VOLUME 113, ISSUE 118
SHIFTING BALANCE
OFFICIALS SEE DISCREPANCY IN DINING
HALL NUMBERS, SUCCESS OF MARKET
BY KATHRYN BALES
STAFF WRITER
This semester students took advantage of
the dining hall, recreation center and grocery
store that make up the massive Rams Head
Center, but administrators hope to see more
growth.
Ira Simon, director of food and vending ser
vices, said the dining halls are moving toward
equilibrium now that the novelty of the new
Chase Dining Hall at the Rams Head Center
is wearing olf.
“In the beginning of the semester, we had
high participation in Rams Head because it
was new,” he said. “Throughout the semester
that has balanced itself out.”
Shalonda Mathis, a junior management and
society major, said that though the new Chase
is attractive, it doesn’t have all the comforts of
an all-you-can-eat buffet.
“The workers seem a little stingy when they
put two strips of bacon on your plate,” she said.
“There is some indication that the United
States is slowly... moving away from the
death penalty .” ferrel guillory, scholar of south
EXECUTIONS
TRAIPSE ON
Controversial practice nears landmark
BY KRISTEN POPE
STAFF WRITER
Seventeen years ago, Kenneth
Boyd, a Vietnam veteran, shot and
killed his estranged wife, Julie
Boyd, and his father-in-law, Thomas
Curry.
He is scheduled to be executed
Friday, which will make him the fifth
man to be executed by the state of
North Carolina in 2005.
Tom Maher, the lawyer who
defended Boyd in federal court in
1994, said last week that Boyd would
file for a writ of certiorari to ask the
N.C. Supreme Court to review the
decision of a lower court.
Maher said it will be an uphill
battle, but they hope the state will
listen.
The most recent execution in
North Carolina was that of Elias
Syriani on Nov. 18 for the murder of
wife, Teresa Syriani.
His case was publicized highly by
his four adult children, who traveled
across North Carolina pleading for
clemency for their father.
Approaching a landmark
More than 1,000 inmates have
been sent to North Carolina’s death
row since 1910, when the power to
execute criminals was taken away
from local governments and reserved
for the state.
And the I,oooth execution in the
Campuses rally against
research-centric policies
BY ELIZABETH DEORNELLAS
STAFF WRITER
UNC and other research
institutions and corporations
have sent 309 letters to the U.S.
Department of Commerce, hop
ing to derail policy proposals that
would affect the number of for
eign researchers working in the
United States.
The proposal would expand
export controls, designed to limit
the transfer of sensitive technol
ogy to countries that are potential
national adversaries.
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“I can’t get the right amount of food.”
Simon said attendance at lunch and break
fast at Lenoir Dining Hall is overwhelmingly
larger than at Chase, and he hopes to balance
those numbers with increased advertising.
He said he hopes to see midday numbers
increase at Chase. “Lenoir is a more seasoned
facility. We like to think of it as a well-oiled
machine.”
Dinner at the facilities is more balanced on
average, Simon said, which he said is a sign
of progress.
“We’ve got some plans and goals and expec
tations,” he said. “We’re still not where we want
to be.”
Lisa Dixon, a sophomore from Goldsboro,
said she prefers Lenoir because she believes
that officials pay more attention to little details
such as ensuring there are accessible trash
cans, straws and clean tables.
“I don’t know if they’re just busy or what,”
she said, referring to Chase. “But there’s been
United States since 1976 likely will
occur this week. Robin Lovitt, sched
uled for execution in Virginia today,
was granted a last-minute clemency
from Gov. Mark R. Warner.
All contemporary executions
in North Carolina are carried out
by lethal injection, with the use of
poison gas having been retired in
1998.
Criminals in North Carolina only
can be executed on charges of first
degree murder.
While a majority of Americans
support capital punishment, there is
growing public concern about some
of the issues surrounding the death
penalty, experts say.
A 2005 Gallup poll found that 64
percent of Americans support the
death penalty. But a 2004 poll found
that when presented with the alter
native of sentencing inmates to life
in prison without parole, support for
capital punishment dropped to 50
percent.
“Support is broad but it is not that
deep,” said Jack Boger, a professor of
law at UNC.
Experts say that Americans are
increasingly uncomfortable about
the possibility of executing innocent
people.
