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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2006
Habitat week aims to open eyes
BY KERRY CANNITY
STAFF WRITER
Habitat for Humanity is in the
business of raising raising roofs,
raising walls and raising funds.
But this week, the organization
is raising awareness too.
Act! Speak! Build! Week is an
international event aimed at get
ting college students involved in
alleviating housing problems, said
Shawn Shifflet, chairman of UNC
Habitat for Humanity's special
projects committee.
“College students are the best
catalyst for change because they
are the ones who are going out into
the workforce soon,” he said.
“If we can make them aware of
these issues, they might be the best
ones to do something about it.”
This year's theme, “Poverty Knows
No Borders,” ties into the week’s
events such as Tuesday’s rally walk
to the Inter-Faith Council for Social
Service’s community shelter and
tonight’s camp-out in Polk Place.
The goal of the camp-out is to let
students and community members
feel what it’s like to be homeless,
Shifflett said.
“We’re even trying to get card
board boxes to sleep in for the
night,” he said.
Participants in Tuesday’s event
said they can imagine the difficulty
of being homeless in Chapel Hill.
■ Two employees of Discover
Unlimited Possibilities were arrest
ed Monday on misdemeanor charg
es of soliciting without a permit,
Chapel Hill police reports state.
Reports state Quitman Curly
Slack 111 of Michigan was arrested
at 4:35 p.m. at 100 Patton Place
;dler he was observed selling maga
zines door-to-door.
Slack also was arrested on mis
demeanor charges of possession of
marijuana when he was found to
have .5 grams in his pocket, reports
state.
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Colin Hay, former at Work, has made guest
“It seems like a really bad area to
be homeless,” said senior Caroline
Haid, a peace, w ar and defense
major. “I know when I walk down
the street and see the same people
every day, I just don’t have that
much to give.”
Freshman Christen Hayes, an
international studies and commu
nications double major, said she
thinks this college environment
highlights the rift between the life of
students and that of the homeless.
“You’re surrounded by all these
college students, most of whom are
pretty well-off” Hayes said. “There’s
such a stark contrast.”
The walk to the IFC shelter was
a way for the handful of students
who joined to learn about the
building and how its goals coincide
with those of Habitat.
It also might clear up some mis
conceptions about the shelter,’said
Jessica Jerald, co-chairwoman of
UNC’s Habitat chapter.
“We wanted to come by and see
how we could help and raise aware
ness of what the shelter is doing,”
she said.
UNC’s chapter advocates in
Chapel Hill for the greater Habitat
goal of raising awareness about
poverty, Jerald said.
The group will hold a vigil on
the steps of Wilson Library at 9:30
p.m. Thursday to show support for
POLICE LOG
Slack was secured on a S2OO
bond and is schedule to appear
in District Criminal Court in
Hillsborough on May 1.
Robert Laray Rush of Illinois
also was arrested on charges of
soliciting without a permit.
Rush was arrested at 4:30 p.m.
on Nottingham Drive, secured on
a SIOO bond and is schedule to
appear in District Criminal Court
in Hillsborough on May 1,
Another Discover Unlimited
employee was arrested March 29
on similar charges.
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Elizabeth Pratt speaks to members of Habitat for Humanity in the Pit
on Tuesday before marching to the Rosemary Street homeless shelter.
basic human needs.
Jonathan Recklord, chief execu
tive officer of Habitat, will speak
Friday at noon in the Gregt Hall.
Jerald said it is very rare for Reckford
to be able to come speak, even
though UNC is his alma mater.
But because his schedule allowed
him to be in Chapel Hill, Reckford
will be able to contribute his voice
to the week’s events.
“People can attach a face to the
organization,” Jerald said. “He can
offer a perspective on Habitat that
may be unheard around here. He’s
■ An employee of Alan Stone
Excavating was arrested on felony
charges of possession of cocaine
with intent to sell or distribute on
Monday on Whitaker Street, accord
ing to Chapel Hill police reports.
Jimmy Ray Hardin, 38, of
Brittany Lane also was arrested on
misdemeanor charges of posses
sion of marijuana, reports state.
