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CAMPUS BRIEFS
Broken gas line obstructs
traffic on Cameron Avenue
Traffic on Cameron Avenue was
blocked Thursday evening when a
gas line broke in front of Phillips
Hall. F
Construction workers were
repairing a water main that had
broken earlier in the afternoon
when they broke a gas main at
about 6 p.m., said Lt. Martin
Hicks of the UNC Department of
Public Safety.
Traffic was blocked from the
Center for Dramatic Arts to the
intersection of Cameron and
South Columbia Street. At about
6:30 p.m., officers moved the road
blocks further back on Cameron to
allow traffic to flow out of the
Swain parking lot.
Pedestrian traffic was not inter
rupted, and Hicks had said the
road would be reopened again
before 8:30 p.m. that night.
Surrounding buildings did not
lose power or heat, but some had
lost water from the water main
break.
CITY BRIEFS
Collision between car, bus
leaves no one injured
A Chapel Hill TVansit bus col
lided with a Honda Civic at the
comer of Franklin and Columbia
streets Thursday evening, but no
one was injured in the incident.
Chapel Hill Police officer R.
Telfair said the bus was driven by
Anthony Carr, 56, but did not
release any other details.
Carr left the scene before he
could comment.
Hee Joong Kim, a passenger in
the car, said the Civic was prepar
ing to turn right onto Columbia
when the bus struck the car.
“We stopped to look for oncom
ing traffic and all of a sudden the
bus hit us,” Kim said.
He said the bus was also trying
to turn right when it struck the car.
The vehicle sustained visible
damage to the front left portion.
Dog sustains minor injuries
when cat jumps on head
A Carrboro woman reported
that a cat landed on the head of
her dog and attacked it while she
was walking the dog Wednesday
morning, reports state.
Judy Petty of Carrboro told offi
cials the cat jumped out and
attacked her dog, “Molly,” leaving
several cuts to its ear, face and
paw, according to reports.
The Carrboro Police
Department is investigating the
complaint.
Man causes disturbance at
Carrboro convenience store
Carrboro police responded to a
reported disturbance at The
Pantry in Carrboro just after 3
p.m. Wednesday afternoon,
according to reports.
Reports state that a man
entered the store and became
angry when he was told the store
does not have a penny cup.
The man then threw his change
on the counter and left before offi
cers arrived on scene, reports state.
NATIONAL BRIEFS
U.S flu outbreak appears
to be waning, officials say
ATLANTA The nation’s flu
outbreak has killed 93 children so
far this season but appears to be
on the decline, federal health offi
cials said Thursday.
The government said the flu is
now widespread in 38 states,
including North Carolina down
from 42 last month. Colorado, one
of the first states hit hard, dropped
from the list of those with the
worst outbreaks.
The flu season in the United
States got off to an unusually early
and harsh start, raising fears that
this could be one of the deadliest
seasons in years, especially among
children.
Health officials are compiling
data to determine whether flu shot
recommendations should be
changed to include older children,
said Dr. William Schaffher of
Vanderbilt University Medical
Center.
CALENDAR
Tuesday
9 p.m. A compulsory candi
date meeting will be held in 209
Manning Hall for all students who
plan to run for student body pres
ident, president of the Carolina
Athletic Association, president of
the Graduate and Professional
Student Federation, Student
Congress, president of the
Residence Hall Association or sen
ior class office. This meeting is for
candidates and campaign man
agers only.
Please e-mail boardofelec
tions@unc.edu with any questions.
Compiled from staff
and voire reports.
Search panel narrows slate for dean
Forums will solicit University input
BY JOE SAUNDERS
STAFF WRITER
Starting next week, students,
faculty and staff will have an oppor
tunity to provide input about who
will hold one of the most influential
offices on campus: the dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences.
On Monday, the search commit
tee for the dean of the college will
begin a series of six public forums
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become an ESPN Sports Center anchor. Mclntyre must first get on ESPN's reality show "Dream Job" whose cast will compete for the contract.
STUDENT VIES FOR
ESPN ‘DREAM JOB’
UNC sophomore wins chance to be Sport Center anchor ; reality-TV star
BY JENNY RUBY
STAFF WRITER
When ESPN anchor and UNC alum Stuart
Scott praises a fellow Tar Heel on
Sports Center this year, he might be referring
to anew co-anchor.
