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laili| (Ear Mppl Police Roundup University Thursday, Feb. 25 ■ A woman reported her computer had been stolen at the UNC Investment Office, according to police reports. The latches on the door to the office were not functioning correctly and needed repair, reports state. According to reports, the estimated value of the computer is $2,221. Wednesday, Feb. 24 ■ According to police reports, two counterfeit dollars were used sometime before midnight Tuesday at the bowling alley in the Student Union. Reports state that there were no suspects yet. ■ Earnest Lee Yearling, of 5497 Port Royal Rd., Riegelwood, was arrested for pointing his 9 mm gun at a driver of another car after the driver sprayed him with mace, according to police reports. Reports state that Yearling began to argue with the driver after the driver slammed his brakes in front of Yearling’s companion’s car. .■ A student took her cellular GTE phone to class Jan. 11 and discovered the phone was missing Wednesday, according to reports. When the student received a phone bill and discovered that there were many calls billed to her that she had not made, she cancelled her service with GTE, reports state. ■ A woman drove her car into a large hole on Cobb Drive at Everett Residence Hall, according to police reports. A wrecker was contacted in order to remove the woman’s car from the hole, reports state. Tuesday, Feb. 23 ■ According to police reports, a woman reported she was robbed of over $470 of property. The woman went to Carmichael Gymnasium and left her bookbag in the room closest to the gymnasium, reports state. When she returned, she found muddy footprints instead of a bookbag, according to reports. City Thursday, Feb. 25 ■ Michael Rayshawn Baker, 32, of SQO Umstead Road, Apt. 102-C, was an-ested and charged with one misde meanor count of secretly peeping into a room occupied by a female at Mill Creek Apartments, 700-A5 Airport Road, police reports state. Chapel Hill police responded to a report that a man was standing on an object looking into an apartment win dow behind the B Building of Mill Creek, reports state. Baker was arrested and held in lieu of a SSOO unsecured bond and is expected to appear in Orange County District Court in Hillsborough on April 26. Asa condition of his release, Baker was ordered not to return to Mill Creek Apartments for any reason before his scheduled court date. Tuesday, Feb. 23 ■ Christopher B. Fagan 111, 20, of 306 N. Estes Drive Apt. M-8, was arrest ed and charged with one misdemeanor count of speeding and one misde meanor count of DWI, police reports state. Fagan registered a 0.11 on the intox ilyzer. He was held in lieu of a S3OO unsecured bond and is scheduled to appear in Orange County District Court in Chapel Hill on April 6, reports state. ■ Glenda Gayle Kling, 45, of 303 23rd St., Butner, was arrested and charged with one felony count of embezzlement. Chapel Hill police arrested Kling after an investigation determined she had embezzled $6,329.53 from Signature Consultants Inc. of Chapel Hill, reports state. Kling was held in lieu of a SI,OOO unsecured bond and is expected to appear in Orange County District Court ih Hillsborough on March 5. Sunday, Feb. 21 ■ Heriberto Flores Sanchez, 26, of 741 2nd Rainbow St., Lexington, N.C., was arrested and charged with one mis demeanor count of DWI, police reports state. Chapel Hill police responded to a call by a motorist that Sanchez almost hit the motorist's car and another car. Police stopped Sanchez’s car and he registered a 0.14 on the intoxilyzer, reports state. Police also found the tag on Sanchez’s car didn’t belong to him and his inspection sticker was expired, reports state. Sanchez was held in lieu of a S3OO unsecured bond and is scheduled to appear in Orange County District Court in Chapel Hill on March 30. Carr Mill Addition to Bring New Shops A local restaurant manager says expansion at Carr Mill Town Center will cost him needed parking spaces. By Ashlie Green Staff Writer An addition being built next door to the historic Carr Mill Mall has already attracted one restaurant, and officials say negotiations with a second company are in the works. Tommy’s Frozen Custard has signed 1 MI,JON\IMI-> Jeanne Smythe, director for computing policy at Academic Technology & Networks, is working toward Y2K compliance for all the University's computers. The control center is already prepared for the year 2000. County's Farmers Learn Alternative Crop Ideas By Ginny Sciabbarrasi Staff Writer Orange County farmers, concerned with declining crop prices and increased urban development, received informa tion about ways to save money and keep their farmland at an Orange County agricultural summit on Thursday. Alternative farming producers pre sented farmers and government officials with ways to help ease some of the growing financial burdens that are being felt in the agricultural community. About 70 Orange County farmers attended the summit. One of the ideas discussed was a con servation easement program that would allow farmers to sell their land to the county if they were losing money on the farm. Bob Nutter, a Hillsborough dairy farmer, said the land would be reserved for future farming. “They’re trying to keep the land from getting overdevel oped,” he said. Orange County Commissioner Barry Jacobs said tobacco and dairy products, which are the two biggest farm products in Orange County, have gone down in The Titan of Tickets Amy Whaley, co-director of CAA ticket distributions, developed the bracelet distribution system. By Lindsay Mather Staff Writer Hundreds of crazed UNC basket