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2 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2008 Oltje laihj (Tar Hppl www.dailytarheel.com Established 1893 115 years of editorialfreedom RACHEL ULLRICH SPORTS EDITOR 962-4710 SPORTS@UNC.EDU BRENDAN BROWN, LINDSEY NAYLOR PROJECTS TEAM CO-EDITORS 962-0750 DTHPROJECTS® GMAIL.COM STACEY AXELROD PHOTO EDITOR 962-0750 DTHPHOTO@GMAIL. COM BECCA BRENNER, WILL HARRISON COPY CO-EDITORS 962-4103 MOLLY JAMISON, JILLIAN NADELL DESIGN CO-EDITORS 962-0750 BLISS PIERCE GRAPHICS EDITOR 962-0750 RACHEL WILL ONLINE EDITOR 962-0750 WILLRI@UNC.EDU GRACE KOERBER MULTIMEDIA EDITOR 962-0750 SCOTT POWERS SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR ALLISON NICHOLS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF 962-4086 NALLISON@EMAIL. UNC.EDU OFFICE HOURS: MON., WED. 2 P.M. TO 3 P.M. SARA GREGORY MANAGING EDITOR, PRINT 962-0750 GSARA@EMAIL.UNC. EDU NICOLE NORFLEET MANAGING EDITOR, ONLINE 962-0750 NORFLEESEMAIL. 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Box 3257, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 Allison Nichols, Editor-in-Chief, 962-4086 Advertising 81 Business, 962-1163 News, Features, Sports, 962-0245 One copy per person; additional copies may be purchased at The Daily Tar Heel for 5.25 each. Please report suspicious activity at our distribution racks by e-mailing dth@unc.edu. © 2008 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved ■ B:| * where spirit meets determination 1 . i ,it us .it www spx com SR Dose Dry university allows debate drinking FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Belmont University’s campus in Nashville, Tenn., has been dry for more than 50 years. But the small Christian school made an exception for Tuesday’s presidential debate between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama. Among other changes, the private school— which is described as strongly commit ted to providing a Christian community of learning and service allowed alcohol to be served at a hospitality tent for the news media. Universities that competed to host the debates were willing to pay $1.35 million for production expenses and millions more to construct facilities, landscape campus grounds and relocate sports events. NOTED. Approaching 40 and living alone with your cat is creepy, right? But Sunday’s New York Times style sec tion reported anew trend: Increasing num bers of single, grown men are You Tubing and Twittering about anew “man’s best friend.” Even self-described “straight, geeky guy” Adam Fulrath, 37, said he doesn’t care how weird his “primary relationship” with his cat is. TODAY Polio lecture: Dr. Lisa Casanova, a postdoctoral research associate in environmental sciences and engi neering, will be giving a lecture on the history of polio. The lecture also will describe the disease's spread, the role of environmental health and vaccination in controlling it and the prospects of eradicating polio from the human population. Time: 12 p.m. to 12:50 p.m. Location: Rosenau Hall, Room 133 Election lecture: A program sponsored by the General Alumni Association will explore the conse quences of a Democratic or Republican victory on the U.S. court system. Time: 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Location: George Watts Hill Alumni Center Presidential debate forum: Mu Zeta and Theta Pi are hosting a presi dential debate forum. Time: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Location: Gardner Hall, Room 09 THURSDAY Lecture: Tony Wohlers will deliver QUOTED. “They treat criminals like that, not 12-year-old innocent children.... Some were taken down to their bra and panties, and some had to pull their tops out and shake them.” Martha Feller of Monroe, Mich. Monroe was one of several parents who filed police reports alleging a 7th-grade teacher strip searched their children after one girl lost $42 at school. COMMUNITY CALENDAR a lecture titled "The Digital Wprld of Local Government: Insights from the United States and Germany." The lec ture is the second in a five-part series presented by the Carolina Society for Future Leaders in conjunction with Student Congress, the Master of Public Administration Program and the School of Government. The event is free and open to the public. Time: 3:30 p.m. Location: Knapp-Sanders Building, Room 2603 Book lecture: Sahar Amer, profes sor of Asian and international studies at UNC, will read from her new book "Crossing Borders: Love Between Women in Medieval French and Arabic Literatures." The book explores sexual ity in various theological, scientific and literary texts. Call 962-5060 for more details. Time: 3:30 p.m. Location: Bull's Head Bookshop Art workshop: Richard Cloudt, a cartoonist and artist, will teach a workshop on Depression Era art in America at the Orange County Public Library. Time: 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Location: 300 W. Tryon St. News Benefit dinner: The Carolina Microfinance Initiative will be hosting a $3 all-you-can-eat dinner to support micro-entrepreneurs in the developing world through kiva.org. Time: 6 p.m. Location: the Campus Y PBS screening: Community Cinema is presenting the fourth annual pre view screenings of nine "Independent Lens" episodes from PBS, one month before their airing. The event is free and open to the public. Time:, 7 p.m. Location: Open Eye Cafe, 101 S. Greensboro St. Movie discussion: The Movie and Book Group will meet to discuss the movie "Nights in Rodanthe," which is based on the novel by N.C. author Nicholas Sparks. Time: 7 p.m. Location: 100 N. Greensboro St.. To make a calendar submission, e-mail dthcalendar@gmail.com. Events