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MON DAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2008
National and World News
FROM THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Nader once again
third-part} option
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) -
K;ilph Nader is launching a third
party campaign for president.
The consumer advocate made
the announcement Sunday on
NBC's “Meet the Press.” He
says most Americans are dis
enchanted with the Democratic
and Republican parties and that
none of the presidential contend
ers are addressing ways to stem
corporate crime and Pentagon
waste and promote labor rights.
Nader also ran as a third
party candidate in the 2000 and
2004 presidential elections.
NAFTA records
under scrutiny
LORAIN. Ohio (AP) - Barack
(Jbama accused Democratic pres
idcntial rival Hillary Rodham
Clinton on Sunday of trying to
walk away from a long record
of support for NAFTA, the free
trade agreement that he said has
cost 50,000 jobs in Ohio, site of
next week's primary.
One day after Clinton angrily
accused him of distorting her
record on the North American
Free Trade Agreement in mas
mailings, the Illinois senator
was eager to rekindle the long
distance debate
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with social networking sites is
that the information gets used for
different purposes than people
expect.” UNC law professor Anne
Klinefelter said.
There are ongoing debates in
law sehool admissions offices about
whether screening potential law
school students online is relevant
to applicants' potential, she said,
adding that some argue that schools
are obligated to look at all available
information in order to determine
who are the best candidates.
Eric Menhart of Cyberlaw, a
Washington, D.C., firm specializing
in Internet-related law. said that
online profiles can expose incon
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Raul Castro named president,
little change expected for Cuba
HAVANA (AP) Cuba's par
liament named Raul Castm pres
ident on Sunday, ending nearly
50 years of rule by his brother
Fidel but leaving the island’s
communist system unshaken.
The vote came five days after
Fidel said he was retiring, cap
ping a career in which he frus
trated efforts by 10 U.S. presi
dents to oust him.
The succession was not likely
to bring a major shift in the
communist government policies
that have put it at odds with the
United States. But many Cubans
were hoping it would open
Serbs continue
protest of Kosovo
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP)
Kosovo marked its first week
of independence in quiet cel
ebration Sunday, as angry Serbs
protested in the fledgling nations
tense north and in capitals across
Europe.
The Russian envoy to NATO,
meanwhile, unleashed a torrent
of criticism on countries that
recognized Kosovo’s split from
ally Serbia, including the United
States.
The past two days of muted
protests in Kosovska Mitrovica
followed Thursday's rioting in
Belgrade, where demonstrators
stormed the U.S. Embassy.
sistencies in resumes.
That can be problematic, he
said, citing students looking for
positions on Capitol Hill. Potential
employers can find information
about previous jobs an applicant
might have held with an opposing
political party or organization.
“Virtually everyone who applies
for a job these days is Googled." he
said, explaining that online profiles
can also put people's professional
reputations at risk.
The boom in social networking
sites has also created a host of legal
issues that are still unclear.
“The law is always slow to address
new technologies." Klinefelter said.
Menhart said posting personal
information can also lead to cyber
crimes such as identity theft when
the door to modest economic
reforms that might improve their
daily lives.
In another sign that major
change was not afoot, Raul
Castro, 76, proposed he would
consult with the ailing. 81-year
old Fidel on all major decisions of
state, and parliament approved
the proposal.
An old guard revolutionary
leader, Jose Ramon Machado,
was named No. 2 the slot that
Raul Castm had previously held.
The 77-year-old fought alongside
the Castro brothers in the Sierra
Maestra during the late 19505.
Iran blames U.S.
for nuke tension
VIENNA, Austria (AP) A
senior Iranian official blames the
U.S. for Iran's refusal to respond
to accusations it tried to make
nuclear weapons. He says infor
mation provided by Washington
on such attempts is fabricated and
came three years too late.
Iran’s chief delegate to the
International Atomic Energy
Agency also acknowledged
Sunday that his country’s uranium
enrichment program is experienc
ing ups and downs. The comment
appears to lx- the first instance of
Tehran admitting that its enrich
ment activities are running into
some difficulties.
criminals gain access to personal
information.
Freshman economics major
Christine Solitario said she isn’t
concerned about strangers seeing
her Facebook profile.
