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6 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2005 , - >. ' . J . nfiflT ii '' '' V ■ I*S * m ■•*.■ . ..•-*•/ ■ \ , SB ' : ; 'k ! > ;ss£>:*t - i* . ■'* ■■ ■'&•'■# EgM '■* * - hovels of soil welcome new life to Chapel Hill Fire Station No. 2 as Erin Oakes, Mave Bell (with shovels from left) and other members of Glenwood Elementary School’s third-grade class join Web site to provide link to politics, residents BY JABEEN AHMAD STAFF WRITER When Chapel Hill resident Will Raymond decided to run for municipal office this year, he dis covered that it was a challenge to find information about town poli cies and to court public opinion. Raymond became determined to create a wiki, or publicly edited publishing software, that would be specific to the Chapel Hill area and that would capture policy decisions. “i wanted to pull together as many resources as possible to inform citizens to make decisions,” Raymond said. 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Wikipedia.org was developed in January 2001. It uses a bottom-up approach, which allows users to gather, add and edit information. Terry Soote, grants and philan thropy administrator of Wikipedia, said the site’s success lies in its abil ity to create a close-knit commu nity of users. DTH/CHRIS FIELDS “It fosters community and cre ates a social software where people of mutual interest can discuss stuff and promote friendship,” he said. Raymond hopes that Orangepedia.org has the same effect. “I hope that it becomes a resource for more people to get involved in the county,” Raymond said. “It provides the opportunity for people to know what others are saying.” Baker touts the site’s ability to interact with users. “Orangepedia.org is incredibly user-friendly” Baker said. “You can just jump right in. I hope that peo ple will provide their expertise and get involved in the community.” Raymond hopes that students in particular become aware of the site. “The goal is to pull together as many resources as possible to inform citizens,” said Raymond. DEAN SEARCHES FROM PAGE 3 a strong pool of candidates.” The group has started inter viewing candidates. “We’ve conducted ... a number of telephone interviews, and we’re hopeful that within the next weeks we’ll proceed with smaller num bers face-to-face,” Smith said. The in-person interviews for the law school dean are expected to begin in January, and while on campus, the candidates will be available to talk to students as Have you taken PRILOSEC OTC? 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For more information nlpacp rail- SCHOOL OF MEDICINE r ltasc DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE 919-966-0764 and Hepatology News Safety of ‘Village’ questioned Congress leaders want call boxes BY KERRY CANNITY STAFF WRITER The Student Congress student affairs committee voted unani mously Sunday to support a reso lution asking for improved safety conditions around student housing at Odum Village. Committee members cited a lack of emergency call boxes and a muddy path to campus as major problems for the safely of residents. The resolution asks for action by various administrators and com mittees to address these issues as quickly as possible. “We want to go to administrators and say, ‘These are our concerns. What will you do?,’” said Emma Hodson, committee chairwoman. The resolution, which the com mittee voted to report favorably, could go before the full Congress at its Nov. 29 meeting. The committee decided to delay action on another resolution that asks administrators to take the emergency call boxes into account during construction projects. Committee members said they delayed the bill because they ques tioned the results of a recently pub- “I hope that students, especially, fill in details about the town and University.” Chapel Hill has become the first community to use wiki software to create a site that would allow members to add and edit infor mation about their community, Raymond said. “It surprises me that no other locality has created something similar,” said Baker. “It seems like a natural takeoff for a community.” Town residents’ initiative to set up a wiki when most communities still have little online representa tion speaks to the area’s character, Raymond said. “It goes to show that Chapel Hill is leading the way once again.” Another site specifically for Carrboro, wikiboro.org, is in devel opment stages. Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. well as Chancellor James Moeser and Shelton, Smith said. They also will be expected to make a public presentation to the law school community explaining their interest in the deanship. The committee then will recommend three candidates to Shelton. Committee members said they are on schedule, but there is always potential for problems. “My expe rience is everything takes longer than it’s going to,” Smith said. