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Ulfyp Saily (Tar Mppl Report: Terror attacks cheap THE ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED NATIONS - All major al-Qaida-linked attacks except Sept. 11 cost less than $50,000 each to carry out, accord ing to anew U.N. report circulated Thursday that indicated just how little money the terror network needs to mount operations. The report the first by anew team monitoring the implemen tation of U.N. sanctions against al-Qaida and the Taliban - said only the sophisticated attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon using hijacked aircraft “required significant funding of over six figures.” “Other al-Qaida terrorist opera tions have been far less expensive,” said the report, directed to the U.N. Security Council. For example, the report said the March attacks in the Spanish capital, Madrid, in which nearly 10 simultaneous bombs exploded on four commuter trains, cost SIO,OOO to carry out. The blasts killed 191 people Spain’s worst terror attack. The November 2003 attacks in Istanbul, Turkey four suicide truck bombings that killed 62 peo ple cost less than $40,000, the report found. And the twin truck bombings of the U.S. embassies EQUALITY FROM PAGE 3 women fought so hard to get,” said Lucy Lewis, assistant director of the Campus Y. “Now so many people just take it for granted, which is something we can never do.” Representatives from both groups staffed tables loaded with voter registration forms, voter pledges and candidate informa tion sheets. Volunteers also gave away cake, key rings and T-shirts to passers by. Informational posters detailing the evolution of voting rights and participation spanned the width of the shady courtyard. One poster displayed the sta tistic that 45 percent of women 18 years and older did not vote in the last presidential election in 2000. Despite the historical sig HONOR COURT FROM PAGE 3 Chavez also has been looking for a more diverse set of workers. “It’s not that we have a lack of (diver sity),” she said. “We’re trying to diversify more.” Chavez added that even though she wants to increase her staff size, the Honor Court only will take the best applicants. “We’re looking for quality over quantity,” she said. Last spring, the court introduced anew concept to the courtroom faculty-student resolutions. In such cases, a student and a faculty member presenting a violation can sit down before a court hearing to discuss the offense. 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Those attacks killed 231 people, includ ing 12 Americans. The report said al-Qaida has changed over the last five years from an organization run by Osama bin Laden to a global network of groups that don’t wait for orders but launch attacks against tar gets of their own choosing, using minimal resources and exploiting worldwide publicity “to create an international sense of crisis.” “There is no prospect of an early end to attacks from al-Qaida asso ciated terrorists,” the monitoring team said. “They will continue to attack targets in both Muslim and non- Muslim states, choosing them according to the resources they have available and the opportu nities that occur. While they will look for ways to attack high profile targets, soft targets will be equally vulnerable.” U.N. sanctions require all U.N. member states to impose a travel ban and arms embargo against a list of those linked to the Taliban or al-Qaida, currently 317 individ uals and 112 groups, and to freeze any assets. Sanctions were first imposed on bin Laden’s network nificance of the date, organizers wanted to provide voter informa tion for all members of the cam pus community, many of whom are first-time voters who face unique challenges. “Transportation is certainly an issue,” said Chimi Boyd, assistant director of the Carolina Women’s Center. “Also, students who are new to an area don’t know who the candi dates are or how to register.” Lewis and other organizers said they wanted to stress the impor tance of voting but also encour aged students to become more involved in the overall democratic process. “Voting is a really important part of student and campus life,” Lewis said. “But there is a lot more work to do, no matter who wins.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. dent negotiate a reasonable grade either an F for a portion of the class or for the overall course. The student then goes before a three person Honor Court panel charged with ensuring that the punishment fits the crime. The resolution is meant to address past concerns on the part of professors that Honor Court proceedings did not allow them to control their students’ grades. If a student is convicted in Honor Court of cheating, the routine sanction is a semester of academic probation along with a failing grade in at least a portion of the course. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. in 1999. The report said punitive mea sures to stop terror financing have had some effect and led to “millions of dollars of assets” being frozen. “Asa result of national and inter national action, al-Qaida’s binding has decreased significantly. But so, too, has its need for money,” the team said. The number of people in train ing camps controlled by al-Qaida “is now far less, and al-Qaida no longer pays the $lO million to S2O million annually that it gave to its Taliban hosts” in Afghanistan before a U.S.-led force routed the government in late 2001, it said. While some money for the al- Qaida attacks since 1998 may have come from “the center,” the report said “much of it will have been collected locally, whether through crime or diverted from charitable donations.” But the monitoring team said al-Qaida will still need to raise and move money, and not enough was being done to identify those involved and to crack down on ter ror-related transactions espe cially those through informal channels. LAPTOPS FROM PAGE 3 Though saying it was prema ture to praise his department, Lt. Chris Blue of the police department's community servic es division said the numbers are encouraging. “Awareness has been increased,” he said. “Students are becoming aware there is a market for lap tops.” Blue said police believe that the majority of laptop thefts in 2003 were carried out by a group of people seeking to resell the computers. Police arrested seven men Nov. 17 in connection with the thefts of laptops and home video equip ment. Cousins said the November arrest had a lot to do with the declining number of thefts. John Oberlin, associate vice chancellor for information tech nology, said students simply just becoming aware of a laptop’s value. “It’s like a bag with $2,000,” Oberlin said. “You wouldn’t leave that out.” Carolina Computing Initiative sold more than 600 more laptops this year than last year, Oberlin said. Students are becoming ever .vgft Trouble paying for tuition? Desire to serve your country? Q jggj&i Join UNC Naval ROTC! 