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Tuesday, October 17, 2000
The University and Towns
In Brief
Police Find Evidence
In Tear Gas Incident
Chapel Hill police have recovered
one of the two metal canisters that are
thought to be the sources of tear gas that
spread along Rosemary Street and
through He’s Not Here early Sunday
morning.
One canister was found near the
stage in the courtyard of He’s Not Here,
located at 112 1/2 W. Franklin St.
The spreading tear gas on the streets
prompted officers to close Rosemary
Street from Columbia Street to
Henderson Street at 12:07 a.m. Sunday.
Traffic resumed as usual when the
vapors subsided.
Two firefighters were transported to
•the hospital, treated for minor injuries
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and released.
There were no other injuries in the
incident. There are still no suspects in
the case.
Cops Receive Reports
Of Game Day Violence
University police received two
reports of crimes against N.C. State
University fans this weekend, following
the football game matchup between
N.C. State and UNC on Saturday.
One N.C. State fan reported that he
was hit in the face by an unknown man
after the game. According to reports,
the victim admitted to running onto the
field after the game, at which time he
was assaulted.
Another supporter of N.C. State
reported that UNC fans stole his pants
and a red-painted wig.
The stolen items, which could not be
recovered, were valued at $67, accord
ing to reports.
OWASA Rate Increase
Goes Into Effect Nov. I
Orange Water & Sewer Authority
will introduce a 4.5 percent overall rate
increase in bills on and after Nov. 1.
The raise will go to fund capital
University & City
improvements such as the expansion of
the Jones Ferry Water Treatment Plant
and the replacement of old water and
sewer lines.
For the typical customer who uses
6,000 gallons of water per month, the
bill will increase $1.94, from $43.08 to
$45.02, according to an OWASA news
release.
Customers were informed of the
increase in a public hearing held in the
spring, where the proposed rate adjust
ment was advertised heavily.
The OWASA board of directors
approved the increase in June.
OWASA’s service area covers the
southeastern section of Orange County,
including the towns of Chapel Hill and
Carrboro and some areas surrounding
the towns’ limits.
About 65,000 people are in the
OWASA service area.
Town Gains 6 Entries
In Design Competition
The Chapel Hill Town Council is
sponsoring a design contest for plans of
the North-East Corridor to the city.
Residents viewed site proposals from
six national design firms at Town Hall
on Monday in order to comment before
the selection committee votes on their
choice later this week.
The selection committee will present
its design plan choice at the council
meeting next Monday.
The winner will receive a $5,000
prize and the chance for a contract to
plan the site.
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Former SBP to Take Greek Helm
By Tyler Maland
Staff Writer
A former student body president and
UNC fraternity member has been named
interim director of Greek affairs.
Aaron Nelson was selected for the
position Friday, taking over for outgoing
Director of Greek Affairs Ron Binder,
whose last day is Wednesday.
Nelson also acts as coordinator of local
relations for the University and has been
a faculty adviser for the past two years.
Although he will maintain those positions
while assuming his new role, Nelson said
the workload will be manageable.
Nelson is holding the position of
director of Greek affairs temporarily to
fill the void of Binder’s upcoming
absence -and he said he will have big
shoes to fill. “It is clear that I cannot be
Ron Binder, but what I will do is enforce
the rules and continue to maintain high
expectations of the Greek community.”
But Binder said Nelson is perfecdy
suited to fill the interim position. “I rec-
Campus Calendar
Today
5 p.m. - The Fall 2000 “Bring It
Home” Lecture Panel will take place in
111 Murphey Hall.
It will feature two lectures on
Medieval Muslim Culture: “Medicine
ommended him
for the job," Binder
said.
Nelson, a 1996
UNC graduate and
alumnus of Chi Psi
fraternity, said his
closeness in age to
students should not
cause any concern.
“I am not that far
removed from
Greek life, but I
will continue to
exercise all author
ity and responsibil
ity that Ron did.”
Local relations
coordinator
Aaron Nelson
will become interim
director of Greek
affairs.
Jamie Harper, Panhellenic Executive
Committee president, said, “I think
Aaron will have a good perspective (on
Greek affairs), being a recent (alum
nus).”
The Greek community responded pos
itively to Nelson’s appointment. “Going
by his record and his work with the com
munity, I think he will uphold Dr.
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Avenzoar (Ibn Zuhr) of Seville” by Dr.
Henry Azar of the School of Medicine,
and “Sufism and the Interior Pilgrimage
according to Ruzbihan Baqli of Shiraz
(d.1209),” by Carl Ernst of the religious
studies department.
5 p.m. - ANAD, a support group
for people learning to cope with
and recover from eating disorders,
will meet in the Center for Healthy
Student Behavior conference room,
located on the second floor of Student
Health Service.
Call 962-9355 for more information.
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Binder’s tradition of maintaining good
relations between the Greek community
and Chapel Hill,” said Matt Love, presi
dent of Delta Upsilon fraternity.
Trenya Futrell, National Panhellenic
Council president, said she expects
Nelson to use his experience at UNC to
his advantage. “My mind is kind of at
ease because he is not a total stranger to
the University,” she said.
Cindy Wolf Johnson, associate vice
chancellor for student affairs, said the
search for a permanent director of Greek
affairs will hopefully be completed by
Feb. 1. Johnson said the search commit
tee will be officially approved soon.
But in the meantime, members of the
Greek community said they were happy
leaving the post in Nelson’s hands. Futrell
said, “I am looking forward to working
with him and hope he has an open mind
and an open heart because it will be hard
to fill a man like Ron Binder’s shoes.”
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@uhc.edu.
7 p.m. - The Carolina Hispanic
Association will sponsor an open dis
cussion focusing on the increasing
Hispanic minority population.
In the discussion, CHispA will look
toward the future and the ramifications
of the increase that other minorities will
be faced with.
The discussion will take place in the
Frank Porter Graham Lounge of the
Student Union.
7:30 p.m. - The Carolina Cancer
Focus group will hold a meeting in
Union 205 to talk about publicizing the
upcoming Cancer Awareness Week.
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