VOLUME 113, ISSUE 100
Another one for the books
LOWER TURNOUT ASIDE,
MOST ENJOY HALLOWEEN
BY KYLE BILLINGS
STAFF WRITER
The annual celebration of
Halloween in Chapel Hill is a
hallmark in Tar Heel tradition.
That date is circled on numer
ous calenders months before, as
the event attracts thousands of
people to Franklin Street.
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Students caught a break from school routines by
watching eight different contestants scarf down pies
in the Pit on Monday. The pie eaters were competing
for tickets to UNC men’s basketball games as part of the
week’s Homecoming events. Here, seniors Christina Lee
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Jamey Cook, a blind UNC graduate student and teaching assistant,
plugs headphones into her laptop in order to listen to her e-mails.
Speeding through
the halfway point
BY KELLY GIEDRAITIS
STAFF WRITER
Half-done or half-begun,
Student Body President
Seth Dearmin’s term in
office has reached the mid
way point.
After last month's
release of the October
Report, which details his
administration’s appraisal of its
work thus far, officers in Dearmin’s
cabinet now are focusing on the
second half of the term.
“Alot of implementation will be
coming up during the second part
of the term,” said Mark Laabs,
CORRECTIONS
Due to a reporting error, the
front-page thumbnail photo
accompanying Monday’s
voter box, “Why Did You Vote
Early?,” incorrectly identifies
freshman international stud
ies major Vivek Chilukuri as
Sam Dolbee.
The Daily Tar Heel apolo
gizes for the error.
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Monday night provided anoth
er opportunity for zany costumes,
inebriated celebrants and miscel
laneous illegalities.
Freshman pharmacy major
Jamie Bumgarner, who dressed
as a taxicab, said she thoroughly
enjoyed her first time. “It was a
lot of fun, it was crazy on Franklin
STUFFED
Dearmin’s chief of staff. “We are
transitioning from trying to give
vision and ideas to implementing
ideas.”
During the next six
months, Dearmin’s admin
istration will continue its
focus on anumber ofplat
form points, but it also will
explore new areas.
Dearmin listed his top 10 issues
for the next semester as:
■ Creating a Student Life
Integrated Calendar of Events, a
Web site that will highlight cam-
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Due to a reporting error,
Tuesday’s front-page photo
accompanying “I was on ...
Franklin Street,” incorrectly
identifies Mark Oniffrey as a
freshman at Wake Technical
Community College.
Oniffrey is in the college’s
paramedics program.
The Daily Tar Heel apolo
gizes for the error.
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Street,” she said. “I already have
my outfit planned for next year.”
Others were less impressed.
Sophomore Bryan Davis said
this year the crowd seemed less
involved than last. “There were
fewer costumes and more observ
ers,” he said. “Last year there was
a group dressed up as basketball
players and they had a scrim
mage in the street.”
While the police department
prepares annually for around
80,000 revelers, police spokes
(left) find Ayofemi Kirby, with their hands wrapped behind
them, wolf down pies in their portion of the competition.
The Carolina Athletic Association will hold events in the
Pit all week leading up to Saturday’s contest with Boston
College and the crowing of Mr. and Mrs. UNC.
A DIFFERENT VIEW OF UNC
Blind TA leads
Spanish classes
BY DESIREE SHOE
STAFF WRITER
Sitting in the sun on a brisk
October day, graduate student
Jamey Cook looks like many other
students on UNC’s campus, right
down to her overloaded book bag.
One thing that sets her apart is
her cane.
“I really like this one,” she says,
holding it out for inspection. “It’s
a seven-section Slim Line.”
WHY DID YOU VOTE EARLY?
Alison
Pattishall
Freshman,
Undecided
7 read (the DTH’s)
voter’s guide. I also
looked (candidates)
up on the Internet.”
Vote early at Morehead Planetarium and Science Center through
Nov. 5, Monday to Friday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturdays: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Online I dailytarheel.com
IT'S OK BY US The Board of Alderman
votes to allow nonprofit sales on town sites
LOOK INSIDE YOUR SELF Speaker
highlights the importance of self value
MIND THE GAP Students, parents eye
methods to close the achievement gap
woman Jane Cousins said the
count of people on Franklin
Street for Monday night was only
about 50,000.
Cousins said the police must
prepare extensively for the night
in order to control a crowd of
that size. “The goal is to keep
everyone safe,” she said.
Students discuss and plan the
way they will celebrate Halloween
long before the actual event.
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Cook holds a Spanish degree
from Maryville College in
Tennessee and is seeking her mas
ter’s in Spanish. On top of it all, she
teaches an undergraduate course.
And she’s completely blind.
Bom three months prematurely
on Valentine’s Day, Cook developed
a condition known as retinopathy
of prematurity.
“Basically my retinas detached
when I was six months old,” she
says.
