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CITY CHIEFS
Accident on 15-501 causes
third pedestrian fatality
A pedestrian fatality occurred on
U.S. 15-501 on Wednesday evening,
Chapel Hill police spokeswoman
Jane Cousins.
The accident occurred near the
intersection of 15-501 and Manning
Drive. Cousins said the case is still
under investigation, and more infor
mation should be available tomor
row. This is the third traffic fatality
in Chapel Hill in three days.
More information released
on recent traffic fatalities
A fatal collision involving the
bus carrying the Boston College
men’s basketball team resulted in
the death of Harry Weldon Alston,
a 39-year-old Carrboro man, a
Wednesday press release from the
Chapel Hill police states.
Alston was riding his bike Thesday
evening on N.C. 54 when he and the
bus collided. He died at the scene.
Another fatal collision on U.S.
15-501 resulted in the death of
Arthur McClean, 54, of Chapel
Hill, the release states.
McClean was crossing the high
way Monday evening when he was
hit. The driver of the car, George
Arthur Yeoman, of Lillington, was
found not to be at fault.
STATE & NATION
Black to recommend changes
to new child eye exam rules
RALEIGH House Speaker
Jim Black, responding to com
plaints about anew law requir
ing children to have complete eye
examinations before attending kin
dergarten, said Wednesday he will
recommend changes to the law.
The changes include: a 180-day
grace period so that no child will be
prevented from beginning school
on the first day; changing the time
within which a child has to have an
eye exam from six months to one
year; and requiring out-of-state eye
care providers to perform exams.
Black, an optometrist, had
pushed for the law, which was
added to last year’s budget bill.
Rumsfeld denies reports
that military is overstretched
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Secretary of Defense Donald
Rumsfeld on Wednesday disputed
reports suggesting that the U.S.
military is stretched thin and close
to asnapping point from operations
in Iraq and Afghanistan, asserting
“the force is not broken.”
Rumsfeld spoke a day after The
Associated Press reported that an
unreleased study conducted for
the Pentagon said the Army is
being overextended thanks to the
two wars and might not be able to
retain and recruit enough troops to
defeat the insurgency in Iraq.
Congressional Democrats
released a report Wednesday that
also concluded that the U.S. mili
tary is under severe stress.
‘Reservoir Dogs' actor dies,
body found in his LA condo
LOS ANGELES Actor Chris
Penn, brother of Sean Penn, was
found dead at his condominium
near the beach in Santa Monica,
Calif., police said.
Police said they discovered the
40-year-old actor’s body about
4 p.m. Tuesday, and Lt. Frank
Fabrega said there were no obvi
ous signs of foul play.
Chris Penn is best known for his
role as Nice Guy Eddie in the film
“Reservoir Dogs.”
WORLD BRIEFS
Palestinians hit the polls,
historic vote too close to call
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Amid
tight security and a sea of green and
yellow flags, Palestinians cast ballots
in their first parliamentary election
in a decade Wednesday —a historic
vote that could shape the future of
the peace process with Israel.
Both the ruling Fatah Party and
its challenger, the Islamic militant
Hamas, said they were confident of
victory, while pollsters said the race
was too close to call. Both parties
said they would consider a coali
tion if no clear victor emerges.
Itoo more kidnapped in Iraq,
search goes on for reporter
BAGHDAD, Iraq Armed men
wearing military fatigues seized
two German engineers from a car
in northern Iraq in the latest bra
zen kidnapping to push a foreign
government into another desperate
race to free Iraqi nationals.
Meanwhile, efforts continued to
rescue Jill Carroll, the American
freelance reporter kidnapped Jan.
7 in Baghdad. Carroll’s appearance
last week on a silent videotape aired
on Arab TV marked the only sign of
her since her abduction.
From staff and wire reports
North Campus plumbing runs dry
Water main repairs interrupt flow
BY KATIE HOFFMANN
ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR
The Orange Water and Sewer
Authority stopped water service
Wednesday in most North Campus
buildings to repair a leak in a
Cameron Avenue water main.
