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University
Sunday, Oct. 8
■ A man reported that he saw three
men come out of a basement window
on the back side of Peabody Hall at 4:40
a.m.
. According to police reports, the three
subjects emerged from Office 016 in
Peabody Hall.
Reports state that the owner of the
office said nothing was taken, but some
one had used the office computer to
access the Internet.
Friday, Oct. 6
■ A man reported a damaged win
dow screen to the security office locat
ed at the Bowman Gray Memorial
Pool.
According to reports, the window
screen had been unscrewed and slight
ly damaged.
Reports state that the incident was
first reported as breaking and entering,
but there was no attempted entry other
than the attempted removal of the
screen.
Reports state the damage is estimat
ed at $25.
City
Sunday, Oct. 8
■ At 3:04 a.m., Chapel Hill police
responded to an armed robbery in
McDonald’s at 1748 Fordham Blvd.
Reports state that the suspect threat
ened the cashier with a machete and
demanded money.
Reports state that the suspect, a
male, is 6-foot-2,250 pounds, and was
wearing a grey hat, a green plaid shirt
and jeans.
The suspect was last seen running on
foot toward the Europa Center.
The case is under further investiga
tion.
■ Charles Cameron Dean, 36, was
arrested by Carrboro police for unau
thorized use of a motor vehicle, reports
state.
Cameron, of 103 Hill St., was
released on a written promise and is
scheduled to appear in court Nov. 3.
■ Carrboro police responded to 101
Barnes St. at 3:43 a.m. when the alarm
system at Barnes Supply Company was
activated.
Reports state that unknown perpe
trators broke a street-front window with
cement rocks, causing about $475 in
damage. The case is under further
investigation.
■ Ellis Li was arrested by Carrboro
police at 12:15 a.m. for simple assault.
Reports state that Li, of 115-A Old
Pittsboro St., hit her husband in the
head with a ceramic cup during an
argument.
Li is being held at Orange County
Jail without bond and is scheduled to
appear in court Nov. 13.
Saturday, Oct. 7
■ Chapel Hill police arrested
GregorioJuarezMataofG-1 1105 N.C.
54 for assault on a female and damage
to property, reports state.
■ Mata is being held at Orange County
Jail without bond until his Dec. 11 trial.
■ John Junior Mitchell of 2305
Elmwood Ave. in Durham was arrested
fry Carrboro police for possession of
cpcaine and for resisting, delaying and
obstructing arrest.
Reports state that Mitchell was arrest
ed at the 100 block of Wesley Street
when officers confiscated one dosage
unit of cocaine.
Mitchell was released on a written
promise and given an Oct. 9 court date.
■ Carrboro police arrested Joseph
Garver, 71, for assault on a female.
Garver, of Apt. 135,600 West Poplar
Ave., was released on a written promise
and is scheduled to appear in court Nov.
13, reports state.
■ Benjamin Gilbert Uhlenberg of
501 Edwards Drive was arrested by
Chapel Hill police for simple possession
of marijuana.
. Reports state that Uhlenberg was
airested at Whitaker and North
Roberson streets when officers confis
cated 2.1 grams of marijuana.
' Uhlenberg was released and is await
ing a Nov. 27 trial date.
■ Carrboro police reported to Apt K
-8; 306 Estes Drive at 10:40 a.m. in
response to reports of assault on a female.
• The victim was reportedly struck in
the face and head by a male suspect,
reports state. The case is under further
investigation.
Friday, Oct. 6
■ Benjamin Justin Gear of 515 Merritt
Mill Road was arrested by Chapel Hill
police for assault with a deadly weapon
and for possessing a weapon on school
property, reports state.
; Gear is being field at Orange County
J4il with a secured bond of SIOO and
atvaits an Oct. 30 trial date.
Speaker Discusses Alternatives to Dissection
By Tyler Maland
Staff Writer
A sparse audience gathered Monday
night in the Union Auditorium to learn
about options to cutting up critters in
class.
Jonathan Balcombe, assistant director
of Education and Animal Research
Issues with the Humane Society of the
United States, gave a lecture on
“Alternatives to Dissection and Live-
Animal Experimentation in Education.”
Carolina Animal Rights Effort, a UNC
student group, sponsored the event.
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Jennifer Weiss, an incumbent Democratic candidate for House District 63 and a UNC graduate,
speaks to a student panel at Peace College in Raleigh on Monday night.
Female Politicians Inspire Students
By Joshua Bassinger
Staff Writer
RALEIGH - Women ruled the night as stu
dents at Peace College, an all-girls school in
Raleigh, gathered Monday night to hear female
political candidates express their views of gov
ernment in North Carolina.
Thirteen women, both political incumbents
and first-year office seekers, shared their polit
ical experiences with about 30 Peace College
students and encouraged each of the students to
advance themselves and their gender in state
government.
“This is a good way for our students and
other women in the community to understand
what it is like to be a woman candidate,” said
Melissa Allen, Peace College media relations
manager. “Women are still in the minority, and
we are trying to focus on their advancement.”
