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Campus moving South Rams Head Plaza pushed as new ‘Pit’ INSIDE: Student government held its open house Tuesday on South Campus.

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When student government officials went out to recruit new members Tuesday night, they were nowhere near the Pit. They were down at Rams Head Plaza on South Campus, hawking flyers and trying to get people to sign up for committees. Student government won’t be the only group raising awareness of their events on South Campus this year. The relocation of group space to Rams Head Plaza is part of a southward push by UNC administrators to help cope with campus space issues. While South Campus houses the majority of on-campus residents, it doesn’t get the foot traffic that the Pit gets between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., its peak hours. Despite that, student leaders said they’re excited to bring more events to where students live. Because a lot of his residents are freshmen and new to campus, Hinton James Residence Hall resident adviser Michael Stanley said more activities on South Campus would be amazing. “A lot of my residents ask me what there is to do specifically in South Campus and I don’t always have an answer,” he said.

“At the end of the day, students go home to South Campus and there isn’t much to do.”

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Michael Stanley, Hinton James RA He added that the walk from South Campus to North Campus deters a lot of students from participating in activities at night. “At the end of the day, students go home to South Campus and there isn’t much to do,” Stanley said. “It would be nice to have more activities down there.” Student Body Vice President David Bevevino said the large amount of visibility and foot traffic through Rams Head and the Student and Academic Services Buildings’ plazas make them excellent venues. In the past, South Campus hosted a block party and “Flicks on the Bricks,” a free movie night during Week of Welcome. But the majority of student activities remain on North Campus. Carolina Union Activities Board President Amanda Kao said South

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achieve. “My goals this year is to do well in math and other things I’m not good at, like science sometimes,” said Meama Scott, 8. Some parents around the country voiced opposition to having their children listen to Obama’s speech. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools parents had the option to opt out of sending their children to school Tuesday. But neither White nor Glenwood Elementary Principal Minnie Goins heard negative feedback from parents or knew about students who stayed home because of the speech. Stephanie Knott, spokeswoman for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, said her office has

Students and the rest of campus will have their chance this week to voice opinions on qualities they want in a new vice chancellor for student affairs. The position oversees 360 University employees, more than 1,200 student staff members and a budget of more than $80 million. Student leaders said the position is their voice to high-level administrators in important talks. With such a broad list of responsibilities, the role of vice chancellor might seem unclear. And the search — as well as whoever fills the position next — could modify the office’s function. “It is an exceedingly complex and challenging role,” said Margaret Jablonski, the current vice chancellor. Jablonski Margaret announced in Jablonski will the spring that step down as she will step vice chancellor down from the effective July 1. position, effective July 1. But according to campus leaders, there are certain fundamental tenets of the job that can be pinned down. “The vice chancellor oversees the 12 units within the University that have a huge impact on student life,” said Student Body President Jasmin Jones. The departments led by the vice chancellor’s office include the Campus Y, the Dean of Students Office and the Depar tment of Housing and Residential Education. The search is internal, considering only current UNC employees. The University is holding three town hall meetings intended to survey the attitudes of the community about which qualities it wants to see in the new administrator. Perhaps the most important aspect of the vice chancellor’s role is to represent the student body to upper levels of administration. Jablonski has often provided a contact point between student government and administrators. An awareness of the wishes of the student body is also important for anybody considered for the job, said Student Body Vice President David Bevevino. “The vice chancellor has to be cognizant of what’s going on in student life very, very broadly,” Bevevino said. “Any person that comes into the position will have to be in touch with Carolina students. That will never change.” The search committee is seeking someone who also has exceptional leadership ability, said committee chairwoman Sarah Michalak, a professor of information and library science.

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UNC administrators are trying to attract more students to South Campus in areas such as Rams Head Plaza, at bottom, to help with overcrowding in other areas on campus such as the Pit, at top.

features | page 3 BACK DOOR Phil Cowan, owner of Back Door CDs, Records and Tapes for the last 27 years, isn’t letting the decline in album sales keep him down.

arts | page 3 PERSONALITY The uni-named artist Aldwyth showed off her collages and her outsized personality Tuesday at the Ackland Art Museum.

university | page 7 GOING GLOBAL Gillings School of Global Public Health researchers have been studying the effects of rapid growth on the United Arab Emirates.

this day in history SEPT. 9, 1909 … Edward Kidder Graham, who later became UNC president, teaches the first journalism class in the English department.

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Schoolkids set president-inspired goals by Laura Marcinek Senior writer

Chapel Hill third graders smiled and some stood up and clapped as they watched a live stream of President Barack Obama approaching the podium to the song, “Hail to the Chief.” Students at Glenwood Elementary School watched on a projection screen Tuesday as Obama addressed them and students across the country, asking them to value their education. Speaking from Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va., Obama stressed the importance

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of staying in school and not giving up in the face of challenges and failures. As he spoke, Glenwood third grade teacher Candace White asked her students to write down important points from Obama’s speech. Langston Luck, 8, was one of the students anxious to raise his hand and share his thoughts with the rest of the class. “I think what was important was to do your best effort and have responsibility and don’t quit school,” he said. White also asked her students to write a letter to themselves to be read at the end of the school year, laying out goals they wanted to

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‘Fan Cans’ sporting school colors draw scorn from some By Jonathan Michels

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Hanne Parks, 8, a third grader at Glenwood Elementary, writes a letter to her future self Tuesday morning with her classmates. The students watched President Barack Obama’s speech before writing the letters, written to set goals for themselves and to be read at the end of the year.

