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CITY BRIEFS
Driver in Gates hit-and-run
gets community service
The N.C. State University
senior who was driving the vehi
cle that struck and killed Tar Heel
Sports Network reporter Stephen
Gates was sentenced Wednesday
to a 30-day suspended prison
stay.
District Attorney Jim Woodall
said the sentence for Emily
Caveness means that she will not
actually serve prison time. She
also was sentenced to 18 months
of supervised probation and 200
hours of community service.
Caveness was driving a white
Cadillac Escalade the night of Oct.
4,2003, near the split of Interstates
40 and 85 when she struck Gates,
who was changing a tire.
She initially was charged with
both felony hit and run and fail
ure to report an accident. But the
hit-and-run charge was dropped
after she pled guilty to the failure
to report charge and struck a deal
with the district attorney’s office.
She appeared in Orange County
Superior Court on Wednesday to be
sentenced for the failure to report
charge.
The court recommended that
she be put in a youth tutoring pro
gram in Wake County to fulfill her
community service requirement.
The man driving with her at
the time of the incident, Rabah
Samara, was acquitted of the hit
and-run charges in November.
Rep. Mary Taylor Price Harrison,
D-Guilford, introduced a bill called
“Stephen’s Law” in February that
would clarify the state’s laws on
leaving the scene of an accident.
The bill now is referred to the
House Judiciary committee.
County commissioners to
discuss various issues today
The Orange County Board of
Commissioners will hold a work
session today at the Government
Services Center in Hillsborough.
The meeting will begin at 7:30
p.m. after a brief closed session.
Commissioners will discuss an
application for a grant for agricul
tural conservation easements, the
county open space report, school
capital improvement plans and a
proposed change in the way that
the county distributes its capital
funds.
6AMPUS BRIEFS'
Chapel Hill man charged
with trespassing in library
University police charged a
Chapel Hill man with trespassing
at UNC’s Health Science Library at
12:46 a.m. Tuesday, police reports
state.
Police received phone calls com
plaining that Alfred Sesay, 60, of
106A Bright Sun Place, was trying
to solicit money from other library
patrons, reports state.
Sesay said he was trying to
obtain money to use the printer,
according to reports.
Sesay has no affiliation with the
University, and police charged him
because the incident was a reoccur
ring behavior, reports state.
STATE 8 NATION
83-year-old woman wrestles,
shoots at intruder Tuesday
KINGSPORT, Tenn. - An 83-
year-old woman fought with an
intruder in her home and fired two
shots at him before he fled with her
gun and purse.
Mark Foulk, 44, of Fall Branch,
was pulled over by a Sullivan
County Sheriff’s deputy about 20
minutes later and charged with
DUI and speeding.
Authorities at the jail found glass
in his pockets, cuts on his hands
and a gun and purse in his car. He
was then charged with robbery and
aggravated burglary.
An intruder broke into the house
of Clara Groseclose early Tuesday.
She heard a noise downstairs,
retrieved a handgun and went to
check on it.
Groseclose encountered a man
near a broken window, and he
demanded money, police said.
She struggled with the man and
fired two rounds at him. Police
said Foulk had an abrasion on his
face that could have come from
the muzzle of the gun when it was
fired.
The man took Groseclose’s gun
and purse and fled.
She had a minor cut on her knee
from the struggle but was not seri
ously injured.
CALENDAR
Today U.S. Rep. David Price,
D-N.C., will hold a town hall
style meeting at 7 p.m. for area
residents at the Chapel Hill Town
Hall.
The meeting is open to all
members of the public to express
concerns or talk about federal
issues.
From staff and wire reports.
Recontracting process a fiasco
Housing officials promise to fix glitches
BY DANIEL WILKES
STAFF WRITER
Minutes after online hous
ing recontracting began at 7 a.m.
Tuesday, phone calls and e-mails
from confused graduate students
and upperclassmen were piling up
in the housing office.
Rick Bradley, information and
communications specialist for
the Department of Housing and
Residential Education, said com
plaints of login errors, double book
ings and other complications con
DTH/GILLIAN BOLSOVER
Coach Ken Carter and audience members raise their hands, touch their hearts and spin around at the end of Carter's speech Wednesday
night in Hill Hall. The coach asked the audience to say that his speech raised their hands, touched their hearts and turned them around.
A COACH’S HOOP DREAMS
Real-life ‘Coach Carter’
praises responsibility
BY ALEX ROBINSON
STAFF WRITER
Just hours after the men’s basketball team
departed from campus, students welcomed
a hoops legend to the University.
Coach Ken Carter who made national
news in 1999 when he locked out his inner
city high school basketball team after mem
bers failed to meet his academic standards
gave an animated speech to an audience of
almost 100 campus and community members
Wednesday night in Hill Hall Auditorium.
“My speech will be like a lady’s dress,
long enough to cover all the basics but short
enough to keep your interest,” he said.
Recently, MTV and Paramout Pictures
turned Carter’s story of hard work and dedi
cation into a major motion picture: “Coach
Carter,” featuring Samuel L. Jackson.
