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POLICE ROUNDUP
Appalachian St. student
charged with myriad crimes
Carrboro police arrested
Appalachian State University stu
dent Jarrett Ripley McGinnis, 19,
and charged him with 21 felonies
and misdemeanors resulting from
an early-morning crime spree
Saturday.
The charges include 10 counts
of felony breaking and entering
into an automobile, two counts of
felony larceny of automobile and
four counts of felony larceny.
McGinnis is charged with
breaking into 10 separate vehicles
in the Garden Gate Drive area on
Saturday morning, reports state.
He opened the glove box in
most of the cars but took only a
bottle of Dasani water, two flash
lights, a car cigarette lighter, a Bic
lighter, two ice scrapers and two
CDs from all of the cars.
Reports state that one victim
approached McGinnis while he was
in her car and asked him what he
was doing, to which he responded
he was looking for his friend.
McGinnis said to another vic
tim who approached him, “Leave
me alone; give me some space. I
don't want to have to hurt you,”
reports state. McGinnis also stole
a 2000 Land Rover and a 1992
Ford Explorer, but only drove
them down the street from where
he had taken them.
McGinnis damaged the Land
Rover because he drove it over sev
eral shrubs and into a tree in the
car owner’s neighbor’s driveway.
Additionally, McGinnis placed a
fire log he had stolen from a car he
entered into a mailbox and set it on
fire, reports state. A police officer
was forced to put out the fire with
a garden hose from a resident’s
house. Police arrested him at 7:32
a.m. after a short pursuit, for which
he was charged with one count of
misdemeanor resisting arrest,
reports state. He was under the
influence of drugs and/or alcohol
at the time of arrest, reports state.
McGinnis was released on a
$21,800 secured bond and was
scheduled to appear Monday at
Orange County District Court in
Hillsborough.
University
THURSDAY, MARCH 13
■ A Carrboro resident reported
S3OO in damage to his car at 5:02
p.m., reports state. The car was
located in the Bennett Building
parking lot when the victim report
ed the incident, but when and
where the damage was inflicted
remains unknown, reports state.
City
FRIDAY, MARCH 14
■ Chapel Hill police arrested
Antonio Coy Morrow, 26, of 2201
Morehead Avenue Apt. 6 in
Durham and charged him with one
felony count of possession with
intent to sell and deliver marijua
na. They also fulfilled one order for
arrest from Nov. 15.
Police saw him walking on West
Rosemary Street at 11:50 a.m. and
stopped him due to the Nov. 15
order for arrest. A search found
9.5 grams of marijuana in three
different bags, reports state.
He was held on a $2,500
secured bond and was scheduled to
appear in Orange County District
Court in Hillsborough on Monday.
■ Chapel Hill police arrested
Kenneth Wilson Fearrington, 38,
0f9094 Jo Mac Road and charged
him with one felony count of pos
session of crack cocaine.
Fearrington fled on Whitaker
Street when police approached
him and threw down a glass crack
pipe containing one dosage unit of
crack during the chase. He was
released on a written promise to
appear in Orange County District
Court in Hillsborough on Monday,
reports state.
■ Carrboro police arrested
Juan Manuel Perez Rivera, 35, of
501 Jones Ferry Road Apt. C 6 and
charged him with one count of
driving under the influence, one
count of no driver s license and one
count of open container.
Police stopped Rivera in his car
at 2:32 a.m., reports state. He was
transported to the Chapel Hill
Police Department, where his BAC
was .28. Rivera was released on a
written promise to appear in
Orange County District Court in
Chapel Hill on April 15.
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Sumner James Phillips and
Eshanthi Ranasinghe
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Tuition hikes melt Morehead funds
BY EUGENE SC.OTT
STAFF WRITER
A weak financial market has
forced one of the country’s most
prestigious foundations to
decrease the number of merit
scholarships it offers to incoming
UNC-Chapel Hill freshmen.
