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Nursing graduate to be
remembered with fund
BY ALEX ROBINSON
STAFF WRITER
Katherine Wilson, an inspira
tional and dedicated graduate of
the UNC School of Nursing, died
Feb. 16 after a 4 1/2-year battle
with cancer. She was 28.
Now the University community
is mounting a fund-raising effort to
ensure her name is not forgotten.
Wilson entered nursing school
in 1999 and was slated to gradu
ate in 2001. Several months after
joining school, she was diagnosed
with small cell lung cancer, a rare
form of the disease usually found in
50-year-olds. Wilson is the young
est person on the East Coast to be
diagnosed with the condition.
“She was undaunted,” said
Norma Hawthorne, director of
advancement at the nursing school.
“She had this extraordinary desire
to become a nurse.”
When chemotherapy and radia
tion started to deteriorate Wilsons
eyesight, her mother read her text
books into a recorder so she could
continue to study, Hawthorne said.
While in nursing school, Wilson
organized a campuswide bone mar
row drive and advocated for a cancer
LICENSING
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would stop licensees from increasing
production of UNC goods in coun
tries like China, where the govern
ment prohibits labor organizations.
“In China, it’s illegal to have an
independent labor union,” Stratton
said. “These unions are the only way
for workers in garment factories to
have a voice in the workplace.”
Stratton’s proposal also suggests
that licensees publicly disclose the
volume of UNC goods produced in
each factory.
She said this stipulation would
allow the University to monitor
whether companies are shifting
the manufacture of UNC apparel
to locations deemed off-limits.
The committee expressed sat
isfaction with the general spirit
of Stratton’s ideas and decided to
spend additional time exploring all
of the angles of any new policy.
SPINOFFS
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ness. “It’s more work for me that I
hope is going to pay off in the long
run.”
When the Carrboro Board of
Aldermen discussed what type of
businesses best benefit the com
munity at its February planning
retreat, high-tech spinoffs such as
Duncan’s emerged as a favorite.
These businesses saw broad
approval because the University
provides many tech-sawy would
be entrepreneurs.
Technological endeavors also
tend not to endanger existing busi
nesses in the area.
“We’re not going to support
something that hurts somebody
else’s business,” Harris said.
Many tech businesses also fit
existing local office spaces, requir
ing only minor adaptations for
machinery, such as extra cooling
for computer systems.
Harris said Duncan’s firm is the
quintessential business Carrboro is
looking to attract.
“They don’t have any byproducts
that are negative,” he said.
One of Duncan’s programs, a
microscope simulator, emerged
about three years ago from a science
education project he was working on
at the University.
Because he developed the simula
tor while working for UNC, Duncan
does not own the rights to the pro
gram. Instead, he pays the University
a small fee for each program sold.
What he does own are the virtual
slides recordings of what he sees
under his research-quality micro
scopes. He digitizes these images
for use with the program.
His company markets these
slides, packaged with the simula
tor program. Science Learning
Resources has sold only a handful
of these packages, which retail for
just under SIOO each though
there are bulk rates available.
Yet Duncan remains hopeful that
business will improve, as his prod
ucts recently appeared in the cata
logue of Carolina Biological Supply,
one of the largest suppliers of class
room biology materials nationwide.
As Duncan builds his business,
Carrboro continues to try to attract
new ventures by touting advantages
such as its loan program.
Duncan said it was only through
the town’s support that he was able
to realize his business aspirations.
“I felt very supported. This kind
of high-tech business is what they
wanted to promote,” he said.
“To form the business, buy equip
ment, I needed the town’s support
for that.”
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hospital to be constructed in Chapel
Hill. Wilson graduated as a member
of Sigma Theta Tau, a national nurs
ing honor society, in May 2004.
Wilson, a Morganton native,
showed her determination to succeed
from a young age. While in middle
school, she was the first girl to play
on an all-boys soccer team when no
teams were available for girls.
Six weeks before Wilson died,
several friends decided to establish
a scholarship in her honor for an
undergraduate nursing student.
“She was ecstatic that she would
be able to live on and have an impact,
even after she passed, through the
scholarship,” Hawthorne said.
UNC requires a minimum of
$50,000 to create a scholarship.
Wilson’s friends hope to raise
SIOO,OOO and have collected about
$45,000 so far. There will be a
silent auction and benefit tonight
at Virginia Wesleyan College in
Norfolk, Va., to raise more funds.
