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Daily Jar Hrd Leading with enthusiasm BY BRIAN AUSTIN UNIVERSITY EDITOR I wentv-onc people are respon se for showing UNCs newest stu dies everything they need to know alxnit the University —and they couldn't he mwv excited to do it I don t think there’s a more important job on campus," sopho more Wyatt Bruton said. Orientation leaders are student representatives to parents and incoming students, but also danc ers. entertainers and constant •'iippliers of information about all things UNC. They were busy early Monday morning as new freshmen arrived for the first C-TOPS session of the summer, climbing out of buses to be greeted with schedules and ori entation packets. Orientation leaders might be doing their first visible work on campus this week, but the process started more than seven months ago. Applications to be OLs were submitted in October and the final group first met in January. Since then, they’ve been meeting every Wednesday to learn more about their responsibilities and to grow closer together as a group, a task that some say wasn’t always so easy. "It’s just been a really diverse DEMOCRATS FROM PAGE 3 up. “A lot of things fall into place once a party's candidate is known," Guillory said. He also said that people will begin to play political guessing games. "I think that it’s inevitable that some names will begin to leak out, in part because some folks will RUNNER FROM PAGE 3 mother-in-law. Though Adams is an experienced ultra-marathon runner, this extreme challenge is beginning to take its toll on his feet. What keeps him going is the sup port he receives. “I've met great peo ple along the way," Adams said. One memorable encounter hap pened on the third day of the run. Adams was running along the Blue Ridge Parkway where he met Trevor, a cancer survivor. “I don’t know where he was exactly in his stage of cancer, but he couldn’t talk," Adams said. However, he said there was no need for words because when Trevor grasped Adams’ hand, the gesture spoke for him. “It was very encouraging holding his hand and knowing I’m running for people like him." Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk(a unc.edu. WEBMAIL FROM PAGE 3 market. ITS will have to decide if it is even appropriate for UNC to provide e-mail for students any more. with products such as Google Gmail and Mozilla Thunderbird so widely used and readily available. Arizona State University has adopted Gmail as its e-mail pro vider. However, Google doesn't back up or guarantee the delivery of their e-mail, Conrad said. As far as a name for the new sys tem. nothing has yet been decided. "I'm primarily an engineer," said Conrad, laughing. “As far as I’m concerned. Project X' is just fine." Contact the University Editor at udeskfa unc.edu. 7:00, 9:00 SAT-SUN 2:15, 4:15 '-m, MAGNIFICENT!" ■ Ui tecs |B*M Ik saasiiaß^^' 7:20, SAT-SUN 2:00, 4:30 7:20, SAT-SUN 1:50, 4:40 PRICELESS 7:00, 9:20. SAT-SUN 2:00, 4:30 YOUNG AT HEART 7:10,9:25. SAT-SUN 2:10, 4:20 group of 21 people, which has been really trying at times," senior Sharon Levine said, "But we've all come together so well." The OLs have spent a huge amount of time with one anoth er, and attended a Southern Regional Orientation Workshop in March to build trust and learn teamwork. They won the Spirit Award there. “1 can count on my OLs and they can count on me," said sophomore Alex Li, who also serves as the group's resident dancer-in-chief. “They won’t have to worry about picking up my slack for me. It’s that teamwork and the trust and the delegation of responsibility that is really important." Several orientation leaders acknowledged the struggle of keep ing up their enthusiastic attitude, but said that seeing one another often lifted their spirits. Li said when he went to lunch, he was excited to see the other OLs. and they quickly strove to see who could be the loudest group. “Obviously I started screaming," he said. Though the group is, on the whole, a rowdy bunch, not every leader is alike, though they hope to match styles when they can. “I had a quieter OL and that want to float names." he said. “And in part because political people like to gossip." Guillory said that the selection process for a running mate will be full of smoke and mirrors. “This is going to be a week with a lot of telephone calls, people send ing signals by the way they inter view on television." he said. Contact the State & National Editor at stntdeskfa unc.edu. AIRPORT FROM PAGE 3 Apodaca said. He said many of them could not do this if they had to drive the extra 