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®hp Saily (Ear H Police Roundup Trespasser Discovered In Craige Suite Shower Craige Residence Hall residents are being warned about a 31-year-old man that police found trespassing March 18 on the sixth floor. Former temporary employee Victor Lynn Embrey, 31, of 345 Hillside Dairy Road in Pittsboro was removed from campus after he was found by mainte nance personnel in the showers of a sixth-floor suite bathroom of Craige, reports and officers said. The maintenance worker notified police of the incident and said Embrey had previously trespassed at Craige, according to the report. When asked by police why he was there, Embrey said he was “waiting for a friend,” but police were not able to verify his account, reports state. Officer Kurt Insko is working with the Department of Housing to get a pic ture of Embrey to put on fliers he will post in Craige. He said he wants to make sure students know that Embrey is no longer a UNC employee, and they should not to let him in the build ing. University Tuesday, March 19 ■ A Craige Residence Hall resident came back from Spring Break to find that his bicycle was stolen, reports state. His blue and silver bicycle was locked to a rack with a chain and Kryptonite lock, which also were taken, reports state. The resident last saw the bicycle March 12. The 27-speed bike was equipped with Magnum shocks and was valued at $615, reports state. City Tuesday, March 19 ■ Carrboro police responded to a larceny call at 10:49 p.m. at Spinx Oil Cos., located at 421 W. Main St. Reports state that an unknown sub ject left without paying for gas. The total value of the 8.6 gallons of gas was sl2, reports state. The vehicle was described as a late model silver Honda, reports state. A description of the individual and tag information was not obtained from the scene. The case is inactive. ■ Chapel Hill police responded to a larceny call at 4:55 a.m. on Old Mill Road. Reports state that an unknown subject stole the victim’s vehicle. The value of the stolen 2001 Mercedes was $50,000, reports state. The case is under further investiga tion. ■ Chapel Hill police responded to a counterfeit checks call at 2:20 p.m. at 101 E. Rosemary St. Reports state that unknown subjects cashed counterfeit checks at two bank branches. The total value of the stolen goods obtained through the counterfeit checks was $4,752.60, reports state. The case is under further investiga tion. ■ Chapel Hill police responded to a larceny call at 7:32 a.m. on West Cameron Avenue. Reports state that an unknown sub ject entered the victim’s vehicles and took one vehicle without permission. The 1995 Jeep Cherokee was valued at $ 10,000. The total value of the stolen goods was $13,000, reports state. The case is under farther investiga tion. ■ Chapel Hill police responded to a call at 11:50 a.m. at Saslow’sJewelers at 201 S. Estes Drive. Reports state that an unknown sub ject grabbed a card of earrings and ran from the store. The total value of the stolen goods was $6,775, reports state. The case is under farther investiga tion. ■ Chapel Hill police arrested Stephen Nicholas Acker, 19, of 1603 Granville Towers West at 11:15 p.m. for possession of drug paraphernalia. Reports state officers were called to Granville Towers after a strong odor of marijuana was detected coming from Acker’s room. Acker was charged with one misde meanor count of drug paraphernalia and is scheduled to appear in the Orange County District Court in Chapel Hill on April 10, reports state. Want to be aTAas an undergraduate? Apply to be a member of the Interested in foreign affairs? a tv • • Pick up Ujjplkamms beside 1 mon Desk or download ■ I ■ ,ip|>lu wmu cclu/sludcni/'oiulct I"WI W* S I m ■ IWII 1I I W Due ai Suulcnl U nion Desk (in the Great Decisions A Folder! Thursday, March 28. 2002, sprrt 1 1,1 v"" MU ' Coordinating Committee nuriKlt>r(‘Pcmail.uiH.