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Friday, September 7, 2001 2 Bond Committee to Inform Local Voters The committee seeks to aid Orange County citizens in understanding the bond and its impact on taxes. By Stephanie Furr Staff Writer Orange County’s Bond Education Committee met for the first time Wednesday to discuss ways to help county voters make informed decisions about a Nov. 6 bond referendum. Local government officials, parents of school children, parks and recreation employees, and senior advisory com mittee members who make up the bond committee hope to educate voters about the referendum while remaining neutral on the issue. At the meeting, County Manager John Link made several presentations about the financial shape of the county and the bond’s projected tax impact and Campus Calendar Monday 5:30 p.m. - Coming Out RAP Group - the Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual support group - will have a session. It will be held in the Center for Healthy Student Behaviors conference room in the Student Recreation Center. Contact Marcie Fisher at 966-3462 for more information. 8 p.m. - Get ready to dance! Mezmerhythm, UNC’s multi-genre dance group, will be holding auditions in the Great Hall. Items of Interest - Interested in becoming a student mediator at UNC? Student Mediation Services has application forms avail able in the Office of the Dean of Students in the basement of the Steele Building. Completed forms must be returned by noon Sept. 19 for consider- tSdiMe free tan ImtyU. WEEKEND AT ECLIPSE! All Clients, Old and New, Tan Free All Weekend Long! September 7th, Bth, & 9th • Come Join Us for Great Specials on Packages and Lotions • Door Prizes and Refreshments • Get a Henna Body Art Tattoo by Krishna-priya While You Wait! • Less Than 5 Minutes from Campus! 968*3377 139 Rams Plaza * Chapel Hill, NC \ iff*' TUESDAY and * WEDNESDAY EVENINGS I FROM 6T09 PM AT SECOND FLOOR OF DEY HALL Beginning September 4th and sth, 2001 Peer tutors available on a drop-in basis first come, first serve-to help in the following courses: I French 1-4 • Spanish 1-4 • German 1-4 (Tuesdays only) Portuguese 1,3 (Tuesdays only) Italian 1,3 (Wednesdays only) • Math 10, 17, 18, 30, 31 Biol 11, 50 • Chem 11, 21,41 • Chem 61 (Wednesdays only) Phys 24, 25 (Wednesdays only) • Econ 10 • Business 24, 71 Statistics 11 (Tuesdays only) Statistics 31 (Wednesdays only) • Anthropology 10 Psychology 10 (Tuesdays only) Astronomy 31 (Wednesdays only) • Geology 11 For additional help in chemistry and math, try these free resources: The Math Help Center 224 Phillips 3:30-7:30 pm M-Th The Chemistry Resource Center 225 Venable Hall 12:00-6:00 pm M-Th f Questions? Call 962-3782 Sponsored by the Peer Tutoring Program and UNC Learning Center debt. Members divid ed themselves into subcommittees for schools, parks, recreation and open space, senior centers, affordable housing, and information and outreach - the main areas the bond would fund. The job of the subcommittees is to organize bond information about County Manager John Link reports excitement at engaging the public with issues related to the bond. their area of interest into an under standable format, such as brochures, videos or mailings, and to appoint pub lic speakers to interact with community groups, said Rod Visser, assistant coun ty manger. “There is $15,000 in public funds set aside specifically for bond education,’’ Visser said. ation. - Interested in foreign affairs? Would you like to be a TA? Great Decisions 2002 is accepting applications for its coordinating committee. Application forms are available at the Student Union desk and are due 5 p.m. Sept. 14. For the Record The Sept 6 article “Chancellor: UNC Must Lead Nation" incorrectly stated that cuts ranging from $3 million to $7 million for UNC-Chapel Hill’s budget are in the N.C. House and Senate. The figures for the proposed cuts are for the entire UNC system’s budget. The Daily Tar Heel regrets the error. Elj t Saily GJar Wrrl PO. Box 3257. Chapel Hill, NC 27515 Katie Hunter, Editor, 962-4086 Advertising & Business, 962-1163 News, Features, Sports, 962-0245 © 2001 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved “So there is some money for this group to work with, as long as it’s used for education and not advocacy.” Because public funds are being used for the group, committee members must keep any personal agendas regarding the bond referendum on the back burn er. Visser emphasized that being a com mittee member required