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CAMPUS BRIEFS
Castevens throws support
to SBP candidate Calabria
Ashley Castevens, a former can
didate for student body president,
endorsed candidate Matt Calabria
on Wednesday.
Calabria and Lily West earned
the largest number of votes in the
general election this week and will
advance to this Tuesday's runoff. No
other former candidate has offered
an endorsement yet
Castevens garnered about 3
percent of the vote in the general
election. She said she endorsed
Calabria because he adopted large
parts of her platform.
Construction pipe falls onto
cars left on Stadium Drive
Shortly after noon Tuesday a
construction pipe rolled onto two
vehicles parked on Stadium Drive
after a utility worker lost control of
the pipe while transporting it on a
forklift, police reports state.
Reports state that the
Caterpillar operator stopped the
forklift abruptly to avoid oncom
ing traffic, but the change in
motion caused the pipe to shift
forward, falling onto a Lincoln
two-door and a Honda.
Police were able to contact the
owner of the Lincoln, and con
firmed that an estimated $3,000
in damage was done to the rear of
the vehicle.
The owner of the Honda was
not found, though police left con
tact information on the vehicle’s
windshield.
CITY BRIEFS
UNC Hospitals worker faces
one sexual offense charge
A UNC Hospitals employee was
arrested at 6:27 p m. TUesday and
charged with one count of second
degree sexual offense, according to
police reports.
Reports state that police issued a
warrant Jan. 23 for the arrest of
Max Benito Ganse, 33, of 1602 E.
Franklin St., after he was reported
touching a patient’s genital areas at
a Chapel Hill medical facility.
Ganse voluntarily turned him
self in to Chapel Hill police,
reports state. Police would not
identity the medical facility where
Ganse was working but said the
sexual offense in question did not
occur at UNC Hospitals.
Toilet paper theft leads to
assault in Granville Towers
An incident of simple assault
and breaking and entering that
occurred early Wednesday morn
ing at Granville Towers West was
reported to the Chapel Hill police.
According to reports, at 2:40
a.m., a Granville resident walked
into his room and discovered two
white male intruders. The suspects
were caught taking two rolls of toi
let paper and a pair of sunglasses
from the room, reports state.
Police reports state that the vic
tim then alerted two other
Granville residents, and a fight
began between the suspects and
the residents. One of the residents
was “head-butted” by one of the
trespassers, and another resident
was injured, according to reports.
The suspects were identified,
but no charges have been made at
this time, police report state.
Two UNC students arrested
after fight at Goldies
Chapel Hill police arrested two
UNC students late TUesday night
after a fight occurred at Goldies
Restaurant and Bar, located at 137
E. Franklin St.
UNC junior Edward Hayes was
arrested and charged with one
count misdemeanor assault,'
reports state.
Sophomore Hayward Howard
was arrested and charged with one
count misdemeanor assault and
one count fraudulent use of iden
tification, according to reports.
Police reports state that both
men posted a S2OO bond. The
trial date for both students is
March 4 at District Court in
Hillsborough.
STATE BRIEFS
Panel needs more details to
examine legislative districts
RALEIGH - The federal gov
ernment doesn’t have enough
information yet from North
Carolina to determine whether it
will challenge state legislative dis
tricts, U.S. government lawyers
say.
State officials have asked a
three-judge panel in the District of
Columbia to determine if the latest
House and Senate district bound
aries comply with the Voting
Rights Act.
All election law provisions must
be cleared by the U.S. Department
of Justice or federal courts to make
sure they don’t harm the rights of
minority voters.
From staff and. voire reports.
Listserv abuse clogs campus inboxes
Improper use includes advertising
BY JENNY RUBY
STAFF WRITER
Students are becoming increas
ingly frustrated as their UNC Web
mail inboxes are flooded with
unwanted listserv e-mails.
During the last week, a number
of e-mails were sent through various
listservs to communicate informa
tion that does not reflect proper
usage of that listserv. The subjects of
the e-mails included student body
president candidate platforms, the
auctioning of basketball tickets and
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game of beer pong. Beer pong is one of the more popular drinking games among college students.
More partake in college
ritual: drinking games
BY LINDA SHEN
STAFF WRITER
Since antiquity, drinking games have been as
omnipresent and varied as the cultures that have
played them.
