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4 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2004 ELECTION EVE FROM PAGE 1 Bush traveled to six states Monday, including Ohio, Wisconsin and Florida. “The future safety and prosperity of this country are on the ballot,” the president told a crowd in Ohio. “This election comes down to, who do you trust... to lead this country to a better tomorrow?” Head of state North Carolina has been a reli able base for the Republican Party during presidential elections. But for the past 12 years, the state has chosen a Democrat as governor. If Democratic Gov. Mike Easley wins his bid for re-election against Republican candidate Patrick Ballantine, he will prove himself a true vote-getter. “Easley’s had a more difficult budgetary period,” Guillory said. “(Winning) will be a real accom plishment. It won’t be a fluke.” The governor was shown to be up PAC FROM PAGE 1 and electricity. In years past, the state has taken some or all of that money to help fill gaping budget holes, and the issue almost always causes a dog fight in the legislature. This year, for the first time in recent history, the legislature didn’t officially consider touching overhead receipts. It also approved SIBO million in funding over the next few years for anew cancer center at the University. Both overhead receipts and the cancer center have faced hurdles in previous years, but Fulton said Citizens for Higher Education helped the University deal with these obstacles in tight budget times. “There are a lot of needs in the state, and I think our interest is making sure that our state contin ues to value higher education and what it can provide to economic development,” Fulton said. “This state has a long history of supporting higher education, but we have had legislatures over there that don’t view public higher edu cation positively.” But the PAC has its share of critics. Detractors like Sen. Hugh Webster, a Republican from Alamance County, said the dona tions, which often go to political heavyweights, are frequently a means of doing one thing buy- IPHK, Fostering an entrepreneurial climate at L NO A Call for Faculty Proposals First Year Seminar on Entrepreneurship Course Development Grants Application Deadline: Jan 14,2005 The Carolina Entrepreneurial Initiative (CEI) and First Year Seminars are soliciting proposals from faculty interested in thinking in innovative ways about entrepreneurship and its place in liberal arts education. CEI, with support from The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, will award three $6,000 grants to faculty interested in developing new First Year Seminars that focus on some aspect of entrepreneurship (social, civic, artistic or commer cial). Awards are paid as $5,000 in summer salary and Si,ooo as enhancement for the first time the course will be taught. For more information, visit www.unc.edu/cei/fys or contact: Lucia Binotti Office of First Year Seminars (919) 843-5797 lbinotti@email.unc.edu (919) 962 8201 cei@unc.edu www.unc.edu cei in the polls this weekend by as many as 18 percentage points. But Ballantine has made a hearty' last-minute effort to tighten the gap, traveling Monday to Asheville, Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Fayetteville and Wilmington. “I believe this is our year,” Ballantine said Monday during his appearance in Asheville. Too close to call In North Carolina, voters have witnessed what Guillory described as another “assault your opponent” Senate campaign. Democratic candidate Erskine Bowles and Republican opponent Richard Burr like those before them have carried out much of their battle for the seat being vacated by vice presidential candidate John Edwards over TV airwaves. “We have these high-spending campaigns in which one campaign starts this barrage of assault ads,” Guillory said. “We don’t seem to be able to get out of this spiral.” ing influence. “They tend to try and bet on the winning horse,” Webster said. “What this amounts to is buying influence. Some of them say it’s gaining access, so that they’ll lis ten to you. “I personally don’t accept that, because everybody has access to me. Of course, I’m not the chair of Appropriations. I’m not one of the in-crowd. I don’t sell out to special interest groups, and the (UNC sys tem) is a special interest group.” None of the PAC’s money went to people who have not held office before and who therefore don’t have a legislative record on higher education issues. Citizens for Higher Education did give money to freshman leg islators, including Cecil Hargett, D-Onslow, who now is up for re election for the first time. Basnight, the Senate leader, said the donations to him and other legislators are legal and ethical means