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Sath) iJar Mrel CITY BRIEFS First case of rabies in 2004 confirmed by local officials Orange County Animal Control confirmed March 19 the county’s first case of wildlife rabies for the calendar year. Animal Control Director John Sauls said a raccoon was tested positive for the virus after being killed March 17, when it attacked a dog in southwest Orange County. He said the owner of the dog was not harmed but would have to undergo tests to ensure that she did not contract the virus. Both of her pets also were up to-date on all their rabies immu nizations and booster shots and did not have to be monitored. Sauls warned that although rabies is no longer the constant threat it used to be, pet owners still should be wary and make sure they keep their pets’ immuniza tions up to date. “Rabies is endemic throughout North Carolina,” he said. “It could happen anywhere in the county at any time.” Sauls also emphasized that the rabies shot is the only one required by law to be kept up to date. Animal control will sponsor three reduced-cost rabies clinics in the county next month during which residents will be able to immunize their pets for $5. Two will be held from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. April 15 on the Hillsborough courthouse parking lot and the Caldwell Community Center, respectively. Another will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. April 17 at the Orange County Animal Shelter in Chapel Hill. Alcohol-related incidents lead to arrest of two locals TVvo Chapel Hill residents were arrested on alcohol-related charges in separate incidents early Saturday, police reports state. Gabriel Arcangel Cordero- Ordonez, 23, of 1100 N.C. 54 Bypass, was stopped by Chapel Hill police at 105 Mallette St. in connection with a hit-and-run incident and for operating a vehi cle without a fastened seat belt, reports state. According to reports, Cordero- Ordonez showed numerous signs of impairment from field sobriety tests and refused to submit to chemical analysis. He was arrested and charged with one count misdemeanor driv ing while intoxicated and one count misdemeanor hit and run at 1:17 a.m., reports state. Cordero-Ordonez was taken before the magistrate and released on a written promise to appear in court, reports state. His trial is scheduled for May 4 at the Orange County Court in Chapel Hill. Also on Saturday, Molly Jane Hodges, 25, of 105 Misty Woods Circle, was stopped on Airport Road after she was observed weav ing, reports state. According to reports, Hodges performed poorly on field sobriety tests and admitted that she had drunk four alcoholic beverages. Hodges submitted to an Intoxilyzer 5000 test that yielded a 0.10 alcohol concentration, reports state. She was brought before the magistrate and released on a writ ten promise to appear in court. Her trial has been scheduled for May 4 in the Orange County Court in Chapel Hill. CALENDAR Tuesday 5:15 pm. ChoiceUSAofUNC will host Kate Michelman, presi dent of NARAL Pro-Choice America. Michelman will speak on the topic of “Threats to Your Right to Choose.” The event will be held in 116 Murphey Hall. ChoiceUSA also will host a pro choice rally featuring Michelman at 1:30 on the steps of South Building. The event is part of the “March Against the Madness” bus tour. Thursday 10 -m. Students United for a Responsible Global Environment and the Student Environmental Action Coalition co-host the “Don’t Bea Fossil Fool” national day of action on campus on April Fool’s Day. The event will last until 2 p.m. There will be an interactive dis play in the quad in front of Wilson Library showing why energy pro duction needs to be converted from the dirty fossil fuels current ly used to cleaner, renewable forms of energy production such as biodiesel fuel and wind and solar production. For more information visit http://www.surgenetwork.org. From staff and wire reports. House OKs contested budget by 3 votes No Democrats voted for s2.JfTplan BY KAVITA PILLAI STAFF WRITER The Republican-led U.S. House passed a budget late Thursday that has Democrats up in arms about everything from a rising deficit to cuts in programs that include higher education grants and loans. The $2.4 trillion budget passed by only three votes and closely T CHispA wanted) to show the variety of people that make up the Hispanic culture. NORA MUJICA, president of the CAROLINA Hispanic association \ \ ‘ t Bp ' w raw-- -*•*■. ;Sb X s - ■ | ■mil , 5 • r -4? - A ■ EIl I . jTmL W flk —iiininii mill min iiBMMBI > . 