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Police
Roundup
University
Monday, April 2
■ Police reports state that an
unknown individual set fire to a section
of orange, plastic construction fencing
between Morrison Residence Hall and
the Morrison construction site.
The fire was extinguished before
patrol cars arrived. There are no sus
pects at this time.
Sunday, April 1
■ A UNC student reported that his
car was broken into while it was parked
at Forest Theatre.
The passenger window was broken
and 100 CDs were stolen.
■ Police reports state that a UNC
student left her backpack under the
bleachers at Bell Track at 3 p.m. When
she returned at 5 p.m., her backpack
was gone.
The student reported that her laptop
computer was in her bag.
■ An employee in Rosenau Hall
reported that a snack machine was bro
ken into.
Campus police officers reported that
they found a prying tool and a lock
behind a trash can in the building.
There are no suspects at this time.
Saturday, March 31
■ UNC freshman Matthew
Stapleton was arrested for driving while
intoxicated. He was originally stopped
for running a red light
The officer performed a sobriety test
and arrested him after Stapleton did
poorly on the test. He was taken to the
Orange Countyjail after getting a .12 on
an intoxilyzer test.
■ Police reports state that two
Morrison Residence Hall residents were
cited for underage possession of malt
beverages. Sophomore Kunal Gulati
and junior John Vogt were released after
being cited.
■ Campus police responded to a
report of a party in Morrison Residence
Hall. The officers entered the room and
found resident Jerry Nelson squatting
under the table holding several bottles
of liquor.
The officers cited him for underage
possession of alcohol and released him.
City
Sunday, April 1
■ Chapel Hill police were notified at
5:45 a.m. that a suspect broke a window
at Pi Lambda Phi, 107 Fraternity Court.
The suspect threw batteries through
the window and caused $450 in dam
age, reports state.
The case is closed, and all leads are
exhausted.
■ Carrboro police arrested Clyde
Lee Burnett, 46, of 100 W. Rosemary St.
for possession of drug paraphernalia
and possession with intent to deliver a
counterfeit controlled substance.
Burnett, the victim of an assault prior
to his arrest, ran from the scene with a
stick and was apprehended at the 100
block of Sunset Drive, reports state.
Reports also state that police found
Burnett with a 5-inch pocketknife, a 2-
inch pocketknife, counterfeit crack
cocaine and two crack pipes on his per
son.
Burnett was taken to Orange County
Jail and held in lieu of a SSOO bond. He
was scheduled to appear April 2 in
Orange County District Court in
Hillsborough.
Saturday, March 31
■ Chapel Hill police arrested
Mariano Rangel, 39, of Cedar Grove at
11:02 p.m. at Airport Road and Estes
Drive for speeding, driving while his
license was revoked and driving while
intoxicated.
Police stopped Rangel for going 61
mph in a 35 mph zone and discovered
that he had been drinking and that his
license was revoked pending a previous
DWI charge, reports state.
Rangel was held in lieu of a SSOO
secured bond.
He is scheduled to appear April 24 in
Orange County District Court in
Chapel Hill.
■ Chapel Hill police arrested Jeffrey
Watts Sparrow, 23, of 721 Hillsborough
St. at 4:58 a.m. for five counts of failure
to appear and one count of probation
violation.
Sparrow’s five warrants for failure to
appear in court Dec. 4 were for financial
card fraud, financial card theft and
obtaining property by false pretense,
reports state.
Reports also state that Sparrow was
held in lieu of a $3,000 secured bond,
but was released on a property bond.
Sparrow is scheduled to appear April
6 in Orange County District Court in
Hillsborough for the five warrants and
on April 19 for the count of probation
violation.
Report Serves as Guide to Redress Crime
By Lauren Ritter
Staff Writer
A local woman has written her court
ordered book report, but some people
are concerned she has not fully learned
her lesson.
Iris Andros, co-owner of Zorba’s in
Chapel Hill, appeared Monday in
Orange County District Court in
Hillsborough for a civil case filed by
David Oberhart, a blind man she would
not let into her restaurant last October
because he had his guide dog along.
