VOLUME 114, ISSUE 156
CHAMPIONSHIP TUESDAY
VISITWWW.DAILYTARHEEL.COM FOR AN
INTERACTIVE VOTER GUIDE DETAILING THE TWO
CONTENDERS' PLATFORMS AND KEY GOALS
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Candidates Eve Carson and Nick Neptune will
settle the score today with Board of Elections
Chairman Jim Brewer (center) overseeing the
vote. Below: Core campaign workers from both
camps are rooting for their candidates today and
hoping that months of work will earn a victory.
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Easley keys in on
education access
BY LIZ GILLIAM
STAFF WRITER
RALEIGH North Carolina’s
average college tuition is one of the
lowest in the nation and it’s going
to stay low, Gov. Mike Easley said
in the State of the State address
Monday night.
Affordable education, as well
as health care and income taxes,
topped the agenda in Easley’s final
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PB PROBLEMS Some brands of peanut
butter are recalled because of salmonella
USING THINKING CAPS UNC scientists
study mental disorders using infant brains
HOLLA FOR DOLLAS County schools
leaders want als percent budget increase
Serving the students and the University community since 1893
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speech to a packed audience of leg
islators, lobbyists and onlookers.
“As more of our students receive
an advanced degree, North Carolina
becomes stronger,” Easley said.
“They generate more wealth; they
generate more revenue; and they
generate more innovation.”
An increase in “Learn and Earn”
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ELECTIONS
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.
Campus will decide today who will
lead students next year as president
BY AMANDA YOUNGER
STAFF WRITER
The scrutiny that student body
president hopefuls Eve Carson and
Nick Neptune have withstood for
the past month will end tonight for
one of them.
When the votes are tallied, only
one person will emerge as UNC’s
next student body president, giv
ing Carson or Neptune access to
power and administrators, with a
thrust to the forefront of student
affairs.
Today’s runoff election will pres
ent challenges for both candidates,
as second elections are notorious
for lower voter turnout than the
general election. Both candidates
have worked during the past week
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Gov. Mike Easley delivers his final State of the State address Monday
night at the N. C. General Assembly. He gives the speech every two years.
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ALMOST READY TO ROLL
With just a few days left until the
culmination of the year's work,
Dance Marathon organizers are
putting the final details together
for the 24-hour dance.
GAME TIME: 7 A.M. TO 10 P.M.
ARENA: STUDENT CENTRAL,
PAPER BALLOTS AVAILABLE AT UNION 2501.
to shore up their bases and attract
swing voters.
“I think you have a much more
focused electorate to appeal to,”
said Jim Brewer, chairman of the
Board of Elections. “You have to
decide who you are appealing to.”
In last week’s general election,
Carson secured 40 percent of the
vote, while Neptune garnered 33
percent in an election that saw
the highest voter turnout in UNC
history.
“Asa candidate, you have
to worry about voter turnout,”
Brewer said.
Carson and Neptune have taken
distinct paths throughout the cam-
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UNC-Charlotte is studying
the idea of starting a football
program through a formal survey
and online poll of students'
willingness to pay.
No. 2
NICK NEPTUNE k?
2,459 votes
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PERSONAL MESSAGES FROM
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ANALYSIS
Gift is saving grace for
struggling Morehead
BY LINDSAY MICHEL
INVESTIGATIVE TEAM CO-EDITOR
A driving force in merit-based
aid, the Morehead Foundation
was running low on fuel until a
SIOO million gift was thrown into
its engine.
The donation, a gift from the
Gordon and Mary Cain Foundation
in Houston, nearly doubles the
this day in history
FEB. 20.1951 ...
John Motley Morehead earmarks
$2 million to scholarships for
University students. The Morehead
Foundation, under Robert Fetzer,
will give $1,500 per student.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2007
Morehead’s slls million endow
ment, which has seen poor returns
in recent years.
In 2003, the foundation dipped
to its lowest class size with 40
incoming freshmen scholars.
There were 42 entering scholars
in fall 2004 and fall 2005.
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