VOLUME 111, ISSUE 72
Reddick
confident
on U.S.
back line
BY BRIAN MACPHERSON
SPORTS EDITOR
WASHINGTON, D.C. - It takes a lot
to faze Catherine Reddick.
The North Carolina senior has played
soccer in Denmark, Greece, Italy and
Norway. She has played alongside some of
the greats of her sport players who were
legends before she reached high school.
Her teammates consistently describe her
as one of the most calm and composed
young players they have ever known.
But on Sunday in her Women’s World
Cup debut, a 3-1 victory for the United
States against Sweden, Reddick was def
initely fazed.
“I couldn’t breathe, because my heart
was beating so fast,” she said, her blonde
hair soaked through with perspiration
after the game. “I was like, ‘Oh, my gosh,
this crowd is huge. I’m so excited.'”
Outwardly, with two of the strongest
and fastest players in the world across
the field and thousands of eager specta
tors on all sides of her, Reddick was a
model of poise.
She stepped in for the injured Brandi
Chastain at the beginning of the second
half and calmly went to work on the left
side, controlling the ball in the air and
containing forward Victoria Svensson.
To those close to her, though, this was
no surprise.
Reddick has dealt with the overwhelm
ing for most of her life. Pegged as a poten
tial star early in her soccer career, she has
had to bear the phenom’s burden for years.
“People used to tell me, ‘She’s got a
future,’” said Phil Reddick, her father,
who attended the game Sunday with
dozens of his daughters friends and fam
ily. “I would just kind of dismiss it. She
was just good at soccer.”
Even as she advanced through the
ranks of the youth national teams and
earned a regular roster spot with the U.S.
National Team, she was not intimidated
by her competition or her teammates.
Joining a team that featured living leg
ends like Chastain, Mia Hamm, Kristine
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North Carolina senior and U.S. National
Team defender Catherine Reddick (4)
battles with Sweden midfielder Malin
Mostroem in Sunday's 3-1 U.S. win.
Senior soldier in
Iraq to keep peace
BY KRISTEN WILLIAMS
ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR
In his sports coat and khakis,
Emran Huda appeared to be just
another student roaming UNC’s
campus.
But unlike other seniors who
are pondering where their lives are
going, the proud international
studies major was certain about
his imminent destination: Iraq.
Huda, a member of the N.C.
National Guard, was put on alert
in July and was called for deploy
ment early this month. Having
departed Saturday, Huda likely
will be in Baghdad working in
peacekeeping and security.
“It had been in the back of my
mind for a while, so I feel mental
ly prepared, but I’m still kind of
numb to it,” Huda said Sept. 15.
“You don’t feel the real thing
until you hit the ground in Iraq.”
Three years ago in
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Kay Carter helps clean her mother-in-law's home Sunday in Swan Quarter by sorting on the front lawn through furniture that could be saved from mud and mold.
Flood waters caused Thursday by Hurricane Isabel topped 3 feet in some homes in the coastal town, exceeding the previous high set by Hurricane Floyd in 1999.
ISABEL BLITZES STATE
N.C. EYES RETURN TO NORMALCY AFTER 3 LOSE LIVES, 700,000 LOSE POWER
BY BERNARD HOLLOWAY
STAFF WRITER
Three North Carolinians have died in the
wake of Hurricane Isabel, and some people
in the state still are without power as the
East Coast struggles to assess the damage
and start rebuilding efforts.
Harold Anderson, a lineman for
Progress Energy, was electrocuted after 5
p.m. Thursday while trying to restore
power to a Newport substation.
Motorist Charles Greene ran into a
downed tree on N.C. 1001 in Bunn shortly
after the storm ended. He died early Friday,
but his two daughters in the car were unin
jured. The third victim was killed by a
falling tree.
The storm hit the coast hard Thursday,
leaving almost 700,000 North Carolinians
in the dark. About 83,000 in the state still
were without power at press time.
Duke Power reported a few isolated out
ages remaining in Durham County, while
Progress Energy reported that at least
1,000 of its customers along the coast still
were without power Sunday.
The areas hardest hit in North Carolina
included Hyde, Currituck and Dare coun
ties, said Lindsey Leffel of the N.C. National
Guard. “In Dare County, roads have been
washed out,” she said. “(N.C.) Route 12 is
shut down, and anew inlet has been creat
ed in Cape Hatteras Sound.”
UNC senior
Emran Huda
is a member of
the N.C.
National Guard
and was sent
to Iraq on
Saturday.
