VOLUME 113, ISSUE 91
Rising building costs save West House
DECK PLANS DELAYED, HOUSE SPARED FOR NOW
BY KELLY OCHS
SENIOR WRITER
Unforeseen building costs have
spelled the end of an underground
parking deck and sparked hope
surrounding preservation efforts
for a campus fixture.
In response to rising building
costs, University planning offi
cials announced Monday that they
have scrapped plans for the North
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Former U.S. Senator John Edwards greets students during his talk about the new program Opportunity Rocks in the Great Hall of the Student Union on Monday. The
nationwide program is targeted at getting college students involved in the fight against poverty. UNC is the first stop on Edwards' tour of 10 university campuses.
EDWARDS ROCKS UNC
Nationwide tour of campuses to raise poverty awareness launched Monday
BY ERIN GIBSON ASSISTANT STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR
Former U.S. Sen. John Edwards kicked off the
Opportunity Rocks campus tour at UNC on Monday
afternoon.
The event, hosted by the UNC chapter of Student Poverty
Reduction Outreach, was the first of 10 stops on Edwards’
nationwide tour to get students involved in the fight against
poverty.
The tour will next stop at the University of Missouri-
Columbia.
“We need a movement against poverty in this country,”
Experts swear profanity is OK
Swearing sees storied development
BY ADAM RODMAN
STAFF WRITER
Howard Stern wouldn’t have
turned a head back in the 14th
century.
Medieval English shock jocks
would be more likely to incur the
wrath of the powers that be with
“zounds” or “golly” than any of
comedian George Carlin’s seven
dirty words many of which were
already in common use.
Fast forward 600 or so years.
America’s broadcast power,
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federal bankruptcy laws started Monday
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Campus deck.
The lot would have been a part
of the construction of the Arts
Common, a redesign of a portion of
North Campus to include expand
ed facilities for the campus arts.
Arts Common construction is
set to begin in September.
The construction of the under
ground parking deck is not finan
cially viable, said Bruce Runberg,
Commission, has ruled that the
F-word is acceptable as an inter
jection, an adjective or an adverb,
but the verb form is a big no-no.
In March, the U.S. House of
Representatives passed a bill
that would charge broadcasters
$500,000 per obscenity. It is now
up for consideration by the Senate.
But lawmakers might be miss
ing the point, some social scien
tists say. Swearing is practically
universal and stretches back to the
beginnings of language.
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associate vice chancellor for facili
ties planning and construction.
There has been a 10 percent to
20 percent increase in construc
tion material prices especially
for steel and concrete in the past
year, he said.
“It pushed it to the point where
it’s just not viable to construct the
deck,” Runberg said.
Carolyn Elfland, associate vice
Edwards said. “It starts with people like you.”
He told the crowd of more than 600 stu
dents and community members that he has
seen many movements start on college cam
puses where people are willing to fight for
something even when it is not the popular
thing to do. He said he hopes poverty will be
the moral issue of this generation.
Edwards said that there are not enough
opportunities in the world for people to seize
and that he wants to help create that chance
for people through organizations such as
Opportunity Rocks.
“It’s not something we do for them,” he
“The point is that cursing
expresses our emotions in a deeper
way than any other in a language,”
says Timothy Jay, professor of
psychology at the Massachusetts
College of Liberal Arts and author
of “Why We Curse” and “Cursing
in America.”
“If you can think of another way
to say (expletive deleted) without
using that kind of language, let me
know.”
In fact, swearing might even be
an evolutionary advantage.
Animals express their anger
through physical reactions and
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DOUBLE TAKE
CUAB's latest exhibit in the
Student Union features
photography by Peter Filene,
who combines art and
everyday life in his images.
chancellor for campus services, said
the cost of demolishing the build
ings on the deck’s proposed site and
moving key utility lines that cross
the area proved too expensive.
The cancellation of the project
means that many of the buildings
located in the area have been saved
temporarily from demolition.
The decision marks a brief
respite for the West House, a near
by building that many students
fought to preserve last year.
“It’s too early to say the West
said. “It’s something we do for us.”
He said America as a whole is better and
stronger when everyone works together to lift
up the poor and disadvantaged so they can
thrive in society.
Those who attended the event Monday
supplied contact information to members
of SPROUT who now will work to organize
everyone into a separate campus group
Opportunity Rocks.
The leaders of SPROUT said they hope to
develop a symbiotic relationship between the
SEE EDWARDS, PAGE 4
Achievement gap divides candidates
BY BRIANNA BISHOP
ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR
Despite being a top priority for
half a decade, the minority stu
dent achievement gap persists in
city schools.
Asa result, the issue has risen
to the forefront of this year’s race
for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro
Board of Education, and all four
candidates seem eager to close
that gap.
“I’ve seen tremendous change
in the district over the last four
years,” said incumbent candidate
Lisa Stuckey, the school board’s
chairwoman, adding that test
scores in the third through eighth
grades have improved during her
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A LITTLE OFF
Rumors that the Off Franklin
Bar & Grill soon would close
down are refuted by the own
ership, though they soon will
turn the bar over.
“It’s another one of the special and unique
things you can only find at Carolina
LUKE FARLEY, STUDENT CONGRESS SPEAKER, ABOUT THE WEST HOUSE
House won’t be demolished, but
the immediate cause of its demoli
tion has changed,” said Anna Wu,
director of facilities planning.
The house was built in 1935 by
an alumnus for his son and other
relatives to live in during their time
at UNC. The house was built on the
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tenure. “I believe we have work to
be done, but I believe progress has
been made.”
While strides have been made,
achievement levels, especially in the
high schools, remain problematic.
“We ... need to work on rais
ing kids from a minimum level
of proficiency to a high level of
performance,” said Graig Meyer,
coordinator of the Blue Ribbon
Mentor-Advocate Program.
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ANOTHER ROUND
The Davidson County Board
of Commissioners appeals a
case to the Supreme Court
that tugs at the question of
separating church and state.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2005
edge of Old Fraternity Row and has
housed nursing students, the com
puter science department and now
the Asian studies department.
The new plans for the Arts
Common, which still might involve
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Young
voters
still defy
pollsters
Despite activism,
numbers still low
BY MEREDITH KING
STAFF WRITER
Despite efforts to register college
aged voters, municipal officials might
not see as many new faces at the polls
this year in comparison to 2003.
As of 3 p.m. Monday, the Orange
County Board of Elections had pro-
cessed registration
forms from 1,218
voters between 18
and 22 years old.
The deadline
for registration
for the upcom
ing election was
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Half of voters
aged 18 to 22
registered this
year compared
with 2003.
Friday, and officials said they still
have to count a few hundred forms
that came in at the last minute.
This year’s recruitment is a
decrease from the last municipal
election in 2003, for which 2,300
college-aged voters registered.
The leaders of many student
groups that hosted registration ini
tiatives said they were not surprised
by the low turnout.
SEE REGISTRATION, PAGE 4
Voter registration
Number of Orange County voters
registered as of 3 p.m. Monday:
94,309 total voters .
10,189 voters aged 18-22 I—
-4,319 registered
from Nov. 2 to <
1,218 voters aged M||pfe.
18- 22 registered from
Nov. 2 to present
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Meyer’s group works closely
with students, and the group will
be providing volunteers at the
fourth annual Minority Student
Achievement Education Summit
on Oct. 25 —a meeting held to
provide parents with informa
tion about encouraging academic
excellence from their children.
Meyer said he continues to
hear the same things from stu
dents year after year and would
like to see the school system bet
ter involve parents.
“I would like to see the schools
be a little more proactive in work
ing with families of kids who are
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