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Fire uproots Greek students Mixed-

Clarification
Monday’s front page story
“Schools address student athletes’
low enrollment” states that supervi-

sion of student teachers in a modi-
fied schedule will cost $1,600 per
student. The School of Education
will seek support to cover the addi-
use loft
The alarm company automati-
Sprinklers cause cally placed a call to Orange County
with guys who don’t live here,”
Zitsos said.
“If all their belongings were lost, we
would work with the Red Cross.”
damage to house dispatch at 3:24 p.m. Lorant said he isn’t sure how much Lorant said about $500 worth

project
tional expense. Students will not The sprinkler system activated, damage was caused to the building, of food will be removed from the
have to pay the additional cost. dousing the room in water and but the house does have insurance house and stored elsewhere while
The Daily Tar Heel apologizes by victoria stilwell causing significant damage to the and an alumni house corporation the house is evacuated.
for any confusion. city editor room’s floor, which is directly above they will work with when assessing He said he can’t remember any-

Campus Briefs
Congress group meetings
to start off 93rd session
Student Congress committees
will meet tonight, representing the of Sigma Chi, said he was coming
93rd session’s first group delibera- home from a run when he saw the
tions.
The oversight committee will
meet at 6 p.m., the finance com-
mittee will meet at 7 p.m. and the sion cord likely sparked and caught
rules and judiciary committee will a mattress on fire in a second-floor
meet at 8 p.m.
Farmer author to speak at
food event on Wednesday
Joel Salatin, a local food advocate
and author of “The Sheer Ecstasy of
Being a Lunatic Farmer,” will speak
at an event Wednesday titled “Local
Food Talk and Taste.”
The event is sponsored by the
University’s Sustainability Office.
Salatin will speak about the dif-
ferences between his approach to
farming and that of today’s average
farm.
The event is free and will be held
at 5 p.m. in the Hanes Art Center
Auditorium. It is one of several
events leading up to Earth Day on
April 22.
Salatin’s family’s farm — Polyface
Inc. — is featured in the book
“Omnivore’s Dilemma” by Michael
Pollan and the documentary “Food
Inc.”
The presentation will be fol-
lowed by a book signing and food
tastings.
Arts Briefs
Carolina Performing Arts
announces 2011-12 season
Carolina Per forming Ar ts
revealed its new season of perfor-
mances this weekend.
Highlights of the season include
the return of campus favorites Alvin
Ailey American Dance Theater,
the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
with Wynton Marsalis and ban-
joist Béla Fleck, as well as new
performances from the Deutsche
Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire
et Romantique, among others.
The season will also feature a
variety of intimate alternative pro-
ductions as part of the Loading
Dock Season and five contempo-
rary dance ensembles.
About 20 men had to find a tem-
porary place to stay after an exten-
sion cord sparked a small fire in a
Sigma Chi fraternity house bed-
room Monday afternoon.
Junior Carter Lorant, president
fire trucks in Fraternity Court.
He said though the details are
still being investigated, an exten-
bedroom. No one was injured.
North Carolina senior Corey Donohoe set the school’s all-time points record on Saturday against Maryland. Donohoe owns several
offensive records and still has two regular season games and the ACC and NCAA tournaments left in this season.
the house’s dining hall.
Because of the safety hazard,
the Chapel Hill Fire Department
ordered the fraternity’s residents
to evacuate, Lorant said. He said
the evacuation could last “over or
under one week.”
Senior Zack Zitsos, a member of
Sigma Chi who doesn’t live in the
house, said he is taking in two of
his fraternity brothers, including
Lorant. Everyone else is staying
with friends, he said.
“They’ll have to double-bunk
and repairing the damage.
Dean Blackburn, assistant dean
of students, was on the scene to
assess the situation. Blackburn said
if any of the students need tempo-
rary housing, the University will be
ready to accommodate them.
One student’s laptop was lost in
the small fire, and Blackburn said the
dean of students office will work with
Information Technology Services to
secure a loaner computer.
“Luckily in this case there were no
significant losses,” Blackburn said.
thing like this incident ever hap-
pening before.
“I’m just glad nobody’s hurt,” he
said. “I’m glad everything’s OK.”
The Town of Chapel Hill enacted
an ordinance in 1996 requiring all
fraternity and sorority houses, as
well as new multi-dwelling units in
the town, to have sprinkler systems
after a Phi Gamma Delta fire that
year caused five student deaths.
Contact the City Editor
at city@dailytarheel.com.
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detailed
Development to
o≠er rental, retail
by Michelle Zayed
staff writer
A downtown development proj-
ect in its infant stages could take a
step forward at a meeting today.
The developer of Shortbread
Lofts will hold a public informa-
tion meeting to hear the opinions
of the Chapel Hill Town Council
and area residents on the feasi-
bility and impact of the develop-
ment.
Shortbread Lofts, a proposed
retail and residential develop-
ment on the 300 block of West
Rosemary Street, would bring 76
rental apartments as well as retail
space to the area. The project
would join a list of new mixed-use
ventures in the area that includes
Greenbridge, 140 West Franklin
and Rosemary Village.
“The council has been eager
to help the downtown by getting
people to live there,” said Mayor
Mark Kleinschmidt. “We think
that ultimately that has the benefit
of making the place safer.
“It makes that lively downtown
everybody is hungry for.”
If the project is approved, an
office building and the Rosemary
Apartments on Rosemary Street,
which are owned by the developer
Larry Short, would be demol-
ished.
Short said he has owned the
land for nearly 30 years, and he
hopes to see the project approved
in October or November and to
break ground in early 2012.
The six-story building would
include two- and four-bedroom
apartments ranging from 800
square feet to 1,700 square feet,
according to the building plan.
“We’re going to rent to anybody,”
Short said. “I hope to get students
as well as working people.”
The development would also
increase the available parking
from 151 parking spots to 171
spaces, including an underground
garage and designated parking for
retail across the street.
However, the project could face