According to reports, Hardin was
found in possession of 1.5 grams
of “crack” cocaine and .6 grams of
marijuana.
Hardin was held at the Orange
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been in the organization in many
capacities, and what he’s learned
might really teach people about
Habitat.”
She is optimistic that the week
will change students’ perspectives.
“I hope these events will not only
raise awareness but will make peo
ple take a piece of what they learned
and apply it to their own lives, so we
can affect change locally, nationally
and internationally.”
Contact the News Editor
at udesk@ unc.edu.
County Jail under a secured $7,500
bond. He was scheduled to appear
in court Tuesday.
■ A UNC student reported lar
ceny Monday afternoon in Stacy
Residence Hall, according to
University police reports.
The Toshiba computer laptop,
worth SBSO, was left in the room
at about 9 a.ra.
The student discovered it was
missing at about 4 p.m. Neither
the student nor his roommate saw
any suspicious persons in the area,
police reports state.
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INITIATIVE
CEI Speaker Series Presents
Jonathan T.M. Reckford
CEO, Habitat for Humanity International
The Great Hall of the Student Union
UNC alumnus Jonathan Reckford will talk about how he
moved from Wall Street to corporate suite to head of the
international housing nonprofit, and how business skills can
be used to advance social goals.
Free and open to the public
Co-Sponsors:
Carolina Entrepreneurial Initiative
UNC Student-Chapel of the Cross Habitat Partnership
v Contact:
Amon Anderson
amona@email.unc.edu
(919) 843-8824
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Employee meeting: UNC's
Employee Forum will hold its
monthly meeting. The body will
consider salary increases.
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 d.m.
Location: Pleasants Family
Assembly Room, Wilson Library
Book discussion: The Friends of
the Chapel Hill Public Library will
hold an informal
participatory discussion of Scott
Berg's book "Lindbergh" in their
program "Books Sandwiched In."
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Location: Chapel Hill Public Library,
lower level conference room
Council meeting: The Chapel Hill
Town Council will hold a work
session to discuss issues.pertaining
to the fiscal year 2006-07 budget.
Time: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Location: Chapel Hill Town Hall
Open house: Chancellor James
Moeser will hold an open house to
solicit input from the student body.
Cadence, an a cappella group, will
open for Moeser, and refreshments
will be served.
Time: 4 p.m.
Location: Second floor study
lounge of the Student Union
Screening: The Health and Human
Rights Series at the James M.
Johriston Center for Undergraduate
Excellence will present a documen
tary screening and a discussion of
legalized abortion.
Location: 6 p.m.
Location: Graham Memorial 1301
Arts Fest: The second annual
Muslim Students Association-Hillel
"Artsfest" will feature a night of
music, spoken word and visual art.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Lucy's, 114 Henderson St.
Luau Night: Freshman Camp
2006 will sponsor a Luau Night on
Franklin Street. The event will feature
drink specials all night and a date
auction at 11 p.m. Cover is $3 for
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everyone before 11 p.m., $4 after 11
p.m. for those over 21 and $6 after
11 p.m. for those under 21.
Time: 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Location: Players, 1591/2 E.
Franklin St.
Bagel breakfast: Stop by for
coffee, juice, bagels, cream cheese
and the opportunity to mix with
your colleagues.
Time: 8 a.m.
Location: Rosenau 107
Colin Hay: Student tickets, priced at
$5, for the April 23 Colin Hay Memorial
Hall performance go on sale. General
public tickets, priced at $lO, go on sale
Tuesday, April 18.
Time: 10 a.m.
Location: Memorial Hall box office
Carolina North meeting: The
University’s leadership advisory
council for Carolina North will
consider ways to conceptualize
guiding principles for the proposed
satellite campus.
Time: 4 p.m.
Location: Kenan Center 204
Spaghetti dinner: Habitat for
Humanity will host a spaghetti
dinner at $5 a plate. The event will
fund the group's summer work-trip.
Time: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Location: Chapel of the Cross
Drag show: The Gay Lesbian
Bisexual Transgender-Straight Alliance
will host a drag show. Tickets are $5.
Call the Memorial Half box office at
843-3333 for more information.
Time: 8 p.m.
Location: Memorial Hall
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