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This football season, fans are seeing a new look on an old favorite — beer. Anheuser-Busch officials said that they unveiled “Fan Cans” in time for the 2009 football season — Bud Light beer cans decorated with school colors. The sales campaign was expressly timed to coincide with the kickoff of football season, said Carol Clark, vice president of corporate social responsibility for AnheuserBusch InBev. There are 26 different color combinations that represent dif-

ferent universities across the nation, including UNC-system schools East Carolina University and N.C. State University. UNC-Chapel Hill is not one of the universities represented in the line of themed cans. But some of those schools worry that the sales campaign makes it appear as if they support underage drinking. Boston College, Texas A&M University, and the University of Iowa, among others, have asked to be removed from the program. T he y want the company, Anheuser-Busch, to take cans in their school colors off the shelves

“It ran counter to the collective interests of colleges and universities.” John Dunn, director of public affairs, Boston College and stop advertising the themed cans around their campuses, citing copy infringement laws and the potential of encouraging underage drinking. John Dunn, director of public affairs at Boston College, said the school sent a formal complaint,

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wo Wisconsin men were placed in jail after leading law enforcement officials on a 120-mph chase Monday. Police attempted to stop the vehicle for defective rear lights and erratic driving, when it sped off. During the pursuit, they somehow managed to throw a beer keg out of the car’s window, police said. Police arrested Kolton Kafka, 19, on charges of first-offense drunken driving and knowingly fleeing an officer after he led authorities on a three-mile chase, police officials said. One of his passengers, Kevin Schleicher, 21, was arrested on a charge of recklessly endangering safety — also known as throwing an empty keg out the window. Two other passengers were cited for underage drinking. NOTED. In France, workers at a plant were chosen to stand behind President Nicolas Sarkozy during a televised speech because of their shortness, the workers claimed. The twenty employees at the motor technology manufacturer said they were asked to replace anyone above the president’s height of 5 feet, 5 inches. A political magazine said the president was using the tactic to boost popularity.

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Researchers find genetic risk factor for cystic fibrosis UNC researchers have discovered a genetic risk factor for severe liver disease in cystic fibrosis patients that might lead to earlier diagnoses and better treatment for sufferers of the disease. The study, which is published in today’s issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, implicates a particular variant of the SERPINA1 gene as five times more likely than the normal version of the gene to cause cirrhosis and other liver complications like cystic fibrosis, the most common fatal genetic illness among Caucasians. The study’s senior author was Dr. Michael Knowles, a professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine and the co-director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center.

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Chapel Hill library turns 50 Center’s focus is human rights

Despite success, expansion on hold by Matt Bewley staff writer

The Chapel Hill Public Library is finishing a year-long celebration of its 50th birthday. But it’s still waiting on a present — a drastic expansion. According to a 2003 report, the library needs about 75,500 square feet total. It currently has only about 27,300 square feet. “ The bookshelves now are almost to the ceiling,” said Martha Brunstein, president of Friends of the Chapel Hill Public Library, a local group that raises money for the library. “We need to expand our collection to have what people want.” Later in 2003 Chapel Hill resiProfessor given Jefferson dents approved a $16.23 million award for teaching, writing bond to expand the library. But the Town Council still needs English professor G eorge to approve the funds before the Lensing was recognized with the bond is issued, Brunstein said. 2009 Thomas Jefferson Award at Friday’s Faculty Council meeting. Chancellor Holden Thorp presented the award. Lensing was nominated by other UNC faculty members and chosen by a faculty committee. The Jefferson award, which has been presented annually since 1961, recognizes Lensing for exemplifying the ideals and mission of Thomas Jefferson through his teaching, writing and research. In addition to his professorship and scholarly work on 20thcentury British and American poetry, Lensing has held a number of administrative roles during his four decades at UNC.

The town has considered purchasing a site of 70,000 square feet on the north side of Weaver Dairy Road, owned by Redwing Land, LLC. If the library moved, it would ideally only move temporarily as expansion is taking place, then move back to its site off North Estes Drive, said Virginia Powell, who has been a library volunteer for almost all 50 years. The need for expansion money comes in part from high traffic. A 2007 Institute of Museum and Library Services survey showed the library circulated 16.46 items per resident that year. The library also sees more than 1,000 visitors a day, Brumstein said. “I think it’s pleasant and quaint, but I can almost never find what I set out to find,” Chapel Hill resident Amy Witsil said of the library.

