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Anti-Gun Control Column Was NRA Propaganda, Ignores Parents' Concerns\

TO THE EDITOR:The other day, I was in Breadmen's for breakfast and for reading I picked up an old tattered The Daily Tar Heel. There was a column by Russ Helms that disgusted me. It was titled "Gun Control Costs Innocent Lives" (April 11). It was straight out of the National Rifle Association playbook: 1/3 propaganda, 1/3 hyperbole and 1/3 pure redneck, gun-nut lies. I thought they taught students how to think for themselves at Carolina.

From Strife to Strides: N.C. Minorities Advance

A hundred years ago, a black man walking down Franklin Street holding hands with a white woman would have been a social taboo.A century ago, a person requiring medical attention would have been shocked to see a Hispanic doctor walk into the room.A hundred years ago, an American Indian wouldn't have received the opportunity to have a voice in county government.A hundred years ago, the sight of a nonwhite student at UNC-Chapel Hill might have sparked protests -- perhaps even violence.But a lot can change after 100 years.Interracial couples no longer automatically draw looks of sur

Multifaceted Ganes Looks to Capture 7th ACC Title

The media guide -- a surefire way to tell how good an athlete really is. Each page is an accomplishment, a record, a bragging right. It highlights victories and and turns students into "record holders."So, if the theory holds true, Joy Ganes, a star high jumper for North Carolina, is also good -- very good, in fact.The highlights of Ganes' collegiate jumping career appear on the right hand column of Page 15 in UNC's 2001 track and field media guide.

County OKs Land for Soccer, Leisure

The Orange County Board of Commissioners recently granted preliminary approval for a soccer field that would provide local youth with a closer place to practice their skills.The commissioners approved the use of a Hillsborough field for the Maple View Farm Soccer Field, assuming that development costs are given the go-ahead.Carrboro Board of Aldermen member and Chairwoman of the Committee for Soccer Fields Diana McDuffee presented the commissioners with a proposal to use land on Maple View Farm for a soccer park.The board will now have to decide whether to provide half of the $60,000

Starving Artists

Majoring in art requires creativity. Apparently, trying to get a job with a degree in art can require even more. "There are no rules in the art world," said Beth Grabowski, professor of art and assistant chairwoman in studio art at UNC. "There are as many ways to do it as there are people doing it."Being a professor like Grabowski is one difficult way to apply an art degree into an occupation. "Overworked and underpaid," she said about the way she felt last Thursday afternoon.

N.C. Sen. Rand Could Thwart Student BOG Vote

After breezing through the House by an 83-26 vote Monday, a bill that calls for a student vote on the Board of Governors might be bottled up in the Senate Rules Committee.President of the UNC Association of Student Governments Andrew Payne wanted the bill to move into the Senate Education Committee.But that window of opportunity might have closed on Tuesday when the bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Rules and Operations.A similar bill, proposed in the Senate by Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, D-Orange, was referred to the Rules Committee on Feb.

Students Mull Honor Court Ideas

A handful of students gathered in the lobby of Cobb Residence Hall on Wednesday night to chow down on pizza and chat about their concerns regarding the UNC Honor Court.Officials from the student attorney general's office heard the perspectives of about 10 students who voiced concerns and suggestions about the Honor Code and the Honor Court.The forum, organized by the Cobb and Joyner residence hall housing staffs, meant to serve as a follow-up to a February forum led by Chancellor James Moeser.Melinda Manning, a housing department official and the organizer of Wednesday's forum, said t

Town Agrees to Lift Cap, Work Out Plan Details

Chapel Hill officials informed University leaders at a meeting Wednesday that they are willing to help UNC meet its needs for the Master Plan by lifting its square footage cap.Originally, the University had asked that the town remove the cap of about 14 million square feet to make more room for UNC's Master Plan, a blueprint for long-term campus growth.The new cap will be set at 110 percent of what the University submitted as its capital needs for the next 10 years.

`Bridget Jones' Overcomes `Chick Flick' Cliches

Bridget Jones' Diary

Community Court Sentences Aim to Treat, Not Punish

Kenneth Wade Sigmon, 30, of Carrboro approached the bench from his seat in the third row of the courtroom.He waited for Judge Patricia DeVine to dispose the single charge against him -- a misdemeanor count of resisting a public officer.

