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VOLUME 113, ISSUE 49 Lawmakers prepare for budget debates BY STEPHEN MOORE STAFF WRITER The stage is set in Raleigh for what could become a very long summer. After months of number crunching and heated debate, the N.C. House present ed its budget proposal to the Senate last Thursday. But the conclusion only created anew beginning. On Monday the Senate voted unani mously 43-0 against the proposal. The legislation now will move into a committee comprising members of both SEE HOUSE BUDGET, PAGE 4 .TIH : s j I : jgp B : ■ ' . '/v: ,mW I § liiw fHHBP Wj, . 4 .4gH SIP *|ay £ijF W lib- - ; '4H | JIJByBOjRL. .* v '"■? - Til 6 ''' ||j|& ■ -iv-K -’ ■'.. t -\ . *+•***’ " f •’; i " -'••f'l ’^hShL i , ' $ •';- *- - ~ ' y. ammy Aenion, right, and Ted Williams, both hailing from Hillsborough, scramble to prepare barbecue sandwiches Saturday at the 23rd annual Hog Day festival in Hillsborough, which was held Friday and Saturday. “It’s been hot all day,” said Aenion. Hog Day, Hillsborough s largest festival, is sponsored by the Hillsborough/Orange STORES FACE RENOVATION Could see outdoor veranda, escalator BY JOSEPH R. SCHWARTZ UNIVERSITY EDITOR With months of planning already in their rearview mirror, today University planners will take the next step in revitalizing Student Stores. At least six contractors are expected to submit bids to reno vate the facility, a project with about a $7 million budget. What started as an update to infrastructure and utilities soon became a large-scale upgrade. After planners realized the mas sive scope of their initial plans, the project ballooned. “We decided we might as well go ahead and see what we can do to make the sales area nicer and the shopping experiences bet ter,” said John Jones, director of Student Stores. Once completed, the build ing will feature a South Road entrance, increased floor space and anew glass viewing area. Jones said the project, sched uled to begin in August, will have UNIVERSITY HEALTH CRISIS The Minority Health Project hosted a panel discussion about racial disparities in health coverage. PAGE 2 WEEKLY SUMMER ISSI I ohr iailu Olar Hrrl Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Several key differences emerge in budgets The House budget, released May 17 has several notable disparities from the May 5 Senate budget. Legislators appointed a joint committee to find a compromise. [” FOR THE RECORD | total general fund *. _ „ „ _ ___ appropriations $17,112,251,894 $16,957,472,231 approximate percentage n cut from unc system 2 percent 1 percent cut sl3 million from V r<- / .._ vocational education? Tti NU ft lottery included Mn y vcc / in budget? NU A Ytb J removed 65,000 aged mo vcc blind and disabled people? * u DTH/JENNIFER ALLIET jji j j - r i Mi)j ij j • ; HBBiillittil | i . , ... COURTESY OF JOHN JONES An artist s conceptual drawing demonstrates key points in the planned renovations to Student Stores. a huge impact. “I think we’ll see significant growth in textbook sales and school-supplies sales and in cloth ing and gift sales”he said. He estimated that the renovated facility could yield an additional $1 million a year in revenue, all of which will fund student scholar www.dthonline.coxn DOWN HOME COOKIN’ DTH/ISAAC SANDLIN County Chamber of Commerce and has drawn as many as 35,000 people to the town. The event revolves around barbecued pork, but live pigs are present for the “Pig Hollerin’” contest and other activities. Pork culinary masters also can enter their barbeque into contests. MSN.com recently named Hog Day one of America’s top 10 summer destinations of 2005. ships and aid. But while Jones is excited about the construction, he stressed the importance of the bid process. “We need a contractor who will be able to follow the schedule who will stay on target because we’ve designed the remodel around our major book rush periods,” he Tuition autonomy provision omitted from House budget BY STEPHEN MOORE STAFF WRITER As UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State INSIDE Legislators deny residency for full-ride scholars PAGE 4 original Senate version of the state budget would allow both to set their own tuition practices. But the House budget, which was pre- said. Operating the store efficiently in the midst of a 16-month project could prove challenging. That obstacle separates the renovation from other campus construction efforts, said Carole SEE RENOVATION, PAGE 4 SPORTS LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Former UNC basketball players wait in anticipation as they prepare for next week's NBA Draft. PAGE 7 sented to the Seriate last week, excluded tuition autonomy from its plans. With the voting down of the House budget by the Senate on Monday, the two now bodies will have to work together to achieve a final draft. The provision would bypass the UNC system Board of Governors and its ability to oversee the two universities’ tuitions. Rep. Douglas Yongue, D-Scotland, said tuition should remain the charge of the BOG, not the universities. SEE TUITION, PAGE 4 University continue to grow in size and abil ity, many legislators are looking to further increase the power of each institution. A provision in the Candidates set for gubernatorial race BY JOSEPH R. SCHWARTZ STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR Less than eight months after Gov. Mike Easley secured four more years in the governor’s man sion, candidates are already lining up out the door to replace him. Rep. Bill Faison, D-Orange, said this week that he’s consider ing adding his name to a pool that includes several of the state’s most prominent politicians. Some of them, like Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue, have already start ed hiring a campaign staff. “We’re in an era of course when campaigning takes place all the time, so it’s hard to tell when a governor’s race or a sen ator’s race begins and ends,” said Ferrel Guillory, director of UNC’s Program on Southern Politics, Media and Public Life. “Clearly there are folks in both parties who have begun looking beyond the Easley years.” Along with Faison and Perdue, Attorney General Roy Cooper and State Treasurer Richard Moore also are said to be mounting runs. As relatively young, moderate WEATHER v- TODAY sunny, H 84, L 59 FRIDAY Partly Cloudy, H 87, L 66 *' Vr SATURDAY TStorms, H 84, L 63 THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2005 DEDC taps new executive director Parham to assume role at the end of July BY BRIANNA BISHOP CITY EDITOR A Chapel Hill native soon will be returning home to bring new direc tion to the ever-changing downtown atmosphere. Elizabeth Parham, a 1981 gradu ate of Chapel Hill High School, recently was selected as the execu tive director for the Chapel Hill Downtown Economic Development Corporation. “It’s actually my hometown, so this was a great opportunity for me to use the skills I’ve learned over the last 20 years or so and, so to speak, bring it back home,” Parham said. After several months of searching and accepting applications, corpora tion chairwoman Andrea Rohrbacher said members selected Parham because of her previous accomplish ments as well as her presentation to the board of directors. “We just very much liked her style,” Rohrbacher said. More than 70 candidates applied for the position. Nick Didow, a UNC professor, held the position in the interim. Parham has worked for more than 20 years on downtown revitalization. For the past 11 years she has served as the executive director of Uptown SEE DEDC, PAGE 4 to-progressive, emerging leaders, each fits the mold of the traditional successful candidate for the post, Guillory said. On the Republican side, Fred Smith of Johnston County and Robert Pittenger of Mecklenberg County are assembling resources. “They are rivals to put it lightly, and they are already on the air essen tially,” said John Hood, president of the John Locke Foundation. The state hasn’t seen a Republican governor since Rep. Bill Faison, D-Orange, might enter the race for governor in 2008. 1994. “They’re really going to be hun gry for it,” Hood said. “However, they’re going to probably face a Democratic nominee who is at least SEE GOVERNOR, PAGE 4
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