TAKing DOWN RECORDS

Season tickets will be available significant opposition.
June 6, with single tickets for all The development would be
performances for sale starting July located next to the historically
5. See www.carolinaperformin- black and low-income Northside
garts.org for more information. neighborhood, which recently
Corey Donohoe breaks multiple lacrosse marks high assists tied the team high. The strong
junior year campaign resulted in Donohoe voiced opposition to further devel-
City Briefs receiving first-team All-America recogni- opment in the area at a March 28
by Brooke Pryor with 223 points. tion by IWLCA and womenslax.com. She town council meeting.
CHCCS students named as The Greenbridge development
staff writer Donohoe didn’t stop at breaking the was also named to the All-ACC team for the
Teaching Fellows for 2011 From the beginning of her career at UNC, record — she went on to score six more second time. in Northside also faces the threat
it was evident that senior attacker Corey points for a total of three goals and four Though the final awards have not been of foreclosure.
Four students from Chapel Hill- But Short said his development
Donohoe was going to make her mark on the assists. handed out this season, as of early March,
Carrboro City Schools received would improve the community.
North Carolina women’s lacrosse program. “It’s such an amazing accomplishment Donohoe was on the Tewaaraton Award
2011 North Carolina Teaching “We would take pressure off
Her winning tenure as a member on the and I’m very honored and proud,” Donohoe watch list along with teammates Mia Hurrin
Fellows scholarships. the adjacent neighborhoods,
team has nearly concluded, but Donohoe is said. “But as coach (Jenny Levy) always and Laura Zimmerman. The list is com-
The Teaching Fellows program, Northside especially, so the town
not slipping silently into the background. says, any accomplishment like this is always prised of the top collegiate lacrosse players
started in 1986 by the General can turn to rentals,” Short said.
Instead, she has continued her strong part of an entire team effort. I can’t take full and will eventually be whittled down to the
Assembly, provides students with a The project would have to be
performance from her junior year and credit for it all. They push me every day to top male and female finalists in May.
$26,000 loan. The loan is forgiven reviewed by staff before approval,
added her name in the record books under get better.” Donohoe makes a strong case for a
if the Fellow teaches for four years but Town Planner Mike Klein said
two important categories — all-time goals Nearly a week before shattering Tewaaraton Award as she owns a .562 shoot-
in a North Carolina public school he did not see any major obstacles
leader and as of Saturday, the all-time points Thompson’s points record, Donohoe ing percentage off 36 goals from 64 shots.
or U.S. Government school. like those Greenbridge faces.
leader. replaced her all-time goals scored record This season alone the senior has started all
Fellows also get to take part in “I don’t think there is as much
“I don’t think her record breaking was against Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. 13 games and has 48 points.
academic and summer enrich- of a problem with rentals as there
necessarily her goal,” senior tri-captain Much like her record-breaking goal against Donohoe may hold several impressive
ment programs while they are in is with condo sales,” Klein said.
Taylor Chumney said. “But to be the best she Maryland, Donohoe entered the game tied records, but there’s more to be done, she
college. Andrew Sowler, a resident of
could be for the team and with that came a for Thompson’s record and proceeded to said.
There are currently 3,925 Rosemary Apartments, said he has
lot of goals and assists, so I think her com- break it almost immediately. “Anybody’s number one goal is to always
Teaching Fellows teaching in 99 of heard his building would be torn
petitive fire is what got her to finally break The Jarrettsville, Md., native did not wait win a national championship,” Donohoe
the state’s 100 counties. down for several years but nothing
that.” until this season to begin breaking records. said. “And it’s all about the team goal. Really
The CHCCS students who has happened. So far, he has not
With less than six minutes off the clock Last year, she grabbed the record for num- to accomplish that would be amazing.”
received the award are Kira received any official notice, he said.
in College Park, MD., Donohoe scored an ber of points scored in a season with 77 on
Virginia Frescoln and Adam
unassisted goal to break her tie with Kellie 54 goals and 23 assists. Contact the Sports Editor
Douglas Glasser of Carrboro Contact the City Editor
Thompson for the all-time points leader The 54 goals led UNC while her 23 career- at sports@dailytarheel.com.
High, Madelieine Joelle Abrams at city@dailytarheel.com.
of Chapel Hill High and Jonathan
James Howes of East Chapel Hill

