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CITY BRIEFS
Meat thefts plague grocery
stores during the weekend
A number of Chapel Hill gro
cery stores reported several hun
dred dollars’ worth of steaks stolen
this weekend, but only two arrests
have been made.
* On Friday at 3:15 p.m., the Food
Lion at 1129 Weaver Dairy Road
reported to police that SIOO worth
of rib-eye steaks had been stolen
after a suspect walked out of the
store without paying.
Later that day, at 4:43 p.m.,
Chapel Hill police were contacted
by the Food Lion on 1720 N.
Fordham Blvd., reporting that S7O
worth of black angus steak and
$lO worth of Tylenol had been
stolen from the store.
These incidents are both under
investigation.
Chapel Hill police received a
report at 11:59 a.m. Saturday that
two suspects, hiding 13 steaks in
their purses, walked out of the
Harris Teeter on 210 Estes Drive
without paying, reports state.
Cathy Ann Platts, 39, of 651
Eindhoven Lane in Creedmore, was
arrested and charged with one
count of misdemeanor larceny,
reports state. She was seen by store
security stealing meat, reports state.
According to reports, Lena
Gaynell Scott, 39, 0f4905 Holder
Road in Durham also was arrested
on one count misdemeanor larceny.
She also was observed stealing
meat by store security, reports state.
Reports state that Platts and
Scott had $156.94 worth of meat
in their possession when police
arrested them. The meat was
recovered by police. They were
taken before the magistrate, and
each was released on a SSOO unse
cured bond.
Their trials are scheduled for
April 4 in the Orange County
Court in Hillsborough. There is no
evidence that Platts and Scott are
responsible for the incidents at the
Food Lion stores.
Gunshot investigation leads
to arrest of Durham man
A Durham resident was arrest
ed and charged of resisting arrest
after police investigated a gunshot
report.
Marcus Lamont King, 19, of
1701 Sprunt St. was arrested at
Clark Court on Church Street after
police were called to the area when
residents reported a,;gunishot,
according to reports.
Reports’state that Chapel Hill
police attempted to stop a vehicle
suspiciously circling the area.
When a gun was thrown from that
vehicle, police arrested King.
King was taken before the mag
istrate and released on a written
promise to appear in Orange
County Court in Hillsborough on
March 8. No injuries were report
ed in the incident.
STATE BRIEFS
Ala. chief justice inspires
Winston-Salem councilman
WINSTON-SALEM - A city
council member placed a block
bearing the Ten Commandments
on a walkway in front of a city hall
deserted on Monday’s Martin
Luther King Jr. holiday.
Vernon Robinson, a black con
servative who has been on the city
council since 1998, said he and four
helpers acted on the holiday
because the barren adjoining park
ing lot allowed him to use a truck
and crane to position the 1-ton
block He said he had no permit or
other authorization to place the
monument on public property.
Robinson said he was inspired
to act by former Ala. Chief Justice
Roy Moore, who ordered a 21/2-
ton Ten Commandments monu
ment placed in the rotunda of the
Alabama Judicial Building in 2001.
CALENDAR
Today
7:30 p.m. Longtime activist
and former presidential candidate
Ralph Nader will speak in 100
Hamilton Hall. The appearance is
part of his effort to get support for
a possible 2004 presidential run.
Thursday
7 p.m. Student Congress is
holding a mandatory annual
budget orientation meeting for all
organizations interested in
requesting student government
funds for the 2004-05 school year
It will be held in 2 Chase Hall.
Groups who do not send a repre
sentative to this meeting will not
be eligible for funds.
Feb. 3
8 p.m. The Daily Tar Heel
will host a forum for student body
president candidates in 209
Manning Hall. The forum will be
open to the public. For more
information, contact Elyse
Ashburn at
eashbum@email.unc.edu.
From staff and wire reports.
Forum to present 3rd dean hopeful
Student input essential to selection
BY LIZZIE STEWART
STAFF WRITER
William Andrews said he hopes
to attain a Jiigher level of commit
ment to the faculty he has worked
with day to day.
The award-winning English
professor has served on numerous
UNC committees dealing with
faculty issues. Now Andrews
wants to expand those efforts as
dean of the College of Arts and
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Small, locally owned bicycle shops aim to forge personal relationships
BY CHRIS GLAZNER
ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR
Scott Smith has Performance Bicycle out
flanked, geographically speaking.
