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Wednesday, January 31, 2001
Commission Proposes
Tobacco Quota Buyout
Some of North Carolina's
leaders are skeptical about
where the money would
be found to fund a buyout.
By Cliff Nelson
Staff Writer
In a preliminary report issued Friday,
a presidential tobacco-policy commis
sion recommended that President Bush
and Congress explore the possibility of
buying out tobacco quotas.
The report states that “tobacco farm
ers should be compensated for their
quota at a fair and equitable value in
order to address their current crisis and
reduce their dependency on tobacco.”
The quota program, implemented
during the Great Depression, controls
the amount of tobacco fanners can grow
through price supports and production
controls to ensure farmers’ economic
stability.
The tobacco commission, established
in September by former President Bill
Clinton, warns of an unprecedented cri
sis in tobacco-growing regions as farm
ers try to switch from tobacco crops to
agricultural alternatives.
The commission’s report states that
buyouts would help reduce farmers’
dependence on tobacco, while helping
them find other ways to make a living.
The tobacco commission’s final
report is due out in May.
Doug Richardson, executive director
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of the commission, said it is an open
question as to whether the buyouts will
actually occur -and if they do, to what
extent. “Any buyout would have to be
tied to some program changes,”
Richardson said.
But he said the commission has not yet
received any reaction to its recommen
dations from the Bush administration.
Some state leaders are skeptical as to
whether a buyout would receive the
necessary funding.
Brad
Woodhouse, press
secretary for Rep.
Bob Etheridge, D-
N.C., said
Etheridge, who is a
member of the U.S.
House Agriculture
Committee, has
reservations about
a buyout “Where’s
the money?”
“A buyout would at least allow
farmers of retirement age to get
out under more favorable
circumstances. ”
Steven Troxler
N.C. Tobacco Farmer
Woodhouse said. “The congressman has
never favored a buyout because no one
has ever shown him what the source of
revenue for that would be.”
And N.C. Agriculture Commissioner
Meg Scott Phipps stated in a press release
that “the idea of a quota buyout raises
more questions than it does answers.”
“This is a preliminary report, and
there are simply too few details to deter
mine whether a buyout would be an
economically viable option for farmers,
where funding would come from and
even how it would work,” the press
release stated.
But Steven Troxler, a tobacco farmer
from Browns Summit and an unsuccess
ful Republican candidate for N.C. agri
cultural commissioner, said buyouts
would give some farmers an advantage.
“A buyout would at least allow farmers
of retirement age to get out under more
favorable circumstances,” Troxler said.
Troxler, who both leases and owns
tobacco quotas, said the current quota
system is hurting N.C. tobacco farmers
in the world market. “The quota is so
ingrained in the
price of tobacco
that the extra
money has made
us less competi
tive,” he said. “For
15 years, the quota
system has kept
prices stable, but
meanwhile, pro
duction costs have
increased.”
Troxler added that farmers will take a
particularly large hit this year because of
price increases in fertilizer and fuel.
Despite a diversity of crops raised in
North Carolina, Troxler said growers
must still work to establish new crop
markets for tobacco crop replacements.
He said alternative crops such as
nurseries and turf grass will have to
become better established over time, but
that no single crop can replace tobacco
in the state’s economy.
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Senior Class Candidates
Drop Out of Race
Debbie Grafman, a junior from
Potomac, Md., and David Malloy, a
junior from Sanford, have decided to
pull their names from the senior class
president and vice president ticket.
“David and I felt that we initially
rushed into the decision to ran, and
after further talks and beginning the
campaign we have decided to pull from
the race,” Graffman wrote in an e-mail.
“We are both very active in several
organizations; and, though we were
fully committed to our platform, we feel
as senior class officers we would not
have time to continue actively in our
present organizations.”
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News
Possible Plan for Fields
Causes Student Concern
A planning committee says
it is too early to worry that
construction will interfere
with intramural fields.
By Mandy Melton
Staff Writer
Some students have recendy raised
concerns that Ehringhaus Fields could
be used as a staging site for a major con
struction project.
The Ramshead Parking Lot is sched
uled to undergo construction this spring,
creating a multi
level parking deck.
But University
planners say it is
too soon to be
concerned because
no one is sure
where the project’s
staging site will be
located.
According to
proposed plans,
the parking deck is to include a Harris
Teeter Express grocery store, a recre
ation center, a bookstore, a police sub
station and a late-night study facility.
But these improvements to the lot
could pose problems for the 15 sports
clubs that currently practice at
Ehringhaus Fields if the fields are
pegged as a staging area.
Director of Campus Recreation
Marty Pomerantz said he wonders
where these sports clubs will go if the
site is taken over by construction.
Copy Center Provides
Services in Union
The Spitting Image Copy Center, a
joint endeavor of the University
Printing Service and the Frank Porter
Graham Student Union building, is
offering its services in the lower level of
the Student Union.
The full-service copy center fills
orders for black-and-white and color
copying, posters, banners, laminating,
faxing, transparencies and binding.
The center can complete all of the
orders through drop-off services in the
form of both disk and electronic sub
missions.
The copy center is open from 8 a.m.
to 11 p.m. Monday through Friday,
from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and
from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday.
Once the Union renovations and
additions are completed, the copy cen
ter will be open 24 hours a day.
