2The Daily Tar HeelThursday, October 1, 1992
Campus lawbreakers beware: Student Patrol is on the lookouj
By Elena Bourgoin
StaffWriter
Criminals beware: the Student Patrol is on the lookout.
"We act as an extra set of eyes and ears for the campus
police," said Steve Bryan, supervisor of the patrol. "We look
for suspicious activity around campus."
Bryan, a senior business administration major, stressed
that the Student Patrol is non-confrontational. "We do not
have the authority to arrest anyone," he said. If a member of
the patrol sees a crime in progress, he or she will call
University Police.
The group covers the entire campus, paying particular
attention to dark areas like Coker Arboretum and the Forest
Theater. The patrol also conducts security surveys of resi
dence halls.
Bryan pointed out the student patrol's effectiveness at
Smith Center functions. "At the events we've covered, no
cars have been broken into except one, and we helped the
police catch the guy," he said.
Patrol members will also escort students, but this is not
their primary function. "We haven't been asked to escort as
often because of SAFE and Point-to-Point," Bryan said.
But some student patrollers recently did escort a group of
senior citizens from Dey Hall to the Carolina Inn.
The patrol receives funds from the Department of Univer
sity Housing, the University Police and the Department of
Transportation and Parking.
Although Bryan reports to University Police once a week,
the operation is almost entirely student run.
"I don't have anyone looking over my shoulder," Bryan
said. He runs the Student Patrol office in the Campus Y with
the help of an assistant supervisor, senior Anthony Williams.
Bryan became a member of the Student Patrol during his
freshman year. This is his second year as supervisor.
Kurt Sowers, who graduated in 1 990, founded the Student
Patrol after participating in patrols of residence halls.
Bryan has initiated changes in the 5-year-old patrol. For
example, the number of members this year increased from 1 2
to IS, of which three are women.
The leaders of the patrol also are concentrating on improv
ing relations with University Police. "In the past, we have not
always been well-received because we've had some really
aggressive people," Bryan said.
The situation has improved dramatically, Bryan said.
"Things are much more relaxed now."
This fall, 52 applicants responded to the Student Patrol's
posters and ads for new members. Applicants were required
to submit an essay and references. They then were inter
viewed after a check was done on their criminal history.
Patrol employees participate in an eight-hour training
session before beginning work. They learn how to identify
distinguishing characteristics in suspects.
"They learn things like how to estimate a person' s weight,"
Bryan said. "We can also pick out things like what hand a
person writes with by how they buckle their belt"
Each patroller receives a minimum of $4.50 per hour, and
they must work at least two shifts per week. Each shift lasts
four hours, starting at 8 p.m. on week nights and at 1 0 p.m. on
weekends. Shifts for Smith Center events generally are six
hours long, beginning at 6 p.m.
The patrollers are equipped with flashlights and walkie
talkies. They also wear easily identifiable hats and jackets.
Some members of the patrol continue on to enter the law
enforcement field. "Being on the patrol really helps careers,"
Bryan said.
But not every patroller wishes to pursue a future in the law.
"Most people think we're all poli sci majors," Bryan said.
"I think people enjoy this job because you get to go around
campus and increase security," he said. He also stated that he
valued the leadership experience. :
The Student Patrol has repeatedly demonstrated its effec
tiveness in stopping crime on campus. Bryan recalled an
incident during which two men were stealing food from a
Classic Food Service truck. Patrol members aided in then
capture and arrest.
Sophomore patrol member Locke Kerriker agreed with
Bryan about the group's positive impact "We have a high
visibility factor," she said. "We are especially helpful in high
foot-traffic areas areas that are not usually supervised."
Bryan hopes to increase the patrol's visibility this year.
"We are going to try to increase student awareness," he said.
He plans to provide services like posting safety tips around
campus.
The Student Patrol helps University Police in a time of
increased apprehension about campus crime. "We really are
effective," Bryan said. "I think we're an asset to police
officials."
Special Olympics a fun time for players and coaches
By Chris ta Williams
StaffWriter
When Hal Mekeel volunteered to
coach Softball for the Orange County
Special Olympics a few years ago, he
had no idea basketball, baseball, swim
ming, soccer and volleyball would fol
low. But after one season with "his kids,"
he just couldn't give up coaching.
"They've kind of become family,"
Mekeel said of the handful of athletes
he coaches.
The Orange County Special Olym
pics is gearing up for its new season,
which began Tuesday, and is looking
for volunteers to coach soccer and bowl
ing. Eunice Kennedy Shriver started the
Special Olympics program in 1968, but
the Orange County chapter has existed
for only seven years. Volunteers coach
the athletes and travel with them to local
and national competitions.
