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STATE BRIEFS
President Bush to hold
fund-raiser in Charlotte
President Bush will visit
Charlotte today to attend a cam
paign fund-raiser meant to solidi
fy his presence in the area and bol
ster his considerable financial edge
over Sen. John Kerry, his oppo
nent in November’s election.
The $2,000-per-plate event is
slated as the last major fund-raiser
of Bush’s campaign. It comes on the
heels of a major gala Wednesday in
Washington, D.C., that organizers
say netted him $1.5 million.
The president’s trip is a re
scheduling of a planned Feb. 26
visit that was canceled after 18
inches of snow fell on the area.
CAMPUS BRIEFS
Campus Y kicks off Human
Rights Week in Pit today
The Campus Y’s Advocates for
Human Rights Committee kicks
off Human Rights Week today
with several events aimed at pro
moting awareness of global issues
regarding social injustice.
The week of events will begin
with performances by several
UNC cultural groups in the Pit
between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. today.
For a full schedule of events visit
http://campus-y.unc.edu/heyy
ou/committees/ahr/index.html.
CITY BRIEFS
UNC student arrested,
charged with felony assault
A UNC student was arrested
early Friday on charges of assault,
according to police reports.
Wilbur Lee Strauss Jr., 23, of
216 W. Rosemary St., Apt. 213, was
arrested at 316 W. Rosemary St.
and charged with one count felony
assault with intent to inflict bodily
injury with a blunt object, reports
state.
Strauss was identified by sever
al witnesses after the incident
occurred, reports state. Strauss
was taken before the magistrate
and released with a written prom
ise to appear in court, reports
state. He was scheduled to appear
Friday in the Orange County Court
in Hillsborough.
UNC employee arrested
on alcohol-related charges
A UNC employee was arrested
early Saturday on several alcohol
related charges, police reports state.
Daniel Eric Pando, 22, of 180
Hamamelis Lane in Pittsboro was
observed driving in the wrong lane
of U.S. 15-501 near Main Street
and was stopped by local police,
reports state. Officers detected a
strong odor of alcohol when speak
ing with Pando, reports state. After
Pando performed poorly on field
sobriety tests, police searched the
car. A police search K-9 found a
marijuana cigarette under the dri
ver’s seat, reports state.
According to reports, Pando was
arrested and charged with one
count misdemeanor driving while
intoxicated, simple possession of
marijuana and driving on the
wrong side of the road, reports
state. Pando refused to submit to an
Intoxilyzer 5000 test, reports state.
He was released on a written
promise to appear in the Orange
County Court in Hillsborough on
May 11.
Pittsboro man arrested
on numerous drug charges
A Pittsboro resident was arrest
ed early Saturday on several drug
related charges, police reports state.
Fredrick Demetris Edwards, 18,
of 1169 Jack Bennett Road in
Pittsboro, was arrested and
charged with one count misde
meanor communicating threats at
11:13 a.m. at Whitaker Street near
Graham Street, reports state.
According to reports, local law
enforcement found Edwards to be
in possession of marijuana and
crack cocaine when he was taken
into police custody. Edwards was
arrested and charged with one
count misdemeanor simple posses
sion of marijuana and one count
felony with intent to sell and deal
cocaine, reports state.
He was transported to the mag
istrate’s office and later to the
Orange County Jail where he is
being held under a $5,000 secured
bond, reports state.
His trial is scheduled for today
in the Orange County Court in
Hillsborough.
CALENDAR
Today
8 p.m. - CURIOUS: A Drag
Show Extravaganza will be held in
the Great Hall. A long tradition of
the LGBTQ and allied community
at UNC, the Drag Show will be a
combination of professional and
amateur acts. All proceeds benefit
the GLBT-SA undergraduate stu
dent organization. Tickets are $5
in advance and $7 at the door.
From staff and wire reports.
Bowles seeks young voters’ support
Airs his plans to boost economy, jobs
BY CLEVE R. WOOTSON JR.
STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR
WINSTON-SALEM - North
Carolina businessman Erskine
Bowles, former chief of staff for
President Clinton, told about 100
members of the Young Democrats
of North Carolina young and old
that the party needs more peo
ple like them.
Bowles said he hopes the energy
and activism of those gathered for
the annual convention of the polit
ical group would launch him into
the U.S. Senate this November.