OWASA officials learned about
the leak Tuesday night, accord
ing to a press release, and shut
down water service at 11 a.m.
Wednesday.
Repairs closed the street to
through traffic between South
Columbia Street and Raleigh
Street.
“OWASA recognizes that the
repair and service interruption
will involve difficulties for affected
customers, and everyone’s patience
and understanding is much appre
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Freshman Tony Straw searches for textbooks stored away as construction affects Student Stores.
SALES ANYTHING
BUT TEXTBOOK
BY ROBIN HILMANTEL
STAFF WRITER
Students loitered near the
apparel section of Student
Stores on Wednesday, leaning
against counters or sometimes
sitting on the ground, waiting
for an employee to announce
the arrival of their requested
textbooks.
The second floor of Student
Stores has been closed for reno
vations since Monday, causing
difficulties for students who
have yet to buy class reading
materials.
Britt Taylor, a junior com
Holloway earns BSM support
BY COLIN CAMPBELL
STAFF WRITER
The first endorsements of this
year’s election season are in.
The Black Student Movement
announced it would endorse Bernard
Holloway for student body president
after he and other candidates inter
viewed Wednesday night in a forum
attracting about 80 students.
Holloway is a member of BSM.
Senior class presidential and vice
presidential candidates Doug Weiss
and Juelle McDonald were stamped
with BSM approval, along with
William Thompson for Residence
Hall Association president
McDonald is the only BSM mem
ber in the senior class officer race.
BSM members declined to
endorse Rachel High, the sole candi
date for Carolina Athletic Association
president, because they were unim
pressed with her address.
The BSM also opted not to
endorse a candidate for Graduate
and Professional Student
Federation president because lead
ers felt the group was not involved
in graduate student affairs.
Julius West, vice president of
BSM, said the members chose
Holloway because the platform
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ciated,” Greg Feller, of OWASA
public affairs, said in the release.
The construction left 29 campus
buildings without water for several
hours, forcing people to run across
campus to use the bathroom, wash
their hands or get a drink.
“Things like this happen,” said
Shaheen Syal, a journalism gradu
ate student who was in Carroll Hall
on Wednesday. “But it is an incon
venience.”
Syal said that she had to run to
Hanes Hall to use the bathroom
and that she was lucky because the
building had just regained its water
service.
She said there were others in
the building who couldn’t make it
across campus.
“When I walked past the bath
munication studies major, is
among the students who have
experienced excessive waiting.
He visited Student Stores on
Wednesday afternoon in his
third attempt to secure books.
On the first two tries, Taylor
said he waited an hour before
leaving empty-handed.
“I’ve got anew plan of just ask
ing for one book at a time and
seeing if that works,” he said.
In the three years he has
been at UNC, Taylor said he has
never before had any problems
purchasing textbooks.
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Student body president candidates James Allred and Bernard Holloway
wait to pitch their platforms at the BSM election forum Wednesday night.
DIPHI CANDIDATES FORUM
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Date: Today
Location: 4th floor, New East
Info: www.unc.edu/di _phi/
that his opponent James Allred
presented didn’t cater to minority
issues. Holloway’s style of leader
ship was a major factor, West said.
“The water was
running brown at
one point, and the
water was off at
one point”
ADRIAN JOHNSTON, senior
room, I saw people,” Syal said.“ They
just went. They had to go.”
OWASA estimated in a press
release that the repairs would take
about eight hours. But the leak was
located and isolated, and water
was turned on in all but one of the
buildings by 3:30 p.m.
Cameron Avenue remains closed
to through traffic between South
Columbia and Raleigh streets.
SEE WATER, PAGE 10
and field team, Taylor came to
UNC with a scholarship under
his belt. But for him to be able
to use that money on books, all
textbooks be purchased at the
same time, under the condi
tions of his award.
Taylor, like other students,
said he expected to take his
books off the shelves and pay
for them at a register. What he
found was quite different.
“Most people are in shock,”
Taylor said. “Nobody I’ve talked
to expected this.”
SEE TEXTBOOKS, PAGE 10
“He’s real big on (programs) that
empower the student,” West said.