Smith co-owns Franklin Street Cycles and
the Clean Machine, which sit to the east and
west of Performance Bicycle’s Carrboro loca
tion on Main Street.
In the retail world, Smith’s upper hand is
less certain.
Performance Bicycle was founded in
Chapel Hill in 1983, And at one time even
shared a wall with the Clean Machine.
In'the two decades since, however, the
store has climbed to the top of the national
cycling market, and local shops have found
themselves competing against a major com
pany rather than another small business.
The rise of national chains has changed
many industries in the area, replacing mom
and-pop stores with larger and cheaper cor
porate outlets.
Particularly in cycling, shops help shape
the local culture and affect many of the cus
tomers.
Performance Bicycle now has 45 locations
around the country, mostly in California,
Colorado and the Washington, D.C., area. The
company still lists a Chapel Hill address, but
its headquarters are in Chatham County next
to a 120,000-square-foot warehouse, where
its internet and catalog operations are based.
“We’re fulfilling a big need among
cyclists,” said Stuart Westland, the compa
Candidates gather needed names
BY MEGAN SEROW
STAFF WRITER
As today’s deadline approaches
for student body president candi
dates to gather signatures, most
are confident in their returns.
Compared with past elections,
this race has
not only
more candi
dates, but
STUDENTAA
ELECTIONS Ut’
also a higher number of student
signatures needed to run.
Ten candidates are seeking 800
names each, resulting in a total of
8,000 students who must sign a
petition for a student body presi
dent candidate. Students cannot
sign more than one petition.
At least seven candidates said
they had met or exceeded the
requirement Monday, but some
said they still are waiting for the
final count from their staff.
Last year, Student Congress
enacted the Larson-Daum
Top News
Sciences.
“I have a great deal of experience
working with faculty, and I want to
be a dean connected to the faculty”
said Andrews, one of six candidates
vying for the position.
A forum today in room 039 of
the Johnston Center for
Undergraduate Excellence will
focus on Andrews and what he
hopes to bring to the position.
The search committee for anew
ny’s marketing director.
Locally, the store supplies accessories and
parts to many avid cyclists.
“It’s good for getting clothing and bars
and the little things you need,” said Zandy
Collins, who met other cyclists at the store
for a ride last Saturday.
In its retail stores, Performance Bicycle’s
size affects how it does business.
“We have a much larger amount of retail
space than other bike shops,” said Sarah
Worthington, general manager of the
Performance Bicycle store in Carrboro.
That extra space, she said, is taken up
mostly by items other than bikes, such as
clothing and accessories.
Smith says he takes this into account
when managing his smaller shops.
“We realize their strengths and don’t go
head-to-head with them,” he said. “I let them
sell clothing.”
But accessories sales make up much of
the already slim profits available to small
bike stores, Smith said.
Statistics from Bicycle Retailer &
Industry News magazine show industrywide
profit margins about 10 percentage points
higher for clothing and accessories than for
actual bikes.
Smith said the other bike shops he owns,
one in Raleigh and one in Durham, both
show higher sales of accessories than the two
located near Performance Bicycle.
One area where local shops seem to have
Campaign Reform Act, requiring
candidates to gather 800 signa
tures as opposed to the 600
required in previous years. Last
February’s race was the first to
incorporate the act’s provisions.
In 2001, the last time 10 candi
dates participated in the campaign,
only seven met the 600 signature
requirement.
Candidate Matt Compton said
he did see a difference in this year’s
process compared with his work on
prior campaigns. “It was definite
ly harder than when I worked for
Jen Daum, but it’s doable for any
one who had a staff and went out
and worked hard,” he said.
Candidates also faced the chal
lenge of gathering signatures dur
ing a holiday weekend, but many
said they just got to work early.
“Most people went out strong
the first two days,” said candidate
Lily West. “By Friday, most every
one had signed.”
dean of the college is hosting
today’s forum, which will be the
third it has held so far.
Jack Richman, chairman of the
search committee, said the forums
have been successful. “(Candidate
Darryl) Gless’ forum held 130 peo
ple,” he said.
“That’s really remarkable; I was
really quite happy with the
turnout.”
He said the candidates are equal
ly qualified despite the fact that they
come from various educational and
professional backgrounds.
an edge is in service and repairs.
