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STATE & NATION
CBS seeks to regain respect
after controversy over Bush
NEW YORK CBS News is try
ing to restore its credibility after a
week of questions about its report
on President Bush’s National
Guard service.
Yet it may never conclusively
know whether it was duped by fake
documents.
The news division has acknowl
edged for the first time questions
about the authenticity of docu
ments used to support the story,
and it has promised a stepped-up
effort to get at the truth.
“They could have saved them
selves a good deal of negative
publicity and attacks if they had
said that from the beginning,”
said Charlotte Grimes, a Syracuse
University professor with a spe
cialty in political reporting.
Internet watchdogs were the
first to raise questions about last
week’s report, and CBS anchor Dan
Rather’s critics have been buzzing
ever since.
An editorial cartoon in the
Birmingham News pictured a
dour-looking Rather saying on
camera, “There is not an anti-Bush
media bias. And here’s a memo to
prove it”
Attorneys for Jackson show
tapes of singer's ranch
SANTA MARIA, Calif.
Michael Jackson’s attorneys
Thursday showed a judge video
tapes of the search of the singer’s
Neverland Ranch to press their
claim that law enforcement offi
cials improperly took evidence
while building their molestation
case.
The defense, claiming authori
ties overstepped their bounds,
wants to keep some items seized
from Jackson’s home and a private
investigator’s office from being
admitted as evidence in the case,
which is scheduled for trial Jan.
31.
In one scene videotaped by
authorities, investigators walked
around the ranch as carnival music
from the property’s amusement
rides and exhibits played in the
background.
At one point in the footage,
investigators entered a library
with shelves stocked with films. At
another point, the officials entered
a museum filled with costumed
mannequins.
Defense attorney Robert Sanger
questioned Santa Barbara County
sheriff’s Sgt. Ross Ruth about
why he entered an office that one
ranch employee had identified as
Jackson’s.
Bush administration seeks
to cut down FAA's budget
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The
Bush administration wants
to trim the Federal Aviation
Administration’s budget for buying
new air traffic control equipment
at a time when more planes are in
the air.
Air traffic controllers argue
that more backup equipment
could have mitigated the shut
down of a radio system at Los
Angeles International Airport
on Tuesday that left controllers
unable to talk to pilots and thus
caused a ripple effect of delays
across the country.
Controllers have been asking the
FAA for another backup radio sys
tem for years, said Hamid Ghaffari,
president of the local air traffic con
trollers union in Los Angeles.
“The response was, ‘We don’t
have the funding,”’ Ghaffari said.
The loss of voice contact with
pilots caused at least five incidents
where planes flew dangerously
close to each other and delayed or
canceled hundreds of flights.
FAA spokesman Greg Martin
said the Los Angeles air traffic con
trol center already has two backup
systems.
Sept. 2 was the busiest day
ever for the U.S. air traffic control
system. The FAA forecasts a 24
percent increase in the number
of planes in the sky including
passenger and cargo planes, gen
eral aviation and military aircraft
between this year and 2015.
CALENDAR
Saturday UNC will be tak
ing place in the Big Sweep on
Saturday, during which partici
pants will clean up Battle Branch
Creek and Meeting of the Waters
Creek.
Participants will spend between
two and three hours cleaning the
creeks. Bags and gloves will be
provided by the Department of
Environment, Health and Safety.
To participate, meet at the Bell
Tower at 10 a.m.
Tuesday There will be an
information session for potential
business majors at 6 p.m. in Koury
Auditorium in the McColl Building
at the Kenan-Flagler Business
School.
From staff and wire reports.
Crisis center celebrates 30 years
Looks to emphasize area education
BY CATHERINE SHAROKY
STAFF WRITER
Thirty years have passed since
the Orange County Rape Crisis
Center filed its first crisis call,
but its mission has remained the
same.
The quaint brick home that
houses the center, located at 825
Estes Drive, seems small when
compared to the center’s goals.
“You need to believe in the posi
tive power of healing to sustain
a rape crisis center for 30 years,”
said Margaret Barrett, executive
director of the center. She said the
center serves as a safe place where
people can get help.
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UNC junior Dipal Shah trains freshman Brittny Reaves to work the Annual Fund Phonathon on Thursday night. which
runs all year, is launching its drive this week to collect donations from students interested in funding key programs at the University.
For phonathon workers,
the job’s on the money
Students raise cash
in yearround effort
BY JENN KAWKA
STAFF WRITER
Students will get the chance to give back
to the University next week by becom
ing Heelraisers when UNC’s Annual Fund
Phonathon launches its student drive to col
lect donations.
Running yearround, the phonathon tar
gets alumni and parents of current students.
Beginning Monday, callers also will contact
sophomores and juniors, offering them the
opportunity to lend their support to depart
ments or programs that mean the most to
them.
