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CITY BRIEFS
Forcible rape reported off
Pritchard Ave. extension
A forcible rape in a residence off
the Pritchard Avenue extension was
reported Tuesday evening, Chapel
Hill police reports state.
According to reports, the vic
tim was held down and raped by
an acquaintance at about 9 p.m. in
her home.
Police are still investigating.
Dalzell likely to be indicted
on murder charge Nov. 8
It was another administra
tive day at court Thursday, and
Andrew Douglas Dalzell again did
not appear.
His lawyer, public defender James
Williams, was at court defending
other cases. Williams said admin
istrative days can be used to change
felony charges to misdemeanors.
He also said Dalzell’s first
appearance will likely be in Orange
County Superior Court because
district court will not handle a case
like Dalzell’s.
Dalzell is facing one count of
second-degree murder, six counts
of sexual exploitation and four
charges related to larceny by an
employee.
Williams refused to comment on
how he and his client would tackle
the charges once in court. No plea
has been made as of yet.
District Attorney Carl Fox said
Dalzell is likely to be indicted Nov.
8 on the charges of second-degree
murder and charges stemming from
larceny by an employee.
“He won’t be indicted on the
charges of sexual exploitation
because there is more evidence to
be gathered,” Fox said.
Dalzell has been in Orange County
Jail for almost two months after
being arrested Sept. 9 and charged
with the disappearance and murder
of Carrboro resident Deborah Leigh
Key.
Fox said a possible date for
Dalzell’s appearance in Superior
Court is Nov. 30.
Until then, he will remain in the
county jail on a $20,000 secure
bond for the charges of sexual
exploitation and a $70,000 secure
bond for the murder charge.
Attempted break-in marks
10th such attempt in area
An attempted break-in at
a Cameron Avenue residence
Wednesday marks the 10th occur
rence of breaking and entering
this month in the area of Cameron
Avenue and McCauley, Mallette
and Kenan streets, Chapel Hill
police reports state.
According to police spokeswoman
Jane Cousins, a resident of 206 W.
Cameron Ave. called police at about
7:15 p.m. after catching a suspicious
man at the back of the house.
The suspect fled on a bicycle,
but officers found an open window
and the resident’s kitchen televi
sion wrapped in a T-shirt outside
the house, Cousins said.
According to reports, five of the 10
break-ins this month occurred while
residents were inside the house.
“The closer the suspect comes
to the victim, the more potential
there is for someone to be hurt,”
said Cousins. “There’s more fright
to the victim, and there’s more con
cern for us,” she said.
According to reports, five of the
10 break-ins occurred through
unlocked doors or windows.
CAMPUS BRIEFS
Representative resigns from
post on Student Congress
Student Congress representative
Julie Lamberth resigned her posi
tion Thursday.
She represented District 8,
which consists of the schools of
Business, Law, Information and
Library Science, Journalism and
Mass Communication and off
campus studies.
In an e-mail to Student Congress,
she cited her reasons for leaving as
her workload, law school and fam
ily concerns.
Candidate for Homecoming
disqualified late Thursday
Yesenia Polanco was disquali
fied from the race for Homecoming
Queen late Thursday night for fail
ing to submit required financial
statements, specifically an invoice
related to printed handbills.
Polanco, sponsored by the
Carolina Hispanic Association, vio
lated the section of the Student Code
that requires candidates to disclose
such information no later than 5 p.m.
the day after the election. Officials in
the Board of Elections said Polanco
requested an extension Wednesday
but neglected to submit documents
Thursday.
While Homecoming candi
dates cannot use student fees to
pay for campaign materials, they
can spend up to $250. This year’s
Homecoming Queen and King will
be announced Saturday.
From staff and wire reports.
IFC praises Moran’s service
Controversy sees little time in spotlight
BY OLIVIA WEBB
STAFF WRITER
The Inter-Faith Council held
its annual membership meeting
Wednesday night, taking time to
ignore recent controversies and
honor one of its own.
The organization, which turned
40 last year, commemorated the
20 years of service by Executive
Director Chris Moran.
President Natalie Ammarell
began the meeting with a speech
outlining future goals and visions
“For many generations of students, (Wilson Library) was the main library.
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Students study in Wilson Library in the 19405. Wilson, which is celebrating its 75th year, served as the University's main library until 1984.
Today, the library houses the University's special collections including the North Carolina Collection and the Southern Historical Collection
LIBRARY’S HISTORY
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Special collections library celebrates its 75th year ; looks to push ahead
BY JOHN RAMSEY
STAFF WRITER
A candlestick telephone and an ancient
typewriter face a huge, clunky dinosaur of
a machine.
