The Daily Tar HeelTuesday, December 5, 19893
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Sunday, Dec. 3
Police observed an N.C. State
University student from Greensboro
run a stoplight at the intersection of
East Franklin Street and Estes Drive.
The subject then made a wide right
turn and crossed the center line.
When the subject was stopped, the
officer gave him a breathalyzer test.
The man was arrested for DWI.
Police were called to
Kingswood Apartments after a male
driving a red Firebird knocked on
the door of one of the apartments
and asked for directions to any par
ties in the area. Officers searched the ,
area but could find neither the ve
hicle nor the suspect.
Police responded to a call at the
Granville East Cafeteria at Univer
sity Square when a broken window
was found near the loading dock.
Officers found a beer can lying near
the window and speculate that the
can was thrown at the window. The
building did not appear to have been
entered. Damage was estimated at
$50.
Police were called to Christo
pher Road when a resident heard
what he thought was a woman
screaming. Officers searched the area
but found nothing unusual.
The manager of Fowler's Food
Market reported a male entered the
store and proceeded to take a pack of
ribeye steaks and leave the store. A
description was given of the individ
ual, and an arrest was made. The
steaks were returned to the market.
Police responded to a call at
Fraternity Court when someone
reported that fireworks were being
set off in the area. When officers
arrived they could find no suspects
or evidence of fireworks.
While on routine, patrol offi
cers found that a rear window had
been broken out of The Lampe
Shoppe located at 412 W. Franklin
St. The owner was notified and found
that several lamps had been broken
and one lamp stolen. Damage for
both the stolen and broken lamps
was estimated at $550.
Officers were called to a home
in the Riggsbee Mobile Home Park
when a bird was discovered in the
residence. An officer opened the
outside door of the mobile home,
and the bird flew outside. The bird
was reported to have sustained no
injuries.
Saturday, Dec. 2
A Carrboro resident reported
that someone broke the right front
passenger window on her car and
took several items from the vehicle.
The car was parked in a parking lot
on West Rosemary Street and dam
age was estimated at $200.
Police were called to a resi
dence at rorsythia Court when a
woman refused to leave upon re
quest of the owner. When officers
arrived the woman was asked to
leave once again. She refused and
was arrested for trespassing.
Officers responded to a call
from McDonald's on West Franklin
Street when a man was found to be
sleeping in the restaurant and could
not be awakened. When officers
arrived the man had awakened and
left the establishment. Police
searched the area but were unable to
locate the subject.
Police responded to Chase Park
Apartments when a resident reported
a disturbance in the parking lot. Upon
arrival, officers found two subjects
apparently arguing over their juve
nile daughter. Officers were able to
calm the subjects and the daughter
left with her mother.
A pol ice officer patroll ing Fran-
klin Street observed a man urinating
on the sidewalk in front of Player's
Bar. The man was arrested for litter
ing and taken into custody. He was
later released on a $50 bond.
Police were called to an East
Franklin Street residence when the
occupant heard strange noises in his
home. The home and surrounding
area were checked but nothing was
found.
Police found a pane of glass in
the wall of a bus stop shot out on
Coleridge Road near 104 Melville
Loop. Damage to the stop was esti
mated at $300.
Friday, Dec. 1
Police were called to Gomains
Avenue with a report of an intoxi
cated person. When police arrived,
the perpetrator had assaulted two
residents in the area. The intoxi
cated man was arrested for assault
and taken into custody.
Police investigated a report of
an explosion in the area of Laurel
Hill Circle. Officers could find no
evidence of an explosion and found
that all transformers in the area
seemed to be in working order.
Police were called to Univer
sity Mall when a man was attempt
ing to sell a fur coat near the mall.
Officers identified the man and found
that the coat was not stolen, and no
further action was taken.
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By JOEY HILL
Staff Writer
The University will recognize De
cember students with a ceremony at 2
p.m. on Dec. 10 in the Smith Center. A
reception will follow the ceremony.