Carter’s speech focused on the importance
of family and personal responsibility. Carter
said that in order to be successful, one must
University can’t find
definition of ‘diversity’
BY JENNY RUBY
ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR
The University community lacks
a universal definition of diversity,
campus officials said Wednesday.
And until it has one, solving
many of the problems UNC faces
will prove difficult.
Members of the Chancellor’s Task
Force on Diversity met Wednesday
to discuss the findings of a campus
wide study on the topic, completed
early this month.
They came together after a week
of intense scrutiny from three sub
committees. Ultimately, they decid
ed that differing ideas on diversity
make talk more difficult.
“I don’t know that we are going
to come away with a satisfactory
answer,” said Charles Daye, Henry
Brandis Professor in the School of
Law. “I am worried about a discus
sion of diversity without an anchor.”
During the full task force meet
ing, the student, faculty and staff
subcommittees presented their find
ings and recommendations for fur
ther investigation of various issues.
As the meeting progressed, mem
bers noticed underlying themes that
emerged in all the groups.
They reported that the University
embraces and celebrates diversity
on campus.
But the student subcommittee
noted that more should be done
to promote interaction among
groups.
“Presence is not enough,” said
Sandra Hoeflich, associate dean
for interdisciplinary education.
“We need more opportunities for
interaction.”
Subcommittees also reported
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tinued as the morning progressed.
Bradley said officials shut down
the system about 2:30 p.m. after
realizing the extent of the situ
ation. Following an assessment
of the problems, they decided to
postpone online recontracting
until April 5.
The almost 250 applicants who
successfully filled out an applica
tion Tuesday will need to repeat
the process, Bradley said.
That might inconvenience stu
dents who were able to reserve an
have accountability, integrity, teamwork and
leadership skills.
“Eighty percent of success is showing up,”
he said. “There is a reason you guys showed
up tonight. You’re searching for something.”
He reminded his audience to remember
its past and retain its values while working
to accomplish its life goals.
“One thing I want you to take from this
lecture is that being kind and respectful will
simply never go out of style,” he said.
Carter said his family’s influence helped
shape his character and encouraged him to
stay strong in the face of adversity.
“My seven sisters validated my ability to
be successful,” he said. “Ladies have played
an important part in my life, because women
will tell the truth.”
Carter said the audience was full of future
leaders of the world. Education will provide
students with the foundation for a success
ful future, he said. “You don’t get paid by
the hour but by what you bring to the hour,”
he said. “That’s why you are here at college
investing in yourself.”
During the meet-and-greet after his
speech, Carter decided to have a little bit of
“/ don’t know that
we are going to
come away with
a satisfactory
answer.”
CHARLES DAYE, LAW PROFESSOR
that survey respondents had mixed
feelings about UNC’s recruitment
practices.
More than 60 percent of both
students and faculty said the
University makes sufficient efforts
to recruit diverse communities
—but that didn’t stop committees
from making recommendations.
UNC should pay more attention
to recruiting and retaining gradu
ate and professional students, the
subcommittee on students sug
gested, though it does a good job
recruiting a diverse student body.
And the faculty committee said
that while the University does well in
recruiting a diverse staff, its retention
efforts don’t reflect the same care.
Citing a low level of diversity among
tenured faculty, group members said
a smaller percentage of faculty were
pleased with retention.
The study also showed that most
people surveyed said they are able
to discuss diversity on campus.
More than 70 percent of staff
members said they are comfort
able discussing diversity in the
workplace, while only 13 percent
said they aren’t.
But members of the staff subcom-
SEE DIVERSITY, PAGE 10
open room, but they had an unfair
advantage because others could not
log in, said Larry Hicks, director of
the housing department.
“Everyone is back on a fair play
ing field,” he said.
Before heading off to an emer
gency meeting between the hous
ing department and Information
Technology Services, Bradley sent
an e-mail to campus residents
alerting them that open-campus
recontracting would be closed until
further notice.
He said three problems led to
the decision to shut down and
postpone online recontracting.
fun based on the film bearing his name.
He insisted that two students who hadn’t
viewed “Coach Carter” do 10 pushups before
he would sign autographs —and gave them
$lO each for their hard work.
Throughout the movie, Jackson’s char
acter required members of the team to do
pushups if they broke his rales.
The speech was organized by the Campus
Y and sponsored by other campus organi
zations, including the Carolina Athletic
Association and the Office of Greek Affairs.
Campus Y President Elizabeth Sonntag
said she thought Carter would provide stu
dents with inspiration to push the limits.
“We thought he had a lot to contribute to
our community,” she said. “Asa large organiza
tion, we felt that we had a commitment to the
students to bring someone with a big name.”
Carter left his audience with a message of
empowerment.
“If you plant your seed in fertile ground,
you will blossom. This campus is fertile
ground.”
Contact the University Editor
at udesk@unc.edu.
