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Results Released
The Associated Press
A vote-by-vote review of untallied bal
lots in the 2000 Florida presidential elec
tion indicates George W. Bush would
have narrowly prevailed in the partial
recounts sought by A1 Gore, but Gore
might have reversed the outcome - by
the barest of margins - had he pursued
and gained a complete statewide recount.
Bush eventually won Florida, and thus
the White House, by 537 votes out of
more than 6 million cast. But questions
about the uncounted votes lingered.
Almost a year after that cliffhanger
conclusion, a media-sponsored review of
the more than 175,000 disputed ballots
underscored that the prize of the U.S.
presidency came down to an almost
unimaginably small number of votes.
The new data, compiled by The
Associated Press and seven other news
organizations, also suggested that Gore
followed a legal strategy after Election
Day that would have led to defeat even
if it had not been rejected by the U.S.
Supreme Court. Gore sought a recount
of a relatively small portion of the state’s
disputed ballots while the review indi
cates his only chance lay in a full
statewide recount of all Florida’s untal
lied votes.
“We are a nation of laws, and the pres
idential election of 2000 is over,” Gore
said Sunday in a prepared statement.
“Right now, our country faces a great
challenge as we seek to successfully com
bat terrorism. I fully support President
Bush’s efforts to achieve that goal.”
IMAX Theater to Open in Raleigh
By Graham Parker
Staff Writer
The ear-shattering, jaw-dropping
power of IMAX is coming to Raleigh.
After three years of planning,
Raleigh’s Exploris museum, located at
201 E. Hargett St., is opening its new
IMAX theater Friday. The Exploris facil
ity is the state’s second such theater and
adds to the more than 225 in the world.
Of the 180 IMAX films available,
Exploris’ facility will open with
“Mysteries of Egypt” and “The Greatest
Places.” The former picture is a 45-minute
look at the history of Egypt, and the
National Geographic Society’s first IMAX
feature; the latter highlights and explores
seven of the world’s most exotic regions.
“(These films) are two really great
examples of IMAX films that take you
there,” said IMAX Vice President Rob
Brooks.
Exploris President Anne Bryan echoed
Brooks’ statements. “This gives us a pow
erful new lens on the world,” she said.
Exploris began the process of bringing
Durant Not Hurt by Short Week
By Cert Kendall
Staff Writer
Darian Durant is a quick learner.
Despite having a short week to pre
pare for Wake Forest because of the
death of his stepmother, the redshirt
freshman picked apart the Demon
Deacon secondary on Saturday.
Durant’s 361 passing yards, 24 com
pletions and four touchdown passes
each set new single-game school records
for a freshman. His 75-yard TD pass to
Sam Aiken also was the longest pass
ever by a North Carolina freshman.
Ronald Curry held the previous fresh
man passing yards (304) and completions
(19) records, which he set in 1998.
“(Durant) picked up on a lot of the
defense even though he was gone from
practice this week for the most part,”
Bosley Allen said. “But he picked up pret
ty well, probably did some extra study
sessions with them and everything.”
After beginning the season as the back
up quarterback, Durant now finds himself
among the conference passing leaders.
Durant has completed 64.2 percent
of his passes for 1596 yards and 16
touchdowns this season.
“I would have loved to have given
him a game ball,” said UNC coachjohn
Bunting. “He certainly deserved one."
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Said Bush press secretary Ari
Fleischer: “The election was settled a
year ago. President Bush won, and the
voters have long since moved on.”
Against the backdrop of the disputed
Nov. 7, 2000, election, the news organi
zations set out earlier this year to exam
ine as many as possible of the ballots set
aside as either undervotes or overvotes.
The goal of the news organizations
was not to learn who really “won”
Florida; the Electoral College already
had determined Bush was the winner
following a U.S. Supreme Court deci
sion that ended further counting and led
to Gore’s concession.
The aim was to provide a valuable
historical record by thoroughly assess
ing tens of thousands of ballots.
Much of the legal wrangling focused
on how votes were defined, and the bal
lot review did, too, calculating results
under different standards.