The ceremony will honor both gradu
ate and undergraduate students who
filed to graduate in December, said
Kathleen Benzaquin, associate dean of
students. About 1 ,300 students filed to
graduate at the end of the fall semester,
and about 900 will actually graduate,
she said.
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By CATHY APGAR
Staff Writer
UNC has been selected as the site of
the 1991 Junior Olympic Games, which
are scheduled for the week of July 23
29. The University was chosen by a 42
15 vote at a meeting of the Track Ath
letic Congress (TAC) Wednesday in
Washington. Delegates at the TAC
National Convention selected the Uni
versity by secret ballot after listening to
30-minute oral presentations from both
UNC and the University of Florida, the
other finalist in the bid to host the
games.
'The University of Florida had the
meet two years ago and put on a good
show, so everyone remembered it," said
UNC track coach Dennis Craddock.
Blueprints of how the meet would be
set up were presented to the committee
because the Fetzer Field track facility
was under renovation when the selec
tion committee visited the campus in
October, Craddock said.
From his coaching experience at the
University of Virginia, which has a
well-designed track and field complex,
Craddock said he learned what features
are essential to hosting large events
such as the Junior Olympics.
After the renovations, which are
expected to be completed this summer,
the track will have extra-wide turns and
extra room for field events, Craddock
said.
Hosting the meet is a great way to get
athletes who are interested in coming to
school at UNC because they are ex-
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By KIMBERLEY MAXWELL
Staff Writer
In a speech Monday afternoon in
Beard Hall, U.S. Rep. David Price, D
Orange, said Congress was consider
ing decreasing payments to private
doctors for Medicare patients in an
effort to limit health care costs.
The budget for Medicare, health care
for the disabled and people 65 years
and older increases 14 percent yearly,
Price said. Within 25 years, Medicare
will cost more than the defense and
Social Security budgets combined.
Price said this increase affected the
Congress' ability to control the federal
deficit and set up new domestic pro
grams. "We have struggled for two years to
come up with $2 billion worth of sav
ings (in Medicare)."
As a result, Price said Congress was
considering cuts in Plan B in Medicare,
which deals with private physicians.
Congress has already made cuts in Plan
A, which deals with hospitals.
Doctors' expenses increase about
eightfold a year, Price said. He said one
reason was because more people live
longer because of better technology.
But Price said this increase was
covered only by the government, which
resulted in a deficit increase.
Congress is also considering equal
izing the amount of money paid to
physicians for services performed under
this plan, Price said. Doctors who spe
cialize in fields such as radiology gen
erally receive more money from the
government.
Price said Congress did not deter
Richard Richardson, a professor in
the political science department, will
address the graduates. T plan to make
comments about the class and to link it
to the (University's upcoming) bicen
tennial," he said.
The recognition ceremony will oc
cur one day before the bicentennial of
the University's charter, Richardson
said,
Students who graduate in December
will receive their diplomas by mail,
Benzaquin said.
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"Hosting the event will be a boost for
our economy and UNC's reputation in
track and field events"
Gene Mayhall, Omni Europa Hotel
posed to the University and have a
chance to see what type of facilities are
available, he said.
The selection is great publicity for
the University and Craddock, who has
been trying to increase the prestige of
UNC as a facility with the capacity to
host major track and field competi
tions. The Junior Olympics, which is open
to boys and girls ages 10-18, usually
serves as a big first competition for
athletes who eventually participate in
the NCAA events, and the Olympics,
Craddock said.
The event is expected to bring be
tween 5,000 and 7,000 participants,
plus their families and coaches, to
Chapel Hill and the surrounding area,
Craddock said.
Because parents plan their vacation
around the five-to-six-day event, the
TAC considers what types of leisure
activities are available when choosing
the site, he said. The University of
Florida had Walt Disney World to of
fer, but North Carolina had the beaches,
mountains and Carowinds, which
played a role in the selection.
