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Missing UNC Patient
Spotted in Morrison
University police and UNC Hospitals
Public Safety officials searched Morrison
Residence Hall on Monday night about
6:45 p.m. for a missing hospital patient,
Lt. C.E. Swain said Monday.
Swain said the patient left the hospi
tal and was last seen in the residence
hall, but he said it was possible the
patient already had left the area.
Morrison residents received an e-mail at
about 9:41 p.m. telling them to keep an
eye out for a black male, about 23 or 24
years old, about 5 feet 10 inches tall and
about 160 pounds, wearing black pants
and a black leather jacket.
Swain said no further search efforts
are being conducted but advised anyone
who might see the patient to call the
Department of Public Safety at 962-8100.
University
Friday, March 1
■ University police arrested Jerred
Israel Crosby, 29, of 1106 Sourwood
Circle at 11:41 p.m. for driving while
impaired and failing to stop for a stop
sign. Police observed Crosby run the
stop sign at East Drive and Mason Farm
Road, and after he was pulled over,
Crosby did not perform to the officer’s
satisfaction on any tests, reports state.
Crosby blew a .13 on an Intoxilyzer test
and was taken to Orange Countyjail,
reports state.
City
Sunday, March 3
■ Carrboro police arrested Alberto
De La Torre Rodriquez, 32, of 1105 N.C.
54 at 3:11 a.m. for driving while
impaired. Reports state that officers per
formed a traffic stop on Rodriquez’s 1990
Ford Tempo on Jones Ferry Road near
Davie Road for driving left of center.
Rodriquez was arrested and charged
with one misdemeanor count each of
driving while impaired, driving with
license revoked and driving left of cen
ter, reports state. Rodriquez was
released under a written promise to
appear in the Orange County District
Court in Chapel Hill on April 10.
■ Chapel Hill police arrested Mario
Decenti Davis, 22, of 611 Hatch Road at
3:20 a.m. for felony theft and misde
meanor larceny.
Reports state that police responded to
136 E. Rosemary St. at 3:11 a.m. after
receiving a call about a suspicious man
who had taken various purses and coats to
the men’s restroom. Police arrested Davis
and charged him with two felony counts
of credit card theft and five misdemeanor
counts of larceny, report? state. Davis was
released under a written promise to
appear in the Orange County Superior
Court in Hillsborough on Monday.
■ Chapel Hill police responded to a
larceny call at 11:46 a.m. on Schultz
Street. Reports state that an unknown sub
ject stole the victim’s motorcycle, valued
at $4,000. The motorcycle was last known
to be secure at 1 a.m., reports state. The
case is under further investigation.
■ Chapel Hill police responded to a
larceny of an automobile call at 8:22
a.m. at 200 Westminster Drive.
Reports state that an unknown subject
stole the victim’s 1992 Dodge Caravan,
valued at $4,500. The total value of the
stolen goods was $4,850, reports state.
The case is under further investigation.
Saturday, March 2
■ Carrboro police arrested Ellis
Christopher Eugene, 24, of 2403 June
Drive in Hillsborough at 4:24 a.m. for
possession of marijuana. Reports state
that Ellis was stopped for weaving left of
center at 309 N. Greensboro St. When
Ellis removed his registration from the
glove box, officers saw a bag of mari
juana.
Eugene was in possession of one
gram of marijuana, reports state.
Eugene was arrested and charged with
one misdemeanor count of possession
of marijuana and one misdemeanor
count of possession of drug parapher
nalia, reports state.
Eugene was released under a written
promise to appear in the Orange
County District Court in Hillsborough
on April 8.
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Congress Members Explain Cuts
By Jordan Bartel
Staff Writer
Student Congress members defended
Monday having slashed funds from sev
eral student organizations this weekend,
stressing that fund allocation did not
unfairly show support for any one group.
Finance Committee Chairman Tony
Larson said that on average, the funding
for religious groups was cut by about
two-thirds and campus publication fund
ing was decreased by up to 50 percent.
Larson said cuts to student group
budgets were made on a case-by-case
basis and that Congress cut funding for
each group’s low-priority activides, like
travel and lodging fees.
