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®he irnlg (Far Heel Days of Infamy Professors compare Pearl Harbor and recent attacks. See Page 3 mvw.dailytarhee Bush, Allies Join Forces to Pressure Taliban The Associated Press WASHINGTON - The Bush admin istration is widening its contacts with opposition groups in Afghanistan to pressure the ruling Taliban to surrender Osama bin Laden and force the breakup of his terror network. The administration also thanked Russia for supporting the U.S. campaign against terrorism. President Bush endorsed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s assertion that rebels in Chechnya are affiliated with bin Laden’s organiza- Downward Slope The percentage of the state budget going toward the UNC system has decreased steadily over the last 15 years, but legislators say higher education is still a high priority for state leaders. 1986 1994 2001 S SOURCE UNC GENERAL ADMINSTRATtON, PLANNING DIVISION, 1999 System's Share Of Budget Falls By Jonathan Owens Staff Writer Although the percentage of the N.C. budget devoted to the UNC system has declined steadily in recent years, officials insist that higher education has not become less important to state legislators. During the 2001 fiscal year, North Carolina will devote 12.4 percent of its total budget to the UNC system - down from 12.9 percent in 2000 and about 15 percent just a decade ago. The 16-campus UNC system receives about 40 percent of its annual funding from state appropriations. State appropriations to the UNC sys tem are set to grow to $1,789 billion dur ing the 2001-02 fiscal year - an increase of nearly SIOO million from last year, according to the state budget that Gov. Mike Easley signed into law Wednesday. “What is important to note is that despite a decline in our overall percent age of the total state budget, we have actually increased in the total amount that we have received,” said UNC-sys- Parties Present Plans for Redistricting By Emma Birgin Staff Writer The N.C. House of Representatives is negotiating a redis tricting plan, prompting Democrats and Republicans to pro tect their own in a battle for the majority in the House. Rep. Joe Hackney, D-Orange, said Democrats and Republicans revealed their parties’ ideal redistricting plans this past week. Each drew up a proposal in caucus. Then the oppos ing party had a chance to make comments and suggest amend ments. No date has been set for a vote on the redistricting plans. Hackney said there was some overlap in the two parties’ proposals. He said Wake and Mecklenburg counties got the most representatives in both plans because of the amount of people who live in those areas. “They are simply the most populated areas. One person, one vote,” he said. Rep. Jim Crawford, D-Franklin, said both plans tried to include the outskirts of metropolitan areas in metropolitan dis tricts. “Each party made the districts around the Wake and Mecklenburg areas reach out past the city fines. It gives cities more votes by including their surrounding areas.” But Crawford said the racial makeup of the plans is different. See REDISTRICT, Page 2 I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred... towards anyone. Edith Cavell £Sfl tion, known as al-Qaida. “We do believe there’s some al-Qaida folks in Chechnya,” Bush said Wednesday. The White House said Chechen lead ers should cut all contacts with terrorist groups. Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer denied any link between Bush’s state ment and Russia’s support, which includes an offer to arm Afghan anti- Taliban forces. Fleischer repeated long standing U.S. calls for a political settle ment to the fighting in Chechnya. At the State Department, spokesman Richard Boucher was asked about pos tern spokesman J.B. Milliken. The University had its recurring budget cut slightly from the budget the Board of Governors proposed last year. But the sys tem was given full funding for its largest expansionary budget request - S4O mil lion to contend with increased enrollment. Sen. Walter Dalton, D-Cleveland, said the UNC system’s share has dropped partly because funding for K -12 education has increased, including an increase in teacher pay. Dalton, who is the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Higher Education Subcommittee, also said it is often difficult to strike a balance between public schools, the UNC sys tem and the amount of available funds. The two education systems combined to take up about half of the state’s revenue. Milliken also said other issues, such as health care, have commanded increasingly more attention from state officials in recent years. Milliken added that the state supports See PERCENTAGE, Page 2 Mapping It Out Two competing N.C. House redistricting proposals could drastically change the political makeup of the state and the local area. The new redistricting map could be a key factor in House elections in 2002, where the Democrats hold just a four seat majority. The blue lines indicate county borders. Shaded areas show the bounds of the legislative district into which Chapel Hill would be placed. SOURCE: WWW.NCROADS.COM AND WWW.NCLEG.NET Serving the students and the University community since 1893 All for You Apply for the Joanna Howell Fund and get your work published. Applications due Friday in Suite 104 sible U.S. contacts with Afghanistan’s northern alliance opposition, the only identifiable U.S. friend in Afghan poli tics. “We keep in touch with a variety of people and factions,” he said. The group’s military leader, Ahmed Shah Massood, was assassinated last month, but the alliance has stepped