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Town Supports Study on Homeless Teenagers
Bv Laura Sykes
Staff Writer
Chapel Hill town staff and police
reported Monday that a local problem
with homeless teenagers was significant
enough to warrant further exploration
into opening an emergency shelter.
“What we are seeing is a complicated
situation that needs some professional
evaluation,” Chapel Hill Police Chief
Ralph Pendergraph said.
The staff reported to the Chapel Hill
Hectic Campaigning
Marks Election's End
By Lauren Beal, Andrew Meehan
and Amy Stephens
Staff Writers
For three days before the general
election Feb. 9, candidates for student
body president and their staff members
sacrificed sleep to campaign and
skipped class to get
in on the fun.
The Daily Tar
Heel reporters fol
lowed candidates
Nic Heinke, Brad
Morrison and
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Amanda Greene as they went door-to
door, handed out fliers and talked to
voters. Heinke, Morrison and Greene
were respectively the top three finishers
in the election.
Two Days and Counting...
“Sacrifice sleep!” Alex Mayfar, Nic
Heinke’s campaign manager, told cam
paign workers to be up early on election
day and to expect to campaign hard all
day. “It’s getting dose here - so it’s
going to be one last final push,” he said.
About 20 Heinke supporters gath
ered in the Pit on Feb. 7, the Sunday
night before elections, to go over last
minute election details and spend a few
hours campaigning in Residence halls.
Campaign manager Rebecca Hockfield
reminded the students to sign up to hold
signs and distribute fliers for two to
three hours on election day.
“Remember to wear your Heinke but
tons,” she said. “On Tuesday, stand up
in every class you’re in with your button
on and remind everyone to vote.”
While Heinke ran to the final candi-
Students
Remember
Racist Past
The two first black students
at UNC entered the School
of Law in June 1951 and
graduated in 1952.
By .Amy Stephens
Staff Writer
Most of today’s college freshmen do
not have to endure cherry bombs or
threatening phone
calls, but the first
black students at
UNC dealt with
these hardships as
well as cat calls
and racist signs.
Ralph Frasier,
one of the first
black undergradu
ates at UNC, said
the negative atten-
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tion was an unwanted companion.
“There was a lot of publicity and
media attention so everyone knew who
This was a newspaper, a real newspaper, with its own characters and character.
Larry Keith, DTH Sports Editor, 1967-68
Town Council at its meeting Monday
that there were 10 to 30 homeless teens
on the streets of Chapel Hill on any
given evening, documents state.
Pendergraph said many of the home
less teenagers could not return home.
“The issue is that kids are not in tra
ditional home environments for a vari
ety of reasons,” Pendergraph said.
The town staff proposed to coordi
nate further assessment of the situation
and resources relating to local homeless
teens, town documents state.
dates’ forum, which was sponsored by
Student Television, his volunteers left to
campaign around campus.
Dustyn Baker and Christian Sawyer,
two freshmen who volunteered to cam
paign for Heinke, hiked to South
Campus and Ehringhaus Residence
Hall that night to knock on doors and
encourage students to vote. “Hi, I’m
here to remind you to vote Tuesday and
also to say that I’m endorsing Nic
Heinke,” Baker repeated the soon-famil
iar speech as she knocked on doors.
Though the campaigners were some
times met with apathetic stares and
“yeah, OK” from residents, Baker said
she liked campaigning. “Does it work? I
don’t really know,” she said. “The way I
see it, some people don’t really pay
attention; they just vote for the names
they hear. So that way it might work.”
Pictures of Heinke greeted the two in
several suites. But things got interesting
when Sawyer and Baker started knock
ing on doors plastered with posters for
Morrison and were informed by one of
the residents that they were in
Morrison’s suite.
“We’re walking through enemy terri
tory now!” Sawyer joked. But he and
Baker continued to knock on doors and
remind the students to vote.
“They were really nice,” Sawyer said
as he left one suite of Morrison support
ers. “I think they’ve already made their
decisions, though.”
The Night Before
The day before elections is a hectic
time for candidates. But Amanda
Greene attacked last minute campaign
ing with a business-like attitude.
The First Black Students at UNC
The first black students to receive a degree from UNC graduated from the School of Law in
1952. The first black undergraduates enrolled in 1955 but did not receive degrees.
John Brandon enrolled
in 1955 as one of the
first three black
undergraduates at UNC.
J. Kenneth Lee was the
first black graduate
student at UNC in 1951.
David Dansby enrolled as an
undergraduate at UNC in 1957 and became the first black student
to receive an undergraduate degree in 1961. He later went on to
attain his law degree from UNC in 1964.
we were,” he said. “There were a lot of
stares.”
Harvey Beech and J. Kenneth Lee,
the first black students to attend the
University, entered the School of Law in
Tuesday, February 23, 1999
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Rev. Jill Edens presented a petition
Jan. 25 generated by concerned citizens
asking for the council’s help in provid
ing emergency shelter for homeless
teens.
After Eden’s petition was presented,
the council turned it over to the town
staff for analysis.
Council member Joe Capowski said
community awareness had been height
ened by the petition and the following
meetings. “The town has not been too
involved with this in the past,” he said.
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On the night before the student body president runoff election, Nic Heinke answers a call on his phone.
Campaign staff member Alex Mehfar and UNC Young Democrats President Matt Jones help assemble signs.
After spending the day campaigning
across campus, Greene held a final cam
paign meeting that night in Hamilton
Hall. “Tomorrow’s a big deal,” she said.
“Most people don’t make up their minds
Leßoy Frasier left
the University in 1958
after two years.
Ralph Frasier left
UNC to secure his
degree from
N.C. Central University.
