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2 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2005 COMMUNITY CALENDAR ■ Sign up to dance in the Bth Annual UNC Dance Marathon all this week at www.uncmarathon. org. No dance experience is neces sary just stand for 24 hours Feb. 24 and Feb. 25 in support of the N.C. Children’s Hospital. Sign-ups end at 5 p.m. Friday. ■ Sign up this week in the infor mation hub of the Student Union for “The Vagina Monologues." Auditions will be held from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Nov. 14 and Nov. 15 in Manning 209. Contactjboos@email.unc.edu with questions. ■ The senior class will hold Communiversity from 2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. today in the Sonja Haynes Stone Center as part of the Senior Class Week of Service. The event will give students the oppor tunity to tutor local children. ■ UNC graduate student Alex McAulay will read from his novel, “Bad Girls” soon to be a movie from MTV Films at 3:30 p.m. ■ A first-degree burglary and rape was reported to the Carrboro Police Department at 11:56 p.m. Sunday, according to police reports. The report states that the sus pect, a Latino male, forced his way into the victim’s home and raped her. The case is under further inves tigation, according to reports. ■ An armed robbery and stab bing was reported at 1:41 a.m. Saturday at 501 Jones Ferry Road, Carrboro police reports state. The incident occurred in a park ing lot when a Latino male, 24, was approached by three black males who took his wallet and cut the victim with a knife, according to reports. Money and an N.C. driver’s license also were taken, reports state. After the suspects stole the wallet, one suspect attempted to cut the victim with a large knife, according to reports. The victim tried to defend him self, and he received a few stabs on his right hand and another super ficial stab on his left leg, reports state. According to reports, one of the suspects looked like he was 12 years old, and the other suspects appeared to be 16 years old and 20 years old. CAMPUS RECREATION UPDATE ES 9-BALL :: individual Sign up Oct. 31-Nov. 8 4-mile trail run / 1-mile walk Sign up Nov. 7-N0v.15 'm study hard, play hard. V;,. HB Sign up in 203 Woollen Gym. ~ ■ ■ \ campus \ recreation miM+jUiHmmHkMkUlSM PREDICT YOUR TIME www.Mmpwr*.wio.*<iu a Rowing Challenge 'cZC~-~ - JL :: Thurs., November 10 [3-6pm] 11/12: CLIMBING - pilot mountain DRIVE THROUGH FITNESS 11/13: BACKCOUNTRYCOOKING Stop by the Rams Head Recreation 11/18. Center and learn 3-4 exercises that will 11/20 . TRUST initiativf* incorporate use of muscles in the core 20 ' I ed cente* and upper & lower body. 12/3: GAMES GALORE For more , contact Angeni outdoor ed center | angenir@email.unc.edu S ' I f- !\ / } ."■Bf H[i IB Bf* S '.■P' VHi WKm ***** ' ■ **T ' - **,*. ;• • today in Donovan Lounge of Greenlaw Hall. ■ Advocates for Human Rights, a Campus Y committee, will show “Parai” from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. today in the School of Social Work's Tate Turner Kuralt Auditorium. The film focuses on the oppression of lower-caste women in an Indian village through sexual violence per petrated by upper-caste men. ■ The Public Policy Majors Union will be having its monthly meeting at 5 p.m. today in Gardner 309. The group will discuss future events, including faculty teas and dinners. There also will be a panel of public policy' majors who have done intern ships for credit within the major. ■ There will be a women’s forum at 5 p.m. today in Union 2501. This forum will bring together the lead ers of many campus organizations to discuss issues and projects that concern women. 01 -ICE LOG ■ A car chase occurred at about 3 a.m. Saturday near Jones Ferry Road, according to Carrboro police reports. Ronnie Gray, 39, of 111 Glasson Circle, was arrested at 3:12 a.m. at Jones Ferry Road on charges of speeding to elude arrest, driving while impaired and reckless driv ing after he refused to stop when an officer’s car was following him with blue lights and sirens, reports state. Once Gray was pulled out of his car by an officer, Gray fainted and was taken to UNC Hospitals, according to police reports. Gray refused to have blood drawn for a blood alcohol test, reports state. According to reports, Grey began acting strangely at UNC Hospitals, and he yelled that nurses were “after him” and that the room was moving. Gray was released on a $5,000 secured bond, which was modified to a release on written promise, report state. He was scheduled to make his first appearance in court Monday, according to reports. ■ A forced breaking and enter ing and larceny occurred at about 11 a.m. Friday at Isley Street, accord ing to Chapel Hill police reports. ■ Habitat for Humanity will have a general body meeting at 6 p.m. today in Hanes 121. ■ The Newman Center will host an interest meeting for its Tendings program, for people thinking about returning to the Catholic Church, at 7 p.m. today in Union 2511. ■ Malika Sanders, executive director of the 21st Century Youth Movement, will give the 12th Annual Sonja Haynes Stone Memorial Lecture at 7 p.m. today in the Sonja Haynes Stone Center’s theater. ■ Students for Mental Health Awareness will be having an inter est meeting at 7:30 p.m. today in the Carmichael Fishbowl. The group works to inform the campus about mental health issues. 