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Wednesday, February 21, 2001
Student Congress Says
Yes to Brook, Newcomb
By Mandy Melton
Staff Writer
Despite modest attendance, Student
Congress members tackled a wide range
of issues, including approval of anew
student attorney general, at their meet
ing Tuesday night.
The meeting, which less than halt of
Congress members attended, opened
with a push for all Student Congress
members to participate in this week
end’s Finance Committee workshop, in
which Congress members will discuss
the budget for the fall semester.
Student Body Treasurer Patrick Frye
said Student Congress has a $13,000
budget surplus heading into the finance
committee weekend. Frye also cau
tioned Congress members of the fact
that not all campus groups can be sup
ported financially by student fees.
“There are a lot of good programs on
campus," he said. “(Student Congress)
cannot fund them all. It is important for
us to pick and choose our battles care
fully. Wisdom comes when you find the
group you want to fight for."
Congress members moved to hear a
plea by representatives from the
Conference on Race, Class, Gender and
Ethnicity. The group received funding
from Student Congress last year and
came Tuesday night to request a S9OO
funding increase The additional money
would be used to cover the costs of
keynote speakers for the conference.
Some Congress members noted that
the lack of additional funding for the con
ference would not preclude the event.
But other representatives argued that
the conference is offering something that
the whole campus could benefit from -
a greater exposure to issues surrounding
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race, class, gender
and ethnicity.
After a lengthy
debate, Student
Congress members
voted not to recon
sider the Finance
Committee’s deci
sion to deny an
increase of funds
for the conference.
Congress mem
bers also unani
mously approved
sophomore Brad
New'comb for the
post of student
Student Body
Treasurer
Patrick Frye
warns that Congress
cannot fund all
student groups.
attorney general. “My greatest value is
my dedication to the system,” Newcomb
said. “This is what I enjoy doing, and it
is where 1 make my impact.”
As Student Congress members ques
tioned Newcomb about recent attacks
on the judicial process, he issued a
pledge to make the system more acces
sible to students. “It’s time we stopped
being a secret society,” he said. “It is
important that we make the system
more approachable while still maintain
ing the integrity of the system.”
Student Congress also approved junior
Chris Brook as a Committee on Student
Conduct member. “My love for a student
run judicial system and my knowledge of
the Student Code prove that I am a good
choice for this position,” he said. “The
most important thing is that there needs to
be better communication from COSC,
the attorney general and the Honor Court
to students, (The Daily Tar Heel) and
Congress about our missions and goals.”
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'Mini-Medical School' Explains Asthma
By Tyler Maland
Staff Writer
The first session of UNC’s Mini-
Medical School Lecture Series was a
breath of fresh air to the packed audito
rium at the Friday Center on Tuesday.
The lecture, “Breathing Not So
Freely,” is the first in a series of five,
which are open to the general public.
Other lecture topics include digestion,
fetal therapy, genomics and cancer.
“The purpose of this occasion is to
share information that we think is valu
able to our community,” said Dr. Myron
Cohen, professor of medicine.
Three medical gurus were on tap
Tuesday to speak about asthma and
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,
as well as possible prevention and care.
Dr. David Peden, professor of pedi
atrics, began the lecture by discussing
the asthma epidemic.
“Asthma is truly a worldwide prob
lem,” Peden said. He said there are
aboutlso million asthmatics globally.
Napster Strives to Settle, Offers $1 Billion
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SAN FRANCISCO - Napster Inc.
offered $1 billion to the recording indus
try Tuesday to settle the copyright
infringement suit that threatens to shut
down the free Internet song-swapping
service.
Under the proposed settlement, $l5O
million would be paid each year for the
first five years to the major record labels
- Sony, Warner, BMG, EMI and
Universal -with an additional SSO mil
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Peden said that dander and saliva
from cats, dust mites’ fecal matter and
cockroaches are common irritants of
asthma. “Cockroach allergy kills peo
ple,” Peden said. “The people that it kills
are primarily children in African
American urban settings.”
Dr. James Donohue, professor of med
icine, continued the lecture by addressing
the issue of chronic bronchitis and
emphysema, collectively known as
chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder.
“(COPD) has become the fourth
leading cause of death,” Donohue said.
He showed an array of spoof ads crit
icizing cigarette smoking, including one
of two Marlboro men and the phrase,
‘Bob, I’ve Got Emphysema.”
Donohue also said that COPD is
plaguing women in large percentages
and that tobacco-related diseases will
soon move to the third leading killer.
Donohue cited maternal smoking,
low birth rate, serious illness in the first
few years of life, uncontrolled asthma
and working in a dusty environment as
labels.
Napster CEO Hank Barry, flanked
by company founder Shawn Fanning,
described the urgency of reaching an
agreement with the record companies
that are suing Napster for copyright
infringement.
“We all ought to sit down and settle
this case as fast as we can,” Barry said.
“We’re saying this is something con
sumers really want. Let’s do something
to keep it going.”
Record labels urged Napster instead
to accept a federal injunction ordering it
sium in science and humanities on “The
Ethics of Genetic Testing.” The event
will be held in the Commons Room of
the Johnston Center.
A reception will follow the panel dis
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COPD causes.
But he said there is hope even if
someone is diagnosed with COPD. “It is
not the kiss of death, but it could be if
you keep smoking.”
The final speaker, Jeanie Mascarella,
pulmonary nurse clinician, focused on
ways to limit asthma attacks and
increase awareness of new medications
that will soon be on the shelves.
“All of the inhalers (currendy using
chlorofluorocarbons) will be removed
from the market over the next few
years,” she said. “Now what is going to
be coming out are dry powder devices
and inhalers with anew fluorocarbon.”
One Chapel Hill resident, Eleanor
Morris, said she was very pleased with
the event. “This is the third (Mini-
Medical School lecture) that I have
come to,” she said. “I don’t suffer from
asthma but I have a granddaughter who
does and I learned much more about it.”
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to block copyrighted music from its ser
vice.
“This path would be more productive
than trying to engage in business nego
tiations through the media,” Hilary
Rosen, president of the Recording
Industry Association of America, said
before Napster made its offer public.
The offer was announced a week
after a federal appeals court signaled the
end is near for Napster’s free service,
saying the music industry almost cer
tainly will win its suit against the pio
neering digital entertainment company.
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UNC's Mini-Medical School Lecture Series
gives medical lessons to ordinary audiences.
“New Lives in Jeopardy,* Feb. 27.
Doctors will discuss fetal scanning for birth
defects and fetal surgery.
“Forefronts in Digestive Diseases,"
March 6. Doctors will give a presentation
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"Romancing the Genome," March 15.
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Under last week’s ruling from a three
judge panel of the San Francisco-based
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the
company was ordered to stop the mil
lions of people who use it as a clearing
house to swap copyrighted music with
out charge and without restriction.
Napster, whose lawyers have said
such action would be virtually impossi
ble, has vowed to appeal to the full
appeals court.
Napster has argued it is not to blame
for how subscribers use copyrighted
material.
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