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Proposition 71 promises to be one of the most contentious elec tion issues in California, pitting sci entists, sympathetic patients who could benefit from stem cells and biotechnology interests against the Roman Catholic Church and con servatives opposed to the research because it involves destroying days old embryos and cloning. What’s more, cell research has emerged as a major campaign issue between President Bush and John Kerry, who promises if elect ed to reverse Bush’s 2001 policy restricting federal funding of such experiments to only those cell lines already in existence. more vigilant with their property, Oberlin added. In 2003, police said they thought most of the thefts were the result of negligence on the part of the owner. “You have to treat it like your wallet,” Cousins said —a common suggestion from Chapel Hill Crime Stoppers and the University’s Department of Public Safety last year. Blue said the community ser vices division is recommending a variety of theft prevention meth ods to students. Registering computers and purchasing insurance, using the locks provided with CCI com puters and making the external cover look unattractive by defac ing it are ways to protect against theft, he said. Major Jeff McCracken of DPS said those initiatives and increased campus patrols are helping to keep down the number of laptop thefts on campus. But in spite of decreased thefts, Oberlin petitioned for every one with a laptop to be alert and aware. “These are not show-stopping numbers,” he said. “It hasn’t killed the problem.” Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. The measure would autho rize the state to sell $3 billion in bonds and then dispense nearly S3OO million a year for 10 years to researchers for human embryonic stem-cell experiments, including cloning projects intended solely for research purposes. It bans the funding of cloning to create babies. The amount of money involved far exceeds the $25 million the federal government doled out last year for such research and sur passed even Kerry’s promise to UE LOCAL FROM PAGE 3 UE Local 150, said committee chairwoman Glenn George. UNC employee David Brannigan, acting as a represen tative for the union, wrote a letter requesting a forum for employees to voice their opinions directly to the committee. “Many of the lowest-paid work ers may be unable or unwilling to fully express themselves in written form or be able to avail themselves of the computer reliant listserve (sic),” the letter stated. “We would like to urge you most strongly to convene an open forum.” Since the forum is an official University meeting, employees can attend while on the clock. The resolution committee was formed in response to a recommen dation from the Chancellor’s Task Force for a Better Workplace. “The process needed an improvement,” said Tommy Griffin, co-chairman of the committee. “It just needed some polishing up.” Griffin added that he is hop ing that the recent creation of a University ombudsman, another of the task force’s recommendations, will keep the grievance process from being used as frequently as it has been in the past. UNC’s grievance process now consists of four steps. Grievances can be resolved at each step of the diliWlibm UNO’s Hottest New Restaurant & Bar! ; now Hiring [ Bartenders, waitstaff, hostesses, and bussers Apply in person 3019 Auto Drive, Durham (formerly Damon's off 15/501) * 489.5800 ! 00000 PH*A ENCF HAf.l. ASSOCIATION tty of north Carolina at chapel hill TRADITIONS 1 NIGHT 1 Showcasing the tradition of academic and athletic excellence at UNC. Sunday, August 29th @ 7:30 pm Carmichael Auditorium Host/Master of Ceremonies Mick Mixon | ■ \ Free Tee-Shirts, Coupons & Schedule Cards Entertainment by UNC Cheerleaders, Band, and Former Athletes FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 2004 expand funding to SIOO million annually. Many scientists believe stem cells hold vast promise for treating an array of diseases from diabetes to Parkinson’s. Stem cells can potentially grow into any type of human tis sue and scientists hope to be able to direct the blank cells to grow into specific cell types needed for transplant. Stem cells are harvested from embryos, which are destroyed in the process. process, but if there is no resolu tion, the procedure continues. In the first step, an employee is expected to communicate with a supervisor. The second step consists of a meeting with the dean or direc tor of the employee’s school or unit During the third step of the process, a staff grievance commit tee oversees a hearing at which the employee, witnesses and others can speak. In the fourth step, the employee can appeal to the State Personnel Commission. The committee met frequently throughout the summer to discuss improvements to the grievance process, George said. One possibility members con sidered was methods to make the process more timely. “The process takes too long,” George said. “We’re looking to streamline it, make it more efficient.” She also said the committee has discussed whether there should be a single hearing officer or a three member committee to oversee the hearing. Brannigan said he is glad to see a review of the grievance pro cess, but he hopes the committee’s changes also will improve the entire disciplinary system. Employees can offer input to the committee at unc-grievanceanddis pute@listserv.med.unc.edu. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. 7
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