of showing support. “People support people they believe in,” he said. “What this PAC tries to accomplish are things that affect the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. That’s all they’re about. “Now they help me. My guess would be that I’m a friend of the University’s mission, and that is to educate the students.” UNC-Chapel Hill is not the only higher education institution that seeks to gain an upper hand From Page One But Guillory insists that these ads, while they rely heavily on neg ative campaigning, will not have a dramatic effect on voters. Burr spent Monday touring the western part of the state, going door to door in small towns with his wife, Brooke. “We’re optimistic,” said Doug Heye, spokesman for the Burr cam paign. “We’ve worked really hard and certainly had a surge of momen tum in the past few weeks.” Bowles spent Monday in Raleigh, nearing the end of a tour that stretches from Wilmington to Asheville. He will campaign today in Charlotte, Greensboro and Raleigh. Burr will vote in his hometown of Winston-Salem and then make appearances at local polling sites Last week, a Citizen-Times/ Mason-Dixon poll found both candidates had 46 percent of likely voters’ support. Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. in the legislature by forming a PAC. Supporters of other schools, including N.C. State and Duke universities, have formed political action committees, though these committees’ efforts are much smaller in scale. The UNC system formed a committee that spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in the late 1990s trying to get state voters to approve a $3.1 billion capital improvement bond. “Those PACs are completely independent and separate from the (system),” said Mark Fleming, the system’s vice president for gov ernment relations. “They are run by the alumni and supporters and have been completely done on a voluntary basis. I think it’s very important that people understand that.” Recently, political groups known as 527 organizations so named because of their classifica tion in the tax code have come under fire for their influence in this year’s elections, particularly the presidential race. But Fulton said that isn’t the aim of Citizens for Higher Education. “We never go in and try to beat somebody,” Fulton said. “We’re try ing to be supportive of people. Our (money) goes to candidates. We’re not out here spending money like a 527” Contact the Projects Editor at mbhanson@email.unc.edu. HALLOWEEN FROM RAGE 1 ing that staff experiences significant training to prepare for campus events that generate a large crowd. Campus police responded to a call from Ehringhaus Residence Hall staff regarding a group of 11 people under 21 who were found in a room with alcohol. No one in the group was affiliated with UNC, and they were forced to leave, reports state. The Orange County Department of Emergency Medical Services saw a total of 33 patients between 8:30 p.m. and 3:30 a.m., according to Michael Day, assistant director of EMS. “There were a lot of inebriated people,”Day said. Most of the patients were treated for alcohol-related prob lems, such as alcohol poisoning. EMS transported six people to UNC Hospitals, five of whom were experiencing alcohol-related issues. The sixth person was struck by a vehicle close to Rosemary Street and was taken to the hospital as a routine transport, Day said. According to campus police reports, EMS workers were called on to care for at least five students because of drug or alcohol use. No one treated or taken to the hospital sustained serious injuries, Day said. The crowd on Franklin Street peaked at 80,000 people, an increase from last year’s 78,000. To handle the large crowd, the Chapel Hill Police Department had to put its secondary traffic diversion plan into place, which included mov ing road blocks from Franklin and Mallette streets to West Franklin and South Roberson streets, Smith said. “Sometimes when the crowd exceeds the first barricade, we have to move it back,” he said. “It eases congestion and keeps cars from going into the crowd.” Mills said his agency increased the number of agents it had on the streets to help keep the crowd VOTING FROM PAGE 1 is hard to get people to give up a couple of weeks of their life.” Despite the record turnout, the county is preparing for even more people to vote today than in the past two weeks. “We are expecting 40 percent of the registered vot ers to vote on Election Day, which is basically everyone who hasn’t voted yet,” Thomas said. If her prediction is right, more than 70 percent of the county’s resi dents will have voted before polls close today about 18 percentage points higher than in 2000. ROBBERY FROM PAGE 1 New York Yankees baseball cap. The suspects were last seen leav ing the area and might drive a dark blue or black Nissan Pathfinder, according to the release. “The victim was clearly aware of his surroundings and was able to give a good description,” said Derek Poarch, chief of University police. Officials were planning to send a mass e-mail Monday to faculty, staff and students to notify them of the THE Daily Crossword By Stanley B. 