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2 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2004 Price talk hones in on education BY KAVITA PILLAI STAFF WRITER RALEIGH U.S. Rep. David Price, D-N.C., presented local res idents with plans Wednesday night to reform the economy and make higher education a top pri ority. Price, who is up for re-election in November, named the renewal of the Higher Education Act as a major issue in this congressional session. He added that he will push for a national program similar to the N.C. Teaching Fellows Program, which provides scholarship money to students pursuing a career in teaching. In return the students must agree to work for four years in a N.C. public school or a U.S. gov ernment school within the state. A national program, Price said, would still be state-based but would receive federal support. “Nothing we want to do in edu cation can happen without a first rate teaching force,” he said. Price said he will try to tack a national teaching fellows program onto the Higher Education Act to give it a better chance at success. “(The Higher Education Act) is a train that’s leaving the station,” he said. Price also expressed concern over the current budget situation and the looming deficit. He named the 2000 tax cuts as one of the pri mary reasons for record-breaking deficit spending. CARPE CONDO! s/.i/! •■!</ tlU‘ wojcl to uiui int'nii- t /,)■. yni.ilttli'.U ..< ute -tttrl 01 lu/\ in \ \onr h‘ • < /.!•,•• •••••:/ .S/ l/l -l ( i >\j X ) till ■. to ,j// lontod 111 Mill House if | properties I or more irikrrmation c .tll 968-7226, or go to www.millhouseproperties.com! STL II )l .n I S Raise Your Voice! Join us for a TELECONFERENCE and discussion on student civic and political engagement! TODAY, February 19th v\v 2-4 pm (snacks provided) fteedom Forum in Carroll Hall (School of Journalism) A lively, student-led dialogue will follow the teleconference. 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David Price, D-N.C., responds to questions at a town hall meeting Wednesday night at Leesville Road High School in Raleigh. He also noted that existing tax cuts with built-in expiration dates must be allowed to expire. “If the tax cuts are allowed to expire, the deficit would improve over about 10 years,” Price said. “But if the president gets his way and the tax cuts become perma nent, we’re going to continue run ning a huge deficit” And while the economy shows signs of improvement, Price was hesitant to express too much opti mism. “It’s been a slow, difficult, slug gish recovery and it’s been a job less recovery,” he said. “We’re in the worst third year of recovery since the ’sos.” News On foreign policy, Price said he supports handing over power in Iraq to the Iraqi people as soon as possible, but stresses the need for the United States to finish what it started. “It would be a disaster for this country for Iraq to revert back to chaos or tyranny,” he said. “The bottom line is we cannot simply walk away from the issue.” Price also wants the country to renew its presence in the Israeli- Palestinian conflict. He said anew plan for peace needs to be put on the table. “It is a situation that just seems to get worse and worse,” he said. “The best hope right now is a renewed American initiative.” Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. laily ®ar Usd P.O. Box 3257, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 Elyse Ashbum, Editor, 962-4086 Advertising & Business, 962-1163 News, Features, Sports, 962-0245 One copy per person; additional copies may be purchased at The Daily Tar Heel for $.25 each. O 2004 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved zvnECO 108 Henderson St. 010.240.0200 A ' February ißtJi-24th ' ENJOY AUTHENTIC CAJUN BOIL, CYCLONES, DRAFT BEER & LIQUOR SPECIALS EVERY NIGHT! LIVE MUSIC ON PHAT TUESDAY! OPEN DAILY FOR LUNCH, DINNER fi LATE NITE (open til 3am Th/Fri/Sat) Chapel Hill's Newest Mardi Gras Tradition Zydeco Cafe... COME EARN YOUR BEADS! #>e Soiiffi IP! THE WCRER GROVE CAMP METING TENSIONS BETWEEN THE SACRED & THE SECULAR HEAR THE AWARD-WINNING ANTHROPOLOGIST NANCY FAIRLEY TODAY AT 12:30 IN 569 HAMILTON HALL. REFRESHMENTS SERVED. FREE. Sponsored by the Center for the Study of the American South, and the UNC Department of History. 962-5665. Town hears budget requests BY SHANNAN BOWEN ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR Seven commissions vying for town funds for the 2004-05 fiscal year gave their requests Wednesday to the Chapel Hill Town Council in hopes of provid ing more services, personnel and opportunities for the town. The council will study the progress and proposed projects for the upcoming fiscal year and will allocate funds accordingly. Each year, town organizations and departments are given the opportunity to discuss their budg et needs with council members through a series of budget work sessions. The Greenways Commission presented plans for new Bolin Creek trails, Booker Creek Park and Battle Creek, which includes a trail shared by the University. Commission