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Wednesday, Sept. 29
■ A 45-year-old female student
slipped on wet bricks when walking by
Bingham Hall. The student sprained
her right ankle and was transported to
UNC Hospitals emergency room for
further treatment, reports said.
■ A UNC employee found a student
passed out on the bathroom of the
men’s locker room of Woollen Gym.
The victim was transported to UNC
Hospitals emergency room.
■ A student fell down three steps in
3650 McColl Building. The student was
taken to Student Health Service.
■ A male freshman of Spencer
Residence Hall reported that his violin,
violin case, violin shoulder rest and
black, silk bow tie have been missing
since SepL 17.
The items were last secure in Hanes
Art Center. Total value of the items is
more than $2,100, reports stated.
Tuesday, Sept. 28
■ A female UNC student was invol
untarily committed at Student Health
Service. Officers escorted the student to
UNC Hospitals emergency room.
■ Michelle Wilkerson, a resident of
Jacksonville, accidentally struck a
female UNC employee while traveling
east on South Road.
The employee, who was walking on
a crosswalk, was transported by ambu
lance to the emergency room at UNC
Hospitals. Estimated damages to the
vehicle were S4OO, reports stated.
Monday, Sept. 27
■ A bicyclist on Franklin Street ran
into the inside of a passenger door of a
police car, after the passenger opened
the door to get out. There was no dam
age to the door or to the bicycle. There
were no injuries, reports stated.
■ TVvo cars collided on Country
Club Road after a 1995 Chevrolet
pulling out of a parking space was hit by
a 1985 Pontiac.
■ Tom Bythell, a grounds depart
ment supervisor, reported that another
grounds employee struck and damaged
the Friday Center’s overhead while dri
ving a crane. The amount of damage
was uncertain at this time. No damage
was done to the crane, reports stated.
City
Wednesday, Sept. 29
' ■ Five cars were damaged while
parked in the lot of F & F Automotive at
; 107 Weaver St., Carrboro, reports stat
ed.
Sometime between 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday and 8 a.m. Wednesday the pas
senger side windows of four cars were
broken: ajeep Cherokee, a Volkswagen
Passat, a Nissan Sentra and a Ford
Bronco. The fifth car, a 1972 Triumph
Spitfire convertible, was damaged when
someone used a knife to cut its top.
According to reports, police do not
- believe anyone entered the damaged
" cars and nothing was stolen. The total
' cost of damages is estimated at $1,200.
Cleveland Fogleman, of F & F
“ Automotive, said this was the fourth
time since August that something like
this had happened.
Fogleman said he was still trying to
figure out if the damages would be paid
for by his business insurance or if the
cars’ owners would incur the cost
through personal insurance policies.
He said motion-sensitive lights sur
rounded the repair shop, but planned to
put up a fence for additional security.
■ Carrboro police responded to a
child abuse call around 7 p.m., reports
stated.
There were few details available in
the case because a child was involved,
but the alleged incident occurred at
6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Reports stated that
no weapons were used, only hands.
■ Narcotics investigators arrested a
Chapel Hill woman at 3:54 p.m. for
possession of two dosage units of crack
cocaine, possession of marijuana and
driving with a revoked license, reports
stated.
Vickie M. Blackwell, 24, of 1859
Central St., was taken to Orange
County jail on a SIO,OOO secured bond.
Her trial is scheduled for Sept. 30 at
Orange County District Court in
Hillsborough, reports stated.
■ A 1995 Chevrolet pick-up truck
was stolen from a parking lot at 1801 N.
Fordham Blvd. after the truck’s owner
left the keys inside, reports stated.
Roger Wells of Pittsboro reported the
incident at 10:33 a.m. and Chapel Hill
police are investigating.
■ A female resident of Granville
Towers told police her diamond neck
lace was stolen from her room, reports
stated.
Elizabeth M. Morgan, 19, reported
the incident Wednesday.
Congress to Examine Post Stipends
By Sophia Raff
Staff Writer
The question of allocating stipends to
student leaders on campus has taken top
priority on the agenda of Student
Congress.
Discussion is now circulating among
student leaders about which positions
deserve stipends either direcdy from stu
dent fees or from funds within their indi
vidual organizations.
The Student Congress Stipend
Committee presented a report Tuesday
to Congress addressing financial
stipends for student leaders.
The report examined the criteria that
should be taken into account when
Student Congress decides how to
address stipends given to student lead-
Writing
Women's
Worth
Junior Katie Reklis began
"Shakespeare's Sister"
two years ago to foster
women's creativity at UNC.
By Moira Vanderhoof
Staff Writer
If William Shakespeare had had a
sister, it probably would have been
Katie Reklis.
