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Volume 100, Issue 51
Monday, August 31, 1992
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Police transport rape suspect Hildred Manuel Lyles to the Orange County jail Sunday
Phoenix
By Anna Griffin
University Editor
Editors from the Phoenix, UNC's
financially troubled news magazine, will
go before Student Congress Wednes
day night to request enough money to
publish through the entire school year.
The magazine currently has $2,500
enough for five issues left in its
printing budget.
Although Student Congress approved
a $5,000 budget for the Phoenix this
SBI report shows N.C. teenagers
committing more violent crimes
By Beth McNichol
Staff Writer
The State Bureau of Investigation
released evidence Tuesday that demon
strates a dramatic rise in serious crimes
committed by minors, prompting some
experts to seek answers for the escalat
ing violence.
The report found that from 1986 to
1 99 1 , the numbers of children under 1 8
arrested for murder, assault, theft and
weapons violations increased substan
tially, said Bill Corley, SBI assistant
director.
In 1991, teens under 18 committed
murder more than twice as often as they
did in 1986. Additionally, there were
three times as many robberies and twice
as many assaults, while incidents of
weapons violations nearly tripled,
Corley said.
The overwhelmingly negative find
ings on violent crimes among N.C. ju
veniles have painted a bleak picture that
many people are struggling to make
clear.
"As long as there are increasing rates
of unemployment, as long as there are
no prospects for getting something out
of society, (teens) are caught in a situa
tion where crime is an attractive alter
native," said William McDonald, a
Collins makes fund raising
By Gary Roscnzweig
Staff Writer
Don Collins, the division of stu
dent affairs' top fond-raiser', is setting
his sights on winning more donations
for student activities and resources.
Collins, who recently assumed the
post of director of marketing and de
velopment for student affairs, last
week said he wanted to raise more
money fortheBicentennial Campaign
and for various student facilities, in
cluding the Campu Y, the black cul
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seeks return of
year, the magazine's coffers were cut in
half this summer when acting Student
Body Treasurer Aaron Bell approved a
$2,500 transfer from the magazine to
student government The money was
used to pay off the lease on the student
government-owned Scapegoat com
puter system, used by the Phoenix, the
Black Ink, the Carolina Gay and Les
bian Association and Sangam for vari
ous publishing efforts.
Phoenix .officials contend that stu
dent government was responsible for
criminologist at Georgetown Univer
sity in Washington, D.C.
The SBI report expressed optimism
about the rate of juvenile drug use,
however.
Among those teens 15 and under, the
rate of drug use has risen very little in
the past two years, a marked difference
from 1986 to 1989, when the rate al
most doubled, Corley said.
McDonald said the new statistics did
not indicate striking differences between
behavioral patterns of the current gen
eration and those of former time peri
ods. Instead, juvenile crime more likely
stems from the environment in which a
child is reared, he said.
"If you go to areas where there are
higher incidents of crime, my God, you
could understand why it happens. There
are no opportunities," McDonald said.
Broken families, alcoholism and abu
sive homes also create volatile environ
ments more likely to spawn serious
offenses, said Robert Butterworth, a
psychologist and lecturer with Contem
porary Psychology Associates Inc. in
Los Angeles.
"Research shows kids can see all the
violence in the world, but if they don't
see it in their own homes, they are
immune from it," he said.
tural center and the University's career
planning and placement services.
The position of director of develop
ment and marketing was created this
summer by Donald Boulton, vice chan
cellor for student affairs, with Collins in
mind.
Although Collins' immediate goal is
to raise more funds for the Bicentennial
Campaign, he said the position would
be permanent.
Under his new title, Collins becomes
directly responsible for meeting with
potential donors and convincing them
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
Police arret mpect
fa raue of student
By Anna Griffin
University Editor
A Reidsville man who escaped from
a High Point jail Friday was arrested
and charged with first-degree rape Sun
day afternoon, ending a weekend of
fear and speculation on campus and
around Chapel Hill.
