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UNDSEY NAYLOR WRITERS’ COACHES 962-0372 ERICJOHNSONO UNC.EDU NAYLOEMAIL.UNC EDU ► The Daily Tar Heel reports any inaccurate information published as soon as the error is discovered. ► Corrections for front-page errors will be printed on the front page. Any other incorrect information will be corrected on page 3. Errors committed on the Opinion Page have corrections printed on that page. Corrections also are noted in the online versions of our stories. ► Contact Managing Editor Allison Nichols at nallison (a email.unc.edu with issues about this policy. P.O. Box 3257, Chapel Hill. NC 27515 Em Zumck, EAtw-m-Chtet 9624086 Advertising A Business, 962-1163 News, Features, Sports, 962 -0245 One copy per person, additional copies may be purchased at The Daily Tar Heel tor $ 25 each. O 2008 DTH Publishing Corp All rights reserved j il^* ■ ■ I * 7 T " -*** I uhy uia-t to liue in lunuri;. nhen (iou can afford >t rioht non?? v ■ 9 CHAPEL RIDGE w • t v .u ■ Fn ■ ' i t' Dose Dude, where’s my marmoset? Stolen. FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS At least he didn’t have the munchies. An Australian teenager stole two crocodiles and a monkey —and blamed his Fictions on marijuana. Benjamin Glen Watts, 19, pleaded guilty to twice breaking into a wild life park on the outskirts of the tropical city of Darwin, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio reported on its Web site. Watts said he planned to sell the stolen baby crocodiles and the marmoset but couldn’t find anyone to buy them. The animals were returned unharmed. Watts’ lawyer told the court that his client admitted it was a “dumb stoner" thing to do and that he wrote to Crocodylus Park to apologize. Watts was given a three month suspended jail sentence and has undergone drug counseling. NOTED. A man who mailed a bloody cow’s head to his wife's lover has been sentenced to probation and community service. Pennsylvania resident Jason Michael Fife was charged with stalking, terroristic threats and harassment Police said Fife, 31, got the cow's head from a butcher on claims that he wanted to use the dried skull for decoration. He froze the head, but it grew Woody on the victim’s doorstep on a hot day. TOBAY Author visit: Paul Collier, an eco nomics professor at Oxford, will give a talk about the difficulties facing countries in extreme poverty. He is the author of "Bottom Billion,* named one of The Economist's best books of 2007. The seminar will be part of the Global Education Distinguished Speakers Series. Time: 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Location: Global Education Center Philosophy seminar: James Marshall, philosophy of educa tion professor at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, will present a seminar on "Simone de Beauvoir: Philosopher and Educator." This is the first of three consecutive Thursday sessions. Admission is free. Time: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Location: Peabody Hall. Room 212 Bookworms Club: Children can meet to discuss a selt cted book in the animal stories genre. Pre-regis tration is encouraged. Time: 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Location: Chapel Hill Public Library Blood drive: Orange County's chapter of the American Red Cross QUOTED. "OLDS 1999 Intrigue. Totally uncool parents who obviously don’t love teen age son, selling his car. Only driven for three weeks before snoopy mom who needs to get a life found booze under front seat. $3,700/offer. Call meanest mom on the planet." Classified ad from Lies Moines resident Jane Hambleton, who decided to sell her 19- year-old’s car after finding alcohol in it. eoMMoafiry calendar will host a blood drive. Call 942- 4862 for more information. Time: 1 to 5:30 p.m. Location: 2500 N.C. 86 South. Hillsborough. PBIBAY Dance lessons: The Triangle Country Dancers will present a Contra Dance. Participants should bring soft-soled shoes. The cost is $9. Time: 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Location: Carrfooro Century Center Photography exhibit open ing reception: The FedEx Global Education Center hosts the opening reception for the Faces of Child Trafficking photographic exhibition. The exhibit chronicles the stories of children whose families sold them into slavery in Ghana's Volta Region. Time: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Location: FedEx Global Education Center Air guitar documentary: The Carolina Union Activities Board will show the documentary "Air Guitar Nation’ to kick off its UNC air gui tar championship. There will be a Naurs speaker on Jan. 24, and the official championship will be Jan. 25. Time: 8 p.m. Location: Union Auditorium Theatre production: The UNC Advanced Showcase will present 'The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek' by Naomi Wallace, a haunting coming-of-age adventure. Produced in association with New York City's Ground UP Productions. Time: 8:15 p.m. Location: Bingham Hall 2nd Friday Art Walk: More than two dozen art galleries and busi nesses will stay open late for shop ping, and many offer live music and refreshments. Time: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Location: Chapel Hill and Carrfooro To make a calendar submission, visit www.daiiytarheel.com/caiendar, or e-mail Deputy Managing Editor Rachel Ullrich at dthcalendarOgmail. com. Events will be published in the newspaper on the day and the day before they take place and will be posted online when received. Submissions must be sent in by noon the preceding publication date. Ti.ya*awjß> wwmm fur 35th liversary! \T Celebrate withes y FRIDAY, JANUARY 18 Order from our 1972 menu at 1972 prices! Extended hours: 7am to spm Raffle Prizes! Open Daily - Mon-Fri 7am to 2pm • Sat Bam to 2:3opm • Sun Sam to 2:3opm 173 East Franklin Street • Chapel Hill • 919-929*9192 BOOKS FOR RENT m H mßamßSmmssram iJH— DTWHANNAK SHARPE Junior Lauren Hollowell browses through textbooks available to rent at Ram Book and Supply, where stu dents can pay a per-semester fee for their books. “You’re guaranteed to get back the most money with this deal,” she said. “From now on, I will try to get rental books if I can.” POLICE LOG ■ Jamaal Rashad Purefoy- Thaxton, 27, was arrested at 1:45 a.m. Wednesday at 828 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., on charges of failure to appear in court and pos session with intent to sell cocaine, a felony, according to Chapel Hill police reports. Reports state Purefoy-Thaxton, of 139 Johnson St., was secured in Orange County Jail in lieu of $5,600 bail. He was scheduled to appear Wednesday in court in Hillsborough, according to reports. ■ Durham police arrested Antonio Raphael Gonzalez- Lopez. 26, and turned him over to Chapel Hill police for an out standing warrant at 9:18 a.m. Tuesday, according to Chapel Hill police reports. According to reports, Gonzalez- Lopez, of 1716 Shiva Court in Durham, was arrested at his home on two felony charges of assault (Eh t Sailif (Ear Hrri with a deadly weapon with intent to kill for striking a vehicle. He also was arrested on charges of driving while impaired and reck less driving at 4 a.m. Tuesday after he cr. shed his car into a tree while attempting to run his ex-girlfriend off of the road at 2701 Homestead Road, reports state. He was injured in the crash and taken to UNC Hospitals with a broken right foot, according to reports. Gonzalez-Lopez was secured in Orange County Jail in lieu of SIOO,OOO bail and was scheduled to appear Wednesday in court in Hillsborough, reports state. ■ Someone stole one laptop computer, valued at $1,200 from Saint Thomas Moore Catholic Church, located at 920 Carmichael St, according to Chapel Hill police reports. The item was noticed to be missing at 11:02 a.m. Tuesday, reports state.

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