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N.C. Air Ranks Among Worst
By Walton Walker
Staff Writer
North Carolina’s air quality is among
the most dangerous in the nation,
according to a report recendy released
by two environmental groups.
“Danger in the Air," a joint publica
tion of the N.C. Public Interest Research
Group and the Clean Air Network,
ranked the state third in the nation for the
number of recorded times the air reached
unhealthy smog levels last year, accord
ing to die Environmental Protection
Agency’s eight-hour health standard.
The EPA standard measures
exceedances, or the number of unhealthy
smog levels, over an eight-hour period of
the day when smog levels are highest.
The report, based on information
compiled by state air pollution control
agencies across the country, states that
smog rose to unhealthy levels 239 times
in North Carolina last year.
LIGHTING WOES
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while efforts were being made, nothing
has been fixed yet. “If we had requests,
we’d put more lighting around the area,
but we haven’t had any,” he said.
Granville West resident Molly Flinn
said she would feel safer walking alone
at night if there were more street lights.
“It is a burden and inconvenience to
not be able to go to the library at night
because you are scared to walk alone,
CONGRESS RACES
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But Speaker of Congress Alexandra
Bell said the addition of write-in candi
dates will boost the number of Congress
members. “There are typically about
eight to 10 write-in candidates every
year,” she said.
Bell also said the low turnout for
Congress is an issue that she and
Tuchmayer hope to change after the
election.
“We are going to think of anew way
to district Congress because this is not
working well,” Bell said.
She said the lack of response for on
campus districts is because some stu
dents do not know where they will be
living on campus until later in the
semester.
But Bell said she was not fazed by the
low number of undergraduate candi
dates for on-campus districts.
“On-campus seats will be filled -
they always are,” she said.
And despite the lack of interest, Bell
still believes there are ample students
capable of the job. “I am pretty confi
dent that there are 37 students on this
campus to do this,” she said. “It is a big
responsibility, but it is not that hard.”
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
CONGRESS
From Page 3
passed. Freshman Kelly White was
appointed the chairwoman of the
Student Safety and Security Committee.
Congress amended the student elec
tions procedures to address the possi
bility of a candidate for a student gov
ernment office declining the position. If
this happens, a special election open to
the entire student body will be held.
The last bill approved an appoint
ment to the Committee on Student
Conduct.
Student Body Treasurer Patrick Frye
said he thought the Finance Committee
acted fairly in allocating the money. “I
feel that we treated all groups with the
same sort of scrutiny as we have over
the course of this Congress,” Frye said.
He said that even with the additions
by the full Congress, he is satisfied with
the amount of money spent. Frye said,
“They acted well within their discretion.”
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
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But the report also stated that the
number of unhealthy days actually
decreased in North Carolina because of
uncommonly high levels of rainfall.
The smog level was exceeded on 35
days in 2000, compared to 68 days in
1999.
Across 43 states and Washington,
D.C., 7,672 violations of the EPA’s
health standard were recorded.
California produces the most polluted
air of all states, according to the report,
with 1,217 exceedances.
N.C. Sierra Club spokeswoman
Molly Diggins said state leaders need to
address the smog issue.
Smog has been blamed for 250,000
asthma attacks statewide. Prolonged
exposure can scar the inside of lungs,
reducing their filtering capacity and
leading to permanent damage.
“It’s like getting a sunburn on the
inside of your lungs,” said Jane Mardoch,
spokeswoman for the Clean Air Network.
especially if you have to walk through
poorly lit areas,” Flinn said.
Granville resident Marcellus Parker
said he felt safe but added that he thinks
the situation is different for women. “If
one person feels unsafe because of the
poor lighting situation then that should
be enough to show concern,” Parker said.
Granville East resident Allison
Scarborough said she also feels relative
ly safe walking alone at night through
the poorly fit areas in Chapel Hill but
that the fighting could be improved.
“You never know who might be
CAR HELP
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government was in the process of dis
cussing what to do about possibly help
ing Guadagnino.
Chapel Hill police spokeswoman
Jane Cousins said there have been no
arrests made for the vandalism.
“We are trying to get the video tape
of the celebration, and then we’ll make
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Smog is produced when nitrogen
oxides combine with chemicals in the air
and are subjected to sunlight and heat.
Automobiles and power plants are
the two prime contributors to smog lev
els, the report stated. Each constituted
about 40 percent of North Carolina’s
total nitrogen oxide emissions in 2000.
According to N.C. PIRG spokes
woman Elizabeth Ouzts, the problem of
pollution lies with the power plant indus
try. Ouzts said many plants located in the
southeast of the state were built before
1977 and are subject to the pollution stan
dards in place when the plants were built
“Southeastern North Carolina has
some of the dirtiest power plants in the
country,” she said. “We’re not going to
see the dramatic improvements we need
until we take aggressive action against
the power plants.”
The State & National Editor can be
reached at stntdesk@unc.edu.
around the comer, and it’s hard to see
them because it’s so dark, but it’s just a
chance you take,” Scarborough said.
Despite students’ concerns, Chapel
Hill Town Council member Kevin Foy
said to his knowledge no one has come
to the Town Council with requests to
improve the situation. “In order to
receive more lighting, residents would
have to come forth and show the town
where fighting is inadequate and why.”
The City Editor can be reached
at citydesk@unc.edu.
still photos from the tape,” Cousins said.
“Then we’ll try to see if we can get
anyone who knows anybody in the pic
tures to come forward.”
Cousins also said Crimestoppers will
be a way that someone can come for
ward without having to give his or her
name and can even collect a reward for
their information.
The City Editor can be reached
at citydesk@unc.edu.
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