will be published in the newspaper on either the day and the day before they take place. Submissions must be sent in by noon the preceding publication date. IN ACCORDANCE WITH NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL STATUTE 163-33(8), NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the qualified voters of Orange County that the General Election shall be held on Tuesday, November 4,2008 to elect Federal, State, Judicial and County Officers. The polls shall be open from 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. on Election Day. Residents who are not registered to vote must register by October 10,2008 to be eligible to vote in this election on November 4. Registered voters who moved within Orange County should notify the Board of Elections, in writing, of their address change by the same date. You may also register in-person and vote at one of the One-Stop Early Voting Sites. In order to register and vote prior to Election Day, a citizen must (1) go to a One-Stop Voting site during the one-stop voting period, (2) fill out a voter registration application, and (3) provide proof of residency by showing the elections official an appropriate form of identification with the citizen's current name and current address. The new registrant may vote ONLY at a One-Stop Early Voting site beginning October 16,2008 and ending on November 1,2008. It is important to recognize that in-person registration is not permitted on Election Day. LOCATIONS AND TIMES FOR ONE-STOP VOTING SITES Carrboro Town Hall -301 W. Main St, Carrboro Morehead Planetarium - 250 E. Franklin St, Chapel Hill Orange County Public Library - 300 W.Tryon St, Flillsborough Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Thursday-Saturday, October 16 -18 Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Monday-Saturday, October 20 - 25 Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Monday-Friday, October 27 - 31 Hours: 9:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. - Saturday-November 1 Seymour Senior Center - 2551 Homestead Rd, Chapel Hill Northern Human Services Center - 5800 Hwy 86N, Hillsborough Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Thursday - Friday, October 16 - 17 Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Monday - Friday, October 20 - 24 Hours: 12:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Monday - Friday, October 27 - 31 Hours: 9:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. - Saturday- November 1 Qualified voters may also request an absentee ballot by mail. The request must be submitted in writing to the Orange County Board of Elections, PO Box 220, Fiillsborough, NC 27278 and received by the board office by 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 28,2008. Citizens with questions concerning registration, absentee ballots, location of polling sites or other related matters, should call the board office (919-245-2350) between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. or inquire at our website at www.co.orange.nc.us. The Orange County Board of Elections will hold absentee meetings in the Board office at 110 E. King Street, Hillsborough, NC at 1:00 p.m. on October 14, October 21 and October 28. Additional absentee meetings are scheduled to be held at 2:00 p.m. on October 31, November 3 and November 4. The Orange County Board of Elections will meet at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, November 14, 2008 in the board office at 110 East King Street, Hillsborough, North Carolina to canvass the results of the November 4,2008 General Election. STUDENTS FOR HAGAN RUIL*? RSI a- i 9 m J HP Wm “"SB DTH/ANDREW JOHNSON Kristin Glaeger, a junior vocal performance and politi cal science major, calls a central phone bank for Kay Hagan as other volunteers call in the foreground. Hagan started the bank to aid volunteers in calling voters asking them for their support for her campaign. POLICE LOG ■ Two students were issued citations Saturday for simple pos session of marijuana and posses sion of drug paraphernalia, accord ing to University police reports. Reports state that Robert Lee Hunt, 18, Emd Colin Robert Dickey, 18, were charged after police smelled a strong marijuana odor and entered their Lewis Residence Hall room. Dickey gave the officer a bag with 3.4 grams of marijuana, a SIOO vaporizer, four glass smok ing pipes and a wooden box with metal pipe, reports state. ■ A Raleigh man was arrested Tuesday morning for a felony charge of hit-and-run with personal injury and a misdemeanor charge of impaired driving, according to Chapel Hill police reports. An officer witnessed Adam Wesley Phelps, 25, leaving the scene of a collision at Raleigh Road and Friday Center Drive, reports state. The officer performed a field sobriety test and reported Phelps’ Sotlg ®ar Uwl blood alcohol concentration level at 0.14, according to reports. Reports state Phelps is being held at Orange County Jail in lieu of SIO,OOO bail. ■ A Durham man was arrested Monday after hiding two steaks in his waistband at a Chapel Hill grocery store, according to Chapel Hill police reports. Reports state that Gary Glen Feather, 58, faces charges of con cealing merchandise and larceny. Surveillance cameras showed Feather attempting to steal $17.38 worth of ribeye steaks from a Food Lion on North Fordham Boulevard, according to reports. ■ Carrboro police responded Monday to reports of a squirrel trapped in netting in a resident’s front yard, according to Carrboro police reports. Reports state that the squirrel freed itself while the responding officer was on the scene.
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