The event will include a basket
ball signed by members of the UNC
men’s basketball team and Coach
Roy Williams and one signed by
former coaches Dean Smith and
Bill Guthridge.
But the committee also said
immediate action is needed.
Derek Lochbaum, committee
co-chairman, decided that,he
and Stratton would represent the
University in a conference call
with other universities and Nike.
University officials will try to
persuade Nike to pressure its
Korean supplier of baseball caps,
Yupoong, to comply with workers’
rights and labor code initiatives.
Officials said they will request
that Yupoong follow through
with a 10 percent wage increase
it promised to workers at the
BJ&B Factory in the Dominican
Republic.
The committee also tackled the
question of whether to reaffiliate
with the Fair Labor Association
and Worker Rights Consortium,
two groups that monitor interna
tional labor issues.
In a 6-2 vote, the committee
decided to maintain ties to both
organizations, noting that they
complement each other nicely.
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“To witness the effort that everyone
has gone through for this scholarship
has been a tremendous experience,”
said Chuck Williams, co-chairman
of Hampton Roads Carolina Club,
which is co-sponsoring the auction.
“We hope this fund-raiser helps us
reach the goal of $100,000.”
Hawthorne will make a portfolio
of Wilson’s life to loan to students
who benefit from the scholarship.
The book will include stories about
her, how people met her and how
she touched others’ lives.
“I hope that students who receive
that money will spend a little time
getting to know Katherine and
how she felt so that they will carry
some of her values into their prac
tice,” said Beverly Foster, director
of undergraduate programs at the
nursing school.
Wilson is survived by her par
ents, John D. and Anne Wilson
of Morganton; and two brothers,
Fletcher and J.D. Jr. of Chapel Hill.
To donate money in Wilson’s
name, visit http://www.alumni.
unc.edu/katherinewilson.
Contact the University Editor
at udesk@unc.edu.
DEBT
FROM PAGE 3
Carolina’s standing.
“North Carolina is rated AAA,
which is our highest credit rating,”
said Robin Prunty, public finance
analyst for Standard & Poor’s. “It
is one of 10 states that has the AAA
rating.”
A credit analysis involves exami
nation of the state’s economy, debt
profile, financial factors and overall
management, Prunty said.
The borrowing of an additional
$206 million should not change the
state’s rating, she said, because the
amount is fairly modest when com
pared to the total outstanding debt.
But positive assessments such as
this one offer little reassurance for
the two Council of State members
who opposed the latest borrowing.
Berry said she is worried that
paying the state’s debt could involve
raising taxes or cutting programs.
“All departments of the state
government could be affected.”
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Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.
Nightclub debuts downtown
BY MEREDITH LEE MILLER
ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR
In a town where thousands of
college students can’t wait until
Thursday night to head downtown,
anew nightclub hopes to provide
competition for more established
destinations.
Club Kryptonite will have its
grand opening March 24 in a space
that has dealt with the same turn
over as the rest of downtown and
played host to several clubs.
The club’s 136 Rosemary St.
location was the former home of
Club Element and Club NV.
But co-owner Richard Parris,
the former owner of the West End
Martini Bar, said he is not discour
aged by the location’s past business
failures.
“I’m concerned with what I can
do,” he said. “The location is good;
you just have to know what you are
doing.”
Owners say the new night spot
offers something unique that will
appeal to a range of consumers
those looking for a high-energy
dance club and those looking for a
cool, upscale environment to talk
and share drinks.
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The club portion —with its
space-like, modern decor and
green lights opened its doors
Saturday night, and owners said
they reached full capacity.
Popular music and the 18-and
up admission will likely appeal to
students, they say.
The membership club will also
enforce a strict dress code, which
includes no athletic apparel or ban
danas. Problems with dress codes
sparked disputes last summer at
several late-night venues.
A separate lounge area, called
Bedz of Kryptonite, is expected to
open Saturday.
The lounge is filled with beds
available to rent, much like the
New York City hot spot featured in
HBO’s “Sex and the City.”
European techno music and
extensive martini and wine offer
ings will compliment the laid-back
atmosphere, which owners hope
will appeal to young professionals.
“It’s something different then
what you are going to find on
Franklin Street,” Parris said.
A unique niche might be key to
the new business’ survival.
Dan Markscheid, a co-owner of
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years of experience in the nightclub
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the summer, which could make it
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see a drop-off in business during
the summer, but he is optimistic
about the club’s potential to attract
customers.
“We’re really excited,” said Viggy
Struna, a co-owner.
“There are a lot of good people
around here.”
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