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Poll Shows FSU as Top Party School
Brigham Young University
was voted the "soberest"
school, contrasting Florida
State University's ranking.
By Matthew B. Dees
State & National Editor
Prospective college students looking
to spend more time with a buzz than
with a book should look South and not
West when choosing schools, according
to a poll of 59,000 college students.
The Princeton Review, an annual sur-
vey of students at
331 schools
across the coun
try, dubbed
Florida State
University the
country’s number
one party school,
while Brigham
Young University in Utah topped the
“stone-cold sober” category.
But FSU officials took issue with the
ranking. Representatives said the “qual
itative and anecdotal” survey presented
a negative and inaccurate image of the
school.
“Our problem is that we have a lot of
hard-working students on campus, and
they resent this falsehood,” said Jeffery
Seay, FSU’s editor of media relations,
who said the negative image of the
school created by the ranking could hurt
FSU graduates.
FSU President Talbot D’Alemberte
cited a high number of Merit Scholars
and Honors students at FSU as proof of
Local Police Keep Pace Despite Shortages
By Meredith Hermance
Staff Writer
In the face of staff shortages, Chapel
Hill and Carrboro Police Departments
are finding ways to fill the gaps.
“We are continuing to do what we
were doing before,” said Carrboro
Police Chief Carolyn Hutchison, whose
department is operating without five of
its usual 34 officers.
Hutchison said the department was
maintaining the minimum number of
officers on the street while trying to
recruit new officers. “It does get difficult,
for example, when someone calls in sick
and we have to scramble to find some
one on short notice,” Hutchison said.
John Buder, a Carrboro police offi
cer, said conditional agreements had
been made with four applicants, but
that they required extensive training.
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Brady, co-chairwoman of Women’s
Issues Network.
“This year, I think the focus is more
to raise people’s awareness because
(BOLO) is not the only one who is out
there, and I hope people will be con
scious of that,” she said.
Haddad placed ads in The Daily Tar
Heel, posted more than 280 fliers and
started a mass e-mail campaign.
Organizations such as WIN and the
Campus Y plan to participate.
Brady said campus safety weighed
heavily on students’ minds this year.
Alexis Richardson, a junior from
Akron, Ohio, said she had felt safe at
UNC since her first day on campus as a
freshman. “(But) if I was a freshman
dealing with all this BOLO stuff, I
would be very afraid every time I
walked at night,” she said.
Julie Clark, a freshman from Raleigh,
said she was wary. “Ever since I heard
about BOLO, I just don’t walk alone at
night. (UNC) is doing everything that is
possible, but there is always going to be
mean people out to get you.”
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the survey’s fallibility. She bestowed the
“Golden Gargoyle Award” on the
Princeton Review for “bogus research.”
But Ed Custard, co-author of the
Princeton Review’s annual book, “The
Best 331 Colleges,” said that although
the polling process was not as encom
passing as some might like, using stu
dents as the sole source of information
often gave a realistic and accurate por
trayal of college life.
Admissions offices often glossed over
the less parent-friendly aspects of
schools, said Custard, a former college
admissions director. “We think students’
opinions have been under-recognized
over the years,” he said.
“The best people to talk about a col
lege are the students who go there.”
The survey used seven criteria to
determine whether a school qualified as
a party school.
Pollsters asked questions about the
prevalence of beer, hard liquor, mari
juana, cocaine and hallucinogens on
campus. They also asked about the pop
ularity of Greek activities and how
many hours students studied per day.
If the surveys indicated a school had
widespread alcohol and drug use, a pop
ular fraternity and sorority scene, and
relatively low average of student study
hours, they would qualify as a party
school, Custard said.
He said that being classified as a
party school did not necessarily mean a
school was a hedonistic den of iniquity.
According to the survey, Custard
said, FSU students studied an average of
two and a half hours per day.
He added schools that had excep
tionally high academic standards, such
“There is no way we’ll be up to staff
for about 10 weeks,” Butler said. “We’ll
probably still be short until December.”
But working long hours was nothing
new for the Carrboro police, Hutchison
said. “We have been operating short
staffed for the better part of a year now.
