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The view from Top of the Hill restaurant shows the massive crowd that came out to celebrate Halloween on Franklin Street. More than 50,000 people were
estimated to have taken part in the festivities. Visit www.dailytarheel.com today for a photo slideshow of the night and Friday for videos of the best costumes.
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Hispanics’ economic impact increases
BY ELIZABETH DEORNELLAS
AND STEPHANIE METZEN
STAFF WRITERS
Assessing the economic impact
of Hispanic immigration is a num
bers game that is often clouded by
the emotions of the issue.
Hispanic immigrants in North
Carolina used to be isolated in rural
communities, working on farms or
in poultry plants. But the social real
ity of immigration has changed.
No longer just young males seek
ing jobs, the N.C. Hispanic immi
grant community has put down
roots, raising families and reuniting
with relatives from back home.
“The impact is there you see
kids in our schools, you see kids
being born in our hospitals,” said
Federico van Gelderen, former
president of the N.C. Hispanic
Chamber of Commerce.
“They are part of our society,” he
said. “We need to understand that.”
Being part of society means both
contributing to the tax base and uti
lizing state-funded social services.
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Friday: politics
In North Carolina, Hispanics
annually contribute $756 million
in taxes but cost the state $Bl7 mil
lion in social services, according to
a study conducted by the Kenan-
Flagler Business School at UNC.
That works out to a s6l million
annual cost to the state, or $lO2
per Hispanic resident.
The study also found that
Hispanics annually contribute $9.2
billion to the state economy.
“For every dollar that the state
spent they got nine in return in
terms of economic impact,” said
James Johnson Jr., one of the study’s
authors. “That’s the point that people
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Police confiscate alcohol and
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Hispanic cost to North Carolina
In comparing taxes paid with benefits received, the N.C. Hispanic
population, totaling 600,913, cost the state $lO2 per person in 2004.
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Group themes outin-force
BY CATARINA SARAIVA
ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR
From aluminum foil-draped
[BjSki’s wraps to bow tie-wear
ing Clef Hangers, some groups of
friends opted to dress in themes
this year for their Franklin Street
Halloween debut.
“What is most important is that
we need to go sing,” said junior
Nick Wagner, trying to capture the
Clef Hangers dedication.
He and three other Clef imita
tors dressed in khaki pants, but
ton-down shirts and vests clad
with buttons known as “flair.”
The [BjSki’s group was com
plete with a Marcus Ginyard, who
used to deliver for the restaurant
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POWER OF THREE
Durham will play host to the
Troika Music Festival this
weekend, a three-day event
that will feature about 70
musical performances.
BY MAX ROSE
STAFF WRITER
For Carrboro residents Terry and Dale
Bailey, Halloween on Franklin Street is like an
anniversary.
It was 10 years ago Wednesday that they first
“got together,” Dale said.
This year the couple dressed as a “Cheshire
Elmo.” They stood next to each other and smiled,
each holding a pole with one eye perched on top
and a bright smile in between.
“It’s just one of those things where you all
come together and enjoy,” Dale Bailey said. “It’s
like our Mardi Gras.”
More than 50,000 converged on Franklin
Street on Wednesday from across the state.
They pounded drums, took pictures with
strangers and greeted friends —and each per
son had a unique reason for showing up.
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“The point was together
ness,” senior Alex Robinson said. “It matters
to me that it’s my last Halloween on Franklin
Street.”
Robinson said the group has 103 things to do
before they graduate, and that Wednesday, one
was checked off the list.
As of 11 p.m. there had been one arrest,
according to Lt. Kevin Gunter, Chapel Hill’s
public information officer.
Gunter said a man assaulted an EMS worker
after being picked up for alcohol poisoning. The
man was one of four people to require medical
attention as of 11 p.m., all for alcohol poison
ing.
Police officials predicted that the turnout
would be greater than last year.
“It seems to grow every year,” Gunter said.
“This is not something that we enjoy typically.
It’s a stressful time for people that are on the
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Brad Lockwood, of Raleigh, sings “I Want It that Way" as the Clef
Hangers with Nick Wagner, of Wilson, and Matt Filer, of Atlanta.
Financial aid can’t
meet tuition increase
N.C. legislature
steps up funding
BY ARIEL ZIRULNICK
STAFF WRITER
A nationwide study recently
released by College Board found
that public university tuition is
increasing faster than private
tuition —and public financial aid
sources aren’t keeping up.
Public universities saw in-state
tuition and fees increase by 6.6
percent for the current academic
year. The average cost of public
tuition and fees is now $6,185 —a
$3Bl increase from last year.
In contrast, private university
costs have gone up 6.3 percent,
and tuition and fees now average
$23,712.
During the past year, UNC
system tuition and fees increases
have followed those of their peers,
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For a group of six dressed
in red who did a choreo
graphed dance in the street
to Fat Boy Slim’s “Crazy,” it
was about friendship. The
group paid $lO each for their
costumes from Wal-Mart.
but at a rate of less than 5 percent,
said Rob Nelson, vice president
for finance for the UNC system.
“North Carolina remains a very
low-tuition state compared to a
lot of the country,” he said.
UNC-Chapel Hill is the most
expensive system school, but the
$5,176 price tag of in-state tuition
and fees is about SI,OOO less than
the national average.
The UNC system and UNC
CH have become financial aid
celebrities, as has the Carolina
Covenant program, which allows
low-income students to graduate
from UNC-CH debt-free.
Officials from both institutions
were panelists at College Board’s
Annual Forum, which concluded
Monday and included a session
to present the Carolina Covenant
program to other universities.
A decrease in state and federal
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