The machine, a microfilm reader from the
19505, holds a plaque inscribed with some
of the earliest thoughts on Wilson Library,
where an exhibit celebrating the library’s
75th anniversary will remain until Feb. 13.
“It is touched and ennobled by the dreams
and sacrifice and devotion of a very great
man— Dr. Louis R. Wilson —and repre
sents the culmination of an aspiration on the
part of our people,” said former N.C. Gov.
O. Max Gardner at the building’s dedication
ceremony, which took place Oct. 19,1929.
The exhibit, housed in the North Carolina
Collection Gallery, features photographs,
explanations of different stages in the history
of the library and library artifacts. Its use of
both text and images makes the information
interesting and highly accessible, said Harry
McKown, reference associate in the North
Secret society prompts ghoulish legends
Gimghoul Castle adds local mystery
BY KIRSTEN VALLE
STAFF WRITER
Past a stretch of well-groomed
lawns, past where Gimghoul Road
turns to a winding, gravel drive,
an eerie stone castle rises from the
woods.
It’s surrounded by ivy-covered
trees, chained-off entrances and
rusty signs warning trespassers to
stay away.
Hippol Castle better known as
Gimghoul Castle is a sprawling,
pre-Norman England-style struc
ture at the edge of UNC’s campus
that has been the source of some of
Chapel Hill’s greatest legends.
“It’s there, and it’s a beautiful old
building,” said Bill Ferris, history
professor and associate director
of UNC’s Center for Study of the
American South. “It’s a wonderful
local legend that inspires us.”
The castle was built as a meeting
place for the Order of Gimghoul, a
still-existing secret society of noted
UNC students and alumni.
Construction began in the fall of
1924 and cost about $50,000.
Although the structure is acces
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for the service organization.
“For IFC, the vision is one of a
community that takes on respon
sibility for the homeless, hungry
and at-risk families and individu
als among us,” she said.
She told the story of her visit as a
young college student to “Jingleville,”
a poor, underdeveloped community
in northern New York, citing it as
the “formative” experience that led
her into social work.
Ammarell went on to give recog
nition to people who have served on
Carolina Collection.
“You can learn an amazing amount in a
short period of time,” he said. “And it’s visual,
so it sticks with you.”
So, many say, does the library. Seventy
five years after Gardner spoke his famous
words, University Librarian Emeritus Joe
Hewitt echoed his sentiments.
When the library was built in 1929, it was
the physical symbol of the ambition of the
University to become a modern university,”
he said. “... Wilson is a landmark building
on campus, like the Old Well.”
Faculty and students originally knew the
building simply as The Library until it was for
mally renamed in honor of Wilson in 1956.
“For many generations of students, it was
the main library,” said Larry Alford, deputy
university librarian. “They worked, studied,
even met future spouses there.”
In 1952, after World War II had ended,
the University’s population skyrocketed, and
students using the library perched in win
dowsills and sat on stairways. Officials then
sible from Gimghoul Road, it
remains a mystery, inspiring nearly
a century of folklore.
“It’s a mystical thing that’s been
part of the University for about 100
years,” said Roland Giduz, a UNC
alumnus and Chapel Hill resident
who has researched the castle. “It’s
part of the heritage of the University.
It’s really more lore than history.”
The most popular legend involves
Peter Dromgoole, a man from
Virginia who came to UNC in 1833.
Dromgoole fell in love with a
Chapel Hill woman, Fanny, but an
unnamed man became jealous and
challenged Dromgoole to a duel on
Piney Prospect, where Gimghoul
Castle stands today.
Dromgoole was killed and, as
the story goes, buried in a shallow
grave uqder a large rock.
Now called Dromgoole Rock, it
sits directly in front of the castle
and bears deep-red stains, which
some say is Dromgoole’s blood.
The facts of Dromgoole’s legend
have been disputed over the years;
one rumor is that he really joined the
Army, likely under the name of his
the council’s board of directors and
continued her praise of Moran.
The event’s program contained
a list of Moran’s accomplishments
during the two decades he has
spent with the IFC.
Numerous friends and fellow
volunteers shared stories, on and
off the microphone, of their favor
ite moments with Moran and what
he meant to their community.
Chris Yount, a member of Club
Nova, an independent residential
program that aids adults with seri
ous mental illness, spoke of Moran.
“In the early ’9os I volunteered at
the shelter when Chris was the direc
decided to add new wings for study rooms
and 10 levels of bookstacks.
