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4 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2008 Local artists to open galleries for studio tours BY SARAH LAMORTE STAFF WRITER Residents will have the oppor tunity to meet the artists behind some of the best local work this weekend. More than 70 members of the Orange County Artists Guild are participating in its 14th annual Open Studio Tour, a two weekend event, which will conclude this Saturday and Sunday. The event presents a self-guided tour of local artists and their work for visitors and the local community. It focuses on allowing residents to talk with the artists in their working environment. “It’s nice to have something open to the public to talk to the artists. I think it can inspire people,” said artist Michelle Johnson, a guild member in the tour for her fourth year. Johnson’s functional wheel thrown and hand-built pottery is on display in her home in Carrboro. Johnson said the process of mak ing each piece of pottery and produc ing an actual object adds balance to her job as a social worker, where she usually cannot see the results. She earned an art minor in col lege and uses art therapy, such as working with clay, for her social work clients, Johnson said. In previous years, Johnson dis played her work with other artists at The Clay Centre in Carrboro. The center is still a part of the tour and features multiple artists’ work. Susan Soleil, another guild mem ber, is participating in the tour at her store, The Soleil Bookbindery, in Carrboro. Soleil has been bookbinding for ■ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS ~ Do you have Asthma? We are looking for individuals 12 years of age and up who have asthma to participate in a research study involving an investigational medication. 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Please call or drop by the Learning Center: 962-3782 ATTEND THE TOUR Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday Info: www.openstudiotours.com more than 30 years and opened the store in September. Her journals, photo albums, notepads and books are created from scratch. “This is a fine craft. It doesn’t specifically mean any one thing,” Soleil said. “It’s the art of craft because everything I make is for function.” Soleil creates her work from materials chosen by the customer. She also helps others in this process if they want to take part in crafting their item. “I want people to experience the joy of doing it. We really need to stimulate the senses,” Soleil said. The East End Gallery at The Arts Center features Louise Zjawin Francke’s paintings, drawings and prints. “She loves classical art. She takes a comical bent and puts people’s pets in classical settings,” said Mary Votta, the gallery coordinator at The Arts Center. Francke is interested in the rela tionship between people and their pets, Votta said. Residents who participated in the event last weekend said having a range of artists accessible an easy-to-read map available online at www.orangecountyartistsguild. com indicates where each artist is located can encourage people who like to make art. “It’s inspiring that way,” said Lara Novak, who was touring the art. Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. PROSECUTION FROM PAGE 1 federal crimes carjacking result ing in death, using firearms during a caijacking, being a felon in posses sion of firearms and possessing an improperly registered shotgun. If convicted of either of the first two charges, Atwater could face a life sentence or death. The violation of federal crimes and the FBl’s involvement in the investigation gives federal pros ecutors jurisdiction in the case. But discretion for when to pursue a case federally is subjective —very few of those legally eligible are chosen. Vastly more carjackings were committed than were pursued in federal court Lynne Klauer, assistant U.S. attorney from the Middle District, said it’s been more than 15 years since her office pursued a capital punishment case. “Very few murder prosecutions are pursued in U.S. district court,” said Suellen Pierce, a spokeswom an for the western District. U.S. prosecutors become involved in local cases only when there is a distinct federal interest •to pursue them, UNC criminal law professor Eric Muller said. “They may feel for one reason or another they want their office to pursue it,” said William Marshall, a federal courts expert at UNC. The classic case involves civil rights, when the federal government doesn’t trust the local government BACKLOG FROM PAGE 1 good example of this. There are about 27 new projects worth about $570 million that are being constructed, which make up a substantial portion of the $1.7 billion figure. 