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Anita Miller, a mother of five who homeschools her children, reads a book with 4-year-old Jonathan, left, and 19-month-old Naomi, right. “It’s either checked out or they just don’t have it.” Change would be nothing new to the library. Former reference librarian Jane Dyer said that in 1958, the library operated out of a small wood-frame

house on Franklin Street. The director’s office was the kitchen, and the biography section was in the bathroom, Powell said. Seven years later, the town

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Researchers identify crucial gene for developing brain UNC researchers have pinpointed the brain protein srGAP2 as critical in the migration and branching of neurons in the brain development process. The findings, obtained through a study led by Dr. Franck Polleux, associate professor of pharmacology at the UNC School of Medicine, were published as the cover story of Friday’s issue of the journal Cell. Although srGAP2 aids in the migration and branching processes of neurons to the brain, the protein is one of a family of proteins known to cause severe mental retardation syndrome called the 3p-syndrome. Because of this ambiguity, the research may yield significant insights into the causes of 3-p syndrome and other forms of mental retardation.

N.C. Botanical Garden set to open new education center

Events for the 2009 N.C. Literary Festival will be held Thursday through Sunday and include book signings by more than 100 authors, children’s activities and musical performances. The festival’s keynote speaker, John Grisham, will speak Thursday from 4:45 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. at Gerrard Hall. For more information, visit www.ncliteraryfestival.org. — From staff and wire reports.

Like Cher, Bono or Madonna, the Hanes Art Center visiting lecturer goes by only one name — Aldwyth. And she has just as much personality as they do. The 73-year-old South Carolinian artist’s work is on display now through Sunday at the Ackland Art Museum. “Aldwyth has archived reproductions of old works, and she collages them into a fresh personal language,” said Cary Levine, a contemporary art history professor who introduced the lecture. Her work ranges from small boxes depicting each letter of the alphabet to giant collages composed of encyclopedia illustrations arranged like the pattern of a quilt. She spoke Tuesday night to a packed house with people spilling into the aisles of Hanes Art Center auditorium. During her lecture, she covered the major events of her work’s history since 1953. Through colorful language and anecdotes, the artist’s strong personality came through. And that personality was prominent during her conversation with Levine and the audience after her prepared speech. “I bet someone wants to know the deal with the 123 eye balls, so who’s going to ask it? Who’s the asshole?” Aldwyth said of one of her large collage pieces, “Casablanca (classic version).” At the end of the speech, Levine asked questions about her inspiration and motivation, such as if she was trying to make feminist art through her pieces. “I never thought about that, except when I looked at my art history books. I don’t consider myself a feminist,” Aldwyth said. “It would be nice to have a wife.” Aldwyth did not give elaborate answers, but some said it

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Internationalist Books will hold a teach-in today from 7 to 8 p.m. about the G-20 Summit, a meeting of national leaders who will discuss the world economy. Local radicals will discuss the history of the G-20 meetings, the current state of the counter-globalization movement and the relationship of these summits to economic collapse and ecological crisis. The G-20 Summit will be held in Pittsburgh on Sept. 24 and 25. For more information, e-mail triangleresists@gmail.com.

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Instead of quietly observing her subjects from afar, sociology professor Judith Blau has rented an apartment in the middle of their community. After founding the Chapel Hill and Carrboro Human Rights Center in a majority Latino apartment complex, she’s working to make it a place immigrants will turn for community support. “I think it’s an example of radical hospitality,” said Hugo Olaiz, an Abbey Court Condominiums resident who works with Blau. “One thing is to go where the poor live and help them out. Another thing is to say, ‘This is my home, and I’m inviting people in,’ and this is what she’s doing,” he said. The center, in Abbey Court Condominiums on Jones Ferry R o a d , o ffi c i a l l y f o r m e d i n February but is now launching its programs. Involving her students in the social and economic justice minor, Blau’s center hosts youth soccer programs, parent-teacher nights, computer classes and English classes, all with the goal of promoting human rights. “Human rights is not about legislation,” Olaiz said. “Human rights is about what happens to you after a long day of work, or what happens to your children while you’re working or what happens to you when you do not have a job.” Blau said it’s been a challenge to build trust and become a wellknown part of the community. Many Abbey Court residents don’t know the center exists, often confusing it with El Centro Latino in downtown Carrboro. One man, Juan Allalo, said that his wife had been to the center a number of times. “She’s used it a few times to ask questions about various problems,” Allalo said in Spanish. “I am not surprised that few in Abbey Court know about us,” Blau stated in an e-mail. “The kids who have come to the center, and those who have come to our barbecue, and the men who have come to play dominoes and use the computer, probably do not have a sense of what the center is, as an entity.” Blau is hoping to connect the Universal Declaration of Human

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Aldwyth answers questions about her art from guests Tuesday evening after giving a free lecture at the Hanes Art Center. helped viewers retain their personal interpretations of the works. “I could see why she wouldn’t want to explain something fully, just to leave it to your own imagination,” said Kelsey Zyvoloski, a recent UNC graduate. “It really helped me understand more of what she’s doing in her pieces and her thought process.” Contact the Arts Editor at artsdesk@unc.edu.

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From left, Diana Caplow, Sandy Milroy Jens, Lori Hoyt and Miriam Thompson try to identify all the objects that begin with “p” and “n” in two of Aldwyth’s pieces in her “Cigar Box Encyclopedia.” The 73-year-old artist celebrated the opening of the exhibit with a free lecture.

