VOLUME ill, ISSUE 140
Town, UNC regroup after storm
UNIVERSITY OPENS AT 11 A.M.;
ROADWAYS STILL A DANGER
BY SABA LEWKOWICZ
STAFF WRITER
Chapel Hill worked Monday to
recover from a snowstorm that
dropped 3 to 5 inches on the area
while trying to prepare for a pos
sible ice storm that might cause
further complications.
The storm has been sweeping
through the Southeast region of
the country, but officials at Orange
County Emergency Management
predicted at press time that the
Triangle would miss the worst of it.
UNC will reopen at 11 a.m.
today and the University will oper
ate at Condition I of its adverse
weather policy.
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U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., fields a question from the audience at Keene State College in Keene, N.H., during a campaign stop Monday. Kerry won the lowa primary Jan. 19 and is
considered the front-runner in the New Hampshire primary, which will be held today. Below: Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., leaves a campaign stop in Laconia, N.H., on Saturday.
N.H. CAMPAIGNS LEAVE
MARK ON RACE’S FUTURE
BY MATT HANSON
SENIOR WRITER
KEENE, N.H. - The shoulders
of New Hampshire roadways are
blanketed with the marks of win
ter 2004.
The once pristine and
untouched snowbanks from a
recent blizzard are littered with
two weeks
worth of dirt,
road sludge
and a kalei-
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doscope of campaign signs.
Democratic candidates have
criss-crossed this state many
times over in the last two weeks,
leaving a trail of support in small
towns such as Claremont, Laconia
and Peterborough.
The day before the primary,
the candidates were rushing again
to reach every voter in every part
of the state before the final votes
are counted.
Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, one
of the three candidates battling
for second, visited all 10 New
Hampshire counties Monday,
starting the morning in Keene, a
city of 56,340 people.
This city in the southwestern
part of the state has seen all six
candidates zip through in recent
months, prodding Democrat and
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“Most of the storm is going to go
south and east,” said OCEM
Director Nick Waters. “We’ll be
spared the heavy rains.”
But Waters warned that roads
still would be treacherous for most
of Tuesday and that residents
should not travel unless necessary.
“If you must travel, use extreme
caution, because even roads that
have looked clear may end up with
black ice on them,” he said.
OCEM reported seven traffic
accidents Monday, though none
was serious, in addition to the 80
reported Sunday evening when the
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independent voters for support.
“This is a good thing for
America,” said Maria Erling, a
Pennsylvanian with a house in
Jaffrey, N.H. “Almost everyone in
New Hampshire has the opportu
nity to see the candidates.”
Sen. John Kerry of
Massachusetts, who held a com
manding lead in most polls as of
Monday, was the latest of the
group to pass through Keene. Sen.
John Edwards of North Carolina
spoke here at a jazz club Sunday
night.
Keene State sophomore
Elisebeth Galvagni, who has seen
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UNC workers John Burnette (left) and Dave Brannigan clear snow
Monday from the sidewalks in front of the Undergraduate Library.
various candidates at recent cam
paign trail stops, illustrated the
state’s importance in nominating a
Democratic presidential candidate.
“New Hampshire projects this
as a taste of what’s to come,” she
said. “Here, you really get to influ
ence what other people think.”
Though Galvagni said her fam
ily supports Kerry because of his
roots in her home state, she added
that North Carolina Sen. John
Edwards is her man.
She first met Edwards when he
visited Keene last fall.
SEE PRIMARY, PAGE 9
No clear victor
in final stretch
BY CHRIS COLETTA
SENIOR WRITER
As the turbulent race for the
Democratic presidential nomina
tion approaches the nation’s first
official primary, prognosticators
and pundits are finding it
increasingly difficult to predict
what will come next.
But despite the changes that
have taken place in the eight days
since the lowa caucuses, which
represented the first major test in
the nomination process, one thing
remains the same: Victory in New
Hampshire, the site of today’s pri
mary, is still up for grabs.
