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2 Thursday, May 30, 2002 LEGISLATURE From Page 1 Asa result, lawmakers will be forced to consider budget cuts to all comers of state government. “We’re about to deal with a major economic crisis in our state ... but there are solutions that can be obtained,” said House Speaker Jim Black, D- Mecklenburg, during the hourlong House session Tuesday. The legislature’s short session typi cally lasts only a couple of months, and legislative leaders said Tuesday that they hope this session will be no exception. “It’s important to do (our job) in a timely manner,” Black said. Last year, lawmakers stayed in ses sion almost a full calendar year to deal with similar budget woes and the redrawing of state district lines. Last week, Gov. Mike Easley unveiled his own plan for how to fill the state’s fiscal hole. Easley’s budget called for a combination of cuts and spending increases for some education initiatives. Most notably, Easley’s budget also called for a state lottery, which he expects to generate $250 million during the next fiscal year. But Easley’s budget has already come under fire from both WXYC From Page 1 volunteers, is not extensive enough to collect all the information, said Jason Perlmutter, WXYC station manager. “The tracking that was required was not really feasible for a station like ours,” he said. The recommendations also included royalty fees of 2 cents multiplied by the number of songs broadcast and the number of listeners. The royalty fees would be retroactive to 1998. The cost would be too great for the station because WXYC’s only source of revenue is student fees. The station could not afford to continue simulcast ing if it had to pay royalties, Perlmutter said. It is important that small stations like WXYC continue to be allowed to broadcast over the Internet because Internet broadcasting allows the station to reach a much broader audience, Perlmutter said. 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Legislative leaders have said they might need to cut $695 million from edu cation to fill the fiscal hole. Those cuts are more than what Easley proposed in his budget, and he has vowed to veto a bud get that harms classroom instruction. But while the state legislature might make changes to Easley’s budget propos al, Black said the legislature will try to ensure that education is shielded from the state’s fiscal crisis. Black said, “We’re going to be very careful not to do anything that will affect our teachers and the classroom.” Staff Writer Mike Gorman contributed to this article. The State & National Editor can be reached at stntdesk@unc.edu. tion in the United States to broadcast live over the Internet. Perlmutter also said Internet broad casting helps small bands get started by allowing their music to be played out side of the local area of the small radio stations where they get their starts. “It’s important to reach out to a larg er audience," he said. WXYC members and listeners, along with students across the country, sent letters to their local representatives sup porting the station’s right to broadcast online and opposing the prohibitive roy alty fees, Perlmutter said. He said he does not know whether the panel will make further recommen dations to the Library of Congress but that he thinks students will continue to fight any legislation that would prohib it them from broadcasting online. Perlmutter said he thinks the Library of Congress did the right thing by deny ing the panel’s recommendations. “It’s really great,” he said. “And it’s a relief.” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. Board Talks Land, Waste By Jon Dougherty City Editor Disposing of the old and constructing the new: These were the topics that dominated Tuesday night’s Carrboro Board of Aldermen meeting. Toward the beginning of the meeting, the aldermen continued a public hearing that began May 7 with the proposal of several text changes to be made to the land-use ordinance. The proposed changes were initiated by Winmore Land Management LLC, the company behind the Winmore development. A couple of residents from the Northern Transitional Area spoke in support of some of the proposed changes and against some of the others. Nancy Salmon of 1706 Claymore Road in Chapel Hill spoke against a requirement of the new text amend ments concerning the amount of imper vious space required on each lot. “I am concerned that by making the amount an average per development as opposed to a total, you will disadvantage UNC Employee Remembered By Meredith Nicholson University Editor More than 200 people, including fac ulty, staff and students, crowded into the sanctuary of a funeral home on Franklin Street on May 22 to mourn the loss of a friend and constant voice at UNC. Elizabeth Lovelace Lucas, UNC alumna and long-time employee of the University, died May 19 from compli cations resulting from acute myeloid leukemia. She was 38. Lucas graduated from UNC in 1985 with a degree in journalism. She worked as a writer and editor at The Daily Tar Heel as a student. After graduation, she worked for area newspapers and then returned to the University in 1989 as academic affairs editor at UNC News Services. She moved to the chancellor’s office in 1997 and worked for three chancel- Ladies Fitness & wellness r lj' - - Af [DEC DACC CHEAT SUMMER rp IH)J MEMBERSHIPS | ! rnness&'wellnesscenter I I fnesUs'wellnesscenter I I1 I | Call or stop by today. t • Offer expires 6/14/02 1 0C 6 2Air P 8 ortßd 3 fitness & wellness center (Next to Foster's, / mile from campus) email: LFWChapelHill@msn.com Free Lunch §r BiPT.tr with the purchase of two beverages r* and one lunch or dinner at the regular price, receive a second lunch or dinner of equal or lesser value FREE! 