The Daily Tar HeelWednesday, October 14, 19923
Campus
Monday, Oct. 12
Copper wiring estimated to be
worth $550 was stolen from a Fetzer
Gym construction site during the week
end, reports stated.
A car was stolen from the Carolina
Inn parking lot between 6:30 p.m. Sua
day and 8:15 a.m. Monday, reports
stated.
. A man reported that his wallet with
a total worth of $ 1 1 0 was missing some
where between Craige parking deck
and Burrett Womack, reports stated.
The wallet contained $60 in cash, a Visa
card and a YMCA membership, ac
cording to police reports.
A UNC student reported that his
Fetzer Gym locker had been broken
into, police reports stated.
The break-in actually occurred Sept.
24, but when the incident was reported.
it appeared that nothing had been sto
len.
A police report was later filed when
Wachovia Bank & Trust issued the stu
dent a statement reporting that someone
had forged his signature on a check and
withdrawn all funds from his account,
reports stated.
Sunday, Oct. 11
A car parked at the Porthole Alley
was vandalized sometime between Oct.
6 and Oct. 11, reports stated.
Police reports stated the damage done
to the hood and windshield was esti
mated at $350. No one was seen vandal'
izing the car, according to police re
ports. Saturday, Oct. 10
Police issued a citation to Jason
Bryan Pinger, 19, of Greenville, in the
Smith Center parking lot during the
Garth Brooks concert for attempting to
sell concert tickets for more than the
printed price, reports stated.
" Pringer, an East Carolina University
student, was selling two tickets for $200,
according to police reports.
G.F. Graves was issued a citation
: for attempting to sell Garth Brooks tick-
ets to two undercover police officers for
more than the printed price, reports
stated. Graves was asking $200 for two
tickets, police reports stated.
. .. A woman working the traffic at
Hibbard and Manning Drive for the
Garth Brooks concert reported her Sony
Walkman, three cassette tapes and a
pillow missing, police reports stated.
, According to police reports, the ar-
,' (icles. Which we're left on a milk crate,
were stolen when the woman left her
' post to help: with heavier traffic at
.Gravely Drive.
A Chapel Hill resident lost her 1 4
' karat gold diamond pendant at the Smith
, Center in or near section 123-A, reports
stated. According to police reports, the
" pendant was estimated to be worth $400.
City
Tuesday, Oct. 13
The Lake Ellen Homeowners' As
" sociation is offering a $150 reward for
; the arTest and con viction of people caus
. ing damage to 1 8 mail boxes in a North
Forest Hills neighborhood on Aug. 30,
according to a release at the Chapel Hill
. Police Department.
Anyone with information about this
crime is encouraged to call
CrimeStoppers at 1-800-851-7867.
Monday, Oct. 12
. BOleg Zur, 53, of G-110 W. Carr
St., Carrboro, was arrested for assault
on a woman at 1 0:02 a.m., reports stated.
Police reports stated that Zur hit his
- ex-wife in the mouth. When he was told
that he was under arrest, he ran into the
bathroom and slammed the door, re
ports stated.
Zur was placed under $2,500 secured
bond and is scheduled to appear in
Chapel Hill district court Oct. 22, re
ports stated.
A person at NationsBank Plaza on
East Franklin Street discovered spray
painting on bricks and blocks at the
building, according to police reports.
The person reporting the crime said
the vandalism caused $1,600 damage.
Sunday, Oct. 11
Three Garth Brooks T-shirts, cash,
a checkbook and wallet were discov
ered missing at 2:19 a.m. from a 1991
Geo left unlocked at a parking lot near
Franklin and Church Streets, according
to Chapel Hill police reports.
A naked man, described to be in
his 40s, was seen in the Shadowood
Apartments clubhouse parking lot at
4:29 a.m., according to police reports.
Police found no one at the scene,
reports stated.
A Carrboro man said a friend took
three pairs of sneakers from his Old
Well apartment at 1 1 a.m., according to
Carrboro police reports.
The man told police his friend was
planning to sell them, reports stated.
Minority Career Fair October 2 1 and
Carolina Career Fair October 22 in the Great Hall
BG-propoed
By Kathleen Keener
Staff Writer
The Board of Governors Finance
Committee proposed a $250 million
budget hike Monday to provide funding
for UNC-CH's libraries and to raise
professors' salaries by 6 percent per
year for the next two years.
