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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2005
Park-and-rides
back in business
after month off
Alternate transit efforts to continue
BY COLIN CAMPBELL
STAFF WRITER
After opening four of UNC’s
park-and-ride lots to the general
public for almost a month, cam
pus officials tomorrow will resume
enforcing permits.
The lots are part of the
Commuter Alternatives Program, a
branch of the Department of Public
Safety, and were opened earlier this
month in an effort to encourage
students, faculty and staff to use
alternate means of transportation.
It was one of the many ways
in which the University tried to
address the fuel shortage in the
aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
DPS spokesman Randy Young
said the effort was a success.
“I hope it opened the eyes of
the University community to what
(transportation) services are out
there,” he said. “I hope others have
become aware of how easy it is to
arrive on campus using the fare
free buses.”
The lots involved were the Friday
Center lot, the lot on Estes Drive,
the Franklin Street lot and the new
Chatham lot on U.S. 15-501.
Faculty, students and staff still
can use the lots, but they must
sign up for the free CAP program
to receive a permit.
DPS officials encourage those
without a permit to use the park
and-ride lots run by Chapel Hill
Transit.
Mike Brady, president of the
Graduate and Professional School
Federation, said opening the lots
to the public was successful in pro
moting change.
“It definitely made people more
aware of the options that are out
there,” he said.
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lems for students particularly
the many graduate students who
rely on the lots to get to campus.
Brady said he had heard com
plaints of the parking crunch from
his graduate student constituency.
“There have been problems with
students finding spaces,” Brady
said. “In many cases, people have
been parking illegally anywhere
they can.”
As the people displaced from
the park-and-ride lots were forced
to look to other transportation
options available in Chapel Hill,
Brady said he noticed that there
is room for improvement in area
transportation.
“It illuminated areas where
transportation options can be
improved,” said Brady. “It points
out the need to streamline the bus
system.”
And despite the parking prob
lems some experienced, many sup
ported the effort to deal with the
fuel shortage.
“Most of the University com
munity understood that we were
facing major challenges, both as a
state and as a nation,” Young said.
Brady added that many gradu
ate students were accepting of the
inconveniences.
“People were very understand
ing of what this was intended to
accomplish,” he said.
But Brady said he believes the
time is right to return the lots to
permit parking.
“I think the change needed to be
made at this time,” he said. “We still
need to focus on fuel conservation,
but not discourage students from
attending class at the University.”
Contact the University Editor
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Fraternity slapped with list of violations
BY DANIEL JOHNSON
STAFF WRITER
A late-night police raid last week
on St. Anthony Hall, a literature
and arts fraternity, netted 18 arrests
and 27 drug and alcohol charges in
connection with the operation of
an illegal bar.
N.C. Alcohol Law Enforcement
officials raided the house, located
at 207 Pittsboro St., after they were
tipped off about the bar.
ALE Agent Mike Penland said
the agency began a surveillance of
the house after receiving an anony
mous tip that fraternity members
were selling alcohol without a valid
permit.
Surveillance lasted approxi
mately two weeks, during which
officers observed irregularly high
levels of traffic entering and exiting
the premise on particular days of
the week to purchase and consume
POLICE LOG
■ Panera Bread Cos., at 213 W.
Franklin St., was the site of an
armed robbery early Thursday
morning, according to Chapel Hill
police reports.
An unidentified suspect entered
the restaurant at 12:02 a.m. bran
dishing a handgun and forced the
manager and an employee into
the back room where the safe was
located, according to reports.
The suspect stole cash from the
safe as well as valuables from the
employees, including two sets of
keys, a Mexico consular ID card
and a wallet, and bound their
hands with duct tape before flee
ing the scene, reports state.
■ An underage woman report
ed being the victim of assault
Wednesday night at her residence,
Chapel Hill police reports state.
The victim reported that the
suspect grabbed her by the wrists
and prevented her from leaving her
home at about 9 p.m., according to
police reports.
■ Johnnie Junior Moore, also
known as Coco, was arrested
Wednesday on charges of posses
sion of drug paraphernalia, Chapel
Hill reports state.
Moore, 48, was arrested after
throwing a lit crack pipe when he
was approached by police officers,
according to reports.
He was taken before the Orange
County magistrate and released
on a written promise to appear in
court, reports state.
He later was served with two
outstanding warrants —one
charge of attempted common law
robbery and one charge of assault
on a female, according to reports.
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alcohol, Penland said.
ALE responded by sending a
few undercover agents into the
fraternity to attempt to purchase
alcohol.
“While inside the house the
agents observed an illegal opera
tion of a bar, numerous people
in possession of marijuana and
underage drinking,” Penland said.
“Surveillance and the agents’
observations provided sufficient
evidence to obtain a warrant.”
The raid was carried out by
seven ALE agents and two Chapel
Hill police officers who were called
in for assistance. Authorities found
more than 40 liters of alcohol and
about 35 grams of marijuana.
Efforts to contact several fra
ternity members, including the
group’s president, were unsuccess
ful Thursday.
