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In Brief
Applications Available
For BOT Committee
; The Student Advisory Committee to
the Board of Trustees needs undergrad
uate students interested in serving as
liaisons between students and the BOT.
Officially recognized student groups
dm nominate students for the commit
tee, or students can pick up applications
from Suite C of the Student Union.
Applications are due Thursday in the
student government office. Students
with questions should contact Monika
Mbore at 914-5047.
Sign-Up List Available
For Shuttle to Airport
; Wednesday is the last day to sign up
for a free shuttle to Raleigh-Durham
International Airport before and after
Spring Break.
r To ride'the shuttle, sponsored by the
Out-of-State Students Association, stu
dents should sign up on the Web site at
www.unc.edu/ - alex47.
Shuttles will run from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Friday and starting at 3 p.m.
March 14.
Lecture Series to Bring
Four-Star U.S. General
Organizers of the Great Decisions
Lecture Series will host U.S. General
Richard Lee Buder at 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday on the first floor of the Tate-
Tumer-Kuralt Building. Buder’s lecture
is tided “Leadership.”
, Buder served from 1991 to 1994 in
the U.S. strategic nuclear forces. As
cpmmander-in-chief, he oversaw the
employment of land and sea-based
nuclear bombs and missiles, weapon
target plans and U.S. response to missile
attacks.
Doors open for the presentation at
3:30 p.m. People with questions about
the lecture should contact Rye Barcott
at 914-8699.
Louisville Mayor Nabs
Presidency of Institute
The Institute of 'Government
Foundation chose Louisville Mayor
Lucy Taylor Allen to serve as its new
president.
; The foundation, organized in 1996,
privately supports the UNC-Chapel
Hill Institute of Government, which ini
tiates statewide civic education pro
grams.
PTA Thrift Shop Ready
For Clearance Sale
;The PTA Thrift Shop on Jones Ferry
Rpad will hold its winter clearance sale
Monday through Thursday.
•The shop will be open from 8:30
a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Wednesday and from 8:30 a.m. until
noon Thursday.
There will be special prices on furni
ture and clothing will be $1 per item.
The store will reopen Friday with all
new merchandise. Those with questions
should contact Mary Dow at the PTA
Thrift Shop at 942-6565.
Orange County Honors
Residents in Ceremony
The Orange County Human
Relations Commission presented
awards Sunday to Hazel Lunsford and
Liala Edwards for promoting human
rights, diversity and equality in Orange
County.
The awards were presented by
Orange County Commissioner Stephen
Halkiotis at the A.L. Stanback Middle
School Media Center.
Lunsford was a school teacher and
counselor for 35 years at both Central
and Orange high schools. Edwards is a
junior at Chapel Hill High School.
Cancer Center to Host
Educational Forum
The Cornucopia House Cancer
Support Center will host a free educa
tional forum from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.
The presentation will feature Dr.
John Bogges talking about his role as an
oncologist.
The center is located at 1777 U.S. 15-
501 Bypass, Forum One Building, Ste.
104, Chapel Hill.
Space is limited, and interested par
ties should call 967-8842 to register.
Bull’s Head Bookshop
To Present Local Poet
Jeffrey Beam will read and show
slides from his book, “An Elizabethan
Bestiary: Retold,” at the Bull's Head
Bookshop at UNC Student Stores.
The free event will be held at 3:30
p.m. Tuesday.
—From Staff Reports
Town Officials Back Plan
To Increase Tax Revenue
Evenly splitting the state's
sales tax revenues would
give local governments
an extra $650 million.
By Zachary Alderfer
Staff Writer
Local government officials say they
approve of a state senator’s proposal to
kill North Carolina’s food tax and give
them a share of $650 million of the
state’s money.
Sen. Patrick Ballantine, R-New
Hanover, has suggested substituting the
local governments’ food tax revenue
with an increased share of the state sales
tax.
Chapel Hill Mayor Rosemary
Waldorf said the increased revenue
would be helpful.
“It would be wonderful if our share of
sales tax increased,” Waldorf said. “The
state, in the past, has been reluctant to
enact change and increase our revenue.”
Waldorf said that in the past, the N.C.
WCW Monday Nitro to Slam Into Campus
Students bought 30 percent
of the tickets for tonight's
show at the Smith Center.
By Sharon Luo
Staff Writer
It has body-slammed soccer, jackhammered rugby
and put cable television down for the count.
