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Safe Shuttle answers
students' late-night calls
Students on campus between
midnight and 3 a.m. now can take
advantage of student government’s
Safe Shuttle. The van, identified by
an S on the front windshield, will
run a route similar to the Point-2-
Point. It will stop at the Student
Union annex 20 minutes and 40
minutes after the hour Sunday
through Thursday.
The service will take students
anywhere on campus there is
not a set route. In addition, Safe
Shuttle will stop at sorority houses
on Franklin, Hillsborough,
Pittsboro and Rosemary streets.
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Bush administration open
to use of U.N.-backed force
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The
Bush administration is exploring
the possibility of establishing a
U.N.-endorsed multinational force
in Iraq that would be led by a U.S.
commander, a top State
Department official says.
Deputy Secretary of State
Richard Armitage acknowledged
that the idea is one of many being
weighed by the administration as
it attempts to deal with continuing
violence in that country almost
four months after President Bush
declared an end to major combat
operations.
Armitage outlined his thoughts
in an interview with regional U.S.
newspapers on Tuesday, a text of
which was made available by the
State Department.
Secretary of State Colin Powell
traveled to New York last
Thursday to issue an appeal for a
new U.N. Security Council resolu
tion that would reinforce U.N.
support for the deployment of
additional foreign forces in Iraq.
United States and N. Korea
open talks after 4 months
BEIJING Trading the cold
shoulder for careful conversation,
the United States and North Korea
made their first direct contact in
four months on Wednesday.
China, South Korea, Japan and
Russia joined them in formal dis
cussions, eager to apply delicate
diplomacy to East Asia’s most
alarming security problem.
ARTS BRIEFS
Somerhill features new
mixed-media artists
The Somerhill Gallery, one of
Franklin Street’s staples for local
art, is featuring works by Don
Gialanella and Arless Day.
Gialanella is a sculptor whose
main medium is steel. Among his
included works is a nearly 3-foot,
forged steel Dodo bird whose
feathers each made of what looks
like scale mail.
Day is a mixed-media artist who
focuses mainly on collages. Her
works carry a variety of messages
but usually focus on cultural,
social and ethnic themes. “A Room
for Chiquitas,” probably her most
aesthetically appealing work at the
gallery, is composed of paint,
paper and picture cut-outs.
The exhibition will be featured
in the gallery until Sept. 26 and is
open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. For
more information visit
http://www.somerhill.com or call
967-1879-
Ackland seeks public input
on permanent collection
The Ackland Art Museum is
hosting “Collecting Photography,”
an exhibit in which the public can
weigh in on which of 10 photo
graphs should be purchased for the
Ackland’s permanent collection.
The exhibit is open now until
Sept. 28. Visitors are invited to
share their opinion on photos such
as a Cleveland Otis Steel Factory
taken in 1928 and a shot of
Ground Zero taken Sept. 25,2001.
The decision will be posted
Sept. 29 in the museum and on the
Ackland’s Web site at
http://www.ackland.org. Contact
Maria Gloeggler, director of com
munications, at 843-3675 for
more information.
CALENDAR
Today
4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The Orange
County Rape Crisis Center will
host a volunteer information ses
sion in Union 3502. Sponsored by
Advocates for Sexual Assault
Prevention.
Students saving money on books
Tepper’s buyback plan aids change
BY CAROLINE KORNEGAY
STAFF WRITER
As students head back to the
bookstore to purchase course
materials, they might have an eas
ier time saving money on their
textbooks.
In March, professors began to
turn in lists of textbooks they need
ed for this semester’s courses after
receiving letters from members of
student government urging them
to do so.
With a list of required books in
hand earlier, Student Stores can
decide what textbooks can be
bought back and then sold the next
semester at a cheaper rate, said
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Sophomore Lauren Simpson takes a dip in Kessing Pool behind Fetzer Gym on Wednesday afternoon, expected to be the
hottest day of the week. Many students have abandoned lying out on Polk Place in favor of cooler spots by the pool.
Students try to beat the heat
BY LAURA YOUNGS
ASSISTANT STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR
For Rachel Edelsberg, adjusting to
college life after uprooting from Miami
was hard enough.
But the UNC freshman, who lives in
Morrison Residence Hall, also has had
to cope with the August heat.
Like many UNC students especial
ly South Campus residents she does
not have an air-conditioned room.
“I’m used to over-air-conditioned
buildings,” she said. “This is new to me.”
Edelsberg said she keeps two fans
running in her room at all times. Her
Campus lobbyists’ significance continues to rise
BY STEPHANIE JORDAN
STAFF WRITER
Though prominent higher edu
cation officials always have been
influential lobbyists, the opinions
of UNC-system student leaders are
becoming increasingly important
to state legislators.
UNC-system officials, such as
UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor
James Moeser, are known for being
knowledgeable about important
issues, such as the University’s
state allocations, and have been
effective in their lobbying efforts,
some lawmakers say.
“When Moeser talks, I listen,”
said Rep. Marian McLawhom, D-
Pitt, vice chairwoman of the House
Top Nows
John Jones, director of Student
Stores.
“We think it’s a great program
and can only hope it grows,” Jones
said. “We have more used books to
sell because of this program.”
The push for professors to turn
in their book lists early started last
semester as part of Student Body
President Matt Tepper’s platform.
Student Stores had received
request forms for only 486 of 1,994
UNC courses by last semester’s ini
tial deadline. The number
increased by almost 10 percent to
680 after the letters were mailed to
professors.
“I think it’s a great success,” said
door and her window are always open.
