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4 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2004 OTHER SCHOOLS FROM PAGE 3 dancing participants even get down on their way to the bathroom. While many schools have peri ods when dancers stop to listen to testimonials from families or to hear bands, Ballheim said, Northwestern’s dancers are encour aged to dance as much as possible. During the 30-hour marathon, the 500 dancers take short breaks every few hours, but there is little time when they are not dancing. Each year, the marathon, in its 30th year, chooses an organization to receive most of the money raised. This year more than 90 percent of the money will be given to h.a.v.e. dreams, an organization dedicated to improving the lives of autistic children. Haley Robertson, executive director of the University of Georgia’s dance marathon, said she has first-hand experience with the mission of marathons. Robertson was in the hospital as a child and later volunteered there. “I probably have a little bit of a biased view,” she said. Now in its tenth year, UGa.’s 2004 marathon is hoping to bring the total money raised since the marathon’s inception to $1 million. Robertson said it is good to see other colleges having dance —B — Women’s Basketball vs. Maryland 7pm at Carmichael Auditorium #VfellbutrtnSß- SPORTS SHORTS (bupropion HCI) = Students & Faculty Admitted FREE w/ID! Panhellenic Sorority 2004 Spring Recruitment Information Session Scholarship ~ Comrrt'hnity Service Campus Involvement ~ Sisterhood Wednesday, February 18 ~ 8-9 pm Granville East w :^.A Thursday, February 19 * 8-9 pm CraigeDorm * j* * ffi UNC SCHOOL OF NURSING University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Fundamentals of Clinical Research for Clinical Research Associate & Clinical Study Coordinators In Collaboration with Pharma Development Associates, LLC. 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Although many schools have strict rules that do not allow dancers to sit during the marathon, Alison Myers, executive director of the University of lowa’s dance marathon, said lowa has loosened its rules in past years. The university’s marathon has a surprise for first-year dancers who expect to stand for 24 hours —a mood room where they can take a couple of 20-minute breaks. Aside o from these breaks, dancers stand even while eating during the marathon, which was held Feb. 6 and 7 and raised more than $625,000 this year, Myers said. Bucy said that at UNC, the biggest sign of growth is not the money raised but the dancers involved. The first year, the core group that started the marathon didn’t know if they would break even, he said. “Everyone (in the core group) had said, “There’s no way we’re doing this again,’” Bucy said. But Dance Marathon at UNC continued, and Bucy has come back every year to dance. He will be at Fetzer Gym Friday for this year’s Dance Marathon, he said. “The thing that united (the first) group was the dream of something more.” Contact the Features Editor atfeatures@unc.edu. From Page Three PRIMARY FROM PAGE 3 trade policies and two newspaper endorsements for Edwards. Nor did the polls take into account llth-hour attacks on Kerry from President Bush’s re-election team. “We underwent a lot of Republican attacks the last week. Notwithstanding those attacks, we showed we can fight back,” Kerry told the AP. “We’re winning in every state across the country,” he said. “We’re going to win the nomination.” Kerry won 15 of the 17 elections to date seven by almost half the vote on the East and West coasts, in the Midwest, the Great Plains and the Southwest He remains the undisputed front-runner, flush with money and momentum. But the Edwards surprise ended any hope for a quick conclusion to the race and earlier-than-ever gen eral election planning. A poor sec ond-place showing would have crippled Edwards’ campaign. Dean, the former Vermont gov ernor, ignored pleas to give up the fight. “We are not done,” he told his supporters, even as his own advis- GENERAL FROM PAGE 3 process. “The Iraqi people are bet ter off without Saddam (Hussein).” Shelton said he does not believe Iraq had weapons of mass destruc tion, but he said that based on the intelligence available prior to the attack and Hussein’s numerous violations of U.N. resolutions, the Bush administration acted credi bly in classifying Iraq as an immi nent threat. Still, he said his main concern was the timeline for rebuilding the nation. “This requires the commitment of the entire country to rebuild a 1/2 Price Stuffed Mushrooms (Regularly $6.95 • Valid through 02/29/04) Open Daily 11:00am-10:30pm • 157 ’A E Franklin Street • 919-942-5158 CARPE CONDO! 