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2 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2005 Local earns regional renown BY KYLE BILUNGS STAFF WRITER And the winner for regional leadership by an elected official is ... Bill Strom. For the first time in history, an Orange County resident was hon ored with the Goodmon Awards. Granted, the award has only been in existence for four years. The prestigious award is given to those who demonstrate outstanding regional leadership by Leadership Triangle, an organization created to educate and promote regional ism across the Triangle. Strom played a significant role in providing the new express trans portation service for commuters within the Triangle. The award came as a surprise to Strom, who’s been a member of Chapel Hill Town Council for six years. “I was absolutely stunned, hon ored and appreciative,” he said. Strom said he hopes that as the Triangle develops, government can maintain and provide for its resi dents. “I think it’s the job of government to have proper infrastructure for things such as transportation, water Film scales UNC’s political culture BY MORGAN ELLIS STAFF WRITER You wouldn’t think the wall sepa rating McCorkle Place and Franklin Street could serve as a political forum for University students. But one UNC professor shows how pivotal that location was for political thought in his documen tary set in the ’6os. Gorham Kindem’s “Beyond the Wall "will be shown at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Varsity Theatre. A question and answer session with the filmmaker will follow. The film, which received the Grand Festival Award at the 2005 Berkeley Video and Film Festival, outlines the events surrounding the N.C. Speaker Ban law between 1963 and 1968. It prevented known communists from speaking on state university campuses, and the film links the law to claims of infringement of civil liberties in a post-Sept. 11 ter rorist attacks world. Kindem’s focuses on how students protested the ban and the “across the X80X360 FREE PLAY AT THE END ZONE RAMS HEAD THE UNIVERSITY OF RORTH CAROUNA AT CHAPEL HULL TOfIIGHT Town Council member Bill Strom wins a leadership award for his work with Triangle transit. systems, housing and open space,” he said. “The problems cut across the region, and we need a collaborative effort to be out ahead on issues.” Tom Jensen, a senior politi cal science major who serves on the Chapel Hill Planning Board and is chairman of Students for a Progressive Chapel Hill, nominat ed Strom for the award. “Bill has just been a tremendous leader across the region,” he said. “Now there’s an express bus ser vice between Raleigh and Chapel Hill during rush hours. Before this service was implemented there was no convenient transportation sys tem. Bill really pushed for that.” Winkie La Force, executive direc tor of Leadership Triangle, said that the award is for an elected official who has made cross-jurisdictional progress, and that Strom has worked continually on projects that benefit MOVIE "BEYOND THE WALL" irkick wall talks” in March 1966. For the talks, communists Herbert Aptheker and Frank Wilkinson spoke to University students on the Franklin Street side of the wall, which didn’t break the law and allowed people to protest the ban. The documentary doesn’t con fine itself to the University and thoughtfully places the situation on a national scale, connecting the area to more celebrated free speech move ments, such as Mario Savio’s at the University of Califomia-Berkeley. “Beyond the Wall” takes images from the ’6os, such as the civil rights movement and Bob Dylan, and illuminates the town’s national importance during that time. The first half of the film explores the law and the free speech move ment, incorporating multiple inter views and an abundance of primary sources which aids the audience’s regions across the Triangle. There are four categories for the award: individual, elected official, organization and partnership. Jim Goodmon, for whom the award is named, is the founding chairman of the N.C. Partnership for Children and an emeritus member of Triangle Leadership’s board of directors. The Orange County-based Child Care Services Association, Father David Mcßriar of Raleigh and Inter-Faith Food Shuttle also won awards. La Force said the nomination pro cess takes about a month. Leadership Triangle sends notices to about 1,000 people and a committee then sends recommendations to Goodmon and Queron Smith, the rice president of Mechanics and Farming Bank for Leadership Triangle. From there, La Force said Goodmon and Smith decide on the winners. The awards ceremony will be a luncheon held at noon Thursday at Bay 7 of the American tobacco historic district in Durham. Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. understanding of the political climate and illustrates what the University was like back then. As the documentary continues, it shifts to the present, examining America’s free-speech ideology and the Patriot Act. People involved in the free-speech movement give their perspectives on the current federal act. The way in which Kindem ties the past to contemporary America is pertinent yet sometimes over bearing. The documentary could have done without it. But for anyone involved in the UNC community, the film relays the importance of awareness with in American political culture. Though cumbersome at times, “Beyond the Wall” has intuitive historical appeal. After seeing “Beyond the Wall,” the stone line that separates Franklin Street and the campus will take on a whole new meaning. Contact theA&E Editor at artsdesk@unc.edu. News ■ A Chapel Hill resident was found dead at 9:39 a.m. Wednesday, according to Chapel Hill police reports. The victim was discovered in the bedroom of his Old Mill Road apart ment by a