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Pitt County District Attorney William Clark Everett said he usu ally discusses with federal prosecu tors who would be more equipped to take the case. “If it’s a case that the federal level is more able to prosecute, they will prosecute it. If the state is better equipped to prosecute, they take it,” Everett said. But because Carson’s death affected so many people, Winston said publicity must have played a large part in federal involvement. “You’d be naive to say that the publicity didn’t have a part,” Everett said. Carson’s death was covered “We have not received adequate funding to address our backlog, so our backlog tends to increase every year” ABBAS PIRAN, director for ENGINEERING INFORMATION SERVICES Christine Shaff, communica tions manager for facilities servic es at the University of California at Berkeley, said her school’s total deferred maintenance cost is $650 million, $250 million more than UNC’s. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. “Unusual doesn’t begin to describe it. ... The federal government does not go after cases that are legally identical to Atwater’s” BARRY WINSTON, CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY nationally, and thousands joined together in mourning in Polk Place and The Pit on the Thursday that her body was identified. “This is a crime that struck at people’s sense of identify in Chapel Hill and the University communi ty,” Marshall said. “Because it shook the community to its core I’m not surprised that they want to pursue it on both levels.” Unless there is a change in venue, the local trial will draw a jury from Orange County, where a jury last issued a death sentence in 1970, and even that was later overturned. A federal trial will draw from around the Middle District, which encom passes most of the Piedmont area. “I believe the speculation is the concern that he won’t receive the death penalty in an Orange County trial,” said Elizabeth Gibson, a UNC professor and federal courts expert. No charges for Lovette Federal prosecutors chose to indict Atwater, but not Lovette, who, warrants state, was the driver of Carson’s vehicle in photos taken from an ATM. Klauer said she could not com ment on the district’s reasoning for BEST VALUE FROM PAGE 1 tain the quality for the students, and it’s going to be harder to do as state support is dwindling.” For UNC, the changing econo my will likely have both benefits and downsides, said Steve Farmer, director of admissions. , The top-value rating could be an attraction, but the University will also see more competition when it comes to out-of-state students, Farmer said. Top high school students in Florida and Georgia can attend in-state public schools tuition free —a deal that makes recruit ing top students from those states a difficult task for UNC, Farmer said. “I honestly think that for out of-state students, the change in the economy is going to hurt us more than it helps us,” he added. But if the other high-value schools continue raising tuition, the balances could tip more in UNC’s favor. With the recent economic tur moil, value is likely to become increasingly important to pro spective students and their par ents. Jane Bennett Clark, senior associate editor for Kiplinger’s, was confident that the ranking holds importance for both the University and prospective stu dents. “Parents care about them, and colleges and universities care,” she said. “These days, value, affordabil MAYO CLINIC SUMMER 111 FOR JUNIOR NURSING STUDENTS We invite you to explore the Summer 111 Student Nursing Experience with Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. 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Some law experts thought federal prosecutors decided not to bother with Lovette because he is too young to be eligible for the death penalty. “They can’t kill him,” said Rich Rosen, a UNC law professor who serves on the board of the Center for Death Penalty Litigation. 2 trials may affect defense Woodall said two trials won’t change things for him they will be independent of each other. But things might get harder for the defense attorneys, said local trial lawyer Rudy Renfer. One trial will likely occur before the other, he said. And during the first trial, whatever is said in the courtroom will become public record. In the second trial, pros ecutors will already be prepared for the defenses. Woodall said there’s no word yet about which trial will go first Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. 2008-09 fee increases Resident undergraduate tuition and fees ► University of Virginia $9,490, up 9.2 percent ► University of Georgia $6,030, up 7.3 percent ► UNC $5,397, up 1.1 percent >• University of Florida $3,778, up 16 percent Nonresident undergraduate tuition and fees ► University of Virginia $29,790, up 6.6 percent ► University of Georgia $22,342, up 7.8 percent >• UNC $22,295, up 6.2 percent ► University of Florida $20,623, up 15.6 percent ity and quality are what people are really looking for in this economy.” As for UNC’s future, Farmer said the University will focus more on improving the quality of experience for UNC students than economic worries. “I think the real challenge for us will be finding ways to contin ue to enhance the experience for students that come to Carolina,” Farmer said. “A cheapened education isn’t a value to anybody.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.
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