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BOG delays out-of-state
cap vote until November
BOONE The UNC-system
Board of Governors discussed
Friday whether to increase the 18
percent cap on out-of-state stu
dents in the system but won’t put
the issue to a vote until November.
BOG Chairman Brad Wilson
said at the meeting that the delay
will allow for more deliberation on
the subject.
He also said it would allow
UNC-system officials to help
board members formulate poten
tial amendments.
“The optimal circumstance is
for us to make the decision in
November,” Wilson said, adding
that there is a chance the issue
might not be taken up until the
board’s January meeting.
The Nov. 14 BOG meeting will
start at 10 a.m., an hour earlier
than normal, Wilson said.
Peterson trial juror says
jury was divided on verdict
DURHAM - The Michael
Peterson murder trial jury was
divided over Peterson's guilt in the
death of his wife for some time
before slowly reaching a unani
mous decision, juror Richard
Sarratt told The (Raleigh) News &
Observer.
The jury Friday convicted the
59-year-old novelist of first-degree
murder in the beating death of
Kathleen Peterson. He was sen
tenced to life in prison without
parole.
Initially, three jurors said
Peterson was innocent, four
believed he was guilty and five
were undecided, the newspaper
reported.
The jury was split 6-6 on
Wednesday, he said, but turned
Thursday to 10-2 in favor of con
viction.
The two holdouts changed their
mind after a short break Friday
morning, the newspaper said.
Conjoined twins separated
in long-planned operation
DALLAS Two-year-old
Egyptian twins joined at the top of
their heads were separated Sunday
in a 26-hour operation that took
more than a year of planning.
Doctors at the Children’s
Medical Center in Dallas worked
through the morning separating
the intricate connection of blood
vessels running between the
brains of Ahmed and Mohamed
Ibrahim considered the riskiest
part of the operation.
They were finally separated at
11:17 a.m., hospital officials said in
a prepared statement.
After the separation, craniofa
cial surgeons began reconstructing
their skulls and closing the
wounds with skin and tissue cre
ated by expanders that were put in
the boys’ heads and thighs about
five months ago.
Doctors have spent more than a
year planning the surgery, which
was expected to take a team of 50
to 60 medical personnel as long to
90 hours to finish.
The boys next will go to an
intensive care unit, where they
will remain in a drug-induced
coma for three to five days, doc
tors said.
Car bombers kill selves, 6
bystanders near Iraqi hotel
BAGHDAD, Iraq lraq’s sui
cide attackers struck again Sunday,
this time with twin car bombs in
the heart of Baghdad that fell
short of a hotel full of Americans
but exploded on a busy commer
cial street, killing six bystanders
and wounding dozens, U.S. mili
tary and Iraqi officials said.
The Pentagon said gunfire from
Iraqi guards and U.S. personnel
aborted the drivers' plan to hit the
Baghdad Hotel, home to officials of
the U.S.-led occupation authority
here. At least one guard was report
ed among the dead; the two
bombers also were presumed killed.
The six victims and 32 injured
reported at al-Kindi Hospital
four in critical condition were
all Iraqis, authorities said. The
U.S. military said three Americans
were slightly injured.
It was the seventh fatal vehicle
bombing in Iraq since early
August, attacks that have taken
more than 140 lives. None has
been reported as solved, and all
have targeted institutions per
ceived as cooperating with the U.S.
occupation of Iraq.
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Wednesday
7 p.m. VOX, or Voices for
Planned Parenthood of UNC-
Chapel Hill, will be having its gen
eral interest meeting in 118
Murphey Hall to discuss various
campaigns for the year as well as
to provide information on stu
dents’ reproductive rights.
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staff and wire reports.
BOG to request aid for NCCU mold
System may need millions from state
BY CLEVE R. WOOTSON JR.
STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR
BOONE UNC-system offi
cials said Friday that they most
likely will petition the N.C. General
Assembly for funding to fix a more
than $67 million mold problem at
N.C. Central University.
