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Wednesday, February 2, 2000
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The N.C. General Assembly con
vened in December and voted to allo
cate more than SBOO million in state
funds to help residents recover from
flood damage.
The move forced the state to scale
back some construction projects.
The total cost of damage from the
snowstorm will not be finalized until all
the counties have submitted their
reports.
But the estimated damages stated by
Hunt in the press release were $16.5
million for state agencies and $8 million
for local and private organizations.
“(The estimated cost) won’t change
for some time,” said Tom Hegele, chief
public information officer of North
Carolina’s emergency management.
“The counties still have to submit their
damage.”
Hegele said the federal government
did not specify the official amount it
would reimburse to the state, but the
federal government would most likely
pay 75 percent of the damage costs, and
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the state government would pay the
additional 25 percent
Agency costs not covered by the fed
eral government would have to be
addressed by the state budget office,
said Marvin Dorman, state budget offi
cer. “Certainly it will mean that agencies
that deal with the storm have to work
with us to match federal funds,” he said.
The N.C. Department of
Transportation faces the highest costs,
Dorman said. The agency tallied a total
cost of sls million in damages and
materials used to clear snow-covered
roads.
Officials said major interstates and
highways were blocked by trees and
poles that caused some road damage
and accidents.
But most of the DOT funds were
spent on plows and salts to clear the
roads. “Most of the costs were for salt
and sand,” said Nicolle Burris, public
information officer for the DOT.
She said the DOT planned to cover
the state’s portion of the costs through its
maintenance budget.
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Scientists Trace Origin of AIDS Back to 1930
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO - The world
wide AIDS epidemic has been traced
back to a single viral ancestor - the HIV
Eve - that emerged perhaps around
1930.
Earlier research had suggested that
the epidemic began in the first half of
the 20th century, but the latest analysis,
done at the Los Alamos National Lab in
New' Mexico, appears to be the most
definitive so far.
Bette Korber, who keeps a database
of HIV genetic information at the lab,
calculated HlV’s family tree by looking
at the rate the virus mutates over time.
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(plan) shouldn’t include dipping into stu
dents’ pockets.”
He said this could give other groups
the idea to increase their programs with
grant money and then expect Congress
to pick up the tab when the funds disap
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break my jaw,” he said.
But Songer, who had to get 11 stitch
es in his chin, said he did not hold the
University accountable for his injuries.
“People get hurt all the time (on campus).
It’s not the University’s responsibility.”
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She assumed these genetic changes hap
pen at a constant rate, and using a super
computer she clocked the mutations
back through time to a common ances
tor.
Korber estimates that the current epi
demic goes back to one or a small group
of infected humans around 1930, though
this ancestor virus could have emerged
as early as 1910 or as late as 1950.
From this single source, she suggests,
came the virus that now infects roughly
40 million people all over the world.
“This offers a small piece in a larger
puzzle concerning the origins of HIV,”
she said. Her findings were released at a
scientific conference this week in San
peared.
Robin Schryer, ap.p.l.e.s. representa
tive, emphasized the need to maintain
the group’s autonomy. “We want student
funding so that it’s student-controlled,”
Schryer said. “Otherwise it’s vulnerable
to outside funding and control.”
The third referendum will propose
the recognition of double minors on
transcripts. Though it passed easily,
Student Health Service Director Bob
Wirag said many students had come to
SHS with weather-related injuries.
As of Monday night, he said SHS had
seen several lacerations, knee injuries,
one ankle injury and one toe injury.
Grounds Services Director Kirk
Pelland said his crews’ primary concern
the last few days was clearing walkways
to classrooms, but were focusing greater
Francisco.
Experts believe that HlV’s ancestor is
a virus that ordinarily infects chim
panzees. Somehow it spread to people -
perhaps through a bite or hunting
mishap - in west equatorial Africa.
Just when this happened, though, is
still a mystery, Korber said. The leap
from chimp to man could have been
around 1930.
Or it might have occurred much ear
lier and the virus stayed within a small
group of humans.
The work challenges a theory that
AIDS actually began in the 19505, when
HIV was accidentally mixed with the
polio vaccine.
Patrick Link, a representative from
District 9, fought the legislation.
“This is a liberal arts institution. If
you encourage students to superspecial
ize by allowing them to double minor,
you are discouraging a liberal arts edu
cation.”
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at udesk@unc.edu.
attention on South Campus on Tuesday.
Junior Will Morris said it was obvious
Ground Services was not prepared to
handle the mess left by the storm.
But Morris said students should be
more careful. “It takes common sense
not to walk as fast.”
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“We haven’t even gotten a final list of
people," Richardson said.
“We are constrained by needing to
move on it (in time for the commence
ment).”
Graduate and Professional Student
Federation President Lee Conner said
the speaker was an important part of
students’ Commencement.
“A Commencement speaker should
be someone that’s memorable and has
a message that graduates and their fam
ilies will be inspired by,” Conner said.
“1 think students want a speaker to be
someone that’s memorable, which
could mean someone famous, but does
n’t have to mean that; most important
ly, (students want) someone who says
something that’s relevant to them.”
Richardson said he could not give
out information about the other poten
tial speakers who were considered
along with Albright.
“We’re still considering some of the
other people, so I’m not going to talk
about them until (the committee) meets
again,” Richardson said.
“(The candidates) are not all political
figures. They’re all over the ballpark.”
Conner said he was optimistic about
finding a speaker suitable to students’
tastes.
“I’m sure (the committee) will find a
great speaker,” Conner said.
“It’s a big deal to speak at a school of
our caliber, and there are many people
who would love to do it.”
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.