A junior from Durham, Reklis
acted on what she called a somewhat
“selfish desire” two years ago and
decided to create a literary magazine,
“Shakespeare’s Sister," to recognize,
celebrate, encourage and challenge
women’s creativity at UNC.
The magazine’s name came from
Virginia Woolfs “A Room of One’s
Own," Reklis said. Woolf wrote that if
Shakespeare had
had a sister who
had been an
equally talented
writer, she would
never have been
recognized.
After reading
Woolfs writing,
Reklis said she
was convinced
fife
that if women today joined together
and wrote what they knew,
Shakespeare’s sister would be bom.
Reklis said she had been obsessed
with female writers for several years
and even performed a one-woman
play in high school about them. Once
she reached college, she felt it was
time to bring forth a strong voice for
women.
“I had a real desire to seek out a
community of creative women on
campus,” Reklis said. “Creative
impulses for women were missing (on
campus) and I personally wanted that
in my life.”
With the help of her friend, Kristy
Kent, a junior from Hendersonville,
Reklis worked to get her idea recog
nized and funded by the University.
By their sophomore year, Kent and
Reklis were advertising the magazine
through listservs, campus posters and
announcements in their classes.
The magazine, which features poet
ry, prose, fictional and nonfictional
writing and artwork from female stu-
Memorial 5K
Set to Honor
Hooker's Legacy
Organizers say Saturday's Michael K. Hooker
Memorial 5K run/walk will honor his
enthusiasm for the University and athletics.
By Arman Anvari
Staff Writer
Few University administrators would have the charisma to
crowd-surf amidst hundreds of rabid basketball fans.
But late Chancellor Michael Hooker was an exception to
the rule, and the Carolina Athletic Association’s Memorial 5K
on Saturday will honor his enthusiasm for the University and
the athletic community.
The first Michael K. Hooker Memorial 5K run/walk will
start Saturday morning at 9 a.m., with registration beginning
at 8 a.m. beside the Old Well. All proceeds go to the Michael
K. Hooker Memorial Fund. “Chancellor Hooker was a great
supporter of UNC athletics and the UNC community,” CAA
Vice President Jamie Joyner said. “We can think of no better
way to honor his memory.”
The CAA already has more than 200 participants signed up
for the event. “After we heard about his death, we wanted to
See CAA, Page 7
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ers.
As one of the three authors of the
report, Rep. Richard Kwok, Dist 8, said
that in the past there was never a firm set
of standards in the Congressional code
regarding stipend allotment
“We didn’t know why the student
body president got $2,400 and why the
Student Congress speaker only got
$1,200,” Kwok said.
“Under the Student Code, Congress
has to set a maximum limit (for stipend
allotment).”
Kwok said Congress needed to exam
ine whether some student leaders should
receive direct compensation from stu
dent fees.
Right now, the Student Code speci
fies that the student body president, stu
dent body treasurer, the speaker of
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With writing journal in hand, Katie Reklis pauses before the beginning of an organizational meeting
for the publication "Shakespeare's Sister." She created the magazine two years ago.
dents, is published twice a year.
“Men can submit writing as long
as it fulfills our purpose,” Reklis said.
An advisory board of female pro
fessors from UNC and a selection
committee of local female poets help
Reklis and her staff of 12 to 15 mem
bers choose pieces to publish.
But despite the outside help, the
magazine is student-run and student
initiated.
What began for Reklis and Kent
as an effort to publish a literary mag
azine is now an effort to build a
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Aziz Abbatiello, a Mevlevi and Rifa'i Dervish,
performs the Turn on Wednesday at the Carrboro Arts
Center during opening night of the
Chapel Hill Rumi Festival. See story on Page 5.
Congress and the student attorney gen
eral receive stipends.
Rep. Patrick Link, Dist. 9, said
Congress also needed to determine
guidelines for student groups who pro
vided stipends for their leaders from
self-generated fees.
Link said organizations should use
caution when allocating internal
finances.
“The only way Congress can limit
stipends is to limit personal gains,” Link
said. “You don’t want a student group to
exist to raise money for its members.”
The Carolina Athletic Association
asked Congress last spring to allow them
to use club-generated funds to give com
pensation to their officers, which thrust
the stipend issue into debate.
CAA president Tee Pruitt believes
community of women who celebrate
each other’s creativity. “It started as
a magazine and has grown into an
opportunity for you to express any
interests you have,” she said.
The group meets every Tuesday
night to write in journals. The meet
ings include other types of creative
activities like discussions by candle
light and tea parties where they
share their favorite types of music.
