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Jason Halsey had long envisioned his club athletes giving back to the community.
It started as a fun way to blow off steam, something graduate students could enjoy after grading tests and leading recitations.
There is an old saying in New Zealand: You get a rugby ball when you’re 1, a pair of boots when you’re 2, learn to pass when you’re 3 — and you’re on the field when you’re 4.
Holly Zoeller was so close.
Senior Diva Desai grew up playing basketball and soccer.
Employing some offensive trickery and equipped with numerous scoring options, the Mean Machine demolished Tarheels Finest 48-6 Wednesday evening in one of the first intramural flag football games of the 2010 season.
At 93, Rebecca Clark was a staple in the Chapel Hill community for years of urging local black residents to vote, advocating for social justice and striving to improve the condition of the town’s cemeteries.When she died in January 2009, she left a legacy of 70 years of social justice and inclusion, said the Rev. Thomas Nixon of St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church in Chapel Hill.The town will dedicate the gazebo that sits in the heart of the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery in Clark’s memory in a public ceremony at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.“She was a strong advocate in the African-American community to get people to rock the boat,” former Chapel Hill Town Council member Jim Merritt said. “She often went door-to-door in the neighborhood encouraging people to vote and to fill out absentee ballots.”According to a town news release, Clark even drove residents to the polls herself to ensure they could vote. She helped garner votes for black candidates in two historic elections four decades apart.In 1969, Clark worked on the Chapel Hill mayoral campaign of Howard Lee. He would become the first black mayor of a predominantly white Southern town.And in 2008, she called on residents to vote for presidential nominee Barack Obama, Merritt said. Later that year, she got to see Obama inaugurated as the first black president of the United States.“Pretty much everyone in local politics came to Rebecca Clark at some time to get her endorsement, either official or unofficial,” Nixon said.The gazebo was chosen to commemorate Clark’s legacy because of its place in the cemetery.In 1985, some UNC football fans parked their cars in the black section of the cemetery before a football game, ruining several gravestones and inspiring Clark to fight for the cemetery’s protection and improvement.Clark spent a lot of time at the cemetery, and the gazebo was one of her favorite spots, Merritt said. “As people come there to visit loved ones, the gazebo will be there in her memory,” Nixon said. The gazebo separates the black and white sections of the cemetery, Merritt said. Although Clark advocated mostly for black residents, Nixon said her influence was widespread throughout the town.“I don’t think her voice was limited to the African-American community,” he said. “There were so many people who were affected and touched within the community who benefited from her life over the years.” Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.
Junior Dean Fox was walking home from La Residence bar Friday with a friend when he found himself staring down the barrel of a gun.Automatically, he handed over his wallet and cell phone. Then the two men were gone. The incident was one of four strikingly similar robberies that have occurred in or close to the Northside neighborhood this month, mostly involving UNC student victims, Chapel Hill police reports state.
Classroom success starts with parents’ involvement in the home, attendees of a meeting for minority parents of local schools were reminded Tuesday.The Parent Advocates for Children’s Education program hosted a keynote speaker and various workshops aimed to teach parents how they can get involved with their child’s education.Orange County Schools’ School Community Relations Department & Curriculum and Instruction Program sponsored the meeting.Narrowing the achievement gap between white and minority students will be a battle, said ABC 11-WTVD anchor John Clark during the keynote speech.Exhort, expect, exert, excelClark said he believed parents need to remember four key words in helping their children learn.“We need to exhort our kids. When they do well, we need to know to make a big deal about it,” Clark said. “We as minority parents seem to be able to get to school for the game, for the talent show, but what about for parent-teacher night?”Parents should expect more from children so they will hold themselves to the same standards, he said. Clark urged parents to “exert” by monitoring their child throughout the entire school year, not just when report cards are released.“When you’re behind in a race, you can’t catch up unless you work extra hard. You don’t expect the guy ahead of you to stop and tie his shoes,” Clark said.After the first three steps are followed, excelling will follow naturally, he said.Clark also presented a final “ex” he told everyone to forget — excuses.“We need to be working with our child’s teachers instead of coming to the school ready to pick a fight. (The teachers) want your child to succeed.” Clark said.Opening up about the gapDr. Joe Davis, special assistant to the superintendent of Wilson County Schools, led a workshop titled “Acting White … Although I’m Black.”He said the reason the achievement gap hasn’t been sufficiently filled is because people are afraid to talk about its cause.“We don’t know as a country, we don’t know how to have a safe conversation about race,” Davis said. “We try to go around it like we’re walking on eggshells.”He said that black males are typically the group that scores lowest on standardized tests, often not because they can’t perform, but because friends will call them “sellouts” if they do well in school.Because of this, many don’t live up to their potential, Davis said.“They’re like, ‘I’m smart, but I struggle with being smart because of the pressure I get,’” Davis said.Davis called parents to action.“We can close the gap,” he said. “But we gotta be specific and methodical about closing the gap. We can’t just keep talking about it.”Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.