Despite this year’s applicant
pool being the most competitive in
the Morehead Foundation's histo
ry, the 52-year-old organization
offered the lowest number of schol
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N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper (left), Sen. Tony Rand, D-Cumbedand, (right top) and Rep. Joe Hackney, D-Orange, (right bottom) are
among a waning number of state politicians who graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill. University alumni used to dominate the legislature.
N.C. politics see fewer UNC alumni
Graduates applaud
public service training
BY KIRSTEN FIELDS
STAFF WRITER
As soon as N.C. Senate Majority Leader
Tony Rand, D-Cumberland, served as a page
in the state legislature in eighth grade, he
knew he wanted to be in politics.
Rand graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in
1961 and said the University further sparked
his desire to serve in the state legislature.
“Chapel Hill inspires one to be involved in
their community,” Rand said. “It’s part of the
tradition. There’s an obligation to be a member
of the community, to give back to the state.”
But UNC-CH graduates’ interest in state
politics has not been as evident in recent years
as it was in the past.
According to data compiled by several
researchers, UNC-CH graduates constituted
about 40 percent of the N.C. General
Assembly in 1939, but that percentage slow
ly has dwindled to 15 percent during the past
60 years.
Many speculations exist about why this
decline has occurred. UNC-CH political sci
ence Professor Thad Beyle said the decline is
due partially to the increasing number of peo
ple coming to the General Assembly from
other schools within the UNC system and
New businesses to join mall
BY JONATHAN CARL
STAFF WRITER
The redeveloping South Square
Mall complex is expecting anew
neighbor, as a Chapel Hill car deal
ership announced its proposed
relocation.
Crown Honda at 1730 N.
Fordham Blvd. announced last
week that it plans to relocate near
the South Square complex.
The original proposal for the site
calls for the construction of a
Target and a Sam’s Club and plans
to contract several smaller busi
nesses as well.
The Durham City Council unan
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arships since 1984.
The Morehead Foundation
offered 43 high school seniors —lO
fewer than last year full scholar
ships, laptop computers and four
summer enrichment programs
earlier this month. The value of the
scholarship is about $72,000 for
N.C. residents and $120,000 for
out-of-state students.
The number of applicants
increased by 400 this year, making
the pool of 1,517 the largest and
from states across the country.
“The state is becoming more diverse,”
Beyle said. “There is more opportunity to get
a higher education from schools other than
(UNC-CH) than there used to be.”
Beyle said North Carolina has been draw
ing legislators from other regions of the coun
try. Due to the number of people coming from
other places, it is simply not as feasible for as
many UNC-CH graduates to be in office.
UNC-CH legislative liaison Mark Fleming
credited legislators’ graduations from other
UNC-system schools to the system’s growth.
Beyle said that in general, he believes there
is also less interest in prolitics. “Politics might
not be as much fun as it used to be," he said.
“People want to make more money."
Due to the relatively low pay in the N.C.
General Assembly, Beyle said, many potential
legislators go on to pursue other professions.
Former UNC-system President Bill Friday
said it often is hard for lawyers interested in
state politics to maintain client contact and also
to attend General Assembly sessions.
“The long intervals of sessions are beyond
what most people can handle,” Friday said.
In many instances, Rand said, people who
normally would get involved with state politics
are choosing to lead initiatives in their own
townspeople are more concerned with local
things rather than statewide issues,” he said.
Beyle, who has been at UNC-CH for about
40 years, said the one overarching reason for
imously approved the finalized site
plan March 3.
The company that owns the
property, Faison and Associates of
Charlotte, is demolishing the
vacant buildings to make room for
the new retailers.
Henry Faison of Faison and
Associates said the building
process is going well and is on
schedule. “We have begun demol
ishing the old businesses and
building new ones,” Faison said.
“The Target and Sam’s Club are
projected to open next year.”
The council decision was the
final step in city approval of the
most competitive in history.
The increasing cost of tuition
primarily is responsible for the
decrease in the offers made, said
Charles Lovelace, executive direc
tor of the Morehead Foundation.
“The return on our endowment
hasn’t been able to keep up with
the increasing tuition," he said.
