<Thr Daily (Tar Hrrl 'Peanuts' Cartoonist Schulz Dies As Charles Schulz's famous comic strip is published for the last time, fans and colleagues mourn his death. Associated Press SAN I A ROSA, Calif. - “Peanuts” creator Charles Schulz died at home late Saturday following a battle with cancer, just as the last original cartoon of his half-century career was being published in newspapers worldwide. Ihe 77-year-old Schulz was diag nosed with colon cancer in November, and his spirits recently sagged as he bat tied the disease and pondered retire ment, said Monte Schulz, his eldest son. “I think maybe he decided that his true passion was in the strip, and when that was gone, it was over,” Monte Schulz said Sunday. “He had done what he had wanted to do, and that was it for him.” The son said that while the cause of death Saturday wasn't known, “it appears he died in his sleep, almost between breaths.” His wife, Jeannie, was with him when he died. Fans and colleagues across the coun try hailed Schulz as an irreplaceable artist w hose work had become infused in American popular culture. “I think ‘Peanuts’ has been for most of its existence the best comic strip in history, and nothing’s ever approached it,” said Mell Lazarus, who draws the “Momma” and “Miss Peach” strips and knew Schulz for 42 years. Schulz himself left little doubt about the strip’s role in his life. “Why do musi cians compose symphonies and poets write poems?” he once said. “They do it because life wouldn't have any meaning for them if they didn’t. That’s why I draw cartoons. It’s my life.” j BOYS DON 7 I THE CIDER HOUSE RULES ■< DOUBLE JEOPARDY(R) Daily 7:10. 9:30 Sat/Sun 2:10. 4:35, 7:10, 9:J THE MESSENGER (R) Daily 8:00 Sat/Sun 1:45, 4:50. 8:00 THE BACHELOR (PGI3) Daily 7:00. 9:15 Sat/Sun 2:00, 4:15. 7:00. - CriU^i o P Noon on mj WuUtJt TtSfrMS WWrDiury ßJ, Ckfcpl Hill. NAr Tiil><rlyw<Bi CklsA TUfctcrS m-662M 1 SCREAIVT 3 1 . Daily 3:20.7:10.9:40 K THE BEACH Daily 3:00.5:20.7:40,10:0 i STUART LirTLE Daily 3:15,5:10 H . GIRL INTERRJPTED Daily 7:05,9:35? 1 EYE OF THE BEHOLDER Daily 7:15,9:11? . DOWN TO YOU Daily 3:15.5:1 ['t'l' Daily 3:00.5:0 7:00,8:40 u ■ v magiolia" Daily 4:*, 8:45 LK] . ANGELAS ASHES . Daily 46,7:30 Kl ’GALAW QUEST Daily 3:20.30,7:2079:20 e. ' SNOW DAY Daily 3:lo,lo,7:lo ± 9iip_iy SC RE A M 3 Seats Open in Congress Races More than half of this year's Student Congress seats, in mostly graduate student districts, lack candidates. By Arman Anvari Staff Writer As many as 16 out of 26 Student Congress seats could go unfdled in Tuesday’s student elections due to a lack of candidates. Many Student Congress seats do not have any candidates, and unless w rite-in candidates surface for each vacancy, there will most likely Oe a special election in the spring, said Elections Board Chiirwoman Catherine Yates. ‘This happens eviry year,” Yates said. “We have to have (a special election) ii the spring, and sometimes the seats still don’t get filled in, so we have anoth er special election in the fall.” ATTENTION: NEW FACULTY It's not too late to reserve your seat on the bust Tar Bus Tour^ May 22-26, 2000 The Tar Heel Bus Tour is a five-day trip across North Carolina that gives new faculty members a head start on learning about the state they serve. The tour will hit the road again from Monday, May 22, to Friday, May 26, 2000 the week after commencement. If you’re a full-time faculty member who has come to the University in the last three years, we hope you will join us on our journey across North Carolina. Apply on-line by visiting our web site at http://www.dev.unc.edu/pubrel/bustour Application Deadline: February 25, 2000 Looking for take . ' NDC is a non-profit organization that has been granted a ~ license by the US Treasury Department to take a limited I education purposes. Please visit our website! It is packed fi f with information about our organization, how to register and lots ot interesting links and slideshows on Cuba: I www cubanow.org. Professor John Gilderbloom (featured on S' CNN - PBS and NEW VORK TIMES > ltirec,s *' P ro 9 ram anil can be reached