Out of the ashes of failed attempts to succeed in the traditional high school setting, some students have found another channel for success at the alternative high school Phoenix Academy. Starting in a one-room trailer 12 years ago, Phoenix Academy grew every year until it became an official high school in July 2009.And with the end of its first school year a few months away, the school can reflect on its accomplishment — the creation of an individualized, more intimate setting that makes college an option for students who might not have been able to graduate at a traditional school. Former Orange High School Assistant Principal Laverne Mattocks was named as the school’s first formal principal and said most of the students are happy the academy is an official high school.“They take pride in that. They feel legitimized,” Mattocks said. “Now they’re like, ‘We’re a high school.'”The students have even begun pushing the school to make school T-shirts, she said.Since becoming principal, she said she has had to find ways to focus on each of the 43 students’ specific needs.“We are tying to live up to the alternative model by just being creative, thinking outside the box, just saying there is no box,” she said. “If I can get you to walk through those doors every day, I’ll find a way outside the box to really find success.” Mattocks said the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education has been supportive of the school throughout its first official year. After a visit of the school in the fall, board member Joe Green said he left impressed.“It has extremely capable teachers,” he said. “I kind of left with the impression that it had the feel of a small private or charter school.”Some students said they are responding well to the school’s emphasis on smaller, more hands-on classrooms.Senior T’kara Watson said she learns better with more intimate classroom setting. She also said the school’s small size creates a bond between the students and teachers.“It’s like a family now,” Watson said. “There’s arguing, but there’s no fighting. It’s just a big family.”Senior Antonio Glenn said he dropped out of school in 2007 after getting lost in the crowd at East Chapel Hill High School and getting caught up in the wrong crowd at Carrboro High School. He said he knew he needed to get his diploma but wouldn’t be able to do it at a traditional high school. Glenn said he knew Phoenix was the only way he could make it.“People ain’t talking all the way around the room,” said Glenn, who plans to graduate in June with six other seniors. “You can ask more questions, concentrate and focus on the lessons.”To make up classes he missed after dropping out, Glenn takes lower levels of certain classes in addition to his regular classes to make up the credits.After he graduates, Glenn plans to go to Alamance Community College and major in auto mechanics, something he said he wouldn’t have the opportunity to do if it weren’t for Phoenix Academy. “It’s a good school,” Glenn said. “Ain’t nothing bad about it.”Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.
In the lead-up to the federal trial for one of two men charged with killing former Student Body President Eve Carson, attorneys are arguing about the guidelines for jury selection.In May, Demario James Atwater, 23, will be tried on federal charges related to Carson’s killing that could result in the death penalty if convicted.That death penalty possibility will call for close examination of the jurors, court documents show.Hundreds of jurors have already been given questionnaires in preparation for juror selection. Meanwhile, the prosecution argues against some of Atwater’s attorney’s wishes.Changing where the trial takes placeFederal defense attorneys have been trying since December to get the trial moved out of state because of bias they say that North Carolinians have. But in case that doesn’t happen, they’ve asked special permission to have all jurors be from Orange County, and potentially for the trial to take place there instead of Winston-Salem, where the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Middle District of North Carolina is.Prosecutors say this doesn’t make sense, because familiarity with the case was the defense’s reason for wanting to move the trial out of state, and Orange County residents are potentially the most biased.The prosecution also said jury selection for all cases tried in the Middle District must consist of citizens from all 24 counties in the district.Challenging who gets to be a jurorIn a capital case, both sides are given 20 peremptory challenges, a privilege that allows a side to challenge selected jurors without having to give a reason why. Atwater’s defense team has requested 20 additional challenges and requested that the prosecution get none. This would give the defense more power to shape the final seats.The prosecution said if the court grants additional challenges for the defense, it should grant the prosecution an equal amount.The defense has asked to be allowed to use its challenges after the prosecutors uses its own, which goes against a long-standing practice in the Middle District which allows both parties to use challenges simultaneously.Isolating jurorsThe defense has requested that the examination of potential jurors be done individually and that once the jurors are selected, they be isolated from the public. It has also requested to be allowed to conduct the examinations.The prosecution’s main disagreement is that this would take too long. They suggest putting jurors in panels of five, then interviewing individually those who raise red flags.Prosecutors ask for the court to conduct juror examination. If attorneys participate, they want it to be limited to a brief period for follow-up questions.
