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2 Wednesday, March 6, 2002 Trustee Stresses Education in House Race By Daniel Blank Staff Writer UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees member Richard Stevens says he is pri marily running for a seat in the N.C. House because he wants to make sure public education receives adequate funding. Stevens, who also was chairman of the search com- Elections 2002 mittee that chose Chancellor James Moeser, is the only Republican to file to run for the 38th District, which covers part of Wake County. Rep. Bob Hensley, D-Wake, now holds the seat but is retiring. Stevens served as chairman of the BOT for two years, from 1997 to 1999. He also was Wake County manager for Campus Calendar Today 10 a.m. - The Orange County Chapter of the American Red Cross is holding a blood drive on the blood mobile bus. The event, sponsored by the Black Law Association of Students, will be located outside the School of Law until 3:30 p.m. 12:20 p.m. - The executive branch of student government encourages you to meet today in front of the ATMs near Davis Library to go to the Board of Governors meeting located at the General Administration Building. 6 p.m. - The Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender-Straight Alliance will hold its kickoff meeting today in 209 Manning Hall. Dinner will be provided. Editor's Note The Daily Tar Heel needs students to serve on its editor selection committee. Any student interested can pick up an application in Union Suite 104 or at the front desk of the Student Union. (Thr Sailif Uar Urrl P.O. Box 3257. Chapel Hill, NC 27515 Hunter. Editor. 962-4086 Advertising & Business. 962-1163 News, Features, Sports, 962-0245 One copy per person; additional copies may be purchased at The Daily Tar Heel for $.25 each. © 2002 DTH Publishing Corp. 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Stevens said he hopes he can influ ence how both UNC CH and the UNC system are funded if he is elected. “(The legislature) is the banker for the University, and (it decides) how well the university system is funded by state sources,” he said. Stevens said the end of his term on the BOT and his long-standing commitment to education make him a good candidate. Diverse Economy Mitigates Recession By Daniel Blank Staff Writer Experts say the state’s current fiscal cri sis is rooted not only in the economic recession but in tax collection methods and the struggling manufacturing industry. North Carolina is facing a budget deficit estimated at more than $1 billion for the next fiscal year - about 7 percent of the state’s total budget. Scott Pattison, executive director of the National Association of State Budget Officers, said the entire nation is suffering from the recession, but states with a more diverse way of collecting revenue fare better under the current fiscal conditions. For example, he said Florida relies almost entirely on sales tax revenue, and the state is facing a $1.3 billion budget shortfall because of declining tourism. North Carolina depends on income tax for 55 percent of its revenue and sales tax for 26 percent. Jack Vogt, a UNC School of Government professor, said the nation wide recession has especially hurt North Carolina because the state relies on income taxes for a large chunk of its rev enue, and income taxes are directly linked to the state of the economy. Stevens reaches his term limit on the BOT at the end of the 2001-02 school year. Stevens will have no primary oppo nent but will face one of three Democratic challengers - Bryan Collins, Victor Farah and Deborah Ross - to win the House seat. Collins, who graduated from UNC’s School of Law in 1985, said his primary focus will be public education and rais ing the wages of public employees. Collins added that while he will address the budget situation, he thinks there are no easy answers. “I’m con cerned with the budget problem, but I have no magical solution,” Collins said. Farah said that if he is elected, his pri mary goal will be to protect the interests of working people. “I want to make sure we don’t do anything to hurt the future of our chil “Income tax fluctuates with the econ omy,” he said. “If economy is in reces sion, then revenue from taxes falls.” Vogt also said the North American Free Trade Agreement and internation al trade had a negative effect on North Carolina’s economy because they dam aged the state’s manufacturing industry. He said the Piedmont region was par ticularly hard hit, leading to double-digit unemployment in some counties. Pattison said states have an especially difficult time during recessions because they do not have the same resources as the federal government. “States don’t have the big tool that the federal govern ment has in using deficit spending to wait (the recession) out,” he said. “All the choices to solve the problem are very dif ficult, but you have to find them.” Pattison also said measures taken to decrease states’ base budgets will assist in the recovery process. But Fred Hartman, press secretary for Gov. Mike Easley, said the state would have been better served to have shown restraint in spending a few years ago while the economy was strong. “Maybe we should have kept an open eye when we were doing all that spending,” he said. 