Modern college students actually can’t take
credit for inventing the beer bong. That honor
goes to the Greeks, said Tom Johnson, a profes
sor of psychology at Indiana State University and
an expert on drinking games.
“There was someone from the third century
nicknamed ‘Funnel,’” he said.
Johnson places the origins of drinking games
in ancient Greece, where games took place in
symposiums as preludes to dinner and debauch
ery.
The history and psychology of drinking games
fascinate Johnson, and what started as a gradu
ate school research paper has become a lifetime
endeavor. Johnson has studied drinking games
for more than 10 years and continues to do so at
ISU, which he described as a “good, hands-on
location.”
The perennial popularity of drinking games
on university campuses have given them a legend
all their own. “(They) are a kind of college folk
lore,” said Johnson.
Reasons why drinking games are so well-liked
Group promotes Southeast Asia issues
Events help boost
participation
BY RAND ROBINS
STAFF WRITER
Condom flowers and a
Myanmar doctor’s take on the
health care system halfway around
the world highlight the activities
hosted this week by the newly
formed Southeast Asia Interest
Association.
The organization, founded this
fall, brings together UNC students
with a common interest in
Southeast Asian culture.
The SEAIA hosted Dr. Myint
00, a private practitioner from
Southeast Asia and current Hubert
Humphrey fellow at UNC. He
spoke Wednesday night about pri
mary health care in Myanmar.
Oo made an impassioned pres
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apartments advertisement.
“When you don’t know the peo
ple sending the mass e-mails it’s a
problem,” said Jason Rein, a soph
omore business major. “It’s espe
cially frustrating when the e-mails
are sent for personal use.”
Students on Academic Advising
Team 55, including journalism,
business, education and informa
tion science majors, experienced
disturbances Feb. 4 when individ
uals used the listserv as a method
of auctioning offbasketball tickets
on college campuses are fairly apparent.
Surrounded by new people and possibly far from
home, college students realize that meeting and
making new friends is important: Drinking
games are a fast, easy way to loosen some inhibi
tions and have a few laughs.
Joey Biddix, a junior communication studies
major from Hope Mills, said many students use
drinking games as a vehicle for inebriation with
out guilt. Getting intoxicated during a game
takes the weight of responsibility off participants’
shoulders; the number of drinks and the speed of
drinking becomes penalty instead of a personal
choice.
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entation, explaining the intimate
role general practitioners play in
the day to day lives of the
Myanmar people.
He highlighted the significant
personal sacrifices doctors make to
provide health care in a country
where health insurance is non
existent and licensed doctors com
pete for patients with “quacks” who
will do anything for a price.
Almost 60 students participate
in SEAIA. The organization quick
ly grew from three founding mem
bers to its present size, SEAIA
president Justin Sosne said. He
attributes the rapid growth to word
of mouth, fliers and a cube painted
in the Pit.
Sosne, along with fellow UNC
students senior John Keefer and
Nadav Ariel, formed the group
after participating in UNC’s
Singapore Summer Immersion
Program, which Sosne said
for the Feb. 5 basketball game
against Duke University.
Numerous people replied to the
mass e-mail advertising the sale of
a lower level ticket, some showing
interest in the offer, others showing
disdain for the abuse.
The e-mails were sent to Team
55 students as well as advisers.
When advisers became aware of the
situation, they immediately con
tacted the students and encouraged
them to read the Onyen policies.
“We, as advisers, asked students
to stop and told them it’s a viola
tion of the Honor Code,” said aca
demic adviser Barbara Lucido.
enlightened the three friends about
a variety of Southeast Asian issues.
One of the organization’s first
fund raisers, the sale of condom
flowers, has raised about S2OO for
the Thai Youth AIDS Prevention
Project.
The flowers came directly from
Thailand, where the restaurant
Cabbages and Condoms promotes
safe-sex practices with a sign that
reads, “We ran out of mints, please
take a condom,” Sosne said.
Condom flowers are not the only
thing the SEAIA brings from
Thailand. Sosne said the group has
developed a partnership with Thai
exchange students, several of
whom are members.
Keefer, Ariel and Sosne are not
of Southeast Asian lineage, but
Sosne stressed that the focus of
SEAIA concentrates primarily on
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2004
These listservs are intended to
be used by advisers to remind stu
dents of deadlines and other
important information, not for stu
dent personal use, she said.
