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MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2005
New building to host tech hub
BY GREG STEEN
STAFF WRITER
UNC took a step toward revo
lutionizing computer services and
research on campus Friday with
the kickoff of a construction proj
ect that will take more than a year
to complete.
On a windy morning, University
officials congregated under a tent
on a construction site to celebrate
the groundbreaking of the new
Information Technology Services
building.
The new building located on
Manning Drive and slated to open
in December 2006 will place all
of the University’s roughly 250 IT
employees under one roof.
Workers now are scattered across
campus in about 12 different build
ings, and the new structure will
allow for better communication and
collaboration, officials said.
Chancellor James Moeser was
the first of several UNC officials to
take the podium at the event.
“I want to commend everyone
who had a hand in the planning of
this building,” Moeser said. “I know
it has been a labor of love for you.”
The building will be located at the
“pivot point” of the University, close
to UNC Hospitals, South Campus
residence halls and the main cam
pus, Moeser said. “I think it is sym
bolic of the role and purpose of it.”
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is going to be an
enormous asset to
our state and its
future.”
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Dan Reed, vice chancellor for
information technology and chief
information officer, touted the
contributions that information
technology already has made to the
world and explained how he thinks
the new building will encourage
similar advances.
He said IT will be an “enabler
for research, service and, indeed,
development across the state.
“Today we celebrate the ground
breaking of anew building, but more
importantly we celebrate the revolu
tionary home of the fiiture.”
The 94,000-square-foot build
ing will cost an estimated $35 mil
lion. N.C. higher education bonds
contributed $9,863,831 to the
project.
Roger Perry, chairman of the
UNC Board of Trustees Buildings
and Grounds Committee, thanked
North Carolinians for voting in
support of the construction.
“It is going to be an enormous
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University officials help break ground Friday morning for the new
Information Technology Services building, slated to open in December 2006.
asset to our state and its future,”
he said.
The building is designed to serve
as a hub for networking and tele
communications on campus. The
section that will house computer
systems will have special environ
mental controls.
Plans for the building began
in May 2002, when the Board of
Trustees approved a “workspace
designed specifically for cam
pus computing needs.” Trustees
approved the final design for the
building in January 2004.
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The new project will add to the
list of active construction sites
on campus, encompassed in the
University’s Master Plan. The plan
includes 40 to 50 years of construc
tion projects meant to update and
develop the campus.
Completed projects include
the Rams Head Center, the Sonja
Haynes Stone Center for Black
Culture and History, the new
Student Union and additions to
residence halls.
The new IT building will increase
communication among staff, Reed
said.“ Research is driven by the abil
ity to collaborate with colleagues
and to build models,” he said.
“Historically, discovery has
rested on two pillars, theory and
experiments. Information technol
ogy has become the third pillar.”
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POLICE LOG
FROM STAFF REPORTS
■ A woman was attacked while
running on the Bolin Creek Trail
about 1:50 p.m. Friday, according
to Chapel Hill police spokeswom
an Jane Cousins.
As the woman ran along the trail,
an unknown perpetrator tackled
her from behind, Cousins said.
The victim described the per
petrator as a 25- to 35-year-old
black man with a medium com
plexion, stocky build and short
hair. She estimated that he was
5-foot-lO and weighed about 200
pounds, Cousins said.
The perpetrator held his hand
over the woman’s mouth when she
tried to scream but left when she
kicked him, she said.
The woman then ran to the
Village Green Condominiums on
Elizabeth Street, where she dialed
911, Cousins said.
Cousins said police do not think
this incident is connected to other
recent reports of attacks.
■ A UNC physics professor was
arrested at 1:51 a.m. Saturday and
charged with driving while intox
icated, Chapel Hill police reports
state.
According to reports, Paul
Howard Frampton, 61, of 101
Cedar Ridge Way, was stopped in a
red 1988 Jeep SUV at the corner of
East Franklin Street and Fordham
Boulevard.
He was released on a writ
ten promise to appear May 24 in
Administrative Traffic Court in
Chapel Hill.
■ A Leasburg woman was
arrested at 1:45 a.m. Sunday and
charged with driving while intox
icated and driving 65 mph in a
35 mph zone, Chapel Hill police
reports state.
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According to reports, Brandy
Leigh Turner, 26, of 165 Roxboro
Lake Road, was stopped while
driving a blue 1988 Honda at the
corner of Europa Drive and U.S.
15-501.
When she was taken to the
police station, her blood-alco
hol content was measured at .20
percent by the Intoxilyzer 5000,
reports state.
She was released on a writ
ten promise to appear May 24 in
Orange County District Criminal
Court in Chapel Hill.
■ A server at the Spotted Dog
Restaurant and Bar in Carrboro
was arrested at 2:47 a.m. Sunday
and charged with one count oi
felony assault inflicting serious
injury, Chapel Hill police reports
state.
According to reports, Meredith
R. Dillard, 21, 0f425 Hillsborough
St. Cl, was arrested at her resi
dence in Chapel Hill.
She was released on a writ
ten promise to appear May 9 in
Orange County District Criminal
Court in Hillsborough.
■ A Chapel Hill man was arrest
ed at 6 p.m. Saturday and charged
with resisting arrest and failure to
appear in court on charges of no
insurance, no inspection and driv
ing with a revoked license, Chapel
Hill police reports state.
According to reports, Arthur
Chance Partlow, 21, of 1250
Ephesus Church Road J 6, was
arrested on Cameron Avenue for
the failure to appear warrant.
He also was charged with resist
ing arrest for being unresponsive
to an officer’s commands, reports
state.
He was taken to Orange County
Jail to be held on a S2OO bond
relating to the failure to appear
charges in Alamance County and
a SSOO bond relating to the resist
ing arrest charge.
He is scheduled to appear May
10 in Orange County District
Criminal Court in Chapel Hill.
■ A larceny from a motor
vehicle was reported at 6:20 p.m.
Saturday in a parking lot at 940
Carmichael St., Chapel Hill police
reports state.
According to reports, an
unknown suspect broke a window
in a silver 2002 Lexus RX3OO and
removed a purse from inside the
vehicle.
The victim, a 52-year-old Chapel
Hill woman, reported about $655
worth of property stolen from the
vehicle, reports state.
Stolen items included several
purses, SSOO in cash and four
credit cards, reports state.
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