The Daily Tar HeelWednesday, December 2, 19923
I Campus and City Reports
Campus
Monday, Nov. 30
A UNC student filed a complaint
with police that her ex-boyfriend had
her car keys and refused to return them,
according to University Police reports.
An officer arrived on the scene and
asked for the keys. University reports
stated.
The ex-boyfriend, who is from
Carrboro, was cooperative and returned
the keys, according to University police
reports..
A UNC student reported her UNC
ID had been lost or stolen in Davis
Library, police reports stated.
University police are investigating
the disappearance.
Sunday, Nov. 29
An Ehringhaus resident reported
his wallet missing from his car, which
was parked in the Ehringhaus parking
lot, according to University police re
ports. Connor went upstairs to his room
carrying items from his car, reports
stated.
When Connor returned, the wallet,
which was inside the car, was missing
and could not be located, reports stated.
The wallet contained a driver's li
cense, a student ID, credit cards and $35
in cash, according to University police
reports.
Friday, Nov. 26
Darren John Sweeney, a UNC
sophomore, struck a light pole with his
1989 Jeep at the comer of the Kron
Building on Airport Road, police re
ports stated.
According to police reports, Sweeney
was cited for traveling at an unsafe
speed under the circumstances.
The damage to the light pole was
estimated at $1,000 and $450 of dam
age was caused to the vehicle, reports
stated.
Police warned Matthew Dean
Johnson, a UNC employee, not to bring
his gun on campus again, according to
reports.
Police found the gun on the seat of
Johnson's car, which was parked in the
loading deck of Brinkhaus Bullitt, ac
cording to police reports.
Johnson told police the gun was a
dismantled BB gun that was not capable
of firing, according to University police
reports.
Thursday, Nov. 25
An employee of the Undergradu
" ate Library reported that two men in
their early 20s were using a telephone in
the lobby, reports stated.
When the employee looked over
again, five to 10 minutes later, the men
were gone and so was the telephone,
reports stated.
The phone was valued at $5, accord
ing toUniversity police reports.
City
Tuesday, Dec. 1
The front glass door of Athletic
World, located at University Square on
Franklin Street, was discovered broken
at 3:34 a.m., according to Chapel Hill
police reports.
Security guards watched the store
until management could be contacted,
police reports stated.
Monday, Nov. 30
University Police reported that sev
eral men were shooting BB guns at beer
cans at the comer of Columbia and
McCauley streets at 1 1:39 p.m., accord
ing to Chapel Hill police reports.
No one was cited in the incident,
reports stated.
A Carrboro resident witnessed a
man shooting five times into a resi
dence on Broad Street at 4:45 a.m.,
according to Carrboro police reports.
Carrboro police Captain Carolyn
Hutchison said police planned to arrest
the suspect Tuesday afternoon.
Saturday, Nov. 28
A man was seen walking on
Caldwell Street near Sykes Street car
rying a television at 10:45 a.m., accord
ing to Chapel Hill police reports.
The television was not reported sto
len, police reports stated.
A new women's bath robe inside a
Belk's bag was found lying in Cobb
Terrace at 10:39 a.m., according to
Chapel Hill police reports.
Police found the receipt and returned
the robe to the owner, according to
police reports.
A ladder that did not belong to the
residence was found against a North
Street house at 1 :04 a.m., according to
Chapel Hill police reports.
No suspects were found and no forced
entry was discovered, according to
Chapel Hill police reports.
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Bill Lickert
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By Kathleen Keener
Staff Writer
Earlier this week, the University
cashier's office was swarming with stu
dents worried that their classes might
have been canceled.
Some students were confused be
cause the Directory of Classes cited
Dec. 10 as the due date for spring tu
Chilton:
support
ByChadMerritt
Staff Writer
Chapel Hill Town Council member
Mark Chilton said Tuesday that he was
disappointed that other council mem
bers were reluctant to support funding
for affordable housing in the town.
The Chapel Hill Town Council voted
to delay giving money to Erwin Vil
lage, an affordable housing develop
ment, at the council's meeting Nov. 23.
The Orange Community Housing
Corporation was hoping the council
would vote in favor of giving $200,000
to their Erwin Village development.