Any student who donates money becomes
a member of the Heelraisers student giving
club, a society specifically for students that
now is in its second year.
Kristen Huffman, phonathon night man
ager, said students are sought-after so they
will understand the importance of giving
back to the University and making a differ
Campus screening promotes
works by female filmmakers
BY KRISTEN WILLIAMS
SENIOR WRITER
Directors who are both female
and independently funded often
have two strikes against them.
But the nonprofit organization
Ms. Films will strive to promote their
craft by screening 11 independent
films tonight in Murphey Hall.
Based in Durham, the group pro
motes the work of women in film by
showcasing the work of independent
filmmakers and aiding production.
With Ms. Films hosting a film
screening on campus, directors will
get the chance to share their art
with the University community.
The event is sponsored by the cur
riculum in women’s studies and the
Screen Arts film and media series,
a program of the Department of
Communication Studies.
Ms. Films was bom in 2001 from
the Flicker independent film festival
when organizers decided to do an
event focused on women.
Top News
State Bureau of Investigation, 100
women daily in North Carolina are
victims of rape or attempted rape.
The center offers a 24-hour
crisis response line at 1-866-WE
LISTEN. There are support groups
for survivors of male, lesbian, incest
and adolescent rape, as well as sup
port groups for families and friends
of victims.
“Support groups provide space
for healing and growth and help
to rebuild the intimacy that’s lost
when sexual assault occurs,” said
Carmen Crosby, director of client
services at the center.
Barrett said 496 people were
given some type of support from
the center last year. A majority of
ence while they are still here.
Donations increase the value of education
at UNC and contribute to many programs
that do not receive public funding, she said.
Last year, the Campus Y, the Black
Student Movement and the Department of
Biology were among the top 10 recipients
from the campaign, with undergraduate stu
dents contributing a total of $10,423.
“Students are more willing to give back
just so they can see construction go away,”
said James Alsop, a phonathon supervisor.
Student caller Candace Debnam said stu
dents tend to donate at least sl. Debnam
said she likes to make her phone calls per
sonal to encourage donations, particularly
from alumni.
“I talk about what was important to them,
why it matters, how the gift affects them ...
all the different ways they can give money
back,” she said.
Debnam also said she pushes hard for par
ticipatory gifts because they help UNC’s rank
ings in U.S. News & World Report magazine.
She added that since the number of alumni
who donate, rather than the amount of money
given, is one of the ranking’s determinants,
Niku Arbabi, program assistant
to the department chairman in
communication studies, worked
on Flicker before she became the
director of Ms. Films.
While the organization travels
statewide for festivals and screen
ings, Arbabi said she hopes to bring
attention to the Screen Arts program
and to promote Ms. Films by bring
ing it to UNC. “The Screen Arts pro
gram has a wide range of media, cul
ture and arts, so I hope people will
get excited about this,” Arbabi said.
While the area is no stranger
to film festivals, Arbabi stressed
the importance of the festival to
women and UNC students.
“There are few women directing
films, and there is more freedom
in independent films. The festival
and screening goal is to support
women speaking for themselves
and to show something that people
SEE MS. FILMS, PAGE 6
those people were victims of sexual
assault at some point in their lives.
Another goal of the center is to
continue its emphasis on increased
community education, Barrett said.
About 10,220 people were reached
by community education and out
reach programs last year.
Monika Hostler of the N.C.
Coalition Against Sexual Assault
said the crisis center works well
with the community. “They do a
little bit more community edu
cation than other counties,” she
said, referring to the center's long
standing relationship with Orange
County Schools.
But many obstacles still exist,
Barrett said. “Some people don’t
want to believe that sexual assault
happens.”
One barrier is the idea that sex
every bit helps. UNC is ranked fifth among
public universities in the report
Because callers have one of the highest
paid non-work study jobs on campus, the
hiring process is a competitive one, said
Katisha Newkirk, assistant director of the
Annual Fund. She noted that while there
were 350 applicants for the job, only about
60 were accepted.
UNC receives 21.4 percent of its funding
from the state, and private funding makes a
substantial difference in what the University
can provide for the entire community, said
Beth Braxton, director of the Annual Fund.
“It’s an expensive endeavor to run a uni
versity of this caliber,” she said.
And while private giving enhances tech
nology and supports professors, it also
allows students to reap benefits.
, “A private gift enhances a student’s life,”
Braxton said. “Benches they sit on during
a nice day ... the exchange program with
Asia... excellence of the Undergrad Library
every aspect of every student’s life.”
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Police never give up investigations
BY SHANNAN BOWEN
AND TERRENCE JORDAN
STAFF WRITERS
Police investigators are always
looking for new leads especially
when those leads involve one of the
five unsolved homicide investiga
tions in Chapel Hill and Carrboro.
Though such cases might remain
dormant for years, investigators
know unexpected evidence can
arise at any time.
