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ahe Hathi ®ar MM M News/Feai * Business// p *■olos years of editorial freedom Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Outrage Over Slaying Prompts Vigil at UNC B-GLAD Co-chairman lan Palmquist says the vigil can help raise awareness of hate crimes and promote legislative action. By Pall Hobson Assistant University Editor About 200 students, faculty and community members gathered Monday night in the Pit for a prayer vigil inspired by the recent beating death of a gay University of Wyoming student. Bisexuals, Gay men, Lesbians and Allies for Diversity organized the vigil to mourn and to discuss intolerance and hate crimes a day after the annual celebration of National Coming Out Day. UW student Matthew Shepard, 21, died Monday in a Fort Collins, Wyo., hospital after Break-in Suspects Arrested Chapel Hill police charged three suspects who they believe are responsible for 58 weekend break-ins. By Reynolds Richter Staff Writer Chapel Hill police arrested three sus pects early Monday morning in con nection with a wave of weekend car burglaries at the University’s PR lot on Estes Drive and the Eubanks Road and Southern Village park and ride lots. Eston Travis Rives, 18, of 103 Hill view St.; Robert Edmond Doran, 17, of 106 Rock Springs Court; and James Roy Webster, 17, of 206 Yorktown Drive, were each arrested on a felony charge of possession of burglary tools. Capt. Greggjarvies said the suspects were arrested after being pulled over for a broken headlight. The arresting offi cer, who knew of the recent break-ins, found a large amount of suspected stolen property in the car in addition to burglary tools, Jarvies said. “It was a combination of good, aggressive police work and a stroke of luck,” he said. The suspects were confined Monday morning at Orange County Jail, and each was being held on a SIO,OOO secured bond, police reports state. They will be tried Nov. 7 at Orange County District Court in Chapel Hill. Police reports listed 16 break-ins at the Eubanks Road lot and two break-ins at the Southern Village lot. University Police estimated 40 cars were broken into at the University-owned PR lot on Saturday night. Thompson said the robbers targeted each lot on a different night. “They hit Southern Village on Friday night, University on Saturday night and Eubanks Road on Sunday night,” he said. There was a total of $3,100 in dam ages to cars in the Eubanks Road lot, mosdy in broken windows, and $1,850 in damages to the two cars in the Southern Village lot, according to police reports Monday. However, Thompson said many new' reports were filed Monday, especially from people who parked in the Southern Village lot. Jarvies said the damage reports did not include items stolen from the tar geted vehicles. Police will file additional charges against the suspects after investigators and University Police match the recov ered items with their owners, he said. “We’re anticipating there will be dozens of charges lodged against each of the suspects,” he said. UNC junior Jeffrey Pouland, who parks in the Eubanks Road lot, said the See EUBANKS, Page 5 Death Brings Attention To Hate Crimes See Page 5 two men beat him last week. Vigil attendees said Shepard briefly lived in Salisbury and attended Catawba Community College a few years ago. “We want to call attention to the necessity of hate-crimes legislation to help prevent similar attacks from occurring in the future,” B-GLAD Co-chairman lan Palmquist said. “We are com ing together in sadness.” B-GLAD Co-chairwoman Amanda Maris said the vigil needed to call attention to the his tory of hate crimes against gays. “He’s not the first one, and he’s not the last,” Maris said. “We need to speak, and more importantly, we need to take action.” Participants gently sang “We Are a Gentle, Angry People” while some etched phrases like “Why?” and “Stop hate” into the pavement 9lf ifjyjm ; ■. aflh u| £ ■uLyif ±7 Jraß mm jm Mk ; M ijgj m, mi DTH/DAViD SANDLER Professor Chuck Stone and Chancellor Michael Hooker lead the procession to Memorial Hall, where University Day celebrations took place. Alumni, professors and students were honored at the ceremony, where Stone delivered a keynote address about UNC s future. Cornerstone Honors Senior Class of 1998 The original cornerstone was laid in 1798 when South Building was the third building on campus. By Katie Abel Staff Writer Chancellor Michael Hooker and for mer Senior Class President Franklin Golden unveiled South Building’s new cornerstone Monday to a crowd of fac ulty, students, staff and alumni. The new cornerstone, honoring the class of 1998, because it commemo rates the 200th anniversary of when the System President Explores History Of University See Page 5 building’s original cornerstone was laid. Hooker said William Richardson Davie, grand master of the Masonic Order in North Carolina, oversaw the laying of the building’s first cornerstone on April 14, 1798. “South Building has undergone many changes over the years, but it has always played a vital role in the life of the University,” Hooker said. Meigs and Peggy Golden of Sanford Crime, like virtue, has its degrees. Racine Tuesday, October 13, 1998 Volume 106, Issue 96 with wax dripping from candles. Petitions supporting the federal Hate Crimes Prevention Act circulated as participants took turns speaking from a megaphone. “It’s more of a political act than an