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80% ©or Mrri CAMPUS BRIEFS UNC student robbed near Ehringhaus Residence Hall A robbery occurred outside Ehringhaus Residence Hall early Tuesday morning, police reports state. According to reports, a University student was hit from behind while walking toward the residence hall, reports state. The perpetrators were described as four black men, all more than 6 feet tall with medium builds, all in their late teens or early 20s, according to reports. According to reports, they were wearing dark sweatshirts with the hoods pulled over their heads and bandanas tied around their faces covering their mouths. According to reports, while three of the men kicked the victim in the head, one stood over the vic tim and demanded his money, which only amounted to $2. The victim also turned over his cell phone and residence hall keys. Reports state that upon receiv ing the items the suspects fled toward Avery Residence Hall. Police are still investigating the incident. In an e-mail sent Tuesday evening to all students and faculty, University police asked anyone with information in connection to the case to call University police at 962-8100 or Crime Stoppers at 942-7515. All conversations will be kept confidential. Five UNC officials honored for dedication to students The executive branch of student government has honored five UNC administrators for their exception ally strong commitment to stu dents and student issues. At Thursday’s meeting of the UNC Board of Trustees, Student Body President Matt Tepper pre sented the Student Advocacy Award to its first recipients. Honored were Dean Bresciani, interim vice chancellor for student affairs; D. Scott Hudson, associate director of the student union; Provost Robert Shelton; Judith Wegner, Faculty Council chair woman; and BOT member John Ellison. Tepper said the winners were chosen from 40 candidates nomi nated by members of student gov ernment. The recipients were chosen based on their efforts to ensure that students are engaged in debate about campus policies and involved in the decision-making process. UNC student charged with trespassing in Union An intoxicated UNC student was arrested Sunday on charges of trespassing on campus, police reports state. Andrew John Macchiavello, of 110 Old West Residence Hall, was taken into custody after an officer repeatedly asked him to leave the Student Union. After Macchiavello failed to comply, the report states, the offi cer transported Macchiavello to the Orange County Jail. According to the report, no bond has been set. CALENDAR Today 7 p.m. Relay For Life will hold its Bank Night in 103 Bingham Hall until 9 p.m. All team captains are encouraged to turn in money they have raised thus far. 7 p.m. The Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow will host Paul Driessen, author of “Eco- Imperialism: Green Power, Black Death.” The event will take place in 105 Gardner Hall. Contact wampler@email.unc.edu for more information. Thursday 7 p.m. The White Ribbon Campaign invites all men to come to a campaign interest meeting at 5:30 p.m. in 174 Morrison South Residence Hall. Training materials including T-shirts, buttons and pledge sheets will be provided and free pizza also will be available. White Ribbon Week is sched uled for April 5 to 8. Friday 8 p.m. Company Carolina will present “The Marriage of Figaro,” (Le Nozze Di Figaro), by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, in Gerrard Hall. The opera also will be present ed Friday through Sunday. Saturday night is Gala Night. For tickets, call 619-6136. Student tickets cost $5. For facul ty, staff and senior citizens, the cost is SB. Tickets are $lO for the general public. Gala Night is $2 extra. From staff and wire reports. N.C. revenue estimates optimistic UNC-system officials remain wary BY STEPHANIE JORDAN ASSISTANT STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR State revenues are above target for the 2003-04 fiscal year, but sys tem officials say that the state’s public universities still might have to trim their budgets. UNC-Chapel Hill Provost Robert Shelton said he hopes state revenue projections will continue on the current track. “It’s a good sign that we will not take midyear “It’s like revisiting your youth. As you get older, it’s tougher to meet girls” claire hester, MEMBER OF CAROLINA ROLLERGIRLS r , j i , V.