The development would provide 20 units
of affordable, single-family, detached
housing.
Chilton said that although all the
council members were concerned about
affordable housing in Chapel Hill, some
were more willing to act than others.
"The whole incident demonstrates
that the council is not as committed to
public participation in affordable hous
Kwanzaa offers week of
By Joyce Clark
Staff Writer
Kwanzaa, the weeklong African
American celebration of life, unity, his
tory and progress for the new year, is
being sponsored this week by a number
of student and faculty organizations.
Michelle Thomas, president of the
Black Student Movement, said Kwanzaa
was begun in 1967 by Dr. Maulana
Karenga.
"It is patterned after the harvest fes
tivals from several of the western cul
tures in Africa held in the fall," Thomas
said.
The week traditionally is scheduled
between Dec. 26 and Jan. 1 , but is being
celebrated this week to allow UNC stu
dents to get a flavor of the celebration.
This is the third year Kwanzaa is being
celebrated at UNC.
"Kwanzaa is a time of unity and
celebration," said Staci Hill, co-chairwoman
of the BSM Special Projects
Committee.
The celebration consists of seven
days, each celebrating a different theme.
This year, the Nguzo Saba, or seven
principles, began Monday with the cel
ebration of Umoja, or unity. The pur
pose of Umoja is to unify and maintain
the collectiveness of family, commu
nity and race.
Campus members gathered Monday
night and held a candlelight vigil and
march in honor of the Africans and
African Americans buried in the Uni
versity cemetery, people Hill called "the
Concert to beneflt Cat's Cradle employee
By Nathan Bishop
Staff Writer
The Veldt, Johnny Quest, Sex Police
and Greg Humphreys of Dillon Fence
will play a benefit concert at the Cat's
Cradle for one of its employees, former
UNC fullback Billy Johnson on Sun
day. Johnson, who works part time at the
Cat ' s Cradle as a bartender and bouncer
and was a four-year letterman for the
Tar Heel football team, lost his Durham
home in an August fire. The fire was
Speakers to address growing trend of anti-Asian violence across the country
By Aulica Lin Rutland
Staff Writer
Jim Loo just wanted to play a little
pool when he went out one night three
years ago. He did not realize that by the
end of the night he would be dead.
Dead for no other reason than the
origin of his ancestors.
Loo, a Chinese American, and sev
eral of his friends went out for a night of
fun at a pool hall near Brentwood Shop
ping Center in Raleigh.
While playing pool, Loo and his
friends were harassed by two brothers.
The management asked Robert and
jt fa .mam
ition, while some students' tuition bills
said spring payments were due earlier,
said Chris Edson, an employee in the
University cashier's office.
"All of them read in the Directory of
Classes that tuition was due December
10th, but their bills said it was due the
23rd or the 30th (of November)," she
said.
Edson said she had talked to many
Council should
affordable homes
ing," Chilton said.
He added that many council mem
bers were concerned because they did
not believe so much money should be
spent to target residents in the $24,000
to $32,000 income range.
"The council everyone needs
to realize that you can't build single
family, detached housing for less than
$95,000," Chilton said.
Chilton said a less legitimate issue
raised was that several council mem
bers did not want to pour $200,000 into
the housing project.
"Several council members felt un
comfortable because they saw it as a
black hole where (the developers) would
come back and keep asking for more
money," Chilton said. "But because of
our lack of funding, we may have de
railed the project.
"We could jeopardize 20 units of
affordable housing," he added.
Chilton said other council members
voted to delay the proposed funds be
cause they thought the economics of the
November 30-December 6
Wednesday, December 2
4 p.m. Toy Lounge of Dey Hall.
Holiday mixer with the curriculum in
African and Afro-American studies.
Come and join majors, minors and the
faculty and staff of the curriculum.
8 p.m. in Great Hall. Umoja dinner
series with speaker the Rev. Vashti Mur
phy McKenzie, national chaplain of Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Dinner catered
bv Dillard's Bar-B-Oue of Durham.
Thursday, December 3
7 p.m. in Great Hall. Forum: "How to
start your own business" facilitated by
Sam Dillard, founder of Dilliard's Bar -B-Que.