On March 5, Orange County Judge
Alonzo B. Coleman ordered Andros to
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Six-year-olds Catherine Foy and Maisie Mraz of Chapel Hill pick flowers outside Ackland Art Museum
after spending a busy day on Franklin Street. The two young children ate pizza and went to the Ackland
to view the museum's art exhibits with their mothers on their day off from Scroggs Elementary School for teachers' workday.
Student Committee
To Tackle Advising
The Student Academic
Advisory Board will aim to
bring students' suggestions
to campus administrators.
By Brad Chiasson
Staff Writer
Students soon will have more of a
voice in the academic advising process
thanks to the institution of a student-cen
tered advising committee.
Student Body Vice President Lerissa
Rentas pitched the idea of the Student
Academic Advisory Board to Student
Congress last Tuesday night, where it
Gymnastics, Dance to Grace UNC
The renowned dancers and
choreographers of "AEROS"
have gotten rave reviews in
Italy and the United States.
By Diana Cunningham
Staff Writer
Memorial Hall will be full of flying
acrobats in a gravity-defying show
Wednesday night.
Apdy called “AEROS,” the show is
the first of anew kind of dance theater
that brings world-class gymnastics into
the realm of performance art.
The show has received rave reviews
write a 10-page report on guide dogs
and the disabled.
Coleman ruled that the guilty verdict
from Andros’ earlier court appearance
still stood but would be erased from her
record if she did not get into any trouble
in the next year. For her book report,
Andros read “Maggie by My Side” by
Beverly Buder, a book about a blind
woman and her five guide dogs.
Andros, a native of Egypt, where the
blind are kept at home, said she did
learn something from the ordeal. “I
learned that blind people are very nice
people,” she said. “I do not see (writing
the report) as a punishment because I
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was approved unanimously.
The committee will propose possible
improvements in academic advising to
senior administrators in the advising
department.
Rentas said the board most likely will
come into existence before the end of
the school year, although the details are
still in the planning stages. “Our pur
pose is to maintain open lines of com
munication to the advising department
by providing student feedback, soliciting
student input and enabling students to
openly discuss their concerns,” she said.
Rentas said she hopes the board will
be composed of two students from each
See STUDENT BOARD, Page 9
for its sold-out tour in Italy, and has
been well-received in the United States
as well. “AEROS” is coming to the
UNC campus as part of the Carolina
Union Performing Arts Series.
Gymnastics competitions feature only
individual routines of athletic achieve
ment. Throughout “AEROS,” the audi
ence watches a choreographed inter
weaving of dancing and tumbling that
aims to entertain as well as awe audi
ences.
This combination of dance and gym
nastics was unique to Mihaela Pohoata,
20, a performer in “AEROS” who has
been training her body and mind for
gymnastics since age 5.
“It’s different doing this,” she said.
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was not aware of many things.”
Coleman said he could tell how seri
ous people were about the punishment
by the book they chose. “I thought the
book was very appropriate,” he said.
At the end of her book report, Andros
thanked Coleman for giving her the
opportunity and motive to read about
guide dogs and blind people. “I was so
ignorant about the subject, but I was glad
to learn many things about it,” she said.
Kim Steffan, Oberhart’s attorney,
said the gist of the report sounded like
Andros had learned a lot from reading it
but that Andros’ comments when she
left the courtroom contradicted that.
Student Status Brings Tax Woes
By Michael Handy
Staff Writer
With an April 15 tax deadline quick
ly approaching, many students remain
in the dark about rales for filing then
returns.
The Internal Revenue Service
requires most working students to file a
tax return, even if they were only part
time employees.
According to the IRS Web site,
unmarried students who are still claimed
as a dependent by their parents must file
a tax return if they have unearned
income of more than S7OO or an earned
income of more than $4,400.
Students must also file a return if theft
gross income is greater than S7OO and
exceeds their earned income by more
than $250.
“In the beginning, it was hard because
you didn’t know how to have space for
everyone, not just yourself.”
“AEROS” is accompanied by live
music, composed by Toronto’s Two Tall
Guys Music Lab specifically for this
show. The score is designed to comple
ment the integration of dance and gym
nastics in a series of colorfully costumed
minidramas.
The integration of dance, gymnastics
and music was created by three of the
biggest names in choreography - Daniel
Ezralow, David Parsons and Moses
Pendleton.
