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Volume 99. Issue 111
Father:
By Peter Wallsten
City Editor
The father of a 22-year-old Chapel
Hill man with muscular dystrophy said
a Superior Court judge's decision last
week continued his family's "horror
story" by denying him the chance to
care for his son.
Frank Boardman said he may appeal
the decision, which denied the chance
for a jury to hear his lawsuit against
county officials who he said unlawfully
forced his son into a geriatric institution.
Television program
films segment on
hit-and-run death
'America's Most Wanted' reporters
interview Rapp's
By Jennifer Mueller
Staff Writer
Robert Rapp's family and friends are
working to make sure questions about
his death do not remain unanswered.
That's why "America's Most
Wanted" is airing a segment on the hit-and-run
accident that took Rapp's life
Sept. 21.
The junior from Raynham, Mass.,
died after a car driven by Jorge Lopez,
19, of C-8 Tarheel Manor Apartments,
crossed into the westbound lane on N.C.
54, striking Rapp's car.
Lopez fled the scene before police
arrived, according to reports. Police said
they detected the scent of alcohol in the
car he was driving.
Diane Ronnau, a reporter with the
Fox-affiliated television show, said
Rapp's uncle contacted the show after
investigations failed to find Lopez.
"We aren't going to be shooting a re
enactment of the crime," she said, ex
plaining that the segment on Rapp will
be a smaller news piece.
The segment will be shown in the
near future, Ronnau said. The show can
be seen locally at 8 p.m. Fridays on
WLFL, Channel 22.
"America's Most Wanted" spoke
with five of Rapp's friends Thursday
outside Hinton James Residence Hall,
where he had been playing basketball
Basketball
The Associated Press
INGLEWOOD, Calif. Magic
Johnson, whose beaming smile and spar
kling play entertained basketball fans
for more than a decade, announced
Thursday that he had tested positive for
the AIDS virus and that he was retiring.
"Because of the HIV virus that I have
obtained I will have to retire from the
Lakers today," Johnson told reporters
gathered at the Forum, where he played
for 12 seasons with the Los Angeles
Lakers.
"I plan on going on, living for a long
time ... and going on with my life," he
Professor discusses meaning
By John Broadfoot
Staff Writer
Paradox, pride, protest, productiv
ity, parentage, philanthropy and
nanhumanism are the "seven canons
of blackness," a journalism professor
told a group of 30 students Wednesday
night.
. Chuck Stone, a University journal
ism professor, described the canons in
his presentation "BeingBlack What
does it truly mean?" Thursday night in
the Sonja H. Stone Black Cultural
Center. The talk was sponsored by the
Carolina Association of Black Jour
nalists and Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
Stone quoted Frederick Douglass
when speaking about protests.
: '"If there is no struggle, there is no
progress. Those who profess to favor
freedom and yet depreciate agttaiion
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are men who want crops without plow-
When your back's
Friday, November 8, 1991
Judge's
"My household has died the death of
1,000 judicial slashes," said Frank
Boardman, whose son Edward was di
agnosed at age 4 with muscular dystro
phy. "It's a horror story."
Edward Boardman was confined to a
wheelchair when he was 9 years old and
now is a quadriplegic.
"I am a disillusioned citizen and a
pissed-off father," said Frank
Boardman, who added that he has dedi
cated much of his life to caring for his
son.
Because of money problems related
to the care of his son, Frank Boardman
friends and family
the afternoon of
his death.
Ronnau said the
segment on Rapp
also would include
a conversation
with his mother in
Massachusetts and
with Chapel Hill
Police officer Tim
Presley, the first
investigator at the
accident.
Suspect lopez
Rapp left Hinton James with plans to
rejoin his friends to watch a movie later
that evening. He was killed en route to
his apartment.
The television show will display a
picture of Lopez which has appeared in
area newspapers. The picture was taken
in November 1990 when Lopez was
arrested for driving while impaired,
Ronnau said.
Lopez is described as a 5-foot-8-inch
Mexican male weighing about 160
pounds. He has dark hair and medium
build and possibly has scars on his face
from lacerations sustained in the acci
dent. Anyone with information about
Lopez is urged to call Orange County
Crimestoppers at 1-800-851-7867. An
unspecified reward is being offered.
"America's Most Wanted" also will
broadcast its toll-free number.
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hero Magic Johnson
said. He added that he planned to be
come "a spokesman for the HIV virus"
and would campaign for safe sex.
Both Johnson and the Lakers' physi
cian, Dr. Michael Mellman, said John
son did not have AIDS, only the virus
that leads to it. "I feel really good,"
Johnson said. "I feel great."
Johnson didn't say how he had con
tracted the virus, which is usually trans
mitted through sex or intravenous drug
use. Mellman said he didn't know. But
Johnson repeatedly stressed that "safe
sex is the way to go."
Johnson, 32. led the Lakers to five
ing up the ground. They want rain with
out thunder and lightning. They want an
ocean without the awful roar of its
mighty waters,'" Stone said. "'Power
concedes nothing without a demand
it never has, and it never will.'"
Blacks have had help with their
struggle, Stone said. "Much of black
history has been implemented and
achieved with the aid of white friends or
allies."
He called white contributors to black
causes "soul cousins" and listed
Thaddeus Stevens, Charles Sumner,
John Brown, Franklin Roosevelt, Jack
Kennedy and Ted Kennedy as some of
those "relatives."
Stone also commented on black par
entage in today's society. "We are good
at making babies," he said. "The ques
tion is, 'How good are we at becoming
Chuck Stone of light," Davis said. "These bulbs use
See S1UINK, page i 75percent iess energy and, therefore, a
against the wall, you've got to come out swinging, and I'm
Serving the students and the University community since 1893
decision
has been homeless for nearly two years.