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. A suspect entered the house and tied the victim’s hands and feet, reports state. According to reports, a $3,000 laptop and a S4OO bicycle were stolen during the incident. This case is under further investigation, reports state. ■ University police arrested a UNC student at 4:30 p.m. Saturday for stealing chocolate-covered pret zels from Student Stores, according to police reports. An employee saw Ashley Marie Judge, 20, place a bag of pretzels inside the front of her sweatshirt, eat them and then leave without paying for them, reports state. The employee stopped her on the way out the door, according to reports. Judge was released on a written promise to appear in court, reports state. SaiUj (Uar Hrrf P.O. Box 3257, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 Ryan C.Tuck, Editor, 962-4086 Advertising & Business, 962-1163 News, Features, Sports, 962-0245 One copy per person; additional copies may be purchased at The Daily Tar Heel for $.25 each. © 2005 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved News Spaces remain empty in Rams Head deck Contributing to increasing debt BY KATIE CLINE STAFF WRITER While many students grum ble about the lack of parking on campus, short-term spots remain empty at the new parking deck at the Rams Head Center. University officials built the deck to help relieve parking woes, but now they are facing a debt that will take decades to pay back. The University will spend the next 30 years paying off the loan which totals more than $13.8 million for the Rams Head park ing deck. But the University is on track to pay it off, said Wilhelmina Steen, assistant director for fiscal ser vices in the Department of Public Safety. “As far as I know, it’s very much on target,” she said. The loan is paid off in yearly payments of $251,568, in addition to interest payments twice a year. Funds come from general park ing revenue, Steen said, which includes profits from short-term parking, metered parking and parking permits. Since opening last spring, Rams Head has offered 400 short-term parking spaces at an hourly rate of $1.25. Despite the deck’s remaining open 24 hours, the spaces are not being used to their full potential. “It’s kind of slow to start with, but it’s picking up,” said Tommy Griffin, a member of the advisory committee on transportation. Profits from short-term park ing have increased since the sum mer months. The deck brought in $7,000 in July, and profits jumped to $20,000 in September. The boost in revenue is not surprising due to the general campus population increase, said Randy Young, spokesman for the Department of Public Safety. “We’re not at capacity now, but that’s not that surprising either,” he said. DTH/NICK SCOn Two cars sit quietly in the Rams Head parking deck Monday afternoon. Officials said the short-term spaces are not used to their full capacity. Young said it took other decks, such as the Dogwood deck, seven months to eight months to reach their maximum usage. The Morehead Planetarium and Science Center and N.C. 54 Visitors lots each brought in more than $9,000 last month. Both are smaller than Rams Head. . People will take advantage of the deck as they become more aware of it as an option for short-term park ing, Young said. “I would like to see it being used,” he said. “We think it is a benefit to the campus community. “It’s anew opportunity that peo ple are just becoming aware of.” Officials placed advertisements in several campus publications in efforts to bring attention to the (Eli? iailg (Tar IIM deck. They also are relying on word of mouth to raise aware ness. Although the deck is not at its full capacity, officials said they are not worried. “I think it’s premature to be alarmed,” Young said. Profits are not the most impor tant byproduct of the deck, he said. “We would like to see awareness increase,” Young said. “(Increased usage) implies revenue but also implies that the campus is benefit ting from the structure. “I think the first priority is meet ing the needs of the campus.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.
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