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Daily (Ear Hrrl Police Roundup City Saturday, Sept. 1 ■ Chapel Hill police reported a rob bery of an individual at 3:45 a.m. Reports state that an assailant approached the victim in a parking lot at 325 W. Rosemary St., punched him in the mouth and stole S3OO in cash. The case is under further investiga tion, reports state. ■ Chapel Hill police cited Christine Cox of 820 Nancy St. for driving while impaired and reckless driving at 12:01 a.m. Reports state that Cox hit the curb several times while driving down East Franklin Street. Reports also state that she performed poorly in sobriety tests and blew a .10 on the Intoxilyzer 5000. She was released on a written promise to appear at District Criminal Court in Chapel Hill on Sept. 14. ■ Chapel Hill police responded to a call at 2:13 a.m. of a suspect disturbing the peace and trespassing at the Hobday Inn at 1301 N. Fordham Blvd. Reports state that the suspect was kicking a door and yelling. The case is under further investigation. ■ Chapel Hill police responded to a breaking and entering at 7:37 a.m. Reports state that a victim found screens removed from her windows at her residence at 106 Bobnwood Dr. The case is under further investiga tion, according to reports. Friday, Aug. 31 ■ Chapel Hill pobce reported a van dahsm and damage to property at 114 S. Columbia St. Reports state that an assailant used an unknown object to vandalize a green Range Rover, causing $5,000 in dam age. ■ Chapel Hill police responded to an altercation at 11:32 p.m. Reports state that a victim was cut by a knife following the altercation at a parking lot at 315 S. Estes Dr. ■ Chapel Hill police arrested Jose Amaro Aguilar, 29, of 801 Jones Ferry Road K-6, for a misdemeanor charge of drunk and disruptive conduct Police reports state that Aguilar was arrested at 11:04 p.m. at He’s Not Here at 112 1/2 W. Franklin St. after bouncers at the club summoned pobce. Police reports state that Aguilar was trying to climb a wall to gain entry to the business when an officer told him to come down. Aguilar cursed at the officer in Spanish, reports state. Reports state that the officer then asked for Aguilar’s identification. Aguilar provided the identification and upon receiving it back, balled it up and threw it at the officer, hitting him in his feet. The officer placed Aguilar under arrest, and he resisted being put in the officer’s car, reports state. Thursday, Aug. 30 ■ Chapel Hill pobce reported an indecent exposure at 1:10 p.m. Reports state that suspects exposed themselves to a victim at the UNC building at Timberlyne. The case has been closed. Leads are exhausted. ■ Chapel Hill pobce reported a van dalism with damage to property at 3:12 a.m. Police reports state that an assailant defecated on the floor at Granville Towers at 125 W. Franklin St. The case has been closed. Leads are exhausted. ■ Chapel Hill pobce arrested Sergio Lance Henry, 19, of Duke University West Campus Campus House Z 304 in Durham, for speeding, provisional bcensee and possession of an open bev erage, reports state. Reports also state that Henry was stopped for speeding on East Franklin Street at Estes Drive. Reports also state that Henry had alcohol on his breath and refused a breath-alcohol test Henry was released on a written promise to appear in District Criminal Court in Chapel Hill on Oct. 30. ■ Damien Curtis Moore, 19, of Duke University West Campus House Z in Durham for one misdemeanor count of marijuana possession, reports state. Reports state that a bag containing 18.5 grams of what appeared to be mar ijuana was found in the passenger’s side door next to where he was sitting. Moore was released on a written promise to appear in District Criminal Court in Chapel Hill on Oct. 30. ■ Chapel Hill pobce reported a breaking and entering with force and larceny from a coin machine at 9:40 a.m at La Hacienda restaurant at 1813 N. Fordham Blvd. Reports state that a thief or thiefs broke the glass front door, entered the business, damaged vending machines and took an undisclosed amount of money. The broken door is valued at S3OO, reports state. Commissioners Ready to Announce Bond Amounts The finalized bond package includes anew middle school and two elementary schools but no high school. By Carolyn Pearce Staff Writer The Orange County Board of Commissioners finalized specific alloca tions for the $75 million bond referen dum Thursday and publicly will announce the package tonight. The board will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Building in Chapel Hib. The bond provides a total of $47 mil If ft'*"*' KHK -o • y j||gßy i BK/ J - Iff . mH/SEFTON IPOCK Blaise Kielar plays a violin among sarangis and sitars in his store, Music Explorium. Kielar began selling instruments from different cultures after playing them improvisationally. Crash Injures Biker On Raleigh Road By Kathleen Wirth Assistant City Editor A Chapel Hib man was flung 7 feet in the air after his bicycle collided with a vehicle Friday. John Farley, 24, of 806-A Old Mill Road suffered minor abrasions and injuries to his shoulder, right wrist and forehead in the accident that happened on Raleigh Road. Pobce reports state that Farley was riding his bike on the sidewalk when Will Stanley, 26, of 3109 Five Fork Road pulled out of the Chapel Hill Friends Meeting Place driveway, located at 531 Raleigh Road. Stanley pulled his vehicle out further onto the sidewalk because nearby shrubs obstructed his view of the road, reports state. Farley was traveling at an estimated speed of 15 mph when his bicycle struck the front, right panel of Stanley’s vehi cle, reports state. Stanley said he was waiting to turn left onto Raleigh Road when Farley flew Drainage Problems Continue By Stephanie Furr Staff Writer Shop owners and employees at the Eastgate Shopping Center still see drainage problems more than a year after a flood damaged