Completing two partial recounts that
Gore unsuccessfully pursued in court
showed Bush maintaining a lead rang
ing between 225 and 493 votes - mean
ing Bush still would have won if the U.S.
Supreme Court had allowed a partial
statewide recount to continue.
Under any standard tabulating all dis
puted votes statewide, however, Gore
erased Bush’s advantage and emerged
with a lead ranging from 42 to 171 votes.
Strikingly, all these outcomes were
closer than even the narrow 537 votes of
Bush’s official victory. With numbers that
tiny, experts said it would be impossible
to interpret the survey results as definitive.
IMAX to Raleigh a year before its com
pletion. In 1998, the Massachusetts-based
firm White Oak Associates conducted a
study to determine
whether the Triangle
was a viable market
for an IMAX the
ater, Brooks said.
The firm studied fac
tors like local school
population, growth
and the area’s aver
age education level.
The study found
that Wake County
was one of the best
areas for a theater,
said White Oak
Vice President
Jeanie Stahl.
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the theater’s construction lasted 13
months. Brooks said. The facility features
seats placed so that the 271-member
audience see the screen equally. The
sound system comprises 44 speakers
producing 12,000 watts - the equivalent
Durant did most of his damage in the
first half Saturday, throwing for 264
yards and three scores before the break.
Despite the 32-31 loss, Saturday’s game
might have been just what Durant needed.
Said Durant, “I was just trying to put
everything behind me and just go out
there and play.”
Reed Sets PAT Record
Few things are certain when it comes
to North Carolina football these days -
the disappearance of 24-point leads and
upset wins against Florida State just to
mention a few.
But UNC can count on Jeff Reed’s leg
when it has the ball in the end zone.
The senior place-kicker has connected
on all 58 extra-point attempts in his career.
Reed broke Clint Gwaltney’s school
record of 56 straight PATs in the second
quarter Saturday.
Reed nearly had a chance for a game
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New Carrboro Middle School Dedicat
By Erika Heyder
Staff Writer
More than 350 people gathered
Sunday to dedicate Chapel Hill-
Carrboro City Schools’ newest addition
- R.D. and Euzelle Smith Middle
School.
The school, partially funded by the
1996 bond referendum, cost Orange
County taxpayers $19.4 million to build.
Walking into the new school, the vis
itors immediately sensed excitement
surrounding the building and people.
Parents were selling Smith Spirit
clothing, the seventh-grade band’s
music drifted through out the hall, and
people admired the brightly tiled floors,
modem cafeteria and technologically
advanced atmosphere.
Located behind Chapel Hill High
School, the school opened its doors to
students on Aug. 20 but was officially
dedicated Sunday afternoon to Euzelle
and R.D. Smith.
Between them, the couple worked 75
years in various roles within the com
munity’s secondary education program.
In their speeches, both thanked fam
ily members and friends who supported
them throughout their careers. “We
never thought our work in education
over the past 70 plus years would cul
minate in an honor of this magnitude,"
Euzelle Smith said.
School Principal Valerie Reinhardt
addressed the attentive audience made up
of students, parents, family and officials.
“When someone walks into this
school, you immediately get the sense
that our school is different," she said.
Reinhardt also said the school has
been nationally recognized for conserv
ing resources.
of 1,500 car stereos at full volume. The
screen itself is the size of a seven-story
building.
To coincide with
the theater’s open
ing, Exploris is
hosting three days
of festivities and
exhibits.
Performances will
include dancing
and music from
India, Sierra Leone,
Egypt and Ireland,
as well as interac
tive theater perfor
mances.
Advance IMAX
tickets for the shows
are on sale now.
Tickets are available
at the Explons box office. Call (919) 834-
4040 or visit http://www.exploris.org for
more information.
The Arts & Entertainment Editor can
be reached at artsdesk@unc.edu.
winning field goal in the final minute, but
Durant’s fumble ended UNC’s threat.
“I would have had a shot with anoth
er five to 10 yards into Wake territory,”
Reed said. “I got a strong leg, and the
coaches know it, and they and the team
have confidence in me.”
