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U>l)e Daily (Tar Uppl CAMPUS BRIEFS $5,000 equipment stolen from Carroll Hall room A $5,000 digital videocassette recorder was reported missing TUesday from 240 Carroll Hall. The equipment was last seen Sunday, reports state. There currently are no suspects, and the crime is classi fied as a belated larceny. WORLD BRIEFS Council adopts resolution for more stability in Iraq UNITED NATIONS - The Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Thursday aimed at attracting more troops and money to help stabilize Iraq and speed its independence —a diplomatic victory for Washington after the bitter dispute over the war. The resolutions success hinges on whether it generates additional funds for Iraq's reconstruction at next week's donors conference in Madrid, Spain, and whether coun tries send new forces to Iraq. In a dramatic shift, France, Germany and Russia key oppo nents of the U.S.-led war against Iraq supported the resolution. But they immediately ruled out any new military or financial help, reflecting ongoing concern about the speed with which Washington would transfer authority to Iraqis. Staten Island Ferry crash probe focuses on pilot NEW YORK The investiga tion of the Staten Island Ferry wreck that killed 10 passengers focused Thursday on whether the ship’s pilot blacked out and slumped over the throttle before the vessel crashed into a concrete pier. Michael McMahon, New York City' Council member, after a brief ing from city emergency and trans portation officials, said the crash might have been related to the pilot’s health and medication he was taking for a possible blood pressure problem. The pilot. Assistant Capt. Richard Smith, attempted suicide after the crash by slitting his wrists and shooting himself with a pellet gun, police said. New anti-drug ads will promote Ecstasy discussion WASHINGTON, D.C. - Kate Patton had never heard of Ecstasy before the night of Nov. 14,1999. That’s when two police officers came to her home in suburban Chicago to tell her that her 23-year old daughter, Kelley, was dead. She had overdosed on Ecstasy. Patton joined anti-drug advo cates Thursday at a news confer ence announcing new ads aimed at encouraging parents to talk to their children about Ecstasy, known as the “Hug Drug,” “X” or “E.” The ad campaign is sponsored by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, a nonprofit organization working to discourage substance abuse among young people. The organization released a sur vey in which 92 percent of parents interviewed said they had heard about Ecstasy, and an overwhelm ing majority said they saw the drug as a great risk. But despite those findings, only one in four said they had talked a lot with their children about Ecstasy. Saturday 8 a.m. The Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill will hold a costume sale at University United Methodist Church on Franklin Street. Compiledfrom staff and wire reports. CKill ®*i fKe Hill c2O Downtown Chapel Hill • 942 PUMP 106 W. Franklin St. (Next to He's Not Here) www.yogurtpump.com Mon-Sat 11:30am'll 30pm, Sun noort-11:30pm Candidates riled by UNC growth Forum also touched on downtown BY SARAH RABIL STAFF WRITER Debate stepped up a notch Thursday night as Chapel Hill Town Council candidates clarified their positions and addressed pos sible solutions for many of the piv otal town issues addressed at pre vious forums. At the forum, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of HP i in* —— % oy Williams, head coach of the UNC men’s basketball team, helps unveil this year’s Kids Cards designs in the Robbie Page Play Atrium in the N.C. Children’s Hospital on Thursday. The Kids Cards project, now in its 19th year, features cards for holidays and all occasions with art UNC spurs HIV vaccine testing BY KELLY OCHS STAFF WRITER A pioneer in his field, Robert Johnston, a UNC professor of microbiology and immunology, has taken a role in the effort to shift HIV vaccine testing from ani mals to humans. Though vaccines for human immunodeficiency virus, which causes AIDS, have been tested on humans in the past, Johnston’s method is unique in its use of a vector virus to carry inactive HIV genes into the body. The vaccine combines inactive genes from the Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus and disabled fragments of HIV. Johnston, director of the Carolina Vaccine Institute, said his initial research to create a vaccine for VEE, which sometimes infects humans through mosquitoes, later turned into a discovery that VEE acts as an effective vector to carry other diseases for vaccines. MOREHEAD!™'.^” Are we atone? In Now through Nov. 16 Intro by UNC coach Narration by actress Roy Williams Sharon Lawrence Thurs.A Fri. 8.00 Saturday 1:30, 3:30, 8 Sunday 1:30, 3:30 the secret of life Produced in collaboration with Nobel Laureate James Watson Thurs.S, Fri. 7:00, 8:00 Saturday 1:30. 