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FRAT COURT
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The zoning policy’s rules about occu
pancy raise questions of illegality and
discrimination.
The zoning policy does not discrimi
nate constitutionally against protected
classes of people, said Bob Homik, a
Carrboro town attorney with Brough
Law Firm.
But Homik added that the policy’s
exclusivity could be discriminatory
under the freedom of association grant
ed by the First Amendment.
“It doesn’t seem to violate any of
those protected class status, so I don’t
think the regulation will be subjected to
any high standard,” Homik said.
The Chapel Hill Planning Board was
ELECTIONS
From Page 3
“We’re doing this because of elections
and to show that we are in complete sup
port of their democracy,” Krusch said.
Tuesday’s election marked the fifth time
in 10 years that Israelis went to the polls
to choose anew government.
Many students came out to show their
support of the elections. Krusch said that
the turnout was amazing and that Jewish
as well as non-Jewish students were vot
ing to show their support of democracy.
“No matter how people feel about
Israel, the fact that they can criticize in
ARREST
From Page 3
and that he was, according to police
reports, “concerned about the children’s
safety.”
The suspect also said he wanted to
return his children to the United States.
The friend then contacted the police
department in his area, which later alert
ed the Carrboro Police Department.
Carrboro police communicated with
the suspect by phone and arranged for
the return of the children to U.S. offi
cials.
On Jan. 12, the children were flown
back to North Carolina and returned to
their mother.
Perez turned himself in to U.S.
Customs Service officials at the U.S.-
Mexico border. He was taken to
Orange Countyjail in Hillsborough on
Monday, where Carrboro police inves
tigators served him an arrest warrant.
The suspect is being held in Orange
Countyjail on $35,000 bail.
He is awaiting a probable cause hear
ing Feb. 6, and he declined to comment
on the matter when approached
Monday.
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PICKETT
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replace or buy each new piece of equip
ment,” Perlmutter said. “I don’t think
that would be the best way to do things.”
Technology issues also are prevalent
in Pickett’s platform. Pickett wants to
expand wireless zones so that students
can access the Internet using their wire
less cards throughout campus.
He also plans to initiate a program
where students can print their work
from their laptops in these wireless
areas to designated printing areas
throughout campus.
ATN directors Bruce Egan and Jim
Gogan said that Pickett’s ideas are tech
nically possible but that they could be
problematic when instituted. “From a
networking standpoint, his ideas are fea
sible,” Gogan said. “The printing
administration and implementation
would be tricky, though.”
But Pickett said the implementation
issues could be avoided as long as avail
able money is used efficiendy. “We have
made sure that everything in the plat
form is doable,” he said. “There are
grants sitting there that can be used, and
we will find a way to do this.”
Environmental policy also is an impor
tant issue for Pickett, who grew up in a
home powered by solar energy. He pro
poses a thorough examination of UNC’s
environmental policies. “Basically, we
want to make sure that we are saving the
most money while allocating the money
we have appropriately,” he said.
Carolyn Elfland, associate vice chan
cellor for campus services, said Pickett’s
energy ideas correlate direcdy with the
Feb. 11 referendum that would increase
student fees to support alternate energy
sources. “The solar energy issue is depen
dent on the referendum,” she said. “It is
technically feasible, and it can be done.
It’s not like it’s a pie-in-the-sky-type thing.”
Senior Brad Overcash, Pickett’s cam
paign manager, said Pickett is a strong
candidate on multiple fronts.
“One of my favorite things about
Ben is that he hasn’t groomed himself
solely to be student body president,”
said Overcash, who ran for the same
position last year. “Yet he’s still a very
qualified, common-sense guy, and with
his background in the Honor Court he
has a very good knowledge of the inner
workings of student government.”
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unable to be reached for comment.
Because of zoning regulations, Solie
envisions the house as a “new-style frat
house."
He said the old problems associated
with maintaining a fraternity house stem
from the difficulties that come with stu
dents running the house.
He said damage that has accumulat
ed throughout the years remains unre
paired because the responsibility for the
damage cannot be attributed to any
individual.
Solie said he believes holding indi
viduals responsible for their actions and
having a landlord who is responsible for
making sure damages are repaired are
the keys to keeping a clean and working
house.
“I think the difference is, as the
owner, I can hold the (residents) respon-
Israel and not be killed for their views is
what democracy is about,” he said.
Krusch said that because he recendy
has returned from Israel and has seen the
political turmoil there, he thought the
elections were important. The elections
could influence Israel’s ongoing conflict
with Palestinians, a possible U.S. attack
on Iraq and the global war on terrorism.
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been overwhelming, Solie said. He is
looking into purchasing more fraternity
houses, fixing them up and renting them
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“The response from the frats has
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Solie declined to comment on the
cost of renovating the former fraternity
house, but he said he has heard of fra
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million on repairs.
Benefits from fixing up fraternity
houses appear to outweigh any costs
Solie might incur. “I wish there was
more of this on campus,” he said. “I
wish I had 60 of these places.”
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Dave Miller, a senior journalism and
mass communication major, said he was
not aware of the number of political par
ties. “I didn’t know much about Israel’s
political system, but it’s amazingly
diverse.”
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News
3rd High School to Cause More Redistricting
By David Allen
Staff Writer
Not long after Chapel Hill-Carrboro
City Schools finishes up redistricting for
the new Rashkis Elementary school, it
will embark on a high school redistrict
ing process.
With figures projecting an extra 1,500
high school students in the district in the
next few years, school officials and resi
dents see the third school as a necessity.
School system spokeswoman Kim
Hoke said Chapel Hill High School and
East Chapel Hill High School both have
about 1,500 students.
The new high school, which has not
been given a name, will hold 1,000 stu
dents and have the capability of expand
ing to 1,500 students, Hoke said.
The school board said Monday that
the new high school most likely will not
be completed until 2006. It was origi
nally expected to be completed in 2005.
Board member Lisa Stuckey said she
wishes the school could be built by
2005. If Stuckey’s wish is granted, she
said, the redistricting process would like
ly take place in the summer months
before the new school opens.
Stuckey said that there is some
money allocated in the budget for redis
tricting purposes and that the process is
not particularly pricey.
“It’s not a tremendously expensive
effort,” she said.
Stuckey also said the high school
redistricting process probably would be
easier to conduct than the elementary
school process has been.
“We’re talking about three different
zones instead of nine,” she said. “That
should make it less complicated.”
The elementary redistricting process
also takes students from three neighbor
hoods in the northern part of the district
from CHHS and sends them to ECHHS.
Both of these high schools are located
on the northern edge of the district, and
three of the four sites the school board is
considering for the new high school are
in the southern part of the district. The
northern site already is owned by the
county, which makes it a cheaper alter
Wednesday, January 29, 2003
native. It is also the largest proposed site
for the school.
In spite of those conveniences, Stuckey
would rather the high school be con
structed in the southern part. “I would
prefer if the high school was built on the
southern part of the district,” Stuckey said.
“The community has been fairly clear
in expressing the opinion that we need a
high school in the southern part of the
district,” Hoke said.
Residents of the school district argue
that a closer high school would cut
down on traffic volume and decrease
their driving distances.
Resident Lloyd Melnick, who lives in
the southern part of the district, agrees
that it would be convenient for him
when his child enters high school but
said he is not overly concerned about
the location of the new school.
Melnick said, “It would be great for
us to have it in the south, but that does
n’t strike me as a big issue.”
The City Editor can be reached
at citydesk@unc.edu.
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