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VOLUME ill, ISSUE 97 O.C. shelter director resigns APS HEAD LEAVES JOB AFTER MONTHS OF CONTROVERSY BY KATHRYN GRIM CITY EDITOR Laura Walters formally resigned from her post as the Orange County Animal Shelter director Monday, the same night the Animal Protection Society' board of directors unanimously decided to bid to continue operat University expansion concerns neighbors Town discusses Carolina North BY DAN SCHWIND STAFF WRITER Transit issues and concerns of traffic encroachment on residen tial areas were the major themes of a public forum on the Carolina North development report at Monday’s Chapel Hill Town Council meeting. The forum reviewed the recom mended principles, goals and strategies for the Horace Williams site, submitted by the Horace Williams Citizens Committee, which was commissioned by the council to gain community reac tion to the report. Several citizens raised objections to the report pertaining to traffic congestion in residential areas and the efficiency of the transit system, which would help alleviate traffic and commuter parking. Council candidate Thatcher Freund emphasized that need. “We need to find creative alterna tives to (current) transit, including the (already planned) rail line,” Freund said. The need to remedy the current transit service was echoed by Rudy Juliano, another candidate. He objected to the clause in the report that asks to “establish enhanced bus service on Airport Road” and said he is concerned that more buses could lead to heavier traffic, which could affect neighborhood streets. “I think this approach is funda mentally flawed,” Juliano said. “Traffic will be jammed all up and down Airport Road.” There also were concerns that enhanced bus service to Carolina North could turn into a park-and ride lot for the main campus, lead ing to increased commuter park ing. “We have got to limit com muter parking,” Freund said. Candidate Dianne Bachman also expressed concern about increased traffic flow in neighbor hood areas. She proposed a sym posium to help gauge possibilities for anew transit system. Residents of surrounding neighborhoods identified the pos sibility of neighborhood degrada tion with the creation of a north ern connection between Carolina North and Homestead Road. North Woods resident Laurin Easthom said she thinks the con- SEE NORTH, PAGE 7 ■pup ™ Wm jH liaP -J p. or •• wjr '’ . ' i ■ Frank Ryan, owner of the Pita Pit on East Franklin Street, will wear a "Pita Pete" costume that his wife made to work Friday night for Halloween. He plans to keep his restaurant open as usual until 3 a.m. to profit from the night's extra revenue. DTH/LEAH LATELLA INSIDE BIG MAN ON CAMPUS Men's basketball coach Roy Williams holds a Q&A session with 250 students PAGE 2 Serving the students and the University community since 1893 cHtr Hatly (Ear Mtd ing the shelter. On Nov. 18, the Orange County Board of Commissioners will con sider proposals from organizations that want to operate the shelter permanently or until the county or another entity assumes control. Walters said she decided to step down because of built-up frustra- wTOWWf h DTH FILE PHOTO/IAUREN PARKER Former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois (above), U.S. Rep Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, and the Rev. Al Sharpton are three lower-tier candidates running for president. These lesser-known politicians have less public support and less financing than the leading Democrats in the race. SENDING A MESSAGE Some Democratic hopefuls seek a forum to sound off, not the Oval Office BY LAURA YOUNGS ASSISTANT STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR The three contenders trailing in the race for the Democratic presi dential nomination likely knew their chances of winning were slim even as they began to battle for the nations top post. Experts say that with poor cam paign organ ization and lagging funds, U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, former n A n a □ and a o|d|o and and and and ad and o a|g|D a o o o THE WHITE HOUSE ~ r ===soo Today: The Bottom Rung Wednesday: Middle of the Road Thursday: The Top Four Friday: George W. Bush Sen. Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois and the Rev. Al Sharpton are not necessarily looking to duel with President Bush to become the 44th U.S. commander in chief. Rather, they are seeking a national platform from which to champion their causes. “They know they’re not going to win,” said Adam Schiffer, pro fessor of political science at Texas Christian University. “They want to set an agenda.” INSIDE LOOKING AHEAD Gubernatorial candidate Richard Vinroot must prove to the GOP he can win PAGE 3 www.dailytarheeLcom tion with the position resulting from persistent public criticism and an eventual series of lawsuits involving county residents Elliot Cramer and Judith Reitman. On Monday, a civil court judge ruled to uphold a trespass order Walters had filed against Cramer and defended APS’ right as a pri vate organization to reftise to allow Cramer and Reitman to renew their memberships. Cramer and Reitman entered into litigation with the board when Recent numbers indicate that as the primaries near, support for these three contenders is relative ly low compared with that of the other six candidates. Sharpton leads the lower trio with 6 percent of Democrats’ sup port, while Moseley Braun stands at 5 percent. Kucinich remains at the bottom with 3 percent, according to an Oct. 12 CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll. The poll surveyed 456 Democrats and Democratic-lean ing voters and had a 5 percent margin of error. Sharpton, Kucinich and Moseley Braun also trail the other Democratic candidates in fund raising, according to third quarter campaign finance reports filed Oct. 15 with the Federal Election Commission. Kucinich leads the lowest tier with about $3.4 million in receipts, up from $1.7 million in the second quarter. Moseley Braun, the first black woman elected to the U.S. Senate, has raised only $342,302, up from $216,258 in the second quarter. Sharpton’s war chest stands at just Campus primes for wild Halloween weekend BY CAROLINE LINDSEY SENIOR WRITER For some it will be a welcome excuse to party; for others, a threat of vandalism. Either way, a Friday night Halloween prob ably will mean more people and more rev elry for Chapel Hill. Jeremy Perrelle, a senior English and biology major, might have said it best; “The implication of a Friday night is that there is even less regard for one’s health and safe ty than on the five other days of the week.” Perrelle said he plans to stay out later and party more than in past years, but instead of dressing as Spiderman or as a it removed voting privileges from general members of APS. The judge rejected a restraining order Cramer and Reitman filed to prevent the board from imple menting further changes to its bylaws. APS has used insurance to fund its half of the court costs. Cramer said he and Reitman have spent about $25,000 in personal funds thus far. The judge has not yet ruled on a defamation suit Walters filed PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS Net contributions to the Democratic presidential candidates' campaigns, in millions of dollars, filed with the Federal Elections Committee as of October 15: 25 25.3 20 H 1? - 2 15 Up Hi 13 9 I mgß 11.7 11.2 ]o mmmMM 5 £Hj |||| .-;Cy; mj 3.4 " *?J* ? SOURCE: FEDERAL ELECTIONS COMMITTEE DTH/LINDSAY BETH ELLISON $256,129, compared with its sec ond quarter total of $134,615. By contrast, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean leads the Democratic pack with slightly more than $25 million. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., comes in second with about sl7 million. Low funding generally indi cates a vote of low confidence from party insiders and potential contributors, said David Karol, professor of political science at the University of Califomia-Berkeley. Karol said that Sharpton has yet to be elected to office in his 30 years of campaigning, Kucinich is cowboy, he’ll be going as an average Joe. Literally, since he’ll be wearing a T-shirt with the name “Joe” on the front, with a bar signifying average status above it. For sophomore journalism major Candice Fleming, a Friday night Halloween will mean a sleepy registration session the next morning. “Our plan is to stay up, go get basketball bracelets and then register and then sleep the rest of the day,” Fleming said. Donald McMillan, a senior business major who is dressing as the McDonald’s Hamburglar, said he also is trying to fit the ticket distribution into his plans. SPORTS TAKING A CHANCE UNC men try out for the JV basketball team in hopes of going varsity PAGE 3 against Cramer and Reitman. Walters volunteered to stay on as an adviser to the board as it either continues to run the shelter or phases control to the county' or another entity. Walters said she wants to ensure the board continues to run programs she started such as the feral cat management program. The APS board has until Nov. 4 to submit a proposal to the com- SEE APS, PAGE 7 too extreme for mainstream Democrats and Moseley Braun had a poor term in the Senate. Rocked by scandal Adding to the candidates' problems is their political history'. All three have been embroiled in scandal, and those past issues are contributing to their lack of sup port, Karol said. “It’s part of the reason they are the fringe candidates.” In the mid-1980s, Sharpton SEE HOPEFULS, PAGE 7 “We might show up at the Dean Dome in our costumes,” McMillan said. “It’s just so exciting that it’s on a Friday.” Senior anthropology major Rob Weldon also has been preparing for Halloween in advance. “I’m planning on being Wolverine, the superhero, and I’ve been growing out my beard for the last few w'eeks in the hopes of getting it just right,” he said. Weldon, McMillan, Fleming and Perrelle all said that because Halloween is on a Friday, they are expecting visitors from SEE HALLOWEEN, PAGE 7 WEATHER TODAY Partly cloudy, H 67, L 45 WEDNESDAY AM showers, H 71, L 46 THURSDAY Partly cloudy, H 65, L 47 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2003 Candidate Bill Strom wants to see the University and the town provide bus service for Carolina North. UNC’s growth key in election Town-gown spats have intensified BY JENNY HUANG ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR When it comes to growth and development, UNC and town offi cials have learned how easy it is to intrude on one another’s territory. Recent town-gown struggles over changes to the University’s short-term Development Plan highlight MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS the contentious nature of con struction projects along campus boundaries and beyond. As the University' pushes for ward in one of its largest periods of growth in history, intensified devel opment has placed town-gown relations at the top of the Chapel Hill Town Council election agenda. The newly elected council will discuss and possibly take action on two key town-gown issues: con ceptual designs for UNC’s Carolina North and potential changes to the Development Plan. Campus officials acknowledge that any joint town and UNC proj ect will undergo intense scrutiny SEE TOWN-GOWN, PAGE 7 GPSF Tushes brward BY JONATHAN M. CARL STAFF WRITER Graduate students have made modest headway in their continu ing advocacy for graduate interests, according to the October Report published by the Graduate and Professional Student Federation. The publication an overview' of the GPSF s progress during the past six months reports some success on each of the main points of GPSF President Dan Herman’s platform. These comprise student voice, child care, teaching assistant stipends, graduate orientation, teaching resources, Honor Code reform and town relations. Herman said the group made major advances in making Counseling and Psychological Services, a part of Student Health Service, more accessible for gradu ate students during the past six SEE REPORT, PAGE 7
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