Friday, December 4
Noon in 2 1 1 Union. Forum: "Insights
on the nation of Islam." Topic subject to
change.
Saturday, December 5
7 p.m. in Great Hall. Harlem Dance
Troop.
10 p.m.-l:30 a.m. Tin Can Party. All
proceeds to go to future service-oriented
activities targeted toward the black
community. Admission $4.
Sunday, December 6
6 p.m. in Great Hall. Kwanzaa
Extravaganza 1992. Reception to follow
in the Student Union reception area.
unknown dead."
On Tuesday, Kujichagulia, a day of
self-determination, was celebrated. This
day was designated as a means for Af
rican Americans to voice their opinions
on the changing tides of student activ-
caused by an electrical short.
Johnson and his wife, who did not
have insurance, were renting the home
at the time of the fire. They were left
with nothing when all of their posses
sions were destroyed.
Joel Bulkley, a writer for the Com
munity Sports News in Chapel Hill,
said he had known Johnson since he
began working for Cat'sCradle in 1984.
"He's a great guy, and I wanted to
give him a hand when I heard about the
fire," Bulkley said. "We've held a raffle
and a golf tournament already to raise
Lloyd Piche to stop bothering Loo and
his friends or leave, but the harassment
continued. '
Eventually, Loo and his friends de
cided to leave. The Piche brothers fol
lowed, pulling out a gun in the parking
lot, and a fight ensued.
When Robert Piche hit Loo on the
head, Loo fell to the ground, where a
piece of glass punctured his eye and
forced a fragment of skull into his brain.
Loo died almost instandy.
The case of Loo's murder is only one
example of the continuing rise in anti
Asian violence in all parts of the United
States.
canceled umtil Dec. 1
students Monday who were worried
their tuition waa due that day and thought
their classes would be dropped.
"It seemed like I talked to hundreds
(of students)," she said.
Edson said she and other University
cashier employees had assured students
that their classes hadn't been canceled.
"Most weren't mad once they found
out their classes weren ' t canceled we
situation should be studied more.
"The numbers will be shakier next
time," Chilton said. "The contract was
locked, but this lack of communication
may have messed up the negotiation of
the contract."
Chilton added that the council al
ready had committed to giving the de
velopment $60,000 in funds.
"It is a lack of good judgment for us
to hedge on a project we had supported
to begin with," Chilton said. "Basi
cally , we would pay for one of 20 houses.
"We have money for this very pur
pose," he added.
Chapel Hill Mayor Ken Broun said
the developers had increased their re
quest from a $60,000 allocation, which
the council granted, to the $200,000
allocation request.
"I think what happened was the na
ture of the request had changed from a
short-term (allocation) of funds to a
long-term, more expensive one," Broun
See HOUSING, page 4
celebration
Film footage from recent rallies and
marches on the University campus were
shown and discussed in terms of why
the rallies were organized, what was
accomplished and where such activities
might lead in the future.
The celebration will continue today,
beginning with a holiday mixer in honor
of Ujima, or collective work and re
sponsibility. The mixer is scheduled to
begin at 4 p.m. in the Toy Lounge of
Dey Hall. Students and faculty of all
majors and minors in the African and
Afro-American studies curriculums will
gather to orient students to the pro
grams' areas of study.
"All of those interested in learning
about African and Afro-American cur
riculum are encouraged to attend," Tho
mas said.
A dinner featuring guest speaker the
Rev. Vashti Murphy McKenzie, the
national chaplain of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority Inc., also will be held tonight.
Ujamaa, a day designed to stress the
importance of African-American busi
nesses, will be celebrated Thursday.
The day also will include a forum led
by Sam Dillard, who will discuss "How
to Start Your Own Business."
Dillard, an African-American from
Durham, owned the Bull City's first
black-owned supermarket. Dillard now
owns Dillard's Bar-B-Que of Durham.
He will discuss some of the triumphs
and downfalls of his business in the
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money for Billy, and this concert is the
last hurrah."
University sources also have donated
money to help Johnson and his family
recover from the fire, Bulkley said.
"The Ram's Club, which often gets a
bum rap with those in the community,
also donated $4,000 to help out Billy,"
Bulkley said.
A spokesman for the Ram's Club
refused to comment Tuesday on the
organization's role in aiding Johnson.
