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2 FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2005 FROM STAFF REPORTS ■ An area homeless man was given a citation at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday for concealing mer chandise and shoplifting, Chapel Hill police reports state. According to reports, John Arthur Holman, 59, was struggling with the manager of the Tarheel Book Store, at 119 E. Franklin St., when officers arrived on the scene. Holman was attempting to steal SSO worth of baseball caps from the store, reports state. Reports state that when police confronted him, Holman said, “I stole the hats, but he got them back.” He is scheduled to have his first appearance May 16 in Orange County District Criminal Court in Hillsborough. ■ A burglary without force occurred at 4:15 a.m. Wednesday at the Chancellor Square apart ment complex, at 211 Church St., resulting in the theft of about $3,000 worth of property, Chapel Hill police reports state. According to reports, an unknown suspect entered the unlocked apartment and took a camera, laptop, cell phone, two women’s wallets and $l6O in cash. Forum fosters arts dialogue BY ANDREW CHAN STAFF WRITER Despite the wealth of events and performances the University’s arts community develops each year, many students have voiced con cerns for the future of the arts on campus. The first meeting of anew stu dent arts forum was held in Hill Hall on Thursday, and more than 20 representatives from student arts and cultural groups came to address the challenges they face and to prepare for the September reopening of Memorial Hall. The theater, which will seat more than 1,500, was originally slated for completion in 2004. It should be finished in May, and a formal opening ceremony is sched uled to take place in September. The arts advocacy committee of student government helped organize the meeting with Executive Director for the Arts Emil Kang, who has been working to foster communica tion with students since he arrived at the University in January. Among the issues students Life is calling How far will you go? Peace Corps Info Session & Returned Volunteer Panel Wednesday, April 6 7:00 p.m. 239 B Hanes Hall, UNC Chapel Hill www.peacecorps.qov 919.962.6984 Peace Corps CH .its ipir friends! i \ nf freshly 'Tossed Salads! resse ©rinWs! + U" / I Pastries! X/ / j )fey__ ! I / pTfr 213 W. Franklin Street I J 4 *—T _ rVil Just in front of Granville Towers / Phone - 929-9189 ZTY"Ti i l / / 'pr£V Fax-929-9186 i. ' —L/ j Mon-Thurs6:3oam-9pm Fri/Sat 6:3oam-10pm * • l J Sunday 7: 30am-9pm - . | Tree Saget j| Save3l.oo | j With purchase of j • On any | i any Espresso Drink. SjfCV | j Sandwich. | I.C. Drink, or j | Salad or \ j Hot Chocolate ji "You Pick Two." | ! 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The vehicle, registered to Positive Image Contractors at 257 Jack Bennett Road in Chapel Hill, was valued at $45,000. The victim of the auto theft still has the only key to the vehicle, reports state. Executive Director for the Arts Emil Kang wants to foster communication with students at UNC. discussed were the difficulty of reserving performance space and the need for greater communica tion among arts groups. “It is hard to find a stage big enough for our performances,” said Courtney Sigmon, a representa tive from Carolina Style Dance Company. Students at the meeting seemed to agree that building a sense of community among the fields of music, drama, dance and visual art will make it easier for groups to share resources and contact each other for collaboration. Much of the forum was spent talking about various methods for young artists to stay in contact so publicity for events will be increased and overlap minimized. ■ A gun was found at 6:40 a.m. in the yard of a University offi cial’s home, at 506 E. Rosemary St., Chapel Hill police reports state. According to reports, the hand gun, a .45-caliber pistol, is valued at SIOO by police. ■ A vehicle break-in was reported at 1:42 p.m. Wednesday at the Ridgewood Apartments, at 404 Jones Ferry Road, Carrboro police reports state. According to reports, an unknown suspect entered a 1994 Mazda Protege and stole about $375 worth of property, including a car stereo, a Tazmanian Devil watch and a wedding band. The vehicle was last known to be secure at 10 p.m. Tuesday. ■ A forceful residential break in and vandalism occurred at 1:42 p.m. Wednesday at 408 Cotton St., Chapel Hill police reports state. According to reports, an unknown suspect gained entry by breaking a window, but nothing was reported stolen. The victim, a 34-year-old man, was a resident of side B of the resi dence, reports state. Casey Molino Dunn, chairman for the arts advocacy committee of student government, spoke about the role of arts coverage in The Daily Tar Heel, which he criticized for being too scarce. Students involved with the performing arts often are busy with rehearsals, which has been an obstacle in maintaining rela tionships among arts groups, said Molly Stapleton, who is a member of the arts advocacy committee. One student expressed his worry that regular forum meetings would only add to the demands of artists’ full schedules. Campus leaders who attended the forum included Student Body President Matt Calabria, Union Director Don Luse and soon-to-be Student Body Vice President Adrian Johnston, who said it was the job of student government to help facili tate arts dialogue at the University. “Student government wants to cata lyze a culture of the arts,” he said. Kang and Dunn said dialogue needs to continue in order for the community to progress, increase its visibility and be viewed as a cohe sive whole. “I was brought here to bring the arts together, including faculty, students and staff,” Kang said. “I envision the arts becoming an important component in the future of the University. We must work on developing a brand for the perform ing arts at the University that can compete with our athletic brand.” Contact the A&E Editor at artsdesk@unc.edu. The UNC Football team is seeking students to fill managerial positions. 