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POVERTY
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about their experiences will be
launched during Edwards’ speak
ing tour.
The campaign also encourages
students to lobby the government
to take steps toward eliminating
poverty in die United States.
The projects and policies sup
ported by chapters will be individ
ualized to address the needs in the
different communities, Lee said.
“Each chapter has their own
community service program, and
they will focus on the issues they
see fit,” she said.
The first 10 chapters formed are
just the start of things to come, she
said, and the group hopes to expand
as the program gets underway.
Chapter directors were chosen
this summer so they would be
in place in time for the program
launch.
Kirk said organizers hope to see
a lot of students and members of
the community come out to the
kick off and get behind the new
FAIR
FROM PAGE 1
approve many of the rides for
opening day but were working
all weekend with the midway
operator to bring the rest up to
standard.
By Sunday morning, more than
100 rides had passed inspection,
still short of the 120 rides the mid
way operator brought to the fair.
Andrea Ashby, assistant press
director for the state fair press
office, said the Department of
Agriculture would rather have the
rides closed than cut corners on
safety.
“We’re not interested in open
ing rides if they aren’t inspected,”
she said.
Outside of the concern about
ride preparation, the fair has
been generally safe, officials said.
According to the fair’s press office,
there had been no incidents requir
ing police intervention as of Sunday
afternoon.
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“We will really be
digging in arid
starting to do as
much community
service as we can”
JAMIE KIRK, unc chapter director
program.
“We’re hoping for at least 700
people,” Kirk said. “But hopefiilly
it will continue to be a big thing
after tomorrow.”
Kirk said that as of Sunday after
noon about 400 tickets to the UNC
event had been requested.
After Edwards’ speaking tour,
Opportunity Rocks will become a
campus-based organization.
“We will really be digging in and
starting to do as much community
service as we can,” Kirk said. “We
hope to be a long-standing student
organization.”
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Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.
Even with the reduced ride offer
ings, more than 155,000 people
showed up on Friday and Saturday
to enjoy tractor pulls, horse shows
and fiinnel cakes.
“We’re off to a good start,” Ashby
said. “We want to continue that
through the week.”
Friday saw 52,201 people pass
through the fairground gates, with
103,512 doing the same Saturday.
While those numbers are above
the 17-year average for the fair’s
opening weekend, they still are
below last year’s totals of 61,289
and 118,640 for Friday and
Saturday, respectively.
Ashby said the schedule for
Wake County schools might have
had an effect on the attendance
numbers.
“In the past, Wake County
schools have had a work day on
the opening day of the fair, but for
some reason, the work day was on
Thursday instead,” she said.
Many fair vendors noticed the
difference between the opening
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VIOLATIONS
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Beta Theta Pi examine their prac
tices internally.
“They need to be focused on
improving themselves as a chap
ter,” he said.
Anhorn said the process has
been a smooth learning experi
ence for all involved.
“Kenny Thompson, as presi
dent, was very honest and will
ing to work with the sanction,”
he said. “(The fraternity) will
hopefully learn and grow from
the process.”
Anhorn said the UNC chap
ter of Beta Theta Pi, which was
installed at UNC in 1852, had
a clean record for the five years
before the incident.
Pete Knerr, co-chairman of the
Greek Judicial Board, said the
sanctions won’t affect any other
fraternities. The initiation dead
line for the other 20IFC fraterni
ties is Nov. 14.
“As long as our frats are abid
ing by the IFC code of conduct,
“Vm here to have
fun , throw some
softballs at some
bottles and eat
cotton candy”
TODD MCBEE, resident
weekend’s take this year and last.
Patrick Haskins and Jeremy
Ponce worked Saturday at a deep
fried candy bar stand, serving bat
tered Snickers bars and Milky Ways
to hungry patrons.
“It was off-and-on pretty much
all day Friday,” Haskins said. “I
believe we’re making up for it
today, though.”
This is Haskins’ first year at the
fair, but Ponce said business could
be better.
“It definitely isn’t as busy as last
year, but it’s still early,” Ponce said.
Ashby said she is hopeful that
the event ultimately will produce a
strong turnout.
“The fair always starts a little
slow,” she said. “Momentum starts
to build, and hopefully we’ll have a
strong end to the fair.”
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it shouldn’t affect them at all,”
Knerr said. “It’s a good step for
ward. It shows that we take our
selves seriously and are policing
ourselves.”
Merrihew said this is the first
time the judicial board has made
a case decision based on the IFC
Code of Conduct, which was put
in place last year.
Another new tool this year
to combat hazing is the Hazing
Hotline, an anonymous report
system which can be accessed via
the UNC Greek Web site.
Anhorn said the Office of Greek
Affairs has received several tips
this year through the hot line but
that subsequent investigations
have not proved anything of sub
stance.