It’s professional wrestling. And it’s back.
The sport some say was once a showcase for red
necks and bruisers has re-emerged in the past few
years.
World Championship Wrestling’s program,
Monday Nitro, was the most-watched cable program
in 1998.
“Wrestling used to be for trailer trash,” said Sean
Bresloff, head promoter for WCWs production com
pany, Awesome Productions. “Now it’s enormous,
particulary for college students. They’re a key audi
ence.”
Wrestling is especially hot on UNC’s campus.
All 18,900 tickets for tonight’s live WCW Monday
Nitro show at the Smith Center sold in two days, said
Trish McHardy, public relations director for the cen
ter.
More than 400 people were waiting in line when
the tickets went on sale.
About 30 percent of the tickets were sold to stu
dents, McHardy said.
Brian Toomes, a freshman journalism major from
Wilmington, was first in line. He was one of about 60
people who camped out for tickets.
Toomes, who describes himself as a “hard-core
fan,” waited more than 20 hours for his front-row tick
ets.
“We wanted to do it right,” Toomes said.
Hunter Pierce, a sophomore biology major from
Wilmington, said he was excited fbout watching
Monday Nitro live.
Pierce said he and his friends were planning on
recycling their Halloween costumes and dressing up
as wrestlers to attend the match.
“I’m excited about it,” he said. “Wrestling is fun to
watch. It’s not necessarily real.”
Alan Sharp, WCWs director of public relations,
compared wresding to a soap opera for men.
“It’s like a Melrose Place with muscles,” Sharp said.
“It’s a quality production with creative story lines that
keeps people guessing.”
“It also has great superstars,” he added.
Wresding stars such as “Hollywood” Hulk Hogan
and Bret “Hitman” Hart keep fans entertained with
over-the-top antics.
“It’s pure entertainment; there’s no thought
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DTH/GREGWOLF
Carolina Athletic Association sponsored a pre-game spirit run called from "Hell to Blue
Heaven" on Saturday afternoon before the Duke game. A group of people ran from
Cameron Indoor Stadium on U.S. 15-501 to the Smith Center.
University & City
General Assembly was hesitant to pass a
local sales tax so that Orange County
could collect an extra penny for every
dollar spent.
She said that if state government
could not collect a percentage for itself,
the legislature often did not approve tax
reforms.
Four percent of the 6 percent sales
tax goes to the state, but Ballantine’s
proposal would split the sales tax rev
enue evenly between state and local
governments.
The new allocation would generate
an increase of almost $650 million for
town governments in North Carolina,
Ballantine said.
Chapel Hill Town Council member
Joe Capowski said taxing a necessity
such as food was unreasonable, but at
the same time, money for local projects
required a source of funds.
“We need money from the state for a
number of things, including improving
roads and the bus system,” Capowslti
said.
“The source of the money is less
important than getting the money itself.
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Taylor Harper (left), Wes Varner, Brian Mowbray and Dan Walden (left to right around circle) watch World Championship
Wrestling in their apartment Thursday evening. They will be attending the WCW Monday Nitro in Chapel Hill.
Students Climb, Race for Wrestling Tickets
By Alexandra Molaire
Staff Writer
Although the rain was drizzling outside,
more than 100 people enjoyed friendly compe
tition and upbeat music inside Fetzer Gym for
the World Championship Wrestling Campus
Clash on Sunday afternoon.
UNC marked the second stop for the WCW
Monday Nitro Road to Spring Break ’99.
Wrestler Buff Bagwell and Nitro Girls Storm,
AC Jazz and Chae signed autographs and par
ticipated in two of the six games.
Former MTV VJ Riki Rachtman, the emcee
SPIRIT RUN
Losing revenue from food tax and gain
ing it from sales tax is a wash.”
However, Sen. Eleanor Kinnaird, D-
Orange, said the bill would not help
local governments.
“North Carolina is putting the burden
on the middle and working class,”
Kinnaird said, adding that governmen
tal programs that affected these classes
would be affected by the lost state rev
enue.
“I wouldn’t support it. It’s an atten
tion-getter more than anything else. I
would be surprised if the bill got passed
at all.”
Carrboro Alderman Diana McDuffee
also said the need for increased revenue
was more important than the source.
“The state limits very much
(Carrboro’s) options for raising rev
enue,” McDuffee said.