Planetarium Offers
Advice to Sky-Gazers
The Morehead Planetarium has
planned a show for Feb. 6 that will
explain how the constellations are relat
ed to the motion of the moon and plan
He said there are only three fields on
campus that are specifically used for
recreational sports, but only Ehringhaus
Fields can be used by sport clubs.
The remaining two fields next to
Carmichael Residence Hall have
already been cut in half as a result of
staging.
But Anna Wu, project architect for
the parking deck, said the planning staff
has not discussed using Ehringhaus
Fields to stage the construction, and
there is no need for alarm at this time.
“(The planning committee has) not
come up with a staging plan for the con
struction yet,” she said. “In fact, the
“Unfortunately, student
recreation needs are
being overlooked
(on campus).”
Marty Pomerantz
Director of Campus Recreation
wants the University community to stay
involved in the decision to pick a staging
area.
Pomerantz said that as a member of
the planning committee for the parking
deck, he will make sure student needs
are represented.
He said, “Unfortunately, student
recreation needs are being overlooked
(on campus).”
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ets.
“Observing the Moon and Planets”
will be held from 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. in
the Star Theater.
Assistant Planetarium Director
Austine Guiles will teach participants
how to recognize planets in a starry
night sky.
Admission is $6 for the general pub
lic and $4 for members of the planetar
ium. The show is recommended for
sixth-grade students to adults.
UNC Biostatician Snags
Distinguished Position
Ed Davis, professor and chairman of
the Department of Biostatistics, has
been awarded the first Dennis Gillings
Distinguished Professorship.
In 1997, Dermis Gillings, a former
UNC biostatistics professor, created the
professorship with his wife, Joan, after
pledging $3 million.
Emergency Blood Drive
To Be Held Thursday
The Church of the Holy Family is
sponsoring a blood drive from 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Thursday. The region has a
less than two-day supply of blood.
Donors must be 17 years old or older,
Study Abroad with
Honors Semester in London
Fall 2001
Open to all INC students with a GPA of 3,0 or better
V variety of courses is regularly offered and all directly relate to being in London
ind Britain.With a faculty, who previous participants have described as
“amazing," and “exciting,” you will have a chance to study such courses as:
...From the Hop to the Concert Hall
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Mg ...London in History
...British Cinema and British Culture since World War II
r||; ; m ...The British Museum, Society and Culture: 1753-2000
Mil;- u 1 r ...The History of Science and Medicine in British Culture:
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| | j ...The Wars of 1939-1945
i-Art in London: Current exhibitions, debates and
disputes in the London Artworld
I .The European Community: Economics. Politics and
Policy Making
• Professor Don Oehler (Music) will serve as the Resident Director
for the Fall 2001 semester.
• Students earn honors credit.
• Perspective and Major requirements can be filled.
• No prerequisites for any course.
• Classes scheduled to allow for 3 day weekends for reading,
exploring London and optional personal travel.
• Financial Aid available
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Students not in the Honors Program must have written approval from
the Resident Director to participate.
Contact: Prof. Oehler at dloehler@email.unc.edu,
or Professor Arthur S. Marks (Coordinator for Honors Study Abroad Programs)
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This is an opportunity and experience of a lifetime.
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Campus Calendar
Today
11 a.m. - Sign-ups for ACC tour
nament tickets will be held in the Pit
until 2 p.m. Students can only sign up
themselves.
Winning sheets will be announced at
the basketball game Feb. 3.
11 a.m. - The nontraditional soror
ities and fraternities have united to
form the Greek Alliance Council.
Members will do a presentation in
the Pit to introduce the council and its
representative organizations to the cam
pus. Come learn about the cultural
groups and take this opportunity to ask
questions.
4 p.m. - An interest meeting for the
APPLES service-learning grant pro
gram will be held in Union 211.
This program offers grants of up to
$1,500 for students with innovative
ideas to positively impact the com
munity.
Friday
10 a.m. - The UNC Dance
Marathon is registering dancers for
Marathon 2001 every day this week in
the Pit until 2 p.m.
Friday is the last day for students to
register to dance.
Come by the Pit and register
or register online at www.unc
marathon.org.
8:15 p.m. - Lab! Theatre presents
“The Birthday Party,” a play by
Harold Pinter. The play will be per
formed free of admission in the Kenan
Theatre.
For more information, go to
www.unc.edu/student/orgs/lab.
planning commit
tee is still in the
preliminary design
phase for the park
ing deck.”
Although
Pomerantz said he
is staying opti
mistic that the
parking deck pro
ject will not endan
ger the fields, he
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weigh at least 110 pounds and have not
given blood more recendy than Dec. 13.
For more information or to make an
appointment, contact Casey Copp at
942-4862.
Jung Society to Host
Salon on Dreams
The CJ. Jung Society of the Triangle
will host a presentation by Betty Lou
Chaika tided “Earth Dreaming: How
Jung’s Ideas Have Set the Stage for
Ecopsychology, Healing the
Relationship Between People with
Nature,” from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Feb. 4.
The event is free.
For more information, contact Ann
Loomis at 492-8926.
Disposable Camera Art
On Display at Library
The Friends of the Carrboro Library
and the Orange County Arts
Commission are presenting “One Time
Use,” a photographic exhibition from
the library’s workshop using disposable
cameras.
The exhibit runs until April 22 at the
Carrboro Branch Library on Old
Fayetteville Road.
For more information, call 969-3006.
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