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a motive to drain the pools,” she said.
Curran said the court was willing to
accept the report from the NRC with
out farther probing of what accidents
could actually happen.
Commissioner Barry Jacobs said he
knew from the beginning it was going to
be a hard-fought battle.
“It’s a blow,” he said. “The stack was
was stacked against us from the start.”
Commissioner Moses Carey said that
the outcome was disappointing but that
it paralleled the past attitudes of both
nuclear agencies and the NRC. “It’s
indicative of the treatment we’ve
received,” he said.
Curran said that the commissioners
have not decided what course to take but
that they could ask the Court of Appeals
to reconsider its ruling and then possibly
take the case to the Supreme Court.
“The county is always hopeful that
the NRC will see the light and do the
right thing to protect the environment
and public health,” she said.
Carey said the county will not cease
its efforts and will continue to address
the issue in some manner. “That won’t
stop us to act in the public’s interest,” he
said. “We have to change procedures to
protect the interests of the public.”
Assistant City Editor Michael Davis
contributed to this story.
The City Editor can be reached at
citydesk@unc.edu.
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The park developed slowly in the
early 19605. An important turning
point was when President John F.
Kennedy pushed through several feder
al grants for the park, said UNC politi
cal science Professor Thad Beyle. Then-
Gov. Terry Sanford had helped boost
Kennedy’s support in the South.
Today, organizations housed in RTP
bring in more than $2 billion in rev
enue to North Carolina annually.
In addition to increased revenue,
the development of RTP has led to
many other changes in the area,
among them an influx of people.
“This state used to have a brain
drain,” Nunnelly said. “But now as a
result of having a research park, we’ve
been able to have the opposite effect.
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86 and Erwin Road.
Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy said
that a year ago community members
were divided on the decision to expand
but that ultimately citizens said the issue
of safety was too important for those
opposed to the plan to ignore.
“The decision represents a significant
movement to come to a consensus
through compromise,” Foy said. “It’s
been long and hard to achieve a compro
mise that a significant majority of council
members and citizens could support”
Council Member Pat Evans repre
sented the lone dissenting opinion. “I
don’t think (the three-lane design) is a
safe alternative,” she said. “I wanted to
allow the (NCDOT) to use their profes-
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said federal law prevented her from
commenting on whether Ryncavage, a
freshman, would be charged with an
Honor Court violation.
This is the first reported case of GHB
- the drug that GBL is used to make -
on campus in almost 10 years, said
University Police Chief Derek Poarch. “I
don’t have any indication that this is any
thing other than (an isolated incident).
“There is nothing in this matter that
leads us to believe that this is just the tip
of the iceberg.”
“We are now importing great minds
into the state.”
But despite the increased numbers of
non-native North Carolinians who work
in RTP, Nunnelly estimates that the
majority of its 42,000 full-time employ
ees still come from inside the state to
work at one of the companies there.
Easy travel and access to the airport
are just two of the multiple reasons
companies cite for moving into RTP.
“The high quality of life, good schools,
lower cost of living than in other high
tech areas - these are all the kinds of
things you want to offer a potential
employee,” said Mary Anne Rhyne,
spokeswoman for GlaxoSmithKline,
which employs 5,000 people in RTP.
John Lucy, spokesman for IBM in
the Triangle area, said the area’s facili
ties attracted his business to RTP
decades ago. “In the mid-19605, we
were looking for availability of land, a
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sioiial expertise to make recommenda
tions to us.”
Evans also argued that the three-lane
design would increase traffic and stops,
leading to more noise and air pollution.
Burwell Ware, a member of Citizen
Action for Responsible Roads and one
of the few residents to attend the meet
ing, said a large public turnout was
unnecessary because the proposal
would pass overwhelmingly.
“Eighty people came out to the pub
lic hearing two weeks ago,” he said.
“(CARR) did not ask citizens to come
out because we did not feel it was nec
essary. We were confident that we had at
least eight votes to pass the proposal.”
The plan also allows for change and
future development because the
NCDOT purchased enough right-of
way land for a four-lane highway, which
was the NCDOT’s original plan.
Although it is unclear why the suspect
possessed the chemical GBL, Scott Butler,
coordinator of the human sexuality pro
gram for the Center for Healthy Student
Behaviors, said he didn’t think the arrest is
indicative of widespread GHB use on
campus. “In general, the use of‘date rape’
drugs is very low on campus,” he said.
But he said the use of “date rape” drugs
is probably something that happens a lot
more frequently than it is reported. “It is
definitely a big concern for us, regardless
of how many cases we have,” he said.
“We are interested in the prevention.”
Butler recommended that people
monitor their own drinks and be careful
of drinking from open containers.
good business climate and a good
place for employees to five,” he said.
