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SUfp oa% Jar MM Bush drops tariffs on steel, avoids trade war THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Bush on Thursday scrapped import tariffs he had imposed last year to help the bat tered U.S. steel industry, defusing a threatened trade war with Europe and Japan but creating political problems for Bush in such key battleground states as Ohio and Pennsylvania. The president declared that the 21 months the tariffs had been in place had given the U.S. industry a chance to consolidate and mod ernize and were no longer needed as a result of “changed economic circumstances.” SMOKING FROM PAGE 1 designated smoking areas,” he said. Christopher Payne, director of the Department of Housing and Residential Education, expressed similar concerns. “I think there’s interesting tension between how the law is written and our goal to provide good fire safety" he said. Scott also emphasized that the proposal was based on student SEARCH FROM PAGE 1 The biggest difference between this search and the prior one is that it will be conducted within the aca demic year, Matson said. The last committee’s work was interrupted by the summer which could have hampered its success. Bresciani said the search has been challenging because the vice chancellor for student affairs plays a pivotal role at UNC. NEIGHBORHOOD FROM PAGE 1 the fragility of the communities, which already are showing the effects of university expansion. “It was an attractive, livable neighborhood that is slowly but surely disappearing," Brown said. A parking lot creates “an area right downtown where residents are being taken away.” Others argue that community erosion might have economic ram ifications as well. Aaron Nelson, executive director of Chapel Hill- Carrboro Chamber of Commerce, said the historic neighborhoods near the University define the town and aid in recruiting new employ ers and employees. “The University has argued they need that property," Nelson said. “I hope that that’s the end, that there’s not further erosion of neighborhoods that add to the suc cess of Chapel Hill.” Town planners have designated CHi'll 9i'-fKe Hill V^ T v ) Xi - Downtown Chapel Hill • 942 PUMP 106 W. 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Gerard, president of the United Steelworkers of America, called the Bush’s action “clear evi dence of capitulating to European blackmail and a sorry betrayal of American steelworkers and their communities.” The steel tariffs carried high political stakes in Rust Belt and Midwestern states where the mar gin between Bush and Democrat input from a recent RHA survey. “We found that the majority of stu dents, both smokers and nonsmok ers, did not want smoking inside residence halls," he said. “I’m going to stand behind our proposal because that’s what residents want." General Counsel Leslie Strohm stated in an e-mail that the new law was amended specifically to allow UNC-Chapel Hill to designate its residence halls as nonsmoking. She affirmed that legally UNC-CH “It is a very complex role because it has similar responsibil ities to other vice chancellor roles, but it also has a very unique twist to it,” he said. “There are very few if any aspects or segments of the uni versity that the position doesn’t interact with”. Assistant University Editor Emily Steel contributed to this report. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. protected historic districts around campus. Zoning laws for the Cameron-McCauley Historic District protect some neighbor hoods off of Cameron Avenue. Nevertheless, the parking lot’s proximity might cause it to affect the protected areas. “Whenever you have develop ment eating away from a historic district at the edges, you sort of have to hold firm," said Chris Belcher, chairman of the Chapel Hill Historic District Commission. Despite warning from preserva tionists such as Belcher, many res idents fear University expansion will continue unchecked. “We feel doomed," said Diana Steele, who lives on Mason Farm Road and operates a pre-school on nearby property, which like her residence, is surrounded by the future site of the University’s mar ried-student housing complex. Steele said she fears UNC will claim eminent domain over her land and that her compensation GET TO THE PRINT SHOP * __ I Don’t miss our December Off-the-Wal! jjjj ' W Sale -with ; V ■ savings up I ~ to 50% I SK ’ I fpl the prints ship • The Triangle’s spot for prints, custom framing and dry mounting. university mall chapel hill 942-7306 From Page One A1 Gore was slim in 2000 and where the president is determined to prevail in 2004. Bush scored points with the sanctions in steel-producing states such as Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, which hold 46 of the 270 electoral votes at stake in 2004. But the tariffs angered small manufacturers and their workers in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, which account for 37 electoral votes. Adding to the political pressure, the 15-nation European Union had drawn up a $2.2 billion retaliation list targeting a wide range of prod ucts from other key election states must make an effort to create smoking rooms in the buildings. Scott said that although the pro posal does not call for designated smoking areas, it does call for set ting up a task force to take smokers’ concerns into account. “We’re doing what we think the bill’s intent is, and that is to accommodate those people who wish to smoke,” he said. The housing department will make a decision on the proposal by late January, before the recon tracting process begins. “Whatever decision we make, we would want it to certainly be in support of state law,” Payne said. Conte said that, from RHA’s standpoint, this law could use a modification. “Laws were made to be followed, but that doesn’t mean certain laws can’t be changed from time to time,” she said. “I think that this could be one of those laws that could be changed.