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. lished survey by the women’s affairs committee of student government. The women’s affairs committee held a scavenger hunt earlier this month to survey the accessibil ity and visibility of blue lights on campus. The results of the survey claimed that a majority of blue lights were not blue and some were difficult to access. Of the 37 emergency call boxes examined, eight were con sidered difficult to access, women’s affairs committee members said. Also, they said 81 percent of the lights were not actually blue. The results were cited in the reso lution, but student affairs commit tee members said they want to know more information about the meth ods of the study before continuing. The Odum Village resolution was created when a resident of the community contacted Congress members to complain about the security conditions around the student apartments. “It’s a general safety issue walking through dark woods with no blue lights,” said committee vice-chairman lyler Younts, who introduced the resolution. If it passes, it will be delivered to administrators including BANNERS FROM PAGE 3 prised when they come back and see just how big those banners are,” he says. Nadolsky says he gets a laugh out of the banner he’s in. “I didn’t realize how big the solo picture of me was going to be.” “It’s a huge shot of my big mug. It makes me laugh every time I see it.” Though he says he doesn’t get recognized on campus, Nadolsky says his professors say they’ve seen him on the banners. Ramirez says when most people see the picture of him giving a high five, they think he’s a “cornball,” and he was slightly embarrassed when he first saw the banner. “But now I don’t even notice it, as I’m sure many people don’t really notice it anymore,” he says. The banners at Student Stores are used as advertisements for pop ular products and change about six times a year, says Stephenson. The current banners are holi day-themed and show students holding wrapped gifts. Other images featuring UNC students, such as those in brochures sent out by the Undergraduate NCSU TUITION FROM PAGE 3 who attended the meeting, said the students knew they were facing an uphill battle, and that he was not very surprised by the outcome. “But this was a battle we needed to fight for,” he said. He added that he was most dis appointed in the articulation of the student opposition by Piavis. “I thought it was weak ... we needed a more impassioned plea for the future battles,” Hankins said. Gordon said that despite the student protests, the tuition increase was a decision the Board had to make. “We are losing faculty, we are losing staff, to other organiza tions,” she said. “It’s not a permanent solution, but we needed to stop the bleeding.” Murphy emphasized that even with the tuition increases, N.C. State still would remain as the cheapest school in its 16-member i -Hk; a6 © 8 fij? -T*® Vl CLOTHING OPTIONAL Now you can get low<ost birth control with or without a pelvic exam. Finding out if you can take advantage of the no-exam option is quick, easy, and confidential. Call to find out more and make an appointment, 919-942-7762. O Flamed Parenthood* of Central North Carolina, Inc. 286-2872 1 765 Dobbins Dr www.plannedparenthood.org/ppcnc 820 Broad St Chapel Hill Day and Evening times available Durham (Hip Soilg (Tar Hrri leaders from the Department .of Public Safety, the Department of Housing and Residential Education and the student safety and security committee. “We want to specifically ask these people to resolve these problems,” said Congress Speaker Pro Tern Kris Gould, a committee member. Committee members said the resolutions are part of their mis sion to advocate for students. “Student Congress is serving as the voice of the students on this issue,” Younts said. They also said they want to pres sure administrators to deal with these issues as quickly as possible. Hodson said she hopes there will be lighting in Odum Village by the end of the year. “It’s important that students are safe,” she said. “We have blue lights for a reason.” Members of the women’s affairs committee also plan to teach self defense to help keep students safe. The committee will host a Safe Skills Training session at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 28 in Hamilton 100 to promote this endeavor. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. Admissions office and on UNC’s Web site, are more about using students to represent campus life. “We do not in any way sort of promote these individuals as rep resentatives of the University or campus celebrities,” says Allison Legge, associate director of under graduate admissions. “The goal through pictures is to portray the spirit and life of this vibrant place,” she says. But just because students are “anonymous” doesn’t mean they don’t notice themselves in the pictures. Scott Jared, web content direc tor in University relations, says he received an e-mail a few years ago from a girl who was happy that she was used in the home page banner of UNC’s Web site. “It was a shot of a commence ment and a young woman who is obviously very happy to be gradu ating,” he says. “It went up there and several months after that, I got a random e-mail saying, ‘Hey, I’m the person featured in the home page photo, and thank you.’” Contact the Features Editor at features @ unc.edu. peer groups of institutions. But he said he appreciated the point the students were making. “They spoke eloquently (to the Board on Thursday) and what they said made sense,” he said.“lt made me proud to be an alumnus.” Phillips said that despite Friday’s defeat, the chain-campaign was not finished. She said they planned on tak ing their chain to the Board of Governor’s meeting in February, and that through the UNC Association of Student Governments they were hoping to get all UNC-system schools to make their own chains that could be presented together. “The Board of TVustees meeting was a testimony to our position,” said Senate President Forrest Hinton. “We start from the base of the idea to the idea’s finalization. We’ll be there to the end.” Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu
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