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To increase awareness on campus
and in the local community of anti
Asian violence, the Asian Students As
sociation have invited Lena Chou,
spokeswoman for the Jim Loo Memo
rial Fund, and Daphne Kwok, executive
director of the Organization of Chinese
Americans, to speak at 8 p.m. today in
Hanes Art Center Auditorium.
Chou plans to speak mainly about the
Loo case and its implications for the
Triangle.
"I want to talk about how the com
munity dealt with (the murder)," Chou
said. "The legal system was very aware
of it from the beginning. They stepped
just had questions," she said.
Sam Barnard, the University cashier,
said students' tuition bills were due
according to when they registered
through Caroline.
"We gave students who registered
early the chance to pay early," he said.
"If the person registered early, then
they received a bill early."
Barnard said spring tuition was due
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Stephen Fraiser accompanies his girlfriend Kim Faircloth as she gives blood Tuesday
APO drive: Give
blood, beat Duke
By Casella Foster
Staff Writer
Free pizza, blood and a chance to
beat Duke ... a great combination if
you plan to donate at the Alpha Phi
Omega blood drive today in Great
Hall.
"(Giving) makes you feel good . . .
not the needle," said Wendy Green, a
junior from Lilesville. "I always come
to the blood drives at Great Hall be
cause they're convenient (and have)
good pizza."
The UNC chapter of Alpha Phi
Omega, acoed service fraternity, spon
sored the two-day blood drive, which
began Tuesday and will last from 1 1
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today.
Unlike other APO drives, however,
this week's event is part of a competi
tion between the APOchapters at Duke
and UNC. An identical drive is being
held at Duke to see which fraternity
can collect the most blood for the
American Red Cross.
"If (UNC donators) come out (to
day) in droves then we'll win," said
Heather Swartz, APO blood service
co-chairwoman.
Swartz said that although she was
not certain about UNC's performance
against Duke in past blood drives, she
was skeptical about statistics she had
into the picture at its inception. That
gave (Asian Americans) faith in the
legal system."
The Loo case was an isolated inci
dent in this area, but Chou is concerned
about the rise of anti-Asian violence
across the country. "This is the first case
of a fatality in an anti-Asian hate crime
in the Triangle," she said.
Chou noted that the Triangle is a
unique area. "Most people here are well
educated and more tolerant of other
cultures," she said, adding that the Piche
brothers were not from this area.
The local Chinese community
worked closely together to get the Loo
by the date on the bill. But he added that
student schedules would not be can
celed until Dec. 10.
Edson said students were not in dan
ger of losing their spring classes as long
as they paid their bill by Dec. 10.
Barnard said no classes had been
canceled due to late payments.
"Nothing has come across my desk
about it yet."
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received from the Blue Devils.
"(Duke) said that over the past year
they have kept stats on who has won,
and they claim they've won all of the
blood drives," Swartz said.
UNC stands a good shot at beating
the Dookies, especially since the Duke
APO chapter hasn't been able to do
much to promote the event.
"I don't think we're promoting (the
blood drive)," said Sounil Yu, a mem
ber of Duke's APO fraternity.
Kelli Short, blood services director
for the Orange County chapter of the
Red Cross, said different counties
sponsored blood drives throughout the
year. The drive at UNC is sponsored
by Orange County, and Durham
County sponsored the one at Duke.
"It's really like a county versus
county competition," Short said.
Swartz said posters, banners, ad
vertisements in newspapers and on
WRDU radio station, and a bloodmo
bile table in the Pit had been part of
APO's effort to involve students.
But with all the publicity and the
added incentive of food and a good
old-fashioned competition against
Duke, the turnout Tuesday was low,
Swartz said.
"Today's blood drive was really
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case solved. "This stemmed from the
fact that Loo's family asked for help,"
Chou said. "They were recent immi
grants and needed help as far as the
language barriers were concerned. New
immigrants often don't understand the
legal proceedings. They need someone
to explain to them what it all means."
Kwok plans to address the rise of
anti-Asian violence in the country. .
"There are several reasons for this
trend," Kwok said. "First, our popula
tion has increased. Also, because of our
country's economic situation with Ja-
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