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VOLUME 112, ISSUE 96 Stipend referendum fails SPEAKER AND SPEAKER PRO TEM WON’T GET PAYMENT FOR WORK BY CATHERINE ROBBS STAFF WRITER In a referendum vote on Tuesday’s ballot, students struck down a provi sion to compensate Student Congress’ two top leaders. The vote ended with 2,458 students refuting a provision that would allow stipends for the speaker and speaker pro tempore of Congress, while 1,061 students voted to incorporate the pro ■ v X/ j' pf !p| i * v v ' r * ** "i* pg| ’ ||P r ’* ‘'* ■ ' " ' ' ; t \ - ’■ -V ‘ ;•;* K>, WmSStIH ' -ft-, . - * r-\ v ; JH $&&$&&&$ PJHBm WmmSKm* . f; *JBI!PS .vylllSp - ‘Wm- • ' • ''■■,■ s¥&& bRI olombian singer and dancer Toto la Momposina performs during the Putumayo World Music concert “Latinas: ' • ' Women of Latin America” on Tuesday night in the Great Hall. Momposina and her band mix elements of African, Native American and Spanish traditions to form a Colombian Caribbean sound. The Careless acts led to mistake Monday, we turned our mission of serv ing the public upside down. One of the many decisions we made before sending Tuesday’s paper to the printer was to place a page 3 photo taken at a drug and alco hol rehabilitation center. The photo was meant to complement a story about The Healing Place of Wake County, which strives to provide support for homeless men through a recovery program. Instead of adding to the article, the photo, which depicts men working in a plan ning room, flagrantly violates the trust the MICHELLE JARBOE EDITOR paper aims to establish with sources and readers. The three men, who chose to remain anony mous, stand in front of dry erase boards covered with the names of patients. And those names are not only visible they’re completely legible. A series of irresponsible miscommunications and careless actions by editors led to our run ning a photo that identifies the very people that this clinic, which trusted us enough to permit a reporter and a photographer to tour its facilities and speak with patients, strives to protect. Various editors checked the page, and each had the chance to take a closer look or to sug gest a change. None did. The names weren’t clear in the computer program we use to edit pages. But it should have SEE CORRECTION, PAGE 5 ONLINE - Locals get fit and spread health news Campaigns pit ads against media Effects of character on national race Serving the students and the University community since 1893 (Thr luilu 3ar Hrel vision into the Student Code. Student leaders in the past have received stipends because of a loop hole in the Code. Though Title I, the Student Constitution, prohibits com pensation of Student Congress officials, the Code has allowed for the provision of stipends for the two speakers. The student vote will allow the Student Constitution to stand in its original form, and Congress voted last Ballantine rallies to close gubernatorial gap BY ERIN GIBSON ASSISTANT STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR RALEIGH Patrick Ballantine, the Republican Party candidate for governor and a self-proclaimed underdog, stopped by N.C. State University on T\iesday night to tell students why they should support him in this year’s election. Ballantine made his entrance through the back of the crowd, shaking hands with rally-goers before jumping up on a makeshift stage with his campaign ban ner draped behind him. He tried to relate to the students by sharing a personal story about an NCSU basketball game from 1983. Ballantine, who was then a student at UNC-Chapel Hill, said he supported the Wolfpack and their coach, Jim Valvano, when they shocked Houston to win the national championship. “We were so excited about the ’Pack. You were an underdog,” he said. “Patrick Ballantine is an underdog.” He expressed his gratitude to the rough ly 200 people who came out on a cold Thesday night to hear a politician speak instead of watching the World Series. “My man Trot (Nixon) is playing for the Red Sox tonight and y’all are here,” he said before adding with a laugh, “I know you will go back and watch it in a few minutes.” He told the students he would be there for them as governor like they were there for him Tuesday, and also promised to bring jobs to North Carolina for students graduating and moving into the state’s work force. The speech was mixed with some nega- Forum spotlights teen drinking Middle schoolers get political More stories at www.dthonline.com. \ www.iitlionline.coxii | night to amend the Code to eliminate the loophole. The Code’s contradiction regard ing compensation came into focus when Kris Wampler, vice chairman of Congress’ Finance Committee, intro duced a bill to eliminate the provision of stipends because it was in direct opposition to the Constitution. Title I states that “no Student Congress mem ber shall be entitled to a salary.” The results of Tuesday’s vote