“I try to stay on campus in the library
or in the shade," she said. “I come to (my
room) just to change or sleep.”
As students start classes this week,
many simply are trying to stay cool in
what seems to be unbearable heat.
Today’s high is predicted to be 96
degrees, according to The Weather
Channel's Web site. There is a 10 percent
chance of rain.
But the temperatures actually are nor
mal for this time of year, said Ron
Humble, a meteorologist for the National
Weather Services Raleigh bureau.
Appropriations Subcommittee on
Education. “He knows and under
stands the lobbying process.”
But in the General Assembly,
students’ voices are resonating
more when issues such as tuition
hikes and budget cuts arise.
“The student government is
more organized and involved than
10 years ago when I was at (UNC
CH),” said Amy Fulk, spokes
woman for Senate President Pro
Tern Marc Basnight, D-Dare.
“Students come to Raleigh to sit
with legislators.”
Mark Fleming, a lobbyist for the
UNC system, also said he believes
students have been effective.
“There’s more student involvement
Graham Long, Tepper’s executive
assistant. “I think (the push) defi
nitely helped.”
Once booksellers such as Student
Stores and Ram Book and Supply
on West Franklin Street know a
textbook is going to be used again,
they will pay as much as 50 percent
of the book’s original price to buy it
back, said Steve Thurston, store
manager of Ram Book and Supply.
But when professors turn in their
forms late or not at all, booksellers
only pay the wholesaler’s price and
in many cases won’t buy back the
book. Sellers can’t offer a better
price until they know whether or
not a book will be used.
Jones said one of the main prob
lems in getting the lists from pro
fessors early is the general flux and
Clouds and a large amount of rain have
resulted in a cooler summer, meaning
people have not gotten used to regular
North Carolina summer temperatures.
This makes the heat seem worse, he said.
“The effects on the body are the same,
but the effects on our minds are differ
ent,” he said. “It’s psychological.”
He said temperatures in June and
July were almost two degrees lower than
average.
Wednesday was expected to be the
hottest day this week with a heat index
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than has been tradition,” he said.
“I’m pleased with the student lead
ership involved.”
He also said Jonathan Ducote,
president of the UNC-system
Association of Student
Governments, has played an
instrumental role in lobbying the
legislature.
“Ducote stays on top of the issue
and knows where the battles are,”
Fleming said.
Senate Majority Leader Tony
Rand, D-Cumberland, said Moeser
and Matt Tepper, UNC-CH stu
dent body president, are influential
because they speak about issues
they experience firsthand.
“(They) pay attention to what
THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2003
flow of faculty who are teaching
courses during a given semester.
Some professors don’t know
whether they are teaching a partic
ular course until after the previous
semester is over.
If another edition of a textbook
is released, a professor might need
more time to decide which edition
to use, delaying book request forms
further.
The deadline for professors to
submit lists for the spring semester
is Sept. 26.
Long and Jones both said they
look forward to a growing number
of faculty submitting lists by the
deadline.
Contact the University Editor
at udesk@unc.edu.
directly impacts them,” he said.
Asa result, Fleming said, law
makers were relatively kind to uni
versities during budget negotia
tions and in other important legis
lation.
UNC-system representatives,
including student leaders, have
earned the support of legislators by
keeping up-to-date on the nuances
of issues affecting campuses,
McLawhom said.
“The university system does a
great job of educating the legisla
ture,” she said.
That information is vital for leg
islators when they vote on bills
affecting higher education, said
Rep. Linda Johnson, R-Cabarrus,
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An employee of Student Stores
sorts through books Wednesday
afternoon. More used books are
being made available to students
this semester than in the past.
Students
will not
need tix
for game
BY MARY MCGUIRT
STAFF WRITER
Students hoping to see the Tar
Heels battle it out against the
Seminoles in this Saturday’s foot
ball season opener will not need
tickets like they have in years past.
Officials will not hold ticket dis
tributions for any games this sea
son, said Sherrell McMillan, pres
ident of the Carolina Athletic
Association.
Two years ago, the home foot
ball game against Florida State
University merited a ticket distri
bution. Last year, games that were
expected to draw high student
demand contests against N.C.
State University and the
University of Texas also had
ticket distributions.
Instead of tickets obtained
through a distribution, students
only will need their UNC ONE
Cards to be admitted to all home
football games this year.
Clint Gwaltney, assistant athlet
ics director for the Smith Center
and ticket operations, said he does
not think student demand for
Saturday’s game will exceed the
number of allotted seats this Labor
Day weekend.
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Job center
gets order
to relocate
BY BROOK R. CORWIN
UNIVERSITY EDITOR
Less than a year after raising
$1.5 million for anew state-of-the
art facility, University Career
Services already is having to make
plans to move out.
The department is one of
almost a dozen student services
now slated for relocation to the
proposed Student and Academic
Services Building once the center
opens.
The proposed building, which
would be built where Chase Hall
now stands, is scheduled for com
pletion in early 2006.
It would be the second move in
about three years for Career
Services, which relocated to Hanes
Hall in January.
The new facility, a marked
improvement over Career Services'
old headquarters in Nash Hall,
was funded by $1.5 million in
donations from employers, par
ents and alumni, said Marcia
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chairwoman of the House
Appropriation Subcommittee on
Education.
Johnson cited a recent pay raise
for professors at UNC-CH as an
example, saying lobbyists present
ed information comparing profes
sors' salaries at the University and
other schools.
Because legislators had that
data, UNC-CH faculty received a
pay increase, Johnson said.
Now is the best time for a lobby
ist to share information with legis
lators and gain support from
General Assembly members
because the body is between ses-
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