Wendy Trueblood, Orange County
Special Olympics coordinator, said
many people had misconceptions about
what Special Olympics really was.
"Most people think it's this one-day
competition that happens once a year,
but it's a yearlong program.
"It's sports training and competition
for athletes with mental retardation,"
she said. The program is free and par
ticipants are as young as eight and as old
as 53.
"The athletes love it all their friends
participate," Trueblood said. "Some
develop close relationships with their
coaches outside the program."
The athletes play games all season
and then usually travel to state and
national competitions. For the athletes,
the competitions are their favorite part,
Trueblood said. "They love going out
of town. They love the victory dances
held at night."
Some athletes are more skilled than
others, but participating in Special
Olympics helps all of them cope with
their peers and family, Trueblood said.
The program offers the mentally
handicapped the usual traditional sports,
such as volleyball and Softball, but has
added Alpine skiing and horseback
riding during the past few years.
When Mekeel first started coaching,
he was not sure he would like it. "I
didn't know what to expect," he said. "I
got to know the athletes, and now we're
pretty close."
So close that Mekeel' s wife and son
now also volunteer in the program, and
he sometimes takes his team to Durham
Bulls baseball games.
Mekeel also plays on the unified soc
cer team, composed of players with and
without handicaps. "A lot of the ath
letes know more than I do," he said.
Because the program is free for the
athletes, the chapter is faced with rais
ing $20,000 a year to keep the program
going. Grants, corporate scholarships
and 300 volunteers help out a lot but the
chapter is always in need of new coaches.
Without volunteers the program
would fall apart, Trueblood said. "About
50 percent of our volunteers are stu
dents." The program gives volunteers a sense
of achievement for helping the athletes
become a part of the community,
Trueblood said. The amount of time
committed is up to the individual.
Mekeel spends about three hours per
week with his athletes. "Sometimes I
work more, sometimes less. It just de
pends. "I think it's a great way to spend
time."
Students interested in helping with
Special Olympics should call Wendy
Trueblood at 968-2819.
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Job service helps students
By Casclla Foster
StaffWriter
Students looking for a part-time job
unrelated to their future careers now
can turn to the Student Part-Time Em
ployment Service, a program run out of
the student body president's office that
matches potential employers with in
terested students.
The program, which was established
several years ago, has been revamped
this year by Student Body President
John Moody's staff. Last year, less
emphasis was placed on the service by
student government, said Student Body
Secretary Courtney Miller.
Thanks to a cooperative agreement
with the University Career Services of
fice, businesses offering non-career-oriented
jobs now are directed to Suite
C of the Student Union, where Miller
keeps a folder full of potential job op
portunities. Miller said students could look
through the job listings and get in touch
with the contact person when they found
a job opening that interested them.
"We get a lot more information about
jobs than you would see in an ad (in
local papers) because it is free," Miller
said. "Basically, John (Moody) sug
gested we reinitiate the service because
it had fallen by the wayside last year."
Marcia Harris, University Career
Services director, said she thought the
program had received less attention in
the past because "it was just one of
those things that fell through the cracks."
Harris added that she thought the
program would work if student leaders
put in the necessary time and effort.
"I think employees would like some
office where (openings) could be listed
for a long time," she said.
Angie Woods, vice president of
Johnston Realty in Chapel Hill, said she
used the Student Part-Time Employ
ment Service because her company was
seeking sporadic employment
Woods said she was looking for stu
dents to clean houses for sale before
viewing. "We needed people to clean,
so we gave (Student Part-Time Em
ployment Services) a call."
any financial strain."
Peeler said the recently created
Yackety Yack board of directors would
help prevent incidents such as the em
bezzlement. "The purpose of the board of direc
tors is to ensure the financial and day-to-day
operation of the Yackety Yack
are conducted on a professional level,"
he said.
The Yackety Yack was incorporated
over the summer to ensure that year
book officials could take legal action
against Keene.
Cong
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tonight like our dad gave us the credit
card, we're saying something concrete
here," he said. "We're helping some
body." UNC-CH Model United Nations
The final group that was granted
funds, the UNC-CH Model United Na
tions, received $810, almost one-eighth
of what the organization originally re
quested. The group had initially asked con
gress for $6,640, but that request was
cut down to $ 1 ,560 by the Finance Com
mittee. Speaker Pro Tempore Michael
Kolb, Dist 1, proposed the amendment
that reduced the budget of the Model
United Nations from $1,560 to $810.
Although group leader Hans Huang
said he had tried to restore the Model
United Nations program that was suc
cessful at UNC during the mid-1980s,
Kolb said the group's past efforts were
the primary reason for the amendment.