disap pointed some Congress members who think that the magnitude of responsibili ties of the congressional leaders merits compensation. HOT, HOT, HOT event was part of the Carolina Union’s Performing Arts series, which invites a diverse and eclectic group of artists to campus each year. Other performers for the 2004-05 school year include folk singer Joan Baez, gospel group Blind Boys of Alabama, the Peru Negro dance troupe and bluegrass legend Doc Watson, an N.C. native. INSIOE GETTING PERSONAL Bowles and Burr compete for U.S. Senate seat while respectively pulling strength from political heritage and hometown and family PAGE 3 Another concern was that some potential leaders would need the money. “Some people can’t afford to go to school without a job,” said Speaker Charlie Anderson. “Any way we can open up the position to interested and capable students is good.” Luke Farley, chairman of Congress’ Rules and Judiciary Committee, saw the almost 2-to-l vote as a mandate from the student body against compensation. “Congress is now obliged to go back and look at all stipends,” Farley said. “The students are saying we want you SEE REFERENDUM, PAGE 5 ■br^ JBJL DTH/LAURA MORTON Patrick Ballantine, the Republican candidate for governor, speaks to students after a Republican rally at North Carolina State University on Monday night. tive talk about Gov. Mike Easley and the way he has campaigned against Ballantine, and also about what the former state senator would do differently if he were in office. He told several stories about the peo ple he’s met while on the campaign trail, including a grandmother who was upset because her eighth-grade granddaughter cannot read and a twenty-something man he met at a court house who “couldn’t spell a three-letter word.” Seniors decide on memorial as ’OS gift Garden to memorialize 6 alumni killed on 9/11 BY CAROLINE KORNEGAY STAFF WRITER The Class of 2005 voted Tuesday to leave a 9/11 memorial garden as its legacy to UNC. The gift was chosen by 787 students out of the 1,373 who voted on Student Central, said Walker Rutherfijrd, Board of Elections chairman. Senior Class President Jovian Irvin said she thinks the garden will be a wonderful gift to honor the six UNC alumni killed during the Sept. 11,2001, terror ist attacks. Irvin said the space will provide an area for per sonal reflection and will be a place where students can observe the anniversary of the attacks. Benches in the garden also will create an outdoor teaching area for classes, she said. SEE SENIOR GIFT, PAGE 5 Veto barely •/ upheld after fiery debate BY KRISTLE SPELLMAN AND BRIAN HUDSON STAFF WRITERS Student Congress failed to override an executive veto Tuesday night, instead opting to table indefinite ly a bill that would have amended the Student Code to define negative campaigning during elections. Though representatives voted 11-9 to overturn Student Body President Matt Calabria’s Oct. 20 veto, they did not have the two-thirds majority required to reapprove the legislation. Because parliamentary procedure restricts Congress members from debating vetoed legislation, representatives were unable to debate before voting. Speaker Charlie Anderson said Congress members probably would have abstained from a debate anyway because the bill was discussed in depth during the chamber’s initial vote. “We’ve been discussing this for months and we’ve been debating it to death,” he said. Congress initially passed the bill Oct. 12 by a 13-5 SEE CONGRESS, PAGE 5 DTH/ALUSON MONEY He explained his Read to Succeed pro gram, which would use a “big buddy” sys tem of students, seniors and other volun teers to make sure children learn how to read while still in elementary school. “It is sinful to push them up,” he said. He also solicited help from ralliers by asking them to hang signs in their resi dence hall windows and to encourage their SEE RALLY, PAGE 5 WEATHER TODAY Cloudy, H 69, L 53 THURSDAY Cloudy, H 62, L 52 FRIDAY Cloudy, H 69, L 57 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2004 Easley holds major lead in cash race BY EMMA BURGIN ANDARENDELL CARLTON STAFF WRITERS Gov. Mike Easley is not only beating challenger Patrick Ballantine in the polls but also has been able to out finance his oppo nent at an incred ible rate. Easley, accord ing to third-quarter campaign finance ELEGM 3jjo4 reports, raised a total of $7.7 mil lion throughout his bid for a sec ond term. Ballantine raised only $4.2 mil lion during the first three quarters of the race. The reports also show that Easley has spent $7.3 million to date, while Ballantine has used more than $4 million. Eric Fletcher, a press secretary in Easley’s office, said the gover nor’s re-election campaign has $735,000 left to spend. “Most of this money goes to media advertising, payrolls, get out-the-vote operations, bumper SEE FINANCE, PAGE 5 Ob
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