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2 THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2003 Tower rings for rape victims BY LAURA BOST STAFF WRITER The Bell Tower chimed at 6:04 p.m. Wednesday and then again at 6:06 p.m. and again at 6:08 p.m. And it continued chiming once every two minutes for an hour as a reminder that every two minutes, a woman is raped in the United States. Asa part of Shout Out! —a national day set aside to encourage awareness about sexual assault and violence the Orange County Rape Crisis Center, along with campus organization Advocates for Sexual Assault Prevention, arranged for the symbolic chiming as a preface to the program they sponsored later that night. Members of the campus and surrounding community were invited to attend a program at 7 p.m. in which survivors of sexual violence and their friends and allies delivered readings about their experiences in honor of the first Shout Out! day. FOR THE RECORD The caption with the April 9 Reading of the Names photo incorrectly listed UNC-system President Molly Broad as the first reader. She did not appear at the event as scheduled. The Daily Tar Heel regrets the error. pspip 9 Come try the largest Chinese Buffet in the Triangle! yj QUfdWJLt A 4 A $1 I With this coupon or UNC Student ID, * \ get $1 OFF Dinner Buffet! * 919-968-3488 D iffe?exp^Sfero y University Square , Diversity Daze April 11-17 Friday, April 11 Union 2510 at 3pm Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc will host the new Director of Diversity Research & Education in a discussion of the meaning of diversity at Carolina Saturday, April 12 CHispA’s 12th Annual Noche Latina "Alma Tropical" 6pm Dinner (local hispanic food) • 7pm Show • Hamilton 100 Tickets available in the Pit April 7-11 or email gabitrap@unc.edu Dinner & Show $8 ($lO at the door) Show $5 ($7 at the door) Brought to you by the Carolina Hispanic Association & Cantina Sunday, April 13 6:oopm in Hamilton 100 - Free Event Cus Garcia: The American Experience, A Monument to Diversity Sponsored by Housing & Residential Education Monday, April 14 6:3opm in Carroll Hall 111 - Free Event Trembling Before C-d film screening and discussion with director Sandi Simcha Dubowski CO-SPONSORED WITH CUAB'S REEL CREW FILMS, THE UNC LCBT OFFICE, the Performing Arts & Special Activities Committee of the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost, Housing & Residential Education, and UNC Parents' Fund Tuesday, April 15 7:oopm in the Union Auditorium - Free Event Marcus Engel, speaker on diversity, inspiration & personal empowerment Sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs, RHA, Housing & Residential Education, and Panhellenic Council Wednesday, April 16 7-9 pm - Teague Multipurpose Room Cultural Fashion Show Campus Wide Program Sponsored by Housing & Residential Education and SRC RHA Thursday, April 17 9:oopm on OCUQ (Upper Quad) Outdoor Area We will watch My Big Fat Creek Wedding Sponsored by RHA, Carolina After Dark, & Housing & Residential Education But before the program, the bell tolled 28 times while a few girls stood around campus holding signs that explained the signifi cance of the ringing and adver tised the event. “We hope the tower ringing will be something people notice,” said Elizabeth Sundberg, ASAP co chairwoman. “It is both a memori al and a representation of the voic es of individuals affected by sexual violence. “We also hope it will encourage others to use their own voices to speak out against sexual violence.” And at the program that night, many did speak out. Several young women stood up to tell the stories of their assaults or to share their feelings in poems and writings. All stressed the idea that talking about what had hap pened was a powerful tool for healing. Kim Calhoun, a 1994 UNC graduate, after describing the two rapes she underwent as a teenag er, said there was “power in speak ing these words.” She already has traveled back to the site of her rapes and said speaking at the pro gram was just another step in the healing process. Topics varied from the horrors of the assault itself to the pain felt long after and the longing for now destroyed innocence. One speaker, raped at age 15, News 4 i p*U. 0 L ' WANT T(\\ 7 DTH/KATE BLACKMAN Freshman Emily Snider stands in front of the Bell Tower on Wednesday night for the Shout Out! event to increase sexual assault awareness. said her attacker “made (her) doubt (her) own ability to exist” and explained that for years she had kept her rape a secret, fearing blame and rejection. “No one could ask me what was wrong if they couldn’t see how bro ken I was,” she said. “No one could tell me how it was all my fault if they didn't hear the story.” Jean Templeton, a professional psychologist, was the guest and final speaker for the night. She acknowledged the pains and fears ‘Cirque’ set to dazzle Chapel Hill STAFF REPORTS Student tickets for tonight’s “Cirque Dream It Live” per formance now are available with a buy-one, get-one-free discount. The discount is not in effect for Friday’s performance. Tickets are S2O for students, sls for children under 16 and $35 for the general public. 