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The University and Towns
In Brief
Lectures to Highlight
Genome Scientists
A lecture series hosted by UNC’s
Center for Genome Sciences will bring
to campus more than a dozen national
experts in the fields of functional
genomics, proteomics and bioinformat
ics.
The first lecture is at noon on Aug. 27
in room 136 of the Tate-Tumer-Kuralt
Building and will feature Oliver
Smithies, a professor of pathology and
laboratory medicine at the UNC School
of Medicine.
His address, “Mouse Solutions to
Pharmacological Problems,” will be free
and open to the public.
Other lectures, which will continue
through May 6, will bring doctors from
the University of California at San
Francisco, the University of Washington
and Stanford, Harvard, Yale,
Rockefeller, N.C. State and Indiana uni
versities.
There will also be addresses from
experts from St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital and the Salk
Institute.
More information is available at
http://www.med.unc.edu/geneticsdept.
Grant Lets Researchers
Study Teen Spirituality
A $3.96 million grant received by a
team of UNC sociologists will allow
them to conduct the first comprehen
sive national survey of the influence of
religion and spirituality on teenagers.
The grant was given by the Lilly
Endowment, Inc., the nation’s single
largest funder in the field of religion.
The study will consist of a national
random-sample phone survey of 4,000
adolescents and parents and in-depth
interviews with 350 participants, each of
which will be conducted twice over a
three-year period.
Repeating the surveys will allow the
ADVISING QUESTION Of THE DAY:
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Use the course search engine to find them.
• Go to http://RegWeb.unc.edu/coursesearch
• Select "open" under Section Availability
• If you are flexible about day, time, and topic, you will
discover some great classes.
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researchers to identify beliefs and prac
tices and track changes in them over
time.
The survey, which will be available
in Spanish and English, will reach
diverse groups of people including
blacks, Hispanics and Jews.
When the study is complete in 2005,
researchers will hold one conference for
philanthropists, policy-makers, social
workers and journalists and a second
conference for religious educators and
youth ministers.
Dr. Christian Smith, a UNC profes
sor of sociology, is the principal inves
tigator for the study.
More information is available at
http://www.youthandreligion.org.
Local Youth League
Seeks Soccer Coaches
Rainbow Soccer is looking for vol
unteers to coach all age levels.
Coaching requires a commitment of
approximately four to five hours per
week, with two weekday afternoon
practices and a Saturday game.
Practices start Sept. 4.
The league is for players ages three
and up.
Contact Alice Craft at 967-8797 to
sign up or for more information.
Center Offers Services
To Victims of Violence
The Family Violence Prevention
Center of Orange County, a Chapel
Hill-based nonprofit organization, has
opened its doors for victims of family
violence, their friends and family mem
bers.
The center is seeking volunteers to
work as crisis line support personnel,
court advocates, community educators
and child care providers.
Training is provided for volunteers in
all areas.
Contact Jenn Barr at 929-3872 for
more information.
Agency Needs Mentors
To Help At-Risk Youth
Volunteers for Youth, a nonprofit
United Way agency, is looking for men
tors.
Their Governor’s One-on-One
Program matches at-risk youth from
Orange County with adult mentors.
The agency is seeking male volun
teers from northern Orange County in
particular.
The program will hold its next train
ing session from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on
Sept. 25 and 26 at the office in
Carrboro.
Contact Eileen Hannan at 967-4511
for more information.
Freedom House Hosts
Yard Sale Fund-Raiser
Freedom House, a substance abuse
service provider located in Chapel Hill,
will host its 2nd annual yard sale from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 25 at 104 New
Stateside Drive.
The activity raises money to fund
projects and help cover some of the
shelter’s operating costs.
For more information or to donate
items for the yard sale call Leigh
Loraine or Kathy Berman at 942-2803.
American Red Cross
Opens Pittsboro Office
The American Red Cross will hold
its Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to com
memorate its move into anew office.
The ceremony will be held at 2 p.m.
on Sept. 10 at 959 East St. in Pittsboro,
the site of the new office.
Contact the Mid-Carolina Asheboro
office at (336) 629-2399.
Center Hosts Program
On Conflict Resolution
The Dispute Settlement Center of
Orange County is offering training in
communication and conflict resolu
tion skills from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on
Aug. 30.
The program will be held in Chapel
Hill at a cost of S9O.
For more information, contact the
Dispute Settlement Center of Orange
County at 929-8800.
Bilingual School Makes
New Building Home
The Language Center, home to a
French and Spanish language immer
sion program for grade schoolers, will
open this year in its new location.
The center is located in the building
previously occupied by Chapel Hill
Bible Church at the comer of Purefoy
Road and Mason Farm Road.
It is being leased from Chapel Hill
Kahillah.
The non-profit center’s classes begin
Sept. 4. It is currently enrolling students
in the morning language immersion
preschool programs and after school
programs for children 3-12 years old.
Contact Kateri Carver-Akers at 942-
9060 for more information.
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The James M. Johnston Center for
Undergraduate excellence invites all UNC
undergrads to three special events celebrating
the first week of classes:
First eosmolitan All Male Chorus
in concert,TUesday August 21, 12:30 p.m.
\ y p | FlUst COLD DRINKS!
I|| Coffee Talk: A guided introduction
to coffees of the world.
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Wednesday, August 22,2-4 p.m.
Johnston Center travel mugs available for purchase
get yours re-filled at a discount all year!
Coekout & Concert on the Terrace:
World music by Mappamundi.
Thursday, August 23, noon.
