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Tuesday, April 17, 2001
Senators: Plane Crisis
Hurt China Relations
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - China is eager to
keep tensions with the United States
over the spy plane incident separate
from trade relations between the two
countries, but both Democrats and
Republicans say that may be difficult.
“They’ve already paid a price,” Sen.
Joseph Biden of Delaware, the top
Democrat on the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, said Sunday on
CBS’ “Face the Nation.” The Chinese
“will find harder going for them in the
United States Congress.”
Several other lawmakers agreed with
that assessment on the Sunday TV talk
shows.
A top Chinese trade official, mean
while, cautioned against linking the inci
dent with an expected vote over China’s
trade relations with the United States.
Trade ministry spokesman Gao Yan was
quoted by the government-run China
News Service as saying “China doesn’t
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wish to fight a trade war with any coun
try.”
The Bush administration is likely to
face a decision this summer on whether
to propose trade benefits to China for
another year because Beijing’s efforts to
be admitted to the World Trade
Organization, which sets rules on inter
national commerce, have bogged down.
But several lawmakers said the standoff
involving the collision of a Navy surveil
lance plane and a Chinese fighter jet two
weeks ago is likely to have lasting effects.
“This is not some incident that will
pass in the night; this will cause a fun
damental change in our relations with
China,” Sen. Robert Torricelli, D-N J.,
said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “There
will be retribution.”
Other lawmakers counseled caution
in handling decisions affecting China.
“It is in the best interest of our coun
try and the world to put this relationship
back on track,” Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-
Neb., said on CBS.
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DEATH PENALTY
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ishment system,” he said. “The system
we have now treats people differendy
based on their color. ”
Fitzsimon said he is in favor of a
moratorium on the death penalty until
more investigation is done on the issue.
He added that the study will be dis
tributed to members of the N.C. General
Assembly for review. The legislature is
currendy considering a bill put forth by
Sen. Frank Ballance, D-Warren.
Stephen Dear, executive director of
People of Faith Against the Death
Penalty, said the study raises issues
about the justice in death row decisions.
“This study shows what concerned
people have known all along, that there
is a deep legacy of racism that pervades
our death penalty system,” Dear said.
He said the General Assembly needs
to look into this evidence and examine
the apparent correlation.
“Nobody wants a death penalty sys
tem that is racially biased,” he said.
MARSHALL
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tor of her campaign.
Marshall, an attorney, said she first
became involved with politics when she
saw the example her parents set in their
own community in rural Maryland with
their nondomineering way of giving to
the community.
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And like Fitzsimon, Dear agrees a
moratorium on capital punishment is in
order. “(The study) shows why we need to
put a moratorium on executions,” he said.
But Rep. Robert Rucho, R-
Mecklenburg, said the death penalty has
proven to be an effective deterrent
against murder and the justice system is
still mosdy effective.
“(The system) will still determine in a
complete manner the guilt of an indi
vidual," Rucho said.
He added that the death penalty can
only be a feasible deterrent if done
quickly and fairly.
But Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, D-Orange,
said she believes the death penalty is an
unfair measure.
She said she favors calling a moratori
um on the death penalty, but would like to
see it ended permanendy.
“From my standpoint, I’d like to see the
death penalty changed to life in prison,”
she said. “That’s an option now and I’d
like to make that the only option.”
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She said she hopes to use her parents’
example of public service and the
lessons she learned from the 4-H pro
gram to help North Carolinians in the
future. “I’m the kind of person that
speaks out,” Marshall said. “Being elect
ed to public office has served as a rem
edy for my need to help everybody.”
The State & National Editor can be
reached at stntdesk@unc.edu.
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TECHNOLOGY
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chance to reach their full potential in
both his January inauguration and
February State of the State addresses.
“Every citizen of every age and every
location must be included in our one
state - the young and the old, the rural
and the urban, large cities as well as
small towns,” Easley said in February.
“And as the new economy demands
more technology, so must we teach it.”
The UNC system, whose 16 campuses
educate rural and urban students
statewide, is another agency trying to
erase the digital divide through education.
While some system campuses, such
as UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State
University, are located on the edges of
Research Triangle Park, other campuses
like Western Carolina University and
UNC-Pembroke are located in rural
areas where Internet access is sparse.
UNC-system leaders say they are
working hard to provide equal techno
logical resources for all of its campuses,
no matter where it’s located to make
sure all students have equal experience
dealing with modem technology.
Robyn Render, UNC-system chief
information officer, said each campus
must meet minimal standards for tech
nology set by UNC-system leaders.
But Render said that while each cam
pus has not met all the standards, each is
able to provide Internet access through
the N.C. Research and Education
Network, a statewide telecommunica
tions network reaching all UNC-system
campuses and several other universities
and community colleges.
Render said funds for NC-REN are
distributed to campuses based on their
student population and the number of
campus buildings so each can meet the
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minimal requirements. “In that respect,
it’s equal,” she said. “Everyone gets
enough to cover the baseline standard.”
But she said that while the UNC sys
tem is working hard to ensure all stu
dents have adequate access to technol
ogy on campus, problems still exist off
campus for students in communities
without good Internet connections.
“I think that on the campus itself,
whether in the computer labs or dorm
rooms or in class, that all students do
have adequate access to the Internet,”
she said. “But in cases where the com
munity does not have good (Internet)
access, then those students may not
have equal access to the Internet.”
Unity Through Wires
Ron Hawley, chief information offi
cer for the N.C. Office of Information
Technology Services, said that statewide,
the digital divide causes a great problem
for officials trying to unite the state.
He also said that while different areas
of the state focus on separate issues,
technology is the common link, and
N.C. leaders need to make sure all resi
dents have equal access to the Internet.
“Internet 1 technology is bringing
those two together, and we have to work
on closing the gap, the digital divide.”
Hawley said he believes it is the state’s
obligation to find ways to link all areas to
the Internet to ensure its future success.
Hawley said he believes improving
technology in the state will help resi
dents remain competitive with each
other.
“It’s important, that’s the bottom
line,” he said. “It’s how you’re going to
deliver education, it’s how you’re going
to get access to our state government.
It’s critical to our citizens, to our future.”
The State & National Editor can be
reached at stntdesk@unc.edu.