Formal charges included seven
Moore again was released on a
written promise to appear in dis
trict criminal court in Hillsborough
on Oct. 24, according to reports.
■ A Raleigh woman was the
victim of breaking and entering a
vehicle at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday on
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard,
according to Chapel Hill police
reports.
The suspect gained entry to the
vehicle’s interior by shattering the
glass in a window, reports state.
The vehicle, a black 2004 Ford
Explorer, was parked in the park
ing lot at 1321 Martin Luther King
Jr. Blvd., according to reports.
The victim reported the incident
and all valuables stolen from the
car including keys, a wallet and a
purse —as well as the SSOO in dam
age done to the car, reports state.
■ A bicycle was stolen at 7 p.m.
Wednesday from a residence on
North Street, according to Chapel
Hill police reports.
The suspect took the bicycle
from the side of the building, as
well as a bag and its contents,
reports state.
The bicycle was valued at SSO,
and the bag and its contents at
a combined S9O, according to
reports.
■ An automobile belonging to a
Chapel Hill resident was stolen at 9
a.m. Sept. 23, according to Chapel
Hill police reports.
The black 1980 Datsun was
taken from an alley behind a Chapel
Hill residence at 312 McDade St.,
reports state.
The car is valued at $2,000,
according to reports.
counts of underage drinking, one
count of aiding and abetting under
age drinking and two counts of sell
ing alcohol without proper permits.
Misdemeanor drug charges consist
ed of possession of marijuana and
possession of drug paraphernalia.
The students now will face a
review by the office of student affairs
—a standard procedure for Greek
students cited for alcohol violations.
“That process will kick in as we
get all the information from the
ALE,” said Jay Anhom, director of
Greek Affairs.
Anhom said that during his five
years at the UNC, he has never seen
a raid like this by ALE officials.
He said he was notified of the raid
earlier this week by ALE through
Chapel Hill police.
Greek Affairs typically deals only
with University and Chapel Hill
police, Anhom said, and commu
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
■ The chancellor’s committee on
student fees will hold a meeting at 9
a.m. today in Union 3515. The group
specifically will consider campus
recreation and language proficiency
exam fees, among other topics.
■ The School of Public Health
and the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention will spon
sor a webcast and satellite broad
cast at 2 p.m. today called, “Birth
Defects Prevention: Realizing
the Full Potential of Folic Acid.”
Registration is requested for the
free program, which will take place
in the Blue Cross & Blue Shield
Auditorium in the Michael Hooker
Research Center.
■ Student Friends of the
Ackland Art Museum will hold
a “Behind the Scenes” tour of the
museum at 3 p.m. today.
■ The Arts Center in Carrboro
will host a night of music, poet
ry and dancing at 8 p.m. today
to celebrate the birthday of 13th
century poet Jelaladin Rumi.
The Naghmeh Ensemble, Osman
Aksu and others will perform.
Admission is sls for the public
and sl3 for Arts Center Friends.
Visit www.artscenterlive.org for
more information.
■ Today is the last day of the
“Stolen Childhoods and Child
Poverty” photoexhibitattheJamesM.
Johnston Center for Undergraduate
Excellence in Graham Memorial.
Visit www.johnstoncenter.unc.edu
for more information.
■ The Chapel Hill-Carrboro
Chamber of Commerce will
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“We usually find that stuff out
immediately,” he said, adding that
the miscommunication here prob
ably resulted from unfamiliarity with
ALE protocol. “I’ve never had a situ
ation like that happen before.”
Penland said the raid does not
indicate an ALE crackdown on the
UNC campus. “This was a result of
a tip we received about one frater
nity and is not a sign that we are
targeting fraternities.”
But targeting underage drinking
does remain a priority, he said.
“If that means it lives on college
campuses, that means it lives on
college campuses.”
University Editor
Brian Hudson
contributed to this article.
Contact the City Editor
at citydesk@ unc.edu.
dedicate its second Habitat
for Humanity house at 10 a.m.
Saturday. The house will be dedi
cated to the Rogers family in the
Rusch Hollows neighborhood.
■ World Farm Animals Day will
be recognized from noon to 1 p.m.
Saturday at the post office at 179
E. Franklin St. The day is meant
to expose poor treatment of farm
animals.
■ Wambui Bahati will perform
“Stories from Balancing Act: My
Journey with Bipolar” at 8 p.m.
Saturday at the Arts Center in
Carrboro. The Greensboro native
will tell the story of her Broadway
stint, struggle with mental ill
ness and experience with welfare.
Admission is free, and donations
will be accepted.
■ UNC student radio 89.3 FM
WXYC will hold a Backyard BBQ
with music and barbecue at 8 p.m.
Sunday at the BBQ Joint at Local
506. There will be free food and
music, featuring Strange, Jett Rink,
Aleuchatistas and Dr. Powerful.
To make a calendar submission,
visit www.dailytarheel.com for a list
of submission policies and contacts.
Events must be sent in by noon the
preceding publication date.
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