The university will need more
than $27 million in short-term
funds to fix the most severe prob
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roundbreaking alternative-rock group R.E.M., led by
vocalist Michael Stipe, performs Friday evening at
Alltel Pavilion in Raleigh. Singer/songwriter Pete
Yorn opened for the band, adding momentum to R.E.M.’s
extended performance. Original member Bill Berry played
Neighborhood group
endorses candidates
BY BEN BALDNER
STAFF WRITER
A newly formed neighborhood
preservation coalition announced
its endorsements for Chapel Hill
Town Council candidates Friday.
Incumbent Bill Strom and can
didates Cam Hill and Sally Greene
won the support of the Coalition of
Neighbors near Campus.
Gene Pease, a CNC founder and
spokesman,
said the three
candidates all
boasted a
strong public
record of pro
tecting Chapel
Hill neighbor-
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hoods from University expansion.
“We don’t think the Town
Council has been representing the
community," Pease said. “We feel
they have been voting on their per
sonal agenda.”
Pease said more than 100 resi
dents from 13 surrounding neigh
borhoods already have joined the
group after only five days of word
of-mouth advertising.
On Aug. 26, the council
approved an amendment to UNC’s
Development Plan that allows for
the creation of a parking deck and
chiller plant adjacent to the
Gimghoul Historic District next to
campus.
Many in the community became
upset about the abruptness of the
amendments, which they said
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lems in nine academic buildings
and two residence halls. System
officials could request as much as
sl7 million in additional state
funds to address the problem.
“I think it’s fair to say that we will
bring before the General Assembly
a request for the expenditures
which we don’t have,” said UNC
system President Molly Broad at a
press conference after Friday’s
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“We have to be very
thoughtful about
development
because (Chapel
Hill) is... unique.”
GENE PEASE, CNC FOUNDER
could destroy the historic and
unique nature of Chapel Hill.
Pease also is the president of the
Gimghoul Homeowners
Association, which fought against
the additions.
“We have to be very thoughtful
about development because it is a
unique town," Pease said. “The sin
gle biggest issue that will affect
Chapel Hill both positively and
negatively will be the University
Development Plan. It can preserve
the historic neighborhoods or
stomp on them.”
CNC member Diana Steele
owns the Willow Hill School on
Mason Farm Road. All the proper
ty bordering her lot is owned by
UNC, and she said she fears having
her land "condemned” by a wealth
ier interest.
“I personally feel extremely
threatened by the University’s deci
sion to design buildings for prop
erty they don’t own,” Steele said.
“They appear to be waiting until
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‘Unsung Founders site to be chosen
BY ADAM ZELSDORF
STAFF WRITER
After selecting a world
renowned artist and raising a
record-breaking $54,000 for its
senior gift, the class of 2002 has
nothing yet to show for its efforts.
But with a visit from the gift’s
artist pending, construction on the
gift soon might be under way.
The senior class’s proposed gift,
which will be featured on campus,
is knowm as the Unsung Founders
Memorial.
Korean artist Do-Ho Suh w’as
selected to design and create the
memorial.
Although details about the com
Board of Governors meeting.
But Broad said it is difficult to
predict accurately how much
money legislators would allocate
immediately to the mold problem
because the legislature is not slat
ed to reconvene until May.
“There are so many forensic
issues,” Broad said. “There have
been briefings (to General
Assembly members) on the analy
sis concluded and what the course
of events will be,” Broad said.
The mold problem is literally a
with the band on two songs, adding to the nostalgia
surrounding the release of In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-
2003. R.E.M. played several hits, including “Losing My
Religion,” “Man on the Moon” and “Radio Free Europe.” For
a photo gallery of the concert, visit www.dailytarheel.com.
Hispanic numbers still
small on UNC campus
BY MARY MCGUIRT
STAFF WRITER
While North Carolina’s
Hispanic population is growing
rapidly, its small presence on
UNC’s campus is hard to ignore.
“I’ve found that of all minori
ties, Hispanics seem to be the least
on campus," said junior art major
Yulianna Aparicio, who is of
Puerto Rican descent.