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The new Education Center for the N.C. Botanical Garden will be dedicated on Oct. 12, celebrated as University Day. The entire 29,656-square-foot center was designed to minimize its impact on the environment and will be one of the first public building in the state to achieve the highest level of certification for environmentally friendly architecture. Construction materials were obtained locally and included recycled materials. Other measures and technologies include rainwater cisterns and geothermal heating and air-conditioning. It will serve as the new entrance to the gardens and trails, as well as house the educational outreach activities and administrative offices.

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Music store supplies variety of entertainment BY trevor kapp staff writer

The mural outside Back Door CDs, Records and Tapes of a scantily clad female superhero fighting off several monsters doesn’t seem relevant at first. Store owner Phil Cowan doesn’t carry an axe, won’t wear a short skirt and isn’t a woman. But listen to the 61-year-old talk about the obstacles he has faced in his 27 years at the roughly 100-square-foot shop on Rosemary Street, and the mural suddenly seems more appropriate. Cowan, the sole employee, has been fighting off villains for years, albeit in different forms. He has endured rent increases, dishonest co-workers and declines in record sales — none of which has stopped him. “The first 10 years I really loved it, and it was really something I wanted to do,” he said. “Now it’s still good, just not as good as it was. But what is as good as it was in terms of the economy?”

Album purchases dropped 14 percent last year, according to www.musicnewsnet.com, the seventh time in eight years a decline has taken place. But Cowan said he isn’t fazed. “What I really think is that the serious music collectors are still buying,” he said. To combat the decline in album purchases, Cowan added items such as video games, DVDs, stickers and posters to his collection. Alongside records such as Donna Summer’s “Bad Girls” or Rod Stewart’s “Gasoline Alley” are Nintendo games — Top Gun, Ghostbusters and others. In the box next to a vintage Artie Shaw album is the Rocky Balboa DVD. But what best distinguishes Cowan from other record store owners is his knowledge. He can easily identify the location of every item in his shop within seconds, and his passion for music and movies is unmatched. First-time customer Yakini Crawford, a 64-year-old Raleigh resident, said he was extremely

impressed with Cowan’s expertise. “You ask for Stevie Ray Vaughan and the guy says, ‘Right over there,’ or you ask for John Coltrane and the guy says, ‘Right over there,’” Crawford said. “You realize he knows his stuff.” C r aw f o r d ’s w i f e , S e s h e t a Hanible, also said she was caught off guard. “Usually when you go to stores like this you just randomly search, but he knows where things are, which is great,” she said. Cowan said he would like to retire soon and already has an offer from someone to purchase the store. But for now, he said he’s doing just fine being selfemployed. “I like working for myself,” he said. “That’s mainly what keeps me going — and the fact that I don’t have to work for somebody else — so I’m into that part of it. I am my own boss.”

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Contact the Features Editor Phil Cowan opened Back Door CDs about 27 years ago. Located on at features@unc.edu. Rosemary Street, the store sells used CDs, DVDs, records and games.

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“We are looking for a person who can create a vision statement for student affairs and articulate that in a moving way,” she said. Michalak said the committee wants to obtain a broad sample of ideas through these meetings. “We want to hear any issues or ideas that people have about what would make the ideal candidate,” Michalak said. She added that community input is an important part of the job. “The new vice chancellor had better be a fantastic listener,” she said. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.

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received about half-a-dozen phone calls and e-mails from parents regarding the speech. Some parents were reacting to the idea of political indoctrination that they were hearing about in the news, Knott said. Others did not feel like they were getting a sufficient amount of information about the speech from the schools. “Information came to the schools late last week,” Knott said. “They just wanted to know what the speech was.” Obama used personal stories in his speech, telling students about when he lived in Indonesia and received extra lessons from his mother at 4:30 a.m., and about how he was raised by a single mother. “I know a lot of you have challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your schoolwork,” Obama said. “Where you are right now doesn’t have to

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asking to be removed from the program on the basis of copyright violations well before the themed cans appeared on the market. While that is their legal basis for their opposition to the program, the school also considers the themed cans inappropriate, he said. “It ran counter to the collective efforts of colleges and universities nationwide to combat underage drinking,” Dunn said. The pressing concern facing school administrators and health officials at the University of Iowa is whether the themed cans will pro-

“The vice chancellor has to be cognizant of what’s going on in student life very, very broadly.” David Bevevino, Student Body Vice President

UNC is holding three town hall meetings to receive input from students, faculty and staff on what qualities the University should consider when hiring a new vice chancellor for student affairs. Today: 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. in the Pleasants Family Assembly Room in Wilson Library Thursday: 11 a.m. to noon in Upendo Room 1118 in the Student and Academic Services Building Friday: 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. in Upendo Room 1118 in the Student and Academic Services Building

“My goals this year South Campus from page 1 is to do well in math Campus has a lot of opportunities and other things I’m for outdoor activities. “Where the students are is where not good at, like we’ll be,” she said. Matthew Dawson, who science sometimes.” livedSenior in Granville Towers through his determine where you’ll end up. No one’s written your destiny for you, because here in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future.” Obama’s use of anecdotes and stories resonated with Goins. “I was very pleased and very excited about the inspirational words he used,” Goins said, adding that his experiential knowledge enhanced his speech. “Failure does not mean that that’s the end.”

junior year and now lives off campus, said he felt South Campus activities would exclude off-campus students. “If the target audience is underclassmen then I think it’s best to hold activities in South Campus,” he said. “But if not, I still feel the Pit is the best location.” Bevevino said getting students from one side of the University to the other could be tough. “ There’s a strange barrier between North and South Campus, but we want to make sure that students have access to activities no matter where they live,” he said.