by e-mail: jg[ldeo2@'pfyneU!om. You can . U'^sprynetcom http://www.cubanow.org Registration is due 5 weeks prior to the program start date Any write in candidates would win with a simple majority. If only one write-in candidate ran for a certain Congress seat, he would be ensured of winning with just one write in vote. If a write-in candidate did emerge victorious, he or she would have to pro vide the Elections Board with a financial statement by 5 p.m. Wednesday, Yates said. “Write-in candidates usually don’t use any money on their campaigns so they turn in a statement of zero dollars,” she said. Student Congress Speaker Pro Tern Abi Sommer said a perennial problem with filling Student Congress seats was finding graduate student representatives. “The largest block of seats that are always vacant -and this tends to be the problem every year - are the graduate students,’” she said. Sommer said the lack of graduate stu dent candidates stemmed from the fact that they were pressed for time and were discouraged from pursuing such posi tions by graduate advisers. Congress Speaker Mark Kleinschmidt said a paucity of candi dates to fill Congress seats was nothing new. News “There are always more seats than candidates,” he said. “But this year, it’s more than usual.” Kleinschmidt said classes canceled due to inclement weather probably affected the race. “Traditionally, Congress candidates make the decision to run at the last minute,” he said. “I think (the canceled school days) contributed to it.” He said many of the seats, especially those for graduate and off-campus Congress seats, would be filled by write in candidates. “Most of the people who do win will be write-ins,” he said. Yates said she was confident that all Congress seats would eventually be filled. “I think there are actually going to be several write-in candidates so we might fill more than we expect and that will be key,” she said. “(The Elections Board) just takes it as it goes because we have to deal with so much this time of year.” Assistant University Editor Alexandra Molaire contributed to this story. The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. WATCH THIS SPACE WEEKLY CLIP THIS PAGE AND SAVE IT S UNIVERSITY CAREER SERVICES’ 211 Hanes Hall - ucs@unc.edu http://www.unc.edu/depts/career/ Upcoming Events * Week of February 14 - February 18 STUDENTS: Looking for a part-time job on-campus? Listings may be found on our homepage or in 208 & 211 Hanes Hall. IF YOU WERE REGISTERED WITH CAREER SERVICES LAST YEAR, remember to update your ON-LINE RESUME and PROFILE INFORMATION. You will need to choose new Job Functions and update contact information. CAREER FAIRS: Information Science & Library Science Career Fair Wed. Feb. 16 9 am-Ipm Great Hall Internship Fair Thurs. Feb. 17 11 am-3 pm Great Hall WORKSHOPS: (no sign-up necessary) Seniors must attend UCS 101 to participate in on-campus recruiting even if registered last year. UCSIOI (Sr/Grad Orientation) Wed. Feb. 16 4:00 pm 209 Hanes Hall Introduction To Internships Wed. Feb. 16 6:00 pm 209 Hanes Hall Resume Writing Mon. Feb. 14 4:00 pm 209 Hanes Hall Job Search Correspondence Tues. Feb. 15 3:00 pm 209 Hanes Hall Keeping Your Career Options Open Mon. Feb. 14 3:00 pm 209 Hanes Hail How to Make a Decision When You Can’t Decide Tues. Feb. 15 4:15 pm 209 Hanes Hall Conducting Your Job Search Thurs. Feb. 17 2:30 pm 209 Hanes Hail Business Etiquette Workshop Thurs. Feb. 17 4:00 pm 209 Hanes Hail Career Clinic Mon. Feb. 14 3:15 pm Ist Floor Nash Hall Career Clinic Thurs. Feb. 17 3:30 gm Ist Floor Nash Hall EMPLOYER PRESENTATIONS: (Presentations open to all interested students unless otherwise specified) Ferguson Enterprises Mon. Feb. 14 7:00 pm Carolina Inn State Farm Tues. Feb. 15 6:00 pm Carolina Inn Entensity Wed. Feb. 16 7:00 pm Carolina Inn Great West Life Insurance (preselect students oniyi Wed. Feb. 16 7:00 pm 209 Hanes Hall State P!RG Wed. Feb. 16 7:00 pm 306 Hanes Hall Acumen Wed. Feb. 16 8:00 pm Carolina Inn Neiman Marcus Thurs. Feb. 17 TBA TBA Suntrust Bank. Atlanta Thurs. Feb. 17 6.30 pm Carolina Inn ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING IN RESUME DROP PERIOD Mon., Feb. 14 - Sun.. Feb. 20 (recruiting week ol Mar. 20 - Mar. 24) For details, log into the On-Campus Recruiting Sign-up System (http://www.unc.edu/depts/career/ucs_empj.html) and select “On-Campus Recruiting - InterviewTrak.” YOU MUST BE REGISTERED WITH UCS TO ACCESS THE INFORMATION!! ORGANIZATION / POSITION TITLE ORGANIZATION / POSITION TITLE Centura Bank - Commercial Banking Trainee Public Consulting - Business Analyst/Consultant Lord Abbett - Sales/Marketing Representative Samsonite Company Stores - Store Manager Trainee Old Navy - College Manger in Training Candidate Western & Southern Life Insurance Cos. - Sales Representative Onsite Companies - Recruiter Leading to Sales ORGANIZATIONS RECRUITING Feb. 21 - Feb. 25 (schedules of organizations going to “Open" sign-up will begin Wed. Feb. 16) Acumen Solutions - Consultant Legg Mason Wood Walker Inc - Investment Banking Summer Analyst Aerotek - Recruiter Leading To Sales Merrill Lynch - Financial Consultant Bank Of America - Finance Intern Program Microsoft Corporation - Vanous Tech. Positions: Full time & Internships BJ's Warehouse Club - Various Positions (full/part time) National Starch & Chemical - Chemist Buckeye International - Sales Representatives Norfolk Southern Corporation - Management Trainee Positions Cintas - Management Trainee Phoenix Insurance - Group Sales Representative DLJDirect, Inc. - Investor Services Representative Radcliffe Publishing Course - Students for Publrshing Course First Union Corp. - Direct Project Team Leader/ Manger Smithkline Beecham Pharm. - Pharmaceutical Sales Consultant Intelligent Info. Systems - Software Engineers & Interns Standard Register Company - Entry Level Sales John Hancock Financial Services - Marketing Rep. Unifi Inc - Management Trainee (Chemistry) Marketech Systems - Business Analyst Virtual Advisors - Analyst MCI World Com - Network Control Technician Walgreens Pharmacy - Technician Intern GTE - System/Software Architect Development Program, College Intern Program - Technical Track WALK-IN HOURS: Have your resume cntiqued or ask a quick question of a UCS counselor. Mon. - Fri., 10:00 am - 3:00 pm. SBP Write-In Promises Fun, Open Government By Lauren Beal Assistant University Editor A seventh candidate has announced his intention to run for student body president, saying student government needs to be more upbeat. Bobby Hilbum, a junior history major from Tabor City, decided to run as a write-in candidate after talking with friends. “We were talking about stu dent government and how it seems inapproachable, almost boring,” Hilbum said. “I want to change the atmosphere of student government - still serious but more open.” Hilbum said he would include more students in the student government process by going door-to-door and solic iting opinions and help. “I would go to stu dents and say ‘would you be willing to do this for 30 minutes?’” he said. “Everybody doesn’t have to be hard core.” Monday, February 14, 2000 One of Hilbum’s ideas is to hold “Mixer Days” on campus, when students would participate in a type of lottery and be matched up with other students for the day. “They could go out to lunch together and talk about their different backgrounds,” he said, referring to his goal of improving race relations on campus. A campus “Thank You Day” for UNC workers is also on Hilbum’s list of goals. “(The grounds crew and dining hall employees) deserve our thanks,” he said. “They clean up our mess.” Although he emphasizes fun, Hilbum also has plans for the more serious parts of the job, including the recent debate about proposed tuition increases. He said he wanted to look into University donations as an alternate source of revenue and push for a more diverse faculty. Above all, Hilbum said he wanted students to vote. “I want to encourage students to vote no matter what ... I want students to vote on their own opin ions,” he said. “Don’t be a puppet.” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. 7

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