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4 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2005 ACCIDENT FROM PAGE 1 happened,” he said. “At this point we don’t have any reason to believe that there was anything unsafe.” Heather Crews, public informa tion officer at the N.C. Department of Labor, said construction worker deaths make up a large number of workplace fatalities in the state. The Occupational Safety and Health Act passed by Congress in 1970 ensures that workers are pro vided a place of employment free from safety and health hazards. The University and its contrac tors are working in cooperation with these laws, labor department officials say. Ed Short, UNC’s deputy man ager of facilities management, said the University is being proactive to ensure that these incidents do not occur again. In response to the deaths, facili ties management officials are host ing a safety stand down Monday, where all contractors, subcontrac tors and vendors will stop work from 11 a.m. to noon and partici pate in safety meetings. The meetings are intended to raise awareness of safety and to make sure that everyone is following contract guidelines, Runberg said. “We are constantly striving to have the employees of these com panies work safely.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. The art of a guilt free treat! 10 calories per ounce Remarkable flavors Affordable prices Downtown Chapel Hill HOURS: .jjj. 106 W. Franklin St (Next to He's Not Here) M-Sat 11 :30am-11 :30pm Ck Ilf J) 919-942-PUMP Sun 12XX>-11:30pm ■ pUflflp wwwtyogurtpump.com FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 23 BPM MEMORIAL HALL, CHAPEL HILL of Am, wow I m - WtF His ambitious ulabnrate often hypnotic I soundscapes have been as mud then ECLECTIC IMAGINATION H as for their post-modern intellectualism l ll'jl 919.843.3333 | ROBERTS FROM PAGE 1 Ward said the White House got what it wanted with Roberts an easily confirmable nominee. “He’s a slam dunk, a home run,” he said. Roberts was nominated and will be confirmed because he is well-qualified, affable and non controversial, he added. Thomas Hansford, professor of political science at the University of South Carolina, said the five Democratic nays in Thursday’s vote showed that there would be opposition to any nominee. Moderate Republicans such as Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., would be concerned only if die next nominee is more conservative than Roberts, he said. Of the eight Democrats on the judiciary committee, the five to cast opposing votes said Roberts’ reservations against expressing his views led them to feel uncomfort able in approving him. “Roberts did a better job of ducking questions gracefully than the others,” Hansford said, refer ring to previous nominees. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said during Thursday’s proceedings that she had several reservations about Roberts, and the confirma tion hearings left her with no clear er idea of the nominee’s views. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., said Roberts did not shed enough light on his views to warrant a vote of support. From Page One “No one is entitled to become chief justice of the United States,” he said. “Nominees must earn their confirmation by providing us with full knowledge of their values and convictions that’ll bring to deci sions that may profoundly affect our progress as a nation toward the ideal of equality.” Roberts’ lack of an extensive paper trail and expressed opinions also could be a problem for the president, Hansford said, because the president will not be com pletely sure where Roberts stands on some issues. “(Roberts is) more confirmable, but less predictable,” he said. Choper and Hansford said Democrats felt strong pressure from advocacy groups to reject the nomination. Ward said senators spent more time grandstanding than investi gating during Roberts’ confirma tion hearings. “The senators missed an oppor tunity in the process,” he said. “They had the chance to really question him on his views.” The only question now, Ward said, is how many approving votes Roberts will receive Monday. Ward said the next nominee will be held up to greater scrutiny because the vacancy for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s seat is considered a potential swing vote. Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. RITA FROM PAGE 1 to speed the city’s evacuation. Despite scenes of seemingly end less traffic jams with Rita’s landfall still almost two days away, officials said the scale of the exodus meant an early start was important. “If the demand is great, you need to provide sufficient time for the infra structure to handle it,” said Andrew Ballard, a research engineer for the Texas Transportation Institute. “... And that’s why the watchword has been: evacuate early.” Ballard said the fact that so many people were leaving Houston —a city 50 miles from the Gulf of Mexico indicates that residents are taking RESOLUTION FROM PAGE 1 Robertson and Morehead scholars, which have been threatened after several years of tuition increases. As tuition rates increase, many scholarship foundations found they could provide for fewer and fewer students. In-state tuition for all students with a free ride will counteract the recent trend. Lucido said the provision will enable the University to devote attention and resources to two important areas: student aid and nonresident students. “One, it expands our scholar ship resources, and two, it allows us to bring in more out-of-state students.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. 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I Buy tickets on-line: www.etlx.com * For Credit Card orders CALL 919-967-9053 1 the storm very seriously. “That’s a good thing, and it’s a result of getting the word out early, and it’s a result of people believing the message,” he said. “That is to some degree a result of the recent Katrina experience being fresh in the minds of the community.” Katrina was all too fresh in the minds of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which spent Thursday racing to reinforce the levees around New Orleans. Even though the threat of a direct hit from Rita seems to have passed for the Big Easy, there are concerns that substantial rainfall CHANGES FROM PAGE 1 talking about issues of diversity,” Rimbach said. Comments often can be uninten tionally offensive, he said. In his State of the University address last week, Chancellor James Moeser spoke about gay and lesbian diversity on campus, but he did not mention bisexual and transgender individuals. Some took issue with the omis sion. “He’s kind of mainstreaming what it means to be queer,” Rimbach said. “I think he left out a lot.” To spark change, UNC officials could include gender identity in the nondiscrimination policy, he said. “I don’t think anything has changed since the hate crime last year,” he said, adding that while Moeser’s presence at last year’s vigil spurred healthy debate, dia logue has seemingly ceased. “On the surface it’s very accept ing,” said Jessica Stewart, GLBTSAs *ss% * , FRIDAY, SEPT. 30 • WALKMEN b ; • > rw.. ' ijp J... . Al Mp v SPPPIpP' ' id mt* 4 py % 1 m $ MONDAY, OCT. 3- ELECTRIC 6 Wg. S * 9 ‘ s?'*^ SATURDAY, OCT. 15 • DEVENDRA BANHART WE ARE ALSO PRESENTING... I ? i I a’/ MI _aaa.-a flw ifjjg jj 1 1 / pbl-ito. i/j-.i/.wn; auikifiW www.catscradle.com P• • BEST li.. -nur.K 18 & overdfclrnlftod. (Uffp Hatty (Ear from the hurricane could once again breach the city’s weakened levees. A mandatory evacuation was in effect for the city. Though Rita was downgraded to a Category 4 hurricane Thursday afternoon, Smith said the distinc tion would matter little to those in the storm’s path. “It’s still a very intense and strong hurricane,” he said. “There is not a lot of difference between a Category 4 and a Category 5 as far the damage it’ll produce.” Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. secretary. “But I think if you go deeper... there a lot of people who don’t get a lot of information.” An interim team has been named to lead the LGBTQ Office, and Winston Crisp, senior associate dean of students, said he hopes a commit tee can begin hunting for a perma nent replacement this semester. ‘We want to go beyond just a place for people to come to, to more of an outreach,” said Crisp, who would like to expand programming. A review of the 2002 LGBTQ climate evaluation report already has begun, officials said. But beyond possibilities of gen der-neutral bathrooms and policy modifications, Rimbach said creat ing an accepting campus will be a long process. “It’s one thing to make policy changes,... but it’s another thing to change the overall social and political climate.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.
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