CP&L Conducts Annual Test of 81 Alert Notification Sirens
By Matt Mansfield
Staff Writer
Sirens blared sporadically at the
Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant on
Monday, although nearby residents did
not have to “duck and cover” like in a
true emergency.
Carolina Power & Light Cos. conduct
ed an annual check of alert notification
sirens at its Wake County power plant,
which sounded two times between 2:30
p.m. to 3:30 p.m. for three minutes each.
“We are constandy testing our sirens,”
said Jeanne Bonds, CP&L’s site commu
Hunt Gives Speech Supporting Bond
Speakers in favor of the $3.1
billion higher education bond
praised the UNC-system for its
positive effects on their lives.
By Allison Mitchener
Staff Writer
GREENSBORO - North Carolina higher
education administrators greeted Gov. Jim
Hunt with a standing night as
he spoke in support of the $3.1 billion higher
education bond referendum at the Koury
Convention Center in Greensboro.
Introduced as the education-reform gover
nor, Hunt addressed the needs of the public
university system in his speech.
After thanking the ballroom packed with
about 500 educators and teachers for their devo
tion to students, Hunt started pushing the bond,
which will fund capital costs throughout the
UNC system and the state’s community colleges.
Although Hunt was largely silent on the
issue as legislators debated the size of the bond
package and whether it should be put to a pub
lic referendum, he stressed its importance
Balcombe said alternatives are need
ed not only to prevent cruelty to ani
mals, but also to accommodate students
who object to dissection. “It is my feel
ing that current methods in life science
education tend to undermine rather
than encourage empathy toward ani
mals,” he said.
Balcombe said dissection creates
many ethical concerns, especially regard
ing how the animals are put to death. He
cited rough handling of animals and
questionable embalming practices.
Balcombe also said too many animals
are killed in the name of science. He
The candidates shared with the mosdy
female audience how they each have con
tributed to breaking gender barriers in N.C.
government.
N.C. Secretary of State Elaine Marshall said
she was the first woman to hold a statewide
office in North Carolina.
“I have transformed the secretary of state
office by making more information available to
every citizen of the state,” Marshall said. “We
serve more citizens online than by mail, phone
or walk-in.”
Marshall said she implemented the agency’s
Web site to inform a wide range of the state’s
citizens, especially women.
But the candidates said they do not want spe
cial treatment in North Carolina because of
their gender.
“I never want to get something because I am
female," said Republican candidate Nancy
nications manager. “But a couple of
times a year we’ll do a full-volume test.”
CP&L sounds some sirens at low vol
ume once a month but annually tests all of
its 81 sirens simultaneously, Bonds said.
But Jim Warren of N.C. Waste
Awareness and Reduction Network
questioned whether the test instilled
confidence among the 31,000 residents
who live within a 10-mile radius of the
plant.
“The very fact that (CP&L officials)
do (the test) once a year shows the
potential for a very dangerous accident,”
he said. “People that five in the zone are
Monday night. “This issue is on the ballot Nov.
7. It wasn’t there a year ago,” Hunt said. “We
got here by being bold.”
Hunt told the audience the public universi
ty system, which has served as a model for
other state university systems, is facing a crisis.
“We need to wake up to the reality that our
universities are falling behind, and we’re sup
posed to look ahead,” he said.
Audrey Bailey, community college spokes
woman, said Hunt’s presence at the forum was
necessary to stress that educators need to get
out and talk about the bond to as many people
as possible.
“To have him here shows how important this
issue is,” Bailey said. “We knew his words
would have a stirring effect on the audience."
N.C. Agricultural and Technical University
Chancellor Jim Renick, former state Gov. Bob
Scott and Board of Governors Chairman Ben
Ruffin also addressed the audience after Hunt
concluded his speech.
Renick spoke about how university and
community college systems have transformed
the lives of young men and women, many of
whom were the first generation of their family
to attend college.
Renick said it was important for the UNC
News
said it is estimated that more than six
million vertebrate animals are dissected
each year in U.S. high schools alone.
CARE Co-chairwoman Kathleen
Martin said dissection is not only about
animal rights, but students’ rights as well.
Balcombe said it is unethical not to pro
vide an alternative method for students
who choose not to dissect an animal.
He said dissection creates many
social and academic dilemmas. “One
concern is that students may be alienat
ed from life sciences in general,”
Balcombe said.
He said dissection can cause poten
Brown, who is running for an N.C. House seat
in Wake County. “I expect to get something
because I am qualified.”
Many of the women candidates voiced ways
to eliminate pay inequity between men and
women in the same jobs.
“You have to confront discrimination when
it happens,” said Wake County Commissioner
Yevonne Brannon, a Democrat.
Despite the challenges facing female political
candidates, some women in the audience said
they were inspired by the speakers.
“I feel more inspired as a woman knowing
that they all have a good idea of what we want
and what we are about,” said Peace College
junior Allison Moore of Wendell.
“We all have to expect changes."
The State & National Editor can be reached
at stntdesk@unc.edu.
constantly reminded of the dangers
they’re near.”