“We’re not in the business of
shutting down frats,” Anhorn said.
“We just want to stop any nega
tive behavior that’s going on.”
Merrihew said the process has
helped clarify hazing so the IFC
can work to eliminate it.
“Internally we’ve been act
ing for the past several years to
combat this issue,” he said. “The
last few vestiges of hazing are
being drawn out, exposed and
removed.
“With all said and done, we’re
helping to keep our new members
safe.”
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NIH FUNDING
FROM PAGE 1
Considering that NIH funding
growth has leveled off in recent years,
the increase in grants to UNC is a
particular triumph, Juliano said.
“We have to give ourselves a lit
tle pat on the back that we’ve done
well in light of that,” Juliano said.
Robert Blouin, dean of the School
of Pharmacy, said a set period of
increased NIH funding several years
ago temporarily had opened more
grant opportunities, but funding
growth dropped off in recent years.
“The NIH experienced unprec
edented growth in funding seven
years ago that lasted up until about
two years ago,” said Blouin, whose
school received three Roadmap
grants this year.
Blouin said the NIH funding
decrease could be attributed to
other federal budget priorities such
as health care, the war in Iraq and
TAXES
FROM PAGE 1
budget, a 3.8 cent tax would have
raised $1.6 million and corrected
the discrepancy.
For some, the referendum serves
as a positive way to gauge public
opinion on the issue. “Part of why
this is on the ballot is because we
wanted to get the clarity from
Orange County school district vot
ers on whether the funding was
sufficient,” said Barry Jacobs, vice
chairman of the Orange County
Board of Commissioners.
Jacobs views the tax as a way to
solve the county schools’ financial
problems. “It allows (the school
board) flexibility to meet unforeseen
circumstances as well as to address
the funding gap,” Jacobs said.
But not everyone sees the tax as a
promising solution to the problem.
School board member Elizabeth
Brown said she doesn’t think a spe
cial tax is the most effective way to
fund the schools and that it may
widen the gap between the districts.
N.C. state law requires the coun
ty to give equal per-pupil funding
to both districts.
Because the city schools’ special
tax rate is much higher than the
proposed county schools maxi
mum, Brown said she thinks the
city schools will request less money
per student, driving down the allot
ment for county schools.
Brown also noted that the city
recovery efforts for hurricanes.
“The profile of NIH fund
ing parallels what’s going on in
Washington (D.C.) in terms of
spending priorities,” he said.
In light of the funding crunch,
the University will look to main
tain a competitive level of research
to continue to bring in funding,
said Tony Waldrop, vice chancellor
for research and economic devel
opment.
“The fact that funding has lev
eled off means that we have to be
more adept in making sure that
we’re attracting the best faculty
and providing the services that
they need to pursue these research
opportunities,” he said.
Proof of UNC’s competitive
edge lies in the increased research
funding this year.
Total sponsored research fund
ing at UNC rose from $577.6
million in fiscal year 2003-04 to
$579.6 million in fiscal year 2004-
OS, according to UNC’s Office of
Sponsored Research Web site.
Another Roadmap-like grant
of $3.9 million will go toward
funding the Carolina Center of
Nanotechnology Excellence.
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“The burden will
fall more heavily
on the homeowners
... if we have our
own district tax”
HZ BROWN, school board member
school district is more developed
and has a higher property tax base
than the county district, where
there are fewer people living on
more land.
“The burden will fall more
heavily on the homeowners in the
county district if we have our own
district tax,” she said.
Despite the controversy, Carolyn
Thomas, Orange County Board of
Elections director, does not expect
a high voter turnout because, for
many, the referendum is the only
thing on the ballot.
If the referendum passes, the
school board will propose a tax rate
annually, which the commissioners
must review. Once the revenue is
collected, the county schools will
have total spending discretion.
Residents can learn more about
the tax Wednesday at Northern
Human Services Center and Nov. 1
in F. Gordon Battle Courtroom at
county information sessions.
Contact the City Editor
at citydesk@unc.edu.
Juliano, who is a principal
investigator for the project, said
the center will apply developments
in nanotechnology, which entails
examining science on a molecular
or atomic level, to cancer research
taking place at the UNC Lineberger
Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Kuo-Hsiung Lee, professor in the
School of Pharmacy, will apply his
recently awarded Roadmap fund
ing to generate chemical diversity
libraries from medical plants.
For Lee, who said he has been
funded for 32 years and attributes
this success to hard work, this
grant is nothing extraordinary.
“It’s just a grant,” he said. “It’s
nothing to be proud of.”
Because he expects to be able
to maintain funding, Lee is more
concerned with the allocation of
research funds.
“NIH has made across-the
board cuts,” Lee said. “This should
not be done. The researcher is
going to suffer for not being able
to afford research assistants. It is
a very foolish policy.”
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