Reed has made 9 of 12 field goals this
season.
Penalties Plague Tar Heels Late
Wake Forest took advantage of four
North Carolina penalties, which cost
UNC 39 yards in the fourth quarter.
A 10-yard defensive holding penalty
with 3:50 left helped setup the Deacons’
game-winning touchdown.
“I think we lost it between the ears,”
Bunting said. “I think that’s why we did
n’t stay in the ball game.”
The Sports Editor can be reached at
sports@unc.edu.
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R.D. (left) and Euzelle Smith stand beside a portrait that will be hung in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school
named for them. The school was dedicated R.D. and Euzelle Smith Middle School on Sunday afternoon.
The Smiths’ daughter, Patrice Wall,
stressed to the audience that her parents
have made a significant mark over their
75 years in Chapel Hill-Carrboro
schools. She urged students to “embrace
the Smiths’ philosophy on education.”
Surrounded by family and school
board members, the Smiths accepted a
plaque and portrait to be permanendy
Hill May Have Impacted Race
By Colin Sltker
Staff Writer
Despite dropping his bid for Chapel
Hill mayor seven days before the elec
tion, some have said Cam Hill’s impact
on the race was significant.
Even though Hill garnered only 116
votes in the Nov. 6 election, some say
his greatest contribution to the race was
his campaign’s emphasis on growth.
UNC Department of Public Policy
Professor Daniel Gitterman said Hill
had more of an impact with the issues
that he thought decided the race.
“(Hill) staked out the most far anti
growth claim,” he said. “That posi
tioned Foy as the moderate for growth.”
Hill held a press conference one week
before the election to announce the end
of his campaign and to throw his support
behind the eventual winner, Kevin Foy.
At the press conference, Hill also
launched Chapel Hill First, a lobbying
group that will support politicians who
limit development in the area.
Growth has become a major concern
for area residents, especially after the
Chapel Hill Town Council’s Oct. 3
approval of UNC’s Development Plan,
an eight-year plan for campus growth.
Gitterman said managing growth,
particularly with regard to environmen
tal concerns, proved to be an important
issue in this year’s elections.
Along with Foy, the three new mem
bers elected to the council were endorsed
by the Sierra Club, an organization that
advocates environmental preservation
and responsible development
“(The election) sent a strong man
date,” Gitterman said. “If (the voters)
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mony.
Seventh-grader Kyle Slosek, who
guided audience members through tours
of the school following the ceremony,
said he likes the school.
“My favorite part of the school is the
technology,” he said. “I like how you can
turn off the lights and still see where you
did not pick pro-environmentalists, they
picked neutral candidates.”
Hill said his major impact on the race
was bringing focus to responsible growth.
“(Before I entered), the race was
about stuff that didn’t matter or mat
tered only a little bit,” Hill said. “Once I
started talking about growth, everybody
started talking about growth.”
Kevin Foy won the race with 57 per
cent of the vote to opponent Lee
Pavao’s 39 percent. Hill, whose name
appeared on the ballot despite his drop
ping out, garnered 1 percent of the vote.
Pavao said he was not sure what impact
Hill had on the race. “(Hill) did campaign,
and whatever following he had, he tossed
to Kevin,” Pavao said. “It’s hard to say
how many he threw to Kevin.”
Foy could not be reached for comment
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are going because of all the outside light"
Eighth-grader Berkely Gadbaw said,
“This is a great school, and students as a
new group will have to work hard to build
their own community, one that will follow
the teachings the Smiths have presented.”
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Sierra Club Chairman Robert Porter
said the newly elected council members
will have anew stance on the environ
ment. But Porter said those who want to
maintain the status quo in Chapel Hill’s
growth must accept some development.
“There will be growth, but growth will
be more carefully considered,” he said. “It
will be more environmentally friendly.”
Gitterman said that although there are
not numbers to clearly represent Hill’s
effect on the mayoral election, the race
might have changed direction because of
the way the growth issue was addressed.
“It’s hard to tell (the effect) since he
pulled out,” Gitterman said. “He got the
issue of growth on the agenda."
The City Editor can be reached
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