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mote an increase in underage drinking among its student population, said Tom Moore, media relations coordinator at the university. The use of school colors on beer cans creates the perception that schools are endorsing alcohol consumption, Moore said. But ECU officials said that they do not mind being represented on the cans and do not consider the program to be a violation of copyright laws. The Bud Light cans do not carry the university’s logo, and other universities share the same colors as ECU, stated John Durham, the school’s executive director of university communications, in an e-mail.

ECU Student Body President Brad Congleton also expressed doubt that themed cans make student underage drinking any more likely. “They’re going to drink regardless,” he said. However, Jim Ceresnak, student body president at N.C. State University said he didn’t think the themed cans specifically targeted students, a group that is largely underage. “Students aren’t the only people that enjoy the athletic, tailgating experience. The majority of people that come to the games are alumni,” he said.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT) — The House of Representatives’ No. 2 Democrat said Tuesday that he could back a health care overhaul that didn’t include a government-run health care plan, or “public option” in the parlance of Capitol Hill. “If the public option weren’t in there, I still could support a bill, because there’s a lot in there that’s good,” said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., speaking at a news conference that kicked off Congress’ return to work after a month-long summer recess. Hoyer said he had spoken to Democratic members of Congress in recent weeks and they had a similar message: people want changes in health care policy, but many members are wary of a government-run insurance plan that would compete with the private sector. Hoyer’s views appear different from those of House Speaker

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KABUL (MCT) — A suicide bomber blew up a car in front of a gate at the Kabul airport Tuesday morning as the Talibanled insurgency once again struck at the capital city. As of Tuesday afternoon, the casualty toll was still unclear, but an Afghan government official said that three Afghan civilians died and that at least six were injured. The attack occurred at the southern gate, which is used by military as well as international contractors. Several witnesses said that the bomber appeared to target a convoy that was approaching the gate, speeding down a road that leads up to the airport and then detonating the bomb. A public affairs officer for the International Security Assistance Force said preliminary reports indicated several NATO soldiers had been injured but none of the wounds appeared serious.

BAGHDAD, Iraq (MCT) — Government critics and independent legislators accused Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of launching a purge of senior security officials Tuesday in order to weaken political rivals ahead of winter elections. Al-Maliki ordered the dismissals of at least three senior officials from the Interior Ministry over the weekend, Iraqi newspapers reported Tuesday: Maj. Gen. Abdul Karim Khalaf, the ministry’s commander of operations; Gen. Ahmed Abu Rikheef, the head of internal affairs; and the director of the explosives division, who wasn’t identified in the reports. Allies of al-Maliki, speaking only on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the matter, described the dismissals as “reassignments” because of security breaches related to the attack Aug. 19 on government ministries.

Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. “Any real change requires the inclusion of a strong public option to promote competition and bring down costs,” she said in a statement Thursday. “If a vigorous public option is not included, it would be a major victory for the health insurance industry.” Pelosi’s office couldn’t immediately be reached for comment Tuesday. She and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., were to meet with President Barack Obama on Tuesday afternoon to discuss health care strategy. Hoyer, who has strong ties to moderate and conservative Democrats, listed several areas in which Democrats seem to agree. Among them are restricting insurers from denying coverage because of pre-existing conditions, barring lifetime limits on consumers’ health care benefits and helping small businesses.

CARACAS, Venezuela (MCT) — Honduras’ de facto government remains dead-set against the return of Manuel Zelaya as the country’s president, defying the Obama administration and disregarding the U.S. sanctions imposed last week against the poor Central American nation. In fact, the government of interim President Roberto Micheletti appears to be digging in its heels against Zelaya by circulating accusations the ousted president illegally used public money to keep horses, buy watches and jewelry and repair his Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Foreign Minister Carlos Lopez Contreras said his government continues to reject calls that it grant amnesty to Zelaya and allow him to return as president. Lopez Contreras said outsiders don’t seem to understand that whether Honduras grants amnesty to Zelaya depends on the country’s Congress and Supreme Court.

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Janelle Vecin, a freshman from Miami, has stood in cramped lines for more than seven hours, felt hunger and exhaustion and listened to the stomping and roaring of hundreds of women for the last week. Panhellenic recruitment week, also known as sorority rush season, is taking place until Bid Day on Thursday, putting hundreds of girls in an unfamiliar routine, touring houses and introducing themselves to potential sisters. But Vecin said it is more indepth and emotional than a simple walk around sorority houses. Vecin said she wanted to participate in Greek life to become socially active at UNC and heard sororities were good for getting involved. On the first day, she attended the kickoff meeting in the Great Hall, where sororities showed off their chants and philanthropy causes. “None of the chants made me feel like, ‘I want to join that sorority,’” Vecin said. “It was their causes that made me more interested.” Vecin skipped out on the Panhellenic meet and greet which took place on the second day of rush. At the greeting session, potential pledges travel to each sorority house together and meet current sorority sisters. “I had a paper to write, and attending a get-to-know-you session wasn’t high on my list,” she said. Vecin attended round one of rush Friday, which includes a seven-hour session, walking to all 10 sorority houses between 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. She said the process was

