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Sfje oaUy alar Mrri Due to a reporting error, Tuesday’s page 5 story, “Bisexuality on rise for college women,” incor rectly states that Erin Carlston’s nieces and nephews prefer to be called “queer.” Carlston actually said their homosexual friends pre fer to be called “queer.” The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the error. Local partnership to host streetscape presentation The Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership will host a public forum titled “The Main Street Approach and What That Means to Chapel Hill,” at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Varsity Theatre at 123 E. Franklin St. Rodney Swink, director of the Office of Urban Development of the Department of Commerce, will make a presentation at the event on the main street approach concept. Attendees then will have an opportunity to discuss the con cept’s relevancy to Chapel Hill and how its components are succeeding or failing. Parking is available at parking lot 2 or the Wallace deck. STATE 8 NATION Association begins move to office in downtown Raleigh The UNC Association of Student Governments began moving Saturday to its new office in the Professional Building at the corner of McDowell and Hargett streets. The new downtown Raleigh location will allow the association to be closer to the N.C. General Assembly, said ASG President Zack Wynne in a press release. “You’re able to come and walk to the legislature,” he said. “We could even invite people back.” The ASG also is getting the new space at a lower rate, sav ing the organization more than $5,000 each year, according to the release. The association will hold an open house reception at 2:45 p.m. Nov. 19 in the new office location following its general body meeting. Hurricane Wilma threatens island chain, Florida coast KEY WEST, Fla. - Hurricane Wilma accelerated toward storm weary Florida on Sunday, threaten ing residents with 105-mph winds, tornadoes and a surge of seawater that could flood the Keys and the state’s southwest coast. After crawling slowly through the Caribbean for several days, Wilma pulled away from Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula as a Category 2 storm and, forecasters said, began picking up speed “like a rocket” as it headed toward the U.S. main land. The storm was expected to make landfall around dawn Monday. The southern half ofthe state was under a hurricane warning, and an estimated 160,000 residents were told to evacuate, although many in the low-lying Keys island chain decided to stay. Forecasters expected flooding from a storm surge of up to 15 feet on Florida’s southwest coast and 8 feet in the Keys. Tornados were possible in some areas through Monday. Black confirms receipt of two grand jury subpoenas CHARLOTTE House Speaker Jim Black confirmed Friday that his office received two subpoenas earlier this week from a federal grand jury, ordering him to pro duce certain documents. In a statement released late Friday, Black said he and his staff would cooperate. Ken Bell, attorney for the speaker’s office, said the U.S. Attorney’s Office asked that the subpoenas not be released pub licly. Black’s statement was released hours after The News & Observer filed a lawsuit seeking copies of the subpoenas. The statement also came after The Charlotte Observer reported that the FBI is reviewing records tied to Black as part of an ongoing investigation into the video poker industry. Agents requested records from Charlotte’s Carmel Country Club, where Black held five political meetings this year, the paper said. They also have looked at Black’s campaign finance reports more than once in recent months, said Gary Bartlett, executive director of the State Board of Elections. Black also faces a state investi gation of his former top political aide, Meredith Norris, who might have violated lobbying laws in connection with the state’s new lottery. From staff and wire reports. Candidates to showcase service Marks part of Homecoming campaign BY SHANNON CONNELL STAFF WRITER Six candidates are competing to see who best represents UNC when standing before 60,000 Carolina fans. Students have been campaign ing for about a week for this year’s Homecoming king and queen, which will be announced at half time of the Homecoming game Nov. 5. But Tuesday they will kick off active promotion of their service platforms for the Nov. 1 election. A week prior to the election, candidates may spend their appro priated $250 and campaign in the Pit, according to elections rules. Beginning Oct. 18, candidates were allowed to send e-mails or inform students of their platform, which consists of an idea for a pub lic service project, said Nicholas “Food’s always the No. 1 reason people come to the fair ” HEATHER OVERTON, FAIR SPOKESWOMAN l M ( . _ . . . ... DTH/WHITNEY SHEFTE Pat Jeffreys sells candy apples Sunday morning at the N.C. State Fair. These treats are traditional fair favorites, along with fried foods. N.C. BIDS FESTIVAL A FOND FAREWELL BY KRISTEN POPE STAFF WRITER Despite an overcast morning, 111,634 people came out Saturday to get their last tastes of the N.C. State Fair’s rides, games, shows, exhibits and, of course, fried food. “Food’s always the No. 1 reason people come to the fair,” said Heather Overton, spokeswoman for OUT AT THE 593,906 people had passed through the fair’s gates, com pared to 634,652 on the fair’s final Friday in 2004. Overton predicted that Sunday’s attendance would be higher than in 2004. “We’re down from last year attendance wise, but every year can’t be a record year,” she said. “There are other measures of sue Couple seeks funds to move son’s body Three-year-old dies after surgery BY KAYLA CARRICK STAFF WRITER A Chapel Hill couple is seeking the aid of the community to raise money to transport the body of their 3-year-old son to Mexico for burial. Luis Enrique died recently after undergoing surgery for a heart condition. The family lacks the $3,600 needed for transport and funeral expenses, but the couple wants to send their son back to their land of origin for burial. Sabrina Simon, bilingual chil dren’s resource coordinator for Mosley, chairman of the UNC Board of Elections. KaDarra Lowe, president of UNC’s National Pan Hellenic Council and co-founder of the hip-hop group Misconception, has centered her platform on pro moting the ONE Campaign —a national campaign to eliminate poverty and fight the global spread of AIDS. Lowe’s platform was inspired by her experience while studying in Ghana. “One by one, if we inform the U.S. constituents we are going to promote education and raise awareness,” she said. Lauren Rennick, a member of the Undergraduate Student National Dental Association and active community volunteer, titled her platform “Wild About Smiles.” Rennick’s program would entail the fair. Though atten dance was down from 2004, she said, this year’s fair still could be in the top five. As of Friday, DTH/WHITNEY SHEFTE Mark Harney of Connecticut walks with "Bella," a 37-year-old Asian elephant, at the N.C. State Fair on Friday afternoon. cess than attendance.” This year’s fair saw at least two sold-out concerts Dierks Bentley and Third Day —with strong sales at the other shows. LeAnn Rimes and Phil Vassar closed the fair Sunday night. The Food Lion Hunger Relief Day also was a success, as 43,544 people donated at least four canned goods for free admission. the Orange County Partnership for Young Children, wrote a letter to the board of directors of El Centro Latino, a local Latino community organization and outreach cen ter, asking for help in raising the needed funds. Simon declined to comment. Winkie La Force, head of El Centro’s board, said the organization is accepting checks from individuals, made out to El Centro Latino, in response to the family’s plight Individuals should indicate on the checks that the money is for the family of Luis Enrique. La Force said this is the first time El Centro has been asked for help in this sort of situation. SEE BURIAL, PAGE 7 Top News visiting homeless shelters and outreach centers to give presen tations on proper oral hygiene. Demonstrations of correct flossing techniques and free samples would be part of the program. “I think a lot of people under mine the importance of proper oral hygiene,” she said. Ada Wilson, who is on-campus coordinator of minority students and fundraising chairwoman for senior marshals, decided on breast cancer awareness for her plat form. She plans to organize a local program for the Carrboro and Chapel Hill area similar to Race for the Cure. “I really want people to be more aware of the issue,” she said. She plans to educate young woman as breast cancer is becom ing more prevalent at younger ages, she said. SEE HOMECOMING, PAGE 7 Center to revamp early education Opening slated for 2009 or 2010 BY KATHRYN BALES STAFF WRITER Anew child development center in the works for the Chapel Hill- Carrboro school district could rev olutionize early education across Orange County. ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION □a Tuesday: UNC alumni help establish a successful alternative education program to a three-year planning process for the facility Sept. 28. “We’re developing a national model of what early school should be like for children,” said Kelly Maxwell, research scientist and * v That number exceeded last year’s total by 418. And other than some drug activity and counterfeit S2O bills, there were no major incidents during the week, said Matt Cleary, the State Fair police chief. “Illegal activity is less this year than it has been,” he said. “(We have) zero toler ance for major crime.” He said the large presence of officers helped to deter crime. Overton attributed the fair’s overall suc cess to great weather and good exhibits. The lines also were shorter this year, due to more rides on the relocated midway. Charles Stewart, an employee of Wade Shows who helped assemble the rides, said he also noticed more rides than in the past. The roller coaster, Rainbow, pirate ship, Megadrop and Ferris wheel were popular as always, he said. The FASTPass option was suspended this year due to misconceptions about the program. It will be re-evaluated for next SEE STATE FAIR, PAGE 7 co-director of the First School. “We hope to have a local model demonstration site here in our community.” Maxwell said the goal is to have the school tentatively open in 2009 or 2010. The proposed site for the First School’s construction is located off Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, south of several Chapel Hill- Carrboro schools. The 90,000-square-foot build ing will be a place where 3-year-olds through second graders can build a healthy foundation for learning. Nick Didow, member of Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education, said the school has the potential to greatly improve early childhood education. He said strong fundamentals and academic skills learned early Dubbed the First School for Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, the University’s Board of Trustees gave the green light MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2005 Kadarra Lowe's platform focuses on AIDS, poverty in wake of the experiences she had studying in Ghana. Lauren Rennick's platform focuses on advocating for proper oral hygiene in area shelters. Ada Wilson's platform focuses on breast cancer awareness and plans to educate young women on the issues. Calendar Web site ready for launch Will better links between sites BY JENNY RUBY ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR Student leaders soon will be able to connect in a way they haven’t been able to before. Anew program, Student Life Integrated Calendar of Events, makes it easy for student organiza tions to create new Web sites and to continue managing old sites. And calendars from individual organi zation sites will automatically feed into a central searchable site. The new. program utilizes free Web-design software called Mambo, designed to create and update sites. “Every recognized student organi zation on campus will have a SLICE site that includes a list of features,” said Colin Hicks, co-chairman of student government’s technology and Web services committee. “They’re integrated in that once the student organization creates a SLICE site and adds other news events or events to a calendar, they’re integrated into anew site.” Although the exact roll-out date is yet to be determined, Mark Laabs, chief of staff for Student Body President Seth Dearmin, said student organization leaders will receive information by Nov. 1. He said he hopes to see a release sent this week to all student organi zations containing information and the tools to start using the Web site. “At this moment not everything is in place,” he said. “Right now, we’re really trying to encourage student organizations to use the Mambo technology.” Hicks said the program is easy to maintain, and students should be able to make updates to their sites quickly that automatically will be updated on the main server. “It’s a really flexible system,” he said. “It’s as easy as blogging. It’s way simpler than creating a Web site from scratch.” Student officials are working to determine specific dates to educate leaders on the inner workings of the Web site. “We’re going to invite student SEE SLICE, PAGE 7 on are vital to an individual’s suc cess in school. “We have long recognized in our students that by third grade much of a child’s academic ability and performance is already deter mined,” he said. “The critical time for (the skills) to be learned and for that socialization to take place is in the preschool years and the K through three years. That is what First School is all about.” The school is working to build partnerships both locally and nationally, said Sharon Ritchie, director and chief spokeswoman for the program. “We truly are in the very begin ning stages,” she said. “We’re defin ing the program vision and guiding principle and devising a cohesive way to make decisions about curriculum, age group and family participation.” A group of local partners met SEE FPG, PAGE 7 3 Jarrod Jenkins' platform focuses on making hurricane relief efforts a more unified process on campus. Matt Mullane's platform focuses on combining area hurricane relief aid with campus groups' efforts. Clayton Perry's platform focuses on promoting financial literacy among area youth through workshops.
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