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Thursday, May 24, 2001
Weekend Full of Celebration
Graduating students stayed
out late saying goodbye to
friends, despite the early
ceremony on Sunday.
Kathleen Hunter
Senior Writer
It was too hot to breathe, too crowd
ed to move.
Revelers tried in vain to make their
way through the dense crowd.
They faced protruding tree roots,
hidden mud puddles and precariously
full Blue Cups. And that was assuming
they managed to get into the bar..
“Good luck getting a beer,” one
bouncer told those who entered
But few, if any, seemed to care.
That was the scene at He’s Not
Here, shortly after midnight Sunday,
just hours before the graduates of the
Class of 2001 would file into Keenan
Stadium to officially complete their
time in Blue Heaven.
The mood was celebratory as the
soon-to-be graduates and the sparse
number of underclassmen remaining
in Chapel Hill took advantage of the
warm night and the fact that class was
out for summer - or, for some, forever.
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remembering the past, eagerly antici
pating the future. .
The popular Franklin Street bar was
at the center of the uptown festivities
Saturday night There were long lines
all over uptown, though.
Nicholas Richitt, an assistant manag
er who has worked at He’s Not for four
years, said Saturday’s crowd was possi
bly the largest he had seen on the
night before graduation.
Just after 12:30 a.m., Richitt estimat
ed that the bar served close to 3,000 of
its signature Blue Cups that day, nearly
500 of them prior to 4 p.m.
Richitt said he was disappointed that
a supply mix-up meant the bar had to
serve its 32-ounce beers in plain white
plastic cups instead of its regular blue
glasses featuring the He’s Not Here
logo.
“I feel bad for everybody because
everyone wants Blue Cups before they
leave,” he said.
But the plain cups did not seem to
put a damper on the mood of many
graduating seniors, who seemed happy
just to be out celebrating their comple
tion of college.
Senior Journalism Major Sean
Busher said he had spent the day with
family before heading uptown to cele
brate with friends.
“I had to do family stuff for awhile,”
Busher said. “But once I got here, it
was time to party. I’ve had lots of
pineapple rum so far.”
Despite the fun of the evening,
Busher said he had mixed emotions
about graduating.
“It’s great that now I am going to be
putting cash in my wallet, meeting
new friends, going where I want to
go,” he said. “But it is bad that I am
leaving old friends, and I might not go
where i want to go.”
Elizabeth Dyer, a senior math
major, said around 12:30 a.m. that she
intended to stay until closing time. “So
far the night is young,” she said. “It’s
only 12:30.”
Chris Konstantinos, a senior business
major, said he and his friends had come
out looking for a fun night on the town
before graduation.
“We’ll hang out here,” he said.
“We’ll see which way the wind takes
us. We’re just trying to stretch this
night out as long a we can.”
Despite the good time he said he was
having, Konstantinos, who plans to
move to Richmond and work as an
investment banker, said he was ready for
college to be over. “I think I’m ready to
go out into the real world,” he said. “But
I don’t think the real world is ready for
me."
Kathleen Hunter can be reached at
krhunter@email.unc.edu.
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Easley To Improve Public Schools
The state is appealing a
recent ruling in a 1994 law
suit brought by several of
the poorest school districts.
The Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. - Gov. Mike Easley
announced Tuesday that a 30-member
task force will help develop a long-range
plan to improve the state's public
schools, addressing issues like teacher
recruitment and school financing.
The task force also could play a role
in developing a response to a court rul
ing, now under appeal, that ordered the
.state to improve educational opportuni
ties for children at risk of failure.
That ruling was temporarily stayed
last week by the state Court of Appeals
pending the outcome of a hearing, and
Easley didn't cite the court order in his
decision to appoint the group.
Instead, Easley said he wants the
group to examine issues that move
beyond those considered in the court
decision.
"We have an opportunity during
these tough economic times to make
some lemonade out of lemons," Easley
said.
"Other states can choose the course
they want to take, but in North Carolina
we are going forward."
The task force will be headed by
state Superintendent of Public
Instruction Mike Ward, Halifax County
Schools Superintendent Willie Gilchrist
and Bell South NC President Krista
Tillman.
Gilchrist said he envisions pulling a
lot of successful classroom strategies
together.
"Many wonderful things are going on
in our schools... but we've been working
in isolation," he sain.
Easley said the group also will exam
ine how to meet a growing teacher
shortage that is expected to require the
state to hire 9,000 teachers a year over
the next decade.
In addition, he
wants the group to
examine Ways to
make better use of
the money avail
able to improve
education.
He also wants
the group to
address the
achievement gap
between whites
and minorities.
