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®f?r Sailg (tar MM Area splits along statistical lines BY DAVID KIM STAFF WRITER The Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Metropolitan Statistical Area has been divided into a Durham MSA and a Raleigh-Cary MSA. On June 6, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget revised the MSA definition, used by gov ernment agencies to collect and analyze data for policy-making use. The metropolitan area concept was developed in the 1940s to enhance the value of the data pro duced by federal agencies through "a single set of geographic defini tions for the Nation's largest cen ters of population and activity," according to an OMB document. Over time, the OMB adjusts the MSA definition to reflect changes in areas’ populations and economies. The last three MSA BRIEFS Springsteen sells 15,000 tickets at Kenan Stadium Tickets to see the Boss at Kenan Stadium on Sept. 14 went on sale Saturday, and 15,000 tickets have been sold within four days. New Jersey rock legend Bruce Springsteen has visited Chapel Hill three previous times, the last in 1988, but each time he set up stage in the Smith Center. His upcoming show will mark the first rock con cert at Kenan Stadium since 1983. Many thousands of tickets still remain, from $55 to $75, with a 4TH OF JULY FROM PAGE 3 match, lasts until 3 p.m. The biggest Friday celebration going down isn’t really about the nation’s 227th birthday at all. The 24th annual Festival for the Eno lasts from Friday until Sunday on the banks of the Eno River, off Duke Street, a mile north oflnterstate 85. More than 100 of the state’s finest craftsmen set up shop, and activities include giant chess, a climbing wall and the ever-popular face painting. The festival, which lasts from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., also features live music on three stages, with the popular Jump Little Children appearing Friday. Donations bene fit the Eno River preservation. As always, an Independence Day bonanza lands at Raleigh's N.C. MASTER PLAN FROM PAGE 3 University's timing. "If there is such a crisis, to fail to present the information to test this second guesses the council and our abili ty to conduct business." By the end of the meeting, the council was split evenly on every vote that came to pass. Council member Edith Wiggins said the council was trying to exert the rm UOGURJ dlf) 'pump Downtown Chapel Hill 106 W. Franklin St. (Next to Hc s Not Here) • 942-PUMP f 50* OFF ANY YOGURT'iTEMH Expires July 10, 2003 Toppings extra. Excludes child cup. Please present coupon before ordering. One coupon per customer per visit. I'OTH Not valid with any other promotional offers. D i ,jJ Mon-Wed 11:30am-II:00pm • Thur-Sat 11 :30am-11 :30pm • Sun 12pm-ll:00pm IMa School of Nursing University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill This workshop is designed to help both new and experienced writers develop articles that excite and inspire readers. The program will begin with a discussion about writing as a process with all its pangs and pleasures. The program will continue with a look at several different types of articles and a description of the real work of writing - revision. Other topics for discussion will be the fine points of writing, grammar and style, a look at the process of getting into print, strategies for choosing a topic, getting started, finding the time to continue, editing, polishing and navigating the channels to publication. For more information contact, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing Continuing Education Program at 919-966-3638, nursing_ce@’unc.edu or visit our website at http://nursing.ce.unc.edu definition revisions took place in 1999,1993 and 1990. The new Raleigh-Cary MSA includes Franklin, Johnston and Wake counties. The Durham MSA includes Chatham, Durham, Orange and Person counties. All of these counties, with the exception of Person County, for merly belonged to the Raleigh- Durham-Chapel Hill MSA. Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill had a population of about 1.2 mil lion, according to 2000 census fig ures. 2002 figures estimate a pop ulation 0f445,000 for the Durham MSA and 859,000 for the Raleigh- Cary MSA. The data collected for the Durham MSA, such as median household income, will be more meaningful because it will be more localized, said Craig Benedict, sellout still possible before the con cert date arrives. R.E.M. pulls up Smith Center stakes for concert Due to what appears to be unex pectedly high ticket demand, R.E.M. has changed venues for its Oct. 10 area concert from the Smith Center to Raleighs Alltel Pavilion. Last week’s announcement included several other such venue changes for the legendary band’s upcoming tour. The Smith Center show would have been the money troubled arena’s first concert since 2000. State Fairgrounds. Gates open at 3, and corporate-sponsored activities include a Classic Mustang and Car Show, live music and a packed kids’ zone featuring an obstacle course but not. remarkably, face painting. Fireworks arrive at 9:15. Duke's Wallace Wade Stadium hosts Durham’s always-crowded event, with vendors and a kid zone (yes, face painting) at 7 and fire works at 9:15. Cary’s Bond Park also makes a day of it. All this should only serve to remind Triangle folk that America’s forefathers, in their infi nite wisdom, fought to give the American huddled masses the freedom to congregate, celebrate and face paint. Contact theAOE Editor at artsdesk@ unc.edu. authority that it did not have. “I, for the life of me, cannot understand how we can be the driv ing factor for a state institution," she said. "Our responsibility is to assure that what the University does is not detrimental to the town.” The council decided to delay any action on the development plan until the August 25 meeting. Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. News Orange County planning director. Virginia Knapp, Chapel Hill- Carrboro Chamber of Commerce director of external affairs, said studies of topics such as air and water quality should cover the entire Triangle region. Benedict said there was no indi cation during the U.S. 2000 census that anew definition would be issued. Benedict said he expects that area land-use ordinances could be modified upon the conclusion of an impact study that will be conduct ed soon. Benedict said he believes popu lation-based revenue-sharing pro grams seeking federal funds will be unaffected. Knapp and Benedict both said that in attracting new businesses, it is advantageous to have a larger POET LAUREATE FROM PAGE 3 She chose Herron's poem for its originality and depth. “It seemed a little more daring,” she said. Lovelady admired the poet’s love for Carrboro but also his refusal to idealize the town. Lovelady has high aspirations for Herron, though she said she wished she had gotten to focus more on the position during the year she held it. Jackie Helvey-Hayes, who main tains Carrboro.com, was active in this year’s selection process. She said extending the original deadline ACTION FROM PAGE 3 “They’re willing to sacrifice aca demic standards, candor and integrity and they’re willing to sac rifice rule of law.” “This is not a victory for diversi ty. ... Universities are able to con tinue to discriminate.” But Guttentag pointed out that there are close to 40 different areas to be accounted for when consid ering an applicant for admission to Duke. “Race accounts for only one out of 40.” Although the Supreme Court has granted universities a large level of self-determination, it becomes a constant challenge for any admissions department to fos ter a true diversity. “There’s no way to ensure diver sity,” Guttentag said. “We can work apartment this summer! 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Herron said he looks forward to reading his poem at Carrboro’s Independence Day festival but joked about performing between two dancing acts. “I love this town,” he said. “Maybe I’ll put on some dancing shoes.” Contact the City Editor at city desk @unc.edu. toward it but can’t guarantee it.” Any college graduate in today’s society will work in a culturally diverse environment, he said, and colleges should provide students with such an environment. Lucido said that diversity helps to increase the qualifications of prospective students and that col leges and universities have been allowed by the Supreme Court to use race as a consideration in adding to the educational environ ment. But five justices also supported the gradual phasing out of affir mative action on campuses during the next few decades. “They hope that 25 years from now, race will not be necessary to diversify (campuses),” Lucido said. Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. Family violence center raises SI7K N.C. foundation to match the funds BY KATHRYN GRIM CITY EDITOR The Family Violence Prevention Center raised about $17,000 this month to meet a fund-raising chal lenge offered by a North Carolina family foundation. The Stewards Fund, an N.C. foundation, promised to match the center’s earnings dollar-for-dollar if the FVPC could earn $15,000 by July 1 through donors who had not contributed since its opening two years ago. The center exceeded its fond-raising goal by about $2,000. Though several large donations were made, individual donations were the center’s largest source of funding. The center will continue its fund raising efforts, as its state Crime Commission-issued start-up grant will run dry at the end of the year. Tuesday marked both the cen ter’s two-year anniversary and the one-year anniversary of the Gates murders, the first domestic-related murders the center dealt with. The center had been working with the Gates family before Alan Douglas Gates fatally shot his daughter, Valerie Gates, 24; her friend, Cordae Lee, 21; and Lee’s 2- year-old son, Kendall Dianis. Gates was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. The murder recently touched the center in a concrete way when fam ily members of the victims planted a garden in front of the building. “These are three women who would not have normally been in the same space together, connect ed through this tragedy who, in their own ways, have found ways of dealing with it,” FVPC Executive Director Amy Holloway said. “They are the reminders of why we do this.” “It’s not always happy here,” Holloway said. “But every morning I see the progression of the garden, and it makes me smile. I don’t think any of us take it for granted." 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The center now also has five trained court advocates and several community educators. “The first year was really about getting the word out,” Holloway said. “This year we’ve been increas ing our services and collaborating with community groups.” “There’s not necessarily been more domestic violence,” she said. “People are just becoming aware of it and what their options are.” Kathryn Hubbell, who has vol unteered at the FVPC since last March, said the center also has increased its emotional support for volunteers. “Volunteering here, you have to keep one foot in the door and one foot out,” she said. “And a lot of times keeping that one foot out is hard.” One of the center’s goals for the coming year is to call a town meet ing to kick off Family Violence Awareness Month in October. The center hopes to stimulate dialogue and a community response to domestic violence by inviting county commissioners, city council members, police officers, human services representatives and health services representatives. “We want the community to define its stance on domestic vio lence and to think about what that means we ask of officials, how that translates itself into actual prac tice,” Holloway said. The center also has been invited to collaborate with the Orange County Rape Crisis Center to teach two health classes on safe dating in Orange County and Cedar Ridge high schools. Otherwise, the center’s goals include the continuation and expansion of current sendees and outreach to marginalized groups. To reach the center’s 24-hour hotline, call 929-7122. Contact the City Editor at city desk @ unc.edu. 5
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