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Serving UNC students and the University community since 1893 Volume 123, Issue 135 dailytarheel.com Monday, January 25, 2016 There’s no business like snow business THE WEEKEND SNOW STORM HAS WREAKED HAVOC ON CHAPEL HILL ROADS. HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. BACK AT NOON CLASSES BEFORE NOON ARE CANCELLED, BUT CLASSES STARTING AT OR AFTER 12:20 P.M. WILL BE HELD. TRANSIT ROUTES MOST CHAPEL HILL TRANSIT ROUTES RESUME AT 9 A.M. TODAY. THE FULL LIST CAN BE FOUND ON PAGE 2. SCHOOLS CLOSED CHAPEL HILL- CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS AND ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE DTH/ALEX KORMANN he University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill canceled classes on Friday and delayed classes on Monday due to inclement weather. CLOSED TODAY DUE Snow and ice covered Chapel Hill and the greater Triangle area. Despite road and business closings, students still found ways to TO BAD ROADS. Tenjoy themselves during the snowpocalpyse. See inside for a photo story on the Chapel Hill weekend snow experience. Duke investigated for Professionals leave Chapel Hill Fewer young professionals mishandled assault cases stay in or move to Chapel basis of sex in any federally funded Hill after graduation. The investigation is in education program or activity. response to a complaint Ilana Weisman, vice president for By Nicole Gonzalez equity and outreach in Duke’s stu- Staff Writer made public this month. dent government, said officials from the Office for Civil Rights will be There are fewer young profession- By Sierra Dunne working closely with Duke admin- als between the ages of 20 and 34 in Chapel Hill compared to in Durham Staff Writer istrators, like the Office of Student Affairs and Office for Institutional and Raleigh, likely because of two Duke University is joining Equity, during the investigation. major factors — affordable housing more than a hundred universities “Because it’s a federal investiga- and limited job opportunities. nationwide to be investigated for tion, it’s not directly a student issue,” According to the last U.S. Census, mishandling sexual assault cases Weisman said. “I really don’t think only 7.5 percent of Chapel Hill’s on campus, according to a Title IX student government will be con- population is comprised of non-stu- COURTESY OF NICHOLAS C. JOHNSON complaint made public this month. sulted at all.” dent residents between 25 and 34 Kelly Kleinbrahm, a Chapel Hill Young Professionals member, attends a The complainant was filed by Duke’s Student Body President years old, compared to Durham and networking event at the Residence Inn in March 2015. a current student at the univer- Keizra Mecklai said students have Raleigh’s 15.56 percent and 15.31 sity, and the investigation was shared articles on social media, but percent, respectively. “When the town rezoned the economic opportunities required to initiated in November by the U.S. have otherwise stayed relatively quiet. UNC graduate student Travis Ephesus Church Road/Fordham retain and attract young profession- Department of Education’s Office “There has not been a student Crayton said though the town has Boulevard district in 2014, it did so als,” Crayton said. for Civil Rights. response of any kind that I’ve seen,” made some efforts to retain young with the thoughtful goal of creating Crayton said the Chapel Hill “The university will cooperate she said. professionals, the measures are not a district that can be redeveloped fully with the investigation, which Wiesman said while she thinks enough to diversify its population age. to provide some of the housing and SEE PROFESSIONALS, PAGE 6 will review the handling of sexual everyone is interested in following misconduct and harassment com- the story, she hasn’t seen any day- plaints involving students, faculty to-day changes or loss in confidence and staff,” said Howard Kallem, from the student body. Minorities face mental health issues director of Title IX Compliance “We have a really great sexual at Duke’s Office for Institutional misconduct policy as it stands,” she Less than half of African “If you’re already dealing with Equity, in an email. said. A study shows minorities American students rated their first those kinds of stressors, racial In 2012, an investigation of It could take anywhere from two are disproportionately semester experience as good or stressors in particular, then you UNC’s sexual assault policies was to four years for this investigation to excellent, compared with 62 percent don’t want to layer on top of that initiated by the Office for Civil be completed. affected. of white students. And 41 percent of this idea of being ‘crazy,’” she said. Rights after three students stated “While we are not able to com- African American students