The man who stirred controversy as owner of The Courtyard of Chapel Hill will appear in court today for a hearing on two counts of resisting, delaying and obstructing law enforcement officers.Spencer Young, who was at the center of threats and financial disputes when he owned the West Franklin Street shopping center, was arrested by Orange County Sheriff’s deputies on Feb. 2 at his condominium at 134 Meadowmont Village Circle.Young could not be reached for comment.He had received multiple notices from Paragon Commercial Bank directing him to pay debt owed by his business, Spencer C. Young Investments Inc. Young refused to pay the sum, claiming his business had no assets, said Maj. Charles Blackwood of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. The bank then foreclosed on his home and bought it at a Dec. 10 public auction.But Young didn’t leave, Blackwood said. When presented with a court order to leave the condo on Jan. 29, he refused to open the door to law enforcement officers, saying the order wasn’t valid and he had a constitutional right to protect his home and family, Orange County Sheriff reports state.Fearing the safety of its officers and Young’s neighbors, the sheriff’s department decided not to pursue Young, Blackwood said.“We had been informed that Young had a gun and that his fiancée and an infant might be inside the home,” Blackwood said. Officers kept an eye on Young’s home during the weekend, waiting for him to leave, he said.On Feb. 2, officers called in the Special Emergency Response Team, which broke in the door using a battering ram, Blackwood said.When Young didn’t follow instructions to keep his hands above his head, he was shot with a Taser and taken to the Orange County Jail, reports state. The magistrate, concerned about Young’s mental stability, sent him to UNC Hospitals where he was evaluated and released, Blackwood said.While Young owned The Courtyard, he was often the center of controversy, some tenants and acquaintances said.“I’m scared of the guy,” said P. H. Craig, who owns most of the parking lot that serves The Courtyard.Craig said Young refused to pay rent for parking spots. Craig said he eventually closed off parking spaces that he owned to Courtyard tenants and shoppers.When some of Young’s tenants, such as 3CUPS coffee shop managing partner Lex Alexander, went directly to Craig to lease parking spaces, Young sent more threatening e-mails to recipients that included Alexander and former mayor Kevin Foy:“If I ever catch you in another one of your under-minded subversive dirty tricks … I will personally break your f---ing nose in a manner that will be so devastating, you will be reminded of your incorrigibility every time you look in the mirror.”Alexander said he left The Courtyard shortly after.Young’s hearing will be held at the county district court in Hillsborough.Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.
