acquainted with the group of suspects
and had probably just met them that
night.
Investigator J.D. Parks, who is han
dling the case, issued a warrant out for
the arrest of Sowell and Nesmith on
Sept. 4.
The City Editor can be reached at
citydesk@unc.edu.
Taxi Scam
Leaves Men
Abandoned
Three men hopped in a car
on Henderson Street and
were cheated out of $22
early Sunday morning.
By Jennifer Knesel
Staff Writer
A man acting as a taxi driver fooled
three Durham men Sunday morning
when he took their “fare” and then
abandoned them.
Mike Varley, Decklan Mitchell and
Kieren McHale got in a car around 3
a.m. on Henderson Street in Chapel
Hill, police reports state. Thinking it
was a cab, the three men told the driver
to take them to their apartment near
South Square Mall in Durham.
Reports state the driver, who identi
fied himself as AJ., demanded $22.50
before taking them anywhere.
The driver then took Varley and his
friends to the Crown station on W. Main
Street in Carrboro. When the three men
got out to buy cigarettes, he drove away
saying, “See ya, sucker!,” reports state.
Varley said his friends got into the
car first, leading him to believe it was a
taxi. “I have no idea why thev got into
the cab,” Varley said.
Reports indicated that Varley and his
friends thought the cab was a “gypsy
cab,” meaning that the cab was an
unmarked, but otherwise legitimate taxi
cab. “I’m from New York City, and
there’s cabs like that one everywhere,”
Varley said.
After the incident officers checked
the main streets of Carrboro and
Chapel Hill but were unable to locate
the vehicle. Reports describe the vehi
cle as a burgundy or brown, four-door
sedan. The driver is a male who wore a
white t-shirt at the time of the robbery.
Varley told police that the driver had
patches missing from the back of his
hair as if he had a skin disorder.
The driver is wanted for obtaining
property while under false pretenses,
reports state.
The City Editor can be reached at
citydesk@unc.edu.
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