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Hailg ®or Meri CAMPUS BRIEFS UNC student arrested on drug-related charges Freshman Joseph Randall Schwartz, 18, of 514 Morrison Residence Hall, was arrested at 12:28 a.m. Monday on drug-relat ed charges, police reports state. Schwartz was charged with pos session of a controlled I substance, which includes the hallucinogenic drug mushrooms, reports state. He also was charged with pos session of half an ounce of mari juana and possession of drug para phernalia, reports state. Schwartz appeared in Orange County District Court in Hillsborough at 9 a.m. Monday. WORLD BRIEFS Federal appeals court postpones Calif, recall SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court delayed California's Oct. 7 recall election, citing the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Bush v. Gore ruling that punch card ballots could lead to votes not being counted. The decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is certain to be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The three-judge panel did not set anew date for the recall elec tion but backed a suggestion from the American Civil Liberties Union that the balloting be held during the March 2 presidential primary. ARTS BRIEFS UNC to screen nationally broadcast feature film A preview screening of the PBS “Matters of Race” segment “The Divide” will play tonight on UNC’s campus. The segment documents the integration of Siler City, a histori cally segregated town. Raising questions about quick demo graphic shifts and the importance of race in America, “The Divide” tackles the future of race’s signifi cance in society. Executive Producer Orlando Bagwell and Producer/Director John Valadez will provide com mentary and host a brief Q&A ses sion, moderated by African- American studies Professor Charlene Regester. The film, showing as part of the continuing line of fall events spon sored by the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History, will be at 7 p.m., in 08 Gardner Hall. New Klezmer Trio to bring unique sound to Hill Hall The New Klezmer Trio, trail blazers of the New Jewish Renaissance, will bring their genre-mixing act to campus tonight. Klezmer music blends Old World Mediterranean and Slavic tones and typically is performed by small ensembles at special occa sions. Featuring jazz trio instrumen tation (clarinet, double bass and drums), the New Klezmer Trio blends Jewish traditional sounds with jazz elements and improvisa tion to produce an unconvention al product. Formed in the early 1990s by members of Hotzenplotz, the trio is a banner act on John Zorn’s Tlzadik record label. The performance begins at 8 p.m. in Hill Hall. CALENDAR Today 7 p.m. The White Ribbon Campaign is having an interest meeting for people interested in helping to plan the campaign next semester in the Class of 2000 Lounge on the third floor of Union. Compiledfrom staffand mre reports. 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State s furniture artisans struggle against extinction Overseas competition, economic doldmms put crimp in profits BY EMMA BURGIN ASSISTANT STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR HIGH POINT George Kosinski’s business is kaput and his physics degree is useless. But he’s one of the lucky ones. Bom in a displaced persons camp in Germany, Kosinski is a sixth-genera tion hand carver on his mother's side. He began carving at the age of 6. “I was prodigious. I learned quickly and 1 learned well. But I hated it because that’s all they would let me do.” So Kosinski went to college and got a degree in physics. After a stint in the Marine Corps, he decided to start his own model-making and hand-carving business —a venture that was over whelmingly successful. But with the economy struggling and much of the manufacturing vol ume going overseas, Kosinski went from a six-figure salary' to nothing. He now relies on his consulting skills and furniture design expertise, which have been lifesavers in a drown ing state industry. North Carolina has been the epi center of the furniture industry for more than seven decades and has hosted the largest furniture market in the world for the past 10 years. North Carolina produces 35 percent SECC kickoff raises hopes despite economy Employee donations aid community BY ASHLEY HOLT STAFF WRITER UNC-Chapel Hill kicked off the State Employees Combined Campaign on Monday, which offi cials hope will raise $1 million for focal, state and national nonprofit organizations. SECC, which runs through Oct. 31, is the only charitable giving program for state employees. UNC-CH was the largest contribu tor in North Carolina last year. The University raised about $1 million of the $4 million generated statewide, said Richard Cole, co chairman of the University’s cam Top News n of the nation’s wholesale furniture shipments, with 600 plants employing 75,000 people, according to the International Home Furniture Market Authority. About 3,000 plants across the country employ more than 275,000 people. But the state is starting to see a A STATE OF DISTRESS A four part series examining the future of North Carolina's major industries. Monday Agriculture Today: Furniture Wednesday: Textiles Thursday Tobacco power shift. Retailers can purchase cheaper products from overseas manufacturers, and traditional artists such as Kosinski are becoming obsolete. With them, a part of the state’s legacy is fading. Around 1880, North Carolina jump-started its furniture industry when it stopped exporting raw mate rials to northern cities, said Richard Bennington, chairman of High Point University’s home furnishing and design departments. Saw millers in the state decided to manufacture their own goods because the labor was cheaper and shipping costs were smaller. Most of the man ufacturing was done in Hickory, where paign and dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Cole said 43 percent of funds received from the 16 UNC-system institutions last year came from UNC-CH. State employees contribute funds to the campaign through their departments, and SECC distributes the funds to charities including the American Red Cross, Earth Share and Triangle United Way. Fulfilling community needs is the program’s main goal, and officials place emphasis on the importance of