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Due Process

The speed of case disposition in Orange County -- the time it takes to go to trial after arrest -- not only affects the lives of suspects and victims, but it often affects the quality of the trial as well.Orange County cases go to trial in a respectable amount of time, District Attorney Carl Fox said."We rank about seventh position out of 39 in the entire state in terms of case disposition," Fox said.Robert Farb, professor of law and government at the UNC Institute of Government, where court personnel are trained, said the lack of a speedy trial would be the most detrimen

Police Roundup 04/19/01

UniversityTuesday, April 17University police responded to a report of property damage to a vehicle at 9 a.m.The victim said he picked up the vehicle from the R-3 lot at 4 a.m. and drove it to several locations on campus before going to his office at the School of Law. He discovered the damage after returning to his vehicle at 9 a.m. There were no witnesses.Monday, April 16Sean Simone reported to police that Samuel Thomas Tyndall Parham had a 9 mm handgun in his unlocked vehicle.

Beastie Boys Meet Kerouac on Road Trip

Sure, everybody's made a few road trips, whether it's a drive home, a short trip to Wilmington or the latest attempt to catch Dave at his best.But after the last trip I took with some pals out West, it seems that the quintessential image of a rebel without a cause, barreling down the highway with lips embracing a cigarette, top down, blasting good old rock 'n' roll is gone.Now it's not that I know how to do a road trip better than anyone else, I just think I know.

From the `Lights Out' Convention

This week lawmakers met to discuss plans to fight one of America's fiercest killers: sunlight. Representatives from 32 states met at the 16th annual Lights Out Convention at Sun City's underground resort in Sunnyside, Calif. They discussed plans, among them a "sunlight tax," to reduce Americans' exposure to deadly rays, which over time may cause skin irritations and cancers. Skin cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the United States.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Responds to Editorial About His Practices

TO THE EDITOR:The Daily Tar Heel recently editorialized against my practice as a U.S. magistrate judge of not allowing defendants to "live together" while federal charges are pending ("Moral Court" April 10). You describe this practice as "abusing a 19th-century law to enforce morality" and call on the N.C. General Assembly to "toss such legal relics."If the author of this unsigned editorial saw what I see in court each week, I wonder if he or she would reach the same conclusion.

UNC May Seek Grant From Alcohol Institute

Several UNC officials met on Wednesday to continue pursuing a grant aimed at raising student awareness about the University's alcohol policy.If awarded the $8,000 grant from the Governor's Institute on Alcohol and Substance Abuse Inc., UNC will use the money to increase students' familiarity with the policy and to address specific alcohol abuse issues on campus.The meeting came two weeks after two students received citations due to a policy they say is confusing and unfair.Freshmen Jackie Fritz and Michael Dorfman received citations on April 2 for possession of alcohol, although they

UNC's Callaway Snags ACC Weekly Honor

Brent Callaway earns this week's ACC Men's Performer of the Week after the Tar Heel Invitational on Saturday that included a personal best and a NCAA provisional mark of 17-9. Callaway shares this week's honor with Byron Taylor of Florida State. Callaway, a junior from Odessa, Texas, is the current conference leader in the pole vault and holds the third best mark in UNC history.

Plans Help Families Avoid Student Debt

The increasing use of college loans, coinciding with the decline of grants in financial aid, has led several states, including North Carolina, to set up programs to help families avoid debts.College Board, a national nonprofit association, recently released "Trend in Student Aid 2000," a report giving information on national trends in student financial aid.The report states that loans make up almost 57 percent of financial aid, with grants taking up 37.4 percent, a much different situation than two decades ago.Concerned states have set up programs that combat debts from loan

Baseball Quiets Pirate Supporters

East Carolina's baseball fans were loud, but North Carolina's bats spoke louder in Tuesday night's 6-3 nonconference win.With the win against No. 19 ECU, the Tar Heels improved to 24-18 on the season. More than 100 ECU fans traveled to Chapel Hill and made an early statement in the contest with chants of "ECU" before the opening pitch. UNC coach Mike Fox said the crowd gave his players more incentive to win against their in-state rival. "We played well there last year with all of their people so it got us fired up," Fox said.