Felix Joyner, UNC-system vice presi
dent for finance, said the total budget
increase proposed by the finance com
mittee would provide funding for the 1 6
UNC-system schools, UNC Hospitals,
the N.C. School of Science and Math,
various N.C. State agricultural programs
and N.C. private schools.
Joyner said the proposal would in
Co-editors Chandra McLean and
Ink strives
By Deepa Perumallu
Staff Writer
"If Blackness can be converted into
pictures and words, we intend to do
it."
Black student activist Cuerton
Johnson founded the Black Ink in 1 969
with that purpose in mind.
Twenty-three years later, the bi
weekly publication retains this motto
and is a strong voice of the black-
student population on campus, espe
cially concerning issues such as the
recent controversy surrounding a free
standing black cultural center.
Greens endorse
ByShaktiRoutray
Staff Writer
The Orange County Greens Tuesday
endorsed independent candidate Mark
Marcoplos for the Orange County Board
of Commissioners, citing Marcoplos'
commitment to the environment and
social justice.
Marcoplos has been a long-time
member of the Orange County Greens,
a local chapter of the national organiza
tion committed to a grass-roots approach
to political and social change.
The Greens will help coordinate the
campaign of Marcoplos in Chapel Hill
and Carrboro.
Some of the activities planned by the
Greens include canvassing, putting up
posters and fund-raising, according to a
press release.
Greens spokesman Joel Sipress, who
is a University graduate student, stated
in the press release that the nationwide
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Go for the gold: Gallery
By Chris ta Williams
StaffWr
Original fish pendants, cufflinks,
bolos and daisy pins all on display
and for sale at Black Mountain Gallery.
Located at Eastgate Shopping Cen
ter, the store houses cases of silver and
gold for lovers of hand-crafted jewelry.
The store, which has been open for
20 years, was once located in Carr Mill
Mall in Carrboro. But its new location is
easier to find, and faithful customers
return to peruse the store's collection.
We re constantly making jewelry.
said Marsha Clark, an employee who
has a metalsmith degree from Syracuse
crease the combined budget for these
institutions by more than $250 million
during the next two years.
The full BOG will vote on the budget
proposal at its Friday meeting. If the
proposal is passed, it will be presented
to the General Assembly when it meets
in May.
BOG members Reginald McCoy and
Charles Evans both said they thought
the Board of Governors would vote to
approve the proposal
"It is my feeling that the recommen
dations will be accepted and acted fa
vorably upon," Evans said.
BOG Finance Committee member
Charles Flack said the UNC system had
not received money the BOG requested
Corey Brown assemble the latest issue of the
to capture
"So many other newspapers have
distorted the actions and comments of
the (Black Awareness Council), (Black
Student Movement President) Michelle
Thomas and the BSM as a whole," said
Black Ink co-editor Chandra McLean, a
seniorjournalism major and fourth-year
staff member.
McLean explained that one newspa
per described the march on the South
Building as "angry blacks shouting for
black power."
"That was ridiculous," she said. "I
was there, and there was no anger. If
anything, there was happiness because
blacks had united for a cause. And if
Marcoplos for
Greens movement
was committed to
building political
alternatives.
"Mark
Marcoplos prom
ises to bring a new
vision to Orange I J
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paign is a mile- Mark Marcoplos
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roots politics for this area, transcending
conventional barriers of left and right,
rural and urban."
Marcoplos is the first independent
candidate to run for an Orange County
office.
The Greens have not endorsed any
other candidate for office during this
election year.
"We only support candidates whom
we believe are genuinely committed to
University. "It's not very expensive,
and it's handmade. We have people in
their 30s who have had a bracelet for 1 7
years and come back to get it fixed."
Craftsmen at the store repair jewelry
purchased there for free.
Black Mountain Gallery makes the
majority of its pieces in the back of the
store, but they also buy pricier pieces
from designers all over the United States.
The store is open Monday through
Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. About
75 customers shop at the store each day,
keeping Clark and the other full-time
metalsmith busy making jewelry.
