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2hr BaiUj Sar Hrrl CORRECTION Due to a reporting error, the sidebar in “System to make offer ing financial aid much easier* (May 29) incorrectly states that payroll and financial data will be out by the fall of 2010. The rollout dates for these proj ects have not been set, as noted in the article. Student financials will be out in 2010. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the error. UNIVERSITY BRIEFS UNC Hospitals looks to add new bed space with tower As part of his budget request to the state legislature. UNC-sys tem President Erskine Bowles is requesting funds to construct a tower on the old helipad site at N.C. Memorial Hospital. UNC Health Care is requesting $325.5 million from the state dur ing several years for the $732 million project which would hold 321 beds. A building with the space capac ity - this would create could increase the count of patient beds by almost 50 percent by the time it is com pleted in the next six years. Entrepreneurship conference to be held in Kenan-Flagler UNC will host the 28th Annual Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference on June 5- 7 at the Kenan-Flagler Business School. The event is widely con sidered the premier conference for entrepreneurship research. The conference will feature 300 researchers from 23 countries pre senting 219 papers. University professor wins first art prize for photos Jeff Whetstone, a photogra pher and assistant professor of art at UNC, has won the inaugu ral prize for Southern artists from the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, S.C. The prize includes an award of SIO,OOO. The Factor Prize acknowledges an artist whose work demonstrates the highest level of artistic achieve ment in any media while contribut ing to anew understanding of art in the South. Whetstone was pitted against more than 250 artists for the honor. Book series author to speak at Morehead Planetarium Mary Pope Osborne, a UNC alumna and author of “The Magic Tree House’ childrens book series, will visit the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center this week. The two “Magic Thee House Space Mission’ premium shows will be held June 7at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Osborne will sign books for ticketholders at those two shows only. Tickets to the 9 a.m. show are available. They arc S2O and avail able at moreheadplanetarium.org. CITY BRIE S Parham to leave Chapel Hill downtown development Liz Parham, executive direc tor of the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership, announced her resig nation Tuesday. She will leave the position July 18. Parham will be taking a job as director of the office of urban devel opment for the division of communi ty assistance in the N.C. Department of Commerce effective July 21. Parham w - as the partnership’s first director in July 2005 after serving as executive director of Uptown Lexington Inc. She has worked for more than 21 years in the field of downtown development. Purcell to serve as principal at Orange County junior high The Orange County School District announced Monday that Anne Purcell will sen e as principal of C.W. Stanford Middle School. Purcell has served as interim principal of Stanford since mid- April. She has worked for Orange County Schools since 1996. A lifetime resident of Orange County, Purcell also has worked as a teacher, associate principal and director of student services of Orange County Schools. STATE BRIEFS Sen. Ted Kennedy's surgery by Duke surgeon a success U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, D- Massachusetts, successfully underwent brain surgery at the hands of Duke surgeon Dr. Allan Friedman. He will spend a week recovering and then will return to Massachusetts to undergo radiation treatment Friedman is the co-director of Duke University’s Preston Robert Tisch Brain T\imor Center. Kennedy was awake for the three and a half hour procedure. —From staff and tcirr reports Obama claims nomination Talk of running mate to begin soon BY DEVIN ROONEY STATE a NATIONAL EDITOR Barack Obama has crossed the threshold; he has picked up enough delegates to win the Democratic Party nomination. Despite Hillary Clintons rash of small-state wins stacked up at the end of the epic battle between the political heavyweights, Obama will make American history as the first black presidential candidate on a major party ticket. Obama was able to win in Montana, by a margin of about ■?