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Sunday, March 4
■ A UNC reserves officer reported
the license tag missing from the public
safety van he was driving at 3:30 p.m.,
after having parked the vehicle in a spot
reserved for special events outside of
the Smith Center.
An unknown suspect r.emoved the tag
from the van, which is used to transport
officers to and from special events. There
is no further information at this time.
■ A UNC student was taken to
Student Health Service by Orange
Rescue after a Chapel Hill police officer
advised University police that an indi
vidual was lying in the street.
Reports state that the victim was
found at the comer of South Road and
South Columbia Street at 1:08 a.m., try
ing to walk out into the street.
Police regained'control of the student
and notified telecommunications to get
in contact with Orange Rescue.
■ University police arrested William
Alfonzojr. Thorton of Baltimore at 3:30
p.m. for obtaining property under false
pretenses after he attempted to sell
counterfeit tickets.
Police reports state that the victim
arrived at the scene and said Thorton
had sold him three tickets at SIOO
apiece and that he had paid for them
using all new S2O bills. Thorton denied
having sold anyone tickets, telling offi
cers that he was trying to buy tickets.
The police officers asked to see
Thorton’s money, which contained at
least S3OO in S2O bills. Thorton did not
have any tickets on him at that time,
and denied having ever seen the victim.
Police seized a total of $476 in cash.
Thorton was taken to the magistrate’s
office, where he was put on $3,000
secured bond, and then later taken to
Orange Countyjail in Hillsborough.
Friday, March 2
■ An unidentified white man took a
book valued at $35 from Davis Library
at 5:45 a.m. A library employee advised
that the man come and check the book
out after the detection system went off,
but instead he ran toward Polk Place.
City
Monday, March 5
■ Chapel Hill police received a
report of a larceny at Carolina Coffee
Shop, 138 E. Franklin St., at 12:03 a.m.
Reports state that a rock was used to
break glass on the rear door, and an
undisclosed amount of money along
with a SSO bottle of Wild Turkey were
taken. The case has been closed due to
exhausted leads.
Sunday, March 4
■ Carrboro police arrested Walter
Nell Morrow, 57, of 501 Jones Ferry
Road, Apt. H-l, for assault with a dead
ly weapon inflicting serious injury, at
10:52 p.m. Officers arrived at the apart
ment to find Morrow holding a large
knife, which he used to stab his wife in
the back, reports state.
Morrow was taken to Orange
Countyjail and held without bond. His
first appearance was March 5 at Orange
County District Court in Hillsborough.
■ Chapel Hill police arrested David
Gerard Browne, 22, of Williamsburg,
Va., at 1:06 a.m. for assault with a dead
ly weapon, carrying a concealed
weapon, and being drunk and disruptive.
Browne was arrested at 157 E.
Franklin St., where he brandished a
knife toward an officer on a public side
walk, reports state.
Reports also state that Browne was
transported to Orange County Jail,
where he was held in lieu of a $1,500
bond. Browne’s first appearance was
March 5 at Orange County District
Court in Hillsborough.
■ Chapel Hill police arrested William
David Corriher, 19, of 1201 Granville
Towers West at 1:10 p.m. for ticket scalp
ing. Corriher was overheard by an officer
at 157 E. Franklin St, attempting to sell a
ticket to the UNC-Duke basketball game
for S2OO, reports state.
Corriher was released on a written
promise and he is scheduled to appear
in Orange County District Court in
Hillsborough on April 23.
■ Chapel Hill police arrested Seth
Adam Mattson, 19, of Hull, Mass., and
Daren Juan Abreu, 20, of High Point for
larceny and possession of stolen goods
at 1:40 a.m.
Reports state that Mattson and
Abreu stole a Sony Play Station 2, a
Sony DVD player, and various food
items valued at S3O from Delta Sigma
Phi, 200 Finley Golf Course Road.
Reports also state that the stolen
items were returned and both Mattson
and Abreu were released on a written
promise. Both men are scheduled to
appear in Orange County District Court
in Hillsborough on April 9.
International Hero Speaks at FCA Meeting
By Jessica Joye
Staff Writer
Amid an atmosphere of fellowship and friend
ship, an international hero shared his personal mir
acle to members of the Fellowship of Christian
Athletes on Monday.
Clarke Bynum addressed the role of God in his
heroic act of saving a British Airways flight from a
terrorist attack last December to a crowd of about
100 in the Kenan Field House.
Bynum was on his way to Uganda on a two
week missionary trip. He said his prayer for the trip
was to clearly see God in action and to change his
life. “I just never knew how true those words would
become,” he said.
After the initial flight from Charlotte to London,
nothing went as planned, Bynum said. He and his
friend, Gifford Shaw, missed their flight from
London to Uganda due to an ice storm. They were
put on a plane to Nairobi several hours later.
“Here we were on a flight we never should have
been on,” Bynum said. “Everything from this point
on was divine intervention.”
