VOLUME 111, ISSUE 68
ANALYSIS
Big Iraq
price tag
provokes
scrutiny
BY LAWRENCE i. SHAHEEN JR.
STAFF WRITER
Vice President Dick Cheney’s
allusion that the Bush administra
tion might seek additional money
for Iraq and Afghanistan signals
the administration’s commitment
to the rebuild
ing of those
nations, experts
say.
Yet some
analysts believe
it might not be
wise for the
United States
to shoulder the
financial bur
den alone.
Cheney indi
cated Sunday
that the SB7 bil
lion President
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Vice President
Dick Cheney
said more Iraq
funds might be
requested.
Bush requested from Congress last
week might not cover rebuilding
costs this fiscal year.
The SB7 billion and any addi
tional funds would be granted on
top of the $75 billion Bush asked
for in April.
This considerable amount of
money has many officials con
cerned that the United States
might be assuming too much of
the monetary burden —a senti
ment that polls indicate is shared
by many U.S. residents.
A New York Times poll con
ducted last week found that 51
percent of Americans oppose uni
lateral monetary support. The poll
had a 3 percent margin of error.
Although the Bush administra
tion has promised continued U.S.
support for the operation, Joseph
Grieco, a political professor sci
ence at Duke University, said he is
concerned its efforts will not be
enough. “If the United States were
to undertake this rebuilding alone,
it would need to commit more
than $l5O billion more dollars
than what has been asked for.”
But Richard Kohn, director of
UNC’s curriculum in peace, war
and defense, said Republicans are
worried that the more internation
al aid and reconstruction are inte
grated into the peace process, the
more difficult it will become for the
United States to achieve its goals.
Yet, Grieco said, the U.S. govern
ment could benefit from any com
promises with foreign countries.
“American goals can be accom
plished with international aid; yet
SEE MONEY, PAGE 4
UNC taps pair of acts
for Homecoming week
Va. Coalition, Emma Gibbs to play
BY ADAM ZELSDORF
STAFF WRITER
After last year’s organizers failed
to include a band as part of
Homecoming festivities, the
Carolina Athletic Association and
the General Alumni Association
have scheduled two concerts for
Homecoming week.
CAA looked at more than 50
local and regional bands, varying
in style from rap to reggae to blue
grass and even heavy metal, before
choosing the pop-rock band
Virginia Coalition.
Virginia Coalition will headline
the first concert of the week Oct. 15
with opening local act
SpencerAcuff.
Virginia Coalition which has
played with groups such as Dave
Matthews Band, Ben Folds Five
and O.A.R. was voted the best
band in Washington, D.C., in
2000, according to the band’s Web
site.
The CAA hopes Virginia
Coalition will live up to that repu
tation for UNC students.
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Ramone Santiago of Kerwick Painting Service covers the window of an oceanfront house with plywood on Monday at Carolina Beach. Kerwick
Painting Service also has been contracted to prepare condominium units for Hurricane Isabel, which is expected to hit the coast Thursday.
N.C. COAST BRACES
FOR ISABEL’S WRATH
Ocracoke Island begins to evacuate; emergency workers organize shelters
THE UPDATE ON ISABEL
Isabel now classified as a Category 3
hurricane, is expected to hit the coast of
North Carolina as eariy as Thursday.
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“We would like to have as many
good events as possible,” said CAA
President Sherrell McMillan. “A
reason we decided on Virginia
Coalition was diversity; they have
appeal that crosses over to many
different students.”
Last year, CAA did not schedule
a Homecoming concert for the first
time in recent history, mainly due
to a lack of available venues and
construction on campus, McMillan
said.
This year’s show will be held in
the George Watts Hill Alumni
Center at 7=30 p.m. Oct. 15.
With the center’s capacity rang
ing from 900 to 1,000 students,
the CAA and GAA are looking for
ward to a large student turnout at
the new venue.
“We wanted to get a venue that
had a large capacity and still had
good acoustics for the students”,
said Ginny Franks, CAA
Homecoming chairwoman.
In addition to the concert, the
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HURRICANE ISABEL
BY TAYLOR STEELMAN
STAFF WRITER
Several communities along
the Outer Banks are evacuating
in anticipation of Hurricane
Isabel, a Category 3 hurricane
that could hit the mideastern
coast of North Carolina as early
as Thursday afternoon.
Ocracoke Island was declared
in a state of emergency at 7:30
a.m. Monday, and residents were
ordered to evacuate.
The N.C. Division of
Emergency Management is
beginning to organize centers to
provide shelter, mass care and
other needs that might arise if
the hurricane lands as expected.