■ y wTJI •ft w ■ m Wg MBBk&jt W m II V Jl—ll "dfci —*—a. -JHK. DTH/RACMAEI OEHRING Incoming freshman Katie Heubel shows her excitement to be part of the class of 2012 as her orientation group files into Lenoir Dining Hall, their complimentary Carolina trackbags and folders in tow, for lunch during the second day of C-TOPS on Tuesday, June 3. NEW KIDS IN TOWN 14 C-TOPS sessions welcome incoming freshmen BY ANIKA ANAND STAFF WRITER As new students trek through campus, blue lanyards around their necks and orien tation packets in their hands, it’s official the first of the class of 2012 have arrived. According to admissions reports, of the record 21,500 applica tions received, 6,785 stu dents were admitted, of whom 3,900 are expected to enroll. C-TOPS, or Carolina Testing & Orientation Program Sessions, is INSIDE Orientation leaders provide friendly faces to new students. PAGE 5 meant to ease the transition from high school to college, said Tim Lendino, project coor dinator for New Student & Carolina Parent Programs. “C-TOPS is important because we want new students to know that there are services and people available to ease their transition." he said. There are 14 different C-TOPS sessions throughout the summer that accommodate Running with a purpose N.C. man crosses state for cancer BY COURTNEY ROLLER STAFF WRITER Today, day 10, puts Scott Adams just past the halftvay point on his 744-mile endurance adventure and fundraiser called Run North Carolina 2008. Adams began his 18-day jour ney in Murphy and intends to run across the state to Manteo in order to raise $25,000 for the American Cancer Society and its related hos pice program. “Cancer is pervasive,’ said Adams, the information technol ogy director of the UNC School of Information and Library Science. ‘lt’s something that affects so many different people," he said, adding, “we all know somebody who has gone through this." “I think he has taken up a very arduous journey because he has been so deeply affected by cancer," said Catherine Lazorko, a spokes woman for the town of Chapel Hill and friend of Adams. Lazorko is strictly personally involved with the fundraiser and said that Adams' decision to run is in response to the many friends and relatives who have battled cancer. “He is doing something that he knows how to do best to see if he can Top News 20 percent as of midnight June 4, according to CNN, while Clinton won South Dakota by about 12 percentage points. Obama spoke June 3 in St. Paul. Minn., the city to play host to the Republican National Convention in September. He spent most of his speech prais ing Clinton and decrying Sen. John McCain for his connections and sim ilarities to President George Bush. “At this defining moment for our nation, we should be proud that our party put forth one of the most tal 300 students per session. “C-TOPers' start early, arriving at 7:15 a.m. on the first orienta tion day and leaving about 5 p.m. the next. Joseph Aloi said that though he spent much of his time in informational sessions, it already is better than being at high sehool. Though some high sch<x)l students are still in classes, Aloi was able to attend the early ses sion because he was exempt from his exams. First-day fears among freshmen range from getting lost to being late for new classes. New student Harris Googe had other concerns. "Tripping on the bricks in the quad. But it’s OK, because now I’ve already done that," he said. By lunchtime on the first day, students had checked into housing, met with their designated groups and attended an aca demic advising workshop. Students stay the night in the Connor Residence Hall commu nity with an assigned roommate. “The dorms are not nearly as bad as I thought they were going to be, and my roommate is a nice guy.” said Taylor Twine, w - ho is staying in Connor. Map of Adams' run across North Carolina Chapel Hill native Scott Adams is on day 10 of his 18-day run across North Carolina. Adams is running to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Day 4 Day 12 Day 15 Cmso (Blue Ridge Pky.) 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Clinton also commended Obama when she spoke in New York, but she stopped short of conceding and never acknowledged Obama's coup in the delegate race. “This has been a long campaign, and I will be making no decisions tonight,’ Clinton said. “In the coming days, I’ll be con sulting with supporters and party leaders to determine how to move forward with the best interests of our party and our country guiding my way." Before the election night results were known, Ferrel Guillory, direc- After lunch, students were sent off to take their language placement exams. “I’m about to get destroyed on this Spanish exam." Kuntal Shah said as he left I-enoir Dining Hall. Parents of students also are invited to C TOPS. They had the opportunity to attend a variety of programs specifically designed for them, such as “Parenting a College Student" and “Alcohol and Assault Prevention.’ “I think C-TOPS is most valuable in tell ing where things are and how things work," SEE C-TOPS, PAGE 5 running partners comes in handy. "They're actually pretty busy," Adams said. “They don’t have any time to play." Adams is the first to admit that “it is a team effort" and has found support all over the state. Lisa Carawan, owner of Carawan's Motel in Swan Creek, donated two rooms in her motel to Adams and his team. “Anytime you can help out anybody, that’s just the right thing to do," said Carawan, who has lost many family members to cancer, including her father and SEE RUNNER. PAGE 5 tor of the UNC Program on Public Life, said that building a consensus in the Democratic Party resembles an osmotic process. “It isn’t a club like the Rotary Club, where 30, 40 people come