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In Brief
UNC Groups to Host
Religion, Faith Forum
“Living With Compassion: A Forum
on Religion, Spirituality and Faith” will
be held for all interested students.
1 hree sessions will offer students the
opportunity to discuss issues on reli
gion, spirituality and faith in an open
setting. Topics include “What happens
after death?” and “If I were to question
my faith, would I be abandoning what I
was brought up with?”
The forum will be held from 12:30
p.m. lo 5:30 p.m.Jan. 23 in the Student
Union and is sponsored by the Office of
the Dean of Students, the Carolina
Union, the Office of Minority Affairs,
Student Government, Carolina Union
Activities Board and Housing and
Residential Education.
Registration is limited to the first 100
people. The conference is free and a
light lunch will be served.
For more information, contact Smita
Varia at smita@email.unc.edu or Scott
Windham at swindham@email.unc.edu
or call 966-4042.
MLK Week to Feature
NAACP Head, Activist
Julian Bond, chairman of the board
of the NAACP, will deliver the keynote
address during a week of events cele
brating the birth of Martin Luther King.
The civil rights activist’s speech will
be at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 20 in Memorial
Hall. The program will also include the
presentation of the Martin Luther King
Jr. Scholarship to a UNC junior.
Other events during the week
include the “Show of Hands for Peace
and Unity” on Polk Place at noon Jan.
19. The 15th annual
University/Community Martin Luther
Kingjr. Memorial Banquet will be at 7
p.m. Friday in the Morehead Building.
UNC Researchers Nab
Genetic Grant Money
A $975,000 National Human
Genome Research Institute award will
allow UNC researchers and professors
to investigate ethical issues surrounding
recent genetic discoveries.
Dr. Gail Henderson and Nancy King,
professors of social medicine at the
UNC School of Medicine, will lead a
three-year investigation.
Special Olympics Seeks
Volunteer Coaches
Special Olympics of Chapel
Hill/Orange County is seeking volun
teers to coach a swim program that is
school-based.
Volunteers do not need to be certi
fied, but must be comfortable in the
pool and enjoy swimming, working
one-on-one with beginning to interme
diate swimmers, and enjoy working
with people from six to 21 years old.
There is a training session on Jan. 30
from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Chapel
Hill Community' Center on Estes Drive.
Volunteers must register, attend the
training session or a make-up and com
mit to one or more class times.
The season lasts from Feb. 1 to April
27 and there are no classes during
school spring breaks.
For more information, contact
Colleen Lanigan at 968-2787, ext. 204.
Curbside Recycling
Unaffected by Holiday
Curbside recycling collection will not
be affected by the Martin Luther King
Jr. holiday Monday. Collection will con
tinue as scheduled during the week of
Jan. 17. Orange Regional Landfill will
also be open for regular operating
hours, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Orange County Solid Waste
Convenience Centers will be open dur
ing regular operating hours, from 7 a.m.
to noon and 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Center to Hold Job Fair
For Area Businesses
Orange County Skills
Development/Job Link Center will be
holding ajob Fair from 10 a.m. until 2
p.m. Jan. 20. There will be employers
from area businesses such as UNC
Hospitals, Tarheel Temps, FGI, the
Town of Chapel Hill, Harris Teeter
Stores, Kelly Services, Sports
Endeavors, Magnolia and
Accountemps.
A session from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan
18, will offer tips and training in prepar
ing applications and interviewing skills.
Another session, from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m.Jan. 19, will assist with the resume,
introducing the Center’s computer soft
ware in resume preparation.
The Center is at 503 W. Franklin St.
For more information, call 969-3032.
From Staff Reports
Carrboro Fire Captain Charged With Murder
After a two-hour standoff
with Guilford County police,
Joshua McAdoo was forced
from a house with tear gas.
By Robert Albright
Staff Writer
A Carrboro Fire Department captain
charged with killing his wife’s friend on
Christmas Eve in Greensboro is in jail
awaiting ajan. 19 court date on charges
of first-degree murder.
Joshua M. McAdoo, 30, a Carrboro
employee since 1991, was arrested and
charged with the murder of Greensboro
Wachovia Vows
Not to Control
Student Banking
The Faculty Council's executive committee
will create a policy on commercialism,
says UNC business Professor Robert Adler.
By Kim Mimgh
Assistant University Editor
In an effort to sway fears of the rising tide of commercial
ism on campus, Wachovia officials have promised that the
bank’s interests w ould follow those of the University.
Lawrence Baxter, an executive vice president at Wachovia
headquarters, signed a three-page letter last month to address
the question of Wachovia’s pending monopoly on student
banking next year. The letter will be attached to the original
contract as an addendum.