For the Bekolos, raising money and support for Haiti is a family affair.The Haiti Earthquake Relief fundraiser held Saturday was Chapel Hill resident Paulette Bekolo’s most recent effort to help her native country.Six groups, including a Creole band and religious and service organizations, were present to explain their services and ask for donations.Unexpected snowfall kept several organizations from attending the fundraiser, but it was not enough to damper the Bekolos’ passion to heal their ravaged country.“We are not going to stop until we see our people stand,” Bekolo said. “We are down, but we are not dead.”In 2004, Bekolo founded Hope for Haiti Ministries in order to help Haiti help itself.Hope for Haiti sponsors several Haitian churches and schools and focuses on services like community economic development, health care and education.Two weeks after the magnitude-7.0 earthquake on Jan. 12, Bekolo’s son William, 13, stood before Culbreth Middle School’s crowded gymnasium at halftime for his last home basketball game. He told spectators of his school’s efforts to aid Haiti, and by the end of the night, he had collected $850 to supplement the school’s fundraiser for the American Red Cross.Hannah Bekolo’s first-grade class also participated in the relief effort. At a school play where Hannah starred as Cinderella, her class passed around a collection bucket to raise money for earthquake victims.“When I first heard about the earthquake, I had just come home,” she said. “I was really sad because there were a lot of children who died.”Hope for Haiti will host another event in Southern Village in the next two months.Wally Turnbull, a friend of the Bekolos who was a missionary in Haiti for 30 years, spoke about improving the country’s education system. He said he worked with 300 Haitian schools and more than 60,000 students.“We have to turn over leadership back to the Haitian people and work with them,” Turnbull said. “Don’t work to do for, work to empower the Haitian people.”Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.
Three Virginia residents were arrested last night for shoplifting from three businesses, Chapel Hill police reports state.Christopher Parise Churchya, Angela Marie Eastman and Christopher Lee Rein were arrested on Scarlett Drive in Chapel Hill on Sunday night.Each was charged with larceny, possession of stolen goods and conspiracy to commit a felony, reports state.Police said the shoplifters found a way to tamper with the electronic security system in three stores, sneaking items out of the stores undetected.Police said they were in the process of stealing about $3,000 worth of goods from the RadioShack on East Franklin Street when the manager, Harold Ellis, saw them tampering with TVs, Chapel Hill police Lt. Kevin Gunter said.When Ellis asked them what they were doing, the three fled the scene with the goods, Gunter said.When police stopped the three people, they only expected to find the items reported missing from the RadioShack that caused Ellis to call in about the incident, Gunter said.But upon searching the vehicle, police discovered stolen items from another RadioShack in Mebane, N.C., and the GameStop located in University Mall, Gunter said.Police also found marijuana in the car, reports state. Churchya and Eastman were charged with possession with intent to sell or distribute. A child was also in the car with those involved in the shoplifting.Rein had an outstanding fugitive warrant for a previous crime. Churchya and Eastman were charged with misdemeanor child abuse for bringing the child along, according to reports and Gunter.Parking lot break-insSeven cars parked in the N.C. 54 Park and Ride and Friday Center lots were broken into on Friday afternoon, according to Chapel Hill police reports.Between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m., $1,600 of property was stolen, and $1,350 in damage to the cars was reported.There are currently no leads and no one has reported seeing any suspicious persons in the parking lot at the time that the break-ins occurred, Gunter said.N.C. State alumna Hanna Park lost a laptop computer valued at $900 in the break-in.She has been using the PR lot for more than a year as a go-between from her car to UNC Hospitals where she works at the in-patient pharmacy.She said she never has had any trouble before, but admits that the break-ins on Friday have made her wary about using the lot in the future.“I’m kind of nervous to park there again,” Park said. “There is not a lot of parking around campus, and I don’t really know where to park right now, honestly.”Contact the City Desk Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.