completely objectivity when dealing with the bond issue. “Factual information is a very impor tant part of this, as opposed to an emo tional attachment you may have to a particular issue,” Visser said. Members also were given the oppor tunity to share their own ideas for pub lic presentations. Some of the ideas presented includ ed creating Web sites, handing out brochures at school fall festivals and ways to reach the area’s fast-growing Hispanic population. “I think it looks like dedicated people willing to do the work to educate the RANKINGS From Page 1 the nation in salaries. But we fall to 49th when you look at total compensation.” She said the problem could be eased if the state legislature would allocate more money to pay faculty. The state legislature has planned lim ited budget cuts to state agencies to cover a multimillion dollar financial shortfall. Chancellor James Moeser announced Wednesday during his State of the University address that he will propose a five-year tuition increase plan this fall - partly to cover increased faculty salaries. BOG From Page 1 Wilson. “I’m assuming that the board will take a more serious look at the pol icy this fall.” Broad said the BOG could make plans to examine the policy during the board’s meeting next week. UNC Association of Student Governments President Andrew Payne - the only student member of the BOG - , —|g —| Sunday, September 9 Carolina Nike Classic Women’s Soccer vs. Penn State 3pm at Fetzer Field $4 adults $2 students Today Carolina Nike Classic Women’s Soccer vs. Charlotte 7pm at Fetzer Field $4 adults $2 students Harriet sports shorts “Students & Faculty Admitted FREE w/ID! *£• ’# Lunch Specials served until 4pm Mon-Sat V Dinner 7 days a week —J* Delivery through Tarheel Takeout f i lfej\ chapel hill location only* i " f, , , Men’s Day - free coke or tea with lunch special or IhiM :i) ■' j dinner plate purchase $1.50 select domestic beer r /■; \; SI.OO off all lunch specials i!j.L SI.OO off combination dinners (#l-#l4) $2.00 MARGARITAS ON THE ROCKS urn ir ~f r f Ladies Day - free coke or tea with lunch special or dinner plate purchase $3.00 FROZEN STRAWBERRY MARGARITAS I rum n fin Free Sopapilla with any dinner plate purchase $2.00 MARGARITAS ON THE ROCKS Fajita dinner for two - two soft drinks, Jj> 11j j|| J 1 fried ice cream - $18.95 ’ $2.00 select import beers ff \ tf i r p, r i Any 2 burrito dinners - cheese dip, 2 soft drinks - $19.95 $2.00 select highballs Chicken fajita quesadilla dinner ~ $8.95 $1.50 select domestic beer * All specials dine in only 159/. E. Franklin Sf. • Downtown Chapel Hill • 919-967-5048 ; City public,” said Dabney Grinnan, a parent of four children in the Chapel Hill- Carrboro City Schools. Grinnan said she heard of the com mittee through her involvement with several school organizations. Mike Becker, another committee member, said he heard of the group in an Efland newspaper. “I figure if I am going to complain about county government, I should be a part of it, and this looked like a good thing to be involved in,” said Becker, a parent of two in Orange County Schools. Officials said any interested residents still are welcome to join the committee. Link said he is optimistic about the group’s goals. “I’m excited about this part of the process,” he said. “This is where we can go out and engage the public in these issues.” The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. Moeser declined to comment after the rankings were released but said Thursday afternoon that he was not expecting any significant changes in the University’s ranking. He said the report emphasizes certain parameters, such as the cost of attending a school and the size of its endowment, that favor private schools. Moeser also addressed rankings during his Wednesday address. “If you must, read what the magazine has to say about us, but let us not for a second be diverted by these arbitrary and artificial ratings from the substance of our vision for excellence.” The State & National Editor can be reached at stntdesk@unc.edu. said he has been told by Broad and sev eral board members that no other cam pus-initiated tuition increases will be con sidered until the policy is re-examined. “I was told last year that nothing would be done until we take another look at tuition policy,” Payne said. “And I’m not sad that (Moeser) and the UNC-CH BOT will have to wait a while before they can pass another tuition increase.” The State & National Editor can be reached at stntdesk@unc.edu. Bush Administration