Unfortunately, the officers have gotten
used to it They are resigned to it.”
Butler said the police department’s
response time had not been affected, but
longer hours had taken a toll on officers.
“The constant shifting people around
certainly increases the fatigue factor,
which is generally an adverse effect,” he
said. “You can see the tiredness in their
eyes, and some of the officers aren’t as
jovial as they used to be.”
The Chapel Hill Police Department
has also experienced a shortage but not
a drastic one, said Capt. Greggjarvies,
assistant chief of the department.
GOODFELLOWS
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years or more,” Humphreys said.
“(Keele and Shepherd) came in and tore
out the interior and changed everything
around.”
“I hope it will do well. I am excited
about the new renovations.”
Humphreys said Groundhog Tavern
did not close this summer due to bad
business and that patrons should con
tinue to flock there when the bar
reopens.
In a Daily Tar Heel story Tuesday,
officials from the Chamber of
Commerce and Chapel Hill Planning
Board said they expected a retail store
to replace Groundhog Tavern.
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Drunks vs. Dorks
The Princeton Review used criteria such as drug and alcohol use and the popularity of Greek
events to gauge the nation's best and worst party schools. No N.C. schools made either list.
"Party Schools' "Stone-Cold Sober Schools"
1. Florida State University ~22^—L Brigham Young University
2. University of Floddir''" 2TWheaton College in Illinois
3. Michigan State University 3. CajKornia Inst, of Technology
4. Seton Hall University' - A o.'s. Coast Guard Academy
5. University of Mississippi 5. 115. Naval Academy
6. University of Montana 6.Bryn Mawr College
7. Univ. of Alabama-Tuscaloosa 7. Wellesley College
8. Sonoma State University -.. 8. Mount Holyoke College
9. Washington State University 9. Calvin College
10. University of Georgia 10. College of the Ozarks
11. University of Vermont 11. U.S. Air Force Academy
12. Lousiana State Univ.-Baton 12. Grove City College
13. Loyola University New Orleans 13. Swarthmore College
14. Ohio University-Athens 14. Wesleyan College
15. Lehigh University 15. Haverford College
16. Southern Methodist University 16. CUNY-Queen's College
17. Randolph Macon College 17. Golden Gate University
18. Univ. of Arkansas-Fayetteville 18. Wells College
19. New York University 19. Cooper Union
20. College of New Jersey _ ; 20. Simmons College
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as UNC, could have a large party scene
and never be classified as a party school.
On the other end of the spectrum,
BYU was the “soberest” school in the
country, according to the survey.
Carrie Jenkins, spokeswoman for
BYU, said they were proud of the rank
Seven of the department’s 107 posi
tions are not filled. Jarvies said vacancies
occurred every year, so the shortage was
expected. He said there were six open
slots in the department on average,
adding that this year’s number was
slightly higher due to a larger number of
retirements, he said.
“The turnover this year is not any
greater than in the past,” he said. “It is
part of the normal process. It is very rare
that we don’t have vacant positions.”
Lt. Joe Jackson, Chapel Hill police
recruiting officer, said the department
recruited once a year. “It would be nice
to have more officers on the street, but
everyone realizes that (a shortage)
comes with the territory. You look for it
every year.”
Jarvies said he did not think low
salaries hindered recruitment efforts.
“After a year of service, an officer can
Humphreys said Keele and co-owner
Mike Shepherd did not have to go to
Chapel Hill Town Council or the
Planning Board for permission to open
a business, which could explain why
some officials were not aware of the new
bar.
“(The Downtown Commission) is
here in case someone is new in town,”
he said. “We show them who to go to
and when.”
Humphreys said the owners were
responsible for purchasing a building
permit and securing an ABC license.
Goodfellows will be open 11 a.m. to
2 p.m. Monday through Saturday and
noon to 2 a.m. Sunday.
The City Editor can be reached
at citydesk@unc.edu.
News
ing. “We’re also number one in quality
of life,” she said. “That says something
to us - that you can go to college, have
a great time and stay sober.”