“We don’t intend this to be a monopoly at all,” he said.
In his letter, Baxter first emphasized that the service cen
ter to be built adjacent to Student Stores would not be a full
service branch.
Baxter also attempted to clarify that Wachovia’s partnership
w ill not eliminate other banks’ opportunities. “We have a right
to be there, but we don’t have an exclusive right,” he said.
Baxter said that when he visited the campus last fall, he
walked by the Union Circle ATMs and immediately wanted
to avoid conflicts with other banks.
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Police Suspect Trend in Holiday Robberies
By Jenny Rosser
Staff Writer
Police are investigating two separate
robberies in which masked assailants
held the employees of a local bank and
restaurant at gunpoint and assaulted
them with their weapons.
Chapel Hill police spokeswoman
Jane Cousins said police had no suspects
in either robbery, both of which
occurred during the holidays.
“We don’t know if the robberies are
related, but w r e are looking at them as
being related,” Cousins said.
The most recent robbery occurred at
approximately 8:19 p.m. Jan. 6 at the
McDonald’s located at 1748 Fordham
Blvd. in Chapel Hill.
“Three males armed with guns wear
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Dec. 24.
McAdoo is being held at the Guilford
County Jail without bond and will not
go on trial for several months due to the
severity of the charges, said Guilford
County DetectiveJ.D. Church.
Church, who is conducting a three
county investigation with help from the
State Bureau of Investigation, said
McAdoo had been accused of violent
acts prior to the shooting.
“McAdoo was under a domestic vio
lence order from his wife (before the
Dec. 24 arrest),” Church said.
Dana McAdoo filed a protective
order in August in Alamance County
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has the right to install an ATM anywhere on campus, has opted to move to a location adjacent to Student Stores.
ing ski masks and panty hose on their
heads walked into the restaurant and
jumped over the front counter,” Cousins
said.
“The third assailant struck an
employee in the face with his handgun.”
The victim suffered minor injuries
and no one else was hurt in the robber)’,
Cousins said. Only two employees were
present during the incident.
“The suspects took money and then
ran into the woods towards the Europa
Center," Cousins said.
The other robbery occurred around
11:58 a.m. Dec. 23 at the Bank of
America, located at 1806 N. Fordham
Blvd.
Cousins said two men wearing ski
masks and armed with handguns
entered the bank, demanded money
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stop him from entering Griggs’ house on
Christmas Eve, where Dana McAdoo
was visiting.
Guilford County police reports stated
that McAdoo kicked down Griggs’ door
at 11:30 a.m. and shot him in the chest
with a handgun. He then refused to let
his wife and daughter leave the home,
but they were later released.
“McAdoo’s wife and 21 -month-old
daughter were still in the house (follow
ing the shooting),” Church said. “After
several minutes, (Dana McAdoo) was
able to get the child and get out the front
door.”
After McAdoo’s wife and child fled
Griggs’ house, Church said a standoff
between McAdoo and the police fol
and proceded to assault one employee
with the gun.
“One suspect entered an employee’s
office and struck her in the head with his
gun, knocking her glasses off,” Cousins
said.
“She was not seriously injured.”
No customers were in the bank when
the robbery occurred.
After the robbers fled the scene in a
getaway car, they threw almost all of the
money they had stolen out the window
because a dye pack exploded in the
money bag, causing dye as well as harsh
chemicals to be released in the vehicle,
Cousins said.
“Almost all of the money stolen was
recovered,” Cousins said.
Police discovered what they believed
to be the getaway car shortly after the
Y2K Proves No Pest
For UNC Officials
By Alexandra Molaire
Assistant University Editor
Although officials say years of prepa
ration and modification saved the
University from the year 2000 bug, they
are not yet abandoning the issue.
Many UNC employees said the
switch to the year 2000 was uneventful
in terms of computer system problems,
following a national pattern of the
feared bug having more bite than bark.
“It went very, very smoothly,” said
Jeanne Smythe, director of the
Academic Technology & Networks’
computer policy. “I think a lot of people
did quite a bit of work ahead of time (to
prevent any problems).”
The Y2K problem was expected to
occur when computers would possibly
misinterpret the year 2000 for the year
1900. UNC started preparing for the
problem in 1996 by checking personal
computers and administrative systems.
Employees of ATN, Administrative
Information Services and Facility
Services monitored various computer
systems during Winter Break but did not
report any major Y2K problems.
However, Smythe mentioned that
some people had problems with their
personal computers due to outdated
software. University workers made pre
liminary reports all on critical systems
by 1:30 a.m. Jan. 1, Smythe said. They
continued with additional reports at 2
lowed.