“I come (to Performance) to buy Clif Bars
and arm warmers and stuff like that, but if
I want any work done on my bike I take it to
Clean Machine,” said cyclist Tom Hughes.
Mike Freeman, a salesman at the Clean
Machine, said repair work is one of the ways
small shops develop individual relationships
with customers.
“We focus on what our strengths are
customer service and quality” said Freeman.
“The bike shops that weren’t offering good
service and good quality didn’t last.”
Smith said he could name four bike shops
that have gone out of business in the 16 years
he’s worked at the Clean Machine.
“Performance has made the smaller guys
go away,” he said.
Westland said Performance Bicycle’s
growth can be attributed to the business
acumen of its founder, Garry Snook.
He said Snook, who received a master’s
degree in business from Duke University,
succeeded in an industry in which most peo
ple’s interest is cycling, not business.
But Brian Decker, manager of Franklin
Street Cycles, said cycling, not profit, is what
keeps him here.
“The reason we all do this is because we
all enjoy cycling,” he said. “If I were in busi
ness, I wouldn’t be in this business.”
Contact the City Editor
at citydesk@unc.edu.
Candidate Laura Thomas said
challenges originated from a jfigh,
signature requirement, not 'the
long weekend.
“It’s not the holiday weekend,
but the fact that there were 10 can
didates with 800 signatures each.”
Candidates Matt Calabria and
Faudlin Pierre also said they col
lected the needed signatures in the
first couple of days.
Several candidates said they
enjoyed the challenge and the
opportunity to meet different vari
eties of students.
“I went to different areas and
met different students around
campus, people who normally get
overlooked,” said candidate Ashley
Castevens.
Of those with 800 names, most
are worried that students might
have signed multiple petitions.
“I asked a girl to sign for me, and
SEE SIGNATURES, PAGE 6
TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2004
“I think we have an incredible
selection of people,” Richman said.
“They are outstanding teachers ...
all very similar in some ways, but
also very different in the experi
ences that they’ve had.”
Andrews’ teaching experiences
span the country at such institu
tions as Texas Tech University, the
University of Wisconsin-Madison
and the University of Kansas. He
was also a visiting professor at
Justus-Liebig-University in
Giessen, Germany.
Andrews has received a number
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Students rush the court after UNO’s 86-83 win over
No. 1 ranked Connecticut on Saturday night. It was the
first time fans rushed the court since last year’s win
over Duke on March 9. The Smith Center sold out for the
game with 21,750 fans in attendance.
of awards, grants and honors
including the Chancellor’s Award
for Distinguished Teaching at UW-
Madison.
“I think he brings a wonderful
set of experiences,” Richman said.
“He certainly has a great rapport
with students and is well thought
of in his department. He is a well
prepared person for dean.”
Andrews’ professional experi
ence at UNC includes heading the
Department of English and partic-
SEE ANDREWS, PAGE 6
Leaders
coalesce
against
increase
SBPs to oppose
BOG tuition hike
BYCLEVE R. WOOTSON JR.
STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR
FAYETTEVILLE - Student
body presidents from the state’s
public universities decided
Saturday to take a stand against a
systemwide tuition increase.
Most members of the Council of
Student Body Presidents of the
UNC-system’s Association of
Student Governments said they
could see the efficacy of proposed
campus-based tuition increases,
but not of an across-the-board hike.
Campus-initiated increases apply
only to the university that drafted
them and usually are targeted at
specific programs or services, while
across-the-board increases are
adopted by the system’s Board of
Governors and apply to all N.C.
public university students.
ASG President Jonathan
Ducote told council members that
the BOG probably would be con
sjdeppg a,2. percent to 5 percent
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Pharmacy
advantages
draw many
National shortage
drives up perks
BY TORRYE JONES
STAFF WRITER
Ben Smith, a second-year stu
dent in UNC’s School of
Pharmacy, said he isn’t too wor
ried about finding a job when he
graduates.
For organizations desperately in
need, students in Smith’s track are
needed to replenish the plummet
ing number of pharmacists in the
United States.
The future pharmacists are a
highly coveted group who employ
ers now are luring with attractive
benefits.
“Retail stores pay a lot of
money,” Smith said. “They are des
perate. Sometimes they’ll even
give ypu a company car.”
North Carolina in particular
shows a greater degree of short-
SEE PHARMACY, PAGE 6
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