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BROTHERLY LOVE: Black men find support in group ...FEATURES, page 2 BRAVES WIN: Atlanta heads to World Series SPORTS FRIDAY, page 5 ON CAMPUS TARP will hold a 50-prize drawing open to those who signed the environmental consciousness pledge. Noon in the Pit. TO U Serving the students and the University community since 1893 1 99) DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. Volume 99, Issue 96 Friday, October 18, 1991 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NcwlSporuArta 962-024) BusinessAdvertising 962-1163 WEATHER TODAY: Mostly sunny; high mid-70s SATURDAY: Sunny; high mid-70s 4-m M .Raleigh Ibnsiiiessmaii chosen as trustee By Cathy Oberle Staff Writer Raleigh businessman Gregory Poole will fill the vacant spot on the UNC Board of Trustees, Gov. James Martin announced Wednesday. : Poole will replace Raleigh lawyer Arch Allen, who re signed from the board in September to become the University's vice chancellor for development and university relations. Poole will assume his position at the board's Oct. 25 meeting. "I'm very thrilled," he said. "It's a great privilege to be able to serve the University in this capacity. I'm looking forward to the challenge." Poole, a University graduate, is the president and chairman of Gregory Poole Equipment Company Inc. The company is one of the largest privately heldcompanies in North Carolina. Chancellor Paul Hardin said he was pleased with Poole's appointment. "He's a very energetic, successful business leader in our state and will make a great trustee." Chapel Hill Mayor Jonathan Howes said he thinks very highly of Poole. "I think he's someone we can work with." But some town officials said a Chapel Hill resident should be appointed. None of the present trustees live in Chapel Hill. Roosevelt Wilkerson, a member of the Chapel Hill Town Council, said having a Chapel Hill resident on the BOT would make the board more responsive to the town's needs. "My feeling is that there needs to be more sensitivity to the town's needs, and one way to do this is through the legisla ture," he said. But Poole said he does not think members have to live in Chapel Hill to take the town's needs into consideration. Howes agreed it would be desirable to have a to wn resident on the BOT. But that should not be the only consideration when appointing a new member, he said. "I think it's one of those things that needs to be taken into account," Howes said. "(But) that's only one factor." Hardin said he agreed with the appointment, but he would have liked a Chapel Hill resident on the board. "I would enjoy having someone from Chapel Hill on the board," Hardin said. "We miss that. (But) it would be hard to find a better appointee." Poole said one of the main topics BOT members will discuss is the impact budget cuts have on the University. "That is one of the very major issues that is on the agenda and will be for a long time." Another important topic of discussion is the rising cost of education, including tuition increases, he said. Police seeking suspects in two sexual assaults By Peter Wallsten City Editor Two sexual assaults, one of which involved a University student, were re ported to Chapel Hill police Wednes day. A female UNC student reported shortly after noon Wednesday that a man entered her unlocked Church Street apartment and sexually assaulted her, Chapel Hill Police Planner Jane Cous ins said. The man reportedly had a knife and involved the woman in a struggle, Cous ins said. During the altercation, the in truder indicated that he was going to sexually assault the student. The man then said that he would leave the woman alone if she gave him money, Cousins said. She agreed, and the man took her wallet and a blue sweater. The wallet contained a small amount of cash and some pieces of identification, Cousins said. After taking the woman's belong ings, the man put her in the bathroom. Cousins said, adding that the woman did not sustain any knife injuries. The victim called 91 1 after the man left her apartment, Cousins said. The suspect is described as being a black male in his mid 20s with a me dium build, Cousins said. The man, who was 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall, reportedly was wearing a blue shirt and work pants. In the second incident a woman re ported that she was assaulted by an acquaintance in her University Gardens apartment shortly after 9:15 p.m. Wednesday, Cousins said. The suspect knocked on the woman's door and she let him into the apartment. The two became involved in a struggle, and the woman managed to escape the man's grasp several times, Cousins said. After the victim escaped, she went to a neighboring apartment to call 911, Cousins said. The woman had a visible bruise on her face after the altercation. A warrant charging the suspect with second-degree rape has been issued, although an arrest had not been made by late Thursday afternoon, Cousins said. In another incident Wednesday, a man threatened his ex -girlfriend with a bat, Cousins said. The assault at Pinegate Apartments was reported shortly be fore noon, according to police reports. :-. --- sMSTSj j V " m. ", - v,,,... yr ? S 2r C - ' - V-. J ' NtJ!V. mmir' , miJ" ., - ...... ' Study in peace DTHErin Randall Juliet Dickey, a sophomore from High Point, uses the peace and quiet Thursday to catch up on her reading of "The Panda's Thumb" by Stephen Jay Could in time for a Friday morning midterm. She brought her own hammock and strung it up in the gazebo in the cemetery behind Connor Residence Hall. Officials make Bicentennial 'wish list' The Bicentennial Campaign; Who Benefits? YYIinil711 1U 1 Li LJ1 JlJlllJliV 1 DTH GraphicChip Sudderth YA Student Support & Program Enrichment 1 .