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VOLUME 113, ISSUE 157 PETERSEN/SCHMIDT TO LEAD SENIOR CLASS Beat Weiss/ McDonald in runoff election BY BOBBY MARSHALL STAFF WRITER It’s the election that almost wasn’t. In light of technical difficul ties that plagued Tuesday’s senior class runoff election, Nick Mosley, chairman of the UNC Board of Elections, decided to void the election and call a re-election. But rather than see the cam-, paign drag on for another week, the two candidate pairs asked at the eleventh hour for certification of the results, regardless of voting irregularities. After a round of votes from elections board members, Mosley called the election for Meg Petersen and Eric Schmidt, who defeated Doug Weiss and Juelle McDonald 598 votes to 495. “This is exactly what we were hoping for,” Schmidt said. “I think we’re going to take a little time off,” Petersen said after ward. When the board made its initial call for re-election after UNC’s network crashed and crippled campus Internet access for sev eral hours both parties were surprised that the results were going to have to wait. “We’re ready to get this done,” Schmidt said before the results were announced. “We worked so hard to start doing this job, so now we’re ready to start.” For 40 tense minutes candi dates and their staffs waited in the student government office as board leaders called other elec tions officials for consult. The board voted unanimously to overturn the earlier decision. “If both candidates desire the results we’re working for them at the end of the day,” Mosley said. After hearing of the loss, Weiss said he did not regret of the deci- SBP seeks supporting castmates Allred puts out applications BY BRIAN HUDSON NEWS EDITOR Even before he’s had the chance to move into his new comer office, Student Body President-elect James Allred has started the process of filling the ones around him. Applications for Allred’s Cabinet and officer corps were released this morning. Applications for the officer corps .are due March 7. The deadline for executive assis tant and com mittee chairman applications is Jonathan McNeil will not apply for chief of staff. March 24. Forms are available in the stu dent government office in Union 2501 and online at studentorgs.unc. edu/studgov. Allred said he hopes to have the SEE CABINET, PAGE 5 Online | dailytarheel.com RELATIONS THERAPY Duke professor characterizes U.S.-lran relations as poor WHO'VE YOU GOT? N.C. Republican party requests member church directories BEHIND DOOR NO. 4 Freshman Luke Putkonen throws solid game in 15-0 romp Serving the students and the University community since 1893 She iatlu Sar Her! DTH/JUUA BARKER Meg Petersen and Eric Schmidt embrace after news of their election to senior class president and vice-president. Petersen and Schmidt edged competitors Doug Weiss and Juelle McDonald in Tuesday's runoff race. Neither pair earned a simple majority in the Feb. 14 election. SENIOR CLASS RESULTS Meg Petersen & Eric Schmidt 598 votes Doug Weiss & Juelle McDonald 495 votes sion. “Regardless, it was a good move to get this over with.” With the election behind them, Petersen and Schmidt said they are anxious to begin work. Weiss also said he wants to work with the new senior class officers to implement parts of his platform. “I’ll work with them to do as much as possible,” he said. “I Consumers squeal for rare little piggies Mebane woman has unique herd BY SAPNA MAHESHWARI STAFF WRITER If the many varieties of North Carolina barbecue are any indica tion, the Old North State knows its pork. So it’s no surprise that Mebane is home to one of only four Ossabaw pig breeders in the nation and the sole breeder in the state. Lantern, Magnolia Grill and Barbecue Joint are just a few local restaurants that use pork i —j L i j-t mi ' - ! DTH/MAGGIE SARTIN Eliza Mac Lean spends Sunday afternoon with her Ossabaw pigs. She is about to face the task of herding the rare pigs into anew pen. arts I page 2 FINE WOMEN'S ARTS The Women's Center is holding its 22nd annual woman artists' exhibit through Sunday at the Sheraton hotel in Chapel Hill www.dailytarheel.com | CONGRESS ELECTIONS VOIDED See the full story at www.dailytarheel.com thought I had a good platform.” Tuesday’s victory is due at least in part to an endorsement from former candidates Jonathan Friedman and Barry Humer, elimi nated during the Feb. 14 general election. The crux of Petersen and SEE PETERSEN, PAGE 5 produced at Eliza Mac Lean’s Cane Creek