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Franklin Street rNIHfT I or stop by our new clubhouse on 5110 Old Chapel Hill Road IUI I 919.928.0063 6- ja. / www.exchangeapts.com most victims felt, but as she waded through the “bad things,” her underlying theme was healing. “Sexual assault is a wounding unique in many ways,” she said. “Through the violence, victims lose connections with their divine spark, with others and with them selves. “And healing has to begin in the area of these connections.” Contact the University Editor at ndesk@unc.edu. purchased at the Smith Center Box Office or by calling Ticket Master at 834-4000. Group rates are available by call ing the Carolina Union Box Office at 962-1449. The show's, which will conclude this year’s Carolina Union Performing Arts Series, are at 8 p.m. today and Friday in the Smith Carrboro to investigate fire substation creation BY KATHRYN GRIM STAFF WRITER Carrboro town staff suggested Tuesday that the Carrboro Board of Aldermen set as its highest cap ital project priority the binding of a fire substation to improve its emergency response time. Right now Carrboro’s fire department is not able to respond to emergencies in Carrboro’s northern transition area at an acceptable speed, officials said. Carrboro Deputy Fire Chief Iby George said engines can take 10 minutes or more to reach the far thest locations it serves, depending on traffic and other conditions. “We’d like to be able to respond within five minutes," George said. “Getting a fire station in the north ern area puts 98 percent of the towm within that distance.” Insurance Services Offices require the department to provide the same level of service to all res idents within its service area. The existing station serves the South Orange Fire District, which includes the town and the area 12 square miles to the west and south. Rodney Murray, who has been Carrboro fire chief since 1994, requested the construction of an additional fire station seven years ago, when development began around Lake Hogan Farms. Center. The show combines a story line with elaborate lighting, sound and choreography for a “fantasy circus" effect. Aerial ballet, soaring acrobatics, elaborate costumes with wild col ors, kaleidoscope lighting effects and an interactive symphony will be featured. (The Hath} (Ear Urri “When they originally asked for the station, they were thinking of the future,” George said. “Now the future’s here.” Murray will present the board with the department’s needs for, the upcoming fiscal year at its April 15 meeting. Alderman Diana McDuffee said the board hopes to complete its planned annexation of land in the northern transition area to widen the tax base and help fund the sub station, which will serve the newly annexed land. Alderman Joal Broun said she considers the fire substation a top priority. She said she hopes the board will begin to discuss its fund ing as soon as town staff find a loca tion. The department is looking for land on or near Homestead Road. Murray estimates that purchas ing the land and designing, con structing and furnishing the new station will cost the town a little more than $2 million. The substation should be oper ational about a year after the city begins construction. Operational costs will include the salaries of a full 15-person staff with five employees covering each of the three shifts. Assistant Town Manager Bing Roenigk said the board will dis cuss costly, long-term projects, such as the fire substation, during its May and June budget work ses sions. Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. ahr Daily (Ear Hrrl P.0.80x 3257, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 Kim Minugh, Editor, 962-4086 Advertising & Business, 962-1163 News, Features, Sports, 962-0245 One copy per person; additional copies may be purchased at The Daily Tar Heel for $.25 each. © 2003 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved
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