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Janelle Vecin sits outside the Kappa Delta house Tuesday afternoon as she takes notes on prospective sororities that she has been rushing. exhausting. “At the end of the day, I was so fatigued, hungry and overwhelmed,” she said. The next round lasted six hours on Sunday. Vecin visited six sororities that requested she return and watch skits. She said seeing the houses for a second time allowed her to accurately judge the chapters. “Some houses are obviously fake nice for rush week, and you are more able to see through that on the second day,” she said. Other than meeting sorority members, Vecin said she has enjoyed meeting many fellow rushees. “When you stand awkwardly in lines for hours on end, you are going to talk to the girls standing near you,” she said. James Mulholland, Vecin’s boyfriend who attends the University of Central Florida, said he is wor-

ried about her balancing a relationship, school and Greek life. “It is already hard enough being in a long-distance relationship without her being busy with rushing,” he said. “However, I know it is only a week-long process, and it will cool off by next week.” Vecin said she recognizes her boyfriend gets irritated by her rush schedule, but it will be worth it. “He gets bothered by it, but he is supportive because he knows I really want this,” she said. Contact the Features Editor at features@unc.edu.

Sometimes a 34-point win isn’t good enough — at least to UNC coach Butch Davis. Davis wants his teams to show improvement, and not just a modest amount. “The most improvement that football teams have a chance to make usually occurs in the first month of the season,” Davis said in a press conference Monday. “It’s going to be very critical for our football team to make strides and improvement from week one to week two. The challenge is dramatically different from a week ago.” UNC’s competition level this week rises from a physically inferior Football Championship Series foe to a more talented Bowl Championship Series opponent, and the Tar Heels won’t be playing in front of a crowd clad in blue. That means Davis is looking for consistency and performance from positions that showed weakness against The Citadel. UNC’s wide receiving corps was one such culprit. While the group nabbed two touchdowns, several players dropped easy catches that induced groans from the crowd and the coaching staff. Davis chalked up some of the mistakes to “first-game jitters,” but said he expects his young pass-catchers to begin to relax on the field.

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“Some of it comes with experience and stuff. Some of those things you can’t really work out until you get into game situations,” said quarterback T.J. Yates. “I’ve got total confidence in the young guys who are playing out there. We’re just going to try to go this week during practice to work as hard as possible.” A few other areas Davis singled out were the continued development of his special teams and increasing the depth at offensive line. Though 10 offensive lineman played against The Citadel, Davis said right now the coaches would feel comfortable with playing seven or eight against an elite opponent. “It was a mismatch in some respects,” he said. “We’re not going to get many opportunities like that where physically we’re going to outman the other team.” UNC’s third-year coach praised the play of the Tar Heels defensive line, especially the play of Robert Quinn. Davis even used an interesting adjective when describing the defensive end’s production. “There’s a category called beast,” Davis said. “When you start to cross that threshold of being able to take your area of responsibility and cover that, fundamentally sound and with gap integrity, … You’re really starting to get into that threshold of being kind of an elite type of player.”

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Davis said Quinn, a former wrestler, utilized great balance with his ability to control a blocker with his hands to get after the Bulldogs’ running backs and quarterback. “Everybody knows about Rob,” said linebacker Quan Sturdivant. “He’s a freak out there — size, speed, athleticism — he can flat-out play.” Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.

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United Arab Emirates Cabinet holds open house sponsors UNC research BY Courtney Tye Staff writer

BY Katie Oliver Staff writer

The Gillings School of Global Public Health gained $12.1 million and international notice a year ago when the United Arab Emirates hired UNC researchers to assess the negative impacts of its rapid development. Researchers look at the contract as a chance to work with state-ofthe-art environmental research methods while further expanding the school’s impact. Jacqueline MacDonald, the project’s principal researcher, said the United Arab Emirates has developed so quickly that environmental health has been a back-burner issue until now. She added that the country didn’t have researchers with the same expertise as UNC faculty members. The 32,270-square-mile country just east of Saudi Arabia has been rapidly transformed in the past few decades as a result of oil wealth. “They’re a very new country,” she said. “Not too long ago, they were a country of nomads. They had never really worried about the environ-

ment before.” Researchers from UNC are leading a team that consists of United Arab Emirates University’s Department of Community Medicine and the RAND Corporation, a global public policy research institute. This research team is responsible for developing a national environmental health strategy, reporting on the environment, conducting surveys to determine how health is affected by air pollution and evaluating the United Arab Emirates’ procedures for monitoring air quality.

International stature The project is now at its halfway point, and the school is starting to feel the intrinsic benefits of working abroad. “This is a very prestigious contract. It not only brought dollars into the school, it gave us the opportunity to work in a very exciting part of the world,” said Barbara Rimer, School of Public Health’s dean.

