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SatUi 3ar Heel Rockin' Out Superchunk hits CD Alley in third of four Tuesday shows. See Page 3 Money, Troops Committed to War Effort The Associated Press WASHINGTON - The Pentagon ordered 2,000 more reservists to duty Tuesday as President Bush weighed methods to prevent future hijackings. The House also overwhelmingly approved a $343 billion defense bill after diverting some money from President Bush’s prized missile defense program to counter-terrorism efforts. And in a diplomatic victory for the United States, Saudi Arabia cut ties to the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. Growth Plan Still Changing UNC officials met with local residents to discuss changes to the University's plan to develop Mason Farm Road. By Gretchen Decker Staff Writer Neighborhood representatives and UNC officials met behind closed doors Monday and tried to address residents’ lingering concerns surrounding the University’s Development Plan. Discussions focused on proposed graduate student housing, the proposed access road from Mason Farm Road into South Campus and details about how construction will be carried out in the Mason Farm neighborhood. Jonathan Howes, special assistant to the chancellor for University relations, said UNC officials are attempting to reach an agreement with residents so they can present a resolution to Chapel Hill Town Council members before they vote on the Development Plan. The council vote, planned for Oct. 3, will determine whether the University can proceed with the Development See MEETING, Page 4 CDS: Arrests Are No Danger to Students By Tina Chang Staff Writer Carolina Dining Services officials say a recent string of employee arrests are isolated incidents and that students have no reason to fear for their safety. But a few adjustments are being made to the working relationship between management and staff to pre vent further disputes. In addition to recendy implementing background checks on all newly hired workers, Aramark Corp. - the company in charge of hiring for CDS - has been holding meetings with managers and employees every week and stressing the guidelines in the employee handbook. “We have been proactive in making sure that the employees know about the policies and to prevent any future instances,” said Evan Klingman, Aramark’s general manager of dining services. In the past two months, employees working at Lenoir Dining Hall or Chase Hall have been involved in four sepa rate criminal incidents. Two workers were arrested in August, and two work ers were taken into custody for alleged ly assaulting a co-worker in separate occurrences last week. To prevent any more problems and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Americans are in for a long, brutal struggle for justice in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks on Washington, D.C., and New York. “It will be diffi cult,” he said. “It will be dangerous.” Underscoring the threat, Osama bin Laden’s terrorist group warned of retal iation if Washington attacks. “Wherever there are Americans and Jews, they will be targeted,” said a state ment issued by Naseer Ahmed Mujahed, chief military commander for the al-Qaida network fingered by Bush LGBT March Peaceful, Emphasizes Unity aMB I Hrak jgtt ' ' Hft ' >,.. wr 1 I® V DTH/SARA ABRONS Fred Hashagen leads Jamie Sohn and Trevor Hoppe, who are carrying the gay pride flag, as part of an LGBT march Tuesday night. The march started at the steps of South Building and ended at Hinton James Residence Hall. to better accommodate Aramark’s employees, the company also has start ed job movements, Klingman said. For example, Aramark might hire an employee to work at Subway but even tually move the worker to a different work station if the employee is more suited to work at the second location. Latisha Atwater, a cashier for Ram Cafe, has worked for CDS for one year and said news of the physical assaults has not intimidated her. “I knew the people, and I knew that it probably wouldn’t happen to me,” Atwater said. CDS Director Ira Simon agrees the incidents do not pose a danger to the safety of employees or students. “I think that most of these have been domestic problems,” he said. “I’m con fident that students are not at risk under these circumstances.” Atwater said she thinks the problems stemmed from employees reacting poorly to their hours being cut “They should have a meeting to tell the employees why they are cutting the hours instead of just cutting them and making everybody upset,” Atwater said. But Klingman said he didn’t think that was the issue and said he couldn’t com- See CDS, Page 4 The highest result of education is tolerance. Helen Keller Serving the students and the University community since 1893 He's Back... Again Michael Jordan announces his second return to the NBA. See Page 9 for the Sept. 11 attacks. Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Colin Powell went to Capitol Hill to give Congress top-secret briefings on Bush’s brewing war plans. Later in the day, the House voted 398-17 to cut some funds from the mis sile defense program while boosting the money to fight terrorism by S4OO mil lion, for a total of about $6 billion. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Bob Stump, R-Ariz., called the extra anti-terrorism money “an ini tial down payment until the president Ji jinPti/ rk ' v>* /4 iy> /, fflST* ,■' Js. DTHFILE PHOTO A crowd of 70,000 people pack Franklin Street on Halloween night in 1998. A proposal was introduced to the Chapel Hill Town Council by Police Chief Gregg Jarvies on Monday that would scaie back the yearly festivities. Police Propose Tighter Restrictions on Halloween Party By Jocelyn Oberdick Staff Writer Police officials are looking to regulate Chapel Hill’s annual Halloween cele bration with a move that would bar vis itors and their vehicles from the area. Chapel Hill Police Chief Gregg Jarvies submitted a proposal to the Chapel Hill Town Council on Monday Prep Time Men's soccer shuts out Virginia, practices for Duke. See Page 9 Volume 109, Issue 81 can better assess the long-term needs.” Hoping to calm a jittery traveling pub lic, Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta presented Bush with a series of rec ommendations to tighten airline security. He wants to make it tougher to open cockpit doors, dramatically increase the presence of air marshals on flights and give the federal government a greater role in overseeing private security firms at airports, White House officials said. The president also considered a num ber of ways to revive the economy and help laid-off workers. One option under requesting approval to divert all motor vehicle traffic within a one-mile radius of the downtown business area Oct 31. The proposal also would prohibit all public parking within the restricted area. Residents who live within the zone would be granted admittance by the police department only upon request. “This event has grown to such an enor mous size that we no longer have the WLM MMI discussion is to extend unemployment benefits to workers caught in the eco nomic aftermath of the strikes. He said America will not flinch in the face of danger. “No threat - no threat - will prevent freedom-loving people from defending freedom,” Bush said, wagging his finger for emphasis during a Rose Garden cer emony with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. The pace of events quickened as Washington readied for war, though government officials refused to say how By John Frank Staff Writer Despite safety concerns that proved to be unrealized, 15 members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender com munity and other student groups marched peacefully Tuesday evening in a show of support for LGBT students on campus. Members of the Queer Network for Change, Black Student Movement, Carolina Union Activities Board and student gov ernment paraded down sidewalks from South Building to Hinton James Residence Hall holding a rainbow flag and wear ing “celebrate diversity” stickers. The gay pride rally was held in response to an allegedly false calendar announcement that appeared in The Daily Tar Heel on Monday, UNC LGBT Administrative Assistant Fred Hashagen said. The announcement stated that a march would take place at 7 pm. in front of Hinton James, but neither the contact student list ed in the ad, sophomore Jim Carlton, nor LGBT leaders knew of the march. “Either someone was looking to get a group of queer students at the same place at the same time to do something ... or it was an attack on Jim Carlton' personally f Hashagen said. “But for (being gay) to be an insult is inappropriate and hateful." Carlton has no affiliation with any LGBT group on campus. “It’s just a further example of the underlying homophobia of the students and part of the administration on campus -and it (needed) response,” said Hashagen, citing many less significant cases of homophobia that have happened recently on campus. Organizers of the event requested a University police escort because they were concerned about possible threats to then safety. University police Lieutenant C.E. Swain was one of two officers to arrive at South Building as the group began to assem ble. The officers assessed the situation and then left minutes later at the request of organizers to scout out the Hinton James area. The officers, two of the three on duty Tuesday night, then left before the march started. Melinda Manning, interim assistant dean of students, helped Hashagen set up the event by notifying University police. “We See MARCH, Page 4 resources to manage it safely,” he said. He also said the proposal does not intend to curb local participation but aims to discourage attendance of people from outside the Chapel Hill area. “Part of being in this community is enjoying events such as this," Jarvies said. “Our hope is not to stop the cele bration. It is to minimize it.” Last year’s Halloween festivities drew Weather Today: Sunny; H 70, L 48 Thursday: Sunny; H 74, L 49 Friday: Mostly Sunny; H 71, L 46 soon the first strike might come. Saudi Arabia cut ties with Afghanistan’s Taliban government, iso lating the regime from virtually the entire world. Pakistan has tacit U.S. approval to maintain relations. Bush’s gathering international coali tion received a boost when Russian President Vladimir Putin, meeting with German leaders, offered fresh words of support. “We must give no quarter to terrorists,” he said. See ATTACK, Page 4 more than 50,000 people to the area, and more than 200 police officers were on duty to regulate die event Jarvies said the Chapel Hill Police Department had to request additional police assistance from over 20 jurisdic tions located throughout the state. More than 150 officials from the town’s See TOWN COUNCIL, Page 4 ■ *&**%£*' -1 • T
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