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For more information call 962-5546. News dren while we promote economic growth (now),” Farah said. Ross, executive director of the N.C. branch of the American Civil Liberties Union, said she has a lot of significant experience that makes her a qualified candidate. “I have a good economic background," she said. Ross added that she thinks Stevens will face “an uphill battle” because the district is largely Democratic. But Stevens said he will fight hard dur ing the campaign and be a University advocate if elected. “I’ll continue to be a huge supporter of the system as a whole." he said. “1 love Chapel Hill, I love the University, I love the system, and I know it’s the key to the economy of the state.” The State & National Editor can be reached at stntdesk@unc.edu. each on increased teacher pay and tax cuts in the 19905. But Hartman said the state is suffering financially primarily because the recession has caused sales tax returns to fall. “Sales receipts are down,” Hartman said. “When the economy slows down, people don’t shop, and then they don’t buy things.” Vogt said states with a rainy-day fund are better equipped to face a budget deficit than those without them. “A state that has a rainy-day fund or emergency reserve can rely on that hind or reserve to bounce back more quickly,” he said. “(North Carolina) established a rainy-day fund last recession in 1990-91 but used a lot of it when Hurricane Floyd hit. One could argue that North Carolina should carry a larger fund because of the volatility of its revenue sources.” But Hartman said the rainy-day fund left the state in a better situation than oth erwise. “Other states are not in the same boat as we are because they drained their reserves," he said. “We didn’t cut ourselves to the bone last year. We have our rainy day fund, and obviously it’s raining and that’s what it’s there for.” The State & National Editor can be reached atstntdesk@unc.edu. Developments in the War on Terrorism Authorities Warned of Hijack Risks ■ The FBI had prior knowledge that Middle Eastern pilots were training at U.S. flight schools and at least 111 p #*i (' (i one had proposed dive-bombing a jetliner into a # v ' f ’ ", 1 * federal building, according to documents and ‘fttdCfCS interviews with Filipino and U.S. authorities. Pentagon Describes Military Deaths ■ The seven Americans who died in the bloodiest operation of the war in Afghanistan were killed as troops were being taken into the battle area on two different missions, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Jet Fighter Patrols More Common ■ Since Sept. 11, concerns about more terrorism in North America's skies have drawn U.S. and Canadian fighters 292 times, military officials say. Fighters also respond when planes stop communicating with ground controllers or present inadequate identification. Local School Board Chooses Future Discussion Topics Associate Superintendent Kathy Osborne updated the board on a local high school's progress in building houses. By Daniel Cho Staff Writer The Orange County Board of Education decided Monday night which topics members wish to discuss with Orange County Commissioners at a March 25 joint meeting. About 50 people attended Monday’s meeting. More than half of the partici pants were teachers and students receiv ing certificates for outstanding achieve ments. During a brief discussion at the end of the meeting, board members chose alternative education and funding as topics to discuss at their meeting with the commissioners. School board member Delores Simpson addressed the topic of alternative education. “We will be talking about alter native schools and a good way to get edu cation to the kids that need it,” she said. Board member Keith Cook men tioned the two groups also will discuss ways to provide new funding mecha nisms for schools. “We’re going to be looking into dif- Ml ft? When your dinner plans arel, ' fwor^l^ouf the solution is only a few clicks away. Ute are proud to introduce Chopel Hill's first virtual dWng experience delivered to your door vio cyberspace. Visit our menus ond order online today. •Mention this od ond get 50% off delivery! iM imnfkm fct li if dw Hif* fiwt itfmic *Now under new management!* WWW.TAMMmOI/rXOM — Tw eel m jra am^smrn -^Jake-out Summer School Catalogs are here. Pick yours up and register now. Free at Student Stores. Uilji* lailg ®ar Heri ■jl I ferent and alterna tive methods to fund our schools at the meeting on March 25,” he said. No other topics for discussion were proposed at the meeting. Both Cook and Simpson said the board would fur ther discuss and finalize the topics at the next meet ing March 18th. School board member Keith Cook says the two groups discussed ways to provide new funding for schools. Associate Superintendent Kathy Osborne also led an update on a pro ject that allows students to build hous es. The Live Project lets Orange High School students construct houses and then sell them back to people in the community said Sandra Tinsley, finan cial director of the project. Osborne said construction of the house that students are working on now began in mid-September and that everything was schedule. “We are right where we need to be and perhaps a little ahead,” she said. Tinsley said the project was coming in under budget, partially because of a loan the school board has already grant ed for the construction. “The last house they built stayed on the market longer than expected so the board of education approved a loan of $38,200 for the students to go ahead with their new building project for the school year,” she said. Osborne said Matt Hamlet, the project director, is securing estimates and buyers will soon know how much the house stu dents are building now will cost. The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu.
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