-J Faculty Support & Program Enrichment fc& VSi Curriculum Development Btffl rhanrpllnr's PrniprU Quality of Campus and Community Life I I Libraries nrij Facilities Expansion & Renovation, Equipment . POT a i n:..: f Academic and Special Program Grants By Adam J. Ford Staff Writer ; How would you spend $320 million? University officials have made their "wish list" of ways to allocate the $320 million Bicentennial Campaign goal. Donald Boulton, vice chancellor for student affairs, said the process to de cide which programs would be included in the campaign goals began four or five years ago. "The vice chancellors and deans of each school on campus came to a meet ing and voiced whatever concerns they had that would be considered for fund ing," he said. A $1 billion dollar wish list was composed, which was laterreduced to the present $320million goal, Boulton said. Ivana Pelnar-Zaiko, director of prin cipal gifts, said the summary of goals was a planning document, but the al locations probably would change. "I can almost guarantee that (fund ing) will not end up this way," she said. "It was a combination of the real priorities of the different schools and the likelihood of someone providing the private donations." People who give to the campaign can designate that all or some of their money be used for a specific purpose. See BICENTENNIAL, page 7 Reebok picks UNC to host intramural sports challenge By Marty Minchin Staff Writer Reebok has chosen the University as one of 50 schools nationwide to com pete in an intramural sportschallengeto help increase sales of a new athletic shoe. The UNC Intramural-Recreation SportsOffice will host the Reebok Cam pus Challenge Nov. 8 and 10. The com petition consists of ten events, includ ing a five mile bike race, a basketball shoot, a frisbee toss and a one mile run. This is the first time the event has been held. Marty Pomerantz, IM-REC director UNC-town communication lines must be opened, candidates say By Grant Holland Staff Writer Town-University relations need to be improved to protect the town and neighborhoods near campus, candidates for Chapel Hill mayor and town council said at a forum Wednesday night. Signs reading, "South loop spells death to neighborhoods" and "Power plant parking garages South loop dying neighborhoods" hung from the conference room wherethe forum, spon sored by the Westwood and Forest Hills neighborhood associations, took place. Residents askedcandidatesquestions about the power plant problem, the South loop road, the widening of South Co lumbia Street, proposed parking decks and the proposed Pittsboro Street ex tension. All the candidates agreed that better communication between the town and .UNC officials was required to open up the University's planning process. Council candidate Joe Capowski said he did not want to be a 'University E L E' C T IO N " 9 7 basher'. "It doesn't do anything to com plain about the problems," he said. "We must do something about them." Council candidate and UNC senior Mark Chilton, a geography major, said Chancellor Paul Hardin's view that the South loop became controversial be cause there was nothing else left to controvert showed that the University is alienating the town. "(Hardin's comment) proves that communication is a problem and he is not listening to us," he said. Chilton attacked UNC's planning process, saying only several officials make plans for "22,000 students and 8,000 employees." Students sympathize with the neighborhoods, he added. Council candidate Paul Tripodi said the town and UNC must cooperate. "We're married,"he said. "But the town, right now, does not have a leverage." Mayoral candidate Rosemary Waldorf said both sides were going to have to make concessions. "We're go ing to have to sit down and say (to the University), "You will have to make some concessions and we, too, will have to make some concessions.' " All candidates said they opposed the creation of the South loop road and the extension of Pittsboro Street. Andrew Peterson, also a town coun cil candidate, said the University should not be allowed to realign Manning Drive. "It doesn't have to be the South loop," said Peterson, a memberof the planning board. "It can be the South dead end. As far as the extension of Pittsboro, I think this is outrageous." Waldorf said, "I was against it (South loop) from the beginning and I still am." But while all candidates opposed the South Loop and the Pittsboro Street extension, there were mixed emotions concerning the widening of South Co lumbia Street, the power plant issue and the proposed parking deck at the corner of McCauley and Pittsboro Streets. "The widening of South Columbia Street would be very difficult. ... I would not favor it," said mayoral candidate Tommy Gardner. "Traffic wise, there is a problem," he said. Council candidate Mickey Ewell said he was against the widening of South Columbia Street, but also agreed a prob lem existed. "In my heart, I'm against it," Ewell said. "But something is going to have to be done about (the traffic problem)." Ralph Bass, also a council candidate, said he believes it would be unneces sary. "The widening of South Columbia Street doesn't have to be done," he said. Council candidate Robert Joesting agreed that the widening of the street was pointless. "The only kind of widen ing that makes sense is to give it better sidewalks and bike paths," he said. Concerns varied about proposed University parking decks, especially the one at the corner of McCauley and Pittsboro Streets beside the historic dis trict. Council incumbent candidate Roosevelt Wilkerson said he was against creating too many unnecessary parking decks. "I'm against the idea of the throwing up of parking lots," he said. "I'm inter ested in mass transit as a solution." Council incumbent Joe Herzenberg said the creation of more parking decks would simply attract more people to Chapel Hill. "They will only be more incentives to draw people into town," he said. Helen Urquhart, a two-time council candidate, said she was completely against the creation of new parking decks. "The parking decks abso lutely not," she said. Instead of creating more parking decks, council candidate Tom McCurdy said he wanted to expand public trans portation and was in favor of a price increase for parking. See FORUM, page 4 at UNC, said the economic reputation of the student body was one reason the University was selected. "They like the fact that UNC is fairly known and established," he said. "They think the student body is high-middle class. They're trying to attract students who will buy their products." Danielle Gottesman, national pro gram coordinator for the challenge, said shoes will not be sold during the compe tition. But Reebok is hoping to make college students aware of their product through the challenge, she said. "They're trying to reach the highly desirable market of the college-age stu dent," she said. "One of Reebok's main intents is to also help bring extra pro gramming to the schools in this time of budget cuts." The University's size was another reason it was chosen, Gottesman said. "The reason UNC was chosen was because of its large population, active Greek program and because the school See CHALLENGE, page 7 ff Ba5 Dial DTH OPINION POLL RESULTS "In a student referendum, would you vote to deny funding for the CGLA?" YES: 62 NO: 38 Total responses: 50 think somebody wants us to win this thing other than our teammates. Greg Olson, Atlanta Braves
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