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®lje Daily (Bor Heel www.dailytarheel.com Two candidates for the N.C. Court °f Appeals emphasize the need for integrity in the classroom. Volume 110, Issue 74 Lawmakers Set to Vote On Budget Proposal Lottery clause in budget could be pulled out By Elyse Ashburn State & National Editor RALEIGH - After hours of wrangling behind closed doors, N.C. House conferees signed off late Monday on a $14.3 billion budget proposal for the 2002-03 fiscal year that includes a provi sion for a lottery referendum. Senate conferees approved the same budget proposal earlier in the day. “The report is being read in at this time, and there is a lottery referendum in it,” House Speaker Jim Black, D- Mecklenburg, said late Monday. He said that today, “We will decide whether to run it that way or not.” The budget proposal could be rolled out for an initial vote today and might not ultimately include the provision for a lottery ref erendum, he said. Black said the referen dum provision can easily be removed from the budget proposal before today’s vote because no appropriations are tied to lottery revenue. “We don’t include the “We’re not tied to (the lottery), but the only way to have it in there is to report it in tonight. ” Jim Buck House Speaker money with the lottery referendum,” he said. “We’re not tied to (the lottery), but the only way to have it in there is to report it in tonight.” But Black said the House will definitely vote on the lottery today - either as a budget provi sion or as a separate bill. “You’re going to get a lottery vote (today),” he said. “We will run it (today) one way or another.” Lottery legislation would have to be approved by Wednesday to make it on the Nov. 5 ballot. It remains unclear whether the lottery has enough support to pass the House, Black said. “We’ll know that (today),” he said. “It’s very See BUDGET, Page 6 University Cuts Down Water Use Officials make efforts to adhere to area guidelines By Heather Knighton AND JOELLE RUBEN Staff Writers On Sept. 9, the Orange Water and Sewer Authority declared a state of water supply emer gency for Chapel Hill and Carrboro and advised its customers to decrease water usage by 25 per cent. Although the University is exempt from town requirements because it is a state institution, offi cials have taken actions to decrease the amount of water used on campus by the same amount. The University, including UNC Hospitals, is OWASA’s largest customer, using 30 percent of the organization’s water supply. In 2001, UNC used 837 million gallons of water, most of which was directed toward utilities and research laboratories. Dean Bresciani, interim vice chancellor for stu dent affairs, said it is the University’s duty as a large consumer of water to approach the problem as comprehensively as possible. “It is in our best interest as well as the town’s best interest to approach this situation aggresr sively,” he said. “If we run out of water, we all run out of water.” See CONSERVATION, Page 6 Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Freedom Forum A UNC student creates Web site as a forum for student interaction via the Internet. See Page 11 m&mm jjfjf r ~J| -WSfe I Ifs -raSaSS! SB ■-i i. >mIWBWBBIB i * DTH/KIMBERLY CRAVEN The Future Naval Officers Association is asking that the ROTC building be listed on the National Register of Historic Places to prevent the building from being torn down. ROTC Members Protest Demolition of Armory By Lynne Shallcross Staff Writer While UNC’s 50-year blueprint for campus growth was created to better the University, the Future Naval Officers Association see it as a home wrecker. The FNOA is located in the Naval Armory, which houses the ROTC divisions, but Phase II of New science complex to take place of ROTC building V/ f*n L from being tom down. But if the ROTC building is saved, that part of Phase II “can’t be done,” said Jonathan Howes, direc tor of the Master Han. “It would seriously change the kind of science complex that has been designed.” Phase II of the science complex project involves building anew multipurpose building that will include a parking deck, office research space and a science library in the ROTC building’s location. Phase II is not scheduled to begin until 2005. Nearly all legislation is the result of compromise. Joseph Cannon Tuesday, September 17, 2002 A FATE UNCERTAIN Officials will begin by clearing out Venable Hall and the ROTC building before eventually knock ing them down. The UNC Naval ROTC Alumni Association investigated the situation and determined that peti tioning the University likely would not be effective. “We’ve pretty much been told that there’s no way the University won’t tear it down, so we’re try ing to go above them,” said FNOA President Mel Ahle. The FNOA now is trying to save the building with the help of the national register. To be considered as a nominee for the register from North Carolina, the FNOA has to apply