VOLUME 114, ISSUE 108
SENATE CALLED FOR DEMOCRATS
Rumsfeld’s resignation
comes amid GOP losses
BY ALUSON NICHOLS
ASSISTANT STATE ft NATIONAL EDITOR
Anew face in the secretary of
defense position might signal that
President Bush is open to change
in his Iraq policy.
Bush announced the resig
nation of Secretary of Defense
Donald Rumsfeld on Wednesday,
a day after Republicans lost the
majority in the House, in what
some experts are calling a refer
endum on the war.
Rumsfeld, who held the
position since January 2001,
drew increased criticism from
Democrats and Republicans alike
in recent months for his handling
ofthewarinlraq.
“I was surprised, but Rumsfeld
Therapy gives healing power to patients
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Gretchen Hoag walks on a treadmill Wednesday as Claudio Battaglim and senior exercise and sports science major Leena Patel look on. Hoag is one of three women
participating in anew program, Get Recreation, Get Exercise, Get Active, Get Living and Heel, that aims to help cancer patients through exercise and mental therapy.
Program for cancer patients
stimulates through exercise
BY EMILY STEPHENSON
STAFF WRITER
Gretchen Hoag used to despise exercising.
“My husband tried everything to get me to exercise,”
said Hoag, a Chapel Hill resident who is participating in
breast cancer therapy.
But when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, Hoag
Mall rolls out tree for underprivileged children
Hatchell helps kick off charity effort
BY LAURA SMITH
STAFF WRITER
Some of the area’s finest young
talent showed off various skills at
University Mall on Wednesday at the
Wish ’free 2006 Opening Night
The event, designed to encour
age people to donate toys to the
Chapel Hill Service League’s
Christmas House, was attended
by several familiar faces, including
UNC women’s basketball coach
Sylvia Hatchell.
Hatchell, honorary chairwoman
of the Christmas House, encour
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story, “Nelson a newcomer,”
incorrectly states where Mike
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Serving the students and the University community since 1893
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Secretary of
Defense
Donald
Rumsfeld
resigned
from his post
Wednesday.
was certainly on the hot seat,” said
Joseph Glatthaar, chairman of
UNC’s curriculum in peace, war
and defense.
“He had lost the respect of the
vast majority of the military.”
Bush’s nominee to replace
Rumsfeld, Robert Gates, could offer
anew perspective in the positioa
SEE RUMSFELD, PAGE 4
aged guests to take paper cutout
bears, which contain the ages and
names of underprivileged children,
from the Wish TYee.
Gifts can be placed under Wish
Trees at University Mall or Carr
Mill Mall. Parents will pick up the
toys on Dec. 2.
Hatchell said she plans to put
together an assortment of sport
ing goods for the 10-year-old boy
she selected from the tree.
Basketball players Eriana Larkins,
Ivory Latta, Meghan Austin and
Chrikina DeWitt joined her to show
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HEY, TEACH A program allows college
students to teach underserved students
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PARTY SHIFT CONSIDERED REFERENDUM ON
WAR IN IRAQ, VOTERS APPRECIATE BALANCE
BY LINDSEY NAYLOR
ASSISTANT STATE NATIONAL EDITOR
The Democratic Party celebrat
ed its takeover of the U.S. House on
Ihesday night and the end of more
than a decade of political drought
for the party on Capitol Hill.
When it rains, it pours.
The party was guaranteed at
least a 50-50 U.S. Senate follow
ing the Wednesday announce
ment of Montana Democrat
Jon Tester’s win over the state’s
incumbent Republican senator.
Shortly thereafter, President
Bush announced the resignation
of Secretary of Defense Donald
Rumsfeld, long-time recipient of
criticism from the left.
SEE MIDTERMS, PAGE 4
had to change her attitude.
“I knew that post-cancer-diagnosis exercise was really
important,” she said. “I needed something to make me
exercise.”
She found it when she joined a program developed by
both UNC’s Department of Exercise and Sport Science
and the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
The program, Get Recreation, Get Exercise, Get Active,
Get living and Heel, started in October and combines exer
cise and recreational therapy to help breast cancer patients
manage symptoms and treatment, said Diane Groff pro
gram director and professor of exercise and sport science.
their support of the program.