“Our schools are not what
they should be and we cannot
be satisfied with medocrity. ”
Mike Easley
North Carolina Governor
"Our schools are not what they
should be and we cannot be satisfied
with mediocrity," Easley said.
"I've asked this group to tell us what
constitutes a superior education."
Despite downplaying the connection,
Easley said the group's work will be
shared with the courts should the state
lose its appeal in a lawsuit brought by
poor school districts.
Bear Burden: Rangers
To Keep Watchful Eye
Last year's fatal mauling of
a Tenn. man by a black bear
was the first in National
Park Service history.
The Associated Press
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Field crews in
the Great Smoky Mountains National
Park will be watching more carefully for
signs of aggressive bears during the
upcoming summer.
Park officials, acting in the wake of
last year's fatal mauling of a hiker, have
told maintenance crews and other field
workers there must be no delay in relay
ing information when visitors report
problems. Additional training on
reporting procedures is taking place.
"We'have always reacted quickly to
the reports," said Smokies spokes
woman Nancy Gray. "We are just tight
ening the reporting procedures from
field personnel."
The Great Smoky Mountains
National Park, on the border of
Tennessee and North Carolina, is the
most-visited national park in the nation.
Memorial Day weekend marks the
unofficial start of the summer tourist
season -and the potential for more con
flict between bears and people.
Glenda Ann Bradley, 50, was killed
May 21, 2000, near Elkmont camp
ground in Tennessee. A 112-pound
female bear and its 40-pound yearling
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The governor also said the group will
explore innovative programs that have
helped poor children, as recommended
in die court order.
The lawsuit, brought in 1994 by five
of North Carolina's poorer school sys
tems, stems from complaints that the
state's school funding formula is
unfair.
Superior Court Judge Howard
Manningjr. had given the state and the
schools that sued 12 months to develop
a strategy to improve
opportunities for poor students.
Last month, Manning ordered the
state to go ahead
with the plan
while the appeal is
pending.
The Court of
Appeals, though,
issued a tempo
rary stay that
could delay or
eventually lead to
an order blocking
its enforcement.
Easley has been an advocate of many
of the requirements ordered by
Manning.
Some of those requirements include
lowering class size and preschool pro
grams for at-risk four-year-olds.
However, Easley has said college
prep offerings and other programs for
high achievers shouldn't be sacrificed -
as some have claimed Manning's ruling
would do - to help poor children.
attacked the experienced hiker, an ele
mentary school teacher from Cosby,
Tenn. It was the first time in National
Park Service history that a black bear
had killed a person.
Bradley's family filed a $3.5 million
claim this month with the U.S.
Department of Interior, saying the park
knew the bears were aggressive before
the mauling.
Gray declined to speak specifically
about the claim but said the park's black
bear policy was revised because of
Bradley's death.
The park also has changed warning
signs in the backcountry, added training
on black bears for seasonal and fiill-time
park staff, and put more emphasis on
educating visitors, including handing
out more information on what to do if
a bear appears aggressive.
Though such attacks are rare, rising
populations of humans and bears mean
encounters are increasing.
There are about 1,800 black bears in
the Smokies and 5,000 to 6,000 in the
Southern Appalachians. Mike
Carraway, a Waynesville-based biolo
gist for the N.C. Wildlife Resources
Commission, said the black bear popu
lation appears to be growing larger.
Last weekend, wildlife biologists
were forced to kill a black bear that was
breaking into cars and tents near the
Pisgah campground off the Blue Ridge
Parkway.
Last year, there were 19 incidents
involving nuisance bears.
GRADUATION
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ers would be.”
Graduating senior Brandon Briscoe
agreed. “Scott did a brilliant job of bal
ancing humor and entertainment with
serious comments demanded by the
occasion.”
The loudest cheers seemed to come
during Cowley’s speech, or rather, toast
While attempting to do some research
on North Carolina, Cowley said, he
came across the official Tar Heel toast.
He then raised a He’s Not Here blue
cup. The students roared in approval.
What followed was a humorous
adaptation of the Old North State toast.
“He was wonderful,” Wolford said. “I
was really glad I voted for him.”
Cowley began his speech by asking
the group for one last group photo for
his mother. He pulled out a disposable
earner a and instructed the crowd to yell
“Thanks, mom.,” on three.
“And Vince, push in a little on your
left,” added Cowley.
After the ceremony, students were
allowed to walk around to the south
side of the field, where they danced,
played catch and hugged theif friends.
Said Briscoe, “I thought the new pol
icy brought an appropriate amount of
dignity and speed to the ceremony, but
still allowed seniors to celebrate on the
field.”
Brian Frederick can be reached at
brifred@yahoo.com.
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Thursday, May 24,2001
Volume 109, Issue 45
P.O. Box 3257. Chapel Hill. NC 27515
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