The event should bring in about $3
million in revenue to the local area, he
Joyce Brown
mine how much money the federal -government
would save with the plan,
but the action would affect cost control
in the future by making it easier to
implement later cuts.
The cuts in Plan B of Medicare would
not affect the quality of health care
patients receive, Price said.
Price also said there were three other
health care problems Congress must
handle this session.
Price said there was a shortage of
nurses across the nation, and the fact
that admissions to nursing schools had
decreased 23 percent since 1983 had
added to the problem.
Better pay for nurses will help attract
more people to the profession, Price
said. Improving working conditions and
the professional status of nurses would
also help.
Price said Medicare coverage for
long-term health care would be harder
to deal with because there is no way to
predict its cost, which totals about $60
billion. More people may be willing to
undergo long-term care if it is covered
by Medicare, he said.
Price said 16 percent of the popula
tion did not have health coverage. More
than two-thirds of that number have
jobs but cannot afford health insurance,
he said.
These issues will affect politicians at
all levels, Price said.
Price said legislators were more re
luctant to deal with health care issues
since Medicare's catastrophic tax was
repealed this fall. The catastrophic tax
created an additional premium for seri
ous health problems.
Chancellor Paul Hardin; Donald
Boulton, vice chancellor and dean of
student affairs; Senior Class President
Bobby Ferris; and Graduate and Pro
fessional Student Federation represen
tative Audrey Vanden Heuval will also
speak at the ceremony.
Thomas Lambeth, president of the
General Alumni Association, will wel
come the graduates as new alumni.
The deadline for graduating students
who wish to accept their invitations is
today. Students who wish to attend
said.
The event, which is comparable to
the Olympic Festival, is a big support to
the business community, said Todd
Zapolski, head of the Chapel Hill
Carrboro Chamber of Commerce.
The event is a great opportunity for
the Triangle, said Patti Ti ipodi, who is
on the board of directors of the Cham
ber of Commerce.
UNC is becoming recognized for
hosting sports events because of the
facilities available, she said. "The draw
revenues would be fantastic for us, and
the facilities are all here."
According to Gene Mayhall, direc
tor of sales and marketing at Omni
Europa Hotel, "Hosting the event will
be a boost for our economy and UNC's
reputation in track and field events."
The Chapel Hill-Durham area could
conceivably host four major track and
field events, he said. In addition to the
Junior Olympics, the NCAA finals for
track and field will be hosted in Chapel
Hill in May and the National Race
Walking Championship will be here in
August 1990. The fourth event would
be the pre-OIympic trials for the 1992
Olympics in Barcelona, if the bid is
successful, Mayhall said.
town council transitions;
By JOHANNA HENDERSON
Staff Writer
Newly-elected council members
Joyce Brown and Alan Rimer joined
the Chapel Hill Town Council Monday
night as retiring members David
Pasquiniand David Godschalk bid their
farewells.
In a brief but heart-warming cere
mony, Chief District Court Judge Patri
cia Hunt administered the oaths of of
fice to Mayor-elect Jonathan Howes
and council members-elect Brown,
Rimer, Julie Andresen and Art Werner.
Howes presented a symbolic key to
the city to Pasquini and Godschalk.
'This doesn't open a single door," he
said.
Pasquini said, "I'd like to recognize
what a talented group of people we
have working for the town."
He said he felt regret when Godschalk
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may call Benzaquin.
This ceremony is not a formal com
mencement, Benzaquin said. Decem
ber graduates are invited to attend for
mal commencement ceremonies on
May 13, 1990.
The recognition ceremony will oc
cur before the exams period this year to
alleviate confusion about commence
ment ceremonies, Benzaquin said. "It
can be confusing to people because
they often think it's a formal cap and
gown ceremony, and it's not that at all."
Kit to stop blues
of exam
By BRYAN TYSON
Staff Writer
Members of the Order of the Bell
Tower will hand out exam survival
kits this Saturday to students on
campus.