UNC alumnae talk politics
Legislators speak for Women s Week
BY MATTHEW BOWLES
STAFF WRITER
Three female state legislators
discussed their political careers
Wednesday night and offered words
of inspiration to a group gathered in
the Student Union’s Cabaret.
“The State ofWomen in the State”
hosted an audience of about 30 peo
ple, most of who were women.
Although all 10 of the UNC
alumnae serving in the General
Assembly were invited to speak at
the forum, only three were able to
attend the event.
The purpose of the panel was to
create a dialogue among state lead
ers and students.
“I hope that these women lead
ers in our state legislature can show
our young people on campus how
to be effective leaders,” said Diane
Kjervik, director of the Carolina
Women’s Center, which spon
sored the event as part of Women’s
Week.
During the discussion, each leg
islator spoke of her experiences in
politics and the specific challenges
women face in the political scene.
Rep. Alice Bordsen, D-Alamance,
discussed her campaign for the N.C.
House. “It was primarily women
working for women,” she said, not
ing that they were motivated to help
elect a female representative.
She also said men dominate poli
tics in her county, and raising enough
money to mount a competitive cam
paign can be difficult for women.
Yet Bordsen offered encourage
ment to those considering a run for
public office.
“Anybody in this room is a can
THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2005
Login errors arose from a soft
ware glitch, causing Student Central
to not recognize certain students as
on-campus residents. This made
students ineligible to fill out the
application.
Rooms that were reserved
through previous recontracting
processes showed up as available
and led students to double-book
many rooms.
“There was apparently a bug in
that program that caused those
rooms already occupied to not be
deducted from the master file,”
SEE HOUSING, PAGE 10
didate,” she said, stating that per
sonal confidence is essential for a
strong campaign.
Sen. Elbe Kinnaird, D-Orange,
talked about her own experiences
in politics. Possessing a master’s
degree in music, Kinnaird said
she eventually changed her career
path. “I decided what I really want
ed to do was to go to law school,
and I did.”
Kinnaird later became mayor of
Carrboro and now is serving her
fifth term in the N.C. Senate.
She said more women should
consider entering politics at the
state level to strengthen the female
perspective in the legislature.
“I think women’s public policy
is very different from men’s public
policy.”
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DTH/GILUAN BOLSOVER
N.C. Rep. Alice Bordsen, D-Alamance (left), and N.C. Sen. Ellie Kinnaird,
D-Orange, speak on their experience as women in North Carolina politics.
Trash
tops list
for cost
cutting
BY JAKE POTTER
STAFF WRITER
Fees for apartment complexes
using large trash bins and relocating
a museum to the heart of downtown
might be some ways to alleviate
Chapel Hill’s budget outlook, area
residents charged with reviewing
the budget said Wednesday.
The entire citizen subcommittee
will review these and other recom
mendations today.
The residents form a part of a
larger committee, which through
out the last two months has been
looking for ways to reduce the pro
jected 10-cent property tax increase
the town might face for next fiscal
year.
Town budget consultant Maximus
Inc. recommended several solutions
to the committee at its March 23
meeting, including cutting the town’s
commercial garbage program.
Dropping the services could
downsize the budget by more than
$600,000, Maximus claims.
But doing so could create a con
flict with a 1999 county interlocal
garbage agreement, requiring that
the town ensure garbage delivery
to the county landfill.
The subcommittee will instead
recommend to charge fees evenly
to all places using large trash bins,
such as schools and nonprofits.
“The Maximus analysis was
superficial,” said subcommittee
member Alan Rimer. “There were
things not factored in. All these
factors say, You know, you’ve got to
think this through a little more.’”
Fellow member Joe Capowski
pointed out that residents would
end up paying more if the garbage
system was privatized.
The subcommittee also will rec
ommend to sell one of four public
buildings that the town has deemed
as underperforming assets. In addi
tion, they will explore the possibil
ity of using marketplace leasing for
one or more of the buildings.
The list of proposed buildingsto
be sold include the Franklin Street
post office and the old Chapel Hill
library building, where the Chapel
Hill Museum now resides.
Subcommittee member Aaron
Nelson said moving the museum’s
services to the post office might
reap large benefits. “If you put the
museum’s function in the post office,
you’ve got a downtown museum.”
Moses Carey Jr., chairman
of the Orange County Board of
Commissioners, spoke out on behalf
of the post office which also hous
es sessions of Orange County District
Criminal Court in a letter last
week to Town Manager Cal Horton.
“The continued use of this facil-
SEE BUDGET, PAGE 10
Elected last November to the
House seat previously held by
her husband, Rep. Melanie Wade
Goodwin, D-Richmond, provided
her own insight on the political
process.
It is first important to be active
in the community, she said. “I felt
like the best way to get to know
the people and the issues was to
get involved.”
At the close of the discussion
panel, Goodwin gave a final piece
of advice to women interested in
politics:
“Don’t hesitate. You’re never too
young, you’re never underquali
fied, and there is always a place
for someone who is passionate and
interested and engaged in public
discourse.”
Contact the State E 9 National
Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.
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