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<El>r Bail}| (Ear Mrel CONGRESS FROM PAGE 1 ed purpose student groups. “Do you really want to tell stu dent groups that you don’t have enough money because we spent it on the election?” Shah asked. Anderson opposed Shah’s claim. “What is more of a student activity than student body presi dent elections with 7,000 partici pants?” he responded. McKnight cited a precedent put forth in the Student Code that says student fees should not be spent for individual use. “Spending stu dent fees for personal gain, that’s all it is.” Student Body Vice President Rebekah Burford disagreed with McKnight, saying that the con stituents gain, not the candidates. DECISION FROM PAGE 1 on gay marriages is unconstitu tional because the state constitu tion prohibits the classification of second-class citizens. The court gave the Massachusetts Legislature six months to rewrite the state’s mar riage laws for the benefit of homo sexual couples. Many homosexual couples and activists saw the decision as a step ping stone toward equal rights. “It absolutely makes a differ ence,” Palmquist said. “For the first time we have a state that appears that it might start issuing marriage licenses for same-sex couples.” But some say the decision was a breach of the justice system and expect it to be overturned. “This is not the official thing that will let gay and lesbian marriages happen in Massachusetts,” said Joe Glover, president of the Family Policy Network, a conservative Christian group based in Virginia. “What they did today was illegal.” FINANCE FROM PAGE 1 this scrutiny, but it’s a really big pain in the neck," said Thatcher Freund, who ran unsuccessfully for Chapel Hill Town Council. System creates confusion Candidates and county election board officials came away with dif ferent opinions about how and when some of the new forms should be used. “If they have something they have ordered and received and not gotten the bill, then they do need to put it on the debts and obliga tions form,” Knight said. Former candidates Rudy Juliano and Doug Schworer, along with re-elected council member Jim Ward, disagreed with Knight on this point. Ward contracted out services to make campaign sign additions and received them in mid-September, said Stephen Manton, Ward’s treasurer. But the bill did not arrive until the last week of October, after the pre-election reporting period con cluded, he added. Ward and Manton said they were confident that they didn’t have to report the expense because they haven’t in past campaigns. “My understanding was that we hadn’t received the bill yet, so it wasn’t on the finances report,” Ward said. Similarly, an advertisement for Juliano was posted on the Internet search engine Google before the election, but the expense never was reported. The sponsored link still appears when a user searches for “Chapel Hill Town Council” or “Rudy Juliano.” “I guess I just didn’t realize that I needed to fill out a (debts and obligations form),” Juliano said. Knight maintained that the new forms require candidates to report unpaid purchases made during a reporting period as debts, even if the bill arrives after the period is finished. Kim Westbrook-Strach, deputy director of campaign reporting for the N.C. State Board of Elections, agreed with this inter pretation. “Whenever something is pur chased, that is the date of the expenditure,” Westbrook-Strach said. “Whether or not they paid for it, it would have to show.” Freund and council member elect Sally Greene said they avoid ed this confusion by paying for all expenses up front. Juliano said he thinks the new process was designed with statewide elections in mind, not local races. “It’s just a real pain, frankly,” he said. “I found the paperwork involved and quite burdensome.” To understand the ins and outs of the 40-page reporting process, Juliano and his treasurer, Robert Nicholas, spent time combing through legal documents and forms on the Internet, forms that still must be printed and delivered to county election boards in hard copy. “It is not worth it just to do it for yourself” she said. But in the end, the Larson- Daum Act was upheld since no member could get a consensus to alter it. Student Body President Matt Tepper epitomized the majority, as he spoke out in support of main taining the current system. “I was OK with the way it went last year; it worked out well for me.” After the meeting, Shah said he would not give up on reforming campaign regulations, although probably not again for this year’s elections. “People in here are afraid of pol itics,” he said. “Money from student fees can be put to better use.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. Glover said that the four justices who ruled against the ban forced their will on Massachusetts citi zens and that they should be fired. “We have 180 days to find out if the Legislature will have any guts to say to the state supreme court that it's not their job to write laws,” said Glover. “What happened today was an example of tyranny.” Even if the decision is affirmed by the Legislature, the concern over issuing marriage licenses could remain. Dissenters of same sex marriages, including President Bush, have stated that they will attempt to install a clause defining marriage as strictly heterosexual in state constitutions. Stephanie Chang, coordinator of the UNC Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Office, said that although the decision was great news for same-sex couples, the fight still has a long way to go. “It is tricky because (Massachusetts) is only one state,” she said. Chang said states now will take a stronger stand on the issue of same-sex marriages. “It forces Policing problems remain The paper method likely will change before the next pool of can didates gears up for council races, making at least the filing aspect of campaign finance regulations eas ier. Next month, the state elections board will distribute to county boards new software that will help expedite the current system, Westbrook-Strach said. 