He and Shaw were seated on the second level of
a Boeing 747, two rows behind the cockpit door.
About one hour into the flight, Bynum said he
awoke to the “most tremendous jolt you could
imagine.” Bynum would later find out that the
Alternative rock singer/songwriter Matthew Sweet is
now out on a self-promotional tour after leaving his
record label and will be at Cat's Cradle on Thursday.
By Sarah Kucharski
Staff Writer
Pretend you’re a famous musician. Now take one U-Haul and fill it full
of expensive instruments and gear.
Lock the back door improperly and attach the trailer to your vehicle.
Begin transit from point A to point B, but along the way you’ll fail to
notice as a road case* and classic guitar fall from the U-Haul into the mid
dle of a busy highway. Next you’ll continue driving, oblivious, only real
izing the mistake one mile later.
Suddenly you’ll stop, scream in alarm and send two crew guys sprint
ing back down the highway for the aforementioned mile. Amazingly, your
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fonder of than in the beginning," Sweet said.
Sweet, an alternative rock singer/songwriter with an ear for classic,
Beach Boys-esque pop, has been described as an amalgamation of the
Beatles, R.E.M. and Neil Young. His 1991 album Girlfriend won critical
acclaim and reached the top five on the modem rock charts, and his 1994
effort, 100% Fun, received radio airplay with “Sick of Myself.” He even col
laborated with comedian Mike Myers, co-writing “BBC” for Myers’ hit
“Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.”
After a greatest hits compilation and a few brief tours promoting 1999’s
In Reverse , Sweet ditched his record label and set out on his own.
Faced with the task of self-promotion, he accepted offers for double
night bookings in Chicago and New York. From these club dates spawned
his current tour across the Midwest and East Coast. All in all, Sweet will
visit 11 states and the District of Columbia in less than a month.
Now, after four or five years away from N.C. dubs, Sweet will roll in to
Cat’s Cradle on Thursday.
Traveling from state to state via tour bus (mosdy due to his extreme fear
of flying), Sweet said touring definitely has its pros and cons.
“I would say I like touring from the standpoint of getting to see the peo-
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Renovations to Close Joyner
Students who will be
displaced by renovations
will receive priority in the
reassignments this month.
By Ben Davidson
Staff Writer
Joyner Residence Hall will close
the next academic school year to
undergo renovations as part of a 10-
year plan to renovate all campus
housing.
State-mandated sprinkler systems,
electricity and fire alarm upgrades,
and drop ceilings to cover exposed
pipes will be installed in Joyner dur
ing the next school year.
Officials say the closing ofjoyner is
not expected to cause any problems
with housing students next year.
“Joyner has 172 beds,” said
Rebecca Casey, assistant director of
marketing for the housing depart
ment. “We try to keep the same num
ber of dorms under renovation every
year so that the number of beds
remains relatively constant.”
Problems with bed space have
been alleviated by moving graduate
students from Craige Residence Hall,
where they were given the option of
living alone, to Whitehead Residence
plane dropped 19,000 feet in less than two minutes.
He said he then heard horrendous screams com
ing from the cockpit. Bynum said he knew at that
moment he was going to die.
“It was the strangest thing to know that in three
to five seconds I was going to be in heaven," he said.
“The first thing I felt was peace. But then I thought of
my wife and kids and felt incredible sadness. It was
then I felt the overwhelming need to do something.”
Bynum took one step to the cockpit door and
opened it to find an unarmed Kenyan man stand
ing over the pilot, forcing the plane down.
Bynum, a 6-foot-7 former Clemson basketball
player and UNC recruit, then grabbed the man
and pulled him as hard as he could. After he wres
tled the man to the ground, other passengers
helped hold the man down and handcuff him.
Bynum said his courageous behavior was not
typical of his personality. “If I hear a bump in the
night, I tell my wife to go check it out,” he said,
drawing laughter from the audience. “I’m really
not the bravest person. My bravery in that situation
was an act of God.”
FCA Vice President Mary Cort said her organi
zation invited Bynum to speak because his Christian
values mirrored the beliefs and ideals of FCA mem
bers. “His experience on the plane is a testimony to
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How Sweet It Is
crew guys will find your gear unharmed.
They’ll dodge traffic until they’re with
in 100 feet of said gear, risking life and
limb. But as your crew guys get closer, so
does an ill-timed semi.
As the semi barrels toward you, you’ll
hold your breath and watch in horror as
the road case and guitar are smashed
into thousands of tiny pieces.
Welcome to a bad day in Matthew
Sweet’s life on the road. But don’t worry
- it gets a little easier, he said.
“Touring is certainly something that,
over the years, I’ve definitely grown
Hall, where they must live with a
roommate.
Some students indicated that these
upgrades were not all that needed to
be done.
“I’ve never had problems, but the
building needs new paint and is not
handicapped-accessible,” said Joyner
resident Erin Baker, a freshman psy
chology major.
