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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2005
Underground project
yields traffic backup
BY DANIEL WILKES
STAFF WRITER
With major construction set to
wrap up in a few weeks, drivers trav
eling to and from campus through
the intersection of N.C. 54 and
Country Club Road will have one
less obstacle
during their
hectic com
mutes.
The con
struction,
which has
closed two of
the five lanes
of Raleigh
Road, is
CAMPUS
CONSTRUCTION
THIS WEEK:
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scheduled to be completed by the
Oct. 22 football game against the
University of Virginia, said Jeff
Kidd, UNC’s construction manager
for the project.
Crews cleared the construction
site Wednesday for this Saturday’s
football game against Utah. Work
will resume next week, Kidd said.
The project involves the installa
tion of an underground electric duct
bank and chilled water piping that
will service a chiller plant now being
■ A UNC senior was arrested
early Wednesday morning for
impaired driving, Chapel Hill
Police reports state.
Christopher Dickson, 23, of 214
McCauley St., was arrested at 4:06
a.m. at the comer 100 W. Rosemary
and Columbia streets on misde
meanor charges of impaired driving
and driving on the wrong side of the
highway, according to reports.
Police reports state that Dickson
was stopped for a moving violation
but that at the traffic stop he was
arrested for impaired driving as
well.
Dickson’s blood alcohol content
was .19, police spokeswoman Jane
Cousins said.
He was taken to Orange County
Jail and held under a secured bond
of SIOO, reports state. Dickson is
set to appear in District Criminal
Court on Nov. Bth, according to
reports.
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built near Cobb Residence Hall.
The construction has heavily
impeded the traffic flow through
the major campus thoroughfare.
Commuters who park in the
N.C. 54 Visitor Lot, which is adja
cent to the project, say rush hour
traffic often is delayed.
“Someone from my 9:30 class
was late because they had to sit at
the light for twenty minutes,” said
Courtney Reid, a public policy
graduate student.
Merle Sykes, a booth attendant at
the lot, said she sees traffic backed up
bumper-to-bumper from 3:30 p.m.
until her shift ends at 5:30 p.m.
“I’m sure people don’t particu
larly like it,” she said. “But I think
they take it in stride, and I haven’t
heard people complaining.”
Some have said they don’t mind
the traffic.
“I really don’t think it’s that bad,”
said Audrey Sprung, a graduate
student from California. “Maybe it’s
because I’m from the Bay Area.”
Planning officials usually sched
ule major road projects for the
summer when there is less traffic.
Organizers originally intended to
POLICE LOG
W. Franklin St., was the victim of a
forced breaking and entering early
Wednesday morning, Chapel Hill
police reports state.
The incident was reported to
police at 3:50 a.m. Wednesday after
someone walking in the parking lot
saw that the front glass door was
broken by a brick, police spokes
woman Jane Cousins said.
An employee at Ram said a
Hurricane Katrina donation jar,
which contained about SSO, was
stolen, she said.
■ A UNC spphomore was arrest
ed Tuesday on charges of impaired
driving in relation to a February
car accident, according to Chapel
Hill Police reports.
Jonathan E. Choi, 20, of 109
Macrae Court, had been in a car
accident Feb. 20 and had admit
ted to drinking alcohol, reports
state. He was transferred to UNC
Hospitals for evaluation, and he
was cited and released on charges
complete the project before the fall
semester, but it didn’t get under way
until late August, Kidd said.
“The (N.C. Department of
Transportation) had some last
minute comments and require
ments that delayed our approval.”
He said that while he would have
liked to have finished the project
during the summer, he is pleased
with the progress thus far.
“Considering the amount of traf
fic and rock excavation the contrac
tors have to do, I think it’s going
considerably well,” he said.
Motorists are not the only ones
anticipating the project’s completion.
Pedestrians who routinely traverse
the intersection say the construction
has made crossing more chaotic.
“We’re running for our lives to
get through there,” said Jennifer
Henderson, an employee in the
School of Government.
Drivers are a little less than
polite at the busy intersection dur
ing rush hour, she said. “They don’t
yield to pedestrians at all.”
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of impaired driving, reports state.
According to the Feb. 20 reports,
blood alcohol content results were
pending analysis.
Police spokeswoman Jane
Cousins said BAC results con
firmed he was he was impaired by
alcohol. Choi was served a crimi
nal summons and brought before
a judge in Administrative Traffic
Court on Tuesday.
■ A fraternity member was the
victim of a burglary without force
Wednesday morning, according to
Chapel Hill Police reports.
The victim reported to police at
3:10 a.m. that his IBM laptop and
digital camera were stolen from his
bedroom, reports state.
Spokeswoman Jane Cousins said
that the victim had left his room for
about at hour at about 1 a.m. and
that he did not think that he had
locked his door.
