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Campus remembers Carson
Since Student Body President
Eve Carson’s death, several events
and organizations have been cre
ated in her memory.
■ The Eve Marie Carson
Memorial Junior-Year Merit
Scholarship was created to carry
out her goal to have a scholarship
for juniors. Her plan was to have
it named after former Chancellor
James Moeser.
The memorial scholarship pro
vides senior year tuition and money
for a summer leadership program
to a student displaying growth and
achievement during their time at
UNC. The application was due
Nov. 21. A selection committee will
interview finalists Jan. 15.
The process ends Feb. 1 when
the recipients of the scholarships
are notified. Between one and five
students will win the scholarship.
All juniors with at least a 3.0
GPA and 48 completed semester
hours were eligible.
“We think the scholarship is of
the level of the Morehead-Cain or
Robertson,” said Andy Woods, stu
dent director of the scholarship.
“We’re seeking out a recipient of
that level.”
■ The Memorial 5k for Education,
sponsored by Pi Beta Phi sorority
ECONOMY
FROM PAGE 3
2008. With half of the fiscal year
already past, council members will
have to make a 10 percent cut from
scheduled spending between now
and June, council member Bill
Strom said.
These budget cuts will lead to
the suspension of town projects,
such as the expansion of the Chapel
Hill Public Library, approved by
the council in 2003 to expand the
library from 28,000 square feet to
73,000 square feet.
The town has agreed on pre
liminary designs and conducted an
analysis of the increased funding
need to construct and operate the
AIRPORT
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interview.
But some residents contended
that this number was unrealistic.
Residents speak out
Two groups of concerned resi
dents, especially those who live
in the area identified by the 2005
Talbert & Bright study, have spo
ken out against the airport at pub
lic meetings, have written letters
to the editor and have generated
petitions.
Preserve Rural Orange and
Orange County Voice tend to cite
the 2005 survey’s information
that RDU was the best choice for
AHEC’s use and the lack of local
government input when talking
about the airport.
“The real issue is that the airport
authority is being formed in a way
that bypasses input from commu
nity and our elected officials,” said
Bonnie Hauser, of Orange County
Voice, in an e-mail.
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and Phi Delta Theta fraternity in
Carson's honor, drew 1,000 runners
and raised more than $23,000.
Two-thirds of the proceeds went
to the Eve Marie Carson Memorial
Junior-Year Merit Scholarship.
The other third was split
between First Book, a nonprofit
organization that gives books to
preschoolers in low-income fami
lies, and Clyde Erwin Elementary
School to improve test scores of
underprivileged students.
Those two groups are the focus
of the two Greek organizations’
philanthropy efforts.
■ Coker Arboretum officials
created an autumn tour in memory
of Carson, who was quoted as say
ing “the arboretum in the fall” was
one of the major reasons why she
loved UNC.
The event was held Nov. 9, and
included the arboretum’s trees and
shrubs from the southeastern U.S.
new library. But without knowing
exactly how much money they will
have to work with, council mem
bers are unsure of how to proceed,
Strom said.
Assistant County Manager Gwen
Harvey said the county has not yet
had to postpone any large capital
projects, but officials are evaluating
agenda items for their timeliness
and importance, she said.
“As with many local governments,
we are in the stage of watchful
waiting, being careful to conserve
resources while we wait for the end
of this episode,” Harvey said.
The state budget shortfall also
will affect N.C. public schools the
state’s 115 districts are being asked
to return sll7 million in previously
ings between the Chapel Hill Town
Council and UNC, calling out “No
airport.”
The University's role
Several people have questioned
UNC’s role in the process.
The one current member of
the airport authority is Kevin
Fitz Gerald, a senior official in
UNC’s School of Medicine.
In an October interview, he said
that the University was in talks
with the local municipalities and
governments, though there has
been some tension between the
county commissioners and UNC.
University representatives also
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Runners stretch before the Eve Carson Memorial 5k for Education. It
raised more than $23,000 and drew more than 1,000 participants.
Arboretum directors plan to hold
the tour annually.
In the future, Carson will have
her own garden.
The Eve Marie Carson Garden
will be located behind the Campus
Y and adjacent to Hanes Hall.