The group contacted the parents of
students by letter in late September
and early October, asking them if
they would like to purchase a kit for
their son or daughter. One thousand
eight hundred kits will be given out.
The kits contain exam week neces
sities such as pencils, pens, blue books,
an apple, an orange, hot chocolate
mix, gum and a pencil sharpener. "This
year, the pencils are in the shape of a
Tar Heel foot," said sophomore Shane
Johnson, who is in charge of the kits.
"They're kind of cute not very
practical though."
The Order of the Bell Tower was
created in 1980 as a student-alumni
organization, with the main purpose
of bridging the gap between students
and alumni. There are approximately
50 members in the group.
A new membership drive will begin
January 17. "We take applications in
the spring, and we ask acertain amount
back for interviews and then we select
from them," President Jeff Luttrell
said.
The exam survival kits are the main
fund-raiser for the group, but it also
sponsors several other non-fund-raising
activities, such as hosting the
Chancellor's box and the Chancellor's
reception, where Chancellor Paul
Hardin and his special guests have
announced he was not seeking re-election.
Pasquini mentioned Godschalk's
pet project of skateboard ramps and the
hours spent in public hearings. "For
this I thank David."
He presented Godschalk with a skate
board which had the words "Heat Zone"
printed on it.
Godschalk thanked Pasquini and
said, "He and I are probably going to go
skateboarding on Monday nights."
Godschalk spoke of the accomplish
ments of the council during the past
four years including the new compre
hensive plan, a joint planning program
with Orange County, a series of Green
ways and a new library in the works. "I
found the list was really quite long and
impressive."
Werner said the council would have
difficulty filling the 12 years of com
bined experience of Pasquini and
addresses pharmacy students
cots
Susan Levendosky, a senior from
Silver Spring, Md said she thought it
was important to recognize December
graduates. "Just because they're gradu
ating at a different time of year does not
mean they should be any less recog
nized." Richardson said many December
graduates here unable to attend the
spring commencement ceremonies
because of their jobs. "It (the cere
mony) is an opportunity for the Univer
sity to stop and recognize them just like
we do for the regular graduates."
period
brunch before every home football'
game.
The order also conducts high
school workshops where high school
students who have been accepted to
UNC are invited to learn about col
lege. The receptions are held at sites
within a 60- to 90-minute driving
distance of Chapel Hill. During these
receptions, students get a chance to
learn more about campus life in
general, not just about Chapel Hill.-.
"We show the video yearbook for
about 20 minutes just to let them see
other things," said junior Susie Eich-,
ler, who is in charge of the work
shops. "It's not just a promotional
thing for UNC."
Alumni admissions receptions are
held in major cities such as Charlotte,
Greensboro, Raleigh, Greenville and,
Atlanta. :
The group is also beginning to
organize next year's "Who's New,"
the freshman yearbook that will
probably be published next fall.
Although it is an officially recog
nized campus organization, the order
receives no money from student
government. "We're completley self;
supportive. We don't get any money
from anywhere else," Luttrell said. J
Future goals include organizing 4
Chancellor's box and reception fof
important basketball games and host;
ing the 1 990 February regional conf
vention for student-alumni associaf
tions, which will be attended by 50()
to 600 people from all over the South
east.
Godschalk.
Council member James Wallace said
he wished more than two council seats
were available so he could serve with
all those he has enjoyed working with.
"You are presented with several things,
and you can only have two, and I say,
'Well, I want them all.'"
Calling council member Nancy
Preston "tireless," Wallace nominated
her for mayor pro tern and called for jher
acceptance by acclamation. She was
elected unanimously. ;
"I hope that the strength of the old
council will be the strength of the new,"
Andresen said, citing the council's
ability to concentrate on the substance
of issues and discuss them sensibly.
Wallace said the council had the
greatest concentration of talent found
anywhere in Orange County. "There is
no reason that we should fail."
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DTHCatherine Pinckert
Monday afternoon in Beard Hall