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. will not be generous. Similarly, Hill said he thought he had no other option but to leave. “If I didn’t sell my house before they built the parking lot, I would have a home in the middle of it that’s worth nothing to any appraiser,” he said. Steele believes UNC officials are buying into an unnecessary “big ger-is-better” philosophy. Other residents, such as Roland Giduz, who lives two blocks from campus on East Rosemary Street, believe that growth is inevitable. “The University is a dynamic insti tution, it has to change.” However, Steele remains con cerned primarily with the quality of life in Chapel Hill. “The reputa tion of Chapel Hill is that it is as a wonderful place to live long-term,” she said. “I wonder how much of what led to that original reputation is still here.” Contact the City Editor at citydesk@ unc.edu. Bush is hoping to win next year such as Florida, California, Louisiana and the Carolinas. Within minutes of the presi dent’s announcement that the tar iffs were to expire at midnight Thursday, the EU said it was with drawing its $2.2 billion list of tar geted products. Japan, South Korea and other countries that had joined in a successful challenge of the tariffs before the World Trade Organization had said they would also drop their retaliation threats if the tariffs were eliminated. Republican free-trade support ers and industries hurt by the steel tariffs praised Bush’s decision, say ing it had averted a debilitating tit for tat fight with some of America’s biggest trading partners. Bush announced that an early warning monitoring system put in place as part of the original tariffs would continue in operation. The program requires steel importers to apply for special import licenses, supplying the gov ernment and the domestic steel industry with early information on the amount of foreign steel that will be coming into the country. THE Daily Crossword By Roger Coburn device 67 Horace or Thomas 68 Thin coating 69 Arranges by category 70 Uneven hairstyle 71 Skirl edges DOWN 1 Temporary money 2 "The _ Mutiny" 3 Viewpoint 4 Shorten a plank 5 Evaluator 6 Sitarist Shankar 7 God of war 8 Russian villa 9 Elsinore or Balmoral 10 Not oppressed? 11 Whittle 12 Tops the cupcakes 13 Moisture of mornings 21 Beatty and Kelly ACROSS 1 Flesh mark 5 Alum 9 Son of Venus 14 Sugar source 15 avis 16 With dispatch 17 Sets up 18 With in Arles 19 Spread here and there 20 Not bizarre? 22 Shock or lock 23 Runt 24 "Alice's Restaurant" singer Guthrie 26 Retarding force 29 Marsh plants 33 Lots and lots 37 Con's knife 39 Be gutsy 40 Marco 41 Brownstone entrance 42 Heroic saga 43 Declare frankly 44 Lummox 45 Beginning 46 Handled 48 Den 50 Leak slowly 52 Ebb 57 Type of ray 60 Not embroiled? 63 Zones 64 Needle case 65 Top-notch 66 Trapper's A C L E A rB I |d|l E N E S S jG _l_ _L_ L. IN Gjß G A P S Be O NISIC I E N C E |FF A “o' , 'T 1 t t DEE R E BMclalp ■alslsltl |J_S J_ S_ TIT Ell robb|era||islab ILyl_i.fs.lmo p |_a£A 11111 F A IllliiJil ii mill e ii_liii W _l_ N. N I P E gM EMORY E_ u !■¥ AN uWa_R !£!_£_ Djl]¥j^jT]o]NjTj7j^]TjT[s Go on now, go I’ve taken four I was up late last night studying and now I’m ready for one more I’ve worked so hard for my exams so when I do well, you won’t ask why Did you think I’d fumble? Did you think I’d fail them all and die? exarm All you need to know (and more) about how to survive this year’s final exams is in Wednesday’s DTH. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2003 BaUenger facing defamation lawsuit THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON, D.C. - A U.S. Muslim advocacy group has filed a defamation lawsuit against N.C. Rep. Cass Ballenger, who accused the group of funding terrorists and breaking up his 50-year marriage over the stress of living nearby. The Council on American- Islamic Relations, which promotes Muslim civil rights, said it filed the lawsuit against the 76-year-old Republican in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Ballenger said in an October interview with The Charlotte Observer that the council, located across from his Capitol Hill home, was a “fund-raising arm” for terror ist groups. He said he had reported the group to the CIA and FBI. Ballenger announced Tuesday that he will retire after completing his ninth term in Congress next year. The council denies any ties to Middle Eastern groups linked to terrorism. The lawsuit claims Ballenger s statements harmed the 25 Letters on invitations 27 Concerning 28 Grave robber 30 Interruptions of conti nuity 31 Cleveland's lake 32 Faction 33 Spring resorts 34 Sheltered bay 35 Shaving-cream ingredi ent 36 Not a parvenu? 38 Smidgen 41 Blackthorn 45 Popular cookie i I || p p p ■■ h I" h l’ 3 m iiip —• 23 33 34 35 7' _ " ■Kc 54 55 56 5’ Sfl 59 6’ 62 council’s reputation and were not protected speech because he made them in an interview rather than in his role as a member of Congress. Ballenger spokesman Preston Hartman said officials in the con gressman’s office had not seen the lawsuit and had no immediate comment. In the interview, Ballenger said that after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, his wife was anxious about all the activity at the group’s head quarters, including people unload ing boxes and going in and out of the office building, located just a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol. He said he and his wife worried “they could blow the place up.” The council said the remarks were malicious and bigoted. Last December, he drew criti cism when he said then-Rep. Cynthia McKinney, a black Democrat from Georgia known for her abrasive style, had stirred in him “a little bit of a segregationist feeling.” He later apologized. (C)2oo3Tnbune Media Services Inc All rights rw*rv®d 47 Makes fun of 49 John or Washington 51 Keats or Yeats offer ings 53 Butt heads 54 Bring forth 55 Jeans fabric 56 Utopias 57 Clump 58 River of Florence 59 Just around the comer 61 Location of Zion National Park 62 Fish for a casserole 5
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