up its offensive against the Taliban, the rigidly Islamic militia that gives sanctu ary to bin Laden and his al-Qaida ter rorist network’s headquarters. In northern Afghanistan, an outbreak of heavy fighting was reported between FIRST DOWN! IHW 1 - Wk DTH/SEFTONIPOCK Senior Rodney Lytle catches a pass from sophomore Tolan Raynor under heavy coverage from senior David Carpenter during an intermediate flag football game Wednesday afternoon. The game was played on the intermural fields. g It Out Proposed Republican Version Proposed Democratic Version CLEG.NET DTH/ERICA KEPPLER. MARY STOWELL AND HELEN YU Shutout Field hockey struggles to counter Wake Forest offense. See Page 13 the opposition alliance and the Taliban. Radio Kabul quoted unidentified government officials as saying Taliban forces pushed back opposition troops in the Razi district of Badghis province in northwestern Afghanistan. The officials said opposition fighters were killed, without providing an exact number, and that weapons were confis cated. An opposition commander, Abdul Rashid Dostum, confirmed the report. Meanwhile, anti-American feelings ran rampant in the Afghan capital of 4 Weather I Today: Sunny; H 75, LSO Friday: Sunny; H 71, L 47 Saturday: Partly Cloudy; H 67, L 49 Kabul as thousands of protesters burned an effigy of President Bush and then stormed the abandoned U.S. Embassy. The protesters torched old cars and a guardhouse and tore down the U.S. seal above the entrance. The demonstration at the U.S. Embassy, organized by students at Kabul University, was the largest anti- American protest in Kabul since the Sept. 11 terror attacks. An American diplomat, William Pope, also met Tuesday in Rome with former Afghan king Mohammed Zahir Parents' Concern Prompts Reform Of Pledge Policy McDougle Elementary School has adopted a new policy giving students the opportunity to recite the Pledge of Allegiance daily. By Lucy Bryan Staff Writer Because some local schools do not offer students the oppor tunity to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, some parents are insisting that teachers and administrators in the Chapel Hill- Carrboro City Schools reform the policy. Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1943 ruling in West Virginia Board of Education vs. Barnette, public schools can not force children to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools have no policy on the pledge and leave the decision up to individual schools and teachers. Kim Hoke, the school board’s public relations director, said most teachers do not regularly lead their classes in the pledge. “It’s conceivable that a student could go through elemen tary school and not know the Pledge of Allegiance," Hoke said. “But it’s important for teachers to be able to make a judg ment by the students in the classroom.” Hoke said the Sept 11 tragedies might renew interest in the pledge. “I wouldn’t be surprised if there were an increase in pledge reciting.” Concerned parents of McDougle Elementary School stu dents have indicated their desire to make the Pledge of Allegiance an option. But other parents refuse to see their children ostracized because they do not wish to recite the pledge. Hoke said many elementary school students are not American citizens and don’t say the pledge. Others, including Jehovah’s Witnesses, have religious beliefs that don’t allow them to say it. “We try to be respectful of students coming from other backgrounds,” Hoke said. Starting last Monday, students at McDougle Elementary School were allowed to say the pledge at the flagpole before their classes started. Paul Hebert, a parent of three students at McDougle, sup ports the school’s new policy. “Saying (the pledge) is a wonderful tradition,” Hebert said. See PLEDGE, Page 2 UNC, Residents Continue Development Discussions By Angie Newsome Staff Writer University officials and concerned residents made little progress Wednesday in negotiating the details of UNC’s Development Plan. The two groups met for the second time this week in an effort to reach an agreement before Oct. 3, when the Chapel Hill Town Council votes on the plan, an eight-year strategy for manag ing campus growth. About 15 people attended today’s meeting, including Chapel Hill Planning Department Director Roger Waldon. The Development Plan is part of the University’s Master Ran, which will guide UNC’s growth for the next 50 years. Jonathan Howes, special assistant to the chancellor for University relations, O Shah. Dethroned in 1973, the 86-year old still has a following among southern Afghan tribesmen. The Taliban movement itself is divid ed, with reports that many of its com manders are at odds with the top lead en. Asked if the administration was encouraging the divisions, Secretary of State Colin Powell told The Associated Press on Tuesday, “You can be sure we are thinking of all the ways to make (the See ATTACK, Page 2 attended the meeting but said he would not discuss the details of Wednesday’s negotiations. “We discussed some language to be included in a resolution to be consid ered by the council,” Howes said. He said the University is listening to residents’ concerns and hopes to adjust the plan in a way that the community will accept. “I think there was some agreement, and there are some parts of it that require more work,” Howes said. “Overall, I think we’re making some progress.” Kathy Wilber of 1400 Mason Farm Road attended the meeting and said community members discussed a pro posed student family housing complex and a possible subsequent increase in See MEETING, Page 2
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