VOLUME 114, ISSUE 102
UNC -
to host
Chinese
official
Visit signals start
of collaboration
BY ANDREW DUNN
STAFF WRITER
The University will host
a senior official from Peking
University in China this week
as the first step in a partnership
between the two schools and
another development in UNC’s
push to link with the country.
Min Weifang,
the executive
vice presi
dent of Peking
University in
Beijing, will
tour the School
of Public Health
today before
being honored
at a luncheon.
The tour is
in preparation
for a recently
announced
conference
Min Weifang
of Peking
Univesity in
Beijing will stay
for six days.
examining Chinese health care
reform.
During his six-day stay in
North Carolina, he will meet with
Peter Coclanis, associate pro
vost for international affairs, and
Chancellor James Moeser.
Min also will tour several local
companies, N.C. State University
and Duke University.
The conference, scheduled for
Dec. 11 and 12 in Beijing, will focus
on improving China’s health-care
as the country moves toward a
more capitalistic economy.
Moeser will make his first visit
to China to participate, and will
serve as an honorary co-chairman
of the event along with Min.
The partnership between UNC
and Peking University is the lat
est of several ties between the
University and the economically
booming nation. More than 120
UNC faculty and staff members
are working on China-related
topics.
UNC’s School of Medicine has
been involved with China since the
late 1980s.
China is valued because of its
SEE CHINA, PAGE 5
Freshmen ready
for hoops opener
Forced to let their
play do the talking
BY DANIEL MALLOY
SENIOR WRITER
As sophomore Marcus Ginyard
lounged in the Smith Center
bleachers fielding questions from
reporters, wide-eyed freshman
Deon Thompson took a seat in
the row behind him.
“Hey Deon, come on in,”
Ginyard said as the 6-foot-8,245-
pound newcomer sat down.
Thompson and the rest of the
freshmen weren’t allowed to talk
to the press two weeks ago at
North Carolina basketball media
day, a rule that dates back to
early in the Dean Smith era. So
the newcomers just watched and
listened.
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EXIT POLLS The unofficial election
results for the off-campus district are in
WHERE'S THE TORTOISE? Students
take part in the hare and hound run
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BY JESSICA SCHONBERG
CITY EDITOR
Capt. Jack Sparrow, aliens,
Adam, Eve and the Disney prin
cesses all got invitations to one
of Chapel Hill’s biggest parties
Ihesday.
Officials were expecting between
50,000 and 70,000 people to
head downtown for the annual
Halloween celebration. %
Hie festivities
drew students,
residents and
out-of-towners
to socialize, peo
ple-watch and
throwafewback
at local bars.
“We’re just
walking around,
checking peo
ple out, maybe
causing a little
trouble later,”
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Children and
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UNC senior Daniel Peters said.
Tuesday marked the first
Halloween since the Chapel Hill
Town Council considered ending
the celebration this summer.
The council weighed the fate of
all downtown celebrations after
unanimously voting to end Apple
of shootings that took place after
the festivities.
Although Apple Chill was axed,
all other downtown celebrations
were allowed to go on normally.
“It’s a great tradition. I just
hope nothing happens to this like
Apple Chill,” said Shonna Okada,
who came to the celebration from
Sanford.
More than 400 officers from
multiple jurisdictions were brought
in to staff Ihesday’s event.
Officers were in cars, on foot,
motorcycle and, for the first time,
horseback.
Chapel Hill police officer Phil
Smith said that as of aboutTl p.m.,
there had been no major problems
downtown.
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Freshman forward Brendan Wright
jams during Late Night with Roy.
He is one of six freshman who will
make their official debut tonight.
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The view from Top of the M Restaurant and Bar at 10:40 p.m. Tuesday showsfranklinSfreetovercome by ghouls, ghosts, goblins and
the like. The crowd continued to grow throughout the night during the first Halloween after officials considered canceling street festivals.