together to raise money," he said. “A political party means some kind of interaction emotional, intellectual interaction between the party leaders and the party adherents." Now that Obama has garnered enough delegates to clinch the nomination, the discussion of a running mate will begin to heat SEE DEMOCRATS. PAGE 5 Upcoming C-TOPS dates: June 5-6 July 10-11 June 9-10 July 14-15 June 12-13 July 17-18 June 16-17 July 21-22 June 19-20 July 24-25 June 26-27 July 28-29 TSOP dates: June 23 Aug. 13 Webmail system could receive major changes Many features may be added MARY KATHERINE AYERS STAFF WRITER Larry Conrad has a vision for the University’s information technolo gy system, and that vision includes radically updating UNC’s Webmail system. Since becoming vice chancellor of information technology and chief information officer, Conrad has seen dissatisfaction with Webmail among students, faculty and staff. He has asked his staff to research other options and present them by the end of this month. Though Webmail functions properly, Conrad doesn't think it is as integrated as it should be. “I don’t think we’re providing current state-of-the-art capability that’s being provided elsewhere," he said, adding that UNC’s system is behind those of its peers. Conrad wants his staff to look at other schools'messaging systems and present a strategy for construednga new messaging system for UNC. More specifically, he wants to define messaging. Messaging could include instant messaging, countering, integrated THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2008 Town to lose airport as asset Seen as vital to hospital patients BY MELISSA BROWN STAFF WRITER Hospital patients and private plane owners might soon have to find another place to land in Chapel Hill. Horace Williams Airport, located at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and North Estes Drive, has served as Chapel Hill’s prima ry landing site for 77 years, but it is scheduled to close soon due to building plans for Carolina North. UNC-Chapel Hill’s proposed satel lite research campus. UNC officials want to build on that space, moving the N.C. Area Health Education Centers pro gram 30 minutes down the road to Raleigh-Durham International Airport, a proposal that some who use the airport said they aren't happy about. “It's very short-sighted when there’s not a viable alterna tive open," said state Sen. Tom Apodaca, a Republican from Hendersonville. Apodaca. a pilot who has trans ferred patients from their homes to UNC Hospitals using the airport, filed a bill May 27 that proposed to keep Horace Williams open until another airport is built within 10 miles. “It’s crucial to have this airport available for patients coming up and down to Chapel Hill." Apodaca sale! “It’s so much more convenient for the patients to not fight 1-40 traffic and cancer, too." Apodaca said the idea for the bill stemmed from the transfer of a patient who lived in Asheville and was fighting breast cancer. “After I saw the condition she was in after her chemo, I could not think of her, on top of everything else she’s been through, fighting to get to RDU or driving all the way to Asheville after her treatments,' Apodaca said. “We've got this great asset in our cancer center and hospital, and we re supposed to be looking after the pub lic and find a suitable replacement, and we’re not doing it" Apodaca said in no way does he want to halt the prospering of the state’s flagship university, so his bill allows the airport to eventually close for building. But erecting the University's buildings somewhere else is much easier to do than find anew air port site convenient for patients, he said. The bill, which Apodaca said he originally didn’t think was going to get passed, has been picking up steam lately after several patients and doctors began to contact Apodaca in support of the bill. Some doctors use the airport to fly in and do volunteer work, SEE AIRPORT, PAGE 5 PDA, fax and voicemail in addition to e-mail. “We’re trying to take a broader look at the longer term needs of the University," he said. Conrad wants people to be able to access the system as much as possible through multiple devices. “That's the ‘holy grail’ we need to get to* he said of his ultimate goal. “Whatever you need to access is available to you, wherever you need to be, with whatever device you need to use." After the office decides on a strat egy later this month. Information Technology Services will deter mine the specifications of the sys tem implementation, including the schedule, budget and the products needed to support the new system. Conrad wants these key elements in place by June of next year. Some students say they use other programs to replace the inadequa cies of Webmail, and many seem not to know how to use features such as their “sent mail" folder. “I use (Mozilla) Thunderbird," junior lan Morrison said. "One button and I’m there. I have it as my primary program." Conrad said he is aware that there are already alternative prod ucts available for free in the general SEE WEBMAIL, PAGE 5 3
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