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©I? iaily ®ar Mpel Pardon possible for Chandler BY ALEX GRANADOS ■STAFF WRITER Attorneys for convicted murder er Frank Chandler want mercy for their client and are citing conflicts of interest and misapplication of the law as just some of the reasons why he should live. Chandler is scheduled to die Friday, but supporters, including his counsel and a former State Supreme Court justice, visited Gov. Mike Easley last week seeking clemency for the 32-year-old. The trio says that the murder was accidental and that therefore Chandler should not be killed. “(Easley) was very interested and engaged in the arguments given," said Robert Orr, the former justice. “He obviously takes it seriously, as well he should.” Chandler’s counsel assistant capital defender Mark Rabil and attorney J. Clark Fischer has written a letter to Easley explain ing its rationale. “This was an ‘accidental’ murder committed during the course of a BURR FROM PAGE 3 did not narrow until the last weeks. Burr said his success was because he never lost sight of what was essential to voters. “We never lost focus of our objective. “On November 2nd, that is what mattered.” Once the 109th Congress con venes in January, the state will again have two Republican senators. “I don’t mean to sound parti san,” he said. “But we will have two North Carolinians that are sup porting each other.” Burr, who was courted to run for Senate by President Bush, said he sees Bush’s victory as a mandate for change by the U.S. people. “The president does have a man date,” he said. “A mandate that Congress and this administration MILITARY FROM PAGE 3 an economic initiative that will benefit both the state and the : military. “There is no question that what we’re working on has a dual use: technology for the civilian sec tor and also for the military,” he laid. "My girl's in town. I need a date We never stop working for you* Laj4 41 / f° r her friend. You up for it?" 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He said Chandler searched for the woman’s purse after hitting her, thus giving the prosecution all it needed to seek the ultimate punishment But Chandler did not find a purse and therefore did not gain from his crime. Questions also have arisen regarding the star witness and his has to do something.” Burr talked about issues that will resonate with Tar Heels in the coming months: unemployment, health care insurance and keeping the state’s military bases open. The military is the one of the largest employers in the state. “The reality is we’re going to close bases around the world,” he said. “We need to get out and lead the fight” Burr sees the war on terrorism as the biggest challenge facing the United States and the world. But he said exporting democracies to other countries will make the world safer. “The world looks to America for leadership,” he said. “That is where we are. I encourage you that there are some things worth fighting for.” Contact the State Cf National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. Crowell noted that the system and the state will profit at every level, from conducting basic research to creating the finished product. “There is a lot of work in between to make biotechnology safe and useful,” he said. Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. relationship with Chandler’s defense attorney, Terry Collins. Collins was disbarred in 1998 after pleading guilty to felony forgery charges. Controversy surrounds the pros ecution as well, Rabil said. “The (district attorney) who prosecuted this case was removed from office two years after this case,” he said. “Every lawyer in this case is unsavory.” Orr, who reviewed Chandler’s case at the state Supreme Court level, said he did not focus on these aspects. He was the lone dissenter among the seven justices. He said Chandler should not be executed because the aggravating factor did not apply in this case. “If there wasn’t an aggravator, it is an automatic life sentence,” he said. “And this was the only aggra vator submitted to the jury.” Neither Easley’s office nor the state attorney general’s office could be reached for comment. Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. LOBBYING FROM PAGE 3 proposed ordinance would have negatively affected members of small businesses and nonprofit groups. “It made it harder for them to approach their elected officials.” Pease said the coalition thought the meetings between town and University officials were inappro priate. Verkerk confirmed that council members had met with University officials, but said she did not believe anything discussed at the meetings was of public concern. “We met very casually, and probably talked about our low-carb diets or some thing like that.” Nancy Suttenfield, UNC vice chancellor for finance and adminis tration, wrote in an e-mail that the University is carrying out state busi ness, not lobbying. The coalition does not have any immediate plans to revive its peti tion, Pease said. “We’re still wait ing, and we’re hopeful that some thing will come of it,” he said. Greene also said the Town Council is not done with the issue. “The con cerns that were raised are credible.” Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. News Sexual assault group seeks funds BY HEATHER ANDREWS STAFF WRITER Members of the University com munity are looking for funding to cover medical treatment for sexual assault victims. The Victims’ Assistance Fund has reached dangerously low lev els it now holds approximately S9OO, about five times less than the ideal balance. “Emergency room bills can aver age from SSOO to $1,500,” said Melinda Manning, assistant dean of students. “Ideally, we would feel more comfortable with a balance around $5,000 or $6,000.” The Women’s Affairs Committee of student government is working with officials to ensure that no vic tims will be turned away. “That’s something we absolutely don’t want to happen,” Manning said. The fund, which is supported by student fee money, pays for emer gency room costs, including medi cations, emergency contraception, X-rays and other related treatment that assault victims need. The money also covers costly evidence collection, or a “rape kit,” THE Daily Crossword By Victor Fleming ACROSS 1 Go with the flow 6 Ebullience 9 Spanish bulls 14 Israeli desert 15 Director Lupino 16 Insecticide target 17 Start of a quip 20 Equivalent wd. 21 "Le coq " 22 Caveat 23 Specific scholarly essay 26 Part 2 of quip 29 At the ready 32 Wing-shaped 33 Take care of 34 Heep of Dickens 36 Washington and Shore 38 Not close-minded about 39 Nine: pref. 40 Filled with reverence 43 "Spahn and then p 1 1 T B A I E I R I I |EWcTA[ijnLTR A L >is L I M ~yßßl~ I T II P l£.P EDJ_M*GE P._j_iH.Nß E SS E N|H EW AiiMiiHlmiH w°RjrEiX£.s.± N £lP.j^ II E N. _L .5. | S N£A^£ OELm£s||ass Ai°2ilAiN£*£|| huhalprosep i_ece I T aw_e|moii S Y II H I NO iA£Ai N £WORKTODO _a £ e_ jEHpi A iL IjtL 2. p. s|o|u|g|hßs tag Tls r j pray for rain" 44 987-65-4321 grp. 45 Part 3 of quip 48 Seventy-six horns 49 Imitation gold coat 52 O.T. book 53 Colonel's chain's letters 56 End of quip 60 Muslim magis trates 61 Actor Carney the results of which help identify an attacker. Since August there have been 13 confidential reports of sexual assault filed on campus. The statistic indicates that more people are using the fund than in recent years, but that doesn’t nec essarily mean that more people are being attacked, Manning said. “We don’t know if there’s a rise (of sexual assaults on campus) or not,” she said. “We know that more people are coming forward and reporting.” When Student Health Service shifted from being open 24 hours a day to a more standard business schedule, the fund also suffered. The limited schedule forces stu dent victims who are attacked after hours to seek care in emergency rooms where costs are higher, Manning said. More victims resort to this option, as the likelihood of being assaulted is higher at night, when Student Health is closed, Manning said. Diane Kjervik, director of the Carolina Women’s Center, said it is critical for the campus to support women who have been victims of 62 Chick of jazz 63 Idyllic gardens 64 Director Craven 65 Lugged DOWN 1 Tropical cuckoos 2 Oppose 3 Opposed to, in Dogpatch 4 Foot: suff. 5 Soap-opera hunk, say 6 Wine choice 7 Wedding vow 8 Sole cleaner 9 Concocts fraudulently 10 Spirited vigor 11 Absorbed 12 Eight: pref. 13 Restaurateur Toots 18 Dunkable treats 19 Actress Harlow 23 Singer Carmen 24 Cotton separator 25 Hood's pistol 26 Aqua and motor end ings 27 Ken and Lena 28 Wife of Balder 29 Biblical peak 30 Like some kitchens 31 Narrow strip 35 Takes five 37 Bald 38 Danish seaport 40 Guided-projectile defense: abbr. 41 Spider's lair 3 STT|MF“ 7 10 11 12 13 ” jl§r~ ~~Br r ” T? 18 ■ p M2l ■■p 24 25 ■■■■ 20 z/ 28 3O 31 32 "THp” ”"T|Erps "™ 36 39 """j”” 41 42 “TBBIT” ” wmrr 46 ■■46 < ~~VIbU HHH|S2~ 54 55 56 |57 58 59 sc K HP !rl M Wr\ l l THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2004 sexual assault. “You have to have the supports in place,” she said. “I hope that the system can replenish the supply.” Menaka Kalaskar, chairwoman of Women’s Affairs Committee, said members are examining how the Campus Safety and Security fee now is allocated to see if more of it can be used to support the Victims’ Assistance Fund. “We’re going to look at where (the money) is sitting, and if it’s sitting in fimds that aren’t being used, we’ll see what we can do to get more of the money,” Kalaskar said. If the committee cain’t obtain student fees to keep the fund run ning, it will have to turn to dona tions, which supported the fund when it was created during the late 1980s, Manning said. “If we have to, we’ll go back to that,” she said. “We like having student fees because it’s steady. ... The ulti mate goal is to make sure we have enough money to pay for everybody who needs it.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. (C)2004 Tribune Media Services. Inc. All rights reserved. 42 Vain folk 46 Gloomy 47 American Revolution precursor 48 Poisonous substance 49 upon a time... 50 Turnpike, e.g. 51 Ancient Persian 53 Miniature race car 54 Skedaddle 55 Attired 57 Crow's cry 58 Rage 59 Also 9
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