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moved it to a bigger but still homey location, where one of Dyer’s jobs was to light a fire in the library’s signature fireplace. The space is now the Chapel Hill Museum on Franklin Street. In 1986, a growing demand for more books and space led citizens to approve a $4 million bond for the current library site. The demand for books hasn’t stopped since then. The library already has sold out of hundreds of tickets to a community-wide anniversary celebration event Sunday, called Long Story Short, which will feature live music and fiction reading. Powell now helps coordinate quarterly book sales that raise about $10,000 for the library. She said that Chapel Hill’s residents donate thousands of boxes of books, and that many are collections residents have left to the library after death. But part of the reason they have so many books to sell is the building’s limited space. “We knew the new library was too small when we moved into it,” said Virginia Young, who served on the library’s board of trustees.

Rights, a United Nations document she teaches in her classes, to the everyday human rights of the immigrant community. “We’re located in the poorest immigrant community in the county,” Blau said, emphasizing the need that the center is serving. And with her students as collaborators, Blau is also creating a unique service-learning class. “The center is bridging that gap between largely middle class UNC students and extremely poor immigrants,” she said. Senior Vanice Dunn, who has taken Blau’s classes and helped develop the center, said she thinks it’s an opportunity for students to get involved in the community. “The University may be just a mile or so from Abbey Court,

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United Arab Emirates officials approached the top three United States public health schools: Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University and UNC. MacDonald said the project is opening up a lot of global connections for researchers as well as forming camaraderie both within the school and abroad. “ The numerous challenges associated with conducting such a large research effort in a country on the other side of the world, with a culture that is very different from our own, have forged close bonds among the many faculty members involved in the research,” she said. Rimer and MacDonald both said the work is bringing UNC’s environmental researchers global recognition. Rimer said the work with the United Arab Emirates will make the school more competitive for similar environmental risk managing contracts across the globe. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. but the disconnect between students and the community often feels much farther than that,” she said. Dunn is working on a human rights survey on and off campus to get a better idea of what human rights means to community members. She is also helping Blau and the center with a Walk for Human Rights to be held Sept. 12. The center is beginning a partnership with Mary Scroggs Elementary School and is awaiting the donation of new computers from the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School system. Despite the new possibilities the center presents, it still has a long way to go in letting people know about these opportunities, Blau said.

Blasting music, colorful posters and chants filled Rams Head Plaza on Tuesday night as student government members hosted an open house to recruit new members and inform the UNC community of all that they do. Cabinet members manned tables with signs, sharing information with interested students and drawing attention to their respective committees. “We wanted to give the student body a chance to meet our Cabinet and give people who are considering applying for a committee a chance to meet some of the people they will be working with,” said Student Body Vice President David Bevevino. About 55 members make up the Cabinet, each leading a certain committee or special project. Chairmen for each committee are selected each spring for the following school year. Although previous open houses have been held in the Student Union, Bevevino said student government chose to hold the event in Rams Head Plaza because of its open nature, higher foot traffic and convenience to Rams Head Dining Hall. Student Body President Jasmin Jones was also at the open house, handing out flyers, dancing and cheering to raise interest. “Student government was one of the first organizations I joined after coming to Carolina, and it’s a great way to give back to the campus community,” Jones said. Freshman Jamal Little, who

heard about the open house through the student government listserv, said he wants to join the First-year Focus Council, which lets freshmen have a voice in student government’s executive committees. Little said he also wants to join Speakers at Carolina, a group that works to bring speakers to campus and publicize their events. The program originally was conceived by former Student Body President Eve Carson three years ago. They brought their first speaker last year. “I really want to get involved in student government because I want to actually do something here at UNC and really make a positive impact on the Carolina community,” Little said. Freshman Brady Cody, a political science and public policy major, also expressed interest in joining. “I signed up for the Student Body Outreach because working on an executive committee seems like a great way to get involved in the student body,” Cody said. That committee advertises student government’s work to inform the campus and increase the success of their projects. “ Ev e r y t h i n g t h at go e s o n through the student government goes on through the help of the student outreach programs,” Cody said. Student government also pushed to recruit new members earlier this semester at Fall Fest, where the organization collected contact information for more than 500 students. “We’re looking for all kinds of

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Walt Peters, right, talks to Austin Shaw about joining the student government Tuesday during an open house at Rams Head Plaza.

people to get involved in student government,” Bevevino said. “Some people have the mindset that student government attracts a certain kind of person, but that’s not true. “We need people who are passionate about issues; people who are passionate about UNC; people from all classes, majors and backgrounds.” Jones echoed Bevevino’s call to students. “Being involved in student government through any of these committees will really contribute to the student experience,” she said. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.

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Aldwyth amuses Collage artist Aldwyth explained her art with humor in an event Tuesday night. See pg. 3 for story.

Beer battle Several universities are up in arms about Bud Light cans printed in school colors. See pg. 1 for story.

Due south Many activities are moving toward South Campus as a way to make space. See pg. 1 for story.

Abbey Court Professor Judith Blau has opened a human rights center at local apartments. See pg. 3 for story.