Renovation plans also include
scheduled upgrades for Alexander,
Conner and Winston residence halls
during the 2002-
2003 school
year.
Casey said
students being
displaced by any
renovations wifi
receive priority
in housing
assignments for
the next school
year.
“I’ve never had problems,
but the building needs
new paint and is not
handicapped-accessible. ”
Erin Baker
Joyner Resident
“During the recontracting period,
March 19 through 23, students will
have the option of living in the same
region or another residence hall,” she
said. “They will receive priority
assignment.”
But not all students are happy
about the upcoming move.
“Some of my friends are angry
about having to move,” said Joyner
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Singer/songwriter Matthew Sweet will be performing at the Cat's Cradle
on Thursday as part of his 11 -state tour. Throughout the ‘9os,
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resident Emily Hardy, a senior busi
ness major. “But personally it won’t
impact me."
Other residence hall renovations
are scheduled for the summer. The
South Campus high rises usually used
for housing during special events and
conferences will not be available for
summer use due to rewiring and the
installation of sprinklers.
Casey said the plan to renovate all
residence halls is funded by general
housing revenue, not the $3.1 billion
bond referen
dum, and is part
of the Master
Plan.
“We plan to
stick to the
scheduled reno
vations," Casey
said. “This is a
way to keep cur
rent on all reno
vations."
And Hardy agreed upgrades were
much needed in Joyner.
“Joyner needs some improve
ments,” she said. “The pipes make a
lot of noise, the roaches are bad, and
a lot of people had to repaint their
own rooms."
The University Editor can be
reached at udesk@unc.edu.
State Senate Approves
Elections Team Ticket
By Michael Davis
Staff Writer
The face of N.C. elections could under
go drastic changes with the passage of an
N.C. Senate bill last week that calls for the
governor and lieutenant governor to run on
the same ticket.
The bill - which would require a consti
tutional amendment - must now pass the
N.C. House.
Sen. Tony Rand, D-Cumberland, who
sponsored the bill, said this change is great
ly needed.
Rand said that with a two-party state,
problems could arise if the governor died
and were replaced by a member of the
opposing party.
“It doesn’t work very well to have a lieu
tenant governor of one party and a gover
nor of (another) party,” he said.
He also cited the high cost of elections as
another reason for the change. During last
year’s race, $3.8 million was spent.
Rand, who ran for lieutenant governor
in 1988, added that women and minorities
often have a hard time gaining representa
tion in the state’s highest offices because it
is difficult for them to raise campaign
funds.
“(This amendment would) make the
position more available to more underrep
Tuesday, March 6, 2001
Rebel Flag
Debate Hits
UNC NAACP
Most participants spoke out
against the flag, saying they
feel it symbolizes racism,
hate and oppression.
By Jenny Fowler
Staff Writer
Members from several minority
groups on campus participated in a
forum Monday night to debate the
meaning of the Confederate flag and
whether it should be flown over
Southern state capitol buildings.
The debate, held by the UNC chap
ter of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, invit
ed members of the Black Student
Movement, Students for the
Advancement of Race Relations and
the Duke University chapter of the
NAACP. Other non-affiliated students
were in the audience as well.
The NAACP held the event in an
effort to educate students about the
recent debate about the meaning of the
Confederate flag - racial hatred versus
Southern heritage. “We want people to
realize that the Confederate flag is still
an issue,” said NAACP President Ryan
Wilson. “For me, and for the NAACP
(at UNC), it is a symbol of racism.”
Sophomore Ebonie Monique Hall,
who led the debate, said the controversy
reflects larger racial problems affecting
society today. “The purpose is to inform
other students on campus about the issues
that face leaders of this country,” she said.
“We also want to inform students of the
issues that are hindering race relations on
this campus and in this country."
English Professor Mae Henderson,
who moderated the debate, said the dis
play of racism inherent in flying the flag
is bringing all black organizations
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resented groups,” he said.
But Rep. John Blust, R-Guilford, is not
sure whether this bill would provide a pos
itive change for the state.
“I’ve got mixed feelings about it,” he
said.
He said the amendment would cause the
potential future governor to be picked by
party officials rather than voters.
He added that this would give the lieu
tenant governor an immediate advantage if
he decided to mn for the state’s top spot.
He expects the issue to be approved by a
slight margin in the House but is not sure
whether it will receive the needed three
fifths to add an amendment to the constitu
tion.
He also said state parties could begin
holding conventions if the two gubernator
ial positions are combined.
“It might strengthen the hand of the par
ties,” he said.
Rep. Leslie Cox, D-Lee, does not under
stand the motivation behind the bill.
“I think our people should elect officials
rather than a select few people,” he said.
“I think (the bill) will take the second
highest rank in the state, and have a com
mittee elect them.”
The State & National Editor can be
reached at stntdesk@unc.edu.
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