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THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2007
Exemption bill hits barrier
Students met with state opposition
BY ERIC JOHNSON
SENIOR WRITER
Student advocates have hit
a roadblock in their efforts to
exempt textbooks from state sales
tax but remain hopeful about the
prospect for future proposals.
The UNC-system Association
of Student Governments began
lobbying this year for a bill that
would have moved the state’s tax
free weekend to coincide with the
start of the fall semester.
The hope was that students
could trim the cost of their fall
textbooks by at least a few dollars,
and Rep. Jennifer Weiss, D-Wake,
agreed to sponsor the measure.
“I thought it was going to be a
sweet little bill we could do that
would make everyone happy,”
Weiss said. “But the Retail
Merchants Association has been
strongly opposed to it.”
The lobbying group argued that
moving the tax holiday would cause
havoc for North Carolina retailers
and advertisers. The current dates,
Aug. 3-5, coincide with tax holidays
in Virginia and South Carolina, and
any change would be problematic
for border communities and for
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“They’ve got good reasons,” said
Andy Willis, UNC-system vice
president for government rela
tions. “Moving the holiday is not
as easy as it sounds.”
Weiss has gotten a better recep
tion for a measure to increase the
maximum tax exemption for text
books. The current cap of SIOO
for any single item failed to cover
many of the more expensive texts
and coursepaeks, so Weiss expects
to increase that amount to S3OO.
As long as students can get their
shopping done early, they should
be able to use the existing tax-free
weekend to cover even the priciest
books.
“I’ve definitely had books
that were more than $100,” said
Stephen Moore, ASG vice presi
dent for government relations.
“We think this ought to help stu
dents who have the larger, more
expensive books.”
The ultimate prize, however,
would be a year-round tax exemp
tion for all textbooks.
Senator Harry Brown ,R-
Onslow, introduced just such a
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measure in March, but it died in
committee.
That doesn’t mean it’s gone for
good.
UNC-system officials indicated
they might add tax-free textbooks
to their list of priorities for next
year’s legislative session, which
would give a strong political boost
to the student representatives
already lobbying lawmakers.
“We’ll debate that over the next
sue or seven months and hopefully
bring it back to the legislature,”
Willis said. “I’d really like to see text
books tax-exempt all the time.”
The main hurdle to permanent
ly removing sales taxes on college
texts is the projected loss of rev
enue. No formal calculations have
been done, but most state and
university officials think the total
would fall somewhere between $5
million and $lO million dollars.
Even Weiss said the issue would
have to be closely scrutinized
before she could sign on.
“Anytime we do a tax exemp
tion, that is money we can’t spend
on something else,” she said. “It’s
kind of a zero-sum game at the
end of the day.”
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BASEBALL
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“I’m not sure I’ve been in too
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Fox said.
Actually, this was a first for Fox
and the Tar Heels. In the history of
the Fox era that began in 1999, no
North Carolina team had ever won
a game with three or fewer hits.
TWo of those hits came in the sec
ond inning with UNC down 1-0 after
Louisville second baseman Logan
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North Carolina designated hitter
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advance right fielder Tim Fedroff to
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Tar Heels was an error.
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runners on third and first, second
baseman Garrett Gore chopped a
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by Gore’s speed, Cardinal third base
man Chris Dominguez rushed his
throw, which skipped past the first
baseman and allowed both run
ners to score, giving UNC a 3-1 lead
its first early lead of two runs of
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The 3-1 lead stood for the
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eighth innings. But North Carolina
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“I take a lot of pride in inherit
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STUDENT LOAN
FROM PAGE 1
of recent revelations of improper
relationships between a number of
prominent universities and lenders.
Though no N.C. schools have
been involved, the national fallout
likely has helped shift Congressional
debate toward grants.
“The politics now are such that
you’ve got lenders at some institu
tions that have really cast a bad
light on the industry,” said Kimrey
Rhinehardt, UNC-system vice
president for federal relations.
The effort to reconcile the Senate
and House proposals is likely to
take several weeks, during which
lenders and universities will be
watching closely.
“Whatever happens, we’re doing
the absolute best we can not to
charge students more,” Brooks said.
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Carignan then pitched a score
less ninth, striking out right fielder
Pete Rodriguez to end the game
—a fitting end to an unusual win
for UNC this postseason.
“This game is crazy,” Fox said.
“You can go from scoring a lot of
runs to none. It is all controlled
by the guy on the mound. Good
pitching beats good hitting any
day of the week. Today was a good
example of that.”
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FRIDAY
FROM PAGE 1
1960s through marches, sit-ins and
strikes as legislators wrestled with
how to prevent ideas they didn’t
agree with from being spread on
the state’s campuses.
“Originally, there was virtually
no debate about the bill,” Friday
said of the speaker ban, official
ly known as an Act to Regulate
Visiting Speakers. “I don’t think
we realized the possible impact it
could have. Our legislature didn’t
take into account what this country
really stands for,” he said.
“It was a convenient vehicle
because everyone was against
Communism,” Friday told the
crowded room.
He recalled the turning point, the
notorious appearance of two contro
versial members of the Communist
Party, Herbert Aptheker and Frank
Wilkinson. Under the speaker ban,
they weren’t allowed on campus so
arrangements were made for them
to speak from behind the stone wall
separating Franklin Street and the
town of Chapel Hill from the cam
pus. The law proved to be useless
in preventing speakers from deliv
ering their messages to students
gathered on the campus side of the
wall.
“Fear was the controlling force,
and we couldn’t dent the wall of
fear,” Friday said. “It’s an event like
this that makes you realize how
precious freedom really is.”
After retiring in 1986, Friday
became the head of the William
R. Kenan Jr. Fund and the Kenan
Charitable Trust, campaigning
to improve literacy rates. More
than 20 years after his retirement,
Friday continues to emphasize
freedom of speech and the power
journalists possess.
“Outside of the press, we didn’t
have a voice. Remember that stu
dents play a powerful role.”
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POSTCARDS
FROM PAGE 1
He said it is rare for a collector to
try to collect in a category as broad
as a state, but he became interested
in different types of cards and his
collection kept expanding.
“That’s a lot to collect, for the
whole state,” he said.
Barbour, who started collecting
postcards in 1982, said he searched
for materials that were scarce, such
as “real photo postcards”.
“They’d take a photo and then
they’d make 10 or 12 (copies) for
a buck or something like that and
they would put it on postcard
stock,” he said.
Barbour said he decided to
donate his postcards to N.C.
Collections because “they asked
and they kept asking.”
He added that he thought the
collection would be well-used and
taken care of in Wilson.
“I just kind of got attached,” he
said about his collection. “I didn’t
want to see it broken up.”
He said that one of his favorite
postcards depicts an outdoor movie
theatre in the 19305.
“There were no drive-in theatres
that far back,” Barbour said. “As far
as an outdoor theatre, this place
was the first one in the state.”
Jacobson said the postcards are
a resource for researchers.
The postcards not on display
have been archived and a digitiza
tion project that would make the
cards accessible online is under
way.
Barbour will give a speech about
his collection in Wilson at’s:4s
p.m. July 12.
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