The standoff lasted more than two
hours and ended when police drove
McAdoo out by throwing chemical
agents into the house.
“Once tear gas was used, McAdoo
came out of the house and gave up,”
Church said.
Upon hearing of McAdoo’s arrest in
late December, Carrboro Fire
Department Chief Rodney Murray said
he placed McAdoo under administrative
leave, subject to review by Carrboro
Town Manager Robert Morgan.
McAdoo stayed on leave from the
fire department until he resigned Jan. 6,
Murray said.
Although Murray refused to corn
robbery.
“A light blue Honda Accord was
found at Willow Brook Apartments near
the bank,” Cousins said.
“The car was still running, the doors
were open and evidence of the dye pack
was found.”
Cousins said police did not know if
the incidents were related to three other
armed robberies that occurred in the
area in the last two months, but police
were working hard to prevent future
robberies.
“Officers who work that area keep
watching businesses for any indication
of similar crimes that might occur,” he
said.
The City Editor can be reached
at citydesk@unc.edu.
a.m. and 4 a.m., she said.
UNC’s Y2K Web site includes infor
mation about the reports up to Jan 3.
Smythe said the office would continue
to update the reports but said there was
nothing new to report.
But the University is still bracing for
potential problems that might arise
throughout the year, such as on Feb. 29.
“Some systems didn’t take into
account that the year 2000 was a leap
year," Smythe said. But she said she was
confident that the University fixed anv
potential problems. “I expect (Feb. 29)
to run as smoothly as jan. 1 did.”
Stephen Jarrell, the executive direc
tor of Administrative Information
Services, said Y2K problems could arise
until the end of the year because some
programs onlv run on an annual basis.
On New Year’s Eve and through Jan.
1, Facility Services workers monitored
the major utilities on campus, said Jim
Mergner, deputy for facility services.
“For the critical systems that may not
have been monitored, we had people
dispatched to check (those areas).”
Workers in AIS monitored the stu
dent and financial systems to make sure
they were working properly Jarrell said.
“1 think sears of preparation and
hard work paid off. We were all very
happy about it.”
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
Wednesday, January 12, 20(8)
ment further on the situation, Carrboro
Fire Department Capt. Robbie Crabtree
said he was shocked by the arrest.
“It was a big surprise (when McAdoo
was arrested),” Crabtree said. “I didn’t
think he could do a thing like that.”
Crabtree said McAdoo was a dedi
cated firefighter and assisted the rescue
team.
John Fuller, 82, who lived beside
McAdoo in Efland, said he was also sur
prised by the shooting.
“I hated to hear the news,” Fuller
said. “People will get flustered up, but
(McAdoo) seemed to have a level head.”
The City Editor can be reached
atcitydesk@unc.edu.
Authorities
Investigate
Racist Mail
Hate letters mailed
Christmas Eve called for the
"total destruction of the
African-American race."
By Lucas Fenske
Assistant State & National Editor
The State and Federal Bureaus of
Investigation are hunting for the authors
of at least 18 hate letters mailed
Christmas Eve to historical!) black col
leges and various organizations
j throughout the South.
N.C. schools, including N.C.
| Agricultural & Technical University as
| well as private institutions, received the
defamatory letters soon after Christmas.
Letters were also sent to Southern
offices of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People
and the American Jewish Committee.
The authors, who call for “total
destruction of the (black) race," were
loosely linked by anti-defamation
groups with the racist organization
World Church of the Creator due to cer
tain racial slurs particular to the group.
Maybel Scott, spokeswoman for
N.C. A&T, said the school received
their letter Dec. 29. The letter was post
marked onj Dec. 24 from Fayetteville.
“The letter was very mean, deroga
tory, hateful and slanderous." she said.
“It was inundated with racial slurs."
The letters insulted Michael Jordan
and the intelligence of blacks. They also
compared Martin Luther Kingjr. to the
devil and stated racial w arfare would
escalate in 2000. “An evil, warped mind
did this thing,” Scott said.
Although WCOTC leaders denv
! involvement, the letters bear racial slurs
| traditionally used by the group, said
Mark Potok, spokesman for the
Southern Poverty Law Center, which
tracks hate crimes. He said at least 18
letters were sent that started with
“RAHOWA” and “Hail Ben Klassen!”
“RAHOWA, racial holv war. is a
term used almost exclusively by the
World Church of the Creator,” Potok
said. “Ben Klassen was its founder."
The WCOTC’s leader is Matt Hale,
a self-proclaimed reverend and doctor
of law . “RAHOWA is a popular battle
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