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lathi ®ar MM 9 News/ p ME 106) 106 years of editorial freedom Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Police Arrest 2 in Rape Case Police say one suspect gave a 13-year-old girl alcohol before she was raped Tuesday night. Bv Ginny Sciabbarrasi Assistant City Editor Police have arrested two men in con nection with the Tuesday rape of a 13- year-old girl near Caldwell Street. Andrell Bagley, 20, of 109 Cole St. was arrested Thursday night at his home on charges of statutory rape and assault on a female. Police found him hiding in the crawl space in his attic, said Chapel Hill police Sgt. Steve Riddle. “He fell through the ceiling and into a bed room,” Riddle said. He was brought to the Orange County Jail where he is being held in Coffee Talk Brews New Publication By Eve Modzelewski Staff Writer Late-night coffee shop ramblings sometimes turn to discussions of sexual preference, amateur film critiques and ad-lib poetry. But fleeting thoughts over a cup of joe are rarely published for the entire campus to scruti nize. Except in the case of Parallax Magazine, the brain child of sophomore Rajeev Dassani and half-a- ||||j§ gfe dozen of his friends. For the premiere issue in (afsgiP August, thev garnered inspi ration from their own coffee talk and went heavy on the A A VJlS|£> sex stories, including an inti mate self-interview with a yJMp bisexual woman on the mag- azine’s staff. “We sat down at Starbucks and said, ‘We want to do a magazine.’ So we did it.” said Dassani, a communications major from Raleigh. “Our main goal was to have a good time.” To ensure a fun ride, the magazine staff pub lished true tales about college students’ sex lives. They published a review of a book, “The Red Thread of Passion: Spirituality and the Paradox of Sex." They devoted two full pages to exploring the sexual practices and beliefs of the bisexual staffer as part of the “Ask The...” section. It will examine a different “often misunderstood stereotype” every month. See STAR HEEL, Page 6 Stagnant Storm Nags Coast Associated Press NAGS HEAD - As backtracking Tropical Storm Dennis pounded the Outer Banks for a fourth day, the state massed 181 pieces of equipment to try to push through the deep sand blocking N.C. 12 on Hatteras Island. “We’re leapfrogging, clearing one sec tion and moving some equipment ahead to the next area,” said state highway engineer Dan Conner. A total of 400 people, including 200 prison inmates, w'ere involved in the effort. While downgraded from a hurricane, Dennis continued to pummel the thin, 130-mile-long strand of barrier islands from the Virginia border to Ocracoke Island with thundering surf and 45-mph wind gusts. At 8 p.m. EDT Thursday, Dennis was 110 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, drifting slowly to the south but expected to continue later on a southwest track. A tropical storm warning remained in effect from Cape Lookout to Cape Charles Light, Va. lieu of a $50,000 secured bond. His first court appearance is scheduled for today in Hillsborough. Tyrone Lea, 36, of 112 Eugene St. in Carrboro was arrested Wednesday on Brewer Lane near West Franklin Street. He faces one felony charge of acces sory before the fact to first-degree rape and a misdemeanor charge of contribut ing to the delinquency of a minor. He was also charged for an earlier unrelated warrant of misdemeanor second-degree trespass. Lea is being held in Orange County Jail in lieu of a $14,000 bond. His trial date is set for Sept. 20 in Orange County District Court. Police originally said the two men jumped out of the woods Tuesday and scared off two male friends walking with the girl. Lea reportedly fled as well, leav ing the girl alone with Bagley. Jane Cousins, Chapel Hill spokes **> DTH/SEFTONIPOCK Sophomore Rajeev Dassani discusses the future of his new magazine Parallax. He came up with the idea for the project over a cup of coffee with friends. Jonathan Blaes of the National Weather Service in Raleigh said there was a slight chance Dennis could rein tensify, but it probably would continue to slowly drift to the west and southwest for the next few days. “It is just kind of wobbling around,” he said. Beach erosion experts compare Dennis to a nor’easter, the winter storms that don’t pack a hurricane’s wallop but stay longer, making them worse for beaches. “The problem is that beaches along the Outer Banks were already in bad shape to begin with,” said Bill Cleary, who studies barrier islands at the University of North Carolina- Wilmington. “Over the past 25 years, these beaches have been hit by several hundred nor’easters.” The toll taken was evident every where on Hatteras Island, where wind and waves flung beach dunes onto the island’s main north-south highway and chewed up the asphalt. Abandoned trucks, some overturned, were half buried in sand near the road. While it will be several weeks before N.C. 12 can Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice. H.L. Mencken Friday, September 3, 1999 Volume 107, Issue 67 "... He gave the victim alcohol. He was involved with the (victim and rapist) meeting before the assault. ” Jane Cousins Chapel Hill Police Spokeswoman woman, said new facts had arisen in the case Thursday. . “They came out of the woods and spent a little time together (with the vic tim and her friends),” Cousins said. “(Lea) was charged with delinquency because he gave the victim alcohol.” Cousins said Lea was charged as an accessory before the fact because he knew of the intentions before the attack occurred. “He was involved with the (victim and the rapist) meeting before be rebuilt, it was expected to be open as far as the northern villages to restricted traffic late Thursday, state officials said. “It’s beyond the crisis stage,” state public safety Secretary Richard Moore said Thursday of the road. “There are places where there are no dunes at all, and if you try to just throw blacktop down, you’re throwing your money away.” Waves lapped 20 feet away from the old Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, which was 150 feet from the Atlantic before it was moved in July. It now sits 1,600 feet from the surf. “It was kind of reassuring to see the light safely away