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Mayor Rosemary Waldorf celebrates in her home with friends, family and campaign supporters as the Chapel Hill mayoral race results
are announced. Waldorf was re-elected to a third term Tuesday over challenger Susan Franklin by a margin of 1,634 votes.
Chapel Hill Town Council
Flicka Bateman
3,573 Votes
13.4 Percent
Bill Strom
3,330 Votes
12.5 Percent
Board Gets
3 Fresh
Members
New members to the Chapel
Hill-Carrboro Board of
Education attribute their
victory to experience.
Bv Walter Her/
and Kevin Krasnow
Staff Writers
One incumbent and three chal
lengers emerged victorious Tuesday,
surpassing five other candidates to win
four available seats on the Chapel Hill-
Carrboro Board of Education.
Incumbent Elizabeth Carter retained
her seat, while candidates Teresa
Williams, Maryanne Rosenman and
See SCHOOL, Page 6
Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.
Winston Churchill
Pat Evans
3,238 Votes
12.1 Percent
Jim Ward
3,749 Votes
14.1 Percent
Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education
.
Elizabeth Mason Carter
4,747 Votes
15.4 Percent
Maryanne Rosenman
4*,732 Votes
15.4 Percent
Wednesday, November 3, 1999
Volume 107, Issue 107
2 New Faces to Hit Council
By Kathleen Wirth
Staff Writer
In a hody contested race, newcomer
Jim Ward led the total vote in Chapel
Hill Town Council elections that
returned incumbents Flicka Bateman
and Pat Evans and added newcomer
Bill Strom.
“I was astounded that I led in terms
of total vote,” Ward said. “I never con
sidered coming in first”
Pulling from experience as the cura
tor of the N.C. Botanical Gardens,
Ward focused his campaign on envi
ronmental protection, the needs of local
businesses and improving the way of
life in the community. “He was his own
candidate and he ran on experience and
background,” said Don Hartman, cam
paign manager for Ward.
Strom, also a newcomer to the Town
Council, said he was pleased with the
results, and he credited his election part
ly to the experience he gained while
serving on the Orange Water and Sewer
Authority.
“(OWASA) has taken giant steps and
Gloria Faley
4,660 Votes
15.1 Percent
Teresa Holland Williams
6,527 Votes
21.2 Percent
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Newly elected Town Council member Jim Ward shares a laugh
with supporters Julia Mack and Jim Stephens.
I’m looking forward to carrying my
cooperative efforts on the board to the
council,” Strom said.
Speaker Challenges
Benefits of Diversity
Bv John O'Hale
Staff Writer
A former senior policy analyst for
President Reagan and Indian expatriate
dismissed the ideal of mulitculturalism
Tuesday.
Speaking before more than 150 stu
dents in Hamilton Hall, Dinesh D’Souza
argued “bogus” multiculturalism present
on university campuses wrongly
attempted to remedy past crimes, such
as slavery and cruelty to homosexuals.
D’Souza said that although many
injustices existed in ancient societies,
modem Western society was the first that
tried to compensate for historical wrongs.
“Modem ideas such as independence
did not necessarily exist in other cul
tures,” he said. “Mahatma Gandhi did
not challenge colonialism until he
absorbed Western ideas.”
D’Souza was invited to speak in
Chapel Hill by the Students of Life and
By Sarah Brier
and Dawne Howard
Staff Writers
Rosemary Waldorf showed that
experience paid off as Chapel Hill resi
dents expressed confidence in her lead
ership by re-electing the mayor in a
landslide victory over challenger Susan
Franklin.
Prior to the final poll tallies, Waldorf
was at ease in her home and enjoying
herself along with family and friends in
a relaxed party atmosphere.
“I made a pact to enjoy the evening
no matter what happens,” Waldorf said.
When Waldorf learned she had won
the election by defeating Susan
Franklin, a cheer spread through the
crowd.
“It’s a relief the campaign is over,”
Waldorf said.
“I’m looking forward to working with
the new council because I think it’s a
cohesive group.”
Waldorf’s husband, Gary, said he
was relieved with the conclusion of the
campaign and looked forward to her
third term. “I’m happy Rosemary won,”
he said. “It demonstrates the goodwill
for her in this town.”
Having served as the town’s mayor
since 1995, Waldorf said she was full of
ideas regarding downtown develop
ment, parks, transportation and afford
able housing. “I’m very pleased to have
been re-elected,” Waldorf said. “I want
to do the best job I can.”
She said she would not waste any
time before jumping back into her posi
tion as mayor. “I’m trying to get a bus
load of volunteers to go to Speed on
Saturday to help with hurricane cleanup
efforts,” Waldorf said.
Strom said he was pleased to be elect-
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Liberty, a conservative student organi
zation. He opened by arguing that
minorities in ‘American society were
divided into two distinct categories.
“Most immigrants come to the
United States and see opportunity,” he
said. “They want to play by the rules.
(But) indigenous minorities want to fol
low Frederick Douglass' motto of agi
tate, agitate, agitate."
D’Souza said that all minorities could
better achieve the American definition
of success by assimilating to cultural
requirements, or “acting white.”
Karena Cason, a senior African-
American studies and psychology
major, disagreed with D’Souza’s philos
ophy. “This is a man who has been cor
rupted by stereotypes that activists have
been combating for years,” she said.
D’Souza cited the fact that many eco
nomically solvent people immigrate to
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Chapel Hill Mayor
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Susan Franklin
2,795 Votes
38.6 Percent
Rosemary Waldorf
4,429 Votes
61.1 Percent
When the Town Council members
were announced, the excitement
resounding for Julie Andresen
McClintock’s defeat almost equaled the
pleasure for Waldorf’s victory.
Mindy Elioto, Waldorf’s campaign
chairman, said McClintock and Waldorf
differed in opinion concerning the con-
See MAYOR, Page 6
1999
Local Elections
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Board of Aldermen are filled by
two incumbents and one new
face.
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campaign, while a uNCjunior
steals 100 write-in votes for the
mayor’s seat.
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