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All donors will receive a Class of 2008 decal Donors of S2O 08 or more will also receive a Tar Heel lapel pm to wear on the>r graduation &#Smkw robes These gifts are exclusively available through the 2008 Senior Campaign for Carolina annualfuhd.unc.edu/gifi aiwilSutid tine.eduientreat and ; C.iiolmti Annual f-und. Campus Box 6100 ; '■■V.i .! niOti'.tmp.lKin 1 HI t NlVl ttSI n CAROLINA ANNUAL FUND j; j; M'k 11l < \ Kill |s \ Ji ItAIM I llllt DOSe Octogenarian gives mugger a whoopin’ FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS An 84-year-old former Marine easily defeated a teenage would-be mugger armed with a knife. The boy said, “Old man, give me your wallet or I’ll cut you,” Santa Rosa police Sgt. Steve Bair told the San Jose Mercury News. The man told the boy he was a former Marine who had fought in three wars. Bair said. The man then put his bags on the ground and told the boy that if he stepped closer he would be sorry. When the boy stepped closer, the man kicked him in the groin, knocking him to the sidewalk. Bair said. The ex-Marine picked up his grocery bags and walked home, leaving the boy doubled over. Bair said. The Marine reported the attempted robbery to police 45 minutes later. NOTED. After being stopped by a Connecticut state trooper, 28-year-old Justin Vonkummer blamed his problems on an errant Oreo cookie. Vonkummer told the trooper that an Oreo had just slipped from his fingers as he attempted to dunk it in a cup of milk, and that he was trying to fish it out when he lost control of his car. He had initially been accused of driving while intoxicated, but no alcohol was discovered on his breath. TODAY Seminar: Dr. lan Frazer will discuss the early and long-term benefits of preventing different types of HPV. Time: noon to 1 p.m. Location: Lineberger Cancer Center, Pagano Conference Room Research presentation Petr Bychovsky will speak on 'Education and Assessment in the Czech Republic." His presentation will describe the evolution of the educa tional system in the Czech Republic and current trends in educational and assessment practice. A light lunch and informal conversation will follow the presentation. Time: noon to 1 p.m. Location: Peabody Hall, Room 310 Workshop: University Career Services will sponsor a workshop about nontraditional options after graduation, including teaching English abroad, residential treatment camps, jobs at a ski resort, study abroad, Peace Corps and research positions. Time: 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Location: Student Union, Room 3209 ■■MS* to CFK which serves more than 20,000 people a year through the Tabitha Clinic, a Youth Sports Program, Taka ni Pato {Trash is Cash) and the Birni Pampja center helping young Kenyan girts We know there are many ways you can spend £2006 Why not feel good about wh©* you spend it?" Class of 2008 Marshals QUOTED. “1 haven't had that in years. ... Ninety-three is kind of old." Frank Milio, a 93-vear-old Florida man, who is accused of offering an undercover cop S2O to perform a sex act. Milio said he was just flirting with the woman. Another 93-year-old caught in the sting. Carlos Underhill, will not be charged though he admits to stopping to chat with a "good-looking girl." COMMUNITY CALENDAR Lecture Carolina Asia Center will present Maureen Aung-Thwin to examine the extraordinary interven tion of the monks, the fall out from the so-called 'Saffron Revolution’ and the prospects for a genuine political transformation in Burma. Time: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Location Bingham Hall, Room 103 Film screening: Institute for the Arts and Humanities will show Lars von Trier's “The Five Obstructions’ in preparation for Tuesday's lecture. Time: 6 p.m. Location: Hyde Hall, University Room TUESDAY Workshop: Grant Source Library will present a workshop on finding and applying for funding for graduate research Time: 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Location Bynum Hall conference room Lecture: Institute for the Arts and Humanities will present a public lecture by David Ferris titled "Postmodern Obstructions: Dogma and Distortions in Lars von Trier’s 'The Five Obstructions." News Time: 5 p.m. Location: Hyde Hall, University Room Speaker: Helena Maria Virramontes will present "Cemeteries, Freeways and the Bones of the Forgotten: How Geography Shaped One Writer's Inspiration" as part of the nation wide Farmworker Awareness Week. Time: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Location: Stone Center, Hitchcock Room Shakespeare: Globeworks 2008 N.C. Shakespeare Festival will pres ent scenes from "Shakespeare A Teen Program." For more informa tion, call 2245-2525. Time: 6 p.m. Location: Orange County Public Library, Hillsborough To make a calendar submission, visit www.dailytarheel.com/calendar, 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. Z' £> THIS ISNT~A ' s \ [tm& hom£ nmzKVtew!) na cun mke up jn||ygfivim POLICE LOG ■ UNC student Justin Michael Garnet, 21, was arrested for drunk driving, reckless driving and driv ing left of center at 3:35 am. Friday at 306 W. Franklin St., according to Chapel Hill police reports. Garnet had a 0.18 blood alcohol content, according to reports. Police impounded his gray -2001 Jeep Cherokee and he was confined at Orange County Jail in lieu of SIO,OOO bail, reports state. He is scheduled to appear in court today, according to reports. ■ Skyler Christian Schatz, 17, of Raleigh, was arrested at 10:02 am. Saturday at 125 W. Franklin St. for two counts of felony possession of stolen goods and misdemeanor counts of possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, reports state. Police seized Xanax from Schatz, reports state. He is scheduled to appear in court May 5, according to reports. ■ Several tools were report ed stolen at 8:15 a.m. Friday in a burglary at Howell Terrace Apartments, according to Chapel Hill police reports. Two power tools, valued at SIOO each, a table saw, valued at S2OO, loin the discussion TT f two people make a choice to engage in a crime, why I punish only one?... You could make just as much of an ■A- argument for the men being “driven to prostitution by society'’ as the women. The women want money, the men want sex, and both are driven to commit an illegal act by choosing inappropriate avenues to get what they want.” Respond to this featured comment or make a comment of your own on any DTH coverage at daiiytarheel.com. Weakly online poll results: After five years of fighting, do you support the Iraq War? tn 28 percent: I support the wat. and I believe we m should stay until we accomplish our goals 16 percent, first I supported the war, but Heel now that we should count our losses and puH out AS percent: i didn't support the war horn the beginning Get oui troops out of there! V 3 percent: We ie still fighting that thing’ 5 percent: None of the above Tfcte WMk: How many No. 1-seeded teams did you have in your bracket for the Final Four? ehr flailii (Tar Hrrl a Polvan chain saw, valued at $175, and a Honda pressure washer, val ued at $250, were among items stolen, reports state. The window screen and window frame also were damaged, reports state. ■ Third-year law student Adam Michael Steadman, 26, was arrested at 11:05 a.m- Friday for felony speeding to elude arrest, speeding and reckless driving at 102 Roundhill Road, according to Chapel Hill police reports. He was released with a written promise to appear in court May 6, reports state. His 2007 gray Acura TL was impounded, reports state. ■ Jerod Neicos Giles, 19, of Raleigh, was arrested for drunk driving, driving with a provi sional license and driving with an open alcoholic beverage at 2:46 a.m. Saturday at the corner of E. Franklin St. and Estes Drive, according to Chapel Hill police reports. He was transported to the police department, where he was given a breath test and reported to have a 0.22 blood alcohol content, reports state. He was released on a w-ritten promise to appear in court May -20, according to reports.
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