VOLUME 111, ISSUE 152
People, issues spur voter turnout
CANDIDATES PLEASED WITH
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BY AMY KINGSLEY
STAFF WRITER
The large field of candidates for
student body president increased
not only the competition and visi
bility of this year’s election but also
the level of involvement among
students.
The number of votes cast in this
year’s student body president elec
tion increased 4.4 percent from last
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BY AYOFEMI KIRBY
STAFF WRITER
Developer Joe Riddle, who
brought Top of the Hill restaurant
to Franklin Street, plans to convert
the Chrysler-Plymouth building
located on West Franklin Street to
engage more business on the
street’s 400-block.
The building, which Riddle
Commercial Properties plans to
acquire March 16, sits on about 1
acre of land between McDonald’s
and the Studio Supply Store and
likely will be tom down.
Riddle hopes to rebuild a struc
ture that includes ground floor
retail, high-end student housing
on top and a parking area under
neath.
“I want to stretch East Franklin,”
he said. “I want people to have a
reason, if they are walking up
Columbia, to walk to the left, take
a cab or ride a bike that way.”
Riddle said many businesses had
expressed interest in the property,
including an interior design retail
firm targeted at college students.
Riddle, whose company is locat
ed in Fayetteville, also is responsi
ble for bringing the Gap and the
Carolina Theatre to Franklin
Street, along with Top of the Hill.
He plans oh working with the
same architect who helped him
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Aid program gets
Williams’ support
BY JAMIE MCGEE
STAFF WRITER
UNC men’s basketball coach
Roy Williams and his family have
pledged SIOO,OOO to the Carolina
Covenant, anew initiative at UNC
to allow low-income students to
graduate debt-free.
Williams endorsed the program
in an advertisement that debuted
during Hiesday’s basketball game
against the Georgia Institute of
Technology. The ad portrays
Williams in Wilson Library
describing the Covenant after a
narrator discusses UNC’s commit
ment to academic excellence.
“The Carolina Covenant is a
promise,” Williams says in the ad.
“It’s a promise to help kids from
low-income families get a college
education debt-free. It’s a promise
that Carolina is proud to make
because everyone deserves a shot.”
Beginning next fall, the Carolina
Covenant will enable academically
qualified UNC students at or below
150 percent of the federal poverty
line to graduate debt-free if they
work 10 to 12 hours per week in a
federal work-study job on campus.
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year. Students cast 6,901 votes
Tuesday, an increase from 6,613 in
2003. A total of 7,011 students
voted in all races this year.
“I am very pleased with the
turnout,” said Melissa Anderson,
chairwoman of the Board of
Elections. “The turnout reflects on
the quality of the candidates.”
After the results were tallied, the
field of candidates for student body
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during a Tuesday night jazz jam at
Henry’s Bistro. UNC students and
other Chapel Hill and Carrboro residents
gather at the restaurant Tuesdays for
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Roy Williams films a TV spot in
support of the Carolina Covenant.
UNC will meet all student needs
such as transportation, books and
supplies through a combination of
federal, state and private funds.
Chancellor James Moeser said
Williams called him after the
Covenant was announced in
October 2003 to commend the
University’s dedication and to
make his own donation.
“He said it reminded him of his
own upbringing, that it is a won
derful thing and he wanted to be a
part of it.” Moeser said.
Williams, a native of Asheville,
graduated from UNC in 1972.
Williams made the donation along
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president decreased from eight to
two. Candidates Matt Calabria and
Lily West will face off this coming
Tuesday in the run-off election.
“It’s a testament to the fact that
so many good candidates were run
ning,” said former candidate John
Walker.
Former candidate Ashley
Castevens said the number of can
didates forced campaigns to be
inclusive. “When you have so many
people, it forces you to reach out
across the community,” she said.
Walker also said the increase in
visibility among this year’s candi
PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC
Local leads change in Northside
BY EMILY VASQUEZ
STAFF WRITER
Though it’s just a few steps from
Franklin Street, many Chapel Hill resi
dents will never walk the streets of the
Northside community.
But that hasn’t stopped Delores Bailey.
In recent years, Bailey has taken up the
fight to preserve the historically black
neighborhood and has become a com
pelling voice for the cause.
Carrboro Alderman Mark Chilton, for
mer director of EmPOWEßment Inc.,
which works in Northside for community
development, said he knew immediately
that Bailey would have an impact.
“The first time I saw her stand up in
front of Chapel Hill’s town council just
seeing how all nine council members were
transfixed, I knew we had the right woman
to transform the project,” Chilton said.
In 2002, EmPOWEßment received a
town.grant to hire a community organizer
and Chilton recruited Bailey for the posi
tion. By January 2004, she was co-director
of the group, and the Independent Weekly
named her a Citizen Award winner in 2003.
Even before joining EmPOWEßment,
Bailey was active in the community as a
volunteer. She walked the neighborhood
distributing fliers for community meet
ings. She wasn’t afraid to talk to drug deal
ers. And she pushed for a better relation
ship between the community and the
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dates contributed to the number of
voters. Students saw a barrage of
posters and signs advertising the
candidates during the final days of
the campaign season.