The "Pea Pod" necklace is perfect for
customers with enough money and an
hike would nap fnmdimig
in recent years because state revenues
had been down. "We've been asking for
these capital expenditures for the past
three years and haven't received any of
them,", he said.
Flack said money for the capital ex
penditures would be raised by a $200
million proposed bond referendum,
which UNC-system officials had hoped
the legislature would have placed on
this year's ballot.
"The legislature is going to do every
thing they can do," he said. "We feel
very confident that the bond issue will
be on the ballot."
Joyner said that while this year's
BOG request was less than last year's,
the General Assembly was more likely
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biweekly newspaper the Black Ink
'Blackness'
anyone was angry, it was me because
some black students were just stand
ing around asking why we were march
ing without joining in."
The Ink' s main goals are to report,
to be accurate and to be unbiased,
McLean said. "Corey and I are making
breakthroughs," she said, referring to
Corey Brown, Black Ink co-editor.
"We're doing a lot more hard-nose
reporting this year."
The staff of about 30 students in
cludes several assistant editors, a lay
out editor, a business editor, staff writ
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commissioner
ecology, social justice and an improved
democratic process," Sipress said in the
release.
The Greens also have helped to launch
a student support group, called Students
for Marcoplos, on the University cam
pus. Since University student Mark
Chilton's successful campaign foraseat
on the Chapel Hill Town Council
showed that the student vote could make
an important difference, the Greens are
encouraging student involvement in the
Marcoplos campaign.
Marcoplos was placed on the No
vember ballot after supporters of the
Greens worked the polls during last
spring's primary to obtain hundreds of
signatures on a ballot petition.
Marcoplos also has been endorsed
by the Sierra Club for the November
election.
Marcoplos and Sipress could not be
reached for comment Tuesday.
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caters to lovers of handmade jewelry
affection for vegetables. The necklace,
priced at $750, is a silver chain with a
giant pea pod, with peas made of jade.
Although some pieces of jewelry are
rather expensive, the store has a half
price sale going on until October 31.
Silver corkscrew and dome rings range
from $6 to $30. Circle-link bracelets
sell for $11. "These are most popular
with students," Clark said. "A lot of
people can afford them. One lady came
in and bought six."
Clark came from New York to help a
friend move and never went back. "I
love it here," she said. "This is exactly
what I went to school for."
Cam Elarks, a frequent customer.
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to appropriate the money because of
stabilizing state revenues. "We've lived
through tough times just as other state
agencies," he added.
N.C. Rep. Joe Hackney, D-Orange,
said he hoped funds would be available
for the UNC-system schools.
"State revenues have stabilized, and
we're experiencing small but steady
growth," he said. "I am pleased to see
the Board of Governors proposed a bud
get that makes up for past deficiencies."
Evans said he thought UNC-CH's
decline in the annual U.S. News and
World Report college and university
rankings was indicative of the need for
increased funding
This year UNC-CH fell from the
Pope comments
draw ire, letters
from rape group
By Daniel Peter Daum Aldrich
Staff Writer
Members of the Rape Awareness
Committee are drafting a letter that will
be sent to the head of the Board of
Trustees in response to controversial
remarks made by BOT member John
Pope concerning date-rape victims.
During a discussion of campus secu
rity at the Sept. 25 BOT meeting, Pope
said: "Any female and I probably
shouldn't say this who wants to go
home with a bunch of drunken boys at
two or three o'clock in the morning and
then yell rape at eight that morning, that
femaledoes not have much sympathy in
the general public."
The Rape Awareness Committee
which is composed of approximately
15 heads of various campus organiza
tions, including the University Police,
the Rape Action Project, Safe Escort,
Women Against Rape, Psychological
Services, Campus Ministries, Student
Health Service and the Honor Court
is sending the letter partly because they
have heard that Pope has received some
positive response to his comments, said
Molly Montgomery, co-chairwoman of
the Rape Action Project.
"This letter will go to (Pope's) supe
rior on. the. Board of Trustees, not to
blame Pope, but to educate him," she
said.
The letter is being drafted by Kathleen
Benzaquin, chairwoman of the Rape
Awareness Committee, and Melinda
Manning, co-chairwoman of the Rape
Action Project.
Manning said members of the Rape
Awareness Committee believed that
both Pope and other members of the
Board of Trustees were not educated
enough about rape.