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UNC is facing a potential 4 per cent budget cut that, if approved by the N.C. General Assembly in August, would amount to $16.3 million in campuswide reduc tions. Some cost-saving suggestions target changes in personnel hiring, small-scale construction, the com mercial paper program and pur chasing power of the University. “We really focused on four areas where, as we looked at the campus’s business operations, we thought we could achieve efficien cy,” said Dwayne Pinkney, assistant vice chancellor for finance and administration. He presented the cost-cutting ideas to the Board of Trustees last week. One idea is to create a University-operated classification system— rather than deferring to the statewide classification system State plays up devotion to military BY KRISTIN PRATT STAFF WRITER State officials are optimistic about escaping potential cuts when the federal government reveals the latest round of military base closings in May. Still, they are working to show the military’s importance to the state. “Everyone is watching this care fully,” said Leigh McNairy, special assistant for military affairs to N.C. Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue. McNairy said the Pentagon’s Base Realignment and Closure program is an “internally con trolled process,” making it difficult to know which bases are at risk, especially since the list will not be out for another month. “All military bases are treated equally based on the rules and reg ulations of the Base Realignment and Closing legislation,” said Cheryl Irwin, spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Defense. President Bush named nine members to the BRAC Commission, which is in charge of looking at the Pentagon’s recommendations for for recruiting and hiring person nel for faculty research teams. “The University, given its under standing of the market, would have the ability to establish classifica tions so we can recruit the right people for the right jobs,” Pinkney said. Officials also suggested expe diting small construction projects and standardizing some building components. “It becomes difficult to manage maintenance and repairs when you don’t have standard components in your buildings,” Pinkney said. . The final two areas concern the University’s purchasing power. “I think there are some instanc es where we might be able to buy goods and services equally as inex pensively as the state, and possi bly even less expensively, but in a much shorter period of time so we can solve problems the University faces,” Ellison said. Officials suggest that fixed costs might be reduced if the University’s commercial paper program is expanded to include equipment purchases and small construction projects. Commercial paper is short-term debt issued in the form of notes and is an alternative to borrowing from banks. Officials also recommended a procurement card program, man aged by the University in a similar method as the state-level program, to speed up small purchases. The University could save money if the campus had the authority to base realignment or closing and deciding how to handle each case. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will release those recom mendations May 16, allowing time for review by the commission, and Bush has until Sept. 23 to act on the suggestions. “I cannot overemphasize the importance of BRAC 2005,” Rumsfeld said in a memorandum written Nov. 15, 2002. “I am con fident we can produce BRAC rec ommendations that will advance transformation, combat effective ness and the efficient use of (tax payers’) money.” McNairy said Rumsfeld origi nally planned to cut 23 percent of bases but recently changed that number to 18 percent. “It’s hard to predict what’s going to happen,” said Lew Borman, com munications director for Perdue. “We’ve done everything possible to get the message out in a loud, clear and coordinated way (that we want the bases to remain).” State legislators are working to show their strong support of the military with the 2005 Military Support Act, a legislation pack age promoted by Perdue, Borman said. A slew of bills awaiting action in the state legislature would pro vide benefits to servicemen and their families, from tax breaks to reduced college tuition rates. “It’s important to demonstrate we are trying to hold the military in as high a regard as we can,” said Rep. Louis Pate, R-Wayne. Officials also stressed the huge economic impact of the military’s presence in North Carolina. y&ut leoiet £& mfie uUt4. us. exclusively a' uniquities Chapel Hili 4; ; ■vysst Franklin St 0-0133 40.10? I Raleigh ••.>■; Da.’ neb S“ -SS2 1234 (Ebr Saily ®ar Urri execute consulting contracts with out state approval, Pinkney said. “The University understands the business it’s in and when it has the need to augment that with con tracts,” he said. Judith Wegner, chairwoman of the faculty, questioned whether increased autonomy would help cost efficiency and effectiveness. “I’d ask myself, ‘ls eliminating a further review going to give you enough assurance that cost would be reduced?’” Wegner said. Wegner and Ellison both expressed a desire for more evi dence that the proposals would foster efficiency. “I think we need to take the work a step further so that we can identify in even greater detail the potential of these savings,” Ellison said. “If we do a great job of pre senting potential benefits, I think the legislature will be reasonable in their response.” Wegner recommended soliciting ideas from faculty and staff within the University to find more ways to shave costs off the overall budget. “I would like to see a means by which people on the ground could be asked, invited and encouraged to identify ways you might be able to save money,” she said. Ellison also expressed this idea, saying that the faculty and staff are the people who “know where we are making the biggest mistakes.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. Military facilities have an annual economic impact of slß.l billion in North Carolina, Borman said. “These bases are a major player in the defense of the nation. But there’s also the economic value of the bases,” McNairy said. “Seventy-seven counties out of 100 have business contracts with the military.” “If one base is on the list, it will be quite devastating,” Pate said. Borman said the economic impact of the bases and the desire to keep them in North Carolina is reflected in a billboard cam paign sponsored by N.C. banks and the Outdoor Advertising Association. The billboards, posted along highways throughout the state, read, “North Carolina: the nation’s most military-friendly state.” “We’re waiting and monitor ing the process closely,” Borman said. “We’re confident that North Carolina will do well in the process based on our merit. “We are a strong, consistent sup porter of the military and military families.” Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. 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