“Just the choreographers’ names real-
See "AEROS," Page 9
“What’s in the report and what came
out of her mouth were vastly different,”
Steffan said, referring to the comments
Andros made after the hearing.
After her court appearance, Andros
said she hoped Oberhart would find
something more useful to do with his
time and stop harassing her.
Oberhart said it did not seem like
Andros was sincerely sorry for what she
had done. “I still don’t know if she’s
learned anything,” he said. “I’m going to
continue to pursue other options as they
become available.”
The next step will be mediation
between the parties and then, if that
Waiver Could
Decrease Cost
Of New Schools
A county waiver of development fees could
hold school costs down but also could keep
thousands of dollars from town budgets.
By Isaac Groves
Staff Writer
Some members of the Orange County Board of
Commissioners want to talk about waiving development fees
for new schools in Orange County, but the town governments
could lose money on the deal.
For the commissioners to fund anew public school, they
must budget money for the studies and fees that the county,
towns and utilities require for all new construction.
Commissioner Barryjacobs said town and county govern
ments treat new schools just like any other type of develop
ment. He also said the commissioners need to talk about waiv
ing these fees to simplify the school construction process and
bring down the cost of building schools in Orange County.
“We’re just taking the money out of one public pocket to
put it in another public pocket,” Jacobs said.
Jacobs said the commissioners sent the issue to the county
staff at Thursday’s board meeting. The staff will review the idea
of waiving the fees and make recommendations to the commis
sioners in the near future, Jacobs said. The commissioners have
not brought the idea to the towns yet “We don’t know how peo
ple will react,” Jacobs said. “This is still in the beginning stages.”
David Kolbinsky, an Orange County Board of Education
member, said he supports the waivers because the schools
would not have to sell as many bonds to cover initial costs and
would not have to pay the interest on those bonds. The board
spent about $400,000 on studies this year for two new schools.
“Whatever we could do to keep the initial costs down
would be good for us,” Kolbinsky said.
Because the county government funds the schools, county
fees on schools go right back into the county budget, Jacobs
said. But this plan means Chapel Hill, Carrboro and
Hillsborough would lose money from theft respective budgets.
Carrboro Planning Department Director Roy Williford said
Carrboro would lose around $90,000 in fees for every new
school. Carrboro has built two new schools in the last 20 years.
“It would be a drain any time it occurs, but it would not be
very frequent,” Williford said.
Jacobs said the town governments might oppose the
waivers, especially if the state keeps municipal funds because
of the budget crisis and the slow economy.
See COMMISSIONERS, Page 9
The IRS defines
earned income as
salaries, wages, tips,
taxable scholar
ships and grants.
Unearned income
includes taxable
interest, dividends,
capital gains and
trust distributions.
Tax laws for
married students
“Student loan interest is
deductible only during the first
60 months of the required
repayment period. ”
Harvey Sapir
Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Manager
and students not claimed as dependents
by their parents vary gready. The IRS
Web site also suggests these students
consult a tax expert.
If these tax laws left you confused,
you are not alone. Harvey Sapir, gener
al manager of Jackson Hewitt Tax
Service in Carrboro, said that much con
fusion for students centers on educa
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PHOTO COURTESY OF CAROLINA UNION
Romanian Gymnastics Federation members perform for "AEROS," a show
that will combine gymnastics, music and dance tonight at Memorial Hall.
Tuesday, April 3, 2001
does not work, Oberhart can try to
obtain a right to sue letter from the jus
tice department, he said.
Because Andros’ crime was a misde
meanor, Coleman said he thought the
report was the best way for her to learn
how dependent blind people are on
their guide dogs. “I think her time is best
spent by reading a book,” he said.
Oberhart said he thought the book
report idea was very creative. “I think
that was kind of cool,” he said. “It’s a dif
ferent form of community service.”
The City Editor can be reached
at citydesk@unc.edu.
tional tax credits.
“One of the things
that students are
entided to are edu
cational tax cred
its,” he said.
Educational tax
credits include the
Lifetime Learning
Credit, which stu
dents can claim at
any point during
their education, and the Hope
Scholarship Credit, which students can
claim during the first two years of theft
education.
Sapir said these tax credits are con
fusing for students because many stu
dents do not know what expenses they
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