4 Tuesday, February 26, 2002 POVERTY From Page 1 the significant black population close to the landfill, the area’s persistent prob lems caused black residents to feel rejected by the community. “In the black community, we felt we were being overlooked,” McMillan said. “Being a low-rate place to live, it was maybe like a project area because not only were we a black community, we also had bad sewage and water.” Similar complaints of water contam ination have also come from residents around the quarry. The quarry expansion is a project on N.C. 54 and Bethel-Hickory Grove Church Road, which is being drilled by the American Stone Company. THE Daily Crossword By Gregory E. 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CaH now (962-4179) to schedule your group's next Ca 4 mmmmsmsmmmm @mm § ADVENTURE! www.uncedu/depts/camprec/OEC/oec.html The drilling is not expected to be completed until 2030, when American Stone will turn the quarry over to the Orange Water and Sewer Authority. OWASA will transform the quarry into a reservoir for local water needs. Orange County officials say the area will be in dire need of additional water sources as it grows. In addition to water contamination, residents also complain that the blasting away of rock at the quarry is causing both undesirable noise and damage to their homes. They claim that this is low ering the economic status of the area. “The value of the land is going down,” said Roy Belon, a homeowner near the quarry. “I don’t know why anyone would want to come in and buy (the land).” But administrators for both of these areas insist that the landfill and quarry "Whole _ Love" 28 Like the pound ing surf 29 Chalet setting 31 Paradigm 32 Grab 33 Man and Wight 36 Leaning precar iously 40 Web master 5 Unbroken stretch 6 Part of BPOE 7 Wahine's gar land 8 Large, striped antelope 9 Severe sore throat 10 "Mr. ” 11 Hawaiian island 12 Stuntman Knievel 13 Foster film 18 Postage 23 Shuttle grp. 24 “Me 25 One gym shoe 26 Strong gust 27 Led Zeppelin's 5 2 3 4 5 HP p p p ' > 1 13 __ __ jllSr Iplg _ • |§!i M2l ■■22 23 26 27 28 29 ■■■3 o 31 32 33 ——, - - 42 BH " ' ' - - 4 q 53 54 55 ■■■so 58 M 62 63 64 |l||- From Page One are not the causes of these problems. They argue that both land uses are ben eficial to the community. “We contribute jobs, good jobs,” said Paxton Badham, vice president and assistant secretary of the American Stone Company. “We’ve been a real benefit to the county.” The administrators also contend that these land uses are not contributing to a lower economic class in areas around the quarry and landfill. “If you look at the census, the income is considerably higher than you would think," Wilson said, although he could not cite statistics pinpointing incomes within the area. Wilson also explained that the rapid residential growth in the area around the landfill is evidence that the landfill is not causing a poverty-stricken area. “Over half of the houses have been (C)2002 Tribune Media Services, Inc All nghts reserved 57 Olympic sled 58 Unctuous 59 Very pro nounced French? 62 Letters after recombinant 63 Deface 43 Tallow base 47 Cooks in vapors 49 Evenfall 51 Bert's muppet pal 53 Small store 54 Ice-cream con tainer 55 Killer whale 56 Fed. agents built since the landfill was built,” Wilson said. “If the landfill is so bad, why do people keep building houses around it?” Housing development has also blos somed in the area around the quarry expansion project. Bethel Church and Hickory Grove roads contain new homes valued at several hundreds of thousands of dollars, Wilson said. But on the northern side of the quar ry are 34 Habitat for Humanity homes, which are houses provided for low income families. The Orange County Habitat for Humanity organization has built more than 90 homes in Orange County, and it expects to complete its 100th home in the spring. But in the entire county, about one third of the Habitat for Humanity homes for economically disadvantaged BOG From Page 1 set priorities.” Phillips also said BOG members must act as intermediaries between the 16 UNC-system campuses and the N.C. General Assembly. He added he is not sure exactly how the BOG will act in a situation where its wants and the wants of individual campuses conflict. “We’re sort of the middlemen here," he said. “We’ve been called on to make some decisions.” N.C. State BOT member Richard Vaughn said he thinks the the university’s trustees presented a good case for why die Kudzu PREACHER, VOVOU YES. \ ESPECIALLY NOW tVSTUTHE BELIEVE itsj evE£LASTIM<S ( J DEMOCRATS VLJ-SUCH Toft/AEKfTf ToTAI- DISARRAY-. Nursing in the Air Force: exciting, rewarding, the best. 4 A Best facilities, best benefits. 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FDD is a non-profit, non-partisan and non ideological think tank that promotes informed debate about policies and positions that will most effectively abolish k international terrorism. Questions? Email fellows@defsnddsmocracy.org ttastal details and application visit: www.defenddemocracy.org people are located near the quarry expansion project, Wilson said. Wilson explained that the locations of of the quarry and the landfill were prob ably chosen because of the property val ues in that area. “If you are looking to buy property, you are not looking for proper ty values that are the highest,” he said. Chapel Hill Town Council member Jim Ward said he thinks both the landfill and quarry areas contain residents of a lower economic status. “I think there’s a certain amount of disenfranchised people in the area,” Ward said. “I think land decisions are made without (the residents’) full input, and that does contribute to their status.” The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. university needs a S4OO tuition increase. “With recent budget cuts in Raleigh, which are being passed through to the constituent universities, a tuition increase is needed,” he said. “I would assume we’ve been able to produce sat isfactory evidence that a S4OO campus based increase is needed at N.C. State.” But Warwick defended his proposal, saying it was key to maintaining access for students. He said, “We have a man date to provide these students with access if they’re qualified, and that’s what we’re trying to do.” The State & National Editor can be reached atstntdesk@unc.edu. o!hp Satlij alar Hrrl CONGRESS From Page 1 increase passed with a vote of 4-2. Larson said the proposal failed due to a lack of dialogue between Congress and the three groups. WXYC, STV and CUAB members said that their groups reserve seats on their boards of directors for Congress members to prevent fund ing requests from being a surprise but that many of these seats are not filled. Larson said much of the confusion came from Speaker Mark Townsend’s failure to make these appointments to stu dent groups’ committees. “It’s a shame he’s slack in making his appointments.” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. REVIEW From Page 1 will aid the University as well as the town. But more importantly, the council’s approval of the expedited review for the Rizzo Center project shows a working relationship exists between the Town Council and the University, council member Pat Evans said. “This decision shows our coopera tion with the University," she said. “It always helps to have a helping hand." The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu.

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