The case is under further inves
tigation.
News
Day to feature student voice
BY NATE HUBBARD
STAFF WRITER
The University Day committee
took steps Wednesday to make an
old tradition more accessible to
students when it decided to allow
them to make remarks in the Oct.
12 ceremony.
This is the first time a student
representative will speak in the
University Day celebration in at
least several years, said commit
tee chairman Steve Allred, who
serves as executive associate pro
vost.
This year’s celebration will mark
the 212th anniversary of the cam
pus.
Classes will be cancelled from 10
a.m. to 1 p.m. to allow students to
attend University Day celebrations,
although many students prefer to
stay home each year.
In hopes of encouraging a bet
ter student turnout, Student Body
President Seth Dearmin proposed
the addition of student remarks to
the program.
After a few minutes of debate,
the committee overwhelmingly
backed the idea.
Dearmin will deliver his words
on behalf of the students.
■ “Perspectives from Cuba:
Individual and Collective Rights”
will be presented by the UNC
School of Law Clinical Programs at
4 p.m. today in the Rotunda/Van
Hecke-Wettach Hall of the UNC
School of Law building. Admission
is free.
■ Lawrence Wallack, dean at
the College of Urban and Public
Affairs of Portland State University,
will present “Talking Public Health:
America’s Second Language” at 4
p.m. today in the Michael Hooker
Research Center. Admission is free.
■ The Department of Germanic
Languages will hold its fall
Undergraduate Reception at 4:45
p.m. today in the Toy Lounge of
Dey Hall. All majors and minors
in German are invited to stop by,
chat and eat pastries.
■ Lawrence Blum will speak
about his book, “I’m Not a Racist,
But ... ,” at 5 p.m. today in the
Hitchcock room of the Sonja
Haynes Stone Center. The event
will be hosted by the Parr Center
for Ethics. For more information,
visit parrcenter.unc.edu.
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He said the committee’s decision
was an important one.
“We now have a voice at the
event,” he said.
Dearmin said he will focus on
the many positives of University
Day for students. He said he will
emphasize the history and tradi
tion of the University.
“There is a lot to be excited
about,” he said. University Day
commemorates the 1793 laying of
the cornerstone of Old East, the
campus’s first building. The cam
pus community has paused to rec
ognize the anniversary since 1877,
when Governor Zebulon B. Vance,
a member of the UNC Board of
Trustees, announced that the day
should serve as a time for reflec
tion.
The committee also discussed
other ways to increase student
attendance at the ceremony.
Dearmin said he plans to send
“personalized invitations to student
leaders,” and he said he hopes they
will encourage their constituents
to come.
Student leaders will be a part of
the procession entering Memorial
Hall which will hold the ceremo
ny for the first time since it closed
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
■ There will be a Hurricane
Katrina benefit dinner at 5:30 p.m.
today in Union 3206 hosted by the
Asian Students and the Vietnamese
Students associations. Asian food
will be served. Suggested donations
are $5.
■ Orange County and Chapel
Hill-Carrboro City schools are
holding a joint college fair from
6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. today in the
Smith Center.
■ An interest meeting for
Kabari, an African datace troupe,
will be held at 7 p.m. today in the
Carmichael Fishbowl.
■ Residents of the Morgan
Creek-Kings Mill neighborhood
will meet from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
today at the N.C. Botanical Gardens
Totten Center to discuss becoming
a neighborhood conservation dis
trict.
■ The executive branch of stu
dent government will hold a T\iition
Feedback Forum from 8 p.m. to 9
p.m. today in Murphey 116. Student
Body President Seth Dearmin and
Student Body Vice President Adrian
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“We now have a
voice at the event.
... There is a lot to
he excited about”
SETH DEARMIN,
STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT
for renovations in 2002.
Committee members also said
they will encourage faculty mem
bers to use the time away from
class to attend the event with their
students.
The keynote speaker will be
Christopher Armitage, an English
professor who became a UNC fac
ulty member in 1967- His address is
titled “Chance and Change.”
The committee also decided to
allot time for Tommy Griffin, chair
man of the Employee Forum, to
speak at the event, a first in recent
years.
Allred said he is looking forward
to the celebration. “We’ll have a
splendid time.”
Contact the University Editor
at udesk@unc.edu.
Johnston will be available to answer
tuition questions.
■ The Mu Zeta chapter of Alpha
Phi Alpha fraternity Inc. will spon
sor a “Networking for Success”
workshop today in Union 3503.
■ The Rumi Festival of Chapel
Hill will begin today and run
through Oct 2. The four-day fes
tival will celebrate the birthday of
poet Jelaladin Rumi through cul
tural events, art displays and con
certs. For more information, go to
www.rumifest.com.
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