“We can’t afford to fund all groups
fully, and our decision took into account
the fact that we try not to value one group
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Northside Patrolling Won't Expand
By Colin Sutker
Staff Writer
Funding problems are preventing the
Chapel Hill Police Department from expanding
a Neighborhood Initiative program in
Northside that would aim to combat the town’s
29 percent rise in crime.
The rise in crime came within the first six
months of the fiscal year. The increase is espe
cially problematic because the police department
cannot rely on an increase in its operational bud
get, as discussed at a town work session last week.
But Maj. Tony Oakley, operations comman
der, said that while the neighborhood initiative
will probably not grow, it will not be reduced.
“Initially, I had planned to put more officers
there,” Oakley said. “It won’t be reduced, not if
I can help that. If we could get some new hires,
then possibly we would be able to expand it."
Oakley added that additional patrols in Northside
did not and will not affect overall town patrolling.
The Neighborhood Initiative focuses on con
Blue Touts Background in Speech
By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
Staff Writer
U.S. Senate candidate Dan Blue dis
cussed public education, foreign trade,
workers’ rights and Social Security
reform in front of a diverse crowd in
Bingham Hall on Monday night.
Rep. Dan Blue, D-Wake, a former
N.C. House
speaker, said he
wants to represent
North Carolina’s
working families.
“I feel that too
Elections 2002
often the working families in North
Carolina are ruled out by the special
interests,” he said.
More than 40 people attended the
over any other," Larson said. Where stu
dent publications are concerned, Larson
said that Congress does not want to be in
a position to decide which publications
are more worthy of funding.
Student Congress Speaker Mark
Townsend said all organizations whose
funds were cut are urged to allocate
money responsibly between fall 2002
and spring 2003. Each group can request
additional funding from Congress in
spring 2003. While subsequent appro
priations might be made in the spring,
leaders of several campus publications
said they are worried about their finan
cial status for the fall 2002 semester.
Steve Russell, editor of the Carolina
Review, said that while he thinks the cuts
were fair in the sense that they were not
ideological, he thought leaders of each
publication should have had more input
A HORSE OF COURSE
centrating police coverage, working with the
affordable housing organization
EmPOWEßment Inc. and promoting the revi
talization of the overall area. The initiative was put
in place in November after Northside residents
petitioned the Chapel Hill Town Council to
respond to street-level chug dealing.
Police Chief Gregg Jarvies said the com
plaints led to more police coverage during time
periods the residents had complained about.
“(Our response) was the development of a
task force of seven to eight officers,” Jarvies
said. “Since then, that force has made over 200
arrests, mostly for drug abuses.”
But Northside resident Frances Hargraves, a
former local teacher, said she is still not happy
with the police help her neighborhood has
received. “The drug trafficking is a big prob
lem,” Hargraves said. “We’ve been asking (the
police) to do a lot more. ... The streets are not
safe for pedestrians and children.”
Jarvies said problems in policing stem from
the fact that many of the people police arrest
event, which was sponsored by UNC’s
Young Democrats. Blue is one of the
three leading Democrats competing for
the Senate seat vacated by Jesse Helms.
N.C. Secretary of State Elaine
Marshall and Erskine Bowles, who
served as White House Chief of Staff
under former President Clinton, also are
competing for the Democratic seat.
But Blue said his humble background
and the fact that he was raised and edu
cated in North Carolina make him a bet
ter candidate than his opponents. “Where
I’ve been describes a great deal about
where I’m going,” Blue said, emphasizing
that he is a Robeson County native.
Blue’s speech focused on several
issues, including education. He discussed
elementary and secondary schools first,
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in the process. “I think (Congress mem
bers) needed to debate the issue more
and that they took too much of a techni
cal look into the decision,” he said.
Russell said that now he is worried
about having enough money to keep his
publication up to its previous standard.
“Our goal is to have six issues per year,
and now, unless we have a large influx
of private donations, this primary goal
of the paper will not be filled.”
Incoming Boiling Point Editor Rachael
Young said she is concerned about main
taining quality and is angered by what she
views as the flippant attitude of the
Finance Committee. “In what was a com
pletely dismissive remark, the Finance
Committee suggested to do a car wash to
raise funds,” she said. “I’m pretty sure a
See CONGRESS, Page 6
have lengthy criminal records. “Most of them
are repeat offenders,” he said. “We will contin
ue to work on the Northside aggressively.”