“I asked to be here,” he said. “I
wanted to be here. I wanted to see
with my own eyes some young
Democrats. ... I have gone to
Democratic meeting after
Democratic meeting, and I’m tired
of being the youngest person
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Broadcaster Woody Durham, who has been recognized
as N.C. Sportscaster of the Year 11 times, delivers a
speech at the induction ceremony for the N.C.
Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame on Sunday at the
Carolina Inn. Durham has been the play-by-play announcer
Greek sleepout’
helps homeless
BY EMILY BATCHELDER
STAFF WRITER
While some campus organiza
tions discuss social problems, the
Mu Zeta chapter of the Alpha Phi
Alpha fraternity is letting its
actions speak louder than its
words.
Saturday night, the members of
Alpha Phi Alpha held their annu
al “Sleepout for the Homeless”
event. Members and other willing
participants camped out in tents
on the Morrison basketball court
to raise money for and awareness
of homelessness.
“It’s a nontraditional way to look
at a serious problem,” said Alpha
Phi Alpha member Ronnie
Anthony, a junior from
Road to career proves challenging
Plans change for
students, grad
BY CAROLINE LINDSEY,
MICHELLE JARBOE
AND NIKKI WERKING
SENIOR WRITERS
Looking back on one year shows
just how unpredictable a path
toward life outside of school can be.
For a UNC senior, a recent grad-
uate and a grad
uate student,
the economy
and job market
have hewn a
rocky path since
September.
Sean
Michnowicz, a
senior peace,
TURNING POINTS
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focusing on the
job market and the
challenges faced before
and after graduation.
war and defense major, was torn
between graduate school and a
career in counterterrorism. Seven
months later, he’s decided to take
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there. And I’m old, I’m bald and
I’m 58.”
Interrupted only by applause,
Bowles spoke to the group about
what he called nonpartisan plans
to bring jobs to North Carolina
while pulling the nation out of the
doldrums of a struggling economy.
“None of (my) ideas are
Democratic ideas or Republican
ideas they’re just good ideas,” he
said.
If elected, Bowles said one of his
most important goals would be
improving the way the nation col
lects and spends money, imple
menting sound fiscal policies with
out overlooking needed improve
ments.
“You can be fiscally responsible,
but more importantly, you can
invest in the future,” he said. “You
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Kannapolis. “We can’t close our
eyes to it. It’s out there; it happens.”
As part of a service project, the
members of Alpha Phi Alpha col
lected donations Saturday and
throughout the week on campus,
raising about $250. All of the pro
ceeds will be donated to the Inter-
Faith Council homeless shelter.
“You need to realize not every
one is as fortunate as you are,” said
member Terrence Smith, a junior
from Wilson. “It’s no problem for
us to sleep out for a night. It keeps
us levelheaded.”
Despite competition from
NCAA Tournament games,
approximately 50 people turned
SEE SLEEPOUT, PAGE 5
whatever job he can find and to
focus on travel and time off.
Since late September, 2003
UNC graduate Leigh Suggs, who
majored in studio art, has set up
shop in Bleeker Street Studios; the
show that she and her studiomate
have been working on for a year,
titled “symbiosis,” opens Friday.
Doctoral candidate Joe
MacDonald hasn’t found the ideal
job, but he remains unfazed, even
in the face of delayed graduation
after a late finish of his dissertation.
At a pivotal point in their lives,
the three have accomplished much
during the past year, but the end
result differs from what they expect
ed. Yet none of them seems disap
pointed in what has come to pass.
Senior sees uncertain path
“I’m not putting all my eggs in
one basket,” Michnowicz said in
September, when he was targeting
jobs with the U.S. Departments of
can invest in the home and stop
what I call fiscal insanity.”
He spoke out against
Congressional budget makers for
what he called runaway spending.
Eventually, he said, the nation
would start seeing the results of
that policy.
“From my viewpoint, I think this
economy is on heroin,” he said. “We
have the most aggressive monetary
policy of my lifetime, and we have
a fiscal policy that is insane... and
believe me, the shakes start com
ing.”
Those shakes are evident in the
number of Americans without
jobs, he said, adding that there also
are thousands of overlooked “lucky
ones” who are able to eke out a liv
ing in lower paying jobs after los
ing good ones.