to a study list, which will then assess the historical sig nificance of the building. According to the register’s criteria, the site must be associated with both significant events and lives in history. The FNOA sent in its application Monday and expects to hear the results of the study list by the middle of October. The group’s members say that they think the ROTC building’s deep history is worth saving and that they hope the register will agree. Ahle said that the ROTC building was built in 1942 and that all naval aviators of World War II were trained there, including Ted Williams, former President George Bush and former President Gerald Ford. If the building is demolished, Howes said those who use the ROTC building will have to be relo cated, although no final plans have been made. Ahle said the FNOA has talked with adminis trative officials about relocating, but she said she is concerned by the lack of concrete plans. “To me, that means they don’t have a perma nent place for us.” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. the Master Plan involves demolish ing the structure to build the new sci ence complex. But FNOA mem bers are fighting to keep their 60-year old building on the comer of South Columbia Street and South Road. The officers are requesting a nomina tion from the N.C. State Historic Preservation Office to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places -a move that would protect the building Gravel Pit A professor leads a dig that uncovers a lost city. See Page 5 Weather Today: Partly Cloudy; H 85, L 61 Wednesday: T-storms; H 78, L 60 Thursday: T-storms; H 78, L 61 Kinnaird Wins Recount; Lee May Request Another Recounts frustrating for both candidates ByJoanneJordan Staff Writer N.C. Sen. Howard Lee, D-Orange, is consider ing yet another recount of votes cast in last week’s primary election after results of a second tally released Monday declared Sen. Elbe Kinnaird, D-Orange, winner of the election. Lee initially called for a recount after Kinnaird Last Week's Voter Turnout Average, Not Impressive See Page 3 defeated him in the election by 114 votes. By state law, a losing candidate can request a recount if the vote margin is less than 1 percent of the total votes cast. Lee said he insisted on holding the first recount because of the probability of miscounting. He want ed to make sure no votes had been missed, he said. In the recount, Kinnaird beat out Lee again, this time by 119 votes. Lee said he will announce today whether he wants to demand a manual recount or to throw in the towel. He said that he has not thought ahead as to what he will do in the future if he decides against another recount. Kinnaird said another recount will exhaust her. She said she has, for now, put her general election campaign plans on hold to accommodate Lee’s requests. She added that if she is again successful against Lee, the remaining part of her campaign period will not be as formidable as the past part. Kinnaird said the campaign was difficult for her and for her constituents. “It has not been an easy or happy campaign running against such a wide ly admired person,” she said. See RECOUNT, Page 6 Trademark Lawsuit Awards 5325 K to UNC By John Frank Assistant University Editor A federal district court judge recently ruled that a pornographic Web site fea turing University trademarks must pay more than $325,000 in damages for copyright infringement, University offi cials said Monday. In an Aug. 2 decision ending a three year batde with the Web site, Judge William Osteen ordered the operators of UNCgirls.com to stop using the “UNC” abbreviation, which the University owns the trademark rights to. Former site owners previously said the abbreviation stood for Universal Nude College Girls. He also ordered that the Web site domain be transferred to the University. HONOR WEEK KICKS OFF k £ DTH/MEUSSA UN Former UNC basketball coach Dean Smith talks to students in the Pit on Monday as part of the kickoff of Honor and Integrity Week, which is sponsored by the UNC honor system. www.dailytarheel.com ROUND TWO -IV.:-*. X OTH FILE PHOTO ELLIE KINNAIRD 50.2%, 12,488 votes 3 Jl / jr jp jf I DTH/BRIAN CASSELLA HOWARD LEE 49.8%, 12,369 votes Asa result of the lawsuit, the site has been registered to Craig Hyatt, manager of information technology auxiliary ser vices at UNC. Hyatt obtained the site last week and set up a page routing traffic to UNC’s home page. The UNCgirls.com site now includes a statement explaining the lawsuit and the settlement. Formerly, the Web site featured a Carolina blue background with snap shots of the Pit and Franklin Street and professional pictures of partially nude women in sexually explicit positions. Before UNC sued in May 2001, it sought to privately negotiate to end the site’s operations. The domain name was originally bought by a UNC law student. The student has stated in the past that See RULING, Page 6
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