She Batlg uar Heel The University and Towns In Brief Police Continue Search For Suspect in Assault A woman was forced into an aban doned house and sexually assaulted near the comer of West Franklin Street and Merritt Mill Road early Sunday morning. Chapel Hill police reports state that a man with a knife forced the woman into the house. The suspect is described as a black male, about 30 years old, 5-feet 8-inch es tall, slender build, last seen wearing red sweat pants and a gray sweat shirt. The victim’s injuries were not life threatening, according to reports. Housing Registration To Take Run on Web Sign-ups for on-campus housing for 1999-2000 begin today at 7 a.m. and continue until midnight Thursday for students currently living on-campus. The online registration option is available for most students. Priority of assignment does not depend on when students access the sign-up Web site at www.unc.edu/student/ and click on Student Central. A prepayment of S2OO is due before housing applications will be processed. Students with questions about eligibility should call 962-5401. Professor to Speak on Oxford Study Abroad Dr. Christopher Armitage, director of the Oxford Study Abroad Program, will speak about this year’s trip to Oxford, England at 4 p.m. today in 305 Greenlaw Hall. The program allows students to study Shakespeare at the University of Oxford and view the plays in the coun try in which they were written. Any stu dent interested should attend the meet ing- -2 UNC Professors Win Excellence Awards ■ Richard Blackburn, associate profes sor of business, and Thomas Warburton, professor of music, have received the 1999 Johnston Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Awards. Current Johnston Scholars nominate faculty members for the award, which gives $5,000 to each recipient. Blackburn has taught at UNC since 1979 and now teaches courses on orga nizational behavior. Warburton, who joined the UNC faculty in 1969, teach es courses in 20th century music, music history and music theory. Community Center Needs Lifeguards The Chapel Hill Community Center has positions available for lifeguards and swim instructors for the center’s indoor pool. Lifeguards can earn $7 to $8 an hour. Requirements include having current Red Cross Lifeguard, CPR and First Aid certificates. Swim instructors’ requirements are the same as lifeguards, but a water safe ty instructor’s certificate is also required. Instructors can earn $11.50 an hour. All those interested must apply by April 5, 1999. For more information, call 932-2964. Abuse Support Groups Offered by County The Orange County Rape Crisis Center is sponsoring four confidential sexual abuse support groups free of charge. The groups include Friends, Family and Partners of Sexual Assault/Abuse Survivors Group, Adult Survivors of Incest or Child Sexual Assault Group, Rape or Sexual Assault Survivors 'Group and Parents of Children Who Have Been Sexually Abused Group. Enrollment is limited and pre-regis ;tiation is required. - For more information or to register, call the Orange County Rape Crisis Center at 968-4647. Volunteer Orange! Needs Volunteers Volunteer Orange!, a service of Triangle United Way, has immediate volunteer needs. Volunteer needs include Spanish speaking volunteers to serve as Crisis Line Counselors, volunteers to help develop and execute plans to landscape new development in Chapel Hill, tutors to teach illiterate and low-literate adults to read and write, and ushers for special Events and an art center. Those interested can call 929-9837 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday or Friday or e-mail volun terrorange@mindspring.com. From Staff Reports Athletes Still Hospitalized After Car Accident The two women's lacrosse players from George Mason University were in town for their game against UNC. By Hugh Pressley Assistant Sports Editor Two women’s lacrosse players from George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., remained in critical and good con dition respectively on Sunday at Duke University Medical Center, two days after a car driven by a UNC student Gay Activists Hold Candlelight Vigil By Daniele Eubanks Staff Writer A hymn of peace sounded above the noise of traffic Sunday evening on Franklin Street as gay and lesbian rights activists and local clergy held a candle light vigil to convince state officials to protect their civil rights. Charlie Kass, the minister at Community Church of Chapel HHI, said he and other local clergy had unit ed with Equality of North Carolina, a Raleigh-based activist group, in hopes that the support of religious factions would convince the N.C. General Assembly to include sexual orientation in the Orange County Civil Rights Ordinance. Sunday’s vigil coincided with Equality Begins at Home Week, a week of action in all 50 states on gay rights. Kass spoke to a group of nearly 30 people in front of the Franklin Street post office. He emphasized the inherent worth and dignity of all human beings, and supported his beliefs with a scrip tural paraphrase from the Gospel of Luke. “We are to love God with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength, and love our neighbor as ourselves,” he said. Kass said loving one’s neighbor extended to granting civil liberties to homosexuals. Gloria Faley, an activist from Chapel Hill, said the General Assembly reject ed the sexual orientation