Each candidate was given four
minutes to speak, followed by a
question and answer session with
BSM members.
While he said he couldn’t dis
cuss all of the more than 80 points
on his platform, Allred introduced
SEE BSM, PAGE 10
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2006
DTHFTED STRONG
Clay Davis of OWASA shuts a Cameron Avenue fire hydrant Wednesday
morning. Davis and others were trying to relieve a broken water line.
Seniors launch
drive to fund
welcome sign
Leaders: S4OK
needed for gift
BY ROBBY MARSHALL
STAFF WRITER
Senior officers are asking their
peers to fork over the cash.
Armed with cookies and hot
chocolate near the Student Union,
senior officials presented a speaker
and performers Wednesday to raise
money for the senior class gift.
The class’s contribution to the
University, a welcome sign in front
of McCorkle Place, was announced
more than two months ago and has
been received with criticism.
The long delay between
Wednesday’s fundraising kickoff
and the gift’s November announce
ment is standard procedure, said
Jenny Peddycord, senior class vice
president, and Ada Wilson, fund
raising chairwoman.
, “We’re on.the same timeline
as every year,” Peddycord said,
explaining that an extensive mar
keting process carried out by the
office of development is mandatory
prior to fundraising.
Questions surrounding the
funding of the senior class address
in May also are surfacing.
Senior officials have declined to
comment on the state of planning
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Jenny Peddycord, senior class vice president (right), jokes with other class
coordinators at the kickoff fundraiser for the senior class gift Wednesday.
Students to try to keep
mits on Duke tickets
Last year, contest
lasted 59 hours
BY BETHANY BLACK
STAFF WRITER
And you thought Saturday morn
ing distributions were rough.
Starting Friday, 20 University
students will show just how far
they’re willing to go for a pair of
riser tickets to the Duke game.
The second annual “Hands
on a Duke Ticket” contest, co
sponsored by the student group
Keeping Recreational Activities
New and Creative and the Carolina
Athletic Association, starts at 3 p.m
Friday.
Students selected through
a mock ticket distribution will
spend the better part of their
weekend standing around a table
in the Pit.
“One hand must remain on the
table at all times,” said Mark Smith,
president of KRANC. '
In order to win the tickets to
the Feb. 7 game, contestants can
not lean on the table or sit down.
for a speaker and said Wednesday’s
event was in no way connected to
that effort.
The gift fundraising goal stands
at $40,000, said Katisha Newkirk,
assistant director for annual giving.
Wilson said that she doesn’t have
a specific monetary goal, but that
she would like to see 35 percent of
the senior class contribute.
“It’s kind of lofty, I know,”
Newkirk said. “Last year they raised
over $49,000, so it’s tangible.”
Establishing architectural param
eters, design and approval require
significant time and make cost esti
mation difficult, Peddycord said.
“Physical gifts are a lot more dif
ficult to set a specific amount for,”
she said.
On Wednesday, guest speaker
Carol Tresolini, associate provost
for academic initiatives, spoke to
students about the importance of
leaving a class legacy after gradu
ation, .Wilson said.
In additkatijSfti Black Student
Movement’s Ebony Readers Onyx
Theatre group,‘Along with other
performance troupes, provided
entertainment for people walking
through the breezeway between the
new and old sections of the Student
Union, Newkirk said.
Officials used an iPod giveaway
SEE SENIOR GIFT, PAGE 10
“I need Duke
tickets, and I’ve
had had luck with
distributions
in the past.”
MATTHEW FLETCHER, JUNIOR
Contestants will have a 10-minute
break every two hours and a 15-
minute break every six hours.
The last person standing will
take home the grand prize.
Interested students can obtain a
bracelet from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m today
in the Pit. KRANC will announce
the selected bracelet numbers at
noon Friday.
The idea for the contest came
from a documentary titled “Hands
on a Hardbody.” In the film, con
testants competed for a truck by
seeing who could keep a hand on
it the longest.
Students obtaining bracelets
Wednesday had various strategies
SEE TICKETS, PAGE 10
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