7 \, ! ' 'Hf- ah| __ ■^L—l DTH PHOTOS/GILLIAN BOLSOVER Jonathan Tenenbaum (left) and Laurel Zmolek-Smith dance in front of a packed house Saturday in the Great Hall. Below: Zmolek-Smith tries to encourage Alyiah Beal, 3, to dance backstage while Beal’s grandfather's band, Saljazzo, performed Saturday night at Noche Latina. ‘NOCHE’ REVELS HONOR VOCALIST BY CAROLINE KORNEGAY STAFF WRITER It was a sweet night for Carolina Hispanic Association’s 13th annual Noche Latina on Saturday night when the doors to the Great Hall swung open at 7 p.m. to let in the streams of peo ple eager to see the performances. “Azucar Pa’ Ti,” was the theme of the night, in honor of Celia Cruz, a Cuban-born singer who passed away last year. The theme was taken from Cruz’s famous excla mation, “iAzucar!,” meaning “sugar” in Spanish. “With her dead, we wanted to celebrate her life, and how much she gave to our culture,” CHispA President Nora Mujica said. “She was an icon in Hispanic cul ture.” Posters of Cruz and pictures of white-sand beaches decked the walls close to the stage. Colorful banners and streamers added to the party’s atmosphere as couples learned their first steps of merengue, friends chatted and hip-high children darted in and out of the aisles during the evening. Nine groups came to perform a wide variety of music and dance ranging from South American dances such as the tango and capoeira to UNC students who played Latin-American rock. Event spotlights Brown’s legacy BY AMY KINGSLEY STAFF WRITER Almost 50 years after the Supreme Court ended segregation in public schools, diverse opinions and heated debate dominated a UNC-Chapel Hill symposium Saturday devoted to examining the failures and successes of integra tion in the educational system. Participants discussed the impact of Brown v. Board of Education, recent court decisions about affirmative action and the “resegregation” of public schools. The symposium featured legal scholars Gerald Torres and Lani Guinier, experts on the role of race and education, and Julius Chambers, director of the UNC - CH School of Law’s Center for Civil Rights, as keynote speakers. “I think it really was a signature event for UNC(-CH) to have,” said Robert Adams, associate director of the Institute of African American Research. “It represents what we can achieve when institu tions and units work together.” The symposium opened with an oral history and discussion of deseg Top News matches the budget requested by President Bush. Every House Democrat voted against the plan. “This budget is the worst of all worlds,” said Bridget Lowell, spokeswoman for U.S. Rep. David Price, D-N.C., a member of the House Appropriations Committee. “The budget basically digs a “Race is not the problem. Race is the diagnostic tool that allows us to see the problem.” LANI GUINIER, KEYNOTE SPEAKER regation in the Chapel Hill commu nity, which led to the closing of the all-black Lincoln High School. The panel comprised community lead ers, activists and historians. A panel of students and young educators then discussed the role of race on contemporary educa tion. Participants stressed the need to rethink traditional frames and expectations for minority students. The keynote speakers delivered short speeches and answered ques tions from the audience. Despite low attendance, panelists treated audience members to a vigorous debate about school vouchers that earned applause and jeers. SEE DEBATE, PAGE 4 tremendous fiscal hole. At the same time, it slashes funding for pro grams critical to North Carolina and the country as a whole.” Democrats criticized the budget as benefiting upper-income citi zens with more tax cuts. “This is not a budget that serves middle-class people very well, or students for that matter,” Lowell said. But U.S. Rep. Richard Burr, R- N.C., said that the budget plan will N \ t jp l/' \ \ ■fcs, jHHk iQue Rico!, Opeyo Modern, Tango North Carolina and Capoeira performed dance numbers in a variety of styles. Samecumba, Saljazzo, Punto Cinco and Eduardo Souza and the Carolina Samba School percussion group came to play their music. One special performance by CHispA Chicos was a skit featuring local elementary students that told the story of why the moon wanted to go to a party. SEE NOCHE LATINA, PAGE 4 LGBT life in South discussed BY LAURA BOST STAFF WRITER More than 100 people of all ages, races and genders