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Democratic candidate Dan Blue
concedes the primary to opponent
Erskine Bowles on Sept. 10. Blue
endorsed Bowles on Tuesday.
Dan Blue
Endorses
Bowles
Endorsement could
attract black voters
By Jennifer Samuels
Assistant State & National Editor
Almost a month of speculation over
whether former Democratic Senate can
didate Dan Blue would endorse a nom
inee in the state’s U.S. Senate race
ended Tuesday with a declaration of
support for fel-
J low Democrat
Erskine Bowles.
Blue lost the
nomination in
the Sept. 10 primary. Bowles came away*
with 43 percent of the vote, while Blue
received 29 percent.
N.C. Secretary of State Elaine
Marshall, who finished third with 15 per
cent of the vote, pledged her support to
Bowles at his election night celebration.
Bowles’ Republican challenger is 2000
presidential candidate Elizabeth Dole.
Blue decided to endorse Bowles
because of a commitment to help
Democrats keep a. majority in the U.S.
Senate, said Cecil Cahoon, communica
tions manager for Blue’s campaign.
He said Blue did not endorse Bowles
directly following his concession because
he wanted to spend time discussing key
issues before deciding whether Bowles’
mission aligned with his. “I think if Dan
had immediately extended an endorse
ment after the primary, it would not have
meant the same to many supporters
statewide as means today, when he can
say, ‘I have communicated your concern
to him,”’ Cahoon said.
He said no specifics were available
concerning Blue’s involvement with
Bowles’ campaign.
Bowles is pleased to have Blue’s sup
port, said his press secretary Susan
Lagana. “(Blue) has been a long-time
supporter and advocate for working fam
ilies,” she said. “Erskine is proud to have
him out there campaigning for him.”
Experts say that Bowles’ campaign
will be aided by the endorsement
because it brings with it the likely sup
port of many black voters, who make up
the former state representative’s largest
base of support, said Ferrel Guillory,
director of UNC’s Program on Southern
Politics, Media and Public Life.
Blue served as the first black speak
er of the N.C. House.
But Guillory stressed that Bowles has
other obstacles, such as grabbing inde
pendents and undecided moderates.
He said Bowles’ association with for
mer President Clinton, whom he served
under as chief of staff from 1996-98, as
well as support from Democrats such as
former N.C. Gov. Jim Hunt, also make
him appealing to blacks on his own.
Blue’s endorsement is important to
Bowles’ campaign because it encourages
another of the major Democratic con
stituencies to vote for Bowles, said UNC
political science Professor Thad Beyle. He
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Few Classes Cut Due to Budget Woes
86 more sections offered
next spring than last year
By John Lipps
Staff Writer
UNC’s budget cuts have been finalized, and
some academic departments have been forced to
eliminate some class sections.
But because some departments managed the
cuts without cutting class sections, the overall num
ber of classes offered next semester still will be
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Technology Gap Doesn't
Hinder Computing Goals
By John Frank
Assistant University Editor
Freshman Jen Kling can use
her computer almost anywhere
on campus and still connect to
the Internet.
Her Carolina Computing
Initiative laptop comes stan
dard with a wireless Internet
card, CD writer, DVD player
and 256 megabytes of memory.
Junior Kerry Killoren’s CCI
computer doesn’t.
“Compared to the new
ones, my computer has none
of the special features - it’s
out-of-date, and it’s slow,” said
Killoren, whose laptop is about
2 1/2 years old.
With four different years - eight different mod
els -of CCI laptops in use, a wide variety of tech
nologies can be found on campus. In general, CCI
laptops are faster, hold more memory and boast
more all-around amenities each successive year.
Although the distinctions among the various
models are evident, CCI officials said those dis
parities affect performance rather than the pro
gram’s overall function.
“A faster computer doesn’t affect the student’s abil
ity to use the computer,” said John Oberlin, execu
tive director for Academic Technology and Networks.
Students still see differences, but mostly in the
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greater than in spring 2002.
David Lanier, UNC’s registrar, said there will
be 86 more sections campuswide this spring than
last spring. There will be 11 more classes level 50
and below and 75 more classes level 50 to 99.
Lanier said that out of more than 2,000 sections,
the increase is negligible.
There also will be an increase in some class
sizes. Many of the larger classes designated for 70
students will be increased to about 75. Classes for
about 21 students will only increase to 22 or 23.
But she said there will not be a significant increase
in class size from this semester, said Risa Palm,
dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Many of the batteries also have failed, forcing stu
dents to special-order replacements because they
aren’t covered by the limited warranty.
“These computers are worthless by the time you
graduate,” Killoren said.
Marian Moore, former vice chancellor for infor
mation technology and the first official to oversee
the CCI program, acknowledged that there is an
inherent technology gap in the CCI program.