The N.C. Coalition for a
Moratorium is fighting to suspend
all executions for two years while
SEE EXECUTIONS, PAGE 5
“There are some serious legal questions
about making restrictions based ...on
country of birth.” Adrian shelton , COMPLIANCE OFFICER
The U.S. Defense Department
also has proposed changes that
could force universities nation
wide to comply with the strict
security standards employed by
private companies conducting
classified research, said Adrian
Shelton, UNC’s research compli
ance officer.
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fourth annual Mini Max Short
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days when I’ve come early in the morning for
breakfast and there’s still trash on the tables.”
Lauren Mangili director of the Student
Recreation Center and assistant director for
campus recreation for more than 10 years
said campus recreation has seen a redistri
bution of numbers thanks to the addition of
the new Rams Head Recreation Center earlier
this semester.
“Having two facilities has spread people out
a little, but it’s also increased the number of
patrons overall,” she said.
Kate Johnson, a junior public policy major
who works at Rams Head, said she thinks
the numbers have balanced out between the
fitness centers after afi initial spike at Rams
Head.
“(Patrons) say they can almost always get
a cardio machine at anytime of the day now,”
she said.
Mangili said the feedback she’s received
from students has been positive.
“The people who were previously complain
ing about the SRC being crowded are very
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his shot contested by Illini
center James Augustine during
the second half of Tuesday’s rematch
of last year’s national championship
Tony Waldrop, UNC vice chan
cellor for research and economic
development, sent a letter Oct.
11 to the Defense Department
opposing these changes.
The amended export control
policies, which the departments
SEE RESEARCHERS, PAGE 5
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game. North Carolina came up short
in this game, 68-64. Freshman forward
Tyler Hansbrough (here, going up for
the rebound) led UNC in scoring with
17 points, adding six rebounds.
Police fight to keep numbers
Using academy
to fill shortages
BY ALLISON MILLER
STAFF WRITER
Low pay, danger and shifts only
a doctor would envy are some of
the drawbacks local police depart
ments face when trying to recruit
and retain officers.
Capt. Jackie Carden of the
Chapel Hill Police Department said
recruiting and retaining enough
police officers to fill empty positions
has been a long-term problem.
“It’s a statewide, probably a
nationwide problem,” she said.
“We’re about average on trying to
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DOWNTOWN LIGHTING
While talk of downtown
visibility at night continues,
area stores put out their
Christmas lights in time for
the holiday season.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2005
Adding Rams Head to the mix
The Rams Head Center sees less recreational traffic than its older counterpart, and it
is serving fewer patrons at its dining facilities than Lenoir. Rams Head Market prices
fall in the middle to upper range when compared to other local grocery stores.
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retain them.”
Jane Cousins, spokeswoman for
the Chapel Hill Police Department,
said five offi
cers have
resigned so
far this year
and three
officers have
retired or are
planning to
retire. The
department
has 113 posi
tions.
POLICING
CHAPEL HILL
Thursday: ,
Looking at police
presence
jHßkand
safety in
Chapel Hill,
particularly in the
downtown area
As turnover rates illustrate, a
career as a police officer is a hard
sell, Carden said.
SEE RETAINMENT, PAGE 5
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KEEP ROLLIN', ROLLIN'
The women's basketball team
improves to 5-0, despite a
sluggish start, by soundly
beating UNC-Asheville, 83-43,
at home Tuesday.
Unique
district
appeals
to all
“There’s nothing to draw me to
downtown.” “The downtown offers
little else than entertainment, eat
ing, drinking and people watch
ing.” “There’s nothing for younger
kids other than food.” “There’s
hardly anything
I want or need
downtown."
“It feels like a
place for stu
dents.” “There’s
no bookstore.”
“Parking is
overpriced.”
These are
just some of
the comments
that have been
made and the
gist of how
many people
view our down
town. One of
the problems is
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GUEST
COLUMNIST
Pat Evans
argues that
downtown is
just fine.
that people just don’t know what
there is downtown. We know our
downtown is a vibrant restaurant
and dining area and a district of
clubs and bars.
After all, our downtown is con
tiguous to a huge University com
munity.
But it is so much more.
Downtown Chapel Hill has it
all.
It has bookstores, five that I can
SEE DOWNTOWN, PAGE 5
Battling turnover
in-house
positions in
I I wP the department
5 resigned so far
this year
3 have retired or
are planning to
8 officers in the
academy who
plan to stay on
weather
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