2:30, 7:00, 8:00 Sunday 1:30, 2:30 250 E. Franklin St. • Chapel Hill Show Information (919) 549-6863 moreheadplanetarium.org The Gateway to Science at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Top News Orange, Durham and Chatham counties, 11 of the 12 candidates discussed solutions to University growth, the boundaries of the rural buffer zone and downtown revital ization. The league forum tradi tionally is one of the most influen tial in local elections. Regarding campus growth, can didates advocated for the need for increased communication between THE ART OF CHARITY Nancy Davis, who has worked with Johnston on VEE studies since 1984, said the VEE virus is used as a carrier to transport pieces of another virus into the body. “This virus can be engineered to carry’ single genes,” she said. Johnston said there is no chance any of the human subjects will contract HIV because all the genes have been disabled. Ron Swanstrom, director of the UNC Center for AIDS Research, con firmed this assessment. “We wouldn’t have gone this far if it wasn’t safe,” he said, address ing the issue of human testing. Johnston said there are several different varieties or clades of HIV. The vaccine he is working on was designed to be tested on the clade C HIV type 1, which has infected mil lions of people in Africa. While Johnston hopes the vac cine also will work for clade B, SEE VACCINE, PAGE 4 THIS NHMk WEEKEND I ZHIHZJ AT CAROLINA Today Women’s Soccer vs. Clemson 7pm at Fetzer Field Women’s Volleyball vs. Duke 7:3opm at Smith Center Saturday Football vs. Arizona State I:3opm at Kenan Football Stadium Sunday Field Hockey vs. Wake Forest Ipm at Francis E. Henry Stadium Free croakies while supplies last SPORTS SHORTS Students & Faculty Admitted FREE w/ID! UNC’s Board of Thistees and the coun cil earlier in the planning process. “We need to MUNICIPAL pv. mm - Ur4H !. ELECTIONS act on these issues much sooner than we have in the past,” candi date Mike McSwain said. Candidate Cam Hill suggested that a council member hold a seat on the Board of Trustees to repre sent local residents. Incumbent Bill work by children who are patients of the Children’s Hospital. The artwork also is featured on shirts, tote bags, coffee mugs and candy. To make an order, visit http://www.kidscards.org. All proceeds from the sale of Kids Cards are used to fund pro grams for the families treated at the Children’s Hospital. Commerce leaders convene at expo BY SUSIE DICKSON STAFF WRITER Orange County business owners said Thursday they are optimistic about the revitalization of down town Chapel Hill despite rumors of business deterioration. During the second annual Orange County Business Expo hosted by the Sheraton Chapel Hill Hotel, more than 60 Orange County business representatives gathered to display products and discuss the current state of the Chapel Hill business community'. Some owners cited high rent and a lack of parking as problems facing Franklin Street. The Orange County Economic Development Commission and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce sponsored the event. The county’s economic develop ment commission is developing a strategy for revitalizing downtown Chapel Hill, reviewing prior plans and conducting interviews and activities, including the expo. A wide variety of businesses from all over Orange County attended the expo, including spe cialty shops, banks and restaurants. Pam Teshima, co-owner of FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2003 Strom suggested that the two com munities work as “equal partners.” “UNC speaks with one voice, and they don’t have the transpar ent voice the town has,” Strom said. “The University, behind closed doors, creates their plans.” Candidate Doug Schworer advo cated for the need to look at former discussions with the University and evaluate their effectiveness. “We have to keep in mind that we are trying to maintain a world class university in this town,” OTH/RACHEL SHOCKLEY " : Hi *v*iV mm i ji DTH/LAUREN PARKER Regina Church (right) gives Amy Jewett and her son, Joe, a taste of the Crazy Cow Ice Cream House at the Orange County Business Expo. Aztec Tile and Stone located in Carrboro Plaza, said she hopes that Chapel Hill will be able to rejuve nate downtown business. “(Revitalization) is important for the economy in Chapel Hill,” she said. “(The downtown area) is WO-COMe. t>Jc STOI?£NITS/ 1 Rkff/as HAIR SALONS -nM&eFVyNIe vlulas-c. Nf-rr TO root) UON • WCAvfeR DAICf fOAS> < cylApeu Vlu, i opeN CAWt&OftO PLAZA to yooo uon • 104 9 itoUre J* rnpass > ' aiO ST. }jk 1 I A ft With College ID. I I -A /*“"'• AI ■ Hair must be | ■ gmm g | T B shampooed day of service. I Schworer said. Also, the possibility of the state legislature intervening on behalf of UNC growth was addressed and unanimously deemed a threat that the candidates hope to avoid. Candidates Schworer, Andrea Rohrbacher and Dianne Bachman all said they do not anticipate any conflict escalating to the point of state intervention. Candidates addressed steps to SEE FORUM, PAGE 4 Police arrest Sutton’s worker Man suspected of armed robbery BY TERRENCE JORDAN STAFF WRITER Chapel Hill police arrested a clerk from Sutton’s Drug Store, located on Franklin Street, early Thursday morning in connection with an armed robbery, according to police reports. Aaron Spell, 21, was apprehend ed at 2 a.m. on Henderson Street after he allegedly confronted three people with a knife and demanded money, police reports state. Police charged Spell with one count of felony armed robbery and two counts of felony attempted robbery. Sutton’s owner, John Woodard, expressed disbelief about Spell’s actions hut w'ould not comment further before speaking to police or to Spell himself. Spell has been charged with tak ing S4O from Kenneth Cundari, 43, of Massachusetts. Cundari was with Gary Borella, 33, of California and Kristen Johnson, 32, of Texas at the time of the incident, but the SEE ROBBERY, PAGE 4 kind of losing its college town atmosphere. It doesn’t have the same flavor that it used to have.” Teshima said developments such as Southern Village and The SEE COMMERCE, PAGE 4 3
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