"I remember the old Model U.N.," he
said. "I remember their contribution to
the campus. There was none."
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But she added that the blame would
fall on the officials who helped orga
nize the event if residents were allowed
to register at the concert.
"The people who will have to answer
to the board (of elections) are the spe
cial registration officials who help with
the benefit" she said.
Alex Brock, director of the State
Board of Elections, said he did not have
the authority to intervene.
"State law gives each individual board
of elections the authority to make ordi
nances or policies governing voter reg
istration conditions," he said. "It is en
tirely a local matter."
Genadio said he had offered alterna
tives to the policy in order to comply
more closely with it.
"We told Barbara Faust that the reg
istration would actually take place out
side of the bar," he said. "She was still
against the idea."
Genadio said it was important for the
concert to take place because voters
must be registered by Monday to vote in
the November presidential election.
"Mrs. Faust told us that we could
take up the issue at Friday' s board meet
ing, but by then it will be too late," he
said.
The Rock the Vote concert will be
held at Rosey's Goodtimes beginning
at 9:30 p.m. The cover charge is $3,
with all of the proceeds going toward
the Rock the Vote campaign.
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Sun-Fri 11:30-2:30 4.65
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Correction
In the Wednesday, Sept. 30, Po
lice Roundup, The Daily Tar Heel
incorrecdy reported that University
student Khari Milner was arrested
for using a fake identification and
attempting to buy beer.
Milner was issued a citation but
was not arrested.
The DTH regrets the error.
THURSDAY
1 1 &JB. Alpha Phi Onega will sponsor an Ameri
can Red Cross Bloodmobile until 4:30 p.m. in the
Great Hall.
3 P-m- University Career Senrkes will offer in
formation on internships in business for freshmen,
sophomores and juniors in 306 Hanes.
3:30 p.m. Study Abroad will have an information
session on a program in Rostov. Russia, in 1 2 Caldwell.
4 eub. African & Afro-American studies and
Women's studies will present Marcia Wright of
Columbia University to speak on "Women as Reli
gious Mediums in Times of Crisis in Eastern and
Southern Africa" in 569 Hamilton.
4 JO pjn. Study Abroad will hold an information
session on a program in St. Andrews, Scotland, in 12
Caldwell.
5 p.m. Rainforest Action Group of SEAC will
meet in the Campus Y upstairs lounge.
SADD will hold its first meeting of the year in 206
Union.
5:30 p.m. Senior Clan Service Committee will
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bold an interest meeting in 212 Union.
KASA will hold a tiiceung m 205 Union. .
The Black Interdenominational Student Arao
datioa will bold a Bibte study on the second floor of
Chase.
p.m. Presbyterian Student Center, 110
Henderson St, will have a student dinner and a
surprise program. '
Association of International Students will meet
in 226 Union.
"BROTHERS" discussion group for and about
African-American male students will discuss the topic,
"Can the U.S. military further the needs and aspira
tions of Black males?" in the first-floor lounge of
Hinton James.
UNC Skydiving Club will hold an organizational
meeting in 220 Union.
6:30 p jn. Angel Flight-Silver Wings will hold an
informational meeting in 224 Chase.
Students for ClintonGore will meet in Gerrard.
7 p.m. UNC Outing Club will meet in 205 Union.
People interested in hangliduig should attend.'
LDSSA will meet to study the New Testament in
the IDS building at the end of Country Club Road.
Health Science House will bold a presentation on
clinical problem solving on the second floor of
Carmichael.
7:30 p.m. Students for the Advancement of Race
Relations Education Committee will meet in the
Campus Y Lounge.
I p-BU Chimera Sd-FVFantasy Club will show
an Animation film, "Project A-Ko" in 210 Union.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Truman Scholarship: Juniors interested in a ca
reer in public service should see Dean Scon, 308
Steele, about this scholarship that covers as much as
$30,000 for senior year and graduate school.
UNC Math Club's Math Contest is available
through Friday in 365 Phillips and 269 Venable.
Voter Registration will be available from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m through Friday in the Pit
University Career Services and the senior class
will sponsor a workshop on interview skills and how
to handle a five-course meal. There is a $15 registra
tion fee. Sign up with Mike Cook in Lenoir today.
University Career Services has Foreign Service
Officer Program applications in 21 1 Hanes. They are
due by Friday, and the written exam is Nov. 7.
UPCOMING
Sigma Gamma Rbo Sorority will have a meeting
for those interested in Fall 1992 Rush at 1 p.m. Sunday
in 226 Union.
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