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Accessory dwellings are com plexes such as garage apartments or add-ons that allow more than one fami ly to live on a single property. “People want granny flats; they want somewhere they can have a relative live," Alderman Mark Dorosin said. “I don’t think there will be lots of people trying to take advantage of the system, so we should give them*that option.” The aldermen decided to approve more than half of the proposed changes. The board voted down the other pro posals because of the increase in powers they would allow future boards to wield. After settling the land-use ordinance issue, the board moved on to the subject of solid waste disposal. Phil Prete pre sented the board with some suggestions to reduce both the cost involved with waste disposal and the amount of trash the town produces. lors, first as an assistant and then as a speechwriter. Chancellor James Moeser called Lucas “won derful, warm and very knowledge able,” and said Lucas played a fundamental role in introducing new chancellors to the University. “She was an enormous help to me, especially Speechwriter Elizabeth Lovelace Lucas served as a valued assistant to Chancellor Moeser. when I first came here,” he said. “When I was new, she walked me to where I needed to be because I didn’t know where I was going.” Moeser said that as the senior speech writer Lucas not only helped him with In the presentation, Prete established the total amount the town spends each year on garbage disposal at around $1 million. Mayor Mike Nelson found this figure to be staggering. “Wait, so we spend $1 million each year to get rid of trash? And our budget is sl2 million? Dam,” he said. While the board decided to postpone voting on any resolutions concerning waste management pending further research and discussion, an old issue reared its head during debate. “I would like to see an ethical clause put in place preventing the practice of environmental racism,” Alderman John Herrera said. “Landfills generally end up getting placed near poor or ethnic communities, and we cannot allow this to continue.” The board chose to look at the town’s waste disposal policies again in the fall when it discusses Carrboro’s zero waste resolution. The City Editor can be reached atcitydesk@unc.edu. formal speeches but also with informal speaking. He said that she often gave him talk ing points before he addressed groups like the Employee Forum or Faculty Council and that she did the prepara tion necessary for his speeches to visit ing groups at the University. “She did the research so I could go and be prepared and sound intelligent,” he said. Moeser called Lucas an “unseen back stage adviser” and said that it is hard to measure her influence on the University because she worked behind the scenes. “She understood the University well,” he said. “In a way, she shaped things with her words.” At the ceremony, Daniel Berenson, Lucas’ boyfriend, recalled her love for the University and her job as a speech writer. “She was a major voice through the voice of others.” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. Cffn^CflADLC 919-967-9053 300 E. Main Street • Carrboro mm, ISA SQUEEZETOY, VIBRANT GREEN, Reign Men, Ran B” ($7) 2SU STRUNG OUT w/Poison The Well. Rise Against, Rufio**(sl2) 7pm 3MO DEAD LOW TIDE** ($8) SWE JESUS JONES w/B-SIDES** ($10) 6TH ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO w/Lou Ford” ($10) 7 FR & 8 SA: TIFT MERRITT CD Release Party w/Special Guest: Ron Sexsmith ($lO / night: sl6 for two night pass)** 9SU STEVE EARLE - Spoken Word (promoting his book. 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By Charles Fyle Staff Writer The Orange County Board of Commissioners confirmed Tuesday that seven Orange County public schools are over capacity, with Chapel Hill High School still leading the pack at 110 percent. “There have been no changes,” said Planning Director Craig Benedict dur ing the one-hour quarterly public hear ing at the Orange County Courthouse in Hillsborough. Benedict analyzed Orange County’s student progres sion and growth compared with other suburban areas across the nation such as the Baltimore and the Washington, D.C., areas. “We must address the con cerns of the municipalities and the community so that we stride to make them all feel comfortable during this Orange County Commisioner Moses Carey heard a presentation Tuesday on school overcrowding. process,” said board Chairman Barry jacobs. In the School Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance, originally drafted in November 2000, the seven schools listed as “over-capacitated” are Phillips Middle School, Culbreth Middle School, Ephesus Road Elementary School, McDougle Elementary School, Frank Porter Graham Elementary School, Seawell Elementary School and Chapel Hill High School. Overcrowding as measured by per centage within primary and secondary levels shows that elementary schools are at 105 percent capacity, middle schools are at 107 percent and high schools are at 110 percent. The planning director also was probed by the commissioners on “what points are there invested rights on the timing of the adequate public school issuance” as it shifted by way of the revised memorandum of understand ing. “It will evolve as the planning office moves forward with land development changes,” Benedict said. Commissioners also discussed schools within the county that are list ed as being “at capacity” by the Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance. Steve Scroggs, assistant superintend for support services, said Scroggs Elementary School, Glenwood Elementary School, Smith Middle School and East Chapel Hill High School are within this “at capacity" range. Scroggs also projected that public high schools in the area will be at more than 110 percent capacity a year from now. The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. For the Record The May 23 article “Suh Chosen as Gift Artist; Design, Funding in Works" incorrectly stated that Do-Ho Suh’s fee is SIOO,OOO. The artist's fee will actually be SBO,OOO. The Daily Tar Heel regrets the error. s Hu Sn VC nr ■ E o R