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Elizabeth Dole and Erskine Bowles
will try to appeal to the few remaining undecided
voters in campaign stops this weekend.
Candidates
Woo Voters
In Last Days
Set to finish tours of
the state this weekend
By Becky Jones
Staff Writer
On the last weekend before Tuesday’s
elections, candidates statewide are contin
uing to tour at a feverish pace in hopes of
influencing the opinions of undecided vot
ers.
U.S. Senate candidates Democrat
Erskine Bowles and
Republican Elizabeth
Dole will finish their
tours of North
Carolina this week
end.
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The race, which many insiders initially
assumed Dole would win because of her
name recognition, is now considered a toss
up, according to several polls.
With just a few days until the election,
Bowles is continuing on into the final round
of his statewide “Family First” tour, said
Bowles spokesman Adrian Talbott.
Bowles’ campaign will attempt to gain
the few percentage points he trails by influ
encing undecided voters, he said. “This last
push makes all the difference in the world.”
Dole also will continue her bus tour of
the state this weekend, said Dole press sec
retary Jerry Brown.
He added that the
Dole campaign is not
losing optimism
because of 1116 new
statistics showing
Bowles is closing in.
“ Polls
tighten (the race) in
the final days,” he
said - “ We are at 1116
point where the
fence-sitters will
choose a candidate.”
The candidates’
final pushes are
focusing closely on
specific issues, said
p errel Guillory,
director of UNC’s
Program on
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Southern Politics, Media and Public Life.
The intensity at the end of the race is
directed at the 20 percent of voters regis
tered as independent because the state is
split almost equally between Democrats
and Republicans, he said.
After analyzing commercials for the
opposing candidates, Guillory said he
found that Bowles and Dole conveyed
mostly positive messages.
“There’s an effort on the part of both
candidates to give voters a reason to vote
for them rather than a reason to vote
against their opponent,” he said.
Guillory said the campaigns are empha
sizing each candidate’s solution to the
state’s shaky economic situation, which has
recently become the key issue of the cam
paign.
Officials from the state’s political parties
said the end of the campaign season will be
busy for them, as well as individual candi
dates.
Barbara Allen, chairwoman of the N.C.
Democratic Party, said the party is focusing
on sending out people into various com
munities to increase voter turnout. She said
that as the campaigns wind down, the most
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Thousands of people packed Franklin Street late Thursday night and into Friday morning to celebrate
Halloween. The numerous costume-wearing revelers included not only UNC students but visitors from
all corners of the state who came to Chapel Hill just for the celebration.
HALLOWEEN NIGHT
BACK IN FULL FORCE
Franklin Street was crammed
with thousands of Halloween
partygoers Thursday night -
clad in costumes ranging from flappers to the Old
Well -as police and revelers alike said they expect
ed a bigger
long, despite the
cold October air.
He said that this year, traffic regulations were far
looser, allowing more people from out of town to
come to Franklin Street for the fun.
“A lot more people are expected this year since
we are not being as restricted as we were last year,”
McCracken said. “Last year we didn’t allow people
who were not residents at Chapel Hill to be on the
streets.”
McCracken said police began barricading the
comers of Columbia and East Franklin streets at 8
p.m., preventing any vehicles from passing.
He said police were making sure that less restric
tion did not mean less protection from the police.
“People who want to participate in the Halloween
It's Halloween, everyone is entitled to one good scare.
Sheriff Leigh Brackett in "Halloween"
Serving the students and the University community since 1893
Friday, November 1, 2002
HALLOWEEN 2002
By Sulhye Bang
Staff Writer
“We are confiscating alcohol, whether they are
open or closed, weapons or any items that look like
weapons, anything flammable, and fireworks.”
And after many people called last year’s
Halloween, complete with tight police restrictions, a
disappointment, students said they were glad to see
a bigger crowd this year on Franklin Street.
“I know that there are a lot more people on this
street this year than three years ago,” said Bridget
Kelly, a graduate student from Duke University,
who was dressed
turnout than in
past years.
Although police
were unable to
give an accurate
estimate of the
crowd by 11 p.m.
Thursday, Maj.
Jeff McCracken of
University police
said he expected
the streets to be
packed all night
as a margarita.
Phabienne
Parker, a UNC
sophomore, was
walking on Raleigh
Street about 7:30
p.m. in preparation
for the big night
ahead. She said she
expected a better
turnout this year
and was glad to see
the looser restric-
tions.