As business after business shuts down and unemployment continues to rise in the economic downturn, industries that feed desires and addictions have not been hit nearly as hard.Whether it is alcohol, drugs, tobacco or adult products, stores are finding that their customers will prioritize their budgets to maintain their pleasures. AlcoholPeople around Chapel Hill are spending more money on alcohol but less on hard liquor, according to the Orange County Alcohol Beverage Control Commission.Total sales in the county increased from about $11 million in the fiscal year ending in June 2006, before the recession, to about $13.5 million in the fiscal year that ended this June, according to the ABC.Meanwhile, mixed beverage sales dropped 3.8 percent.This trend is playing out at local bars. “The biggest trend we see as a result of the recession is liquor sales are down but have been replaced with an upsurge in sales of our beer,” Top of the Hill Restaurant and Brewery owner Scott Maitland stated in an e-mail.Other bars, including Orange County Social Club, Jack Sprat Cafe and the Blue Horn Lounge confirmed this trend. “We are getting the same number of bodies, but they are getting lower quality,” said Marshall Payne, co-owner of Blue Horn Lounge. “Instead of going to the middle and top shelf they are going to the bottom shelf.”Although bars like Jack Sprat have been forced to offer more specials to attract customers, bar owners said the recession has not done a lot of damage to business. “No matter what kind of money is out there, people are still going to go out and drink,” said Jason Ray, co-owner of Jack Sprat.DrugsThe recession’s impact on the illegal drug trade is more difficult to calculate.“Hard core drug users are going to get it no matter what,” said Chapel Hill police Sgt. Jabe Hunter.What changes is the number of people willing to be police informants for money.The recession has brought more civilians into drug related investigations, Hunter said. Unemployed people, in an effort to make side money, are more willing to make undercover purchases for the Chapel Hill police so that officers can get search warrants, Hunter said. TobaccoEven with the tax hikes on tobacco products implemented by the Obama administration, tobacco sales have not declined.Taxes on a pack of cigarettes were raised from 39 cents to $1.01. “This is a pretty recession-proof business,” said Expressions owner John Long. Expressions sells tobacco paraphernalia, and its sales, which have increased every month since April 2008, are consistent with tobacco sales.“Tobacco is an addictive substance. People don’t quit smoking when times get tough,” Long said.JR Tobacco of America in Burlington, said the extreme price hikes have not deterred sales. The same number of cartons of cigarettes and cigars are being sold this year as compared to the past, a spokeswoman said.Cherry Pie, an adult novelty store that also sells tobacco accessories, has felt the impact of the recession, but not as badly as some other businesses, manager Erik Fanning said. “While I’m confident we have more customers than ever before, the average amount spent per transaction is certainly less than it was a couple of years ago,” Fanning said in an e-mail. “We have seen a big uptick in our less expensive products, while sales of our high-end merchandise have seen a drop-off.“Cheap is king these days.”Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.
In one weekend, three fraternities lost a total of about $13,960 in personal belongings in four separate incidents.The Chapel Hill Police Department is still investigating the break-ins.Between 1 a.m. Nov. 7 and noon Nov. 8, Sigma Nu, Delta Kappa Epsilon and Kappa Sigma fraternities were broken into and stolen from. Chapel Hill police Lt. Kevin Gunter said that occasionally they receive calls concerning fraternity break-ins, but it is not usually all at once.“Four in one night is definitely significant,” he said.Two of the victims said their doors were unlocked.Typically in cases like these, the police like to educate victims about locking their doors, Gunter said. Kappa Sigma sophomore Graham Pitt and his roommate, Jeff Swain, a junior, had two laptops, an Xbox, the movie “Superbad” and a backpack taken from their room. Pitt said their door was unlocked.Pitt said their computers were left charging in their room while they were downstairs and they returned to find them gone.“Our room was the closest to the fire escape. We think someone walked in real quick and went in the first room they saw,” Pitt said. “It was weird because we were both in the house when it happened.”A total of seven laptops were stolen from the three houses. “I had a paper on (my computer) and a lot of music,” Pitt said. Sigma Nu, which had the greatest value of items stolen, declined to comment. Missing belongings included three laptops, two backpacks and a polo T-shirt.In addition to the reported incidents, Sigma Alpha Epsilon junior Chris Tantum said his items were stolen that night, but he didn’t report them because it seemed pointless. He said he’s missing a 20-inch TV, an Xbox and a backpack. “I’ve just never heard of anyone getting their stuff back,” Tantum said. “But the thing that really concerns me is that it happened between 8 p.m. and 1 a.m. when we were all out at the cocktail,” he said. These break-ins occurred only a week after police reported UNC junior Taylor Inscoe was stabbed after refusing Halloween visitor Stephen James Howard entry into the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house. Police would not speak about the individual investigations.Interfraternity Council president Charlie Winn said while the council does implement a security plan for special events, it does not have an official overall plan.In an e-mail, Winn wrote: “The recent increase in break-ins along with the stabbing incident on Halloween may spark some discussion amongst the council and the chapter presidents about some sort of security plan for the future.”Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.
