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As N.C. Voters Head to the Polls Today, Candidates Make
Last-Minute Campaign Efforts to Gather Support Across the State
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Richard Vinroot arrives to an enthusiastic welcome
at the GOP headquarters in Raleigh on Monday.
Poll: Students
Support Bond ;
Democrats
Dubbing education their highest priority,
the students polled supported the bond
even though many knew little about it.
By Tyler Maland
Staff Writer
Democrats appear to have the UNC campus vote,
according to a recent student survey conducted by The
Daily Tar Heel.
The DTH conducted a written survey of 270 students in
late October which shows that Democratic presidential can
didate A1 Gore has the majority of the student vote.
The survey, distributed mainly in the Pit, included ques
tions about candidates for president, N.C. governor, lieu
tenant governor and the 4th Congressional District and
questions about the state lottery and the $3.1 billion high
er education bond.
Out of 270 completed surveys, 150 students responded
in favor of Gore. Republican presidential candidate George
W. Bush tallied 75 votes. The remaining 45 votes were divid
ed between other candidates, undecided or a lack of interest
See POLLS, Page 4
Memorial Service Held for Sole Victim of Fire
Officials are trying to rule
out arson as a cause of the
blaze that took the life of
Roger Vanden Dorpel.
By Leigh Josey
Staff Writer
A small group of family and friends
gathered Monday to remember Roger
Vanden Dorpel, who died in a fire
Halloween night at Brookstone
Apartments.
The memorial was held at United
Church of Chapel Hill UCC for Dorpel,
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-51, who worked at UNC Hospitals as an
X-ray technician. Alyson Jackson-
Snavely, emergency services director for
the Orange County American Red
Cross, characterized the service as a pri
vate affair.
“Quite a few people were there, but
he was not the sort of person who would
have wanted a big deal anyway,” she
said.
Officials still have not released the
cause of the blaze that took Dorpel’s life,
but investigative teams continue work
ing to find the origin.
“They have concluded the site work
but are still trying to compile all the
Serving the students and the University community since 1893
information,” said Chapel Hill Deputy
Fire Chief Robert Bosworth. “They have
nothing to pinpoint the cause or point of
origin.”
With a fire causing intense building
damage, investigators first must prove
what didn’t happen, he said.
That is, they have to disprove arson,
Bosworth said.
In the meantime, efforts are being
made to accommodate all of the victims
left homeless as a result of the blaze.
The American Red Cross has pro
vided emergency relief and resources
like shelter and clothing to those affect
ed. By cooperating with apartment com
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■ Bush, Gore Show TV Personalities
■ Candidates' Popularity Determines Ads
Easley ; Vinroot End
Race With Rallies
By Cheri Melfi
and Jennifer Hagin
Staff Writers
RALEIGH-DURHAM - Everyone
from N.C. political candidates to high
er education bond referendum support
ers spent Monday prepping for today's
election by using their remaining hours
in a last-ditch effort to win.
N.C. gubernatorial candidates spent
the last day before the election present
ing their platforms to potential voters
one last time.
Republican gubernatorial candidate
Richard Vinroot started his whirlwind
tour of the state in Asheville before vis
iting Greensboro, Raleigh, Greenville
and Wilmington. The tour ended in
Charlotte, home to Vinroot’s campaign
headquarters.
Democratic candidate Mike Easley
plex officials, nearly all of the victims
have been housed.
“We’ve had fairly extensive contact
with the clients, and the apartment com
plex has been extremely helpful, really
accommodating,” Jackson-Snavely said.
Since the building where the fire
occurred has been condemned, victims
have sought alternative housing.
Many of the victims looked to
Brookstone for anew apartment, and
the complex has assisted some in finding
housing in other apartment communi
ties, leaving only two former residents
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attended a noon
time rally in
Raleigh with sev
eral other
Democratic can
didates from
across the state
before making a
number of televi
sion appearances
in the afternoon.
Vinroot visited
N.C. GOP head
quarters during
his stop in
Raleigh, where
he promoted the
Student Coordinator
Reyna Walters
said the fate of the
$3.1 billion higher
education bona rests
with the voters.
Republican party as a whole and voiced
his support for Republican presidential
candidate George W. Bush.
See ELECTION, Page 4
Voting Info
(5) Country Club
Fetzer Gym
(11) Greenwood
UNC General Administration
(14) Mason Farm
Chapel Hill Bible Church
(13) Lincoln (Granville)
Lincoln Center Administration
(19) Westwood
Frank Porter Graham
Elementary School
(7) East Franklin
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
■ Polls open at 6:30 a.m. and
close at 7:30 p.m.
■ Shuttles will be available
from9a.m.tosp.m.eveiy
40 minutes beginning at
8 a.m.
■ A Point-to-Point shuttle will
pick up passengers who pre
sent a UNC ONE Card behind
the Davis Library at the ATM
site and drive a route to local
polling places.
DTH'BRENTCURK
Officials are still investigating the Halloween night fire that killed
Roger Vanden Dorpel, 51, at Brookstone Apartments.
Tuesday, November 7, 2000
Bush; Gore
Push for
Last Votes
The presidential candidates
visited swing states like
Florida, Wisconsin and lowa
before heading home.
The Assodated Press
WASHINGTON - George W. Bush
and A1 Gore campaigned into the final
hours in their run for the White House
on Monday, seeking last-minute
momentum in a cosdy and exhausting
race to become the nation’s 43rd presi
dent.
The Texas gov
ernor said he trust
ed that Americans
had “heard our
message” - com
passionate conser
vatism and a less
intrusive govern
ment The vice
president urged a
Democratic vote
to maintain the
nation’s economic
prosperity.
Gore anticipat
ed a long count on
Election Night
Republican candidate
George W. Bush
told Florida residents
on Monday that he
was confident he
would clinch victory.
and joked that his first meal as presi
dent-elect would probably be breakfast
“But I’m going to make it a Happy Meal
from McDonald’s,” he told an lowa
audience.
In Florida, Bush was confident he
would return the Republican party to
the presidency lost by his father in 1992.
“We’ve laid the groundwork for victo
ry," he said, “now it’s up (to us) to get
people to the
polls.”
Candidates for
the 107th Congress
went through their
final paces, with
Republicans and
Democrats focus
ing their energy
and money on four
or five dozen high
ly contested races
likely to determine
control of the
House and the
Senate.
The polls gave
Bush a small edge
n
Democratic
candidate
A! Gore
expressed no concern
over third-party
competition.
in the popular vote, a position he gained
after overtaking Gore in public opinion
surveys during October. But the deci
sive Electoral College seemed less pre
dictable. It takes 270 electoral votes, a
majority, to win the WTute House. Key
swing states included Florida (25 elec
toral votes), Pennsylvania (23) and
Michigan (18), and an aggressive Bush
campaign also looked to win Gore
strongholds such as California (54) and
Tennessee (11).
Some aides worried that Green Party
candidate Ralph Nader would damage
See PRESIDENT, Page 4