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Volume 110, Issue 159
Shin, Tepper Face Off for the Last Time
By Billy Ball
Staff Writer
Student body president candidates Sang
Shin and Matt Tepper came together one
last time to debate their major issues in a
forum sponsored Monday night by The
Daily Tar Heel in the
Student Union Film
Auditorium.
Tepper and Shin
met in the forum as
part of the final push
for votes in the runoff
election to be held today.
Candidates began the forum with open
ing statements. Afterward, they fielded ques
tions prepared by the DTH, each other and
the audience.
Shin opened the forum by explaining his
Ice Brings Fun, Not Much Trouble
Ice Storm Mild
Compared With
Dec. Predecessor
ByJessa Giroux
Staff Writer
After being hit with the second ice storm of the season
Sunday, power companies and town officials are relieved by
the storm’s mildness compared to the December storm.
Bruce Heflin, Chapel Hill’s public works director, said
Sunday’s storm was “no comparison” to the Dec. 4 storm,
which resulted in massive power outages and large amounts
of debris.
“We were lucky,"said Heflin, adding that the 2 inches of
sleet that fell Sunday caused only minor damage from falling
trees.
Meteorologist Brandon Locklear of the National Weather
Service said the Dec. 4 storm produced freezing rain in the
area, which made it much more severe than Sunday’s sleet
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Facilities services employee
Wayne Thompson clears
the steps of the Ackland Art
Museum on Monday.
and Chapel Hill areas, Williams said.
Without an extensive number of power outages, clearing
ice and snow from the roads and getting bus routes running
were the main focuses of Monday’s storm response.
Although a significant increase in temperature is antici
pated for today, Gov. Mike Easley still warned drivers to
keep off the roads until they can be cleared.
He stated in a press release that the N.C. Department of
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qualifications for the position. “I think the key
word here is balance - someone who can be
visible and still get things done,” Shin said.
Tepper said he is running to increase the
student role in campus decisions. “I’m run
ning for student body president because I
want to increase the power of the student
voice on campus,” he said.
Addressing one of the major issues of the
campaign, Shin said he supports slight
increases in tuition if the money goes to the
right places, including increasing salaries for
teaching assistants and faculty members and
additional funding for financial aid. He
added that he supports increasing out-of
state student admissions to bring more
money to the University - an alternative to
looking to tuition increases. “It’s important
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He said that while sleet
can cause poor road con
ditions, freezing rain is
more problematic
because it accumulates
on trees and power lines,
causing limbs to fall and
power lines to snap.
Progress Energy and
Duke Power said power
outages in Orange
County were few and
sporadic, with most of the
damage coming south
and west of the Triangle.
Power crews were on
full storm alert as they
began to prepare for the
winter weather early last
week, said Duke Power
spokesman Tom
Williams.
“The outages were a
lot less severe than they
had the potential to be,”
he said.
This week’s storm was
“largely a non-event”
compared to the Dec. 4
storm, when 90 percent
of Duke Power customers
lost power in the Durham
Hazardous Roads Force Cancellation of Classes
By Eugene Scott
Staff Writer
Inclement weather led to the cancellation of classes
Monday for the first time since January 2000.
University officials decided Sunday night to cancel
all classes until noon Monday but chose to keep cam-
pus offices open. The
University was operating
under Condition II of its
adverse weather policy, which
calls for the cancellation of
classes until noon.
Condition II also allows UNC employees to decide
whether it is safe to report to work, although critical
employees are encouraged to come.
On Monday morning, University officials decided to
cancel the rest of the day’s classes because streets were
so icy that driving was a safety hazard, although the
Department of Public Safety reported no weather-relat
ed accidents Monday night.
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Endorsements, Race Play Roles
As SBP Campaigns Wrap Up
By Rachel Hodges
Staff Writer
With only two candidates
left in the race, today’s runoff
election will decide UNC’s
next student body president.
Students can vote on
Student Central from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
today to choose next year’s student body
president and senior class officers.
After the first election, former student
body president candidates Nathan Cherry
“I expect things to be back to normal (today). ” Robert Shelton, Provost
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Junior Matt Musselwhite slides on a parking sign down a hill at the Kenan-Flagler Business School on Monday afternoon.
Winter Weather
Hinders UNC
Cleanup Efforts
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Tuesday, February 18, 2003
Elections
Student Body Sang Shin
Matt Tepper
Senior Class George Leamon/
Officers Doug Melton
LizManekin/
Doug Sue
Many students who originally supported
candidates who did not make the runoff
election now are deciding whether to vote
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back from many students about their decision to keep the
University open during inclement weather despite other
area schools' and universities’ decisions to shut down.
Professors and students living off campus said at that
time that they were unable to get to campus because
Chapel Hill Transit was not operating. This time around,
administrators paid more attention to weather conditions.
“Last time, we didn’t have enough contact with
Chapel Hill Transit, which led to our decision to keep
the University open," Provost Robert Shelton said.
“But this time, with the ice buildup and the fact that
temperatures have not increased, we thought safety was
a major issue.”
Although the safety of students and professors was
considered Monday, another issue proved just as incon
venient for many students.
Carolina Dining Services originally planned to close
Mainstreet Lenoir at 5 p.m,, which would have put stu
dents without meal plans or cars at a disadvantage.
CDS later postponed Mainstreet’s closing time by two
See CANCELLATION, Page 4
and Ben Pickett and former
write-in candidate Dan Pickel
all chose to endorse Sang Shin.
Matt Tepper garnered 35.35
percent of the more than 6,000
votes cast in the race, while
Shin came in second, receiving
24.54 percent of the vote.
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Student body president candidates Sang Shin (right) and
Matt Tepper speak at the runoff forum Monday.
Students Sled,
Study During
Unexpected
Class-Free Day
By Lizzie Stewart
Staff Writer
Dining hall trays, laundry baskets,
an ironing board and a picnic table
littered the sidewalk along Skipper
Bowles Drive between Hintonjames
and Craige residence halls Monday
afternoon.
These objects were remnants of a
late-night sledding extravaganza that
started Sunday because of the can
cellation of Monday’s classes - some
thing that has not happened at the
University since January 2000.
“It began about 10:30 p.m.,” said
sophomore R.J. Weber, who partici
pated in the festivities. “We started off
in Craige parking deck, but we got
kicked out by a (Department of
Public Safety) guy."
Undaunted, Weber said he and his
friends moved elsewhere. “We
moved to a hill by the business
school and tossed around a Frisbee
and played football," he said.
Jerrid Freeman, Hinton James
community director, and Ciara
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Nanny Melanie Schlinn cruises along with 2-year-old
Mia Lindsey on Polk Place on Monday afternoon.
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