A month ago, the company notified
residents living near the plant that it
would be conducting the siren tests
Monday, Bonds said.
CP&L representatives contacted
news organizations to warn people of
the noise and also sent out a newsletter
to residents, Bonds said. With such fore
warning, CP&L officials said they hoped
the siren test would cause no alarm
among people living nearby the plant.
“This is just a regular annual check to
see if all the sirens are working,” Bonds
system to continue producing educated adults.
“We need to be vigilant to provide these oppor
tunities or we will have mortgaged the future of
our community,” Renick said.
Scott compared the university system to a
sick mule he had on the farm. He said the mule
got back on its feet when his boss gave the ani
mal a dose of medicinal tonic.
“This university system just needs a good
dose of tonic and this bond is going to do it,”
Scott said.
With the deep voice of a Southern Baptist
preacher, which he is, Ruffin told the audience
about a young man who could not afford out
right to attend N.C. Central University.
He said a “layaway” plan allowed the young
man to attend college.
Ruffin soon confessed that he was the young
man and would not be where he is today with
out his college education.
“We’re not just here to dream, drink and
drift,” Ruffin said. “We’ve got to get (voters) by
the britches, as my grandma used to say, to
make people understand the importance of this
bond.”
The State & National Editor can be reached
atstntdesk@unc.edu.
tially detrimental effects on the fife sci
ences field because it might turn away
more compassionate people. He said
this could eventually create less sensitive
people in medicine and nursing.
Balcombe also expressed concern
about desensitization of students - dis
section can sometimes lead to indiffer
ence toward the animal.
He said the main alternatives to dis
section are CD-ROM, interactive com
puter programs and 3-D models. But
Balcombe did acknowledge that these
alternatives are not the same experience
as dissection. “I advocate combining
Local Theater
Closes Doors
After 20 Years
Financial problems have forced the owners
to close the Ram Triple, freeing up valuable
retail space in downtown Chapel Hill.
By Ben Gatling
Staff Writer
Those seeking a cheap alternative to expensive movie the
aters have one less option to choose from in Chapel Hill.
The Ram Triple movie theater on Rosemary Street closed
its doors Thursday after 20 years of service.
Carmike Cinemas, the company that managed the Ram
Triple, has closed several area theaters over the past few
months.
Carmike is cutting back to recover losses caused by an
increase in multi-screen, stadium-style theater construction.
The theaters have become popular across the nation, although
there are none in the Chapel Hill area.
Susan Brown, spokeswoman for Carmike, said the Ram
Triple closed as part of Carmike’s bankruptcy proceedings.
“It was just in Carmike’s economic interests to close the
Ram Triple,” she said.
But she said she could not comment further on the compa
ny’s financial situation because of legal restrictions.
Adrienne Kovacik, a UNC sophomore from Raleigh, said
she is disappointed that the theater is closing.
“My life is over,” she said. “(Ram Triple) seemed like it
would always be around. It was a staple.”
But Andrew Neal, an employee at nearby Second
Foundation Books, said Ram Triple’s closing will not affect
most area movie watchers.
“I wouldn’t say it’s a big loss,” he said. “By the time the
movies got there, they were already out on video anyway.”
Joel Harper, president of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro
Chamber of Commerce, said retail space in downtown Chapel
Hill is very desirable, but he does not know what will fill the
vacated theater location.
“Any business would do well in the space,” he said. “But we
could sure use some more office space.”
Stephanie Carder, of Council Travel adjacent to the Ram
Triple, said Chapel Hill needs a cheap movie theater to com
pete with the higher-priced theaters in the area.
“I know that Raleigh has a really nice cheap theater, and it’s
always busy,” she said. “But the Ram Triple was pretty trashy,
and it (was) just going to get worse.”
The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu.
said. “Our emergency plan is a require
ment from the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.”
Because siren tests affect areas outside
the plant, county and state officials, not
CP&L, have authority in deciding to
hold a full-volume test, Bonds said. Any
emergency management tests affecting
only the plant are at CP&L officials’ dis
cretion.
But Warren questioned the test’s
effectiveness. He said the press release
about the testing stated it would be post
poned in the event of severe weather.
Warren said if the plant could not set
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Gov. Jim Hunt speaks to state educators about the
$3.1 billion higher education bond Monday night.
Tuesday, October 10, 2000
learning methods,” he said.
Anne Hancock, a sophomore from
Chevy Chase, Md., said she liked the
lecture. “I have been a big animal rights
advocate for a long time, and I think it is
wonderful that the University supports
this speaker as well as similar organiza
tions,” she said.
Balcombe said modem times call for
a change. “It is time to discard old tra
ditions and move into a time of respect
ing animals as well as students.”
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
off all sirens in inclement weather, then
a power outage caused by a potential
tornado could prevent the sirens from
warning residents.
Warren explained that problems have
occurred in the past with the alarms, cit
ing examples of glitches in the system.
He emphasized that malfunctioning
sirens could result in serious conse
quences for surrounding areas.
“There would be far more nuclear
material released than at Chernobyl."
The City Editor can be reached
at citydesk@unc.edu.
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