Tike last week’s arrest of Andrew
Douglas Dalzell as an example.
Carrboro police arrested Dalzell
last week and charged him with
second-degree murder in the 1997
death of Deborah Leigh Key.
Dalzell, a suspect from the
beginning, was questioned early in
the investigation, but police did not
have probable cause at the time to
arrest him.
“It’s really amazing to break
a case all this time later,” said
Carrboro police department
spokeswoman Brenda Goodrich.
But police had been keeping
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2004
ual violence is only an issue among
women, said Cutler Andrews, the
center’s coordinator of youth educa
tion and outreach. “Sexual violence
is an issue everyone needs to focus
on because it affects everyone.”
Andrews said that many men
know women who have probably
been affected by sexual violence,
and that it is “important for men
to be involved in the movement
toward long-term change.”
He said it is important for the
center to have male employees
because they help model a healthy
relationship between the sexes.
There are a total of 28 communi
ty educators and crisis companions
now in volunteer training, Barrett
said. Many of the volunteers are
University students, and potential
workers are encouraged to apply
‘Any time we get a chance, we go over
all of the records and evidence to find
something new.”
DARYL CALDWELL, CAPTAIN, CARRBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT
tabs on Dalzell all along, tracking
his whereabouts and watching for
his name in connection with other
crimes. When his name resurfaced
in relation to charges of larceny by
an employee, Dalzell was placed
under arrest Sept. 9, said Lt. John
Lau of Carrboro police.
Chapel Hill and Carrboro police
hope the same could happen in five
other unsolved murder cases that
still haunt investigators.
On New Year’s Day 2000, the
body of 20-year-old Michael Crosby
of Raleigh was found on the prop
erty of the Orange Water and Sewer
Authority at 100 Old Mason Farm
Road, according to reports.
He had been shot in the head,
reports state.
early to participate during the
spring semester, Barrett said.
The center also works with
groups such as UNC’s Center for
Healthy Student Behaviors to
provide information about sexual
violence.
“We co-sponsor outreach pro
grams on campus, things like
‘Take Back the Night’ or the 24-
hour rape-free zone, and we also
co-sponsor programs in resident
halls and through student organi
zations,” said Beth Burt, coordina
tor of human sexuality programs at
the student behavior center.
“One of the things students
should take advantage of is the
hotline,” Burt said of the rape cri
sis center’s victim line. “If they start
SEE ANNIVERSARY, PAGE 6
Greek
group
returns
to UNC
Delta Upsilon
to recruit, reopen
BY JOSEPH R. SCHWARTZ
ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR
Lodged in a nearby extended
stay hotel, Philip McDaniel is vis
iting UNC on business with one
goal in mind the return of Delta
Upsilon International.
As the Indiana-based fraternity’s
expansion coordinator, McDaniel
is charged with overseeing the
massive effort to recolonize the
UNC chapter. If all goes well, it will
become a provi
sional chapter
next fall.
The fraternity
originally was
established at
UNC in 1951 but
dwqalwdin 2001
because of a lack
of' membership
and' a deteriorat
ing house.
“We’re starting
from scratch,” he
said. “I start and
Coordinator
Philip
McDaniel is
heading group's
efforts at UNC.
end my day with meetings.”
But, he said, the number of
meetings is a measure of his suc
cess so far.
McDaniel has engaged in con
versations with officials in the
Office of Greek Affairs and the
Interfraternity Council, who are
on board with his goal.
“I’m always excited when the fra
ternity system gets stronger,” said
IFC President Walker Rutherfurd.
As part of the process, the frater
nity’s Rosemary Street house, which
is adjacent to the Alpha Delta Pi
sorority house, is being rebuilt and
will feature a lodge-style layout.
The organization’s tradition of
being the nation’s first nonsecret
fraternity also is being restored.
Unlike all other campus fraterni
ties, Delta Upsilon opens its initia
tion ceremony to the public.
“It makes us unique,” McDaniel
said. “Everyone can sell the broth
ership thing.”
Sage Brennan, a master’s stu
dent in the Kenan-Flagler Business
School, was the secretary of the fra
ternity while he was a UNC under
graduate.
During his time in the organiza
tion, the group stood out not only
because of its vow of nonsecrecy,
SEE FRATERNITY, PAGE 6
Chapel Hill police arrested
Michael Jordan Cruz, also of
Raleigh, 11 days after Crosby’s body
was found and charged him with
first-degree murder, reports state.
Cruz later was dismissed because
of insufficient evidence, said Jane
Cousins, spokeswoman for Chapel
Hill police.
There have been no new sus
pects in the case, but every once
in a while someone will call the
police department with tips, said
Capt. Brian Curran of Chapel Hill
police.
A year earlier in 1999, Carrboro
resident Wilbert Jones, 74, was
found shot to death inside his
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