Chairman Peter Calingaert said the commission would like to begin the design of new Bolin Creek trails as soon as funds are allocated. He said the cost could be as much as $200,000. “It would help a lot to go ahead Union exhibits ‘green’ benefits BY RAND ROBINS STAFF WRITER Going green is a growing trend in the "Wangle, as evidenced by a new exhibit on the ground level of the Student Union and new meas ures being taken in campus plan ning. The basement exhibit, inspired by the recently completed Environmental Protection Agency campus in Research Wangle Park, examines both environmental and financial benefits of erecting sus tainable buildings. Using resources such as water, energy and land more efficiently, green buildings benefit employers and select the design firm,” he said. Calingaert said the commission already has received a grant from Orange County to help, but he said the county has been slow in hand ing out the funds. , “Money now is a lot more Valu able than money later,” he said. The Parks and Recreation Commission listed the renovation of the Chapel Hill Community Center as its top priority for the upcoming year. The project, which will cost an estimated $1.4 million, will help repair the basketball court, walls, pool tiles and shower facilities. Pamela Hemminger, chair woman of the commission, said the renovation is necessary to accom modate the increasing number of people using the center for recre ation and meeting purposes. Hemminger also requested $150,000 to pay for signage, water facilities and field repairs in small parks. The Human Services Advisory Board did not suggest a funding amount, but Chairman Lew Borman said its budget depends and educators by creating a more productive workplace environ ment than traditional structures, said UNC Sustainability Coordinator Cynthia Shea. “The biggest savings of all come if you design buildings with more natural light, improved indoor air quality and better ventilation,” Shea said. “Then you increase employee productivity and attendance.” According to the EPA, Americans spend 90 percent of their time indoors, and the con centration of airborne pollutants can be 100 times greater indoors. Because of concerns like these, UNC recently made plans requir ing all new construction projects to meet the stringent standards of sustainability drafted by the U.S. Green Building Council. By improving indoor environ ments, Shea said, employees and students are more likely to stay healthy and productive. While potential financial gains make sustainable projects attractive to investors, the major objective of green buildings is not a bigger prof it margin, but protecting the envi ronment with responsible waste .a/* Panhellenic Sorority 2004 Spring Recruitment < Information Session ** Scholarship ~ Community Service 1 *„? Canpjustr^voiyemeiit~ Sisterl|ood * - 4’ ! ' 0 ■ ■ &* at _ f. # * *' 4. . *h.:, H 9 .0 #♦■■■• f ** . . * -a# i*. . *' 0 , , "gj V • Wwsty. Febr w*n) i9 ~Mph** Craige Dorm # Think Spring Hf - tJHBE uniquities Chapel Hill 452 W. Franklin Street (919) 933-4007 Raleigh 450 Daniels Street (919)832-1234 (Efje laily ®ar Hrri on the number of nonprofit agen cies it supports each year. “We don’t see it getting brighter for nonprofits,” he said. “We want the opportunity to serve as many nonprofit agencies as we can.” Council member Bill Strom rec ognized the work of nonprofit agencies. “I’m committed, and I wish we could expand (nonprofit funding),” he said. George Cianciolo, chairman of the Transportation Board, request ed funds for a downtown transfer center, a park-and-ride along U.S. 15-501, new software to collect and update data for the transit system and to increase service and fre quency of the transit system. The Technology Committee, Community Design Commission and Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission also presented budg et requests. 1 The council will hold six more budget work sessions and a budget hearing before deciding the com missions’ budgets in June. Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. and energy management practices. Green structures meeting min imum USGBC standards, the same standards being applied to University construction projects, experience average efficiency gains of 25 percent to 30 percent over traditional buildings, according to the study. Environmental precautions, already in place in buildings like the recently renovated Murphey Hall, could soon reach residence halls. The planned renovation of Morrison Residence Hall could include a “sustainability floor,” that includes solar panels for energy production, said Charlie Anderson, chairman of Student Congress’ Renewable Energy Special Project Committee. With $185,000 due next year in RESPC’s bank account, the influ ence of renewable energy and sus tainability is growing. “We hope to look back in 10 years and see tangible change to the University, as well as a domino effect throughout the southeast.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.
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