from the waves,” Moore said after visiting the site. A relighting ceremony planned Saturday at the 208-foot-tall lighthouse, the nation’s tallest, was postponed because of conditions on Hatteras Island. On Wednesday, Hatteras Island was cut in half by a trench across a quarter mile neck between Avon and Buxton, but on Thursday the breach was nearly filled with wind-blown beach sand. the assault,” Cousins said. “He wasn’t involved with the assault.” This incident is the third rape in five days in Chapel Hill. A woman was raped at gunpoint in her apartment last week, and another woman was raped on Caldwell Street by her ex-boyfriend, Charles E. Mitchell, 43, of 112 Eugene St. on Monday. Police have made arrests in both cases. While officials say there is no con nection between the incidents, Mitchell and Lea live at the same address on Eugene Street in Chapel Hill. “Just because they live together does n’t mean they’re connected to the same crime,” Cousins said. She said the recent wave of rapes had raised concern among the officers. “It is unusual and alarming.” The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. School Administrators Clear Coach of Charges By Rudy Kifysteuber Staff Writer A local coach and teacher was cleared of misconduct allegations by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools administration Thursday, but some dis satisfied parents say more information has yet to surface. Unnamed parents criticized Ray Fredrick Jr.’s conduct coaching the Bouncing Bulldogs, a jump-rope team that often practiced at McDougle Middle School. The school board would not release details of the accusations. Fredrick, a physical education teacher at McDougle, was suspended with pay after the allegations surfaced during the summer, McDougle Principal Charles Stewart said. In a report on the ensuing adminis trative investigation, the school system avoided ruling on the charges and estab lished measures to prevent such situa SB 'g • DTH/MATTHEW B. DEES Clyde "Billy" Blunt, charged in connection with the shooting death of an N.C. State student, consults with his lawyers during a recess Thursday. Lawyers to Close Davis Case Today By Matthew B. Dees State & National Editor RALEIGH - Jurors must weigh four days’ worth of evidence today in the trial of a former N.C. State University wrestler charged in connection with the shooting death of fellow student Neil Vernon Davis in November. Clyde “Billy” Blunt, charged with involuntary manslaughter, was cross examined by a state prosecutor Thursday morning. A number of defense witnesses were also called to shed light on the events leading up to the shooting and to attest to Blunt’s upstanding reputation. Davis was shot and killed in his bed room in the early morning hours of Nov. 23 after firing several shots at a party across the street. One shot, which struck an N.C. State wrestler, prompted a group of athletes led by Blunt to enter Davis’ unlocked apartment. A scuffle ensued inside, and Davis was shot in the stomach with his “Everybody I’ve ever known have nothing but nice things to say about him. ” Tisha Venturini Blunt Family Friend own gun. During cross-examination, Assistant District Attorney Doug Faucette repeat edly pressed Blunt on discrepancies between the statements he made to police in November and his testimony on the stand. Specifically, Blunt testified Wednesday that fellow wrestler Michael Mordarsky never struck Davis, while his statement to police indicated that Mordarsky did punch the victim. Attorneys also alleged Blunt initially told police he was the only one in the room when Davis’ pistol discharged, then reneged later at the police station by saying he was cognizant of others in tions from reoccurring. “Our investigation revealed that Mr. Fredrick’s responsibilities as the coach of the Bouncing Bulldogs and his responsibilities as a teacher are too closely intertwined,” the report stated. “Mr. Fredrick ... has developed close, personal relationships with his jumpers. ... The students realized that they were uncomfortable with the relationship.” Asa result of the report, Fredrick will be reinstated Sept. 7, but he will not be permitted to use McDougle facilities for Bouncing Bulldog activities. However, he may rent other facilities at other schools with the clear knowledge that the school system assumes no responsi bility for the program. More than 60 people attended a meeting of the school board Thursday night to support Fredrick. “I’m happy that he’s reinstated,” See FREDRICK, Page 6 News/Features/Arts/Sports 962-0245 Business/Advertising 962-1163 Chapel Hill, North Carolina © 1999 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. Davis’ bedroom. Blunt’s testimony also contradicted that of former wrestler Dan Campanella, who testified Tuesday that Davis had the gun out to his side when Blunt entered the room. Blunt testified Davis pointed the weapon directly at him. Campanella also admitted he was under the influence of alcohol that night, while multiple witnesses have attested that Blunt was sober. Blunt, Mordarsky and other defense witnesses said their fluctuating testi monies were the result of fatigue and fear. But these and other gaps in testimony from defense witnesses will likely play a large role in the prosecution’s argu ments today. Faucette wili also try to prove that Blunt acted with malicious intent, not to prevent Davis from shoot ing others, as Blunt attested. Faucette has contended that Davis was lawfully trying to protect himself from the group of intruders. all of whom outweighed Davis by at least 30 pounds. Faucette must convince jurors that Blunt acted with “culpable negligence” and “wanton disregard for the rights and safety of others” to gamer a guilty ver dict. Blunt could face as many as 10 years in prison if convicted. Jurors also heard testimony Thursday from George Cintron, the N.C. State wrestler who was struck by a shell frag ment when Davis fired shots across the street. Cintron showed the jury the nickel sized scar on his left shoulder. See TRIAL, Page 6 Friday Game Time Check out the annual football "^ e '' Ssue as position as well as coverage of all the Tar Heels’ ACC rivals. See Football ’99. 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