“This is such a great commu
nity project,” Hatchell said. “The
Chapel Hill Service League does
such a tremendous job with this.”
Carol Douglas, publicity co
chairwoman for the service league,
said the Wish 'free is different from
other toy donation projects.
“One of the things that makes it
so unusual and unique compared
to other programs like it is that
the Christmas House is set up for
parents and guardians of the chil
dren on the Wish Tree to come in
and choose the toys for the kids,”
Douglas said.
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TOO POLITICAL?
Student Congress leaders say
this year's body is becoming
divided along party lines lead
ing some to question if partisan
politics is good for students.
The Senate's new balance of power
With the Va. Senate race declared a victory for Democrat Jim Webb against
Republican George Allen on Wednesday, the Democratic Party now controls
both the chambers of Congress.
Republicans Democrats
W Hl U.S. Senate
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The program is the brainchild of Groff and Claudio
Battaglini, also a program director and exercise and sport
science faculty member.
Battaglini came to the University with a background
in working with exercise for cancer patients.
Upon learning of Groff’s work with recreational ther
apy, Battaglini proposed that physical and psychological
therapy be employed to help breast cancer patients.
“He said, ‘Let’s work with the mind, too,’” Groff said.
“The concept was bom of Get REAL and Heel.”
SEE THERAPY, PAGE 4
Orange County refer parents and
guardians of children in need to
the Christmas House.
Last year the program served
841 children.
The night included several acts
including Grupo Danza Folkloricas
Colombianas and the Glenwood
Gator Show Choir from Glenwood
Elementary School.
The Triangle Youth Ballet per
formed a classical ballet.
Dancer Callie Henson said she
was glad to be able to be a part of
the cause.
“I really felt like I was giving back
SEE TREE, PAGE 4
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DOMINATING THE POOL
UNC men's and women's swim
teams take first in every event
and second in all but two
against Duke on Wednesday in
a meet at Koury Natatorium.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2006
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Stephania Montano, 4, of Grupo Danza Folkloricas Colombianas, steps
out of line during a routine at the Wish Tree opening night celebration.
this day in history
NOV. 9,2001...
Chilean President Ricardo Lagos
Escobar receives an honorary UNC
degree. Escobar taught in the Latin
American studies department as a
visiting professor in the 19705.
BUTCH DAVIS
RUMORS SWIRL
Several media outlets
reported Wednesday night
that Butch Davis signed on
to become UNC's football
coach, but both Davis' agent
and UNC officials say that
there isn't a deal in place.
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Judicial
hopefuls
awaiting
final call
Provisional ballots
to determine race
BY KAYLA CARRICK
ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR
The fat lady has yet to sing
the final results of the Orange-
Chatham county Superior Court
judge election.
Unofficial vote tallies show
candidate Allen Baddour beating
Adam Stein by 70 votes in the race
to earn one of
two spots on
the bench.
Incumbent
Carl Fox was
last night’s
winner by a
definitive mar
gin.
And with
805 provision
al ttfUuUjflP
to be counted,
Stein is not
ready to throw
in the towel.
“I’d rath
er it be this
close than if
it wasn’t close
and I lost,”
Stein said.
“It’s not over
yet and I’m
glad there’s still
a chance that I
may win.”
Stein’s opti
mism comes
from his suc
cess at the
■
r
Allen Baddour
is up 70 votes
and is confident
that the results
will stand.
Adam Stein
is hopeful that
he will gain
enough ground
for a victory.
polls in Orange County, where a
majority of the provisional ballots
are held.
The Orange County Board of
Elections received 610 provision
al ballots. The other 195 belong to
Chatham County.
“Those numbers will encour
age my people,” Stein said. “One
looks at those numbers and says,
Well, it looks possible.”
In Orange County, Stein beat
Baddour by more than 2,000
votes. Baddour beat Stein by
about the same amount in
Chatham County.
But Baddour said that accord-
SEE JUDGE, PAGE 4
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