University Landscape Architect
Jill Coleman is drawing up differ
“We are in the stage of watchful waiting,
being careful to conserve resources while
we waitfor the end of this episode.”
GWEN HARVEY, ASSISTANT COUNTY MANAGER
allotted funds.
Ruby Pittman, executive direc
tor of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
Schools Budget & Finance Office,
said the school system will try to
manage the reduction without lay
offs by freezing vacancies in noncriti
cal positions and limiting travel.
“We do need to conserve funds
to brace ourselves for the state bud
get cut,” Pittman said.
Despite the lack of real evidence
“(A new airport) would be a vehicle. It
would be an asset that may be able to
attract opportunities in anew sector.”
BRADLY BROADWELL, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR ORANGE COUNTY
will form a majority of the author
ity
“The University currently oper
ates an airport with no input from
the public, and what we’re really
talking about is having this next
phase formally involving a variety
of stakeholders as we move ahead,”
Fitz Gerald said.
Fitz Gerald said he hopes the
other members of the authority
Naurs
ent concepts for the landscape.
“We want it to be a place for cel
ebration and a place for people and
their thoughts to come together,”
student government senior adviser
Katie Sue Zellner said.
Contact the University Editor
at udesk@unc.edu.
that the economy will rebound in
the near future, Strom said he
remains optimistic.
“I think we are in uncharted
waters,” Strom said.
“But I believe in American inge
nuity and I hope there is a common
sense of purpose that we all find to
work our way out of this.”
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will be chosen and approved in
January.
From there, the authority will
put in place a process to review the
situation and order studies.
“It will be a methodical process
to get this up and running and off
the ground,” Fitz Gerald said.
Contact the City Editor
at dtydesk@unc.edu.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2008
CARSON
FROM PAGE 3
At the August hearing, Woodall
also announced that he plans to
seek the death penalty against
Atwater if convicted, despite
Carson’s parents’ opposition to
capital punishment.
And Carson indicated similar
feelings in an August 2007 group
meeting to discuss the summer
reading book, Sister Helen Prejean’s
“The Death of Innocents: An
Eyewitness Account of Wrongful
Executions.”
“It doesn’t work, in my opin
ion,” said Carson, then in her
early days as UNC student body
president.
Lovette was 17 at the time of the
crime and therefore ineligible for
the death penalty. Federal prosecu
tors have not said whether they will
seek charges against him.
Federal and state prosecu
tors will have to coordinate when
Atwater will be in court.
“Right now we don’t think that’s
going to impair our case in any
way,” Woodall said.
But it will likely be more than a
year, in fall or winter 2009, before
the cases comes to trial. The time
period is typical in a capital case,
Woodall said.
A judge scheduled Atwater’s
ELECTION
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and economic changes, as well
as President Bush’s unpopular
ity and fears about a faltering
economy, President-elect Barack
Obama’s campaign was able to
make North Carolina, formerly
a Republican base, a competitive
two-party state.
“The McCain campaign has
to defend what had been safe
Republican turf. What it means
is that the Obama campaign has
expanded the playing field for a
Democrat ticket,” Guillory said.
And other candidates in the state
played on Obama’s popularity.
“Bush is a drag on all the
Republican candidates,” said John
Hood, president and chairman of
the John Locke Foundation.
Hagan successfully drew
strong ties between Dole and the
Bush administration, portraying
Dole as a Washington insider out
of touch with the needs of the
state.
She got a boost from a big
advertising investment from the
national Democratic Senatorial
Campaign Committee, which aims
to elect more Democrats to the U.S.
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A discovery hearing to enter evi
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the last few decades.
... We have new
residents not tied to
political constructs.”
FERREL GUILLORY, UNC PROFESSOR
Continued Democratic control
of the governor’s mansion was
not a surprise, but the closeness
of the race between Governor
elect Bev Perdue and Republican
Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory was
unusual.
• His strong showing in a difficult
year for Republican candidates
across the board is a clear sign
that the state remains a two-party
state.
“McCrory’s race shows that
even though this state went
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College and sustained Democratic
governance in state government
that Republicans haven’t gone
away,” Guillory said.
“The Republican party remains
a strong force in the state.”
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