©?p SaiUj ®ar Mrel CAMPUS BRIEFS Paul Green Theater Drive closes today for utility work Paul Green Theater Drive will be closed starting today because of utili ty work associated with the construc tion of the Cobb Deck and Chiller Plant. The road is directly north of the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery. Construction, slated to last 18 months, will affect the road throughout the process. N4 permit holders still will be able to access parking spaces in their lot. CITY BRIEFS Greensboro man dies after Sunday morning car crash A car accident Sunday morn ing at the intersection of Old Durham Road and East Lakeview Drive resulted in the death of a Greensboro man, according to Chapel Hill police reports. Velio Norman, 74, of 1611 Wright Ave. in Greensboro, turned onto Old Durham Road off East Lakeview Drive when he disregard ed a stop sign and failed to yield to a vehicle already on Old Durham Road, reports state. Capt. Brian Curran said the vehicle traveling on Old Durham Road “T-boned” Norman’s car. A Chapel Hill resident was driv ing the second vehicle at the time of the incident. According to reports, he sustained no injuries. Carrboro resident charged with breaking and entering A Carrboro man was arrested Saturday night on charges of break ing and entering, Carrboro police reports state. Two men had invited Isidoro Bautista Ramirez, 38, to stay at their residence at 404 Jones Ferry Road on previous occasions, but not on Saturday night, reports state. According to reports, one of the men walked into his apartment to find Ramirez naked in his bed. The victim said he would have used a knife on the suspect if police had not reported to the scene quickly, reports state. Ramirez was holding the victim by the arms when Carrboro police arrived, reports state. Reports also state that Ramirez was intoxicated at the time of the incident. Ramirez was taken to Orange County Jail. UNC student charged with drunk driving early Sunday UNC junior Karen Mann, 20, was arrested on a charge of drunk driving early Sunday morning, Chapel Hill police reports state. Mann was stopped for speed ing and running a red light at the intersection of U.S. 15-501 North and Estes Drive. Her blood-alcohol content was .11 at the time of her arrest, according to reports. Mann also was charged with carrying a false driver’s license, reports state. Homeless man charged with trespassing at bus stop A homeless man was arrested at the 501 Jones Ferry Road bus stop Friday evening on charges of second-degree trespassing and communicating violent threats, Carrboro police reports state. According to reports, Carrboro officer G. Mayfield observed a large number of people at the bus stop who did not get on a bus after one stopped there. He asked them to move on and most did without any problem, reports state. Alfredo Enrique Hernandez, 38, refused to move on and said about 10 times that he wanted to “get a gun and shoot (the officer)” and that he wanted to kill the officer, reports said. Hernandez was transported to the Orange County Jail without incident, reports state. calendar Today The International Education Exhibition & Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Student Union The fair will offer information on international programs, oppor tunities, student groups and uni versity departments. Today A brown bag lunch with digital media artist and filmmaker Alex Rivera will be at noon in the conference room at the University Center for International Studies. A film forum and screening with Rivera on “IVue Tales from an Invisible America” will be at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Auditorium. Wednesday The Carolina Association of Black Journalists is hosting an “Entertainment in the Media” panel at 7 p.m. in 33 Carroll Hall. Featured panelists include free lance writer and XXL magazine contributor Saptosa Foster and local hip-hop artist Kaze. From staff reports. System checks audit process New taskforce to eliminate problems BY ERIC JOHNSON STAFF WRITER In the wake of a million-dollar scandal at the N.C. School of the Arts discovered in October, UNC system President Molly Broad has directed the system’s governing body to consider stricter supervi sion of campus finances. “It is time for this board to care fully consider taking on additional f SHBg i 2* ■ JKMH * 1 SMBj&j ~vgj|K kMl' Hdfigjajk i i xz m |j|{ jH* i 1 IKF at a4":, •.' I ' ■ • •• - ■ f s£)£ • I' 1 y , 5 " JBMy- , -*■ ~”>** , • H qs9 '4 , 4.V "'■ ** ' # .-'ifa Sophomore Lauren Pope, president of the UNC-CH Ballroom Dance Club, and partner senior Robert Logue rw lead the class through dance steps during its shag les son Monday night in the Women’s Gym. The club offers free dance lessons to UNC students, faculty and staff, as well as to Housing rules might change BY KATIE LEWIS STAFF WRITER The Chapel Hill Town Council took a step Monday night toward amending language in a town ordi nance that could help create more affordable housing. The town defines affordable hous ing as any unit that is affordable for individuals or families whose incomes are at or below 80 percent of the area median income for a fam ily of four. The council requires that 15 percent of units in a residential development be devoted to such housing. Currently, if that percentage does not convert to a whole number, the number of required units is rounded down. The council discussed a pro posal Monday that instead would round these figures up. “This change would make the affordable housing requirements Eateries pledge funds for shelters BY JON WEINER STAFF WRITER If residents of the Triangle decide to go out to eat today, they might be fighting more than their own hunger. The Restaurants Sharing V/5 + V/5 Percent program is holding its 16th annual fund-raising event to aid hunger. The RSWP program allows area restaurants in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Raleigh and Durham to donate 10 percent of their gross sales for one day out of the year to help feed the hungry in their local communities. This year, more than 250 res taurants in the Triangle pledged to participate, including a record 110 in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. “The program started in Baltimore, Md., with a group of waiters and