Of the about 16,000 under
graduate students at UNC, only
1.9 percent are Hispanic, said
Nora Mujica, president of the
Carolina Hispanic Association.
But what the Hispanic popula
tion in the student body lacks in
numbers, it makes up for in unity.
This cohesion is reflected in the
array of recent events that have
taken place on campus as part of
Hispanic Heritage Month.
Mujica said the meager pres
ence of Hispanic students makes it
even more essential to celebrate
Hispanic Heritage Month.
“I think it’s important to let peo
ple know that even though there’s
only a few' of us around, we are
around,” she said.
But Mujica said the celebration
of Hispanic heritage shouldn't be
restricted to Hispanic students.
She said many of the group’s
active members are not Hispanic
but rather students majoring in
Spanish or international studies
memorative sculpture are not
being released until the monument
is finished, the base will be held up
by bronze figures representing the
men and women of color who
toiled for the University during its
formation.
The piece was scheduled to be
finished last summer but was
delayed because of difficulties in
communicating with Suh and
complications in selecting a site.
“I think a lack of communica
tion is a major reason for the delay,"
said Jill Coleman, University land
scape architect. “We just couldn’t
communicate directly with the
artist regarding possible sites for
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“We will bring before the (N.C.) General
Assembly a request for the expenditures
which we don’t have.”
MOLLY BROAD, UNC-SYSTEM PRESIDENT
growing expenditure, said Jeff
Davies, UNC-system vice president
for finance, at the BOG Budget and
Finance Committee meeting,
which took place just before the
board’s full meeting. “Mold is
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West Iredell High School seniors Juan Diego Enciso (left) and Christian
Serna watch UNC soccer during Hispanic Recruitment Weekend.
or simply people interested in
Hispanic culture.
Members of CHispA also try to
interact with the Hispanic com
munity outside UNC. Senior Paul
Cox coordinates CHispA for
Chicos, which sends Spanish
speaking students to local elemen
tary schools to mentor Hispanic
students.
Cox said that last year more
than 50 mentors participated in
the memorial.”
Suh, the University and the sen
ior class have narrowed down the
possible location to five choices in
McCorkle Place.
“There has never been an oppor
tunity to walk with the artist again
to look at what (Suh) would like
along with the University,”
Coleman said.
Suh tentatively is scheduled to
visit the campus this week to meet
with University officials and mem
bers of the class 0f2002 to confirm
one of the five sites.
“(Suh) is very committed,” said
Emily Stevens, director of the
Young Alumni Program in the
Office of Development. “It is just a
matter of getting him here.”
Once a site is agreed upon, the
growing and reproducing as we are
having this conversation,” he said.
Broad said that the UNC system
still has reserve funds that could be
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Election
efforts
register
2,300
Drive seeks to
spur student vote
BY DANIEL MALLOY
STAFF WRITER
The Student Government
Association and other student
organizations have cooperated to
register more than 2,300 students
as Orange County voters in the
biggest student voter registration
drive in University history.
The effort was spearheaded by
Ben Adams, chief of staff for
Student Body President Matt
Tepper, and Alexi Nunn, senior
adviser for student government.
The pair involved about a dozen
student organizations in the cam
puswide drive to register student
voters.
Of the groups, the Campus Y
was the most prolific, gathering
about 360 registrations, Nunn
said.
Other organizations that made
major contributions to the drive
include the Young Democrats, who
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the program and that less than
one-fourth of them were Hispanic.
He said the mentors try to facil
itate communication between par
ents of Hispanic students and
school faculty members.
“We, as bilingual mentors, serve
as intermediaries between schools
and parents.”
This service is important
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Campus Arts Advisory Committee
will evaluate the location to make
sure that the art is displayed
prominently and that it is put in a
location where it can be appreciat
ed fully.
“We want to make sure that the
Unsung Founders Memorial will
be seen as the other monuments,”
said Ben Singer, 2002 senior class
president.
The memorial will be the first
project to go through the CAAC,
Coleman said.
The UNC Building and Grounds
Committee reviewed the locations,
searching for any possible danger
the monument might cause in the
area, such as the root systems of
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