"This letter is representing the Rape
Awareness Committee," she said. "Pope
Council considers recall
By Paul Bredderman
Staff Writer
- Chapel Hill residents do not have
the power to remove town govern
ment officials from office, but Durham
and Raleigh residents do.
The Chapel Hill To wn Council dis
cussed ways to amend the town' s char
ter to include the power of recall at
Monday night's meeting.
A report from Town Attorney Ralph
Karpinos helped the council weigh the
benefits of the Raleigh and Durham
recall provisions.
"I just used (Raleigh and Durham)
as a model," Karpinos said. "I didn't
call other cities and .. . attempt to de
termine how many cities had (the re
call function) or didn't have it."
: If council members decide that resi
visited the store recently to get a brace
let repaired. "I love the stuff here," she
said. "I came in to pick up a ring."
Another customer took advantage of
the half-price sale and bought four brace
lets and a pair of earrings. Christmas
presents? No. "They're for me," she
said. "I have to buy for me before I get
them as presents."
The pieces at the front of the store are
more expensive. The gallery buys them
from all over the country. There are
ethnic pieces, bright beads and enam
eled jewelry and include hairpieces, ear
rings, bolos, rings and necklaces. Prices
range from $30 to $500.
Black Mountain Gallery also designs
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25th position to the 28th position in the
rankings.
"We've always been able to main
tain one of the best schools in the sys
tem," Evans said. "I believe the legisla
ture will provide the funding to con
tinue (that tradition)."
Neal Berry man, UNC-CH associate
vice chancellor for finance, said faculty
and staff salaries were a major factor in
the magazine's criteria for ranking
schools. He said an increase in faculty
salary could help raise UNC-CH's rank
ing. "Any help in budget terms would
help with ranking," he said. "It's been
lean years across the country , and this is
reflected in higher education."
made his comments on Friday, and we
took a vote on the following Wednes-
day to write a letter. The point of the;
letter to the head of the Board of Trust-;
ees is an educational move, not an at
tack." Manning said they decided to write;
the letter for two main reasons.
"We wanted to write to Pope's boss,
and we felt that the whole board needs
to be educated," Manning said.
She added that the lack of criticism,
from the other trustees was an example;
of the board's need for more infonna-:
tion on rape. "We are putting together
an envelope full of articles about rape
for the entire Board of Trustees," Man
ning said.
"This will include articles such as the
Carolina Critic's issue about rape and
articles in The Daily Tar Heel. We feel
that the Board of Trustees is not in
formed about what is going on on cam
pus." Montgomery said members of the
Rape Action Project were encouraged
to write directly to Pope at his home
address to express their feelings in re
sponse to his controversial comments.
Pope's home address is posted on the
door of the Rape Action Project in Suite
A. "If we attack Pope directly, that will
not help the program," she said.The
- best thing we can do is educate, not
attack." - -
Individual letters have already been
sent to Pope, but he has not sent any
responses, Manning said. "I haven't
heard about any responses from Pope,
and I think people would probably tell
me if they had heard from him."
Pope was unavailable for comment
on Tuesday afternoon, but has stood by
his comments, telling reporters last week
that his remarks were mi scon trued and
that he cared about the plight of rape
victims.
dents support arecall amendment, they
will ask the state legislature to make it
law.
A possible recall amendment be
came an issue after somecouncil mem
bers andresidents asked council mem
ber Joe Herzenberg to resign from
office, following Herzenberg's con
viction on two countsof willful failure
to pay state taxes.
But Herzenberg refused to resign
from the eight-member council in
August, asking for public forgiveness
instead.
A recall amendment would allow
registered voters to decide whether to
remove an elected official from town
government.
Herzenberg, who has three years
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custom-made wedding bands, available
in gold and silver. Customers select
from the 10 styles offered by the store.
Braided bands and other unique styles
are sold in pairs and sell for about $350.
The rings conform to traditional
styles, but the craftsmen are willing to
accommodate a customer's taste.
"We're willing to make changes do
a little less or a little more."
Originality seems to be what cus
tomers like best about the Black Moun
tain Gallery, Clark said.
"Our customers keep coining back
because we offer a selection of original
jewelry, and it's different from other
shops in the area."
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