clause when the Orange County Civil Rights Graffiti in Carmichael Residence Hall Targets 'Fags' University maintenance had the graffiti cleaned off the wall and repainted it soon after the Friday incident. By Colleen Jenkins Assistant University Editor A slur targeting gays in Carmichael Residence Hall shocked one UNC stu dent Friday morning as she waited for an elevator inside the hall. Sarah Levin Celebration Week Richardson, a j To Highlight freshman who CampUS Gays lives on the S ee Page 2 third floor in Carmichael, was waiting for an elevator when she saw “Fags Live Here” written in large red letters near the elevators The graffiti was written in approxi jk 11 ' •rV \ - EajHr' f | DTH/DAVID SANDLER Sangam, the South Asian awareness organization, held its annual Sangam Nite on Saturday. The evening included dancing, skits and music displaying South Asian culture. The night's theme was games, similar to the movie Jumanji. See story Page 4. struck the athletes as they walked across the intersection of U.S. 15-501 and Mount Moriah Road. Laura Kenney, a GMU senior from Hampstead, Md., suffered a critical head injury and serious right lower leg injury, and Liz Paoli, a GMU junior from Monsey, N.Y., suffered a serious right leg injury in the accident, said Jim Bolognisi, director of public relations at Duke University Medical Center. The team, which was staying at the hotel, was in town for a scheduled game against North Carolina on Sunday. The game was cancelled because of the acci dent and will not be rescheduled, UNC Ordinance was adopted five years ago, and gay and lesbian rights activists had been working to add it back. “The clause is necessary to ensure the community is safe for all,” she said. Joe Herzenberg, a Chapel Hill resi dent, also said the clause needed to be added. “There is discrimination against gay people but the ordinance doesn’t deal with that," he said. The vigil participants wore gold paper stars, like the ones worn by Jews in Nazi Germany, to draw an analogy about discrimination and its effects. Rabbi John Friedman, of the Judea Reformed Congregation, said human beings did not have to like each other, but should treat each other with respect “Just as God is infinitely holy, so too every human being is of infinite value,” he said. “ We should look into each other’s eyes as if looking into the face of God.” Friedman and the other clergy said that if the sexual orientation clause was adopted, the dignity of an important sec tor of society would be protected. As the vigil drew to a close, the par ticipants sang: “We are gentle, loving people, and we are singing, singing for our lives. We are gay and straight together and we are singing, singing for our lives.” The group will hold another vigil at 7 p.m. Wednesday artht Capitol. The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. mately 8-inch letters with a dry erase marker that she found by the water fountain, Levin-Richardson said. “I was shocked," she said. “It’s really surprising because I thought it could never happen at Carolina.” Richardson showed her roommate, freshman Amanda Hall, the graffiti. Hall then called and reported the incident to the resident assistant on duty because Levin-Richardson had to catch her bus. Hall said the RA was not very helpful but the student working at the Carmichael Area Office was much more concerned. “It just makes me really sad that someone has that lack of under standing, and it makes me a little fright ened as well,” Hall said. Rebecca Casey, assistant director of University housing, said emergency maintenance was sent to clean the walls and had them repainted by 10 a.m. Friday. She said the Carmichael residence CELEBRATION GAMES News coach Jenny Slingluff-Levy said. The two were hit when a 1991 Toyota Corolla heading east in the far right lane of U.S. 15-501 at 3:30 p.m. Friday skid ded into the two women, who were going back to Homestead Suites Hotel from shopping at New Hope Commons, a Durham police report stated. “We’re shocked and saddened to hear of the unfortunate accident involving Liz and Laura,” said Tim O’Connor, director of athletics at GMU. “Our thoughts and prayers are with them, their parents and their teammates at this difficult time.” Durham police confirmed that nei ther drugs nor alcohol played a part in DTH/DAVID SANDLER Gay and lesbian rights activists joined local religious leaders for a vigil in front of the Franklin Street post office Sunday. The gathering was to call for the inclusion of sexual orientation in civil rights legislation. “It just makes me really sad that someone has that lack of understanding, and it makes me a little frightened as well.” Amanda Hai l Freshman staff filed a report with University Police, who would conduct an investigation. Maj. Jeff McCracken, who was not involved with the case, said investigators would talk to anybody that might have information regarding the case. He said the person responsible could be charged with damage to state property and with the costs of cleaning the walls. McCracken said the graffiti he had seen on campus before had not target ed a specific group but had been gang related or involved school rivalry. the accident. Traffic investigator L.L. O’Brien said the two players were cross ing the intersection in a north-to-south direction while the light was red and had made it across four westbound lanes of the