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Bicycles are a prime target for theft around the UNC campus. Police say that faulty locks
and unlocked, unattended bikes are the cause of most rip offs.
Police urge registration, cable locks
Bike theft increasing in Chapel Hill
By CHARLES F. WALLINGTON
Staff Writer
Bicycle thefts in the UNC area are on
the rise, say Chapel Hill and University
police officials.
Ninety-six bicycles were reported
stolen in the city during the first eight
months of this year an 11.6 percent
increase over last year, said Master Of
ficer Greg Jarvies of the Chapel Hill
Police Department. Last year 86 bicycles
were reported stolen during the same
period.
In July, 18 bicycles were reported
stolen compared to 12 for July 1982.
And in August, 26 bicycles were reported
stolen compared to 16 in August 1982.
University police Officer Ned Comar
said 55 bicycles were reported stolen to
University police between July 1, 1982,
and June 30, 1983. And since July 1 of
this year, an additional 18 bicycles
reportedly have been stolen from stu
dents. "It's an inordinate amount," Comar
said. "I thought things were going better
than they are."
Both Jarvies and Comar agreed that
the thefts are because of faulty locks or
bicycles that are left unlocked and unat
tended. Jarvies said that most people use chain
locks that can be broken easily. He
recommended using a cable lock which is
more difficult to break.
"Any delay is enough to convince
them to move on," Jarvies said.
Comar also recommended that those
who use combination locks and chains,
such as gym locks, switch to cable locks.
Comar said that cable locks are more dif
ficult to break than chain locks, which
can be broken no matter how thick they
are.
Both Comar and Jarvies recommend
ed that riders register their bicycles to
speed up their identification in case they
are stolen.
Students can register their bicycles at
any of the four area fire stations or police
departments by bringing their driver's
license or any other identification with a
number that can be stamped onto the
bike.
Students also can register their bikes
on campus at the Traffic Office.
Comar said that bicycle registration
has increased on campus. He said that he
registered 400 bicycles between Aug. 23
and Aug. 30, about the same number he
registered during all of 1982.
"And I haven't even dented the num
ber of bicycles on campus that need to be
registered," he said.
But Comar said he will not be able to
continue the daily registration unless he
gets some help from students or a cam
pus organization.
P.E. dept. limits use of gym clothes
By KATE COOPER
Staff Writer
The days when any UNC student could
check out gym clothing for exercise or to
sport the latest fashion are a thing of the
past.
. Beginning this semester, students not
registered for physical education activities
classes cannot check out gym clothing.
Students can check out a basket, lock,
towel and equipment with a valid student
ID. But if they want clothing to sweat in,
their own will have to do.
Faculty and staff members can get the
same privileges as those who are not en
rolled in an activity class by purchasing a
privilege card for $18 per semester or $50 a
year.
The change in policy was a result of a
combination of factors, according to an
August memo issued by physical education
department Chairman John Billing.
"The primary reason was we couldn't
dress our classes and that is our first re
sponsibility," he said.
Outfiutting students in gym clothes has
become more difficult because replace
ments for lost, stolen and worn-out cloth
ing are more expensive, Billing said. And
the traditional blue clothing for female
students was abandoned this year, forcing
the physical education department to pro
vide gray clothing to females and leav
ing little for non-physical education stu
dents, he said.
Requests for clothing also have in
creased, but budget allocations for
clothing have not, Billing added.
Billing said that for the past two years
an average of $80,000 has been spent year
ly on clothing and towels. It costs about
$77,000 last year to launder the clothes, he
said.
Several students said they were unhappy
with the restrictions placed on the gym
clothing.
The switch is "a real inconvenience for
people who spend a lot of time on campus
and want to work out for a couple of
hours," said Rebel Cole, a business ad
ministration graduate student. "I think its
a curtailment of services and I don't un
derstand why."
Cole said that he thought theft was no
reason for the change. "They ought to be
checking it to make sure you're turning in
everything you're supposed to... that's
their problem not ours."