ball fans storm the Smith Center ticket office, each determined to receive the coveted lower-level seats for the next home game. They round the bend and come face to face with Amy Whaley, the co-direc tor of ticket distributions, who has tick- ets in one hand and the fans’ futures in another. At the Garth Brooks concert in 1998, Whaley noticed how well bracelets worked for distributing tick ets, she said. “I thought, ‘Why couldn’t we do this?” Whaley said. Through Whaley’s leadership, Carolina Athletic Association Co-presi dents David Cohn and Hunter McCrossin instituted a similar bracelet system in 1998. “Concern for safety was a major fac tor in changing to the present bracelet University & City a lease for a space in the building, which is scheduled for completion by June 1, said Nathan Millian, property manager of Carr Mill Town Center. He said a second company was expected to sign on in two or three weeks and that a deal for the final shop was also in the works. But Elmo’s Diner Manager Eric Brantley said that although the addi tion’s plans looked attractive, the loss of parking spaces was unfortunate. “They are taking half-a-dozen park ing places away and we would rather they didn’t, but right now they have additional ones blocked off, and we real value recendy because of stringent state and national guidelines. “I think (the meeting) was positive,” he said. “I think people were interested in listening to other people who have branched out into other things.” However, Ben Lloyd, a former dairy fanner who recendy switched to raising hay and com, said more emphasis was needed on ideas that would be applica ble in Orange County. Jacobs said 42 percent of the county’s land is allotted to timber and agricul ture. Under state law, this land is taxed at a “dramatically lower” rate than the rest of the county, he said. Chapel Hill Town Council member Pat Evans said the presenters introduced creative ways farmers could diversify and still keep their farms. “They tried to light a spark in tradi tional farmers,” she said. “Farming is not a large part of Orange County’s economy, but it is an important part,” Evans said. “It brings a character to the region.” The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. distribution system,” Whaley said. She said she vividly remembered a ticket distribution camp out last year, when nearly 500 students rushed the ticket office when the doors opened. “I was practically lifted off the ground and carried!” Whaley said. As co-director of ticket distribu tions for the CAA, Whaley, a student in the clinical laboratory science pro gram, is responsible for the administra tive work associated with preparing the Smith Center ticket office for the men’s basketball season. Before the actual distribution takes place, Whaley said she made sure that there would be workers in the ticket office at all times and publicized the distribution. “During a dis tribution week, I easily put in about 50 hours at the ticket office,” said Whaley. The Saturday morning of ticket dis tributions, Whaley said she arrived at the Smith Center ticket office at 5:30 am. and stayed for 10 hours, she said. “She definitely shows dedication, especially since she has graduated but still wants to be involved,” said Lauren Miller, Whaley’s co-director. Last year, Whaley set out to ■ improve the status of graduate students in the ticket distributions. ly hope that this is only a temporary inconvenience,” Brantley said. The new building will be connected to the side of the CVS Pharmacy, clos ing off the driveway that circled the mall between the CVS Pharmacy and Elmo’s Diner. When the addition is completed, cus tomers will have to circle Harris Teeter to get to the rear of the mall. A1 though the new shops will not con nect to the Carr Mill Mall building, their appearance will match the existing buildings, Millian said. “The three shops will architecturally stair-step away from CVS one store at a BSM Prepares to Pass Torch BSM President Tamara Bailey says President-elect Chris Faison will make the group his priority. By Selina Lim Staff Writer As members of the Black Student Movement voted in new officers Thursday, current BSM officers said they viewed the transition as moving from one set of capable hands to the next. The unopposed BSM candidates won in a clean sweep. BSM members voted in Chris Faison as president, Eboni Staton and Brandon Loftin as co-vice presidents, Brian Rodgers and Heather Brownley as co-treasurers and Deidre Stokes as secretary. BSM President Tamara Bailey said she was optimistic about next year’s offi cers. “I don’t fear losing anything in the transition from this year’s administration to next year’s,” Bailey said. “In the end, it’s their leadership and organization. I would like them to build on what I’ve started and make it their own.” Bailey said that to introduce Faison to his presidential responsibilities, she Widely publicizing the Ceiling Fan program, in which parties are random ly chosen to receive upper-level tickets without bracelets, helped increase graduate student involvement with bas ketball games, Whaley said. “Amy is such a solid and fair per son," said Todd Austell, a chemistry professor. “I’ve worked with her for awhile, and she always considers everyone’s interests.” Whaley first became involved with CAA ticket distribution during her junior year at UNC. Asa senior, Whaley was selected to be the co-director of ticket distribu tions, a position she has continued to to hold this year. , Last year’s system of camping out for basketball tickets was not practical, Whaley said. “Every week something would change about the distribution