-.cUu N.C. Hillel Hosts Summit Supporting Israel By Brook Corwin Staff Writer On a day when a suicide bomber killed seven people on a bus in Israel, more than 70 students and members of the local Jewish community gathered to express their support for the solidarity of the Jewish state. The rally, held Wednesday at the N.C. Hillel building at 210 W. Cameron Ave., was co-sponsored by the Freeman Center for Jewish Life at Duke University, the Durham and Chapel Hill Jewish Federation and three local synagogues. Lew Borman, director of the federa tion, said the rally was prompted by the request of the national organization United Jewish Communities, which asked local communities across the country to hold rallies this week to sup port Israel and find a peaceful resolution to the violence raging in the area. Borman said the actions, which will AIAjM.M r l f m w m. 1 'jL ...... ~ DTH/VICTORIA FRANGOULIS Juniors Cameron Ratliff (left) and Sandi Chapman protest the Cornelia Phillips Spencer Bell Award in front of the George Watts Hill Alumni Center. The protesters claimed the award was named after a known racist. Students Protest Award as Racist By Tina Chang Staff Writer Protesters held signs with “Hey UNC: Stop Honoring Racism” and distributed fliers to stu dents before the annual Cornelia Phillips Spencer Bell Award ceremony Wednesday afternoon. Yonni Chapman, a graduate student in his tory, spearheaded the protest effort to raise awareness about the history of the woman the Bell Award is named after. Chapman wrote a research paper about Spencer last semester. Brown Addresses UNC Activists [ s'' , DTH/VICTORIA FRANGOULIS Senate candidate Cynthia Brown speaks to members of the campus community in the Pit on Wednesday. culminate Sunday in one large New York City rally, will allow community members to engage in open discussion over an issue of universal concern. “It’s an opportunity for members of the Jewish community to get together and connect on the issues we all hold close," Borman said. “It clearly reflects the passions of our community.” The rally featured speeches by Federation President Lew Margolis, UNC Students for Israel President Melissa Anderson, and a keynote address by Avraham Infeld, an educator in Jewish studies and member of the Hillel Council for Jewish Affairs. Speaking in a raised voice while walking across the room, Infeld empha sized the importance of maintaining the solidity of the Jewish state to prevent Jews from again becoming refugees as they have been in the past. “Your family has changed from being refugees to never having to be refugees Chapman said the award, which honors women who have made outstanding contribu tions to UNC, is named after Cornelia Spencer because she led the campaign to reopen the University after the Civil War. She also rang the bell announcing UNC’s reopening. But he said there is another side of her past. He said Spencer led a campaign to close the school in 1871 because she disagreed with the politics of UNC leaders during Reconstruction. She also worked with the Ku Klux Klan and supported the Democratic party, the party of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cynthia Brown talked about the problems facing farmworkers in a speech Wednesday. By Nathan Perez Staff Writer U.S. Senate candidate Cynthia Brown spoke Wednesday in the Pit about the mistreatment of the nation’s farmworkers. Invited to underscore Farmworkers Awareness Week, which runs from March 17-23, Brown told the audience that the federal government should intervene and protect farmworkers’ rights. Brown, a Durham City Council member from 1995-99, is run ning for the Democratic Senate nomination against several can didates to fill a seat being vacated by Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C. With a platform formulated on three key issues - univer sal health insurance, economic justice and environmental secu rity - Brown hopes to win a hotly contested Democratic nom ination also being sought by former Clinton White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, N.C. Rep. Dan Blue, D-Wake, and current N.C. Secretary of State Elaine Marshall. “I hope to be the next senator. I truly think I’m the best can didate. In fact, I know I am,” she said before her speech. The key policy elements of her speech involved the granti ng of collective bargaining capabilities to farmworkers and the institution of a grievance process for displeased employees. “There are policies based on corporate greed and not on See BROWN, Page 4 News again because of that tiny state of Israel," Infeld said. “That is not a gift just to the residents of Israel, it is a gift to the entire Jewish people.” Infeld said an appreciation for a Jewish state allows the people of Israel to celebrate their Day of Independence, which occurs direedy after a day of mourning forjews killed during conflict with Muslims over occupation of Israel. “We are capable of singing and danc ing on this day only by knowing what we got in return for the price we paid,” he said. “What we got in return is the assurance that what happened during the Holocaust will never happen again.” Infeld also shared his personal expe riences from living in Israel