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VOLUME LIII , Number 21
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Bush set for Saturday inauguration
Attorney General nominee faces tough battle
Chris W. Rogers
Staff Writer
As the nation prepares for George
W. Bush to be inaugurated as the 43"‘
president of the United States on Sat
urday, professors and students at
UNCW have varying opinions on what
to look for in this new administration.
Shortly after the U.S. Supreme
Court decision and the concession
speech by Vice-president A1 Gore,
Bush started to make the transition
between the two administrations by
beginning to appoint people to his
cabinet. After the appointment process
is completed, conformation hearings
will be conducted in the Senate.
“It sounds like he has appointed
some decent people,” Drew Daven
port, a senior, said. He also added that
the new administration and cabinet
“should be alright.”
The first appointment was General
Colin Powell as Secretary of State.
Powell was a former Joint Chief and
has respect within the military. The
second major appointment announce
ment was Condolezza Rice for Na
tional Security Advisor. She has ex
pertise in Russian affairs and foreign
policy. New Jersey Governor Christy
Todd Whitman has been named to
head up the EPA.
For Secretary of Defense, Bush ap-
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President-elect George W. Bush
pointed Donald, who held the same
post under former President Gerald
Ford. Senator John Ashcroft of Mis
souri will be put in the Attorney Gen
eral position. Because of his conser
vative stance on issues such as gun
control and a woman’s right to choose,
he may have a difficult time during his
conformation.
“The confirmation hearings may
very well be a little barometer of how
much anger there is...” left over from
the election. Dr. Thomas Barth, asso
ciate professor of political science,
said.
Bush’s first legislative move is ex
pected to be the proposal of a $ 1.3 tril
lion economic package that he will
send to the U.S. Congress early this
year.
“(Bush) ran heavily on a tax cut for
all, so he obviously has to pursue
that... this is the number one policy is
sue to be looking for,” Barth said.
Some members of congress may
not be willing to accept certain tax cuts
that are in the package.
“I don’t think it will be as ambi
tious as what he has; the reason for
that is he doesn’t have the votes and
the democrats are going to have to
bargain with him,” said Dr. Milan
SEE BUSH, Page 4
ECU player, UNCW students in spitting incident
Dan Guy and Rachel Cruz
The Seahawk
Immediately following UNCW’s
home game against rival ECU Saturday
night, Fred Primus, ECU junior guard,
allegedly spit in the face of two Seahawk
Heckler members.
According to Captain David
Donaldson of the UNCW police, reports
indicate that when students approached
and began to wrap a banner around
Primus, he allegedly spit at two students,
and cocked his arm back as if to throw a
punch.
The names of the students involved
could not be revealed, because thev have
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been referred to the Dean of Students
office. Charges have not been filed with
UNCW poUce.
According to Daniel James Urban, a
junior at UNCW, some members of the
hecklers stood in the lobby outside of
the gym after the game, and waited for
the opposing team to enter the locker
room.
According to Urban, fellow member
Dave MacDonald, a sophomore at
UNCW, stated to Primus that the Heck
lers “had something for him,” and at
tempted to give him a banner that read
“Fred Primus: the nation’s leader in
steals.”
MacDonald had no comment when
asked about the incident.
Urban said that Primus lurched at him
and MacDonald before being restrained.
Primus then looked back and spit in the
face of Urban. Urban filed a report with
UNCW police immediately after the al
leged incident.
Urban and his student-run group, the
“Seahawk Hecklers” began with about
5 members before the basketball team
went to the NCAA tournament in Spring
of 2000 and the popularity spread by
word-of-mouth to about 20 members
currently.
“Our job is to throw the opposing
See Hecklers, Page 4