Farm. “The fat is very creamy, rather than being greasy, and has a very pure, nutty flavor,” says Andrea Reusing, owner of Lantern in Chapel Hill. “It’s delicious.” About 500 years ago, Spanish conquistadors deposited a group of pigs on Ossabaw Island, off the coast of Georgia, explains Don Schrider, communication director at the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy in Pittsboro. Part of the conquest of the New World involved leaving SEE PIGS, PAGE 5 4 A DTH/LARRY BAUM Weiss reacts to news of his close loss to Petersen. He said he would try to stay active in senior class activities next year. ELECTIONS BODY TO LOSE ITS HEAD Longtime director will call it quits after 35 years BY SHATARRA GIBSON STAFF WRITER Though she might spend most of her time behind the scenes, co workers of retiring Orange County Board of Elections Director Carolyn Cates say her May depar ture surely will be noticed. Cates, who announced her retirement Monday, said she intends to kick back, relax and enjoy all that she has accom plished during her three-plus decades in office. “I’m still going to work part time, but I’m ready for some changes in my life,” she said. “I can’t give it all the way up; it’s been my life.” Despite her plans to work part time for the board, Cates has plans for the free time she soon will acquire, including a stained glass painting class, horseback riding lessons and a cruise to Alaska. Cates has worked for the board of elections for 35 years, serving as director for eight years. During her tenure on the board, the county has seen advancements in voting technol ogy and voting education. Real-time election results were made available on the Internet. La Colina | page 10 UN MES DE NOTICIAS Efectos de inmigracidn, un programa de profesores visitantes y una telenovela que estci rodeando en Durham en esta edicion de La Colina. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2006 DTH/LEAH GRONNING Carolyn Cates, the retiring director of the county board of elections, pores over paperwork for the May elections in her office Tuesday. Voter registration has increased from 15,000 to 94,000. Improved voting technology has been implemented, with the newest crop of machines being readied for this November. Cates’job consists of oversee ing elections and candidates’ campaigns as well as program ming ballots and machines. County personnel director Elaine Holmes said the process for selecting Cates’ successor will today in history FEB. 22,2001 ... Chancellor James Moeser announces the University's commitment to a campuswide genome science initiative, a $245 million project. Flagship at home in quiet setting “Why here?” newcomers to cam pus might ask. “Why was the University built in this little town, and not in an urban place that would have had more to offer students in the way of enter tainment, shopping, restaurants, transportation and other institu- tions?” Remember also that Chapel Hill was even smaller at its founding. But there are several reasons for the decision to place the flag ship in Chapel Hill, some of which were more cogent in 1792 than they are today. First, the sponsors of the University of North Carolina jjjjj GUEST COLUMNIST John Sanders is a professor emeritus with the University. Next week: Will Raymond said they wanted to make sure the flagship university was built in a “healthy and conve nient situation,” centrally located in the state. That ruled out North Carolina’s towns of any size, Wilmington and New Bern near the East Coast and up-and-coming Fayetteville, which was argued was too far to the south east. Second, the University was intended to serve a set of lusty males, defined at the time as those between 16 and 22 years old. Some of them were already familiar with the sins of the flesh and the others were eager to become acquainted with such behav ior. Thus the University’s 1789 legisla tive charter directed that the trustees choose for it a site “which shall not be ... within five miles of the permanent SEE CHAPEL HILL, PAGE 5 consist of a series of interviews and background checks conduct ed by an assessment panel. Cates’ decision marks the sec ond county department head to announce retirement plans in less than two weeks. Orange County Manager John Link declared that he would leave his post after 18 years at a Feb. 9 Orange County Board of SEE CATES, PAGE 5 weather jfoTk Showers H 55, L 41 index police log 2 calendar 2 crossword 4 edit 6 sports 9
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