April declared Sexual Assault Awareness Month

High.

Orange County to hold an

Earth Day event Saturday
Several agencies and organiza-
by Lindsay Pope
staff writer
“We want to make sure kids feel safe to not be tolerated.”
Though Orange County has BY THE NUMBERS
tions in Orange County will hold Some face the trauma with tell if someone hurts them …” fewer registered sex offenders per

a celebration of Earth Day from
9 a.m. to noon Saturday at River
Park in Hillsborough.
The event will include informa-
tion sessions presented by Orange
County staff about rain gardens,
rain barrels, Stillhouse Creek resto-
ration, land conservation, ground-
water resources, plans for new and
tears. Others go numb and shut
down completely.
For Rachel Kinney, helping vic-
tims of sexual assault deal with
emotions like these is an everyday
reality.
Serving as crisis response coor-
dinator for the Orange County
Rape Crisis Center, Kinney, along
Shamecca Bryant, executive director, orange county rape crisis center
crisis center to declare April 2011 as
Sexual Assault Awareness month.
Sabrina Garcia, sexual assault
and domestic violence specialist
for the Chapel Hill police, said
many victims delay getting help or
about sexual assault prevention in
an age-appropriate manner.
Shamecca Bryant, the cen-
ter’s executive director, said the
outreach programs first work to
inform young children about what
381:1
capita than many larger North
Carolina counties, Garcia said the
area has been lucky.
“Rapists have told me that all
they need is two things: accessibil- Ratio of sex offenders to
ity and vulnerability,” she said.
residents in Fayetteville
In 2010, the Chapel Hill Police
Department received 104 reports
of sexual violence — which can

future county parks and more.
The Eno River Farmers Market
will be operating its Saturday
morning marke t during the
event.
Visitors to the event can buy
rain barrels from the Boy Scouts.
Other participating organizations
with her coworkers, helped nearly
380 survivors of sexual assault and
their loved ones in 2010. She said
she expects that number to increase
by at least 10 percent before the
end of the fiscal year.
“We live in a culture that still
wants to find a reason why rape
taking legal action because they’re
afraid of retaliation or shame.
“It’s a very difficult crime to
prove,” Garcia said. “Only about 3
percent nationally get prosecuted,
and that’s really disconcerting
when you’re a victim.”
The crisis center, which opened in
parts of their body are private.
“We want to make sure kids feel
safe to tell if someone hurts them
or asks them to keep a secret that
hurts their body,” Bryant said.
It is also important to be present
as students get older and enter col-
lege, Kinney said.
1,142:1
range from rape to “peeping toms”
to obscene phone calls.
According to the North Carolina
Department of Justice’s website,
there are 82 registered sex offend- Ratio of sex offenders to
ers living in Orange County, 24 of residents in Charlotte
which live in Chapel Hill.
“Every city and town has sex

include the Eno River Association,
the Orange County Beekeepers
Association, and the Friends of the
North Carolina Mountains-to-Sea
Trail.
-From staff and wire reports
happens,” Kinney said. “It’s easy
to say there must have been some-
thing the victim did that asked for
the behavior or let it happen.”
With these difficulties in mind,
the Orange County Board of
Commissioners partnered with the
1974, provides counseling to victims
and also focuses on sexual assault
prevention through education.
Beginning in pre-kindergarten,
students in the Orange County
Schools and Chapel Hill-Carrboro
City Schools districts are educated
“It needs to be common knowl-
edge starting in pre-kindergarten
and going all the way through
school to college campuses, in
Greek communities, in clubs,” she
said. “They need to know that an
atmosphere of sexual violence will
1,880:1
offenders,” she said. “That’s just
how it is.”
The rape crisis center can be
reached at (919) 967-7273.
Ratio of sex offenders to
Contact the City Editor
residents in Chapel Hill
at city@dailytarheel.com.