The State 3 National Editor can be
reached at stntdesk@unc.edu.
make close to $30,000,” he said. “To
most college graduates, that is an attrac
tive starting salary.”
A starting police officer in Chapel
Hill makes $26,977 per year, while a
Carrboro rookie makes $25,569 per
year. In Raleigh, the base pay is $26,200
per year, records state.
But Hutchison said she would not
rule out the possibility that low salaries
deterred people from going into the
field.
“It takes a special sort of person to be
a police officer anyway,” she said.
“When you take this job, you expose
yourself to risks that other people don’t
take. We do this because we believe we
are in a service occupation and we want
to help people.”
The City Editor can be reached
at citydesk@unc.edu.
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more options.
She said an on-campus grocery store
was also under discussion. “It’s a lot
more complicated than you might first
think,” she said. “There’s a reason why
convenience- store pricing is higher
than say, Harris Teeter. It’s a distribu
tion problem.”
Regardless of anew food emporium
or grocery store, Scottie said, Chase was
due for repairs. “The existing Chase
facility has a lot of physical problems
we need to address.”
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
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Outer Banks Beacon
Ready for Hurricane
Officials are confident the
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
can withstand any storms,
despite its recent move.
By Kathleen Hunter
Assistant State & National Editor
Asa trio of tropical storms loomed in
the Adantic Ocean on Wednesday,
orchestrators of the recent Cape
Hatteras Lighthouse move insisted that
the monument could stand up to
nature’s fury.
The National Weather Service pre
dicted Wednesday that Tropical Storms
Emily, Cindy and Dennis, all had the
potential to strengthen into hurricanes,
and that Dennis could impact residents
of the United States’ Eastern seaboard
as early as Friday.
In recent months, the Outer Banks
Division of the National Parks Service
has organized the task of moving the
lighthouse 1,600 feet inland, out of the
grips of the encroaching ocean surf.
The lighthouse now sits at its new
location, with 60 percent of its brick
foundation already in place.
Project Manager Joe Jakubik said
enough bricks had been laid to ensure
that the lighthouse was sturdy.
“In actuality, all of the weight of the
lighthouse has been transferred to the
brick work,”Jakubik said. “We are con
fident that the lighthouse will survive
the force of a hurricane on the brick
work that is there already.”
Jakubik said the bricks currently in
place had already been mortared
together. In the event of a hurricane, he
said, the remaining bricks would be
strategically placed to provide the struc
ture with additional support.
Jakubik said the lighthouse was now
much further inland than before its
move, which would help it better
endure the effects of a storm surge.
“In a lot of ways, (the lighthouse) is
much more stable now than it ever
was,” Jakubik said.
But the new distance between the
lighthouse and the shoreline has not
stalled severe weather precautions.
Local officials have already begun
preparing for the rising winds and surf
that accompany tropical weather.
Bob Woody, public information offi
cer for the National Parks Service, said
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for a hurricane in a matter of hours.
“We have a hurricane plan that we go
into once we are 72 hours away from a
storm at the lighthouse" Woody said.
He said park service officials would
work to secure loose materials, board
exposed windows and push sand
around the base of the structure, once it
was determined that a hurricane was
eminent.
But Woody also said he was confi
dent the lighthouse was better equipped
to deal with severe weather now that it
had been relocated and its foundation
had been replaced.
But it is still unclear when the light
house will first have to battle foul weath
er at its new site. Stacy Stewart, of the
National Hurricane Center in Miami,
said Wednesday that the projected track
of Hurricane Dennis would have the
storm make landfall on the northern
cusp of the South Carolina coast.
If Dennis continued on this track,
Stewart said it should pose few prob
lems for the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.
But Stewart stressed that projections
were not written in stone, and it was still
too early to know exacdy where the eye
of the storm would hit land.
Still, Woody said he was confident
that the lighthouse would stand up to
hurricanes whose strength rivaled those
it had seen in the past.
“The lighthouse could withstand hur
ricanes the size of Hazel or Donna.”
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reached atstntdesk@unc.edu.
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