2 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2008 iThr Daily ear Hrrl www.dailytarheel.com Established 1893 114 years of editorialfreedom ERIN ZUREICK EDITOR-IN-CHIEF 962-4086 ZUREICKMAIL. UNC.EDU OffICE HOURS MON , WED.. FRI. 1 PM TO 2 PM ALUSON NICHOLS MANAGING EDITOR 962-07S0 NALLISONOEMAu UNC.EDU OffICE HOURS TUES..THURS S PM. TO 6 PM RACHEL ULLRICH DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR 962-07S0 RULLRIC HOE MAIL UNC.EDU WHITNEY KISUNG UNIVERSITY EDITOR 962-0372 UDESKOUNC.EDU SARA GREGORY CITY EDITOR 962-4209 CITYDESKOUNC.EDU ELIZABETH DEORNELLAS STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR, 962-4103 STNTDESKOUNC.EDU ANDREW DUNN FEATURES EDITOR 962-4214 FEATURESOUNC.EDU ALEXANDRIA SHEALY ARTS EDITOR 843-4529 ARTSDESKOUNC.EDU DAVID ELY SPORTS EDITOR 962-4710 SPORTSOUNC.EDU KATIE HOFFMANN INVESTIGATIVE TEAM EDITOR 962-07S0 ITEAMOUNC.EDU ALUE MULLIN PHOTO EDITOR 962-07S0 DTHPHOTOOGMAII COM WILL HARRISON. 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Edrtocm-Chirt 962-4086 Advertising & Business, 962 -1163 News Featwes, Sports 962 0245 One copy pel person, additional copies may be purchased at The Daily Tar Heel lor $.25 each. O 2008 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved MpPAUPMM Hub uimatb U HnJeat homing ____ __ ..*■> , m /t T HBIHam'JMI V fS I f I jms (\ . -, I !■ J • T 1 ’ i’ pi insill f&f® wss® - uhy njait to hue in luxur;;. j k uhen you Gan afford it right nous? o,^v ARK CHAPEL RIDGE CHAPEL VIEW Dose Professor, police took my homework FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS A Florida community college student took a very wrong turn while trying to turn in an assignment. Authorities in Port St. Lucie, Fla., said a drunk college student who was attempting to hand in a paper for a class instead ended up in their parking lot. Police reported that Joseph Burzynski, 19, was weaving his vehicle through the police department parking lot full of cruisers and almost hit a sergeant. When asked what he was doing, Burzynski told authorities he thought he was at Indian River Community College. The 19-year-old’s blood-alcohol level was reportedly more than twice the legal limit for driving. Burzynski was arrested on a DUI charge. NOTED. A Michigan man was charged with drunken driving after drinking two bottles of wine, chugging through a snowstorm on his John Deere lawn tractor and riding down the center of the street to reach a liquor store, authorities said. Police found Frank Kozumplik, 49. headed home Saturday night toting four bottles of wine behind his tractor in a paper bag. TODAY Crisis volunteers: Today is the last day to sign up for the Orange County Rape Crisis Center's training class. Spanish-speakers and people avail able during the day are needed. For more information, visit www.ocrcc. org or call 968-4647. Mock interview day: UNC Career Services is hosting mock interviews for UNC students. The interviews will be recorded with a Webcam and involve a UCS counselor as the employer Call 962-7994 for more information. Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Location: Granville Towers South, second floor Book party: The Bull's Head Book Shop is celebrating the release of ‘No Easy Victories: African Liberation and American Activists over a Half Century, 1950-2000.' The book's edi tors will be there. The book contains essays and stories about the con nection between African liberation and American activists, as well as a foreword by Nelson Mandela. Time: 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Location: Bull's Head Book Shop Explore: University Career Services QUOTED. “Now and then we've had a few issues there but not this kind of problem." Flint Township police Sgt Tim Jones, after a brawl involving about 80 people erupted at a Chuck E. Cheeses, The Flint Journal reported. A fight between three teenage girls became “a knock-down, drag-out between 75 and 80 people," police said. Pepper spray was used to calm the frenzied crowd. COMMUNITY CALENDAR invites students to learn about anew online tool that helps connect values and interests with possible careers. The workshop is open to students only. Time: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Location: Student Union, Room 3411 Book reading: Author Rita Mae Brown will read from ‘The Purrfect Murder," her latest mystery novel. For more information, call 542-3030. Time: 7 p.m. Location: Mclntyre's Rne Books in Fearrington Village THURSDAY Communication discussion: Charlie Bemacchio will talk about the expression of feelings in 'Feelings: What’s Appropriate and When to Say It’ at Carrboro Town Hall. Admission is free. For more information call 942-5602 or e-mail peerconnections@yahoo.com. Time: 5:30 to 7 p.m. Location: Carrboro Town Hall Sustainability networking: The student global health committee is going to be holding a networking event for discussing sustainable News development. There also will be coffee-tasting. This event requires an RSVP. Contact Anne McKune at mckune@email.unc.edu. Time: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Location: Counter Culture Coffee Movie/Book analysis: The Movie/Book Club will compare the recent movie "There Will Be Blood’ with the book it's based on, Upton Sinclair's 'Oil.' For more informa tion. call 918-7387. Time: 7 p.m. Location: Carrboro Cybrary Documentary: Student government's executive branch will be viewing "Period:The End of Menstruation," fol lowed by a panel discussion. Time: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Location: Murphy Hall, Room 104 To make a calendar submission, visit www.daiiytarheel.com/calendar. or e-mail Deputy Managing Editor Rachel Ullrich at dthcalendarOgmaii. 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. IT’S ELECTRIC ■ ' ' Jm .. S' |Bjl Wmjmfcjjwß, Pi m. if. DTH/KRISTIN WILSON Students rushing Phi Sigma Pi, a co-ed national honor fraternity, play a game called “Electricity” in Polk Place Monday. Member Tamara Hill, a junior, said the fra ternity provides a way for people to come together in both an intellectually stimulating and social environment. POLICE LOG ■ An unknown person broke off a railroad crossing arm Monday, according to Chapel Hill police reports. The incident was reported at 4:50 p.m. at the Estes Extension Chape! City Limits, according to reports. The noncriminal incident caused SIO,OOO in damage to the crossing arm. reports state. ■ An unknown suspect stole S6OO in brass piping from a con struction site at 128 Erwin Road, according to Chapel Hill police reports. The incident reports say that the materials were last seen on Jan. 26, but they were not dis covered missing until 1:00 p.m. Monday. The materials were ow'ned by The Barnes Group, reports state. ■ Police are investigating a break-in at a home in Chapel Hill Monday in which thousands of <Thr Daily (Tar Hrrl dollars in electronics were stolen, according to Chapel Hill police reports. Someone forcibly entered a residence at 411 Granville Road and took $3,150 worth of gaming and computer equipment, reports state. 'The missing items were reported at 7:49 p.m. Monday and include a laptop computer, Playstation 2 and Nintendo Wii, reports state. ■ Someone broke into a vehicle Monday and stole $625 worth of goods, police reports state. The reports state that the inci dent occurred at a parking lot at 1807 Fordham Blvd. in the after noon. The incident was reported at 4:14 p.m., according to reports. An unknow'n suspect broke into a 2007 Honda Odyssey that was located in a parking lot and took a Blackberry cell phone, a Bluetooth headset, a leather purse and other items, according to the reports.

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