and losing friends to Palestinian bombing just a few days before, an account that elicited tears from some members of the audience. He concluded by comparing the state See SUMMIT, Page 4 slavery at the time, Chapman said. Chapman, who also is chairman of the Racial Justice and Reconciliation Committee in the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, contacted Lori Hoyt, a UNC graduate and member of WILPF, about the protest he was planning. Hoyt said she supports the award but thinks the association with Spencer behind it is wrong. “We’d like the University to consider finding a more appro- See PROTEST, Page 4 m. DTH/JESSICA NEWFIELD Avraham Infeld speaks to a group Wednesday as part of a nationwide effort to support a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Israel. Commissioners Approve Funds For New School By approving the funds, the commissioners are allowing construction to begin on the school despite concerns about its location. By Katie Davis Staff Writer The Orange County Board of Commissioners approved funding necessary for building a local elementary school Tuesday night, but some officials say they are displeased with the environmental implications. The school, Elementary School No. 9, will be built in the mixed-use development Meadowmont, which is located off N.C. 54. The school is expected to make room for 600 more students in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools by the 2003-04 school year, and the commissioners’ approval was the only thing staffing construction. The commissioners’ approval means that $12.8 million will be allocated to the school system for costs associated with building the sl4 million school, which include construction, site work, new technology and the estimated startup cost. The money will come from the November 2001 bond pack age, which appropriated $47 million to county schools. Chapel Hill and Meadowmont developer East West Partners still will be required to finance the remaining $1.2 million. But the board had some misgivings Tuesday about the con struction site for the new school because it is slated to be built on a wetland zone. Commissioner Margaret Brown first brought up the issue by saying the location of the new school leaves much to be desired.“l think this school is in an inappropriately bad environment loca tion,” Brown said. “I wish it hadn’t been built here, but it is going to, so I hope it becomes a wonderful and productive school.” Brown also said she is concerned that the school’s location will numb students to the importance of environmental issues. “Elementary schools are one of the most significant places that children learn about the environment,” Brown said. “What happens when they go outside and look where their school is?” Commissioner Stephen Halkiotis said he agrees some areas of the development plan are not ideal but that the shortcom ings of this plan could prove to be beneficial in the future. “We all show a great deal of optimism,” Halkiotis said. “I See COMMISSIONERS, Page 4 Aldermen to Hear Downtown Report By Jocelyn Oberdick Staff Writer Two researchers involved in outlining Carrboro’s Downtown Vision Project will present their findings to the Carrboro Board of Aldermen tonight. The presentation comes almost seven months after the Walkable Communities Group worked with residents and offi cials during a weekend-long Vision 2020 workshop. A presentation was expected that same weekend in September but was postponed due to national tragedy. The aldermen commissioned Dan Burden of Walkable Communities and economic development consultant Mike Luger of UNC to conduct research on the downtown district to determine UNC I , . modeme^tension DANCE COMPANY * Imc Htcu' u mat* 27 yi*,.. PHr Bpm . iVt?iroi‘i<\| lyrll . imc-c.lr / M S K V fix: r v A stutjfTvfs $8 jqt'iwenl pnT>fu~ $8 CiAivdmn ui\ion Fox offiev- ■ 960. 10 49 Thursday, March 21, 2002 ways of improving the area. Tonight’s work session is expected to be a summary of their downtown visions and economic studies. “We are trying to figure out how to make the downtown maintain its vibrancy and enhance the quality of life in Carrboro," Alderman Diana McDuffee said. The research project is a result of the Downtown Vision Charrette, held by the Town of Carrboro in September 2001, and is a piece of the town’s com prehensive Vision 2020 plan. The Charrette was designed to receive community input and brain storm ways to make downtown Carrboro more attractive and econom- See VISION 2020, Page 4 3
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