And CCI officials also said it is inevitable that each
year ’s computer will be better than the one before it
“Every class will get a better machine than the
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Because the departments have had the spring
and fall semesters to plan for the cuts, some man
aged to meet the budget by cutting operating
expenses or staff members, Palm said.
“We consider the departments in the best posi
tion to manage their budget,” she said.“We didn’t
want to eliminate tenured faculty.”
Palm said that she received the specifics of the
budget Tuesday and that some arts and sciences
classes - like the romance languages, English writ
ing classes and other introductory-level courses -
will be affected by the cuts more than other
departments’ courses.
These departments are affected more deeply
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models have standard.
This year’s Think Pad T3O
model laptop has a high-end
operating system, 8x DVD dri
ves with swappable CD writers
and built-in wireless cards.
“It’s a better computer, it’s
faster, and it has all the nifty
stuff,” Kling said.
The models owned by
seniors who participated in the
pilot program and juniors, the
first class to fall under CCI
guidelines, have outdated oper
ating systems, a slower DVD
drive and no CD-buming capa
bility and require a wall outlet
to connect to the Internet.
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Town Not Alone in
Regulation Debate
By Matt Hanson
Staff Writer
Chapel Hill is not the only college
town in the United States trying to bal
ance off-campus housing regulations with
dissent from the surrounding community.
Both the University of Kansas and
Salisbury University in Maryland are
dealing with restrictions on the number
of unrelated residents allowed to live in
houses around campus.
The Chapel Hill Town Council is
considering a plan that would allow no
more than byo unrelated people per
dwelling unit, limit parking to two cars
and ban duplexes within town limits.
The plan is part of a third draft of the
land-use development ordinance that
will be revised again Oct. 21, said
Council member Mark Kleinschmidt.
In Salisbury, Md., where Salisbury
University is located, the City Council
voted Sep. 23 to extend a moratorium
on the conversion of single-family hous
ing into rental properties, said William
Holland, director of the Salisbury
Department of Building, Housing and
Zoning.
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Brandy Potter (left), Caroline Bixiones and Meredith Lieh wait in line at
midnight Monday for tickets to the UNC vs. N.C. State football game.
All N.C. State Tickets
Distributed in 6 Hours
By Elizabeth Daniels
Staff Writer
Students arrived at the Smith Center
ticket office as early as 6 p.m. Monday -
14 hours before the office opened - to
obtain tickets to the football game
against N.C. State University on
Saturday.
By late Tuesday afternoon, all 9,000
available student tickets had been
claimed. An additional 3,000 tickets had
been handed out Monday through the
block seating distribution.
Though the ticket office didn’t open
until 8 a.m. Tuesday, students came
early the night before to camp out for
tickets, bringing couches, chairs and
items to keep them entertained.
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because teaching assistant and lecturer positions
have been reduced.
Departments that do not rely as heavily on TAs
and lecturers are able to offer more introductory
level courses.
Lanier said he expects departments to eliminate
dozens of classes after registration if not enough stu
dents sign up. But Palm said the decisions are final
and the departments will not eliminate any class sec
tions after registration because of further budget cuts.
“We want to preserve the undergraduate teach
ing function,” she said. “We are trying to accom-
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The hiatus, which will last until Dec.
9, gives local officials time to decide
how to maintain a family community
without squelching off-campus housing
that is both affordable for students and
profitable for landlords, Holland said.
But he said the shift is already evident
in neighborhoods immediately sur
rounding the university.
“An older couple would put their
house up for sale ... and investors would
swoop in there and buy the houses to
rent them to college students,” he said.
Holland said he is frustrated that the
council has yet.tp remedy, the. situation.
Kathleen Groutt, director of housing
and residence life at Salisbury, said the
school has about 1,700 on-campus rooms
to house undergraduates and an extra
576 spaces available through a partner
ship with local private developers.
Together, this provides housing for about
one-third of its undergraduates, she said.
Groutt said communication with city
officials could provide a solution.
“Pressure will be relieved through pro
viding students with other options.”
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Many students who applied for block
seating and did not receive tickets waited
in line for tickets. The tickets were distrib
uted randomly until there were none left.
Brian Fink, a first-year doctorate stu
dent in epidemiology, was the first to get
in line for the much anticipated game.
“I arrived at 6 p.m., and about two
minutes later, die second person
arrived. When my friend got there at
eight, students were beginning to form a
line that reached to over 1,000 students
by 8 a.m. Tuesday morning,” Fink said.
Clint Gwaltney, director of ticket
operations, said that student ticket dis
tribution for Saturday’s game ended at
1:50 p.m. and that the last person able
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