A UNC sophomore has beaten out 33,000
applicants for the chance to fly up to ESPN’s
New York City offices this weekend, where he
will vie for a spot in a reality-TV competition
for a contract to become a Sports Center
anchor.
Stephen Mclntyre, a chemistry major from
Lumberton and son of U.S. Rep. Mike
Mclntyre, is one of five winners of the
Wendy’s Wild Card Contest, who will inter
view for the final spot on ESPN’s upcoming
reality show, “Dream Job.”
Eleven cast members already have been
selected to appear on the show, in which the
cast will compete for a one-year ESPN con
tract, said Kitty Munger, Wendy’s communi
cations manager.
Mclntyre completed an application for the
contest in October after seeing a commercial
on ESPN. He said he thought his chance of
Man guilty of
raping student
Will serve at least 38 years in prison
BY EMMA BURGIN
CITY EDITOR
A Hillsborough man with schiz
ophrenia charged with kidnapping
and repeatedly raping a UNC stu
dent last summer was sentenced
l\iesday to at least 38 years in
prison.
Billy Ray Lunsford, 32, of 105 S.
Nash St. pleaded guilty to six
counts of first-degree rape, nine
counts of first-degree sexual
offense and one count of kidnap
ping. He also pleaded guilty to two
counts of attempted first-degree
sexual offense.
Orange County Superior Court
Judge Wade Barber sentenced
Lunsford after his defense team
provided evidence of his poor men
tal health, The (Raleigh) News &
Observer reported.
A representative of the Chapel
Hill Police Department said that
portions of the case still are under
investigation; the police depart
ment would not release the inci
Top News
meant to spotlight each of the six
final candidates for the position
and to give the University commu
nity the chance to provide feed
back.
The six finalists are English
Professor William Andrews;
Darryl Gless, senior associate dean
of the college for humanities and
fine arts; Executive Associate
Provost Bernadette Gray-Little;
being selected was as small as the prospect of
winning the lottery.
“I got home from exams and the next morn
ing, I had a package from ESPN with a letter
saying that I was a finalist,” Mclntyre said. “My
first thought was this must have been sent to
the wrong address because I didn’t remember
filling out a form to be on the show.”
The contest began in October, and more
than 33,000 applications were received. Fifty
randomly chosen finalists were given a video
camera with instructions to make a tape and
act like a Sports Center anchor, Munger said.
“I decided to do last semester’s Duke-
Carolina game where we won 82-79,”
Mclntyre said. “I went to all the games at the
Dean Dome last semester, and this was by far
the most exciting.”
Producers at ESPN in New York reviewed
the videotapes and chose five winners,
Mclntyre among them. They judged appli
cants on their sports knowledge, personal
style and overall creativity, Munger said.
Mclntyre left for New York on Thursday
evening with his cousin, John Astle. The two
are staying at the Royalton Hotel in Times
dent report Wednesday.
On the night of July 20, 2003,
according to The News &
Observer, the victim disappeared
from the parking lot at Mill Creek
Condominiums on Airport Road.
A friend reported the victim’s
disappearance to police, The News
& Observer reported.
Authorities told The News &
Observer that Lunsford forced the
victim into her car, threatening her
with a gun. The authorities said he
then forced her to drive to a
secluded area where he raped her.
After police used the media to
solicit public assistance to find her,
the victim was released to a friend’s
home early the next morning.
Lunsford was arrested July 25.
Reports show he has been con
victed 13 times since 1988 for
crimes such as assault on a police
officer, communicating threats, pos
session of stolen goods and larceny.
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chemistry Professor Edward
Samulski; Richard Soloway, inter
im dean of the college; and
Holden Thorp, director of the
Morehead Planetarium and
Science Center.
Soloway has held the position
since July 1, when Risa Palm left
the post to become executive vice
chancellor and provost at
Louisiana State University.
Jack Richman, a professor in the
School of Social Work and chair
man of the search committee, said
Square. Today, Mclntyre will complete his
final audition for a spot on “Dream Job.”
The five finalists will be interviewed live by
a panel of expert judges. Contestants could be
asked to perform any number of sports cast
er-related tasks such as reading from a
teleprompter, conducting an interview or
otherwise demonstrating knowledge of or
passion for sports. They will be judged
according to the same standards as the video
round.