“You know, it’s not a recovery
SEE BOWLES, PAGE 5
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for UNC football and men’s basketball since 1971. Other
inductees at the ceremony included Lawrence “Jeep” Hunter,
Carl Kassell, Bill Mcllwain, Ellen Scarborough, Donald H.
Williams, HA. “Humpy” Wheeler, Vassie Balkcum, Carl
Lamm and Cullie Tarleton. For the full story, see page 14.
Study defends outsourcing
BY AMY THOMSON
STAFF WRITER
Outsourcing of U.S. jobs in the
information and technology sec
tors actually helps the economy
and creates jobs, including more
than 7,000 in North Carolina from
2003 to 2008, according to a study
by a global analyst firm.
The study by Global Insight was
funded by the Information
Technology Association of
America, which represents several
IT corporations throughout the
country including AT&T,
Amazon.com and IBM, according
to The Associated Press.
But ITAA denies that the organ
izations influenced the outcome of
the study in any way.
Stanley Black, professor of eco
nomics at UNC said in interviews
last week that he has seen corrob
orating data from other credible
groups that suggest that the out-
State, Defense and Homeland
Security.
At the same time, the senior from
East Haddam, Conn., researched
further studies in graduate pro
grams at Hawaii Pacific University,
University of Virginia and
University of Califomia-Berkeley.
But both graduate school accept
ances and career offers eluded
Michnowicz throughout the year,
and his window of opportunity nar
rowed as graduation approached.
Following a Spring Break trip to
Chennai, India, he shifted focus to
time off from school and pinpoint
ed travel in which he could gain
fluency in Hindi, Tamil, Arabic and
Bengali.
He’s no longer looking for a
career; instead, the soon-to-be
graduate is intent on a job that will
pay the bills and provide him with
a little travel money on the side.
“Expectation’s kind of a double
edged sword,” Michnowicz said
after returning from India. “If you
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U.S. Senate candidate Erskine Bowles, chief of staff for former President
Clinton, speaks Saturday at the Young Democrats National Convention.
“Economic arguments in terms of
maximum efficency and profits are far
from being the only decisions one has
to make.” steven levine, INTERIM DIRECTOR, CAROLINA ASIA CENTER
sourcing problem is not as bad as
some people contend.
Another study conducted by
Jacob Kirkegaard called
“Outsourcing: Stains on the White
Collar” claimed that most of the
jobs lost in the United States
would be from manufacturing and
low-paying, low-skilled IT jobs.
The jobs that are going to be lost
aren’t negligible but are compara
ble to job losses in other industries,
the study concludes.
The Global Insight study also
claimed that during the next sev
eral years, cheaper costs of pro
duction in foreign countries would
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UNC graduate Leigh Suggs, who majored in studio art, sets up her show
"symbiosis," which opens Friday at Bleeker Street Studios in Carrboro.
don’t meet your expectations,
you’re going to be a little upset. So
I just try to take it day by day.”
Artist aims for stellar show
Suggs sat in her Carrboro art
studio Saturday, wringing her
MONDAY, APRIL 5, 2004
ASG
caps off
week of
service
Weekend events
tie state together
BY KAVITA PILLAI
STAFF WRITER
The second annual Service
North Carolina, sponsored by the
UNC-system Association of
Student Governments, culminated
Saturday in a statewide day of stu
dent service.
ASG members said they expect
ed the day to outshine last year’s
effort.
The event, which encourages
college students to volunteer in
their communities, was expanded
from a one-day event last year to a
weeklong series of projects this
year, said Matt Cohen, executive
director of Service North
Carolina.
“This is only the second year
we’ve had Service North Carolina,”
Cohen said. “This is going to incor
porate more schools and also more
private schools than in other
SEE SERVICE NC, PAGE 5
keep the prices of technological
products down.
The lower prices will cause less
inflation, higher production and a \
stronger economy, which ultimate-*
ly will produce more jobs.
“Even with the outsourcing, the •
IT sector of our economy is grow- ';
ing,” said Nariman Behravesh,*
chief economist for Global Insight,
which conducted the most recent
study.“We can survive this.”
The study also rejected protec
tionist government policies stating
that the policies protect jobs for a
SEE JOBS, PAGE 5
hands nervously.
Before her art show opens
Friday, Suggs and studiomate
Lindsay Pichaske must finish
assembling their 12-foot black
string tower, hand out more cards
SEE STUDENTS, PAGE 5
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