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Excellent if V personal and family health history, too. x ~ | SIO,OOO COMPENSATION | If you think you might help me become a Dad, or want more information, please e-mail my attorney, dhinson@creativefamilyconnections.com, citing the “Tar Heel.” From Page One MARRIAGE FROM PAGE 1 same sex violates the Massachusetts Constitution,” Chief Justice Margaret Marshall wrote. The dissenting justices argued that the court was treading on law makers’ territory. “Today, the court has transformed its role as protec tor of rights into the role of creator of rights, and I respectfully dis sent,” Justice Francis Spina wrote. The decision prompted com plex legal questions about the next step and about when the nation’s first gay marriage licenses will be issued, if ever. Republican Gov. Mitt Romney denounced the rul ing but said there is little the state could do beyond pursuing a con stitutional amendment. “I agree with 3,000 years of states to be more v0ca1.... I think North Carolina will be more vocal about where it stands.” But Glover said North Carolina never will allow same-sex mar riages. “Not in a million years,” he said. “People in North Carolina have a lot of common sense.” In this year’s Carolinas Poll, sponsored by The Charlotte Observer and NBC 6, residents of North and South Carolina objected to the legal recognition of same-sex unions by an almost 3-to-l ratio. Of the 908 people surveyed for the poll, 24 percent said they favor legal status for same-sex unions, while 66 percent said they were opposed. North Carolina’s Defense of Marriage Act, which defines mar riage as “a legal union between one man and one woman,” will be an obstacle for North Carolinian gay couples seeking marriage. Staff Writer Mary Beth Bardin contributed to this report. Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. But new software will do little to improve county boards’ ability to levy punishments for campaign finance violations. When a com plaint is filed, the county board only can forward the information to the state Board of Elections. In the six years that Knight has been in charge of campaign filings at the county board, she has passed only one complaint on to the state. Westbrook-Strach said her cam paign finance auditors at the local and state levels rely on the truth fulness of the reports. “Checks and balances come in when the public files complaints with us.” Contact the Projects Team atjbfrank@unc.edu. recorded history. I disagree with the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts,” he said. “Marriage is an institution between a man and a woman ... and our constitu tion and laws should reflect that.” But the soonest a constitutional amendment could be put on the ballot is 2006, opening a window of a few years in which gay mar riage licenses could be granted. Vermont’s high court issued a similar decision in 1999 but told its Legislature that it could allow gay couples to marry or create a similar institution that confers all the rights and benefits of mar riage. Lawmakers chose the sec ond route, leading to the approval of civil unions in that state. The Massachusetts decision makes no mention of such an alternative pointing instead to a decision in Canada that changed the common-law definition of marriage to include same-sex cou ples and led to marriage licenses being issued there. The state “has failed to identify any constitutionally adequate rea son for denying civil marriage to same-sex couples," the court wrote, adding that denying gays the right to marry deprives them “of mem bership in one of our community's most rewarding and cherished institutions.” THE Daily Crossword By Philip J. 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TV net work 55 All the time 59 Skin orifice 60 Expansive 61 Land unit 62 Move about i B i A i R i E n ¥ T*i M i°i E i ß i ß i s APE nM A LC A nl'3 L OW BOR D elr ij I N eIo O N A ABU Z Z■ Hd I T■ T O N ' IsJeJn O r|a SB* W A R D MB Mi N a] I TWcT OMiOT E ||do Tl| s p j_ r_ je_ EAR B bTT E Ljl N E B N. A_H S N E E RBBf|b I B C E N T '|S | A rTTn aMT N C |M|d e mIo sMs e r_ AZ.LL s. Itlall TM7 MM i l WR I 7BFottom l he A C N E~B~A~ R R O wH ICED Is|h|eldMdTeTelhibßn|e|s|s The Great Spirit of UNC Holiday Sale 3 8ff Marked items throughout the store, just in time for holiday shopping. 1 all your purchases by showing your UNC student, faculty or hospital id. Now through December 23. Happy Holidays! Laughing Turtle Home 105 East Franklin Street WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2003 TUITION FROM PAGE 1 one involved in the tuition policy process. At press time, the WSSU chan cellor couldn’t be reached for com ment. Bob Schaffer, Appalachian State University associate vice chancellor for public affairs, said his school’s tuition committee met “over a very short time period —about 10 days.” “What forced our hand was that we needed a quick turnaround time before the December sth meeting of the Board of Trustees.” But some student body presi dents blame university adminis trators for dragging out the process until the last minute. At N.C. State University, the debate became so heated that the Board of Trustees passed an increase of S3OO for each of the next three years by an 8-6 margin —much to the chagrin of NCSU Student Body President Tony Caravano, who plans to fight the increase. “When the task force came to us with their proposal, we assessed the financial standing of the stu dent body and noticed that there hadn't been enough of a change to warrant an increase,” he said. After Saturday’s discussion, ASG 25 Chair supports 26 Video-game name 27 Regretting 28 Verily 29 State a thought 30 "R.U.R." playwright 31 Was privy to 32 Actress Elisabeth 36 Caesar and Vicious 37 Sports action 38 Dessert pastries 40 Secret store 41 Lovable 43 Thug's rod 3 “ BBb " [8 9 ■KT" 11 12 13 ■■■L-ZIILLIIHM K • j•• [ - •• mb ■■■ll” JIIIJM 55 I™ 57 ■ ■ President Jonathan Ducote said, he was ready to take action. Earlier this year, he sent a letter to all 16 system chancellors offering a sample plan for creating their tuition task forces, which on the surface appeared to get the ball rolling. But he said that some of his efforts might have been in vain. If chancellors followed through with the guidelines, “it would be a huge step forward beyond this duck-and-run treatment of stu dents in the decision-making process,” he said. Gretchen Bataille, the system’s senior vice president for academic affairs, said the student voice might have history working against it. “It could be that these campuses have historically not involved students, and that needs to change.” Ducote said the BOG needs to take the lead. “The board has large ly left the administration of the tuition process up to (UNC-system President Molly) Broad," he said. “If they think it’s a really impor tant issue, then the BOG ... should get their hands dirty to ensure that some changes are made.” State Cj National Editor Cleveß. WootsonJr. contributed to this report. Contact the State W National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. (C)2003 Tribune Media Services Inc All nghts reserved 44 Upolu resident 45 To-do list 48 Elec, units 49 Booty 50 Inscription on the cross 51 Pollution problem 52 Zany Imogene 53 Aaron or Raymond 54 Part of a plan 56 PC maker 57 Gun lobby 58 I doubt it! 5
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