UNC pro-life group is victim to vandalism
Leader has tires slashed, notes left
By: Danielle Kucera, Staff Writer
Issue date: 9/24/07 Section: University
CORRECTION: Due to an editing error, the headline of Monday's pg. 3 story "UNC pro-choice group is victim to vandalism" called Carolina Students for Life a pro-choice group. The group is anti-abortion.
Due to a reporting error in the same story, the note left on Carolina Students for Life President Ashley Tyndall's car when her tires were slashed Sept. 15 did not read, "Stay out of my uterus, asshole!" That note was left on a previous occasion. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the errors.
As president of Carolina Students for Life, Ashley Tyndall said vocal and flagrant opposition comes with the territory of leading the only group on campus that is exclusively pro-life.
Still, when Tyndall returned to her apartment the night of Sept. 15, after speaking at a pro-life conference in Tennessee, she said she was surprised to find the tires on her car slashed and pro-life magnets replaced with profane notes, one of which said "Stay out of my uterus, asshole!"
"It feels like acts of hatred, which you expect to some extent but not this level," she said. "The note on my car was typed, so I guess that level of premeditation was frightening."
As an officer of the organization for four years, Tyndall said she is accustomed to notes taped to her car, as well as receiving bitter e-mails from those opposed to the pro-life standpoint.
"It's really disappointing because it shows an undercurrent of intolerance toward the group, especially when you're supposed to be in this intellectual university community and you're facing that sort of immature opposition," she said.
Randy Young, spokesman for the Department of Public Safety, said that vandalism is a common occurrence on campus and that the majority of vandalism acts are hit-and-run.
"We rely on the campus community to partner with us in reporting things like this," he said. "Even if you aren't in danger yourself but you see something that doesn't sit well with you, the next student walking by may wish you would have reported it."
Due to a reporting error in the same story, the note left on Carolina Students for Life President Ashley Tyndall's car when her tires were slashed Sept. 15 did not read, "Stay out of my uterus, asshole!" That note was left on a previous occasion. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the errors.
As president of Carolina Students for Life, Ashley Tyndall said vocal and flagrant opposition comes with the territory of leading the only group on campus that is exclusively pro-life.
Still, when Tyndall returned to her apartment the night of Sept. 15, after speaking at a pro-life conference in Tennessee, she said she was surprised to find the tires on her car slashed and pro-life magnets replaced with profane notes, one of which said "Stay out of my uterus, asshole!"
"It feels like acts of hatred, which you expect to some extent but not this level," she said. "The note on my car was typed, so I guess that level of premeditation was frightening."
As an officer of the organization for four years, Tyndall said she is accustomed to notes taped to her car, as well as receiving bitter e-mails from those opposed to the pro-life standpoint.
"It's really disappointing because it shows an undercurrent of intolerance toward the group, especially when you're supposed to be in this intellectual university community and you're facing that sort of immature opposition," she said.
Randy Young, spokesman for the Department of Public Safety, said that vandalism is a common occurrence on campus and that the majority of vandalism acts are hit-and-run.
"We rely on the campus community to partner with us in reporting things like this," he said. "Even if you aren't in danger yourself but you see something that doesn't sit well with you, the next student walking by may wish you would have reported it."
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Katie Mock
posted 9/24/07 @ 8:06 AM EST
I just wanted to mention that the title is incorrect...CSFL is pro-life, not pro-choice.
Thanks for doing this article though! I'm glad this was brought to the University's attention. (Continued…)
Joey Stansbury
posted 9/24/07 @ 10:24 AM EST
This group is not pro-abortion, but pro-life.
Thanks for the coverage.
Kate Vlach
posted 9/24/07 @ 12:19 PM EST
1. The title of this piece contains a MAJOR error. The DTH, despite its revered status among college papers, has a history of unfortunate typos when it comes to reporting on the issue of reproductive rights. (Continued…)
azmanam
posted 9/24/07 @ 1:54 PM EST
How does something like the typo happen? Has someone been fired for this?
Kate - your descriptors presuppose abortion is a right, which many pro-life people believe is incorrect. (Continued…)
J
posted 9/24/07 @ 3:28 PM EST
Actually, the terms you would prefer to have the DTH use are the politically charged ones. Using "pro-life" and "pro-choice" puts both groups on equal standing. (Continued…)
Tilde
posted 9/24/07 @ 6:10 PM EST
I don't know why it still shocks me that such blatant typos- headline typos, at that- happen so frequently in the DTH. Seriously, does at least ONE person edit these articles??
DJ Jones
posted 3/15/08 @ 7:06 PM EST
Isn't it interesting these opened minded pro choice people are the the vandals on our great campus. When they get older and smarter, they will see the people in the extremist abortion at any cost movement are off centered people with dysfunctional upbringings. (Continued…)
Cameron
posted 3/16/08 @ 1:58 AM EST
Lay off the DTH. Errors happen. And it's not like the editorial side (aka, the opinion side) of the DTH hasn't been right-wing since I was in charge in '05-'06. (Continued…)
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