businesses there. On July 23,2000 seven inches of rain fell in the Triangle in a period of 12 hours, resulting in localized flooding. Eastgate was one of the spots that was hit the hardest, with flooding causing $6.8 milbon worth of damage and caus ing some stores to close for months. But since the late July flood, tenants have yet to see repairs that were bon for both the Chapel Hill-Carrboro and Orange County school districts but does not include funding for construc tion of anew high school. But Commissioner Barry Jacobs said the board did approve a separate resolu tion of intent to borrow $2 milbon to begin planning for anew high school in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. “We have to figure out where we have space or if there should be special programs there,” Jacobs said. “But we are committing our selves to plan for anew high school.” County Budget Coordinator Donna Dean said the bond does include plans for two new elementary schools for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro district, estimated at $12.8 milbon each. Officials also allocated $2 milbon in over the hood of his car. “He couldn’t really see me, and I couldn’t really see him,” Stanley said. “1 didn’t see him until he flew over my hood,” he added. “I’m anew driver, so I really didn’t know what to do.” But Audrey DeNazelle, a UNC grad uate student from the School of Public Health, said Friday’s accident could have been avoided had the bicyclist been riding on the street rather than the sidewalk. “Riding on the sidewalk, however tempting, is more dangerous,” said DeNazelle, who is also a member of Critical Mass, a part of a worldwide movement to establish cychsts’ right to use the road. “It’s not a safe idea for bicyclists or pedestrians,” she added. “There is way too much space given to cars on campus, and oftentimes bicy clists think the sidewalks are safer." Farley could not be reached for com ment. The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. promised to them. According to an engineers’ report, Sal’s Pizza & Italian Restaurant - along with other businesses in the shopping center - experienced flooding because a nearby drainage pipe from the Staples Office Center directed water to the area. Repairs on the drainage pipe and other storm water system improvements were originaby slated to begin in the spring. But now the completion of the pipe has been pushed back until late September or early October. Jeanne Connor, chief operating offi cer for the Mid-Atlantic Region for Federal Realty, said the repair process News the bond for renovations to the existing schools in the district. If the bond passes, Orange County Schools will receive $18.5 milbon for a new middle school and $900,000 for renovations to exist ing schools. Although the $47 milbon for schools is less than what the schools requested, Dean said the amounts “(Chapel Hill officials) convinced us that (the aquatic center) is important to the people of their jurisdiction. ” Barry Jacobs County Commissioner the commissioners approved are in bne with set school construction standards. “The prices are agreed on by stan dards,” Jacobs said. “We look at state Music Explorium Offers Variety of Instruments Owner Blaise Kielar said he feels that world music instruments are perfect for novice musicians because they are cheap and user-friendly. By Tiefany Fish Staff Writer Honey-colored sitars hang on the wall, a rain bow assortment of drums clutters a side room, and electric viobns bne the back room. Everywhere you turn there are instruments, big and bttle, that come from exotic places like Africa or Turkey and famibar places like the United States. Materials range from bamboo to PVC piping. The sea of world instru ments that fill Music Explorium in Carrboro, whether plastic or wood, large or small, come with a common theme. They are easy to play even for the musically inept “We try to get a lot of instruments in that anyone can play,” said Jubal Creech, an employee. The store resounds with the sound of people banging, shaking and blowing on instruments and their subsequent exclamations of “cool” and “wow.” The hands-on policy that Music Explorium has is unusual for a music store: Employees are more like ly to join in playing one of the instruments than scold ing a customer for touching a gong or xylophone. Paul Simon’s percussionist Jamey Haddad, mar veled at the fact that the store carried items he played but had never seen sold in a retail store. “I really appreciate their hands-on pobcy so peo ple can really play,” said Leigh Hall, a regular vis itor to the store. “This place is an asset to the town. Effort Aims to Enforce Prerequisites By Karey Wutkowski Assistant University Editor Officials are working to prevent stu dents from enrolling in classes without meeting the prerequisites, but in the meantime misguided or deceptive stu dents could sbp into classes for which they haven’t paid their dues. Student Central currently has no fea ture to check a student’s previous course work before allowing a student to register for a class. “We haven’t found a clear way to do that and not disrupt the whole sys tem,” said David Lanier, the University registrar. A project is under way to add a pre requisite screening feature, but it will not be completed for one to two more years. The project keeps getting pushed back because of other jobs demand the atten tion of the registrar’s office, Lanier said. Carolyn Cannon, associate dean of academic advising, said her office is con cerned that there is no registration filter on Student Central. Cannon said there are two main prob lems with students taking courses for which they haven’t fulfilled the prerequi sites. First, the student probably does not have the necessary background to suc ceed in the course, and second, it takes was more complex than first estimated. Conner said the town of Chapel Hill and the N.C. Department of