Gayane Morse, a junior RTVMP ma
jor, has checked out clothing in the past to
work out in the weight room.
"We are not allowed to use the Nautilus
room. . . now we have to provide our own
stuff," she said. "It's a pain to carry my
clothes around, and laundry will probably
cost more about $2 a week."
Morse also said that basket room em
ployees were to blame for clothing losses.
"They don't keep track of the stuff
they ought to be more responsible," she
said.
"I think they (the department) should
make some other arrangement because
students pay for so much stuff around
here."
Billing said the switch had prompted
varied reaction from students.
"We've had a number of questions
about it," he said. "Most people read it
and say they don't like it, but can under
stand it."
Talking Coke machines come to U-Mall
By JODI SMITH
Staff Writer
"Please make your selection," says a robot-like voice.
A man in baggy pants drops his quarter and reels three steps
backward. He scans the red-and-white machine before him
suspiciously and carefully pushes the "Diet Coke" panel. The
can drops, the machine says, "Thank you and come again,"
and the man runs fearfully for the exit still thirsty.
Most people probably have yet to witness this spectacular
event, for it-is a by-product of a new era the Era of the Talk
ing Coke Machine.
For the past two years, the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. has been
experimenting with a new form of public relations vending
machines that "talk" to their customers. Granted, they have a
limited vocabulary, mostly limited to "Please deposit more
money" and "Thank you for trying Coke."
Currently, there are no plans to bring the machines to UNC,
and there are none on other area campuses yet. Several UNC
students have reported meeting machines in Kerr Drug at Uni
versity Mall, Wilmington, Myrtle Beach and Tennessee. The
Durham Coca-Cola Bottling Co. also has a friendly Coke
machine waiting and eager to meet new people.
The machines operate with a computer chip that is triggered
through the coin changer. The machines can be programmed to
say anything, even Christmas greetings, said Ed Goff, cold
drink manager at the Durham Coca-Cola distributorship.
"The machines are really a new form of advertising," he said.
"We place them side-by-side with our competition. They have
done a good job for us so far. Sales have picked up, and people
seem to like it. They have fun with it."
The "talkies" are more expensive to build, with cxst-running
about $2,000. Goff said the Durham company has purcHased 10
talking vending machines so far.
Another more recent innovation on the part of Coca-Cola is
the "video vendor" a Coke machine that features video
games like "Catch-a-Coke," which sports a monkey, and
"Spell-Coke," where letters spin and are stopped to spell Coke.
There is only one video vendor in North Carolina, in a game
room in Granville County. And the University of Texas at
Austin is the testing ground for four new Coke machines that
make change for dollar bills.
Are these super-vendors just an unnecessary expense? Cathy
Moffitt, a senior UNC zoology major from Hollywood, Fla.,
doesn't think so.
"I think it will work out really well," she said. "In a society
where emphasis is placed on the 'new and improved,' it will give
an old standby like Coke some sense of novelty."
Talking Coke machines? What's next? Don't be surprised
when you put your quarter in for The Wall Street Journal and
you hear "Good morning. Buy stock now. There's no better
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It's been a grueling 24-hour bus ride.
You're sore, tired and somebody has
stolen your toothbrush. When the bus
finally arrives at the University of Toron
to, you grab your stuff, run down the
aisle and jump off the bus ... and no
Canadians! What do you do? (By the
way, the bus has left.)
That is just one of several interesting
questions being asked of applicants to the
Toronto Exchange program.
Wednesday is the final day to submit
applications for the annual program.
Coordinators for the Toronto Exchange
expect about 300 applications for this
year's program.
This is the 26th year for Toronto Ex
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The Canadian delegation will be here at
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Last year's program didn't go as well
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we don't want a clique, so to speak."
Last year's exchange was beneficial in
helping her realize the differences be
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Coordinators hope to announce the list
of those accepted into this year's ex
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