Developers and some residents said at a forum Thursday that University Square should be a campus entertainment center that would cater to suburbanites and casual diners.But others argued that this would drive out local business and clog already limited street access.This conflict in vision was one of several discussed at the first public forum about the University Square development. There were more attendees than there were seats.The 12-acre plot of land, which includes Granville Towers, was purchased by the UNC-Chapel Hill Foundation in June 2008.Developers were looking to the public for ideas and concerns.John Goff, senior vice president of Cousins Development Group, opened the meeting by highlighting six main categories of development: student residential, market residential, retail, office space, civic space and parking.“We want this to be permeable,” Goff said. “We don’t want to build a wall.”As residents and students filed into the forum, they were given a comment card to turn in after the meeting.Tenants of University Square said they fear they will lose their spaces when construction starts.“People come in almost every day saying, ‘I heard your building’s getting torn down,’” said Lori Burgwyn, owner of Franklin Street Yoga Center. “I feel like sometimes we are blindsided.”Gordon Merklein, the University’s executive director of real estate development, said open communication with current retail tenants will be important to the development process.“We want to sit down and work with each of you all,” Merklein said.David Manfredi, a principal architect with the group designing the lot, fielded the majority of the questions, many of which focused on which type of residents University Square should attract.Resident Adrian Halpern delivered a speech advocating a pedestrian-friendly environment that appealed to Chapel Hill residents.“People making decisions don’t even live here and walk the streets,” he said. “I challenge you to wear out a pair of sneakers.”Other suggestions included ideas to ease parking difficulties.John Stewart, a partner at Levine & Stewart located in University Square, proposed a parking garage that blends in with its surrounding environment.Fletcher Fairey, associate University counsel, proposed making the University more visible in the area through an idea he calls UNC Gateway. His proposal outlined an area behind storefronts that would have a visitor center, exhibition space and the UNC admissions office.“It could be the face of the University on Franklin Street,” Fairey said.Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.
The number of reported student alcohol poisonings has grown rapidly in the past few years, mirroring a national trend that has led local law enforcement to crack down on underage drinking.The trend prompted the University to lead educational campaigns and gather information last year from Orange County Emergency Services.But despite the new tactics, the number of alcohol poisonings has not decreased.Fifty-one cases of student alcohol poisoning were reported last school year, up from 28 in the 2007-08 school year and three the year before, according to data collected by the Office of the Dean of Students.EMS has already reported 23 cases to the office as of Oct. 1 this semester.The data is based solely on cases that required EMS assists, said Dean Blackburn, assistant dean of students. Victims of alcohol poisoning who live off campus do not always appear in the report.Chapel Hill police cited the increase in alcohol poisonings as reason for their increased enforcement of alcohol violations.A plan is maturingUniversity efforts to prevent alcohol abuse accelerated a year and a half ago when staff began to actively research national trends and ways to curb them.During their research, UNC staff noticed that universities most effective in controlling and enforcing alcohol safety followed an approach designed by the Higher Education Center called environmental management.Blackburn said the University began the program a year ago.The model aims to shift the culture of alcohol abuse on college campuses through five strategies, including increasing the enforcement of alcohol policies and providing alcohol-free social opportunities on campus.The Dean of Students office also created Late Night Carolina, a committee to fund student groups planning late night, alcohol-free activities, following the environmental management model.EMS shares informationAs the research began, the new Orange County Emergency Services director, Frank Montes de Oca, began communicating more closely with the University to deal with student alcohol abuse.“The relationship with the University has been much more open. We don’t feel like we have to bear the burden,” said Kim Woodward, EMS operations manager.In the report, the University is able to see where EMS responded to alcohol calls.Woodward said students hesitate to call and cooperate with EMS in fear of legal and parental punishment.EMS does not issue punishment to students, Woodward said.“When a student enters into medical care, it becomes confidential,” she said.University waits for resultsDespite University, EMS and police efforts to curb alcohol abuse, results are not expected for a few more years, Blackburn said.“As for any school, it takes about a generation of students to see a significant change in culture,” he said in an e-mail.UNC-Wilmington implemented environmental management in 2000. They didn’t see results for five years.But from 2005 to 2007, UNC-W experienced a 16.5 percent reduction in high-risk student drinking, said Rebecca Caldwell, director of substance abuse and violence prevention.Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.