30-40 minutes to RDU. Apodaca said he hopes to start debate and decide something where everyone wins. “I feel like it’s the right thing to do," Apodaca said. “And sometimes in politics 1 feel like the right thing to do is the best thing." Contact the City Editor at city desk (a unc.edu. STH ADRIAN BELEW (SlO/S2O) SSA DIRTY SO'UTH FES T w/lower Class SA-T.tO!?.:•* 'ecoDixc-'c ■■yy-is Hbfl ■ I *L 1 I -- -E- M j U kj HIM featuring Zooe\ Descnan© 20 FR and M Ward" (Sl6/S18) 21 SA ROONEY/Locksiev a-iages"(sl3/515) f I *£j 25 WE DEMON HUNTER, IwrgSacrifice. more Gasoine Heart” (Sl2/Sl4) 12 TU THE HOD STEADY w' Loved Ones" JT ifj* . *r\ 27 FR SUMMER REGGAE JAM" ($6/$8) M ►* 28SA ißlSDEMENTw‘joso"Wtor"(s26 '5- '-:WV" .321 Y'f| ■' V:.v'iNs* MBusies'”;;lc $18) ■* L. *j 1 I Bkjfifc 29si Fncxe’-Aiacxo* tne 5o Rees , i.A . i R'J, ••; I £ -••i~: : • i Wir^j rOA I :-a--avc:.v-,\E” i, i f.'ii #. 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C-TOPS FROM PAGE 3 parent Jane Laurent said. Laurent works in university advising and said she understands how difficult it can be to organize an orientation program. “Considering this is the first ses sion and there are 300 students, they are doing very well." Other parents were also impressed with the orientation. Deb Mayes said Ifemou MlWtlM Coupon , I M RDU Airport Si Round Trip for SSB I ■ CwuMgWja or One Way for S3O! | |v# • Please make reservation* Valid 6/5W 12/174)6 Photocoptes accepted | J News adding that their differences made them more interesting as a group. He said one of the things he hopes most to do is to connect personally with his charges. “When each person say's, ‘my OL got to know me personally,’ that makes a difference," he said. Contact the University Editor at udesk(ii unc.edu. she found everything to be well orga nized. on time and informative. Googe, an out-of-stater who picked UNC over Vanderbilt, w as one of a number of students to list UNC as his first choice. “I decided to come here because everyone was a lot happier and friendlier than anywhere else I applied," he said. Contact the University Editor at udesk(u unc.edu. THURSDAY, JUNE 5. 2008 Budget cuts could undercut programs Commissioners face difficult task BY ANDREW CUMMINGS STAFF WRITER As the end of the 2007-OK fiscal year approaches, the Orange County Board of Commissioners is faced with its annual task of forming the budget for the upcoming year. There’s never en< nigh money to go around." said Donna Coffey, director of the county’s budget office. Orange County provides money for about 35 departments and programs. All of these departments submit requests to the commissioners for funds, and the board holds meet ings and work sessions to iron out the differences and compile a com pleted budget. And in the upcoming year, some departments might not get what they have asked for. “Revenues are down," Coffey said about next year's budget. “Property evaluations haven’t grown as heart ily as in the past." She said this has caused the budget office to recommend an 8.8 cent increase in property taxes, bringing the total to 130.8 cents per SIOO value. These budget cuts might cause many of the departments and pro grams around the area to cut ser vices offered. Andrea Tullos, Hyeoneechee Regional Library System assistant to the director, said that the library system has been asked to cut costs and that they will receive no increase for materials or supplies. This is a problem, she said, because the prices in the market have gone up. even though the library will CCub Nova Thrift Sfioj? , Clothing, Books St Music, House a Kitchen, Gifts ftjCW Buy one item of clothing, get one item of equal or lesser value free with this ad! |JL One coupon per customer - $lO maximum value. 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Orange County Parks and Recreation also will have to deal with a budget crunch in the upcom ing year. “It is definitely a tightening of the belt." said director Lori Taft. “We’ve had to review everything that we do.” The department will open two new parks in the fall, and Taft said that keeping parks safe and clean still is the main priority. But she said that with the con tinued growth in the area, the parks division might have to halt its devel opment of new parks. The Board of County Commissioners meets tonight in one of several sessions scheduled before the budget is proposed June 17. The final approval will come a week later on June 24, just before the start of the new fiscal year July 1. Contact the City Editor at citudcsktu unc.edu. 5
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