Pennsylvania, Huda joined the
National Guard to gain military
experience, making him a stronger
candidate for West Point. Huda
“missed West Point by a hair” and
transferred to UNC from Valley
Forge Military College.
He smiled while expressing his
enjoyment of student life at UNC,
where he has found more peers
through the Muslim Students
Association. Like other soldiers
fighting in Iraq, Huda said his
faith is strengthened by this kind
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She also said that massive flooding
throughout Kill Devil Hills and Hatteras
Village has limited residents’ access to the
surrounding areas. A hurricane curfew
placed on residents before the onset of the
storm expired at noon Saturday.
The storm’s effects will be felt for months
and possibly years to come, said Greer
Beaty, director of public relations for the
N.C. Department of Commerce's Division
of Tourism, Film and Sports Development.
“The North Carolina tourism industry is
a sl2 billion a year business, and Dare
County is the fourth highest generator of
tourism income behind Mecklenburg,
Wake and Guilford counties,” she said.
In addition to the damages in North
Carolina, a state of emergency has been
declared in at least seven other states
throughout the mid-Atlantic.
Tom Graham, representative of PEPCO,
the primary power prorider for Washington.
D.C., and its surrounding areas, said it might
be a long time before the lights come back on
in the nation’s capital. “Over half a million
people are still out of power, which is two
thirds of our service area.”
“It may take at least a week to get power
fully restored, as we’re placing a priority on
taking care of safety issues and bringing sub
stations online before we repair individual
SEE ISABEL, PAGE 5
Spirited crowd parades pride
About 6,000 attend Durham festival celebrating openness and tolerance
BY MEGHAN GAMBLING
STAFF WRITER
DURHAM Bands played,
students danced in the street and
people of all ages cheered fever
ishly in celebration at the 18th
annual N.C. Gay Pride Parade and
Festival on Saturday at Duke
University’s East Campus.
An estimated 6,000 people
attended the festival.
Motorcyclists started the parade,
which included about 132 march
ing groups, 140 vendors and repre
sentatives from campus organiza
tions from around the state.
The mood of the parade was
lighthearted and fun.
“We are all proud to be who we
are,” said Carrboro resident
Vanessa Bowman-Alien, who
jumped off the “Cuntry Chickens”
float and ran down the street pass
ing out flyers. “We want visibility
in the community.”
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“The water
came in
like a tidal
wave.... I
mean, in
five
minutes
the water
had come
up... to
thefields
an and up
my road. I
hadn’t
ever seen
water like
that.”
RAFFAEL
FARROW, PASTOR
Students representing local
universities also marched in the
parade. A group from UNC-
Wilmington walked down the
street chanting, “If you’re gay and
you know, it clap your hands!”
Scott Rickert came from South
Carolina to see the parade. “Any
time that people can get together
to support a cause whether it’s
gay rights, or equality or whatev
er it can only help.”
Many vendors at the parade
were affiliated with health aware
ness. Gloria Turner, who repre
sents CAARE Inc., a nonprofit
group based in Durham dedicated
to HIV/AIDS prevention and edu
cation, said she was there to
inform people about HIV/AIDS.
“We want people to start taking
responsibility for their bodies.”
Promoting awareness in North
SEE NC PRIDE, PAGE 5
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The Tar Heels can't pull out a win Saturday
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2003
Coast looks to
life after Isabel
BY MATT HANSON
SENIOR WRITER
SWAN QUARTER The destruction began slowly
for Hyde County residents returning eastward on U.S.
264: saplings bowed by gale-force winds, new easements
along the road’s shoulder, the occasional fallen tree.
In Belhaven, stores along the main drag were stilled,
stained with a watermark 3.5 feet high the aftertaste
of Hurricane Isabel.
But the water had receded by Sunday, and residents
were moving back into life’s routines.
“Coming back, it got worse and worse as we got clos
er,” said Swan Quarter resident Karen Stokesbury.
Approaching Swan Quarter, a small town at the edge
of Pamlico Sound, the scenery turns violent: crop fields
razed, matted and flooded, houses mud-spattered and
smashed, trees uprooted and dead power lines strewn
across the highway.
“The water came in like a tidal wave,” said Raffael
Farrow, pastor of Swan Quarter Christian Church.
“I mean, in five minutes the water had come up Swan
Quarter, up to the fields and up my road. I hadn't ever
seen water like that.”
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The 18th annual N.C. Gay Pride Parade, held at Duke University's
East Campus on Saturday, included bands, dancing and floats.
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