emotion al one,” said Derrick Miller, a graduate student and B-GLAD member. “I think it’s important in the face of what happened to show solidity.” The petition stated that the act, which will be considered by Congress, would make felonies of hate crimes based on sexual orien tation, creed or religion. Palmquist said Wyoming was one of 10 states without hate crimes legislation. “Hate crimes are more than an attack on the victim,” Palmquist said. “They are an attack on the whole group that victim represents.” Episcopal Campus Minister Stephen Stanley said violence was not the only kind of hate See VIGIL, Page 5 LEADING THE WAY and John and Ann Sanders of Chapel Hill, all of whom attended the ceremo ny, donated the new cornerstone. The Goldens, grandparents of Franklin Golden, are residents of Lee County, the origin of the cornerstone’s sandstone. The Sanders paid for the cutting and engraving of the cornerstone as a per sonal gift to the University. They said they were involved in a similar project five years ago when they funded the bicentennial cornerstone for Old East Residence Hall. “It’s a way of reminding people of the physical past of the University,” John Sanders said. Sanders said he first became interest ed in University buildings when he was a student at UNC. South Building is the University’s third oldest permanent building, after Old East and Person Hall. It initially included 26 residence hall rooms, classrooms and a library, Franklin Golden said. Former U.S. President James K. Polk lived there as a student, he said. After a major reconstruction project in 1925 and 1926, the building was used only for offices of University adminis trators and staff. See CORNERSTONE, Page 5 M ' IjPii P .Jgu rjgfV y / DTH/KATY FORTIER Carlton Leftwich (left) and Brian Denton remember Matthew Shepard, victim of a fatal hate crime. * ' jjjjj| DTH/DAVID SANDLER The new cornerstone of South Building marks its bicentennial. The cornerstone, unveiled on Monday, honors the class of 1998. Stone: Determination, Diversity Keys to Future Success of UNC University Day keynote speaker Chuck Stone says UNC needs to assess its strengths and weaknesses. By Kelli Boutin Staff Writer As the turn of the century approach es, the University community must establish a formula for greatness, University Day keynote speaker Chuck Stone said. Stone, the Walter Spearman profes sor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, discussed “UNC’s 21st Century Mission for Greatness” before a nearly packed Memorial Hall Monday. “University Day is a day to pause and take an intel lectual inventory, assess our academic and athletic strengths and weaknesses,” See STONE, Page 5 News/Features/Arts/Sports 962-0245 Business/Advertising 962-1163 Chapel Hill, North Carolina © 1998 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. Gay Victim Dies After Hate Crime The suspects in 21-year-old Matthew Shepard's beating face murder charges after the victim died Monday. Associated Press LARAMIE, Wyo. - A gay college student who was lured from a campus hangout, beaten and tied to a split-rail fence died Monday, and the two young men arrested in the attack now face murder charges that could bring the death penalty. Matthew Shepard, 21, died at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colo., while on life support. His skull was so badly smashed that doctors could not perform surgery, hospital president Rulon Stacey said. The University of Wyoming student had been in a coma since bicyclists found him in near freezing tempera tures Wednesday evening. They at first mistook him for a scarecrow. The attack has spurred calls nationwide for hate-crimes legis lation protecting gays. President Clinton pressed Congress to expand the feder al hate-crimes law to cover offenses University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard died Monday after being beaten and tied to a fence. based on disability or sexual orienta tion. “Americans will once again search their hearts and do what they can to reduce their own fear and anxiety and anger at people who are different,” Clinton said. “And I hope that Congress will pass the hate-crime legislation.” Russell Arthur Henderson, 21, and Aaronjames McKinney, 22, were orig inally charged with attempted murder, kidnapping and aggravated robbery, and jailed on SIOO,OOO bail each. Police said that with Shepard’s death, the charges against them will be upgrad ed to first-degree murder, which carries a possible death sentence. Their girlfriends - Chasity Vera Pasley, 20, and Kristen Leann Price, 18 - were charged with being accessories See ATTACK, Page 5 n | INI 31 Tuesday Natural Resources j Resource I Officer Rex I Gibson says I the students I of East * Chapel Hill High School see him as the school's neighborhood cop. Gibson uses personal interaction with the students to deter crime. See Page 4. Let Freedom Ring Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milosovic agreed Monday night to end his seven-month violent repression of the Kosovo province after months of threats from the United Nations and NATO. See Page 5. Battling for Your Vote State Senate hopefuls are gearing up for the Nov. 3 elections. The two Democratic incumbents and their Republican challengers are focusing on education reform See Page 2. Today’s Weather $ Partly sunny; Mid 70s Wednesday: Partly sunny, Lower 70s.
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