support, especially with the slow rlou/ muck u/oule) you pay cl sccone) ckanoe? Emergency Contraception can prevent pregnancy 'wfr m up to five days after unprotected sex. Call Dial EC for more information and 1 a prescription, 7 days a week. 1-066-942-7762 W f| www.dialec.org MHp P Planned Parenthood j the furniture industry thrived. But just as Southerners eased the labor needs and costs associated with the furniture industry in the 19th cen tury, the rest of the world now is eas ing the burden for the United States. The industry has been shifting its focus from the United States to coun tries with lower overhead costs, such as China and the Philippines. Kosinski said he would have to sell for $1,200 what manufacturers in Asia sell for $12.50 because of the individ ual handiwork. “There’s no way we could compete with these guys. They had incredible capabilities an artistry not found anywhere else in the world." He added that overseas workers have learned to work with difficult materials such as leather and upholstery'. Southern China now has the world’s largest leather manufacturing factory. “There’s nothing they can’t do over there,” Kosinski said. “They're doing it more and they’re doing it better.” The problem is twofold, Kosinski said, because the United States has stopped investing in its factories and w orkers are not trained appropriately. Asia’s advances in the industry' have shifted the United States’ focus from SEE FURNITURE, PAGE 5 economy. UNC-CH’s campaign slo gan, “Helping in Hard Times," high lights an anxiety of this year’s cam paign. With increases in health care and the absence of employee pay raises, University officials chose a goal equivalent to last year’s, said Jan Yopp, the campaign co-chair woman at UNC-CH and associate dean of the journalism school. “(Officials) realize that this year will be a hard year with no state raises,” she said. Some employees have not received pay raises in the last three years, but Eric Wild, regional coor dinator for SECC, said this issue should not affect contributions. “The economy affects a lot of TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2003 Locals pack county forum on potential school merger BY NICK EBERLEIN ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR If the Orange County Board of Commissioners reached any sort of consensus Monday night about a potential merger of the county’s two school districts, it was that consensus might be a long time coming. Last night’s work session before a packed house in the Orange County district courtroom was the com missioners’ first opportunity to discuss publicly a staff report on the effects of a potential merger. The study, released Friday, said county residents will face a property tax increase of 17 cents per SIOO valuation if a merger is initiated. “The issue with the schools is funding,” Commissioner Alice Gordon said. “I think if we had equal funding there wouldn’t be this question of a merger.” Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools receives an extra sl2 million in addition to county money earmarked for the system because of a special district tax that Orange County Schools residents do not pay. State law requires the county to fiind both districts equally on a per-pupil basis. In the event of a merger, the county would be obligated to fund the consolidat ed, system at the same level as the higher-funded dis trict. Commissioner Moses Carey initiated the talks in response to what he said were parental concerns about the disparity in resources available to students in the county and in local school systems. But testimony from Neil Pedersen, CHCCS super intendent, and Shirley Carraway, Orange County SEE MERGER, PAGE 5 Committees nix malpractice cap, offer new plan BY CLEVE R. WOOTSON JR. STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR In a special meeting Monday, two N.C. Senate com mittees pushed through a bill that could change the way medical malpractice cases are handled in the state. According to the legislation, before malpractice claims would be brought before a judge, litigants would come before a three-person panel. One member of the panel would be chosen by the plaintiff, another by the defendant. Those two mem bers then would agree on a chairman to oversee the proceedings. After the panel decided whether or not to award money, the loser still could opt to go to trial, but he would have to pay both sides' court and lawyer fees. If the full Senate approves the legislation, which passed the Appropriations Committee and a select Committee on Insurance and Civil Justice Reform on Wednesday evening, it would go before the House when the General Assembly reconvenes next May. The committees also chose not to enact a $250,000 maximum award for malpractice, a cap doctors and nursing homes lobbied heavily for. Some spoke against the bill before and after senators considered it. Dr. Joseph Jenkins, chairman of the Professional Liability Insurance Task Force of the N.C. Medical Association, said he takes issue with the fact that solu- SEE SENATE, PAGE 5 things but not charity organiza tions,” Wild said. “The economy has no effect on AIDS, homelessness or abuse. ... We cannot let the economy have a negative impact.” Charities have received more than S4O million since the program began raising funds in 1986. Officials said surpassing SSO mil lion is not an unreachable goal for the campaign this year. “Donations to nonprofits have been down, but we are pleased that SECC funds are going up,” said Barbara Palmer, chairwoman of the Orange County board of direc tors for the Red Cross. More than 800 charities are on the SECC list, and employees can designate which groups receive their donations. The first weekly collection dead line is Sept 25. Deadlines will con tinue every Thursday through Oct. 30. Incentives such as football tick ets and the chance to be a “sideline coach” will be given to large donors. UNC-CH Chancellor James Moeser said donations help the needy and emphasized the impor tance for employee support on campus to meet the SECC goal. “We want Carolina to be a model of commitment,” he said. “It’s not the size of the gift but the amount of heart given.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. 3
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