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EASLEY
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General Roy Cooper said his second
term, like his first, would be dedicat
ed to enhancing the abilities of law
enforcement to solve crimes.
“I’m going to continue my work
to improve DNA technology and
forensics,” he said.
Easley spent much of his
first term fulfilling promises to
improve K-12 education. His
More at Four program was a suc
cess, though his push for a state
lottery failed. Easley probably
will renew his call for a lottery to
fund education.
Easley rarely strayed from the
topics of education and opportunity
during his speech, but he did touch
on the state’s budget situation.
CELEBRATION
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ing at First Baptist Church on
North Roberson Street.
At 11 a.m., the group filled the
church with many county and town
dignitaries in attendance. Local
NAACP members and clergy from
many congregations also attended.
The Airport Road renaming was
a key focus of the service.
In his service address, Chapel Hill
Mayor Kevin Foy’s statement of the
Town Council’s renaming decision
was met with a standing ovation.
“It’s not just any old road, it’s a
road that stretches from the edge of
our town all the way into the heart
of our town,” Foy said.
Keynote speaker William Barber
centered his sermon on the symbol
ism of road-building as a metaphor
for making changes.
“Chapel Hill may have just
become a symbol for this nation,”
Barber said. “Challenge the cur
rent course. Begin building in new
ways. Build a road.”
Many involved in the march and
service said the renaming issue
brought a renewed energy to King’s
importance to the community.
“The community is much more
engaged today than they were a
year ago,” said Carrboro Mayor
Mike Nelson.
Council member Sally Greene
added that the tapestry of roads
named in King’s honor through
out the country serve as a national
monument to him and the legacy of
CAMPAIGN
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signatures.
“We’re rolling and we’re hav
ing an absolute blast,” said Seth
Dearmin, a candidate for student
body president. After giving sheets
to an indeterminate number of
personal connections, Dearmin
and his followers staked out “high
traffic” areas on campus to obtain
signatures.
Seke Ballard, also running for
student body president, set up 10
signature-gatherers at the ticket
distribution Saturday morning.
Each supporter was assigned to
approach 200 students in the line,
and Ballard said the campaign stop
granted him 550 signatures, a sub
stantial chunk of the 1,300 he had
garnered as of Monday.
“I’m absolutely excited. I have
a lot of good and incredibly intel
ligent people working for me,”
Ballard said. “They kind of make
me overconfident.”
Organizational strategies dif
fer from candidate to candidate.
Ballard said he is happy with his
tightly knit group of 40 to 50 stu
dents.
Hayes Holderness, a candi
date for CAA president, said he
is pleased with the growth of his
loosely organized team of 10 core
supporters.
While every candidate desires
the cushion of extra signatures to
cover the risk of invalid names,
stressing about the total is not a
part of student body president can
didate Leigha Blackwell’s strategy.
“We’re not in a big push,”
Blackwell said. She held a meeting
Thursday night to distribute signa
tures forms to about 50 people.
“I think we’re well on our way to
the 800,” Blackwell said, noting her
presence at ticket distribution and
Greek houses this weekend.
Tom Jensen, the fourth candi
date for student body president,
said he had gathered 1,000 signa
tures by Friday’s end.
Jensen deployed 30 aides at 7
a.m. Friday to work two- to three
hour shifts and has a following of
about 40 students whose collective
goal was to garner another 1,000
names by Sunday night.
As of 1 p.m. Monday, Jensen’s
supporters had halfway secured the
second leg of their aim with 1,500
total signatures.
“My campaign staff has just put
in so many hours,” Jensen said. “I
knew they would be good, but I
didn’t know they’d be this good.”
Jensen, far exceeding the 800-
signature requirement, decided
Monday to call off further dorm
storming events, saying his staff hit
every residence hall Sunday night.
“I’d rather not bother people
more than it’s necessary.”
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“We must demand continued
fiscal discipline that mandates effi
ciency,” he said. “And the priority
of every investment must promote
our greatest asset: our people.”