Candidates also gathered around
the Pit to discuss campus issues
and platforms with students. Some
issues that recently have been in the
limelight, such as tuition, also could
have spurred the increase.
“There is a lot of stuff facing stu
dents, particularly access and
financing,” Calabria said. “Student
government continues to have a
great deal of impact on the lives of
musicians. Henry’s is open from 9 p.m. to 2
a.m. Monday through Saturday and has a
late night menu. The bistro also has live
music Sunday and Monday nights. It is
located at 403 W. Rosemary Street. Beer
specials vary Monday through Wednesday.
police.
“She’s what we needed to ensure we
were communicating appropriately with
the community,” said Chapel Hill Police
Chief Gregg Jarvies. “She’s a ball of fire.”
Through EmPOWEßment, Bailey
worked with police to organize a summer
employment program last year to give area
teens job experience.
She also helped police develop a Tae
Kwon Do program to provide a year-round
alternative to “just hanging out.” Six mem
bers of the program received yellow belts
Feb. 2.
“People really felt the town wasn’t going
to help the community,” Chilton said. “She
helped to overcome that.”
While reducing crime in Northside,
where some residents feel uncomfortable
walking after dark, is a priority, Bailey says
her mission is two-fold.
Bailey also wants to ensure that
Northside remains a family-oriented,
affordable housing community.
“It’s about how to protect and preserve
our neighborhood from ourselves and from
the outside,” she said.
Bailey is working to prevent developers
from turning the community into an exten
sion of University housing. She said
investors stand to profit from duplexes
seriously, but their tenants aren’t likely to
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students.”
Former candidate Matt Liles
also noted the role current issues
play in the election. “Tuition put
campus issues in the forefront,
where I hope they always are.”
Former candidate Laura Thomas
also said recent tuition increase pro
posals might have increased voter
turnout. “I think it was a busy year
with tuition coming up right at the
beginning of the election,” she said.
But Faudlin Pierre, another for
mer candidate, disputed the impor
tance of issues in the election.
“Voters don’t turn out for issues,
New leaders
at Campus Y
Co-presidents among those elected
BY BRIAN HUDSON
ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR
Members of the Campus Y
elected anew set of leaders who
promised to improve the unity of
one of the largest student organ
izations on campus.
Derwin Dubose and
Elizabeth Sonntag were elected
Tuesday as the male and female
co-presidents of the Campus Y.
Freshman Tracy Austria was
elected minister of information.
The Campus Y promotes
social justice through a number
of activities.
“The Y is to me the most
important campus entity,”
Dubose said. “I’m honored to
have the opportunity to lead it.”
The new officials said improv
ing the Campus Y’s organization
will be their first priority in
office.
“I definitely want to work
with membership retention and
connect members to the larger
organizations,” Dubose said. “We
act like 19 separate organiza
tions. We don’t act like the
largest organization on campus.”
Austria also said she is look
ing forward to creating a more
cohesive Campus Y.
“I want to really work with
Derwin and Elizabeth to start to
work on uniting the Y,” she said.
“I think our first order of busi
ness is ... to get the Y going in
the direction we want it to go in.”
Austria said she anticipates
working closely with Dubose
and Sonntag.
“This year I was on the execu
tive board,” she said. “So I
thought the minister of infor
mation would be a good job
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TURNOUT FOR SPB RACE
2004 6,901 voters
2003 6,613 voters
2002 7,074 voters
2001 5,402 voters
they turn out for people,” he said.
Although all the candidates laud
ed the increase in turnout, some
thought it was still not enough.
Candidate Lily West expressed
concern that only a particular type
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because I’m a perfectionist. I like
to get things done, and I wanted
to work with Elizabeth and
Derwin.”
Meredith Flowe, current
Campus Y female co-president,
said ffie elected officials will take
office after Spring Break so cur
rent leaders can help with the
transition before graduating.
“We will be around,” she said.
“We transition early, so we’ll be
around to help out.”
Aside from improving
Campus Y cooperation, Dubose
said die administration’s first task
will be appointing new officers.
“I want to open applications
for the leadership team and
committee heads,” he said. “We
hope to have all (the decisions)
made before Spring Break.”
Sonntag said she is happy to
be given the opportunity to work
with Campus Y.
“I am really excited about
working with the Y and the com
munity,” she said. “I’m excited to
work together and get the com
mittees working together.”
Sonntag and Austria both ran
unopposed for their positions,
but Dubose ran against two
competitors.
Flowe said she was happy
with the quality of candidates in
the election.
“I think all of them are very
driven people, very committed
to the Y,” she said.
“We were very lucky this year
to have a great number of candi
dates. They all ran very good
campaigns.”
Contact the University Editor
at udesk@unc.edu.
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Delores Bailey, co-director of EmPOWEßment Inc., is
active in trying to preserve Northside, the historically
black neighborhood bound by West Rosemary Street.
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