“Research Triangle had all that, and
there was a great relationship between
the three universities and the govern
ment and business community.”
Nunnelly said cooperation with area
universities is an important factor in
company research. Contract research
and clinical labs that companies are
interested in are done at the universi
ties, and many graduate students and
professors work with RTP employees.
Nunnelly said the relationship
between the park and the universities is
one that continues to grow, as does
RTP itself, despite the recent downturn
in both the state and national economy.
“We’ve been hurt, but things aren’t
as bad as they could have been,”
Nunnelly said. “For that we should be
thankful to the people who planned
and diversified this park.”
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Tim and Janis Dempsey, residents
who live on Weaver Dairy Road, said
they were aware of frequent accidents
on the road.
The Dempseys said they thought
Weaver Dairy Road needed improve
ment. They were against the four-lane
highway with a divided median that
Evans supported.
“I don’t believe that (the road) needs
widening to serve other areas and
induce traffic off (U.S.) 15-501,” Tim
Dempsey said. “The council came to an
acceptable compromise of three lanes
with the included turn lane."
Foy said that the NCDOT will review
the plan and that the council will hold a
public hearing in October before any
actual construction begins.
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People also should go out in groups
and designate one person to not drink.
That person can be aware of changes in
friends’ behavior, he said.
Buffer said that if people believe they
have been drugged, they should seek
medical help immediately. Student Health
Service offers a free urine test within 72
hours of a suspected drugging to confirm
whether drugs have been in a person’s sys
tem.
Butler said students also should be
aware that “date rape” drugs can be used
in any beverage, not only alcoholic drinks.
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To remain competitive with other
high-tech regions throughout the coun
try and world, Nunnelly said, the RTP
Foundation continues to make efforts
to attract new companies to the park
The passage of the economic incen
tive bill in the N.C. Senate also might
bring in more business to RTP. “A lot of
what we do doesn’t necessarily need to
rely on incentives,” Nunnelly said. “So
(the bill) is important for Research
Triangle Park but probably more impor
tant for other parts of North Carolina.”
But Nunnelly emphasized that RTP is
still a work in progress, no matter how
little or how much the bill impacts it
“Even after 43 years we’re not full
yet; we still have 1,200 acres left to
develop,” Nunnelly said. “Research
parks are long-term projects.”
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have been trained in this procedure and
that it is fully within regulations.
The report cited human error or
novice mistakes as the reason for the
violations in other cases.
In response to Turlington’s complaint
about finding a mouse still alive in the
“dead cooler,” the report states that it
was unlikely this would have occurred
but that it “cannot state with certainty
that all animals were dead.” The report
also noted that “such events may occur
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final number to UNC-CH’s provost’s
office. Finally, the provost will divide
the cut among various University
departments based on budget hearings
conducted last April and May.
Officials began responding to the state’s
budget crisis last spring by eliminating
course sections from several popular class
es and cutting some lecturing positions.
In an interview in August, Risa Palm,
dean of the College of Arts and Sciences,
said the college might eliminate 20 to 25
vacant positions. Despite the fact that the
budget passed Friday, Palm said
Monday that she won’t know what
actions to take until she receives specif
ic numbers from the provost’s office.
Provost Robert Shelton said that he
does not know what exact figures to
expect but that he anticipates receiving
the final number next week. He then will
contact individual departments within
48 hours to relay their final cuts, he said.
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through human error from time to time.”
The report admitted that the problem
of overcrowding “has occurred with
some regularity at UNC” and added
that “overcrowding reached by far its
worst levels in Thurston Bowles.”
The report states that the $lO penalty
for individual researchers failing to sepa
rate the cages was not always enforced at
Thurston Bowles. IACUC is considering
raising the fee up to SIOO for each cage.
No representatives from the NIH
could be reached for comment Monday.
The University Editor can be reached
atudesk@unc.edu.
Shelton said the provost’s office will
maintain last year’s decision to let depart
ment deans and vice chancellors meet
their budget limits as they see fit. “It
wouldn’t be good (for the provost’s office)
to make decisions at that micro-level.”
He added that the reduced budget
cuts passed last week will not have a
profound effect on students, who were
made aware of potential 5 percent cuts
last spring. “I don’t think students will
notice anything different,” Shelton said.
“Preparations made by the deans last
spring took care of the blow.”
As of Monday, Palm did not know
whether last week’s decision on budget
cuts would reverse measures taken since
the spring or even allow the University to
resume the process of recruiting and hir
ing new employees. Although she has no
final answers at this point, she said she is
pleased with the General Assembly’s deci
sion. “We are relieved that the legislature
decided to support higher education.”
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
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