“In our meetings we focus on the
creative process and creating friend
ships,” Reklis said.
that stipends would provide some finan
cial compensation for the many hours
they spend working for the student
body. “The CAA president is account
able to everyone. Our positions are so
time-consuming,” Pruitt said.
“It’s the kind of thing where it doesn’t
matter if you’re in your office or in class
or at home. People expect you to be on
top of your game all the time.”
Student Body Vice President Monika
Moore said she loved her time-consum
ing job even though she did not receive
a stipend.
“People don’t do this stuff for the
money,” Moore said. “You get so much
out of it without pay.”
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
Last year, Amy McDonald, a
junior from Cary, helped edit and
contributed writing to the magazine
and she said she enjoyed this year’s
new focus.
“It’s amazing what Katie’s done,”
McDonald said. “We need a safe
place to feel free to explore creativi
ty as women artists. She morphed
(the magazine) into something we’re
all excited about.”
The Features Editor can be reached
at features@unc.edu.
Officials Expect
30,000 at Festifall
By Tricia Barrios
Staff Writer
The autumn nip in the air will serve
as the perfect backdrop to this week
end’s annual Festifall.
The local street fair will be held on
from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday on West
Franklin Street.
“We are estimating that between 20
and 30 thousand people will attend,"
said Kathryn Spatz, director of the
Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation
Department.
Spatz said there would be a variety of
vendors lining the sides of the street,
including civic leaders, politicians and
other organizations.
Two stages on either end of the street
will feature the entertainment for the
afternoon.
Children’s entertainment will include
juggling, face-painting and sand art.
Spatz said the art would probably be
the usual array of talent - woodwork,
photography, environmentally correct
art and all kinds of painting.
Friday, October 1, 1999
Author
Captivates
Audience
Alex Kotlowitz's book was
required summer reading
for freshmen and transfer
students this year.
By Jennifer Heffernan
Staff Writer
Alex Kotlowitz, an author invited to
The White House, Congress and the
Oprah Winfrey Show, told his stories to
University students and faculty
Thursday night at Memorial Hall.
“Alex Kotlowitz is proof that stories
can change the world,” said freshman
Michael Woods, a history and journal
ism double major.
Kotlowitz wrote the book, “There
Are No Children Here: The Story of
Two Boys Growing Up in the Other
America,” which the New York Public
Library named as one of the 150 most
important books of the century.
UNC assigned the book for incom
ing freshmen and transfer students to
read during the
summer as part of
the First-Year
Initiative, which
includes Freshman
Seminars.
As he weaved
stories of life in
inner-city
Chicago,
Kodowitz peered
over wire-rimmed
glasses at the
audience - about
150 in number
and diverse in
race.
He kept listen-
fl
Author
Alex Kotlowitz
said the country
needed to help
impoverished
children.
ers mesmerized for an hour, after which
he took questions from the audience.
Cindy Wolf Johnson, associate vice
chancellor for student affairs, said a
committee looked at several books used
by other institutions.
“The committee decided to go with
something more different so that it
would stretch students’ minds,” she said.
Evan Harrison, a freshman from
Burlington, said, “I loved it I bought
three copies of the book and sent it to
friends at other schools.
“It was kind of like - look at what
we’re reading,” he said.
Citing the statistic that one out of
every four children in this country lives
in poverty, Kotlowitz read:
“The state of our poor children is the
most urgent domestic issue facing us
today. “ They are, after all, our future.”
After sharing excerpts from the
book, Kodowitz spoke about the need
to promote tolerance, build communi
ties and put poverty and race back in
public debate.
“It was great to have him on cam
pus,” said W. Miles Fletcher, dean of the
Honors Program and discussion leader
for 17 freshmen.
“As far as I could tell, the students
had read it, and read it carefully. We
had a lovely discussion about it"
Rachel Mazyck, a freshman English
major from Laurel, Md., said she
enjoyed debating with her discussion
group.
“It really serves to unify the class.
Knowing that a good number of people
have read this book gives us a common
ground to work with.”
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
There will be a wide variety of food,
including American, Mexican, Indian
and Asian.
“There will be pretty much anything
you could want,” Spatz said.
Chapel Hill police Capt Tony
Oakley said he was expecting some traf
fic problems.
Six to seven officers will be handling
the festival, including five or six securi
ty officers, Oakley said.
The officers will be staffing barri
cades, guiding the traffic flow and help
ing lost people.
“We don’t have any problems at
Festifall," Oakley said.
“History has shown nothing prob
lematic goes on.”
Parking services will bag off the
meters on West Franklin Street and
Roberson Street
Brenda Jones, Chapel Hill parking
services superintendent, said she was
not expecting any problems with park
ing.
See FESTIFALL, Page 7
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