reported Enrique Neblett, an associate the university facilitated a hostile ment on specific cases, Duke is By Samantha Paisley thoughts of transferring, compared professor of psychology at UNC environment for victims reporting firmly committed to sustaining a Staff Writer with 23 percent of white students. who studies racism-related health sexual assault. This prompted a new safe, inclusive environment for all Alfiee Breland-Noble, an associate in minority youth, said a lack of policy on sexual assault that went students and works diligently across Minority students are less likely professor of psychiatry at Georgetown diversity in health centers also con- into effect in August 2014. the campus to ensure compliance to feel emotionally and academi- University who is on staff with the tributes to minority students’ reluc- Title IX, originally passed as part with the letter and spirit of Title IX,” cally prepared during their first Steve Fund, one of the organizations tance in seeking care. of the Education Amendment of Kallem said. semester at college — and less likely that conducted the study, said already “Sometimes people feel like the 1972, serves as a comprehensive law to seek help, according to a study existing unrelated stigmas could dis- that prohibits discrimination on the [email protected] released this month. suade someone from seeking care. SEE MENTAL HEALTH, PAGE 6 WEDNESDAY Great Hall • 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. FEB. 3rd #supersuiteorbust to win top lottery pick! Wait, close your eyes and breathe. I smell snow. LORELAI GILMORE 2 Monday, January 25, 2016 News The Daily Tar Heel The Daily Tar Heel POLICE LOG www.dailytarheel.com The best of online • Someone committed Established1893 damage to real property at 122yearsofeditorialfreedom the 100 block of Dixie Lane at MORE TO SEE ONLINE: 1:27 a.m. Sunday, according PAIGE LADISIC to Chapel Hill police reports. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF [email protected] MEDIUM PIT TALK Staff writer Alexis Staff writer Jordan • Someone committed an MARY TYLER MARCH alcohol violation at Craige MANAGING EDITOR Hinnant explains why Mareno examines alterna- [email protected] Alessia Cara’s new album is tive methods of sledding for Residence Hall at 1:25 a.m. Saturday, according to KELSEY WEEKMAN worth a listen. those of us who don’t have Department of Public Safety ONLINE MANAGING EDITOR You might not be sleds. [email protected] Playlist: Songs to help you survive group projects reports. familiar with “the girl that As we look out of our BRADLEY SAACKS By Bronwyn Bishop group presentation. Want to sings ‘Here,’” but she has windows and forlornly • Someone committed ENTERPRISE DIRECTOR Staff Writer know how to make it through a name, and it’s Alessia watch as the first “snowpo- [email protected] a group project without hit- larceny by breaking into a It seems like every person Cara. calypse” of the season melts vehicle at Grimes Residence SAMANTHA SABIN I talk to at UNC hates group ting someone upside the head DIRECTOR OF INVESTIGATIONS with your biology textbook? Her new album Know-It- away, we now patiently Hall at 10 p.m. Thursday, [email protected] projects with his or her entire Here’s the playlist for you. All is an exceptional display await for the second com- according to Department of type-A soul. I’d be willing to ing (which is ironic in itself). Public Safety reports. DANNY NETT say that the vast majority of 1. “Bad Girls” by M.I.A. of everything we need to COMMUNITY MANAGER — when you and the other know about who she is as In this time of waiting, [email protected] the people at UNC were one type-A girls in your group an artist. you may find it useful to • Someone committed an of those people in high school. alcohol violation at Hardin JANE WESTER You know, the ones who decide to take this project by scavenge around campus UNIVERSITY EDITOR the horns. in search of flat, slippery, Residence Hall at 3:25 [email protected] ended up doing the entire a.m. Friday, according to project on their own. 2. “Gypsy” by Shakira — CANVAS water-resistant materials. KERRY LENGYEL Department of Public Safety Group projects in college when you identify that one Staff writer Sarah Kaylan There are a few items you CITY EDITOR person in your group who reports. [email protected] are about 10 times worse Butler investigated the should keep an eye out for when everyone feels like isn’t going to contribute qualities that everyone HAYLEY FOWLER because they’re a free spirit. if you do not have the time • Someone committed van- STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR they should run the show. looks for that make the per- or money to obtain a real dalism at Granville Towers [email protected] Of course, there are still the READ THE REST: fect coffee shop, including sled. East at 2:40 a.m.