because of problems, such as people storming the ticket office and questions about fairness,” she said. Austell said he knew firsthand the difficulties of camping-out. While he was in graduate school during 1990- 1997, he worked for the CAA. “I’ve seen the ticket distributions go from lotteries to camp-outs, and back and forth,” he said. “Camp-outs do not work. I’ve seen enough to know.” Whaley said the bracelet ticket dis- time and will open onto a proposed courtyard,” said Millian. The courtyard is designed as a pedes trian-friendly area and will be decorated with picnic tables, benches, sidewalks and new landscaping, he said. But the three new shops will only be another page in Carr Mill Mall’s long history book. The Carr Mill Mall building was orig inally used as a cotton mill and opened around 1913. The mill employed many residents at a time when Carrboro, a center of trav el, industry and trade, hummed with activity. UNC Officials Take Pains to Avoid Y2K Academic Technology and Networks set up a year 2000 committee to tackle possible Y2K problems. By Katie Abel Staff Writer Technology officials said they were confident UNC would avoid any major computer problems with the arrival of Jan. 1,2000 after technicians certified all major network systems as Y2K compli ant. Academic Technology and Networks has also established a Year 2000 com mittee to assist academic facets of the University in examining almost 28,000 computers and equipment containing embedded computer chips with Y2K affected components. would meet with him on a regular basis before his inauguration in April. “He’s already co-vice president, so he knows a lot,” .Bailey said. “I want to teach him how to interact with the media and how to set up a plan of action. There are some things he didn’t work on this year, like the budget. “These are things that I handle, and that I’ll teach him about.” Bailey stressed Faison’s competence and qualifications despite their different personalities. “We have two different leadership styles,” Bailey said. “I’m very verbal, very visual. Chris is a critical, analytical thinker while I’m more of an action person. “We need people like Chris to think of ideas and people like me to put those ideas into action.” Faison said Bailey’s commanding presence was the main difference between them. “I have more of a group oriented leadership,” he said. “Tamara’s so strong, she takes on most of the tasks. I want to include more people in deci sion-making and spread the work out.” Faison said he wanted to continue the strong sense of committee unity felt this year and keep the membership levels high. Faison said he credited his success to his Christian beliefs. “I’m really excit ed about serving,” he said. “I feel hon F-. • DTH/LAURA LEIGH PAGE Amy Whaley has been the co-director of basketball distribution for the Carolina Athletic Association for the last two years. tribution system had been successful, even in its first year. “Overall, I think this system is the fairest,” she said. Whaley said that next year the CAA would be on the lookout for students trying to cheat the bracelet system. “Nothing was better than busting people with taped bracelets at the State Friday, February 26, 1999 Later it became a hosiery mill until it was closed in the 19505. The mill reopened in the 1970s as a mall. Freshman Youmna Mohamed, who was shopping at the mall Thursday, said she was excited about the new addition. “Its a great idea to have a strip of shops that emphasize friendly socializ ing and offer quality goods and food,” she said “Since it is so beautiful here during the summers, the new shops will pro vide a great place for family fun.” The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. The committee has helped depart ments and schools determine what adaptations need to be made to hard ware and software on their desktop computers and any equipment that uses computer imbedded chips, said Jeanne Smythe, computer policv director for ATN. The Y2K problem stems from the fact that many computers are pro grammed to understand years by read ing two-digit programmed codes. On Jan. 1, 2000 those codes will read 00, and many computers would process the date as being 1900 instead of 2000. If codes are not changed to convert these numbers to four digits, there might problems with calculating, comparing and sorting data, Smythe said. The largest network systems include the student information system, See Y2K, Page 9 “All of them have experience in all aspects of the BSM, whether it be as a member or an executive officer. ” Rashonda Steadman Secretary, Black Student Movement ored, and I’m an example of how any one can become BSM president” BSM secretary Rashonda Steadman said the new officers were qualified. “All of them have experience in all aspects of the BSM, whether it be as a member or an executive officer,” she said. Steadman said she would like to see more education about the BSM. “I don’t want them to know us just in name,” Steadman said. “I want them to know what we do and what we’re trying to accomplish.” Faison said he looked forward to serving as BSM president. “I don’t come (into office) arrogant, like I know every thing,” he said. “I know this is going to be a growing process for me.” The University Editors can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. game distribution,” she said. Whaley said she would continue her involvement with ticket distribution in the future. “I’ve been such a part of it for the past three years that I think it’s a part of me.” The Features Editor can be reached at features@unc.edu. 3
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