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Dean was heading back to Vermont to regroup, in search of a way to convert his political net work into a movement that helps elect Democrats. Exit polls showed that half of the voters made their selection in the last week —most in the last few days —and Edwards led among late-breakers. Taking advantage of Wisconsin’s open pri mary rules, one in 10 voters were Republicans and about 30 percent were independents. Those voters broke for Edwards. The strong GOP turnout was boosted by city government elec tions in Milwaukee and a contro versial referendum on casino gam bling by an American Indian tribe. nation,” he said. Shelton cited the nine-year commitment of U.N. forces in Bosnia as an indication that the United States should not be fooled into thinking that rebuilding Iraq will be quick or easy. With the United States in recent years becoming increasingly involved in international affairs, Shelton acknowledged the govern ment could do a better job of craft ing its image for other countries. “When you’re the big guy on the block, a little humility goes a long way.” Contact the State Ed National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. ff'*■ WESLEY KING FROM PAGE 3 today those conditions have not been eliminated. “We’ve come a long way, but we haven’t come far enough,” she said. King cited the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which helped eliminate obstacles placed on voting, as proof that society still does not enforce the rights guaranteed by the Constitution. “What, in fact, is the purpose of the Constitution?” she asked. “If we are not going to adhere to it under the law, then it has no mus cle.” King said the Voting Rights Act CHUCK D FROM PAGE 3 that when the group learned that Chuck D was both available and affordable, it jumped at the oppor tunity. “We were looking to bring in a speaker who would be both able to speak for Black History Month and draw (students) to the new Union,” he said. Chuck D is known for his out spoken views and disregard for the politically correct. But Lamb said he isn’t worried about the possible repercussions of sponsoring a notoriously outspo ken speaker. In fact, he said that the rapper’s charged opinion will be a nifce addition to the campus’ intellectu al cliiqate. “I’m looking forward to it because bringing people like that to campus is a good thing,” Lamb said. “It incites discussion and makes people think for themselves.” One of the issues Chuck D takes a strong stance on is that of file sharing. He opposes the Recording Industry Association of America’s prosecution of those who partake UNO's E. Maynard Adams Professor of English WILLIAM L. ANDREWS wilt present anew collection of slave writinqs: r ♦ jp Carolina efr SLAVE NARRATIVES on Thursday, February 19th in the Bull's Head Bookshop Andrews will appear with David A. Davis, Tkmpathia Evans, lan Frederick Finseth, and Andrea N. Williams, his current and former students who served as his co-editors on the project. cad 962-5060 for more information t lathj (Hot Hppl has to be re-passed every 25 years because it still has not been added as an amendment to the Constitution. Yet, despite the murder of her sister, the discrimination she faced in school and the feeling that, even today, society still has work to do, King’s message was hopeful. She said she sees life as cyclical. “Life is up and down,” she said. “When I’m at my lowest point, I can be happy that it’s not going to stay that way. “With all things said and done, life is great.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. “Bringing people like (Chuck D) to campus ... incites discussion and makes people think!’ CHRIS LAMB, cuab president in the illegal activity an issue that is applicable to UNC students. “CUAB doesn’t want to come down on either side of that issue,” Lamb said. “But we’re eager to bring someone who has thoughtful opin ions on that subject to campus.” Though CUAB doesn’t have an abstract of the points Chuck D plans to speak about, the organiza tion expects that the speech will be insightful, possibly incendiary and an appropriate addition to their commemorative events during Black History Month. Whatever the subject matter discussed, you can anticipate that Chuck D will combat Public Enemy No. 1: ignorance. Contact theAEdE Editor at artsdesk@unc.edu.