“I actually think that this year’s Halloween will
be much more interesting,” she said. “I’m very excit
ed because this year, I’m dressing up with my twin
sister, Annette, and I’m looking forward to it.”
For freshman Nicole Stephens, this was her first
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events on Franklin Street, they have
to come through the barricade.” he
said.
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Task Force Ready
To Look at S4OO
Tuition Increases
By Rachel Hodges
Staff Writer
The Tuition Task Force met Thursday
to discuss two potential campus-based
tuition increase proposals - both of
which call for an annual increase of
about S4OO for three years.
The task force wants the funds, which
would total $27.2 million, to address
three specific issues - the student-facul
ty ratio, teaching assistant salaries and
faculty salaries. The task force plans to
formally vote on a plan at its Nov. 14
meeting.
Tuition Task Force members discuss several plans for a long-term
campus-based tuition increase proposal Thursday afternoon.
UNC PAC Distributes
SIS4K to Candidates
By Gillian Bolsover
Staff Writer
During the last month, UNC’s polit
ical action committee has donated the
majority of its funds to powerful leaders
in the N.C. General Assembly who are
running for re-election Tuesday.
Citizens for Higher Education donat
ed $154,000 to more than 45 election
campaigns to ensure that UNC’s interests
are represented in the new legislature.
But experts say the funds likely will
not influence legislative decisions.
The money is an expression of polit
ical goodwill, said Ferrel Guillory,
director of UNC’s Program on
Southern Politics, Media and Public
Life. He said it builds bridges toward
political access and has an indirect
effect on legislators when considering
bills that affect UNC.
“It might nudge candidates into
stronger support of the University,” he
said. “It opens doors or keeps them
open.”
The majority of the money -
$154,000 - was donated Oct. 14.
Democratic candidates received the
majority of the money - $95,000 -with
$59,000 going to Republicans. Guillory
said CHE is covering its bases by sup
porting both parties.
“We don’t know which party will be
in a majority,” he said. “The Democrats
got most of the money because the
Democratic leaders have protected and
enhanced the University’s budget.
“But the CHE is also smart political
ly; they know that the Republicans
might win a majority. The CHE wants
to ensure some access with Republican
leaders should they become the major
ity.”
Contributions ranged from SI,OOO to
$4,000, the largest amount a PAC can
contribute under state law.
It is not surprising most candidates
who received funds from CHE are
influential party leaders, Guillory said.
All candidates receiving $4,000 were
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Both of the tuition increase plans dis
cussed would remedy the TA salary dis
parity in full and raise faculty salaries to
a more competitive level, but the major
differences lie in financial aid and the
student-faculty ratio.
While the first scenario would set aside
40 percent for financial aid and slightly
reduce the student-faculty ratio from 18.5-
1 to 18.1-1, the second would bring the
student-faculty ratio to 17.4-1 and only set
aside 25 percent for financial aid.
U.S. News & World Report recently
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Campaign Contributions
The UNC-Chapel Hill political action committee has
contributed more than $160,000 to various campaigns,
including the maximum $4,000 to the following candidates
Joe Hackney (D)
House speaker pro tern
Harold Brubaker (R)
House Appropriations Committee; House speaker ‘95 -'9B
Fletcher Hartsell (R)
Vice Chairman, Senate Education Committee
Howard Lee
Senate Appropriations Chairman
David Redwine (D)
House Appropriations Chairman
Tony Rand (D)
Senate Majority Leader
David Hoyle (D)
Senate finance Chairman
Cecil Hargett (D)
Candidate for Senate District 6
Jim Black (D)
House Speaker
Phil Baddour (D)
House Majority Leader
Patrick Ballantine (R)
Senate Minority Leader
David Miner (R)
House Appropriations Committee
Richard Stevens (R)
UNC trustee; Senate District 17 Candidate
Scott Thomas (D)
Senate Appropriations Committee
Ed McMahan (R)
House Education Subcommittee on Universities
John Kerr (D)
Senate Finance Chairman
Leo Daughtry (R)
House Minority Leader
Marc Basnight (D)
Senate President Pro Tern
Fountain Odom (D)
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman
Eric Reeves (D)
Appropriations-lnformation Technology Committee
Richard Morgan (R)
House Education Subcommittee on Universities
Walter Dalton (D)
Senate Appropriations on Education Committee Chairman
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