Ceases Microsoft Fight The Associated Press WASHINGTON - In a dramatic shift, the Bush administration on Thursday abandoned the Clinton-era effort to break up Microsoft. It suggest ed a lesser antitrust penalty that could still force changes to the company’s new Windows operating system. The Justice Department also dropped charges that the software giant illegally hurt competitors by tying or bundling separate features, like a Web browser, to its flagship computer operating system. Microsoft had hotly contested those charges because the company’s strategy calls for integrating more new features into products like the new Windows XP operating system, due in stores next month. Officials said the legal shift was not an overture to Microsoft to settle. They suggested the government will ask the new judge handling the antitrust case to review the Windows XP software and seek a penalty that ensures the company doesn’t operate as an illegal monopoly in the future. But the news that reverberated from Wall Street to Silicon Valley was the deci sion to stop trying to break up an American corporate icon that helped fuel the technology revolution of the 19905. The 19 states that joined the govern ment in suing Microsoft and seeking its breakup acquiesced, saying an appeals court decision earlier this summer would make a breakup more difficult to pursue. “This is an industry that moves incredibly fast,” said lowa Attorney General Tom Miller. “The case has gone MUELLER From Page 1 to have a parking lot that is an accesso ry to a building or a park-and-ride lot that meets certain city standards, includ ing paving and lines. Norris said Mueller has not applied for a permit to sell parking spaces, and Mueller himself has described his lot as partially paved and has said the lot con tains the remnants of a building. Because the parking lot must be vacated by Oct. 1, students who have purchased spots will be without park ing at that time. But two freshmen are already trying to get their money back. Roommates Marla Kinlaw and Brandee Guyton, both from White Lake, purchased a space to share in Mueller’s lot on Aug. 21. 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It was time to move as quickly as we could to rem edy.” Microsoft reacted with cautious opti mism. “We remain committed to resolv ing the remaining issues in the case,” said spokesman Vivek Varma. Investors, however, showed some concern that the penalties the Bush administration will seek might still affect or delay next month’s planned debut of Windows XP - which many on Wall Street hope will help invigorate the slug gish technology industry. Microsoft shares finished the day down $1.72, or 3 percent, at $56.02 per share on the Nasdaq Stock Market Justice said it made the about-face to streamline the case and bring it to an end as quickly as possible. The goal, it said, was to “obtain prompt, effective and certain relief for consumers.” ZDNet editor David Coursey is skep tical of the Justice Department’s claim that it’s helping consumers. The department said it would still seek a penalty that would open the oper ating system market to competition. To that end, the government pro posed a penalty similar to some interim penalties imposed by the original trial judge, U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfieldjackson. Those would, among other things, stop Microsoft from making certain exclusive deals with partners, force computer manufacturers to keep specif ic icons and programs on the Windows computer desktop, and give other com panies more access to Windows blue prints. who did not see the lot before she bought the space. “The contract said there were lights, but we didn’t see any. It didn’t look safe at all.” Guyton said she tried to cancel the S3OO check she had given Mueller, but it had already cleared. So the room mates went to Student Legal Services, who sent a letter to Mueller requesting a full refund. They later found out Mueller was in violation of zoning, something Kinlaw said made her confident that they would get their money back. Kinlaw said it never occurred to her that the lot might not be legitimate. “It was pretty traumatic because this happened the first week of school," she said. “We thought it was legal because there were little fliers all over campus. “I just want to warn all other fresh men to check out the parking space before they go out and buy it.” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu.
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