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The UNC Center for Media Law and
Policy welcomes two of the nation's
pre-eminent legal scholars and experts
in campaign finance reform for a
debate about government attempts to
regulate political advertising paid for by
private organizations.
The debate - "Money, Politics and the
First Amendment" - is a free, public
forum on Sept. 15, at 5:30 p.m. in the
George Watts Hill Alumni Center.
Bradley Smith, a Capital University law
professor who has served as chairman
of the Federal Election Commission,
will debate Larry Noble, who has
served as Federal Election Commission
general counsel. UNC law professor
William Marshall will moderate.
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A little too inspired by French classics
FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
A Dayton, Ohio, judge will not allow a man acquitted of rape charges to
legally change his name from Jason Landes to the title character from
“The Count of Monte Cristo.”
■ The 19th-century novel by Alexander Dumas revolves around wrongful
imprisonment and revenge. The character Edmond Dantes is wrongfully accused of
trying to restore the French Empire.
Landes, a former Miami University student, fildd for the name change TUesday but
was rejected by Miami County Probate Judge Lynnita Wagner. She said that even
though he is not guilty of the rape charges, he still can be connected to felony drug
charges and a misdemeanor sex offense.
NOTED. A 10-year-old South Carolina
boy was suspended from school for wielding
a broken pencil sharpener. A teacher at the
school thought she noticed a the boy holding
a small razor blade during a 4th-grade class
Tuesday.
The small plastic box around the blade had
broken, but was the boy tried to use the metal
insert anyway.
TODAY
Lost and found sale: Alpha Phi
Omega, the UNC service fraternity, is
holding a lost and found sale. Items
are collected and sold once each
semester.
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Union 2518
Live music: UNC senior Greg
Schimizzi will perform at Studio 91
at Meadowmont Village. Parking
will be located behind the Studio
91 building or in the Harris Teeter
parking lot as booths will be set up
in front of each of the stores.
Time: 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Location: 606 Meadowmont Village
Circle
Fire Safety Training: The office of
Fraternity and Sorority Life is spon
soring training.
Time: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Location: Phi Gamma Delta house
on Cameron Avenue
SATURDAY
Ron-a-Thon SK: The Alpha Delta
Pi sorority is holding a 5K run
QUOTED. “I’m happy to see that others are
learning what we have known for a long time
that nothing could be finer than to live in
North Carolina.”
Gov Mike Easley on a recent study by the
University of Cambridge, which determined
that people in North Dakota are more sociable,
people in New York are high strung and North
Carolinians are just plain nice folks.
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
to raise money for the Ronald
McDonald House. Registration
begins at 7:30 a.m., and the race
starts at 9 a.m. To register before
Saturday, visit www.sportoften.
com, keyword "Ron-A-Thon," or
e-mail May Doan at rhdoan@email.
unc.edu.
Time: 7:30 a.m.
. Location: Old Well
Book sale: The Women's Center
will host a bargain book sale,
including a collection of several
thousand old and new, rare and
popular books. All hardback books
will be $2.00 and all paperback
books will be SI.OO. For more
information please visit www.
womenspace.org or call 968-4610.
Time: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Location: 210 Henderson St.
Garden tour: The N.C. Botanical
Garden is offering a free tour of their
grounds.
Time: 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Location: Totten Center off of N.C.
15-501/N.C. 54 Bypass at Old Mason
Farm Road
Unity Games: Masala, a UNC
multicultural organization, is host-
Bradley
Smith
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ing an afternoon of competitive
games for groups of five to ten stu
dents to bridge ties among groups.
Registration deadline is today.
Time: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Ehringhaus Lawn
SUNDAY
Potluck dinner: ChathamArts'
Potluck in a Pasture event is a
chance to enjoy locally grown
food, visit a sustainable farm and
meet several artists. Visitors are
asked to bring a potluck dish that
includes at least one locally.grown
ingredient, a beverage, a lawn
chair or blanket and a donation to
ChathamArts.Visit www.chathama
rts.org for more information.
Time: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: Castle Rock Gardens in
Pittsboro
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M A Raleigh woman was arrested
on felony assault charges, according
to Chapel Hill police reports.
Reports state that Sabrina Nicole
Shaw, 30, was arrested Wednesday
on Piney Mountain Road after she
struck a female victim with her car.
She was charged with assault
with intent to kill or inflict serious
injury, according to police reports.
Shaw is being held in lieu of
SIOO,OOO bail and was scheduled
to appear in court Thursday.
H Two Cedar Point residents
were arrested on Legion Road on
Thursday on several charges, includ
ing breaking into a vehicle, accord
ing to Chapel Hill police reports.
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Jeffrey Lee Thomas, 40, and
Jane Kerfoot Thomas, 38, were
charged with felony breaking and
entering into a vehicle, as well as
misdemeanor larceny and posses
sion of stolen goods, according to
police reports. Jane Kerfoot Thomas
also was charged with possession of
drug paraphernalia.
Each is being held in lieu of
$3,500 bail, reports state.
M Police responded Wednesday
to reports of an injured raccoon in
a dumpster, according to Carrboro
police reports.
Police found the raccoon in a
dumpster on Barnes Street and
alerted animal control, reports state.