Join us EVERY THURSDAY at NOON for
FOOD & MUSIC!
The Johnston Center is in Graham Memorial, on Franklin Street next to the
Morehead Planetarium. Watch for upcoming events, or subscribe to our events
calendar at jcue@unc.edu!
News
Easley Advocates Internet Tax
By Alex Kaplun
State & National Editor
Gov. Mike Easley is among 42 gov
ernors with their names on a letter call
ing for the repeal of a moratorium ban
ning states from collecting taxes from
Internet sales.
The governors sent a letter Friday to
all Congress members asking lawmakers
not to renew the 1998 moratorium.
“If you care about a level playing
field for Main Street retail businesses
and local control of states, local govern
ments and schools, extend the morato
rium on taxing Internet access only with
authorization for the states to streamline
and simplify the existing sales tax sys
tem,” the letter states. “To do otherwise
perpetuates a fundamental inequity and
ignores a growing problem.”
Several of the governors who did not
sign the letter were from states, such as
California and Virginia, that rely heav
ily on Internet companies.
The moratorium is set to expire in
October, but a proposal to eliminate it is
Bush Expects Economic Recovery
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The Bush admin
istration is pinning its budget hopes on
a rapid, robust economic recovery dri
ven by its huge tax cut despite figures
released Wednesday that show a steep
drop in the government surpluses pro
jected for 2001 and 2002.
The White House Office of
Management and Budget is expecting an
economic rebound next year, including a
growth rate of 3.2 percent in gross domes
tic product That’s nearly double the ane
mic 1.7 percent rate forecast for this year
and higher than the 2.8 percent rate con
sensus of many private economists.
Budget Director Mitch Daniels said
the 10-year, $1.35 trillion tax cut
President Bush signed into law in June -
coupled with restrained government
spending and the Federal Reserve’s
interest rate cuts - would boost U.S.
economic growth and fortify the budget
bottom line.
“Economic growth is the key to con
tinuing this very strong fiscal picture,”
Daniels told reporters. “A return to eco
nomic growth will be the focus of the
sitting in a Senate Finance Committee.
At the request of committee
Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., the
Congressional Budget Office released a
report earlier this month about the
numerous difficulties in collecting sales
taxes from out-of-state entities such as
Web-based companies.
The report states that it is structural
ly difficult for states to collect taxes out
side their borders and that the system
forces consumers to make purchasing
decisions based on possible taxes.
The report also concludes that states
could lose S2O billion in potential rev
enue by 2003.
That kind of money could help states,
many of which have struggled to con
struct a balanced budget in light of a
worsening national economy.
In some states, revenue from sales tax
can make up to 50 percent of the total
tax revenue.
Baucus’ spokesman Michael Siegel
would not comment about the senator’s
stance on the issue, but he did say
Baucus planned to play an active role in
president and the administration in the
months ahead.”
The impact of the economic slow
down and the S4O billion in tax refund
checks was apparent in the midyear
budget outlook released Wednesday by
the White House.
It estimated a fiscal 2001 surplus of
$l5B billion, only $1 billion above the
tax receipts that flow to Social Security.
The revision is $123 billion less than the
last estimate in April but the surplus still
will be the second-largest ever.
A similarly tiny non-Social Security
surplus of $1 billion is now expected in
fiscal 2002, which begins Oct. 1.
That represents a SSB billion drop
from the April estimate, for an overall
surplus of $173 billion next year that is
almost entirely Social Security.
An even starker view of the shrinking
surplus may come when the nonpartisan
Congressional Budget Office issues a
rival forecast next week.
Budget analysts widely believe the
CBO projections will show a less favor
able 2001 surplus and be less aggressive
in predicting future economic growth
rates.
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the debate.
“This is very much a state issue,”
Siegel said. “But he has wanted to play a
helpful role in dealing with this issue*
Proponents of the moratorium have
argued that a repeal of the moratorium
could cripple the nation’s Internet com
merce industry in the wake of the recent
failure of numerous dot-com companies.
The moratorium is based on two
Supreme Court decisions that prohibit
states from collecting sales tax from
companies that do not have a ware
house or some other physical presence
such as a warehouse in the state. -
Brad Woodhouse, a spokesman fpr
Rep. Bob Etheridge, D-N.C., said the
representative was opposed to a repeal
of the moratorium because it would hurt
Internet commerce.
“The congressman is in favor of the
current moratorium to allow the contin
ued buildup of the Internet sales indus
try.”
The State & National Editor can be
reached at stntdesk@unc.edu.
Despite the near-term decline, the
OMB expects an overall surplus of
more than $3.1 trillion over 10 years —’
down from $5.6 trillion before the tax
cut and other changes - even account-;
ing for the tax cut and proposed spend
ing increases.
Campus Calendar
Today
6 p.m. - The Carolina Academic
Team will hold an information ses
sion and practice in Union 224 for
both old and prospective members..
Anyone interested in college bowl,'
Jeopardy!, quiz bowl or trivia is wel
come to attend.
No experience is necessary.
For the Record
In the Aug. 21 article "Greek Houses
Meet Sprinkler Deadline,” The Daily Tar
Heel was given inaccurate information
regarding the closing of the Pi Lambda
Phi fraternity house. Fraternity repre
sentatives have said the house is dosed
for renovations, not financial reasons.
The Daily Tar Heel regrets the error.
Gtip iaily JTar Uppl
RO. Box 3257, Chapel Hill, NC 27515
Katie Hunter. Editor. 962-4086
Advertising & Business. 962-1163
News. Features, Sports, 962-0245
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