“Things can change, and they
can change quickly,” said Ferrel
Guillory, director of UNC’s
Program on Southern Politics,
Media and Public Life.
The front-runner, Sen. John
Kerry of Massachusetts, is riding
high after his rapid rise and sub
sequent victory in lowa, where he
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Gov. Easley declares
state of emergency
BY AMY THOMSON
STAFF WRITER
N.C. Gov. Mike Easley declared
a state of emergency late Sunday as
a deadly winter storm edged up the
East Coast, dumping snow and ice
on most of the state and rendering
roadways impassable.
About 1,000 state National
Guard soldiers and airmen were
told they might be activated to
respond to the storm while officials
prepared generators and helicop
ters for the worst. Fifty soldiers
was running in third place just
one week before the caucuses.
Amid speculation that former
Vermont Gov. Howard Dean ran
an angry campaign and is inca
pable of beating President Bush,
Kerry’s victory propelled him to
the national limelight and
prompted him to christen himself
“Comeback Kerry.”
“I think Kerry’s riding high,”
said Thad Beyle, professor of
political science at UNC. “He’s
having a lot of fun with it, and he’s
very exuberant.”
Still, the senator’s victory is not
a foregone conclusion. Dean, his
biggest opponent, is in second
place in most polls. Some suggest
that his support, which declined
sharply in the days leading up to
the caucuses, is increasing.
In Monday’s version of that poll,
Dean had 28 percent support,
SEE RACE, PAGE 9
WEATHER
TODAY Freezing rain, H 34, L 22
WEDNESDAY Sunny, H 46, L 24
THURSDAY Sunny, H 50, L 27
TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2004
already are on active duty, standing
by to reactivate power to sensitive
areas if electricity goes out.
The N.C. Department of
Transportation is working to clear
major and then secondary roads
with 6,000 maintenance workers,
2,775 pieces of equipment and more
than 100,000 tons of salt, double
the amount used in a typical year.
In a press release, Easley urged
North Carolinians to stay off the
SEE SNOW, PAGE 9
Student
election
races
kickoff
Weather doesn't
affect campaigns
BY MEGAN SEROW
STAFF WRITER
With sleet and snow covering
campus the day before the official
start of student elections, candi
dates face more than the usual
challenges today as they kick off
their campaigns.
Several candidates said that
while they might not receive signs
and banners in time, they are excit
ed to start their campaign season.
“I almost got in a wreck a few
times trying to get paint, but you
gotta do what you gotta do,” said
student body president candidate
Laura Thomas.
The first forum was supposed to
be held Monday but was cancelled
because of inclement weather.
Today marks the candidates’ first
opportunity to publicize their ideas.
“The weather has gotten in the
way, but we aren’t worried,” said
Ashley Castevens, student body
president candidate. “I’m just
excited about being able to talk
aboqt my platforms.”
Most candidates plan to use tra
ditional strategies such as setting
up tables around the Pit, putting
up signs and passing out fliers.
Many said they don’t want to hit
students with too much informa
tion at once and plan to space out
campaigning instead.
“Everyone doesn’t need to see
everything on the first day,” said
candidate Lily West.
While some candidates said they
will use these traditional strategies
when campaigning, others said
they will use innovative methods.
Matt Liles, also running for the
top student office, said he has
ideas to include sports, music and
dining with students to reach a
wider audience. “We’re trying to be
even and cover everyone,” he said.
The first dorm-storming event,
in which candidates meet students
by going door-to-door in residence
halls, will start tonight. Candidates
said talking to students in places
other than the center of campus is
a crucial part of their campaign.
“We’re not going to just ask for
their name and major, but what
we can do to make their education
better,” said student body presi
dent candidate Matt Compton.
This shift away from the Pit is
partly a result of new rules regard
ing campaigning.
In the past, the Pit has been a
major area to campaign, but space
has become an issue this year
because of the many candidates.
Unlike past years, candidates can
campaign in the center of the Pit
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