“I think it's OK. We have the
ability to change what they see." she
said. “If you have those pictures,
you can put it so only your friends
can see it."
But she said she is still aware
that her information is online and
accessible.
“It's still your private life, but at
the same time it no longer becomes
your private life because you put it
online."
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New security measures
are debated at NCSSM
BY ANITA RAO
STAFF WRITER
A recent mugging on the perime
ter of the N.C. School of Science and
Mathematics campus in Durham
has prompted a security increase
that some students call excessive.
After the Feb. 17 mugging on the
corner of Maryland Avenue and
Sprunt Street, students are no lon
ger permitted on the perimeter of
the campus after sunset, including
areas such as the athletic fields.
“We are trying to eliminate our
students from being in that area
because they won’t be targets if
they are not in that area," said
Harry Tucker, NCSSM director of
campus resources and security.
NCSSM graduate and UNC fresh
man Zachary Hackney was mugged
on NCSSM property in May. He said
the rules arc just a temporary solu
tion because students won’t stay on
such a small amount of campus.
“The sanity of students is going
to be in question with this policy,"
Hackney said. “Instead they need
to put more lighting around cam
pus, get a blue-light system or have
security staff be more present on
the edge of campus."
Student Body Vice President
Cydney Swofford said that since
students are in exam period now,
thev have not had much time to
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All of that is likely to give system
officials pause as they examine the
merits of a policy exception to fund
a Charlotte football program.
But with students and UNC-
C trustees likely to stand fimiiy
behind the proposal, it will require
a lot of political will to severely
limit the school’s athletic fee.
When UNC-Pembroke's student
body president spoke to the board
in 2005 in support of his school's
new football program, he made a
blunt argument.
“If the students want it. and we’re
willing to pay for it I don't see how
you can tell us ‘no," he said.
Officials at Charlotte could soon
lx- making a similar case.
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react to the new restrictions.
“I've heard a lot of talk about how
we are in Durham, and we expect
a certain (lack of safety) due to our
area, but we feel that it is not fair for
us to be this restricted," she said.
“We understand that they are
doing this for our safety, but we feel
that this is taking it too far."
Swofford said the restrictions on
the soccer field and the Watts and
Bryan lawns should be removed.
“The new safety procedures are
things that have ilways been consid
ered best practices for our students;
it is just a matter of making those
official," said NCSSM director of
communications Lauren Everhart.
“Students may complain at first
when they hear new restrictions,
but it is our responsibility to keep
the students safe no matter what."
Before this, students could roam
campus until their 10:30 p.m. cur
few on weeknights.
NCSSM graduate and UNC soph
omore Hailey I>oftis said the newly
restricted places are popular for
spending time with members of the
opposite sex, who are not allow ed in
each other’s dormitories.
“They are places to go on dates
or to hang out with friends," she
said. “People would take blankets
out there and watch movies on
their laptops."
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out there," Cureton said. “People
see what we think."
Mary Scroggs Elementary-
School Principal Grace Repass said
the meeting inspired her to make
changes at her school.
“Racism isn’t such a big problem
in elementary schools, but there’s
no reason we can’t start talking
about it," she said.
Like Repass. Chapel Hill High
School student Philip Daniels
said education is important. But
Daniels added that nothing can
undo the past.
“I think racism is not a distant
memory," Daniels said.
“Something like that cannot be
erased."
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NCSSM is bordered by two
neighborhoods, Walltown and
Watts Hospital-Hillandale, and
residents said they hope students
do not feel unsafe off campus.
“I can certainly understand the
school’s new- policy given the certain
situation, but I think it's a little unre
alistic," said Merideth Emmett Watts
Hospital-Hillandale Neighborhood
Association president
“I walk that neighborhood all the
time, and 1 would hate for students
and parents to think that they are in
a neighborhood that is unsafe."
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DJEMBE
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For the conclusion of the djembe
performance, the group invited the
children to dance with them in the
front.
Saturday’s performance was a
chance for many parents to intro
duce their children to African cul
ture.
“They see things they are not
usually exposed to,” said Lisa Hess,
who brought her children Harrison
and Sarabeth.
The library plans on hosting
Djembe Fire! again in April with
the Arts Center, their booking agent
Beth Keena said.
“1 hope that they think of the
library as more than a place to
check out books," Michel said.
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