gathered at UNC this weekend to explore the experience of “Living Below the Bible Belt” at the second annu al N.C. Unity Conference. The convention, sponsored by UNC’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender-Straight Alliance, attracted participants from 11 schools and universities across the Southeast and more than 15 LGBT communities. Trevor Hoppe, a junior political science and women’s studies major who organized the conference, said he got the idea in 2002 while attending “Creating Change,” the national lesbian and gay confer ence. “It really made me realize that there is nothing like this available to most people, and I wanted create a conference to focus more specifi cally on the Southeast,” he said. This year’s theme, coinciding with recent local debates and leg islation, sought to examine the unique experiences of LGBT peo ple living in the South. “We realized that there is a lack of unified, central dialogue in the South about how this specific his tory affects the (LGBT) communi- MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2004 promote job creation and further the economic recovery. “Part of what we incorporated in this budget was the continuation of the rollback of taxes, and that has a direct effect on economic growth,” he said. “When you leave more money in people’s pockets, it creates more money for people to pump into the economy for purchases.” Burr added that increased fund ing for the military will help the economy in North Carolina, which DTH/LINHDA TRAN Vera Martin, a member of Old Lesbians Organizing for Change, kicks off the N.C. Unity Conference on Friday with a speech about ageism. ty,” Hoppe said. “Race, gender and faith, espe cially faith, play such an important role in Southern culture, but they also inhibit the development of sexual identities,” Hoppe said. “We want to help everybody realize that those identities don’t have to be mutually exclusive.” Participants registered Friday night and were then treated to a has five military bases. “Overall, North Carolina has benefited because the commitment to the military has been increased significantly” he said. “It’s felt in the expendable income that our soldiers have. And that’s reflected in the money that they are going to spend in their communities.” Burr also said the Democrats’ assertion that tax cuts only benefit SEE BUDGET, PAGE 4 F-18 jet catches fire at RDU Aircraft was on routine mission BY STEPHANIE JORDAN ASSISTANT STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR MORRISVILLE - An F-18 military jet taxied off a Raleigh- Durham International Airport runway at about 3 p.m. Friday and burst into flames on one of the air port’s Terminal A runways. Two F-18 Hornet jets were en route from Virginia Beach, Va., to Tennessee on a routine training mission when they stopped at RDU to refuel. The first jet left the airport safe ly. The second never left the ground. Lt. j.g. Wesley Baumgartner was the pilot of the grounded plane. He ejected safely before the crash and was discharged from Wake Medical Center on Saturday. Airport emergency crews responded to the fire, transported the pilot to Wake Med and con tained the fire quickly. The cause of the incident is under investiga tion. The pilot was reported to be conscious and walking around after he ejected from the plane before he was taken to Wake Med. The first plane circled around after the fire then landed at the airport again. RDU spokeswoman Teresa Damiano said at a press confer ence Friday that the jet involved in the crash was taxiing on the run way then began swerving before it caught fire and stopped near Terminal A. Airport officials shut down the terminal for about three hours as a precaution, and passengers were re-routed to Terminal C. The closing of the terminal was expected to cause little difficulty for RDU because the airport only had about 50 flights left for the day, Damiano said. She added that no other air port facility or property was dam aged as a result of Friday’s inci dent. Runways and terminals were fully operational by 6 p.m. Friday and RDU attempted to resume SEE CRASH, PAGE 4 performance by openly gay per forming artist Eric Himan. on Saturday and Sunday. Participants attended any num ber of the 18 workshops offered, dealing with topics such as faith and sexuality, same-sex marriages, “queer politics,” community organ ization and networking. SEE UNITY, PAGE 4 3
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