Chapel Hill police arrested Hildred
Manuel Lyles, 22, at the Tar Heel Motel
on U.S. 15-501 Sunday, almost 36 hours
after he escaped from the Guilford
County Prison in High Point.
According to police reports, Lyles is
suspected of breaking into a second
floor Granville Towers South room of a
UNC student, threatening her with a
pair of scissors and raping her.
"The suspect was caught at the Tar
Heel Motel Sunday at about 1 2 minutes
past noon," said Sgt. Steve Riddle of the
Chapel Hill police. "He was arrested
after a minor scuffle with police and
taken (to the Chapel Hill Police Depart
ment) where he was to be charged."
Lyles had taken a taxicab to the motel
Saturday along with another man, whom
police have yet to identify. The other
man rented a room for Lyles and left,
Riddle said.
After seeing several flilrs identify
ing Lyles as a suspect in the rape around
paying the lease and that the money
should be returned to the magazine bud
get. "It's so absurd that they took the
money from us," said Charles Overbeck,
the present managing editor and former
editor of the Phoenix. "No one involved
in the Phoenix was contacted about the
transfer. We're really kind of pissed off
about it."
Although the Phoenix is the primary
user of the Scapegoat system, the com
puters belong to student government.
Although mass media entertainment
certainly might contribute to juvenile
crime, television and movies constitute
only a portion of those factors influenc
ing violence, Butterworth said.
"Unfortunately, we focus more on
images than we do on family. Politi
cians do that because it's an easy way
out, and they think that will sol ve (prob
lems with crime)," he said.
Other experts agree, citing the family
as the most significant factor in both
forming violent attitudes and discover
ing solutions to alleviate the crime such
attitudes create.
"These young people do not respect
other people's property. It's not instilled
in them," said Larry Dix, chief court
counselor for the N.C. 10th district.
"If we're going to stop the violence,
we have to get back into families," he
said.
Creating new programs to target the
family and providing more state funds
for these programs are essential pieces
to solving the puzzle of juvenile crime,
Dix said.
"We're going to have to pour a lot of
money into working with families. If
we don't do it now, it will end up cost
ing us a lot more down the road," Dix
See CRIME, page 2
top priority
to give to various UNC programs.
Better communication between
potential donors and officials from
the division of student affairs is the
key to gaining more funds for student
programs, Collins said.
vlf people know what they are giv
ing to, they are a lot more likely to
give," he said.
Collins said he planned to ask par
ents of currently enrolled students to
donate money to student affairs, an
See COLLINS, page 2
town, the taxi driver reported to police
headquarters Sunday morning and gave
them the number of the room Lyles was
in.
Lyles was charged with first-degree
rape, first-degree sexual offense, first
degree larceny, and breaking and enter
ing Sunday afternoon and was taken to
the Orange County Jail in Hillsborough,
where he will await trial.
"The suspect is charged with break
ing into the building, breaking into the
room and having sexual intercourse with
the student against her will," Riddle
said. "He also was threatening her with
a pair of scissors while he raped her."
Police and Granville Towers offi
cials said they had not yet determined
how Lyles got into the building, which
is locked from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. every
day.
Lyles, who had been serving a 65
year sentence for robbing the Village
Bank in Chapel Hill last year, might
have stolen a car after escaping from the
High Point jail, Guilford County offi
cials said.
Lyles also faces federal charges for
breaking out of the High Point facility
and is a suspect in several burglaries
that took place in and around Granville
Towers this weekend. Riddle said. "But
that does not mean we can attribute
printing
Overbeck said.
"It isn't the Phoenix's system," he
said. "Really, it's Student Congress's
system. We've never had any pretense
of owning them."
Phoenix officials say the biweekly
magazine might not be able to publish
for the entire school year if they are not
reimbursed for the $2,500.
"We can eke out our first few issues,"
said Diane Paces, the editor of the Phoe
nix. "But that was our operating budget
for the entire year."
