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Shp Satli} dar Hprl S.C. Senate Pushes To Take Down Flag Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. - State lawmak ers have taken a key step toward remov ing the Confederate flag from the Statehouse dome, but the NAACP says the move won’t end a racially tinged controversy that led to a punishing tourism boycott and new scrutiny of Southern heritage. The state Senate approved a com promise bill on Wednesday, exactly 139 years after the Civil War began when Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter, the federal installation in Charleston harbor. The vote was 36-7. All opponents were Republicans. “This is one more hurdle that has been overcome,” said Democratic Gov. Jim Hodges, who supports flag removal. The bill would remove the banner from the dome and place a similar bat tle flag behind an existing monument honoring Confederate soldiers in front of the Statehouse. The flag would fly from a pole no taller than 20 feet - shorter than the monument in front of it - an element added to satisfy black lawmakers and others who did not want the flag in a prominent position to passersby. Six black lawmakers were among those vot ing for it. AWARDS From Page 3 submitted by students and faculty who felt there was a deserving teacher. Kitchen said the ceremony was another successful event recognizing deserving members of the community. “I’m inspired by all the outstanding achievements,” she said. “It encourages us all to strive for excellence.” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. DOROSIN From Page 3 Video store before entering law school at UNC-Chapel Hill. After graduating, Dorosin partnered with attorney A1 McSurely. The pair’s biggest case was defending the rights of UNC housekeepers. “It was rewarding but draining on me emotionally, physically and spiritu illy. It’s very hard to to do civil rights law in North Carolina. The laws and judges are very much in favor of the bosses,” he said. After making the decision to leave McSurely’s practice, Dorosin put his energies into opening and managing Hell. The bar opened in 1997; Dorosin found help with beer licensing and learned the rest by trial and error. “People used to ask us if we had done a bar before. And because of my life long ‘extensive personal research’ at bars all over, I felt confident enough to run one.” With Hell well-established, Dorosin won a seat on the Board of Aldermen in 1999. He said his primary focus in the position was working toward protecting Carrboro’s diversity. Dorosin’s latest “scheme” found him co-writing and acting in “Hamlet II.” He said the sequel was definitely not typical Shakespearean fare. “Stylistically, the play’s a takeoff on TV crime dramas like ‘NYPD Blue’ and ’6os shows (like ‘Dragnet’),” said Dorosin. “It has a kind of Marx Brothers approach to the dialogue with a lot of jokes at the Bard’s expense.” The impetus fueling the play came from the Dorosins’ visit to the theater with friend David Lagos, the play’s co writer. Dorosin said the absurdity of Shakespeare’s dramas inspired him to write a play that poked fun at senior English classes everywhere. “We were at a play and talking dur ing intermission,” he said. “After four hours of eloquent dialogue, all the vio lence and killing occurs in the last 15 minutes of the play. 1 was thinking how it adds such an absurd quality to the play.” After his conversation with Lagos, Dorosin found himself at his keyboard, churning out his play’s first scene. Although he dabbled in acting and writ ing during his undergraduate studies at Duke, Dorosin said he enjoyed the chal lenge of writing his first script with Lagos. Dorosin laughed at his nervousness about his first play and the latest of his mad ideas. “I learned at some point that if you’re a reasonably intelligent person, if there’s something you want to do, you can find a way to do it.” “Hamlet II: The Investigation” runs April 14, 15, 21 and 22 at the Carrboro Arts Center. For more information, call 929-2787 The Arts & Entertainment Editor can be reached at artsdesk@unc.edu. The South Carolina NAACP today issued a statement rejecting the plan and stating that its tourism boycott would continue. The location still represents a posi tion of sovereignty, and it is still too vis ible, state NAACP President James Gallman said. The organization’s exec utive committee voted unanimously against the proposal, he said. The Senate plan “adds insult to injury,” said Nelson Rivers, field opera tions director for the national organiza tion and a former official in the South Carolina conference. NAACP President Kweisi Mfume said the national organi zation backs the state conference’s deci sion. The bill also would remove Confederate flags hanging in the House and Senate chambers, and protect mon uments, memorials and buildings erect ed or named in honor of the Confederacy or civil rights movement. A final vote was expected in the Democrat-controlled Senate today. The bill still needs approval by the Republican-controlled House, which has twice refused to pass such a measure in the past six years. “We have fought this thing and we have fought this thing, and the olive branch is now out on both sides,” said Republican Sen. Glenn McConnell. 1 —■ ■ 1 ( Never pass up a great offer. M y _ —... (180 DAYS ■■■B l DEFERRED PAYMENT Efii miui MBM ? 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Turlington said Bradley’s unsuccess ful run had a great impact on him but said part of having political integrity came from learning from losses. “Voters are looking for a candidate who can take some blows and come back,” Turlington said. “When people say, ‘You lost, aren’t you disappointed?’ I just think about Athens 7,100 miles Chicago 850B^H Just Minutes Away... Lucky! sP'lJtacus St. . r ... F-zr, f, rMaC ' . jtj 104-A Waverly Place = T. ; |pCary,NC27sll V' 919-852-5050 Still as rccptiii'f' reservations for Motlier’s I >,iy (sc (iraduation Weekcml Friday, April 14, 2000 what we achieved.” The University Editor can be readied atudesk9uncedu. 5
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