Smith estimated there had been
eight arrests so far.
Last year Chapel Hill police
reported 11 arrests in the closed
area of Franklin Street on charges
including assault with a deadly
weapon, assault on an officer,
armed robbery and carrying a con
cealed weapon.
When asked if he thought the
department had prepared well
for any possible violence, Smith
responded, “Of course, as best we
could.”
In addition to the increased
number of officers, police also
brought in raised lights to help
illuminate the street. One such
Tyrrell County faces lack of training, jobs
Editor’s note: The Daily Tar
Heel traveled to North Carolina’s
five poorest counties to gauge the
University’s mission to provide
service to the state.
BY ERIN FRANCE
STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR
COLUMBIA Small dreams
are appreciated in Tyrrell
County.
With a population slightly more
than 4,000, even small steps have
a big impact
The local Food Lion, for exam
ple, will have been in business for
only two years come January, but it
saves many in the county a lengthy
journey to buy groceries.
Columbia is die only municipal
ity in the cbunty, so the town and
county relationship is close, said
Rhett White, the town manager.
“We have people who live 13
miles out in the county,” he said.
“Many of them do not separate
the fact that the town line may
have stopped 11 miles short of
their house.”
When it comes to the county’s
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Children in Chapel Hill
go trick-or-treating,
showing that Halloween
isn't just for the Franklin
Street crowd.
light shone directly on the spot
where one of the post-Apple Chill
shootings occurred.
But crime was not the focus for
most revelers who attended the
giant street party.
“It’s fun to watch all the people
in their outfits,” UNC junior Matt
Richmond said. “It’s different
every year.
“Plus if you don’t go, you’re pret
ty much a loser.”
Senior writers Kayla Carrick,
Rachel Ullrich and Ted Strong
contributed to this report.
Contact the City Editor
at citydesk@unc.edu.
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relationship with UNC-Chapel
Hill, White said, East Carolina
University in Greenville is more
visible in die community.
“East Carolina probably does
more because of the proximity,” he
said.
He added that the town still
could use help from UNC-CH,
especially in creating a system for
higher education in die county.
“We’re not married to East
Carolina University.”
White and other county officials
said they would appreciate more
involvement from UNC-CH in
Tyrrell County, the third-poorest
county in the state.
A frustrating problem
White said poverty is an issue in
Tyrrell because of high unemploy
ment, 6 percent, according to the
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Mounted police make their way down Franklin Street on Tuesday
night. The horses were new this year and helped control the crowd.
U.S. Census Bureau.
“It’s due to lack of training and
lack of education,” he said.
Educated adults often leave
the county because there are no
industries where their talents are
useful.
Unskilled workers also are
forced to look elsewhere for
jobs.
“A lot of folks drive to the
Outer Banks to work in the ser
vice industry.”
But employment often is
temporary seasonal jobs, which
affects the paychecks of many
residents.
Even the Tyrrell Prison Work
Farm does little to alleviate the
unemployment rate.
The medium-security facility
has 600-plus inmates and cre
ates staff positions for guards,
clerks and administrators, but
many of those positions go to
nonresidents.
“They have difficulty finding
qualified people in the county
who want to work there,” White
said.
this day in history
NOV. 1,1792...
Commissioners meet in Pittsboro
to decide on a location for the new
University. In the following days,
the committee visits sites near
Pittsboro, Haw River and Raleigh.
Tyrrell County
Total population: 4,149
White population:
56.5 percent
Black population:
39.4 percent
Hispanic population:
3.6 percent
Families below the
poverty level: 19.1 percent
>■ Individuals below the
poverty level: 23.3 percent
Percent of civilian labor force
unemployed: 6.1 percent
SOURCE: 2000 U.S. Census
Bureau data
“I could use a dozen adjectives
to tell you beyond frustrating
how it feels.” -
Though development from sur
rounding counties and traffic from
the expanded U.S. 64 is increas-
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