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Swofford: UNC athletes improved
academic performances in '91-92
ByTeeshaHolladay
Staff Writer
Increased academic support and a
University wide dedication to classroom
achievement helped UNC student-athletes
sport a successful academic sea
son last year, according to a recently
released report by UNC Athletic Direc
tor John Swofford.
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every burglary to him," he said.
Police are uncertain how Lyles got
the pair of shorts he was wearing at
the time of his arrest, although he is
suspected in the theft of a shirt from
another Granville Towers room Sat
urday morning. At the time of his
escape, Lyles was wearing a bright
orange prison jumpsuit, said Sgt. Billy
Andrews of the Guilford County
Sheriffs Department.
UNC students and Chapel Hill resi
dents were taking extra safety precau
tions prior to Lyles' arrest. Campus
residence halls were on 24-hour lock
up from Saturday afternoon to Sun
day, and students living in Granville
Towers were required to show some
kind of picture identification to get
into the building.
"We locked everything down, and
we are making residents show proof
they live in Granville to get in," said
Clayton Hayer, the West To wer man
ager and tower manager for security
at Granville Towers. "Everyone's
amazed and shocked. But there's no
hysteria here and not a real high level
of tension. The extra precautions
helped calm people down."
Rumors and reports about the rape
See RAPE, page 7
money
Funding for the Phoenix haj gone
steadily downhill during the past few
years. This year's Student Congress
approved budget had included $5,000,
$2,000 less than was approved the year
before.
"They've been gradually cutting us
down year by year," Paces said. "We
used to be a weekly publication."
Student Congress Speaker Jennifer
Lloyd said that she sympathized with
See PHOENIX, page 2
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UNC student-athletes improved on
their 1990 academic performances, the
report stated. Twenty-nine UNC student-athletes
had grade point averages
of 3 .0 or higher in the 1 99 1 fall semes
ter, a figure that represents the highest
in UNC history, according to the report.
In addition, 75 student-athletes made
the Dean's List in the 1991 fall semes
ter, a total that represents 1 1 .5 percent
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Congress
to consider
BCC issue
By Jennifer Talhelm ; .
Assistant University Editor '.
If a resolution calling for Student
Congress and UNC administrators to 5
support a free-standing black cultural ;
center passes at congress's meeting
Wednesday night, congress members ;
will join Campus Y and Black Student
Movement members in the year-old ;
debate to improve race relations on cam- ;
pus. ;
The resolution, proposed by Student ;
Congress Rep. George Battle, Dist. 17, J
will be considered by congress's stu- ;
dent affairs committee today and could ;
be amended before going to the full ;
congress.
Battle's resolution states that "the
key to improving race relations on cam
pus is education" and calls for student
government to take a stand in favor of a
free-standing building.
Battle said he hoped the resolution
would allow Student Congress to "send
a uniform message to the administra
tion, to speed the decision and push
negotiations along for a free-standing
BCC.
"By (congress) supporting the BCC,;
I want the coalition to know that con
gress supports them and that the whole
student body supports them through
congress," he said.
Rep. Philip Charles-Pierre, Dist. 17r
co-sponsor of the resolution, said he
didn't hope to solve the BCC debate,
but did want congress to tell students
and administrators that the campus
needed to improve race relations. . .
"We need to make a strong message,
and bring down the walls of ignorance
from both sides," he said. "I want to
pass the resolution so congress can give
the give a strong message that this is a
good thing."
Michelle Thomas, Black Student
Movement president, said she was glad
to see congress members trying to rep
resent their constituents' concerns.
"I think (the resolution) is a very
good idea," she said. "George and Philip
See BCC, page 2
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Park. About 20 or 30 dogs competed in the
from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
of all UNC athletes.
Richard Baddour, senior associate
director of athletics, said the athletic
department officials were happy with
the results. "We are certainly pleased,"
he said. "We feel that these results re
flect well upon each part of the athletic
department, including the coaches, train-
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