June 1951 and graduated with law
degrees in 1952.
When undergraduate admissions
See STRUGGLE, Page 2
On Feb. 2, town staff met with
Orange County Department of Social
Services Director Marty Pryor-Cook to
discuss the issue. Pryor-Cook agreed to
provide staff to assess the situation.
Monday’s report states that the DSS,
which provides services for children in
need in Orange County, will continue to
take the lead on the issue.
Town Council member Flicka
Bateman said many organizations need
ed to be involved with helping homeless
teens overcome their problems, such as
until the day of the vote.”
Volunteers on Greene’s campaign lis
tened, some even taking notes. The
scene was reminiscent of a typical day in
Hamilton 100, except the professor was
Duke Ticket Challenge
Will Target 'Big Fans'
By Paul Hobson
Staff Writer
Anyone who claims to be a die-hard
Tar Heel fan will have a chance to prove
it Wednesday morning in the Pit.
Fans can compete in “What would
you do for UNC vs. Duke basketball
tickets?” for four pairs of lower level
tickets to Saturday’s UNC basketball
game against Duke University.
The contest, sponsored by radio sta
tion Glos’s Bob and Madison
Showgram, the Carolina Athletic
Association and the Carolina Union
Activities Board is open to all fans, not
just UNC students, said Ailis Aaron,
chairwoman of the CUAB Concert
Public Relations Committee.
GlO5 and the CAA have advertised
on-air and in newspapers, adding to
hopes of a huge crowd, said CAA Co
president David Cohn. “We’re thinking
that the Pit will be packed,” he said.
Flash, a member of Glos’s morning
show, will screen participants and
choose the winners, said Eamon
Gilmartin, CAA public relations officer.
Four winners will each receive two
tickets to the game, with two pairs
reserved for students and two for non
school systems, churches and the police.
“I think there are many concerned
citizens who would be willing and avail
able to help,” Bateman said.
Pendergraph said a full report of the
review with recommendations to the
council would be presented when the
process was complete. Pryor-Cook said
the process would take no more than
three months.
The City Editor can be reached
at citydesk@unc.edu.
Greene, and the students were her cam
paign workers.
The group of about 30 laughed and
See TRAIL, Page 2
students, he said.
And CAA Co-president Hunter
McCrossin said participants could also
submit videotaped stunts.
Three rules govern the contest - no
lawsuits, no injuries and no drugs, drink
ing or nudity.
McCrossin and Gilmartin said the
contest was meant to boost the electric
ity surrounding the classic college rival
ry-
“ The reason behind (the contest) is to
build excitement around the Carolina-
Duke rivalry, which is exciting in and of
itself,” Gilmartin said.
Since Saturday’s game is the senior
game, Aaron said she hoped the contest
would appeal to underclassmen unable
to get tickets through distribution.
And McCrossin said the contest was
a chance for critics of the current CAA
distribution policy to prove they were
the biggest fans of UNC basketball.
“One of the chief complaints about
the bracelet system was that people who
considered themselves big fans got bad
numbers and couldn't get good seats,”
he said. “This is their chance to prove
they’re big fans.”
See TICKETS, Page 2
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Funding
Questioned
By Groups
Some groups received only
a minute percentage of the
funds they requested from
Student Congress.
By Brian Beds worth
Staff Writer
While last weekend’s Student
Congress budget hearings left some stu
dent organizations disappointed with
the funds they received, many organi
zations’ members said they were satis
fied with their new bank accounts.
Based on recommendations from the
Finance Committee, Congress decided
allotted $195,580 to 88 student groups.
Of the groups, 82 received an average
of 48 percent less than they requested.
But Student Environmental Action
Coalition Co-president Elan Young said
she understood that not everyone could
get what they wanted. SEAC requested
$5,540, but received $3,329.50.
Young said the group’s cut would not
hurt them significantly, but wouldn’t
allow SEAC to expand its mobile
library that provides progressive
resources for students in the Pit.
“I think Congress was fair,” she said.
“We may go back for subsequent funds
next year.”
While some student groups accepted
not getting all they wanted, the dispari
ties led others to question the budget
process. “I’d like to know the rationale
behind why some groups got so much
money while other groups who are
equally as deserving... got hammered,”
Carolina Athletic Association Co-pres
ident Hunter McCrossin said.
Congress allocated CAA $13,186 of
the $42,914 it requested. McCrossin
said CAA realized that there was only
a limited supply of funds, but that
Congress should allot more to campus
groups that helped the entire University.
“I just think Congress should target
groups no one would object to on polit
ical or moral grounds.”
Student Body Secretary Minesh Patel
said the Executive Branch received all
the funds it asked for, a total of
$15,726.46, because the minimum
amount of funds were requested.
“The executive branch probably
See BUDGET, Page 2
INSIDE
Same Game, New Time
Tonight's men’s basketball game at the
Smith Center between Wake Forest
and North Carolina will start at 7 p.m.
instead of 9 p.m. The game is of huge
importance for the Demon Deacons
as they battle for fourth place in the
ACC. Wake needs to finish the season
in strong fashion in order to earn an
NCAA Tournament bid. See Page 8.
Bargaining for Peace
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
increased the pressure on ethnic
Albanians to sign the Kosovo peace
accord. Albanians continue to object
to the disarmament of the Kosovo
Liberation Army. See Page 11.
Shattering the Glass
The Board ofTrustees at Meredith
College, an all-female private
institution in Raleigh, will appoint the
first female president in the school's
history next month. See Page 5.
Today’s Weather
Mostly sunny;
Upper 30s.
Wednesday: Cloudy, chance
of flurries; lower 40s.
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