The condition caused her optical
blood vessels to pull away from the
retina and push against the lens of
the eye, effectively blocking vision.
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Dustin
Ingalls
Junior,
Political
Science
“I’m a public
relations director for
Young Democrats.”
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2005
Nov. 1 election results
Results for the Student Congress special
elections were released late Tuesday.
Senior gift and Homecoming candidate
winners will be announced Saturday.
Visit dailytarheel.com for the full story.
i Latoya Evans
355 votes
D str ct 3, one seat
Represents those living in South Campus
dorms, Odum Village and Student Famil
Housing.
SOURCE: UNC BOARD OF ELECTIONS
Dearmin fields
reader questions
In this month’s column I’ve
tackled a handful of questions that
cover topics from student govern
ment’s new calendar system to
costumes.
If you have an issue that you
would like to have addressed, please
forward your question along to me
at dearmin@email.unc.edu.
Q: “What is this new SLICE Web
site I have been hearing about?”
-“lntrigued student leader,”
Charlotte
A: This is big SLICE has
the potential to reinvent the way
student organizations use the
Internet at UNC. What was once
just a vision statement harping the
“promises of technology,” is now
a tool set, a platform, a network.
We’re saying to Carolina’s 500-
plus student groups, “Here’s a Web
site with a calendar, forum, photo
gallery—just as a start, all built-in.
Let’s see where you can take it.”
There’s more to it than easy
Web sites; SLICE draws together
information from the SLICE net
work into a central portal, located
at http://slice.unc.edu. The portal
site collects information from the
individual sites, pulling together
news and automatically updating
a central calendar of student orga
nization events.
It not only opens the door to col
laboration among groups, but gives
any interested student access to the
breadth of opportunities available
Jim Kessler, director of the
Department of Disability Services,
says Cook is the fourth blind teach
ing assistant to teach at UNC dur
ing his 21-plus years as director.
The population of blind students
waxes and wanes, officials say.
“I’m the first (blind romance
languages instructor), evidently,”
she says.
During her first week as a TA
for Spanish 1, Cook says she strug
gled with the technology required
for the classroom.
But Cook says the faculty and
staff of the Spanish department
have been very supportive.
Candidates see role
in campus planning
BY KATHY CHO
STAFF WRITER
Carolina North won’t be built
in a day, and Chapel Hill Town
Council candidates want the time
to ensure that it benefits the town
as well as the University.
Much of the candidates’ criti
cism of the University’s current
plan for its proposed satellite
campus has focused on the 17,000
parking spaces and their implica
tions.
Candidates Bill Thorpe and
Will Raymond both have called
for the University to work up from
no parking, not down from a set
amount. “We’re working from no
campus I page 7
BETTER TO SHARE
About 200 participate in
UNC's recognition of Grief
Awareness Day, an event
designed to honor the dead
by promoting conversation.
iS Pablo Friedmann
90 votes
0 str ct 2, one seat
Represents those living in Carmichael,
Whitehead, Teague, Parker and Aver
dorms.
|| Tyson Grinstead
478 votes
i DaxDixson
448 votes
D str ct 6, two seats
Represents undergradutes living off
campus, not including Greek housing or
Granville Toy ers.
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across campus. I’m looking forward
to the impact this new technology
will have on campus life.
Q: “What is the progress with
the wireless on
Franklin Street
initiative?”
-“Lost in
cyberspace,”
Houston
A: Bringing
wireless
Internet to
Franklin Street
remains an
ambitious and
complex issue,
requiring con
siderable long
term planning,
cooperation and
expense. The
project is in the
GUEST
COLUMNIST
Seth Dearmin
tackles SLICE,
stipends and
other issues
planning stages within the town’s
technology committee, which will
recommend a plan of action to the
Town Council.
Because of the scope of the
issue plans call for coverage to
be extended far beyond Franklin
Street the University’s role in
providing resources is limited.
A state law called the Umstead
Act prohibits the University from
competing with private companies
offering Internet access. Despite
the challenges, student government
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“I ended up team-teaching with
Grace Aaron, the coordinator for
Spanish 1 and 2, which has just
been an honor. I love it,” Cook says,
smiling. We do share responsibili
ties and that was the goal for the
experience.”
In order to translate her books
and teaching materials into an
accessible format, Cook seeks the
aid of Disability Services.
Tucked away in the basement of
Steele Building, the department is
full of technology designed to help
visually impaired students.
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{MUNICIPAL Thursday: Hoy
Toy n Council
2005 and Aldermen
Issue Spotlight candidates plan
CAROLINA to improve public
NORTH transportation
to low,” Thorpe said.
Candidates also stressed the
need for a deeper working rela
tionship between the town and
gown.
“It’s been a symbiotic relation
ship and a sustainable one to this
point, but this project could turn
the comer for us,” said candidate
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calendar 2
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sports 9
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