Robert Hobgood, Orange County
Superior Court judge, granted the sum
mary judgment in favor of the Orange
County Department of Social Services
and the board of commissioners Oct.
28. County officials denied nearly ev
ery claim in the complaint filed by
Boardman, who represented himself in
court.
Frank Boardman, 50, filed the suit in
January accusing the county of repudi
ating an agreement that allowed him to
care for his son while receiving pay
ments as a "chore worker" in the feder
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Mills Jones, a senior from Greenville, transfers a load of colored clothing from the
washer to the dryer early Wednesday evening in the basement of Avery Residence Hall.
NBA championships. He is the most
prominent American to announce his
infection with human immuno-defi-ciency
virus since Rock Hudson.
More than just a basketball star, John
son has been a philanthropist, a promi
nent corporate spokesman and a role
model for young people. His broad grin,
familiar nickname and electrifying abil
ity have made him familiar to people
around the world.
Johnson appeared nervous at the out
set of his announcement, but later re
laxed and smiled frequently.
"I'm going to go on, I'm going to
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continues 'horror story
ally funded Community Assistance Pro
gram.
The agreement allowed Frank
Boardman to keep his son from being
admitted to an institution, Frank
Boardman said. With the money from
the CAP, Frank Boardman could care
for his son 24 hours a day while making
a living. Frank Boardman, a former
news director at a Reidsville radio sta
tion, said he had given up his job to keep
his son at home.
"Ten years ago I made the decision
that Edward would not be institutional
ized," he said. "That 10-year ambition
stricken with AIDS virus, retires
beat it and I'm going to have fun," he
insisted, displaying some of the irre
pressible zest for life that he brought
daily to the basketball court.
"What we have witnessed today is a
courageous act by a very brave man,"
Mellman said. "He is not a person who
is invisible, and because of his pres
ence, because of his potential impact on
society ... I think that he should not only
be commended but held as a modem
day hero."
Johnson said he found out the final
results of his HIV test Wednesday.
Mellman said Johnson was initially
Proposal to replace dorm light bulbs
could save UNC more than $200,000
By Mk Cover
Staff Writer
Switching from incandescent to com
pact fluorescent light bulbs in campus
residence halls could save the Univer
sity more than $200,000 a year in en
ergy bills, members of a campus envi
ronmental group said Wednesday.
Members of the Power Team, a Stu
dent Environmental Action Coalition
subcommittee, plan to give administra
tors a proposal Nov. 14 about changing
the bulbs.
The lights in dormitory rooms now
use 120 watts each, memberSarah Davis
said. "Our proposed system would take
30 watts to operate for the same amount
of light," Davis said. "These bulbs use
75-percent less energy and, therefore, a
was demolished by the Orange County
social services.
Frank Boardman said treatment of
his son by county and state officials led
to his household's demise.
"I am broke, I am busted, I am des
perate," he said. "I really didn't believe
it was coming. ... I made my complaint
as innocuous as possible because I truly
believed the county would acknowl
edge their mistake and settle reason
ably." Frank Boardman said that if he de
cides to appeal the judge's decision, it
could take eight months before the N.C.
Joneswasheshislaundryoncampusonceaweekbecausehishometownistoofarfrom
campus to undertake special laundry-washing trips, he said.
tested for an insurance policy.
Johnson, who was married two
months ago, missed the Lakers' first
three games this season because of what
was described as the flu. On Monday,
he was cleared to begin practicing.
Mellman said he recommended that
Johnson not play professional basket
ball, or participate in the 1992 Olym
pics, because of the intense level of
physical activity both would require.
Johnson had been chosen for the U.S.
Olympic squad that will play next sum
mer in Madrid.
Johnson said he was looking forward
75-percent less power bill."
Fluorescent bulbs also last 10 times
longer than incandescents and are
cheaper, Davis said.
It would cost about $212,000 to re
place the 6,000 incandescent bulbs on
campus, she said. But the energy effi
ciency of the new bulbs eventually
would recover the University's cost of
buying them, Davis said.
The fluorescent bulbs have a life of
4,000 hours and need to be changed
every 2 12 years, she said. The incan
descent bulbs now in residence halls
have a life of 1 ,000 hours and need to be
replaced four times a year, she said.
Roger Hayes, physical plant man
ager, said he agreed with the plan but
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Court of Appeals hears the case.
The U.S. Supreme Court could hear
the case within two years, Franfr
Boardman said. "If we climbed the es
calator to the Supreme Court, the deci
sion would land in my favor."
Frank Boardman was paid $4 per
hour for 48 hours of work each week in
the CAP program from January 1988
until February 1989. But Frank
Boardman, who was receiving over
time pay for the extra eight hours of
work, was informed that he no longer
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DTHTon Alteon
to retirement, but would miss profes
sional basketball. "I'll miss the battles
and the wars. Most of what I'll miss is
the camaraderie with the guys."
He insisted that he did not feel ill,
adding: "This is not like my life is over,
because it's not. I'm going to live long.
... I can work out and do everything a
normal person can do."
Johnson has been anything but nor
mal in his basketball career. At 6-foot-9,
Johnson revolutionized the point
guard position after leading Michigan
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cellor for facilities management, and
Wayne Kuncl, University housing di
rector, could not be reached for com
ment. Davis said the fluorescent bulbs
would pay for themselves before the
end of the first year, and the University
would save $221,965 each year after
that.
The group compiled all the figures
during a sample study conducted last
year, Davis said. SEAC members ob
served light -replacement and energy
costs in Aycock, Hinton James and
Connor residence halls, she said.
Power Team member Hilary Tho
mas said most of the energy used by
incandescent bulbs was turned to heat