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Despite the large crowd, police reported no serious or unusual activity. under control, but did not do any thing else out of the ordinary. He said one noticeable change was a more courteous and accept ing crowd than in past years. “We didn’t get as much negative feed back from people charged.” Nine other charges were reported by Chapel Hill police and were all drug-related, ranging from posses sion of marijuana to possession of drug paraphernalia, reports state. According to Chapel Hill police reports, police charged one person with carrying a concealed weapon. Other incidents were also reported at the University. A 12-foot-long railing from a fence within Coker Arboretum was used to break a window pane in the east door of the Morehead Building, but there are no suspects “We are adding at least two extra (volunteers) to each voting location, and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department will help with traffic,” she said. Jeremy Spivey, a Vote Carolina executive board member, said the group will provide shuttles to help UNC students make it to the polls. “We have worked on getting some oversized posters for (today) and setting up a transportation system that any student can access, regardless of location or political party,” Spivey said. Jensen said the Young Democrats have worked about 40 hours in the past couple of days making sched robbeiy and to urge public safety. “We’d like students to heed the information we promote on a regular basis,” said Randy Young, University police spokesman. Poarch said the incident was clearly Halloween-related because of the much larger population in Chapel Hill on Sunday. “The victim was visiting for Halloween, and we suspect the peo ple that committed the crime were also here for Halloween,” he said. The case is under investigation with several leads, Poarch said. 23 Well-ventilated 25 Flamboyant tie 26 Author of "Dred" 27 Ezra of verse 29 Watered fabric 30 Tibia and femur 31 Out of kilter 32 Lashes securely 33 Principle 34 Golfer's aide 36 ER personnel 37 High mountain 39 Wife of Cronus 40 Disney Studios head 2 3 6 7 8 9""~TBBTcr" 11 12 13 IB " ' ''lßlib 20 HHp ' 28 29 30 '“■■32 34 36 IbU? 38 39 40 41 BMp 43 "“■■■44 jK p 7 jBBHIHpB 50 51 52 53 54 60 ■ 1 62 TBp3 Bp _ ■to ' Bp Daily (Jar lirri or witnesses in the case, campus police reports state. According to campus police reports, police found Christopher Cline 0f206 Stacy Residence Hall and Brian Gorham 0f202 Spencer Residence Hall carrying two signs from the George Watts Hill Alumni Center. Both were cited for misde meanor larceny, reports state. Day noted a change in the times when people were on the streets. “It seems like everyone got started ear lier and ended a little earlier. Nine o’clock and they were raring to go.” Smith, Day and Mills all said they thought Sunday was similar to last year’s party. “The crowd seemed to be pretty festive,” Smith said. Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. ules for its 400 volunteers. “We worked so hard, we didn’t get out to Franklin Street for Halloween,” he said. “But presidential elections only come once every four years.” Jordan Selleck, chairman of the UNC College Republicans, said his group has tried to get voters to the polls and has targeted Republicans who typically haven’t turned out. “We have been going door to door and have been trying to get our own base to vote,” Selleck said. Polls today will open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. In light of the incident, he emphasized that it is important for students to be aware of their surroundings and to follow basic safety tips. These include avoiding walking alone at night, using mass transit and the Point-2-Point bus service, and noting where police call stations are located on campus. “That is the advice we’d give in wake of this incident or any other situation,” Young said. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. (C)2004 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved. 44 Splendor 45 Makes anew offer 47 Adhesive mixture 49 Swerved, nautically 50 Indication of healing 51 Salad fish? 52 Israeli diplomat Abba 53 Relating to the ear 54 Summit 55 Next 57 Past 58 Meat cut 59 Whirlpool 61 Superlative ending
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