Although he is uncertain as to
how soon the foundation will be
able to match the number of offers
made in previous years, Lovelace
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the decline is the change in the political cli
mate on campus.
He said politics at UNC-CH used to be
more intense than they are now. People espe
cially got involved in campaigning for student
body president. “There used to be much more
aggressive politics on the campus,” Beyle said.
He added that because UNC-CH was more
homogeneous, everyone who was competing
for student body president held similar plat
forms. Thus, candidates had to be especially
competitive in the political arena on campus.
And, Beyle said, campus political involve
ment was a good indicator of a person’s interest
in the future. “If someone was active on campus,
then they would be active in politics,” he said.
Such was the case with Frank Porter
Graham. A 1909 UNC-CH graduate,
Graham served as the senior class president.
He went on to serve as the UNC-CH presi
dent from 1930 to 1949 before serving as a
U.S. senator for a year.
N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper, a 1979
UNC-CH graduate, said UNC-CH had a large
influence on shaping his interest in politics,
“Carolina was clearly the best choice for me,”
he said. “(At UNC-CH) I saw what could hap
pen when people work for the common good.”
Cooper, who received his bachelor’s degree
in political science and psychology and served
as chief justice of the Student Supreme Court
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project, and Faison said he was
glad to be able to finally begin con
struction. “We’ve been involved in
this for a long time,” Faison said.
Although be could not say defi
nitely which other businesses will
be included in the shopping center,
he said he hopes they will attract
UNC students, as well as residents
of the surrounding area.
City officials also are optimistic
about the prospective influx of
business South Square will bring to
the area and its positive effects on
the city’s commerce.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2003
said he hopes it will be able to
maintain in future years the num
ber of offers made this year.
“Although numbers are down
this year, we’re a little bit ahead of
other foundations making scholar
ship donations,” Lovelace said.
Lovelace said that the financial
market during the past three years
has affected the foundation greatly
and that he believes the number of
offers made by comparable foun
dations are down as well.
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The South Square Mall complex is undergoing a redevelopment that
includes Target and Sam’s Club in an effort to attract new business.
At N.C. State University, the Park
Foundation funds about 60 schol
arships each year. Laura Lunsford,
director of the Park Scholars pro
gram, said the weak market has
affected the number of scholarships
the foundation has been able to
award. “Last year we awarded 64
scholarships; this year we were only
able to award 57,” Lunsford said.
While offers might be down
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Bill calls
for vote
on BOG
BY STEPHANIE CHIULLI
STAFF WRITER
A bill was introduced Monday
in the N.C. House to allow a stu
dent vote on the UNC-system
Board of Governors.
The UNC-system Association of
Student Governments president
already has a seat on the BOG but
is a nonvoting member.
Guilford County Democrats
Alma Adams and Earl Jones intro
duced the bill to ensure a stronger
student voice on the BOG.
The past two ASG presidents
have tried unsuccessfully to obtain
voting privileges, and this is the
third time Adams has put such a
bill on the table in the House.
“I’ve found students to be quite
responsible; they deserve an
opportunity to not just sit and par
ticipate but to vote and be heard,”
said Adams, who is a college
administrator and professor when
the House is not in session.
Jones also said he believes in the
right to let student voice be heard
on the BOG. “Basic principles of
democracy should extend to every
one who has vested interest.”
Identical legislation has died
several times during the last
decade at the hands of the Senate s
leadership.
N.C. Sen. Tony Rand, D-
Cumberland and chairman of the
Senates Rules Committee, has
forced the bill to sit in committee
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J-school
ranks top
in nation
BY BRIAN HUDSON
STAFF WRITER
UNC’s School of Journalism
and Mass Communication has a
reputation for being great, but a
recent accreditation report sug
gests that the school might be the
best in the nation.
“The School of Journalism and
Mass Communication at UNC-
Chapel Hill is recognized by aca
demics and media professionals as
perhaps the best program in the
nation," the report states.
Richard Cole, dean of the
schooLsaid that he has been a part
of many other accreditation teams
and that he is particularly
impressed by these findings.
“These results are the best I have
ever seen,” he said.
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