The storm’s wind speed fell
from 140 mph to just above 125
NRC opens new probe on power plant
BY DAN SCHWIND
STAFF WRITER
Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant is the subject of
yet another investigation by the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission because of inadequacies in safety proce
dures.
The south Wake County facility, which is under scruti
ny for previous violations, now is being examined to
determine its ability to recirculate cooling water prop
erly during a core accident.
Officials worry that if the plant’s coolant pipe were to
burst, the pipe’s insulating material might scatter onto a
drain below. This blockage would prevent cooling water
from recirculating to the reactor and could result in an
overheated reactor.
According to Ken Clark, NRC senior public affairs
officer, the concern arose after the NRC issued a bulletin,
which went to power plants nationwide, expressing the
potential for a drain blockage in the event of a coolant
pipe burst.
“They’re calling it a design flaw,” Clark said. “But it
hasn’t been determined that it is a design flaw."
The bulletin, issued June 9, emphasizes the “potential
impact of debris blockage” and includes compensatory
solutions that all affected plants must implement in
preparation for any situation in which debris blocks the
drains.
Rick Kimble, spokesman for Progress Energy, which
owns and operates Shearon Harris, said that although
debris blockage is a concern, there is no cause for alarm.
“It’s a pretty strong design we have,” Kimble said.
“There would have to be a tremendous amount of debris
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mph as of 5 p.m. Monday. Isabel
now is classified as a Category 3
storm —a drop from its Category
5 status, the strongest hurricane
level, earlier this week.
Isabel’s strength could dimin
ish as it nears the coast and
moves inland, but it will main
tain its status as a major storm
the rare storms that inflict
almost 85 percent of all hurri
cane damage, said Tom
Matheson, the Wilmington-area
representative for the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Association.
The winds that could reach
the N.C. mainland Thursday
would start at about 39 mph and
then pick up as the brunt of the
storm moves across the state.
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Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant in southern Wake County is having its safety
procedures and code violations investigated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2003
The largest threat from the
storm would be the accompany
ing rains. About 8 to 15 inches of
rainfall are expected in a 48-hour
period, with the inlets of the
Outer Banks subject to flooding.
Isabel’s impact is expected to
be far greater than that of
Hurricanes Fran and Felix, the
last storms of this magnitude to
hit the East Coast. “Felix was
nothing,” Matheson said. “(This
could be) one of the worst ever
experienced in North Carolina.”
Matheson said Isabel could be
compared to an unnamed hurri
cane in 1933 that wrought devas
tation incomparable to recent
storms that have hit North
SEE ISABEL, PAGE 4
WEATHER
TODAY Mostly sunny, H 81, L 55
WEDNESDAY Chance of rain, H 80, L 62
THURSDAY Chance of rain, H 75, L 62
Drink
vendors
degree
pays off
Alums soft-drink
business is a hit
BY KRISTIN BECKER
ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR
During the fall semesteT of
1999, Canita was merely an idea
for a class project in the Kenan-
Flagler Business School.
Today, it is a realization in two
flavors: Tamarindo and Jamaica.
Jorge Goldsmit, CEO of Chapel
Hill-based company Eat Inc., has
been working since his May 2000
graduation from the business
school to develop and promote his
pet product Aguas Frescas, a
Hispanic drink he fondly remem
bers from his childhood in Mexico.
“It all started with my mom’s
recipe. I came out with a product I
thought people would like.”
The long road for Goldsmit and
the Canita brand began in New
York, where Goldsmit met with
lan Cuttler, whom he had known
for 20 years. A graphic designer
for Sony, Cuttler encouraged
Goldsmit to pursue the product’s
creation and eventually designed
the logo for Eat Inc.
“He w'as very serious. He start
ed researching and he set his mind
on it and did it, which I think is
great,” Cuttler said.
Goldsmit gives Cuttler credit for
inspiration. “(Cuttler) not only
encouraged me, he originally
raised the question, ‘Why isn’t any
one doing Aguas Frescas?’ He’s the
one that sparked the idea.”
Just before graduating,
Goldsmit incorporated the com
pany, but that was only the begin
ning. The next step was finding a
food technology group to refine
the product’s quality and shelf life.
After trying several companies
and universities, Goldsmit contract
ed services from the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln in January 2001.
More than a year later, UN-L
completed flavor prototypes, and in
August a taste test took place at a
Chicago flea market. Interested
people paid $5 for samples and
answered 30 flavor questions.“ The
general reaction was that people
liked it very much," Goldsmit said.
Proud of his product, Goldsmit
said the drinks are “very Hispanic,”
100 percent natural and “not from
any industrial process,” with a shelf
life of as long as one year.
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