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POVERTY
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Wisconsin at Madison, learned of
Edwards’ new duties at a research
institute, he was not troubled by
the politicians past.
“To me it seemed like a use
ful thing someone who could
command public attention and
who wanted to talk about poverty
and establish a research institute,”
Kaplan said. “Even if he himself
is a known partisan, at least the
researchers are not.”
A coalition of the willing
In the wake of the celebra
tion marking his addition to the
University, Edwards worked with
his colleagues at the UNC School of
Law to build a coalition of experts
who could drive the center to its
goals.
The center’s staff is composed
of five individuals including
Edwards, and 20 faculty members
from 12 areas of study across the
University were recruited to form
the center’s advisory board.
Although political affiliation is
not a criterion for holding a posi
tion at the center, 19 of the 25 staff
and advisory board members are
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registered Democrats, according
to voter registration records. None
are registered Republicans.
It is difficult to pigeonhole per
sonal ideologies when studying
emotional topics such as poverty,
said Arne Kalleberg, an advisory
board member. And he is not
surprised that mostly Democrats
make up the center’s foundations.
“I think that it’s fair to say that
people are drawn to the topic of
poverty because of some belief that
this is a problem in society,” said
Kalleberg, a senior associate dean
for arts and sciences at UNC. “And
I think Democrats are more likely
to do that than Republicans.”
It is unfortunate that poverty
has become a partisan topic, said
Jesse White, director of the UNC
Office of Economic and Business
Development and an advisory
board member.
“I think we do live in an era when
it’s become too polarized, which is
too bad," he said. “And I don’t think
that it’s possible to completely dis
engage your personal ideologies
from the work you do.”
Kalleberg added that he and
other advisory board members
have made an honest effort to cre
ate balanced programming.
“I think we’ve gone to great
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pains in the center to try to repre
sent different perspectives on this
issue,” he said.
Balancing the scale
When the center first was con
ceived, it was Edwards’ name that
fueled its startup momentum.
But the outspoken Democrat’s
celebrity has had perks and draw
backs for the center during its first
formative year, Deputy Director
Marion Crain said.
“It’s a double-edge sword hav
ing Senator Edwards associated
with the center —but it is clearly
a much sharper positive edge,”
Crain said. “His name is the rea
son, clearly, for us being able to
attract these great speakers.”
The center’s staff works to show
the public that the center is not
connected to Edwards’ political
work.
“We are not an activist center; we
do not have a political affiliation; we
are not partisan; and we are not part
of any campaigning that may have
gone on in the past or go on in the
future,” Crain said. “That part of it,
I think, is a bit of a struggle because
people don’t know.”
Nick Tennyson, executive vice
president of the Home Builders
Association of Durham, Orange
and Chatham Counties, was a
panelist at the center’s confer
ence in March. He said the center
recruited voices that represent all
types of ideologies.
“It was not a single point-of
view discussion,” said Tennyson, a
registered Republican. “It certainly
seemed like a debate as opposed to
choir practice.”
Bill Rohe, director of the Center
for Urban and Regional Studies
at UNC, was the advisory board
member charged with assembling
the panel discussion that Tennyson
participated in.
“I know I’ve bent over backwards
... to put together a balanced pro
gram,” he said.
During meetings, Rohe said, the
center’s leaders discuss the impor
tance of negating the partisan image
that some people have perceived.
But Sanders said the center’s
approach to poverty is not differ
ent from what many liberal politi
cians do.
Sanders said he has not seen
newer, more innovative tactics
designed to alleviate poverty come
out of the center’s programs
something he expected when the
center opened.
“They’re still talking about mini
mum wage.... That’s neither new
nor innovative,” he said.
Although he enjoyed his expe
rience with the poverty center,
Tennyson said he still remains curi
ous as to Edwards’ sabbatical from
politics and jump into academia.
“I think Senator Edwards’ parti
san political profile certainly hasn’t
gone down,” he said. “I don’t fault
anybody involved in it for the deci
sion, but it’s a little disingenuous.”
Edwards, who spoke of the two
Americas during his bid for a presi
dential nomination in 2004, said
the troubles facing America’s poor
should be addressed seriously by all
citizens.
“It ultimately is about patrio
tism,” he said. “It’s about whether
you really believe in your country.
If you want your country to be big
ger, stronger and more secure, then
one of the critical parts of that is for
all Americans to feel like they have
opportunity.”
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is assigned.
Seats in the U.S. House, N.C.
House and Senate and Superior
Court judgeships, among others,
are up for grabs.
When the polls closed Monday,
472 people had voted early in
Orange County. In Chapel Hill, 135
people voted Monday.
“That’s an outstanding day I
think,” said Barry Garner, direc
tor of the Orange County Board of
Elections.
Gamer said he was only expect
ing about 50 people per day to vote
during the first few days. He said
the number of one-stop voters tends
to pick up during the last week.
So far Gamer said he has heard
of no major problems.
Voters in Chapel Hill on Monday
said they came out early for a vari
ety of reasons.
Senior geography major Logan
Yonayjak, who has voted early
before, said she felt it was her civic
duty to vote.
“I’m early voting because it’s more
convenient on campus and because I
wanted to beat the rush,” she said.
Chapel Hill residents Jean and
Michael Bemholz also are veteran
early voters.
“We’ve come every year to vote
here because we can do it at our
convenience,” Jean Bemholz said.
Poll workers at the planetarium
seemed pleased with their first day
FAIR
FROM PAGE 1
enue is near last year’s $9.8 million.
Saturday was the most success
ful day of the 2006 fair, drawing
a record-setting crowd of about
145,000.
“Saturday was totally jammed
food, rides, everything,” said
Charlie Belknap, director of mar
keting and public relations for
Powers Great American Midways,
the which handled the fair’s rides.
Biodiesel, a developing technol
ogy in North Carolina, was used to
fuel the rides.
Belknap said a total of 60,000
to 70,000 gallons of biofuel was
used during the 10 days of the fair.
It was the company’s first use of
biodiesel, which worked very well
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Josh Drucker fills out his ballot
at Morehead Planetarium on
Monday during the first day of
early voting in Chapel Hill.
in business.
Chapel Hill resident Karen
Tinker started volunteering at the
polls two years ago. She said at first
it was more difficult to get people
to vote early because people didn’t
realize you could be registered in
any precinct.
Voters who show up at the wrong
precinct on Election Day have to fill
out a transfer form and then go to a
different location to cast a ballot.
Early voting helps eliminate the
need for transfers.
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with the ride engines, he said.
Safety is the No. 1 concern, he
said, and North Carolina’s ride
safety regulations are stringent.
Long said the fair ran without any
major problems, and that fair-goers
praised the safe environment pro
vided by Wake County police.
Potential problems such as
petty theft and drug dealing were
deterred by the force of 150 uni
formed and undercover police, he
said.
Philip Shelton, a UNC sopho
more from Greenville, who went
to the fair twice, said the crowd on
Saturday was kept under control.
“It didn’t get too unruly. It was
a real family affair.”
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Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.