Transportation had to be consulted before work could begin on the center’s drainage system. A fub engineers’ report also had to be submitted. “What no one really anticipated was all the various government groups that would weigh in on changes that were needed at the center,” said Connor. After all the input was collected, blue prints for the improvement projects were not completed until July. See EASTGATE, Page 5 standards and adjust them based on the students and costs for Orange County.” A total of S2O milbon was allocated for parks, recre ation and open space. One of the largest recreation projects is $3.5 mil lion for the con struction of an aquatic center at Homestead Park in Chapel Hib. “(Chapel Hib officials) convinced us that it is important to the people of their jurisdiction, so we went ahead and put it on,” Jacobs said. Another priority for the commission- “I really appreciate their hands-on policy so people can really play. This place is an asset to the town. ” Leigh Hall Regular Visitor to Music Explorium up seats that could be filled by students who need the course and have complet ed the prerequisites. “If a student needs a course to graduate, and they have the prerequisites, you don’t want a freshman accidentally registering,” Cannon said. Cannon said students occasionally key in the wrong call number and don’t realize they registered for the wrong class. Other students just don’t thor oughly examine the directory of classes. But some students intentionally reg ister for the wrong class in an attempt to bypass a prerequisite or because they don’t feel they were placed in the appro priate level. Cannon said, adding that such incidents are more likely to happen in math and science courses, which have defined sequences. Cannon used the example of a student registering for Math 31 even though he didn’t pass Math 30 with the required grade of C- or better. “Some people say, ‘Even though I made a D, I can do better, so I’ll be fine,’” Cannon said. To avoid such problems, Warren Wogen, chairman of the Department of Mathematics, said his department requires students to fib out a form on the first day of class explaining how they’ve satisfied the prerequisites for the course. Wogen said it’s possible that a student 1 * .T>>^ DTH FILE PHOTO Treadmills and exercise machines at Eastgate Shopping Center's Play It Again Sports were damaged because of flooding in July 2000. Tuesday, September 4, 2001 ers is the creation of a large soccer com plex in the future, as web as new fields around the county. Two mibion dobars were set aside as a floating fund to add fields to existing field complexes. “We have a gross short age of fields and a large populous of players," Jacobs said. “The idea is to concentrate a burst of support for soccer in one place and to have money left to spread more fields around the county." Senior centers and affordable housing projects each received $4 mibion of the $75 mibion bond. The bond referendum wib go before Orange County voters on Nov. 6. The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. “I’ve never seen a place quite hke it.” And owner Blaise Kielar likes it that way. After studying musicology at New York University, Kielar came to Chapel Hib in the late ’7os. He managed Hblmusic Fine Viobns for 12 years, while teaching violin and clarinet on the side. Among these class es included one titled “Improvising Music For Everyone.” Kielar said he found that not only do world music instruments invite improvisation but also that their cheap and user-friendly nature make them ideal for the novice musician to try out These findings fueled the creation of the Music Explorium, he said. “One of the goals of the store is to get more people playing music, especiaby peo ple who don’t play,” Kielar said. The store opened in 1999, and it enjoyed the suc cess of being named the Best New Local Business in the Triangle by The Independent Weekly’s readers last year. Some of the rarer instru ments Kielar carries are the shofar, a horn that is blown to mark the Jewish new year; tlje udu, a clay drum from Turkey; and the goje, a one-stringed instrument from Ghana. The assortment of strange names and places that the instruments claim seems to have no end. Kielar makes a conscious effort to find quahty instruments to offer in his store. He gets his didgeri doos from an AbonguiaTTamfly in Austr&fa, and recently he has hired and trained new employees so that he will have the chance to travel and find more instruments to offer. “We have instruments for everyone,” Kielar said. “Wind instruments, mouth instruments, percussion instruments - there are no wrong notes.” The Arts & Entertainment Editor can be reached atartsdesk@unc.edu. slips by without taking the prerequisites once in a while but that the forms have been effective for his department. “Prerequisites are there for a reason, and students are likely to get in serious aca demic trouble (if they be on the form),”he said. Brad Newcomb, student attorney general, said he doesn’t remember a stu dent being charged in the Honor Court for lying about prerequisites. But he said lying would qualify as the furnishing of false information, ’with intent to deceive, to members of the University commu nity or as the forgery, falsification or fraudulent misuse of University docu ments, records or identification cards. The sanction would depend on the circumstances of the case but it probably wouldn’t be anything greater than acad emic probation, Newcomb said. But Cannon said students who register for courses without fulfilling prerequisites are probably unaware of their mistake. And Lanier said he hopes a registration filter wib also help misguided students. “It’s not much use if the bam doors are open, and the cows are out,” Lanier said. “We want to stop them at the front door.” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. 3
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