Students do not need to use
advising listservs to share informa
tion. According to Academic &
Technology Network officials, all
Onyen users can set up listservs as
long as they follow a list of guide
lines, induing abstaining sending
unsolirited advertisements.
Shannon Karla, campaign man
ager for Ashley Castevens, a candi
date for the student body president
candidate for the 2004-05 school
Leaders discuss
ways to recruit,
retain teachers
Highlight salary
increases , mentors
BYCLEVE R. WOOTSON JR.
STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR
It’s no secret: The state needs
teachers.
And on Wednesday, N.C. educa
tion leaders met to address ways to
get and keep instructors at public
schools.
During the 16th meeting of a
consortium of the state’s public
and private education institutions,
members brainstormed ways to
recruit and retain teachers.
The recommendations are
based on a report by the UNC-sys
tem Board of Governors’ Task
Force on Meeting Teacher Supply
and Demand, which has been
meeting since the beginning of the
academic year.
“Part of what is in this report will
be an elaboration of these (recom
mendations) but also who will
enact this change,” said UNC-sys
tem President Molly Broad in a
breakout discussion session she led.
Among other things, the task
force recommended that higher
education institutions make their
Va., Tenn. losses
hit Edwards hard
Hopeful facing uphill battle in race
BY KAVITA PILLAI
STAFF WRITER
U.S. Sen. John Edwards of
North Carolina failed to live up to
his own expectations by losing two
Southern primaries Tuesday, set
backs that could mark the end of a
viable bid for the Democratic pres
idential nomination.
After trying to position himself
as the candidate who can carry the
South, Edwards lost in Tennessee
and Virginia. His only win is his
native state, South Carolina.
“His candidacy took a major hit
when he lost Virginia and
Tennessee,” said Ferrel Guillory,
director of UNC’s Program on
Southern Politics, Media and
Public Life.
Sen. John Kerry of
Massachusetts, the front-runner,
won both states, giving him wins in
12 of the 14 contests held thus far.
Robert Loevy, a professor of
political science at Colorado
College and an expert on presiden
tial elections, said the losses are
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Sophomore Justin Sosne, president of the Southeast Asian Interest
Association, sells condom flowers Wednesday in the Pit as a fund raiser.
year, joined a number of listservs
so that she could send information
about Castevens’ platform.
Karla joined the listserv for the
UNC chapter of Phi Sigma Pi, a
coed honors fraternity and sent an
e-mail to the listserv, believing it
would be sent to a few students.
But the e-mail actually was sent
to the hundreds of students eligible
for the fraternity. “I had no idea the
listserv was so large,” Karla said.
A number of e-mails were sent
back through the listserv chastising
Castevens and Karla for the letter.
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scholarship and loan programs
more visible. The system also will
look into removing barriers to
enrolling in teaching programs at
public universities in the state.
The task force also suggested
retention programs, including
ones that provide new teachers
with veteran mentors.
Additionally, the task force said the
state should review the teacher
salary schedule and perhaps front
load salary increases.
At the joint meeting, Gov. Mike
Easley, flanked by former Govs.
Jim Hunt and Jim Holshouser,
introduced a plan to help public
teachers get money for school proj
ects not funded by the state.
The DonorsChooseNC program
allows teachers to post proposals
for potential projects online.
People interested in funding the
projects can do so directly via a
donation Web site,
http://www.donorschoose.org.
The program has been a success
so far in New York City public
schools, and 15 school districts
across North Carolina have piloted
it.
“Teachers are the heart of (the
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nails in the coffin for Edwards, who
Loevy thinks has no reason to con
tinue his candidacy. “The minute
(Kerry) won five of seven primaries,
the race was over,” Loevy said.
“(’lfiesday’s) results confirmed what
everyone learned Feb. 3.”
But Guillory said Edwards
should continue, if only to high
light Kerry’s weaknesses.
“I think he serves the
Democratic Party; he serves the
country by continuing to campaign
for at least another two or three
weeks,” he said. “There has been
such a rush to Kerry as the front
runner that he’s not been thor
oughly examined.”
With retired Gen. Wesley Clark
out of the race, Edwards is die only
Southerner left, but this is still
unlikely to help him in the future.
While some say Kerry is riding
the momentum of earlier wins,
Edwards’ losses could be a result of
the nature of Southern politics.
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