highway. When Paoli and Kenney reached the midpoint of the five east bound lanes toward Outback Steakhouse, they realized the light was green and began to hurry across the remaining lanes. O’Brien said the driver of the Toyota, UNC senior Paul Suh, of 500 Umstead Drive, told police he had the green light and did not see the pedestrians until the last minute when he slammed the In her three years at UNC, Casey said she had never seen this type of thing happen. “It’s rather unusual We can’t tolerate this type of behavior.” lan Palmquist, co-chairman of the Queer Network for Change, said he had been personally targeted with this type of thing before. During his freshman year, someone slid a note under his door in Hinton James Residence Hall. “Housing throws so many diverse backgrounds into such close environ ments that it’s where people’s prejudices come out,” he said. The incident came as QNC prepared for Celebration Week, a week dedicated to celebrating queer sexuality. “This is just another example of how much work needs to be done on this campus to make sure it’s safe for queer students.” The University Editors can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. Three Applicants Vie for DTH Editor Applicants for the next DTH editor want to improve the paper's quality through interaction with students. By Sharon Luo Staff Writer For three students vying to become the next editor of The Daily Tar Heel, plans to improve the newspaper’s qual ity are a priority. “I’m glad these students want to get involved and make the paper better,” DTH Editor Sharif Durhams said. Jim Martin, Rob Nelson and Courtney Weill have applied to be the DTH’s 133rd editor. Martin, currently an editorial colum nist, said he wanted to make coverage more in-depth. “Instead of saying ‘this is what hap pens,’ the DTH should explain why it’s Monday, March 22, 1999 breaks, causing the car to skid. Police are still investigating the inci dent and said no charges had been filed in the accident. Suh said he did not wish to talk about the incident until the police had finished the investigation. Traffic often cloggs the two main east bound lanes and two left turn lanes into New Hope Commons, police said. However the fifth lane, in which the two lacrosse players were hit, often remained clear, and many drivers used the lane to pass other traffic. The Sports Editor can be reached atsports@unc.edu. Officials Help Raise New Roofs Habitat for Humanity began construction of an 11 home project in the Rogers Road area of Chapel Hill. By Jacob McConnico Assistant City Editor Local, state and federal representa tives turned out Saturday to help Habitat for Humanity of Orange County raise the first wall at New Homestead Place. The development, located off Rogers Road in Chapel Hill, will provide 11 new affordable homes for families in need according to John Cotterman, Habitat office manager. “The goal is to address the need for affordable housing in Chapel Hill,” Cotterman said. The project broke ground in May 1998 and is being supported by 11 part nerships that include churches, profes sional groups, service clubs and Greek organizations, he said. Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., said this project demanded his attention because affordable housing was an important issue throughout the nation. “I think it is critical that (elected offi cials) do everything in our power to pro vide affordable housing,” Edwards said. Deborah Harris, the first homeown er in the development, said she was overwhelmed by the amount of com munity support “This program has offered me an opportunity of a lifetime of homeownership,” she said. Sen. Eleanor Kinnaird, D-Orange, said it was important because it provid ed 11 affordable homes on one road. “That broad vision is the only way we are going to solve the housing problem. This fills a great need because the dis parity of people who can’t afford hous ing in this area is growing,” she said. Chapel Hill Mayor Rosemary Waldorf said that although the land was already zoned for a subdivision, the town had worked to provide funds for the project. “We had to redirect some of the federal funding we receive for hous ing to make this program possible,” Waldorf said. Rich Leber, Habitat board member, said the homes cost $15,000 in raw materials and another SIO,OOO in land acquisition costs. Matt Cobb, a spokesman for Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, said his part nership had raised $25,000 and would work on the third house. Phi Kappa See HABITAT, Page 6 happening and why it’s important to the reader,” said Martin, a junior from Charlotte. He said he also wanted to get readers’ input through surveys and forums. If elected, Martin said he wanted to tie the paper’s editorial content together with visual elements. “The paper should have probing copy with enlightening graphics and pictures that accompany and complement,” he said. Weill, who is currently the DTH’s state & national editor, said she wanted to “jazz up” the DTH and make it more reader-friendly. “The paper has gotten boring,” said Weill, a junior from Raleigh. “Right now people glance at the front page and then flip to the crossword.” Weill said she wanted the paper to attract readers by adding more pho tographs and graphics. Weill added that she also wanted to See EDITOR, Page 6 3

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