The budget outlook is grim at
best, and lawmakers likely will work
with Easley after they convene Jan.
26 to examine revenue-building
options that include taxes.
Easley might be open to new
tactics, given the “think-outside-of
the-box” mentality of his speech.
“For those who stubbornly cling
to the past will fail and those who
courageously reach for the future
will succeed,” he said.
Easley’s address was followed by
a 19-gun salute, and honored guest
Andy Griffith read a poem titled
“The Bridge Builder.” The clos
ing prayer, led by Bishop George
his message. “King is a great inspi
rational leader, and we’ve come to
understand that more in the past
year,” Greene said.
Barber also spoke of building
a road of change that goes past
the White House and the United
Nations to spread King’s message of
nonviolence at home and abroad.
“We must speak truth to power,”
he said, reminding the crowd that
King was not just a civil rights leader,
but a speaker for workers’ rights.
Michelle Laws, an NAACP mem
ber and speaker, said she thought
the energy of the community had
been reinvigorated by the recent
attention on King.
“Our government will continue to
do the things they’re doing... unless
we are the force that counteracts,”
Laws said. “We need everyone to
continue to work together across
geographic and racial lines.”
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Battle Jr., was punctuated by a
military fly-over.
In commenting on the N.C.
military personnel serving abroad,
Easley once again emphasized edu
cation as central to validating their
efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“As they endure great hard
ship in our name, it is our solemn
responsibility to be worthy of their
sacrifice,” he said. “We have an
obligation to prepare for them and
their families educational oppor
tunity that ensures our economic
security here at home.”
“(The fight for American values)
is in every school, every university
and every research facility in the
nation.”
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BUDGET
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Thursday’s planning retreat was
just the beginning in working toward
a formal budget, which Horton typi
cally proposes in May.
Foy and Horton agreed that the
challenge now is to develop the most
efficient budget model and to inform
citizens of the budget challenges.
“We want citizens to look at the
budget and understand it,” Foy said.
Horton said this year’s budget
presents unique challenges that the
council wants to face with caution.
The council will hold a public
forum Jan. 26 to receive citizen com
ments and set budget goals.
Horton said he hopes to finalize
an agreement with MAXIMUS this
week. The firm would work with the
citizen committee and eventually
report to the council April 11.
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KING
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you like Douglass or are you like
Ellison? Do you use your knowl
edge to instruct or destruct?”
The SSO runner-up prize went to
Amy Perry who presented a short
story about an African-American
woman’s struggle for identity and
acceptance.
Other points mentioned includ
ed the number of black men in
prisons and the state of education.
“It makes no sense that there are
more (black) men in prison than in
college,” said sophomore Ebonie
Leonard in her speech.
Organizers planned enough seat
ing for 80 people, but it soon became
apparent that they needed more.
Michelle Greene, president of
the hosting sorority, estimated the
attendance at about 140 people. “It
is great to have so many (students),
especially with the day off/ she said.
Many students said they were
impressed with the speakers.
Akeisha Sanders, a junior clini
cal and laboratory science major,
said the oratory contest was infor
mative. “I’ll definitely remember
the major points,” she said.
T.J. Abrams, a senior in the
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity Inc.,
said the speeches were powerful
and made valuable points.
He noted that although the
nation has made great strides as
a whole in addressing race rela
tions, there are still areas that
require drastic improvement.
Abrams said that when he traveled
to Mississippi, he thought he was
going back in time.
“We continue to face new chal
lenges,” he said. “We need new
strategies to fight these issues.”
The contest was one in a week
long series of events held to cele-
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Danny Fu carries wood for a stair building project in Battle Park on Monday
morning as part of a service day to honor of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
brate Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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al day for service Monday. Students
split up and worked on several ser
vice projects in memory of King’s
service to his community.
Students participated in a vari
ety of activities ranging from clean
ing up around campus to visiting
elderly communities.
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