“Much of our budget money comes
from property tax, which makes it diffi
cult to keep taxes reasonable. Any state
help would be appreciated.”
The City Editor can be reached
at citydesk@unc.edu.
for the event, raffled about 70 lower-level tick
ets for tonight’s wrestling event at the Smith
Center. “I think everyone’s really nice despite
the rain,” he said. “I’ve been wanting to come
to North Carolina for a while.”
Bagwell said he had a good chance of win
ning the event tonight. “When you’re Buff and
tough and you’re the stuff and the women are
beautiful, then anything can happen.”
WCW and TNT donated the ticket money
from the event to the Dance Marathon for the
UNC Children’s Hospital. The Nitro Girls
awarded a $3,000 check to Finance Chairman
Scott Benson and marathon organizer Michael
Hooker Tackles Treatment
With Optimistic Outlook
By Amberly Calloway
Staff Writer
Doctors say things are looking positive for
Chancellor Michael Hooker, who has made it
halfway through his treatment for lymphatic can-
cer, with three chemothera
py treatments down and
three to go
Hooker has received
chemotherapy treatments
once every three to four
weeks since Jan. 16, when he
was diagnosed with non-
Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a can
cer of the lymph nodes.
The disease’s main symp
tom is enlargement of the
lymph nodes, said Dr. Lee
Berkowitz, a member of the
team treating Hooker and a
professor of medicine at the
UNC School of Medicine.
Past Leaders to Help
Pass Treasurer Torch
Student Body President
elect Nic Heinke says past
treasurers will be on hand
to train whoever is chosen.
By Carol Adamson
Staff Writer
Though the position of student body
treasurer is vacant, other members of
student government will take the reigns
to ensure that next year’s treasurer
receives proper training.
Former Student Body Treasurer
James Dasher resigned from the posi
tion in December, leaving the executive
branch of student government without a
treasurer.
However, Dasher, as well as other
members and former members of stu
dent government, will train next year’s
treasurer, who will be chosen during the
week of March 22, Student Body
President-elect Nic Heinke stud.
“I’ve been speaking to (former
Student Body Treasurer) Mark
McCollum, and he has expressed inter
est in being there for next year’s candi-
Hooker had his third treatment Thursday and
said he was looking forward to his last appoint
ment scheduled for April 30. “I feel a lot better
now than before I was diagnosed,” Hooker said.
“We are quite optimistic for the chancellor,”
Berkowitz said. Hooker’s response to the
chemotherapy has been great, he said. “By talking
to the chancellor and doing blood work, we are
getting all positive results to tell us that the treat
ment is working.”
Despite positive results from his cancer treat
ments, Hooker said he took midday breaks to go
home and rest for an hour. “He hasn’t taken any
time off, but he gets tired here and there,” said
Barbara Leonard, a secretary in Hooker’s office.
But Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Sue
Kitchen said she saw no difference in the amount
of work Hooker had taken on.
Hooker said his primary medical concern was
preventing infections. He said midway between
treatments, the body was most vulnerable.
See HOOKER, Page 4
Chancellor
Michael Hooker
said he felt much
better than when he
was diagnosed with
cancer in January.
Monday, March 1, 1999
dates to talk to,”
Heinke said. “I’ve
also talked to
(Assistant Student
Body Treasurers)
Sara (Reynolds)
and Brandon
(Davis) about
helping.”
Reynolds said
she and Davis
would ask next
year’s treasurer to
shadow them dur
ing their office
hours to help
show the future
Student Body
President-elect
Nic Heinke
said a treasurer
would be chosen the
week of March 22.
treasurer how to ensure that student
funds were properly appropriated.
Davis said many of the applications,
which are due Friday, would likely be
turned in by people already familiar
with the workings of student govern
ment “Chances are, whoever takes over
will be from Student Congress, so all of
this will not all be completely brand
new,” he said.
One of the things Davis said he
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Bucy. Benson said it was the largest donation
from a corporation. “We were ecstatic,” Benson
said. “We found out (about the donation) two
weeks before the dance.”
DJ Matt K livened the atmosphere while
people participated in six games that tested
their physical abilities. At the Power Struggle,
two participants strapped to a harness raced for
an object against the force of their opponent.
Mike Ford, a University employee, said he
had 14 wins. “It was fun. I beat my roommate,
and that’s all that matters.”
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