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VOLUME 112, ISSUE 115 Formal talks rejected COUNCIL REQUESTS PUBLIC FORUM ON UNIVERSITY ZONING BY TANNER SUVDEN STAFF WRITER The Chapel Hill Town Council rejected Monday the possibility of meeting with the University about proposed changes to the zoning dis trict that governs UNC. The Office/Institutional-4 zon ing district was created for the University in 2001 to guide con struction on large tracts of land on the main campus and related sites. Town Manager Cal Horton’s proposal would have created a £9gj| 8 * ' |f' HHHB Ih| * n% n --■ H . wllWffr I BaaHr mPT i■& IMI tr*” ‘ ' -£ "•■. mu y 1 * is siifflaMr - v^? 4 * £r >* xffi - w -/ '■■■'."/.•’■■ |K .jj jBH ' WM ** Y"' JfIHA ; YY^Y,.AYY? ; ' ‘" YY ■ffßh^3S3B^L'"'/ f JHH H| ''' /. *■ - * -I (B®w*v^v* i sfp§MF* •jpisfr..-':. .... A: ..v |l||k ...^WY Nearly 80 students attend “The Real Thanksgiving: The Past, Present and Future of Native Americans,” a dinner catered by Boston Market, Monday night in Connor Residence Hall. This is the second year for the event, which was co-sponsored by the Carolina “Almost any voting system that you have, there is potential tampering, ” verla insko, N.C. REPRESENTATIVE Task force to look at voting machines BYCARLYTRICHE STAFF WRITER Memory shortages in electronic voting machines have been blamed in the loss of more than 4,000 votes in Carteret County on Election Day, possibly altering the outcome of two Council of State races. Now, officials are ready to crack down on the problems presented by electronic voting. Legislators created a committee Friday to assess these machines. “The purpose is to ensure voter confidence in the system,” said Rep. Verla Insko, D-Orange. The Joint Select Committee on Electronic Voting Systems com prises 13 members from both the Doulas integral to Womens Hospital BY LINDA SHEN ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR The curving lobby of UNC Hospitals is a sheer face of windows, and on a bright day, the carpets are striped white from the sun. Lois Ballen’s office is on the fifth floor of the Women’s Hospital, where the walls are painted soothing, matte colors, and the doorplates are gold and pink. From behind a set of locked, limited-access doors, she is the program manager of UNC Birth Partners, a volunteer, hospi tal-based doula program. “A doula is a nonmedical care pro vider who offers emotional and physical comfort measures, along with helping families find information and finding a good position for birth,” explained Debbie Young, director of publications for Doulas of North America. Ballen, a registered nurse, has spent ONLINE ■ Federal government ups debt limit ■ Students to donate books to Africa ■ State organizations recognize schools Serving the students and the University community since 1893 ®bc lathi <3ar Ilrrl four-member council committee to hold public meetings and to discuss eight proposed changes to 01-4 with a University committee. But the council and town resi dents asked Monday for a more open and less formal public forum to discuss the proposed procedural changes to the zoning district. “We have used this format when talking to the University about big problems,” said council member Bill Strom. “We don’t need some thinglike the Paris Peace talk-style FEAST WEEK state and local levels. “(This committee), of course, has subpoena power,” said House Co-speaker Richard Morgan, R- Moore. He said it would be stron ger than similar groups in the past, with diverse members who can offer a wide range of input. The committee will meet Dec. 12 to start developing suggestions about how to improve the contro versial voting system. Many committee members seem to think a paper ballot in addition to the machines would help clear up a lot of confusion and prevent votes from being lost. “It just means that there would be a paper trail of some kind,” years seeing women come in for deliv eries unaccompanied, unprepared or sometimes both. “Women come in with the people they choose to help them, but they know nothing about birth —and labor can be scary” she said. Ballen says that most women bring family members who are no more comfortable or knowledgeable about birth than themselves. “They see their loved one in pain or with weird behavior, and people freak out” So far this year, 118 babies and their families have received a little extra help from BirthPartners’ staff of volunteer doulas. Young said doulas run the gamut of service, meeting patients prenatally, staying through the birth and working with mothers post-partum. “It is the continuous care that makes ■ Group hosts Thanksgiving discussion To read these stories and others, visit the DTH's Web site at dthonline.com. www.dlhonline.coxn format to discuss this issue. We need to have more of a conversa tion between the whole town and the University.” Council member Cam Hill agreed, adding that the proposed changes are minor and that the type of meeting that Horton advo cated should be saved for issues that require more time and energy. Meetings could resemble the informational public forums held earlier this month about redevelop ing parking lots 2 and 5, Hill said. DTH/MIRANDA HAPPLE Indian Circle. This year’s event focused on the true meaning of Thanksgiving as opposed to myths. Margaret O’Shaughnessey, professor of English, gave a speech highlighting the origins of Thanksgiving traditions. To read the complete story, visit www.dthonline.com. Insko said. Under this system, when a vote is cast electronically, a paper ballot also would be printed. The voter could then review the paper ballot to verify that the vote is correct If the paper ballot is not correct, the person would be able to vote again. “There’s now no paper trail,” said Sen. Austin Allran, R-Catawba. “If a machine has malfunctioned ... there’s no backup.” Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, D-Orange, said the committee will look to avoid all possible problems that might occur with the machines. “We’re going to start with an over view of the systems in the state.” the doulas work so well.” Most of the country’s doulas are in pri vate practice, but Birth Partners matches women with doulas when they arrive at the hospital in labor. Ballen explained that women receive doula care in situations based on avail ability, risk or isolation during delivery. Unlike the flurry of latex-gloved doctors and nurses checking vitals and measuring progress, the doula is focused solely on the woman in labor, answering her questions, helping her breathe and running interference with concerned family members. Ballen said the benefits of having a doula aren’t restricted to a calmer wait ing room. “(Women who have doulas) use less pain medicine because they don’t seem to need it,” she remarked, grinning. SEE DOULAS, PAGE 4 Horton’s proposal also was criti cized because some, including town resident Laurin Easthom, said there was a lack of citizen involvement. “I hope the council decides to use citizens at the meetings,” Easthom told the council. Council member Mark Kleinschmidt said that even though the proposed summit-style meeting could create discussion between the council and the University, it SEE ZONING, PAGE 4 She said similar problems have occurred during the past three state and federal elections, in 2000, 2002 and 2004. “We also want to hear from experts (on voting machines).” Kinnaird said intentional tam pering with the machines is a problem that can be solved with the help of experts. “Almost any voting system that you have there is potential tam pering,” Insko said. But more importantly, acciden tal malfunctions like the incident in Carteret County can be fixed. “I think the issues are unin- SEE VOTING, PAGE 4 DTH/LIRYS CULLINAN Natalie Stevens (left), a volunteer doula at UNC Hospitals, works with Michelle Willis, who is expecting a daughter Monday afternoon. Doulas like Stevens assist women in childbirth. INSIDE FIRST EDITION Chapel Hill's library named tops in North Carolina, wins props from Town Council members PAGE 2 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2004 Reed selects deputy for tech services East will facilitate overhaul of ITS BY JOSEPH R. SCHWARTZ ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR As Information Technology Services enters the second month of an expansive reorganization, a new face has joined the depart ment’s helm. George Washington University technology administrator Robyn East will serve as the University’s first deputy chief information offi cer, effective Dec. 28. Dan Reed, the University’s CIO and vice chancellor for informa tion technology, announced East’s appointment during an ITS staff meeting Monday afternoon. “She was someone who had strong support from all quarters,” Reed said Monday evening. East now holds the post of an executive director in the information systems and services department at George Washington University. When Reed stepped into his position last June, the deputy CIO position was created to help him oversee information technology at the University. Reed also directs the Institute for Renaissance Computing, a joint effort with Duke University and N.C. State University, and serves on President Bush’s Information Technology Advisory Committee. “He has multiple commitments on campus and in national orga nizations,” said Megan Bell, acting assistant vice chancellor of com munications for ITS. “He’s got a lot of hats to wear, and that’s one of the reasons why the deputy CIO was created.” Officials began searching for System schools examine tuition Past concerns again rear their head BY ERIC JOHNSON STAFF WRITER As widely expected, the over whelming majority of UNC-system schools are readying proposals for campus-based tuition increases for the 2005-06 academic year. Mark Lanier, special assis tant to the chancellor at UNC- Wilmington, summed up the mood of campus administrators across the system. “I completely understand the reluctance to increase tuition,” he said. “No one wants to increase tuition, but we find that in order to provide the kind of quality that our students expect —and that we want to offer campus-based increases are a source that we reluctantly have to go to.” At almost all of the system’s 16 campuses, tuition task forces and WEATHER TODAY Showers, H 64, L 56 WEDNESDAY T-storms, H 73, L 60 THURSDAY Partly cloudy, H 64, L 35 Deputy CIO Robyn East will lead the most important changes at ITS since the group was created seven years ago. someone to fill the newly created position as soon as Reed began his tenure as vice chancellor. The application process, which closed Aug. 27, produced nearly 175 contenders. A search commit tee sifted through the field, set ting aside four finalists who were interviewed by both Reed and the committee. “Everyone who talked to (East) thought she would make a differ ence,” Reed said. The post will give her ample opportunity to make an impact. “The role of the deputy CIO is ... to do the day-to-day management, to do all the day-to-day work with all the assistant vice chancellors and operations,” Bell said. “Dr. Reed’s role is really one of strategy and vision.” East won’t have much time to unpack her boxes as she arrives in the midst of what some say is the largest change to ITS since its cre ation seven years ago. A complete information tech nology reorganization, aimed to increase flexibility and community responsiveness, kicked off Oct 1. The move condensed Academic Technology & Networks and Administrative Information SEE EAST, PAGE 4 boards of trustees have been meet ing to craft proposals that focus on funding for classroom needs. Most schools have yet to final ize the amount of their proposed increases, and the system’s Board of Governors is expected to issue guidance on that subject sometime before its January meeting. The board expects tuition pro posals from system schools starting in January and will likely continue debating through March. Last year, the BOG accepted requests of up to S3OO, ultimately allowing a $250 hike for N.C. State University and UNC-Chapel Hill and an increase of $225 at 13 other schools. The board directed that the additional funds be earmarked SEE SYSTEM TUITION, PAGE 4 ' * i* 4 t
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