Hargraves said outreach programs and edu
cational motivation are exactly what areas like
Northside need. “These kids need to be off the
street and into the schools,” Hargraves said.
“These kids will then see the need to get a
decent job rather than being a street pusher.”
In addition to assigning more officers to the
area, the police department has made efforts to
tear down dilapidated houses, remove unregis
tered vehicles and encourage homeowners to
make their houses more presentable.
Oakley said that while the police force will
still be a presence in the area, the initiative will
now move away from policing to focus more on
community development. “It’s good to get start
ed with it, but now we need this other stuff to
keep the problem fixed.”
The City Editor cart be reached
atcitydesk@unc.edu.
and then post-secondary topics.
“I am a proponent of the public edu
cation of this state because I am a prod
uct of it,” Blue said. “(My family) has full
reason to believe in the public schools of
this state, which is why I firmly oppose
taking money away from the public
schools to put in a voucher program."
Blue also said he thinks the state
should receive more federal funds to
help improve education at all levels.
“We add value to the people of this state
when we provide education for them,”
he said. “You get to the point where the
threat of having huge debts hanging
over (college students’) heads when they
graduate dissuades them from coming.”
See BLUE, Page 6
■M Campus Crusade for Christ Cutting FlUldS SHOft
V 4 Impact Movement , Is*- j Student Congress allocated substantially less
l|* Inter Varsity Christian fellowship student fees to religious groups and publica-
New Bethel College Ministry tions than originally requested. These decisions
El New Generation Cantus Ministries were ma( j e independently from organization
Cath ° IC Stu< k nt Center purpose. Most of these organizations received
II Waymaker Christian Fellowship about 50% f their rw > ueste ? amounts; how ‘
ever, several organizations took steeper cuts.
■I Blue & White Overall, the $38,853.07 cut is 11.78 percent of
BOUNCE Maqazine the $329,857.68 funding cut.
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■ Shakespeare's Sister Inter Varsity Christian fellowship 72% k
■ Virtuous Woman Campus Crusade for Christ 67%
$70,371.93 $31,518.86
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Officials Develop
Plans for New
UNC Apartments
New on-campus apartments probably will
be built on South Campus and could house
around 1,000 students by the fall of 2005.
By Jessica Sleep
Staff Writer
Students who wish to live in apartments but want to remain on
campus might find a solution to their dilemma in coming years.
UNC-Chapel Hill Director of Housing and Residential
Education Christopher Payne said officials are formulating initial
details about proposed on-campus apartments on South Campus.
He said the apartments are slated to be completed in fall 2005.
Payne said the idea for campus apartments was generated
from student interest and from UNC-CH’s Master Plan, a 50-
year blueprint for campus growth.
Larry Hicks, associate director of administrative services for
the housing department, said the apartments are projected to
house about 1,000 people. He said that as UNC-CH’s enroll
ment increases, the additional beds will help alleviate poten
tial housing shortages.
Although officials have not reached a definite decision
See APARTMENTS, Page 6
Public Works Facility
Will Not Be Shared
By Chapel Hill, UNC
The new public works facility will belong
solely to Chapel Hill, posing questions about
how the projected sls million will be paid.
By Jenny Huang
Staff Writer
Chapel Hill and UNC officials have decided not to share
anew public works facility; however, based on a recent bud
get shortfall, the town might not be able to fund the estimat
ed sls million facility on its own.
But because of inadequate space, Chapel Hill will not be
able to ease its pending financial woes by sharing the tract with
Carrboro.
At a budget session Friday, members of the Chapel Hill
Town Council discussed financial constraints associated with
funding the new 54-acre public works facility. “(The town) has
said it’s going to cost sls (million) to S2O million for the new
public works facility,” Public Works Director Bruce Heflin said
Monday. “(But) that’s well beyond what we can afford.”
See PUBLIC WORKS, Page 6
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Dan Blue, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate
seat, promotes his campaign before the Young Democrats on Monday.
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