„K- „ jwk 1 . • ' ** %hH KV/ * v- k ‘j | •f§§| u a jhh Wi nil- 9m |£M§ (I S■ I — ‘3O _ - jSI* m • — '* '—” I IN DTH PHOTOS/KATHY SHUPING Carolina Rollergirls Caili Casey (left) and Renee Ring compete in a balancing exercise called “swordfight" during roller derby practice Sunday. Below: Heather Yurko (left to right), Anne Cokochersberger and Natalie Bolster get ready for practice at the rink in Raleigh. SKATERS AIM, FOR DERBY GLORY BY ANDREW SATTEN STAFF WRITER It’s noon Sunday, two hours before the Raleigh Skate Ranch opens its doors. Later in the afternoon, the rink plays host to kiddie birthday parties and weekend fam ily outings set against a soundtrack of Village People tunes and other bubbly bal lads. For the moment, however, the facility is catering to another demographic: a host of women in their 20s and 30s who go by JBg- Navy fighter jets’ safety in question BY AMY THOMSON STAFF WRITER Three U.S. Navy F-18 Hornets have crashed at separate airfields in the past week, raising specula tion about the military branch’s standards of safety and embolden ing opponents of a Navy landing field in Washington County. One of the incidents occurred Friday at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, eliciting mixed reactions about the aircraft’s safety. “(Hornets) basically have an outstanding safety record,” said Mike Maus, deputy public affairs officer for the Naval Air Force Atlantic Fleet. But the planes are not so safe, according to an article written by Lt. Matthew Bartel, an F-18 ana lyst at the time of the article’s pub lication. Bartel, who worked for the Naval Safety Center, published an article in June 2003 about the Hornet’s poor safety record. According to the article, the Hornet had 10 serious mishaps between October 2002 and Top News reductions,” he said. “(I hope) that we’ll end the year without an addi tional budget cut.” Higher education officials will watch the state’s budget closely as the end of the fiscal year approach es, Shelton said. In February, Gov. Mike Easley ordered state agencies to complete budget-reduction scenarios of 1 per cent, 2 percent and 3 percent. UNC system schools returned their see- names such as Deamonatrix and Maiden Hell, at least when they are on the rink. The Carolina Rollergirls are seeking to attract new members and to return roller derby to its glory days of the 19705. The group’s Web site incites potential recruits to “pull out that can o’ Whoop Ass and come on out to show ’em what some Southern Hellfire’s made of.” Sunday’s practice was off to more of a subdued start than usual, after what one skater dubbed “a weekend of debauchery.” To fund and publicize the roller derby endeavor, the group set up a spanking booth at the Blood, Sweat and Gears Show, a car show and rock music festival, in Raleigh on Saturday. Participants could opt to receive spankings or to give them. “We were there all day long and took quite a few spankings,” said Laura Weakland, founder of the Carolina Rollergirls. A conservative radio station even called in to object to the spanking booth, but Weakland, who goes by her derby name Celia Fate, downplayed the event. February 2003, including midair collisions, out-of-control flights and a crash caused by fuel starva tion. Bartel was out of the country Tuesday night and could not be reached for comment. In the article, he claimed that human error was responsible for the mishaps and suggested that F -18 pilots be trained more thor oughly in the future. RDU spokeswoman Mindy Hamlin said that an average of eight military aircraft land at RDU daily. But Friday’s incident was the first of its kind, she said, adding that everything at the airport is back to normal. “It was a mishap, and we under stand that,” she said. The Navy is expected to have removed the wreckage by today. The recent crashes also have raised eyebrows in Washington County, where the Navy wants to build a landing field. The local government, commu nity members and some state SEE JETS, PAGE 5 narios to the system’s Office of the President on March 9- Last week, the governor released state budget revenue figures that show that tax collections are about $24 million higher than projected for this point in the fiscal year. “We’ll take every good piece of news we can get,” said Jeff Davies, UNC-system vice president for finance. But $24 million will have little impact on a sl4 billion budg et, he said. Nevertheless, UNC-Pembroke officials said they are optimistic “I was like, ‘There’s a controversy?’” she said. “It was all in good fun. Everyone was watching us and cheering us on.” Despite the slow start to Sunday’s prac tice, the women eventually took to the rink equipped with helmets, wrist guards and knee pads to protect themselves from the frequent injuries that accompany the rough and-tumble sport. One team member already had experienced a spill that required a CAT scan. “Laura totally cut her off from behind and snaked her,” said Claire Hester, a 2001 UNC graduate. “But she’s fine, mostly.” Led by fundamentals coach Tom Welsh, the rollergirls practiced skating backward, a critical skill because of the versatility skaters must bring to the rink for competi tion Tne group has about 20 to 30 dedicat ed members. A typical week includes