co-worker, reports state. The case is under further inves tigation, according to reports. ■ A Chapel Hill apartment was the site of an armed robbery at 12:16 a.m. Wednesday, according to Chapel Hill police reports. The unknown suspects entered the apartment and held up three people at gunpoint and then fled from officers, reports state. The suspects stole a number of items, including a hooded black coat valued at SIOO, a Motorola two-way radio valued at sls, three cell phones each valued at SIOO, ■ The annual “500 Works of Art Under SSO” will be held from 11 a.m. to midnight today at the Kirk Adam Gallery in Raleigh. Evening reception music will be provided by Lactose Quervo. ■ The Carolina Photography Association’s black and white pho tography contest deadline is at 1:30 p.m. today. Bring entries to the CPA darkroom in the back of the Student Union. E-mail cpa@unc. edu for more information. ■ “The Art & Music of Jerry Garcia,” a special art exhibit and book release celebration, will hold its opening reception today from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Arts Center in Carrboro. The exhibit is presented by Temple Ball Gallery and will run until Dec. 30. ■ The December Artists’ Salon, sponsored by the Orange County Arts Commission, will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at the Arts Center in Carrboro. This month’s salon will be a holiday special featur ing pop-up books by Pamela Pease and light refreshments. uhp Soilg (Tar HM 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 Carolina Performing Arts Series X StßCarolina Ballet RoPe'l Weiii. Artistic Oirector _jrl ‘ff. j Xi/Jc/ncKpr • ' ' Something spectacular to look forward to this holiday season. December 2-4, 2005 Memorial Hall in Chapel Hill Tickets: 919-841-1335 S6O/S4O/S3B/S2B Children under 1 2-only $18! Dec. 2 & 3 at 7pm. Dec. 3 & 4 at 2pm Progress Energy - jjl| ] ,7~V.0, v ! Ss, POLICE LOG clothes valued at SSO, several cred it and debit cards, two wallets and sllO in cash, according to reports. ■ Ramin Joe Wilkerson, a Chapel Hill resident and lawn caretaker for Carolina Realty, was arrested on charges of misdemeanor breaking and entering at 3:21 a.m. Thursday, according to Chapel Hill police reports. Wilkerson entered the storage building behind Breadmen’s restau rant, 224 W. Rosemary St., and was found inside the building by Chapel Hill police officers, reports state. He was taken before an Orange County magistrate and released on a written promise to appear in court, according to reports. ■ Chapel Hill resident Omar Jah was arrested at 6:29 p.m. COMMUNITY CALENDAR ■ The Cary Players and the Town of Cary will present “A Christmas Story” at 7:30 p.m. today in the Old Cary Elementary School Auditorium. Tickets, avail able in advance or at the door, are sl2 for adults, $lO for seniors, $8 for students and $5 for children ages 5 and younger. There also will be performances at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9 and Dec. 10, and at 3 p.m. Sunday and Dec. 11. Call 469-4061 for more information. ■ CHiPs, UNC’s sketch and improvisational comedy team, will hold a show at 8 p.m. today in Hamilton 100. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and admission is $6. ■ St. Thomas More School, 920 Carmichael St., will host its “Holiday Shoppe” craft show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the school gym. Choose from a wide variety of unique, handmade gifts and specialty items. ■ The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Holiday Parade will kick off at 10 a.m. Saturday at Morehead Planetarium. It is the policy of The Daily Tar Heel to report any inaccurate informa tion published in our newspaper as soon as the error is discovered. Any incorrect information printed on the front page will result in a correction printed on the front page. Any incorrect information print ed on any other page will be corrected at the top left of page 3. Errors committed on the Editorial Page have corrections printed on that page. Corrections also are noted in the online versions of our stories. Please contact Managing Editor Joseph Schwartz, at joseph_ schwartz@unc.edu, with issues about this policy-or to report-corrections. £hp iaUg ®ar Uwl Wednesday on a disorderly conduct charge, according to Chapel Hill police reports. Jah, was discovered by Chapel Hill police in Village Plaza at 99 S. Elliott Road, shouting and cursing and was determined to be intoxi cated, reports state. ■ Lilian Del-Carmen Alarcon, of Carrboro, was discovered by police trespassing at 8:31 a.m. Wednesday at University Square, 125 W. Franklin St., according to Chapel Hill police reports. Alarcon, an employee of Wendy’s in UNC Hospitals, was approached by Chapel Hill police officers and arrested on charges of trespassing and resisting arrest, reports state. Alarcon received a written promise to appear in court Jan. 16, according to reports. The event, sponsored by The Chapel Hill News, will proceed west on Franklin and Main streets toward Carrboro Town Hall. Holiday Lane, which will be in front of the News’ offices on West Franklin, will feature, among other things, a performance from the Chapel Hill High School band and a special appearance by Santa Claus. ■ The Tar Heel Voices will pres ent a fall concert at 8 p.m. Saturday in Hamilton 100. Tickets are $7 at the door. ■ The ninth annual William Lanier Hunt Campus Walk will take place from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Assistant N.C. Botanical Garden Director Emeritus Ken Moore will be the guide on a winter walking tour of campus, recalling the horti culturist Bill Hunts’ fascinating sto ries about plants and people of the past. Call 962-0522 to register. 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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