waitresses just putting some of their tips into a jar,” said Irene Briggaman, coordinator of the local RSWP effort. Briggaman started the program in Chapel Hill and Carrboro in 1989. “We had 43 restaurants sign up the first year, and we made about $6,500,” she said. Businesses in Raleigh and Durham joined the operation in 1990, and together with Chapel Hill and Carrboro, participating Top News oversight duties,” Broad told the Board of Governors during its Friday meeting. In response to Broad’s recom mendation, the BOG has formed a task force to examine what kind of role it should play in reviewing campus finances. “1 think the task force is designed to determine what additional over sight there ought to be, as well as SHALL WE DANCE? more consistent with the way we do other things in the town, such as parking,” said Roger Waldon, town planning director. “If you have to have 1.5 parking spaces and round down, you do not meet the require ments. We round up.” The council on Monday referred the proposal to the town manager and attorney after the public hear ing. It will be back on the agenda Dec. 6 with three options for the council to consider. The council could choose to leave the ordinance as is and continue to round down all fractions. It could also choose to round fractions up or, if a fraction is 0.5 or above, round the number up while all numbers 0.49 and below would be rounded down. Robert Dowling, director of the SEE HOUSING, PAGE 5 “We feel that we need to give back to the community as much as you can ... when the community is supporting you.” GREG OVERBECK. SQUID'S RESTAURANT-MARKET AND OYSTER BAR restaurants have raised more than $350,000 over the last 15 years. Briggaman said the goal for this year is to raise $45,000. Proceeds from the fund-raiser benefit the Community Kitchen of Durham Urban Ministries, the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina and the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service, which operates a shelter and community kitchen in Chapel Hill. “We’ve been participating as long as the program has been around,” said Christy Raulli, a member of the board of directors for Weaver Street Market in Carrboro. Briggaman said there are nine businesses that have been part of the project every year and 40 that have been involved for 10 years or more. She said participating restaurants benefit by getting involved. “It’s such a good deal. They’re buying good wifi, publicity and community spirit,” Briggaman said. Greg Overbeck, owner of Squid’s who should be responsible for it,” said Jim Phillips, chairman of the board’s Budget and Finance Committee. Robert Warwick, the only cer tified public accountant on the board, will serve as chairman of the task force. “We’re going to look at the cur rent internal audit function within the campuses and with the Board of Governors and see if there are some things that we need to be doing differently” he said. DTH/CARTER MURPHY members of the community. Lessons include swing, waltz, shag, quickstep, salsa and jive. No experience is needed to join, and a dance partner is not required. A monthly social dance will be held from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Dec. 3 in the Women’s Gym. Admission will be $4 for students and $6 for others. Council knocks concept plan BYTANNER SLAYDEN STAFF WRITER The mixed-use development proposed to be built northeast of the intersection of U.S. 15-501 and Erwin Road received a nega tive response from the Chapel Hill Town Council at a public hearing Monday night. The public hearing was cut short and will be continued in January. The council criticized Wilson Assemblage, proposed by Design Response Inc., for dramatically changing the concept plan and increasing traffic concerns with its current plans. “This (public hearing) takes me back seven years ago when we didn’t have a concept plan stage,” said council member Edith Wiggins. “We added the concept plan so we could talk to develop ers about what they had in mind in detail before the public hearing.” All council members reflected this sentiment. Council member Bill Strom said he thought the dramatic changes Restaurant-Market and Oyster Bar at 1201 U.S. 15-501 Bypass, has been a program participant almost every year since 1989. “We feel that we need to give back to the community as much as we can,” he said. “When the com munity is supporting you, you have an obligation to give back.” A complete list of participating restaurants is available by city at http://www.rswp.org. Central Carolina Bank is helping to fund some of the administrative costs for the 2004 campaign. “There is power in numbers,” said Steve Riddle, general manager of Panzanella, located in Carr Mill Mall in Carrboro, which is partici pating for its fifth year. “What’s unique about (RSWP) is that all of the area restaurants have joined together,” he said. “That’s what makes it special.” Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2004 Broad already has made a num ber of suggestions for the task force’s consideration. They include an annual review of the state audi tor’s reports for all system schools, along with a yearly meeting with the state auditor to ensure that any concerns can be addressed quickly. “If (the auditor) comes up with some issues, then obviously we need to know about that, and we need to SEE AUDIT, PAGE 5 to the concept plan only took away what was appealing about the development. He said the concept plan origi nally called for 32 units of afford able housing, which was appealing to the council in March 2003 when the concept plan was submitted. The plans now include no afford able housing, and council members commented on how the site now looks different from the develop ment approved under the concept plan. “It seemed like we were being offered caviar last year as far as affordable housing goes,” Strom said. “Now, it doesn’t even seem like we are getting fish food.” Another issue the council and town residents had with the pro posed development is that it could further congest busy roadways and dangerous intersections. Harvey Krasny, resident of Summerfield Crossing, presented his neighbors’ concerns about an increased traffic flow. “It is a pipe dream to think peo- Ji tr j \ I ~ hi ra ■ i;i§ I *.