4 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2003 Spirits fly at Halloween bash BY CAROLINE KORNEGAY STAFF WRITER Cats walked around cowboys, a Roman soldier danced with an angel and a bedsheet ghost did the Electric Slide with a 1950s teeny bopper. No, it wasn’t a Halloween on Franklin Street. Carmichael Ballroom was filled with devils, princesses and police officers Sunday afternoon for a Halloween costume party for the Arc of Orange and Durham coun ties, a group of developmentally challenged individuals and the vol unteers who work with them. Attendance at the party, hosted by Carolina Campus Civitan, was closer to 75 volunteers and partic ipants than Franklin Street’s esti mated 78,000 revelers, but every one still was partying hard. “There’s no barriers,” said soph omore Kim Robertson, a volunteer with Campus Civitan. “You don’t see that (in) many places. 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Ellen Johnson, development director for Arc, said she was pleased with the turnout for the costume party. “(Arc members) really look forward to these kinds of parties,” she said. Campus Civitan members deco rated the room with orange and black streamers and balloons for their guests, and pumpkins were everywhere even the cookies w’ere pumpkin-shaped. Some of the festive gourds were for decoration, and other, smaller ones were provided for the guests to paint with Halloween messages. •A page 3 article on Oct. 30 should have said the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is located in Cambridge, Mass. •A front-page article on Oct. 30 incorrectly said Carrboro Board of Aldermen candidate Steve Rose “said the board has pushed enough for development in the Willow- Creek and Carrboro Plaza areas. He said he would like to see inno- political advertising 1 Jim Ward | -j- .| A proven community leader, environmental advocate and coalition builder with four years of experience on the Council, Jim has actively worked to: • expand fare-free bus service • improve bike & pedestrian connectivity/safety • protect local natural areas * establish NC’s first Public Arts Ordinance Jim is a curator/environmental educator at the North Carolina Botanical Garden (28 years). Additionally, Jim is actively involved on campus as a: • UNC Summer Reading Program, Discussion Leader • UNC Sustainability Coalition member Jim has an unwavering commitment to develop solutions which enhance our community’s environmental integrity, social equity and economic vitality. ★ ★ Join us in voting to re-elect Jim Ward on November 4 ★★ PAID FOR BY THE JIM WARD FOR TOWN COUNCIL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE News Campus Civitan President Curtis Hatley, dressed as a ghost, said that the group does several projects throughout the year but that the Halloween costume party was the group’s biggest event this semester. “It’s our most expensive event and our best,” Hatley said. The party was part of the group’s volunteer services, which plan social activities to try to get people with disabilities out into the community, said Amy Mansky, director of public relations for Campus Civitan. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. vative development and higher density- housing near downtow’n.” A large mark of Rose’s campaign, actually, has been that he thinks the board should push for devel opment in those areas instead of focusing on downtown. •A page 3 article on Oct. 31 should have said the suspect was arrested in his office on Friday Center Drive, not the Friday Center. To report corrections, contact Managing Editor Daniel Thigpen at dthigpen@email.unc.edu. Symposium highlights unique student research Triangle schools share pursuits BY DANIEL MALLOY STAFF WRITER Rivalries took a back seat to scholarly pursuits Saturday as stu dents at area universities gathered to share their research in the sci ences, humanities and engineering. Twenty-two UNC-Chapel Hill students joined another 64 stu dents from Duke and N.C. State universities and other local colleges in presenting their work at the inaugural Triangle Undergraduate Research Symposium. The symposium, hosted at Duke, was the brain child of Duke junior Emily Heikamp. She attended a similar event in Maryland and decided that there was a need for it in the Triangle. UNC sophomore Franklin Horn, a member of the sympo sium’s student steering committee, said the purpose of the event was to encourage students from rival universities to work together. “Intellectual work doesn’t depend on how good your football team is or your basketball team is,” he said. “It depends on cooperation.” Some students presented their projects with a 15-minute speech, while others used visual aids in an open auditorium and answered One Located Near You J plan ll| tyw/l JL&uU Voted Students’ #1 Tanning Salon Cheapest Rates Around Cleanest Salon in Town TAN YOUR HIDE TAN YOUR HIDE 2 15-501 S.S Smith Level Rd. 151 E. Rosemary SI. 942-7177 933-2117 Law School Exploration Day Talk with representatives from these schools American University University of Alabama Appalachian School of Law Benjamin N. 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Pointer Jr. Career Center Division of Student Affairs • UNC-Chapel Hill Visit us Mon-Fri Bam-spm • 2nd Floor Hones Hall • 919.962.6507 • http://coreers.unc.edu • ucs@unc.edu > 3Bl wKSiH \ dth/madonna lee Marie Lynn Miranda delivers the keynote address Saturday at the first Triangle Undergraduate Research Symposium at Duke University. questions from visitors. Funding for the symposium came through grants from the Robertson Scholars Program and Duke’s Undergraduate Research Support Office, Horn said. He called the event a “big pot of stew,” referring to the mix of uni versities participating as well as the different types of research. Another purpose of the sympo sium, according to its mission statement, was to encourage more undergraduate research, but Some participants said the event needs to have a higher profile before that can happen. UNC senior Christopher Fuhrmann, a geography major, showed his chronological assess ment of the 2002 ice storm to smaller crowds than he had hoped. “It is a great opportunity for stu dents to show how much they know about their topics," he said. “But organizers need to do a better job of getting the word out.” Senior Pailin Wedel, a biology major, agreed with Fuhrmann's Tuesday, November 4, 2000 12 noon until 0:00 pm Hill Alumni Center University of Mississippi Mississippi College New England School of Low New York Low School NCCU School of Low UNC - Chapel Hill Northwestern University Norre Dame Low School Ohio Northern University The Ohio Store University University of the Pacific Penn Srare Dickinson Regenr University University of Richmond Roger Williams University Rutgers School of Law-Newark Saint Louis University Samford University Seron Hall University University of South Carolina University of Southern Californio Southern Merhodisf University Sr. John’s University School of Low Stetson University College of Low ' Suffolk University Low School The University of Tennessee Touro Low Center Temple University Tulane Low School University of Tuiso Valparaiso University Vanderbilt University Vermont Low School Villonovo Low School University of Virginia Wake Foresr University Washington and Lee Washington University Western New England Whiffier Law School Widener University William ond Mary OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS (JUjp Battij QJar Hrri assessment, noting that only about 100 people attended the event and that attendees were primarily other student presenters or professors. “To encourage more students to do research you have to get more nonresearch students out to the event,” she said. For her research, Wedel traveled to Thailand to study the character istics of the poached population of the Aquilaria crassna tree. Fuhrmann said some of the pre sentations were geared toward highly specialized fields that could be difficult for the average person to understand. “Some people’s posters confused the heck out of people,” he said. Despite the low turnout, Wedel said she enjoyed the opportunity to share her work with others. “I was eager to be in an environ ment where people were interest ed in my research and actually knew what I was talking about.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.