A second expansion in 1977 added space
for 1 million books and 900 carrels.
After Davis Library opened in 1984,
Wilson underwent a three-year renovation
and received anew mission in 1987 as the
University’s special collections library.
“Until 1984, Wilson played the role that
Davis plays today” Hewitt said. “Now it’s where
students go to learn how to use primary sourc
es, and it’s used nationally by researchers.”
Wilson holds a wealth of primary sources,
including manuscripts, photographs, rare
books, sound recordings and other artifacts.
Among the most noted of these jewels are
the North Carolina Collection, the largest
collection of published materials related to
a single state, and the Southern Historical
Collection, one of the largest collections of
manuscripts related to the American South.
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Hippol Castle, better known as Gimghoul Castle, is the home of the Order
of the Gimghoul, a secret society founded in 1889 that still exists today.
roommate, John Buxton Williams.
But the dispute hasn’t killed the
tale. “The castle itself is sort of a
backdrop for the actual story,” said
Dan Barefoot, a 1973 UNC gradu
ate and author of “Haunted Halls
of Ivy: Ghosts of Southern Colleges
and Universities,” a collection of
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tor of the shelter,” Yount said.
“His help was instrumental in get
ting the apartments on our property
built and helping the tenants of our
apartments with initial expenses.”
Many representatives of local
church congregations were pres
ent at the meeting. All had positive
things to say about the organiza
tion’s impact on the community.
“It’s so great to see how IFC has
moved from its small beginnings to
become the principal social agency
of Chapel Hill and Carrboro,” said
the Rev. Robert Seymour.
SEE IFC, PAGE 7
collegiate ghost stories.
As for the truth of the legend?
“That blood stain is still there on
that rock,” he said. “People can’t
really explain it.”
Besides, he said, “A lot of people
SEE GIMGHOUL, PAGE 7
VICE PRESIDENTIAL RACE
The vice president is second
in-command in the United
States, subservient only to the
U.S. president. Vice presidents
also serve as president of the
Senate, casting any tie-breaking
votes, and are charged in the
Constitution with taking office
if the sitting president resigns,
becomes unfit to lead or dies.
Cheney
remains
potent,
powerful
Wyoming native
wields influence
BY SHERRI ENGEL
STAFF WRITER
Supporting from behind rather
than standing out in front is one skill
President Bush’s running mate is
said to practice with great finesse.
“I worked with
(Vice President
Dick Cheney)
when he was chief
of staff and sec
retary of defense
and know the
extreme capabil
ity he has in pro
viding high qual
ity advice,” said
Roger Porter, a
professor of busi
ness and govern
ment at Harvard
University.
Vice President
Dick Cheney
exercises his
influence behind
the scenes.
Cheney’s solid influence has
been visible during the past four
years in the Bush White House. He
has built a reputation of being one
of the most active vice presidents in
recent history.
Some pundits even say that
Cheney, at times, has had more
control of the White House from
behind the scenes than Bush has
demonstrated from the front lines.
“He has been given a broad
range of responsibilities across the
board and is intimately involved
in implementing policies facing
the executive branch,” said Joel
Goldstein, a professor of law at
St. Louis University Law School.
“Bush clearly relies on him.”
During his years with the Bush
administration, the things that have
SEE CHENEY, PAGE 7
Edwards
relies on
gentility,
diligence
Seeks to top off
propitious rise
BY HILARY HELLENS
STAFF WRITER
Vice presidential hopeful John
Edwards’ longtime friend said the
senator has an “iron butt” when it
comes to his devotion to working
out the kinks
in Washington,
D.C.
“There are
some students
that can work.
This wasn’t the
kid who was
easily distract
ed,” said Donald
Beskind, a lec
turer at Duke
University and a
lawyer who has
been a friend of
Vice presidential
candidate John
Edwards aims
for working
families' needs.
the Edwards family for 20 years.
“This man has laser-like focus.”
Oftentimes, though, that side of
Edwards is hidden from the public.
Instead, the media —and
Edwards himself have focused
on his Southern roots. The son of a
mill worker and post office employ
ee, born in Seneca, S.C., and raised
in Robbins, Edwards has taken his
down-home charm to heights most
Tar Heel politicians never reach.
But friends say that behind the
public face, Edwards has unusual
intelligence and strong political
instincts.
“I have never met a human being
in my life that was such a quick
study,” Beskind said, adding that
Edwards embodies the “American
ethic” of working hard and getting
what you want.
SEE EDWARDS, PAGE 7
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