the two-hour Sunday practice session and one hour speed skate sessions Wednesday and Friday. SEE ROLLERGIRLS, PAGE 5 Pro-choice advocate speaks at rally BY ALLISON PARKER STAFF WRITER A noted reproductive rights activist espoused the importance of fighting for a women’s right to choose Tuesday in a number of appearances at the University. Named by The Washingtonian as one of the 100 most powerful women in Washington, D.C., Kate Michelman, national president of NARAL Pro-Choice of America, was on campus to participate in a rally and speak to students. About 30 people gathered near the steps of South Building to hear Michelman speak about the importance of fighting for women’s reproductive rights. The rally was held to promote awareness for the “March for Women’s Lives,” to be held April 25 in Washington, and was sponsored by a coalition of student organiza tions, including Choice USA and Voices for Planned Parenthood. Michelman also spoke to a standing-room only crowd in 116 Murphey Hall on Tuesday evening. NARAL Pro-Choice of America is a reproductive rights group that advocates for the right to choose and lobbies for access to repro ductive health care information. Michelman, who has served as WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 2004 about the $24 million cushion. “I hope what it means is that there will be no last-minute budg et cuts,” said Neil Hawk, vice chan cellor for business affairs at UNC- P. “For the last two years, that’s what we’ve been hit with.” UNC-P planned for budget reductions before the governor asked them to do so, Hawk said. Since UNC-P officials correctly predicted the budget issues they might face, they were able to spend funds this year without the fear that they would have to make cuts, „ * " Mr iHi 7 DTH/KATHY SHUPING Kate Michelman, president of NARAL Pro-Choice of America, speaks to students Tuesday to promote the March for Women's Lives. NARAL president since 1985, will step down after the march. We hope the march, a nation wide event in support of women’s reproductive rights, will send a message to the White House, Michelman said in an interview with The Daily Tar Heel. “Our goal is to have a historic number of pro choice Americans, speaking strongly for the right to choose.” Hawk said. If officials had been incorrect, the university would have had to freeze personnel expenditures immediately. Though UNC-system officials said they are optimistic about the budget outlook, Davies said, he remains concerned. He said the state previously tar geted revenue growth at 5.5 percent, but that growth rate will not gener ate fully the SSOO million to SBOO million in new revenue needed to SEE PROJECTIONS, PAGE 5 Rabid animal attacks toddler 2nd verified case in area this year BY EMMA BURGIN CITY EDITOR The second case of rabies in the area this year was confirmed Monday after a fox attacked and drew blood Sunday from a two year-old boy. Orange County Animal Control confirmed that the fox tested pos itive for rabies and said the boy was undergoing treatment for the disease at Duke University Medical Center. Officials said the boy was play ing in his backyard in Hillsborough near a small creek when a rabid fox approached him. After hearing the boy’s cries, his father reached the area in time to see the fox lunge at his son and grab him by the hand, knocking him to the ground. The father then kicked the fox off his son and jumped on it until it appeared dead. John Sauls of Animal Control said the rabid fox was infected with the raccoon variant of rabies. He said skunks, cats and dogs also are susceptible to this type of rabies. The first rabies case in the area this year was confirmed March 19 when a raccoon tested positive for the disease. The raccoon was fighting a woman’s dog in the backyard of her Bradshaw Quarry Road house in southwest Orange County. The woman grabbed her rifle and shot the raccoon several times as it tried to scamper up a tree. Sauls said the best way to fight the spread of rabies is to vaccinate pets and to avoid contact with rac coons. The Animal Protection Society will sponsor a reduced cost vacci nation clinic from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. April 17 at the Animal Shelter in Chapel Hill. The vaccinations will cost $5 each. To report a suspected rabies case, call Animal Control at 732- 8181 during business hours. After hours, call 911. Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.ediL Michelman said she hopes the march will mobilize people. “There is a difference between active and passive participation,” she said. “The march gives people a means to act on their beliefs.” Even if students can’t attend the march, they can still participate locally in the fight for women’s SEE MICHELMAN, PAGE 5 3
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