“Hopefully, I’ll be too excited for any nerv
ous feelings to set in,” Mclntyre said. “I’m
looking forward to it immensely.”
The contestant with the highest scoring
live interview will win the grand prize and
join the 11 previously selected cast members
on “Dream Job,” which airs Feb. 22.
Mclntyre said he is excited about the pos
sibility of being on the show.
“I grew up watching Sports Center almost
everyday,” Mclntyre said. “It would be a
dream come true if l were to be on the show.”
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GloFish swim in controversy
BY LINDA SHEN
STAFF WRITER
A black light and less than $lO
is all that stands between the latest
uproar in genetic engineering and
an ordinary house pet.
When the National University
of Singapore developed a fluores
cent Zebra Danio, the intended
use was as an alternative to expen
sive and complicated pollutant
testing. Now, the fish have become
the center of growing debate and
curiosity.
Yorktown Technology acquired
the rights to market the glowing
zebra fish and is selling them as
GloFish.
By day, the genetically altered
fish differs from its less-expensive
brethren only in color: Instead of
the black or gray of normal zebra
fish, GloFish are bright red. At
night, under a black light, they
appear neon bright. The fish are
easier to care for than salt-water
fish, but boast the their same col
orful beauty.
Since the official launch of
GloFish on Jan. 5, they have
appeared in aquarium displays
around the nation.
Locally, Triangle Tropical Fish in
Durham has sold about 15 since the
store started carrying the vivid fish.
the committee has narrowed the
field down from about 50 initial
candidates.
Richman said that during each
of the forums, the candidates will
give a speech about their vision of
the deanship and take questions
from the audience. He emphasized
the importance of student partici
pation in the forums.
Ratings sheets will be handed
out to forum attendees who will
have the chance to write down
their reactions to and opinions of
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Jane Wienke, owner of Triangle Tropical Fish in Durham, recently began
selling GloFish, genetically altered fish that glow neon under black light.
While patrons might enter just to
see the fish, manager Jane Wienke
said she anticipates sales figures will
rise if the fish become more widely
available and less expensive.
This all has been made possible
through experiments conducted at
the National University of
Singapore’s Department of
Biological Sciences. Fluorescent
genes extracted from jellyfish were
injected into zebra fish eggs. Once
hatched, they resulted in red- and
FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 2004
the candidates.
Richman said the committee will
then use this feedback when it
make the final decision. “The com
mittee will take that very seriously.”
The candidates will spend the
rest of the day being interviewed by
the search committee, the College
of Arts and Sciences Foundation
and a group of the chairs of the
departments within the college.
After all of the forums are com-
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CHCCS
group
suggests
changes
District aims to
boost high schools
BY CHRIS GLAZNER
ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
Schools high school reform com
mittee proposed the creation of a
system of academies in the dis
trict’s high schools Thursday as
part of a broader plan to reform
secondary education.
The academies are one element
of the committee’s formal recom
mendations, which came after
months of research by teachers,
parents and administrators.
Officials formed the committee
in October 2002 to look at ways of
making high school more effective
and relevant to students. Members
read education literature and met
with teachers and students as they
considered ways to improve the
schools.
The group also recommended
adjusting course schedules and
graduation requirements and
helping students prepare for both
work and college.
“We can do a better job of
engaging all students,” said
Assistant Superintendent Nettie
Collins-Hart, chairwoman of the
committee.
The committee report suggest
ed that a system of thematic acad
emies would achieve the goal of
creating smaller learning environ
ments for students.
Superintendent Neil Pedersen
said academies could focus on top
ics as diverse as performing arts,
health professions or architecture
and construction.
School administrators must now
balance possible major changes
with widespread feelings that the
schools already are effective.
Mary Anne Hardebeck, princi
pal of Chapel Hill High School,
acknowledged apprehension
among parents about the idea of
changing the high school. “The
idea of the American high school is
strongly fixed in all of our minds.”
Chapel Hill High and East
Chapel Hill High School both have
been recognized at the state and
national levels for their academic
achievements. But Pedersen said
the schools do not work for every
one. He noted that the district had
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yellow-colored fish that absorbed
and then re-emitted light, creating
a glowing appearance under black
light conditions. The GloFish on
the market now are the offspring of
the originally altered zebra fish.
Exciting color and scientific inge
nuity comes at a price. An ordinary
zebra fish costs about 49 cents
the retail price for GloFish starts at
$5.
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