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6 WEDNESDAY. MARCH 26. 2008 N.C. court judgment favors student renters BY BECCA DENISON STAFF WRITER Students recently won a victory in the fight between renters and local neighborhoods who seek to exclude temporary residents. An almost two-year legal battle involving UNC students who rent ed a Chapel Hill house was decid ed March 7 by the N.C. Supreme Court. The court ruled that students could not be restricted from rent ing the house, despite Winding Ridge Homeowners Associations claim that its covenant stipulated that the houses were meant for single-family use only. Covenants, which are agreed upon by all homeowners, regulate subdivisions and neighborhoods that adopt them. “When people buy into certain subdivisions, they know the sub divisions will be. say, family-ori ented." said Gordon Brown, who represented the homeowners. The N.C. Supreme Court ruled that the language of the covenant restricted the kind of building which could be constructed on the property but that the lan Test Masters The finest and most comprehensive LSAT preparation course in the world. I""* c a Wednesday, March 26th School of Law i c pminarl / Room 5052 5 PM to 8 pm Learn some of our powerful methods and techniques from Palmer Heenan. a Test Masters LSAT instructor and extraordinary public speaker. www.testmasters 180. com 1-800-696-5728 B UNC SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION Nelson Benton Lecture Series a free, public lecture by Bill Schneider CNN senior political analyst N Iv [.SON BENTON LECTURE SERIES ft '*'■ ISlfgf ■ ■ |^p l £ * The Role of Media in Politics March 27, 6 - 7 p.m. Carroll Hall Auditorium UNC campus 4 jomc.un e . e cl u guage was too vague to suggest a restriction on who could ulti mately live there. Following that reasoning, the court did not rule on whether the students could be considered a single family. The students' behavior was not a factor in the case; the students had been good neighbors. Brown said. "These young people, these students at University of North Carolina, conducted themselves in an absolutely exemplary fash ion,” he said. “They represented themselves and the University well.” While Winding Ridge home owners did not have any specific issue with the students, they did not want to set a precedent which would allow the neighborhood to include rentals. Brown said. Chapel Hill resident Lee Mcllwain helped lead the 2007 effort to designate the Mason Farm/Whitehead Circle neigh borhood. located behind the Kenan-Flagler Business School, as a neighborhood conservation district. He said an increase in the number of rentals was one reason behind that effort. “If it became mainly a rental neighborhood, we thought the character would change a lot.” Becoming a conservation dis trict means the neighborhood has certain building restrictions meant to preserve its character. Mcllwain said that most students were good neighbors and that the conservation district was not enact ed to keep students out but rather to discourage all rentals. In addition to Mason Farm/ Whitehead Circle, five other Chapel Hill neighborhoods have been designated as conservation districts. Chapel Hill Town Council mem ber Bill Thorpe said he does not favor neighborhoods that try to exclude students. He added that the town council can opt to keep exclusions from happening. “We can say we don't want this in our town," he said. "We're not going to allow it." Contact the State i? National Editor at stntdesk(a. unc.edu. News Junior tapped for Ray Memorial Spirit Award BY MIA MOORE STAFF WRITER Junior varsity cheerleader Jeremy Crouthamel was more than willing to spend his time this past summer in Addis Ababa. Ethiopia. There, he taught English to chil dren in an orphanage. It was because of that and other acts of service that the English and Spanish double major became the first recipient of the Jason Ray Memorial Spirit Award. “He's a tremendous young man," said UNC cheerleading coach Brown Walters. “It’s amazing how much of his time he gives selflessly to others." The spirit award was estab lished to remem ber and honor Jason Ray, the former Rameses mascot who was killed a year ago today while trav eling with the UNC men's bas ketball team at the NCAA tour nament. “I just feel □ The award honors Jason Ray. a UNC mascot killed last year. really honored," Crouthamel said. Crouthamel was one of about five people nominated for the award. A committee then read the applications and selected the winner based on who best dem onstrated the attributes that Ray embodied. “The department was looking at how we might best honor Jason and keep his legacy alive," said John Blanchard, senior associate athletics director for student ath lete services. “We thought that this was a real ly good way to do that and a good way also to show our appreciation a I J SATURDAY'MARCH 29 GERRARD HALL - 1 PM Free with UNC Student Om Card £jp| to for General Public Presented by CUAB Institute for the Arts and Humanities presents | The Next Half Century I Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat, * I distinguished alumnus, talks about * the Carolina's graduates . CiM Ci &j will face during the next fifty years. 3:30-5:00 March 28, 2008 Hanes Art Center Auditorium, Room 121 By 2058, the world will be a very different place shaped by important trends and unexpected events. As citizens of the US and the world we need to think now about the conditions that will enable or constrain our best visions and highest ideals. Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat is one of UNC's most distinguished alumni. He has held major posts in the Carter and Clinton Administrations and is currently a senior partner in the firm of Covington and Burling, LLC. Eizenstat was accorded high honors for his advocacy on behalf of holocaust survivors and was named International Lawyer of the Year in 2007. Co-sponsored by: The Campus Y, the Social and Economic Justice Minor, the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies, the Curriculum hi International and Area Studies, the School of Law, the Department of Political Science, and the Department of Public Policy. ■ * L dtwalue muiiin The parents of Jason Ray, the former mascot who was killed last March, present the first Jason Ray Memorial Spirit Award to Jeremy Crouthamel. to the different spirit squads." The criteria for the award includ ed enthusiastic representation of the University, active participation in the spirit squad and heavy involve ment in the community. “This is an award that recognizes excellence in the classroom, service to the community and service to the school," Walters said. “He was nominated because of all the things he's involved in.” Crouthamel is involved in UNC's Dance Marathon, where he has served as a committee member and student leader. He also tutors at a local high school. “I think this award is an incred ible way to honor an incredible guy. (Ray) made a huge impact every where he went, and it's the least we can do as a program to honor his memory," he said. Charlotte and Emmitt Ray. Jason Ray s parents, presented Crouthamel with the award at halftime of the ahr Daily ilar flrrl men's basketball game against Florida State University on March 4, Ray is also being remembered by his fellow mascots, vrho carry on his memory every time they don the Rameses suit. This year's mascots, jurjors Brail lzickwood and TYler TYeadawav, are conducting a search for students interested in wearing the mascot suit Remembering and honoring the legacy of the former mascot was one of the reasons behind the installment of the spirit award. "This award is our way to dem onstrate that we are doing all we can to ensure that Jason wilinot be forgotten." Blanchard said. Assistant University Editor Kate Sullivan contributed reperting. Contact the Uniirrsity Editor at udesk(a urK.edu.
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