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Slurs only reinforce gender labels

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Athletes should give back financially to Carolina

here was no doubting this past weekend that Carolina football had begun. I could barely see the field through the sea of powder blue, but my ears assured me that the athletic season was in full swing. Over the marching band blaring the fight song and the helmets cracking on the gridiron, I heard the traditional call of the Tar Heel fan: “Hey Citadel, you suck!” Of course, what exactly The Citadel was sucking was rarely specified, but I’m pretty sure most fans knew which direct object followed. Over the course of the game, I heard a few more gendered terms from the stands, some directed at the field and some general banter in the bleachers: “That play was so gay”; “Quit playing like a girl”; “We got totally raped by them last year”; “The coach is going to have their ass after that play”; “Their cheerleaders are so ugly I wouldn’t be surprised if they have testicles”; and, my favorite, “Quit being a fag and go get me a Coke.” I know that when fans say something is gay, they don’t actually mean that it is literally homosexual. I know people who say, “She’s such a bitch,” and don’t actually mean a female dog. But this type of language carries undertones which perpetuate the message that the female is less than the male. Phrases like “Don’t be a skirt” express a cultural understanding that feminine things are weaker and less valued. Phrases like “Grow a pair” carry an undertone that people who are smaller or in a subservient position are somehow more feminine. A feminine man is broken or weak. And a woman who is masculine does not gain the status of men, but rather the scorn of being ugly and undesirable. Masculine things win out even when, in reality, they don’t at all. A woman passes a 10-pound baby through her vagina, and yet a being called a pussy would incite riots among most men. A man gets hit in the balls and he’s curled up in pain on the ground, hoping at the very least that it will get him on “America’s Funniest Home Videos.” And yet we still give praise by saying, “You’ve got balls.” This weekend, when fans shouted, “You suck, Citadel,” it was meant to offend the opposing players. But really who it does and should offend are females, the group who is traditionally and anatomically in that position. Though fans don’t mean it literally, the language does: Being feminine is less. And besides being derogatory, sputtering out a reference to the petite nature of someone’s genitalia or the grandiose size of one’s own is overdone and uncreative. Booooring. We’re one of the best schools in the county and all we can think of is to wave our arm up and down and chant, “You suck”? We would never allow this type of language if it involved someone’s race or nationality. Feminizing the other team, resorting to genitalia talk, using rape as a symbol of dominance and throwing around homophobic slurs limits everyone. Don’t be content with “It’s no big deal … I don’t really mean it … It’s how it’s always been.” People won’t risk anything outside of their expected gender roles if ridicule accompanies it.

Take a hike University misled out-of-state students by indicating they wouldn’t face more tuition raises

ut-of-state students who thought they were safe from onerous tuition hikes this year shouldn’t hold their breath. It was announced at Friday’s Faculty Council meeting that the option for higher tuition hikes for these students is now on the table. Raising the possibility for further tuition increases does not guarantee that out-ofstate students will get a larger hike. However, it flies in the face of previous gestures by officials implying that out-of-state students were safe. Chancellor Holden Thorp even went so far as to call it “a good year for out-of-state folks.” It appears he might have spoken too soon. The state budget, signed a month ago, included a $200 tuition increase for both out-

of-state and in-state students. No other increase was mentioned, and University officials suggested that it would remain that way. Furthermore, this increase does not even provide revenue for the University. It is a flat tax imposed by and for the state. But in spite of being taxed, out-of-state students mostly rejoiced. A $200 tax to the state was far better than last year’s $1,150 tuition hike. This proves to be another year where decisions regarding tuition are marked more by caprice than by conviction. All this in spite of greater tuition predictability being a goal of recent student body presidents. Granted, it is hard for anyone to have foreseen the economic shock that has led to the current budget dilemma. But even these trying economic times do not make our lead-

ers any less accountable. Apparently, tuition hikes were revisited only after administrators realized that only in-state tuition increases were maxed out for the coming year. One justification given for the new hikes is the rising number of need-based aid applications. This also raises questions as to what the University was planning to do to meet this need in the absence of greater tuition increases. But nothing is set in stone yet. The current tuition plan should remain — an increase of $200 for all. Everyone is hurting right now, and out-of-state students at least deserve transparency and frankness from officials who have the power to saddle even more of the budgetary burden on them and their families.

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Jones’ administration should host an exciting and inclusive parade or not at all

tudent Body President Jasmin Jones is moving forward with plans to revive UNC’s Homecoming parade as a way to showcase school spirit. But with time and budget restraints, the proposed parade is shaping up to be modest at best. With only an hour for the parade to start and finish and a limited amount of money, no floats will be featured and some student groups will inevitably get left out. Reinstating a comprehensive Homecoming parade is impractical in a time of budget cuts. The concept of such a parade is commendable, as it could bring student groups, Greeks, alumni and fans together in a

celebratory fashion. But the parade will fail to be all-inclusive since neither enough money nor time exists to include all willing participants. Homecoming traditions like the Bell Tower Climb and Old Well Walk will already be held on campus so no void needs to be filled by a lackluster march down Franklin Street. Jones first expressed interest for a “Greek Homecoming Parade” in her platform, and the idea has grown into a collaborative effort between the executive branch of student government, the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership and different campus and local organizations. Only an estimated 70 student

organizations will get to be featured in the parade due in part to time restrictions. The Bell Tower Climb traditionally begins two hours before kickoff, so any parade would have to end 2.5 hours before the football game. Groups also will likely have to go through an application process to determine whether or not they get a spot — not on a traditional parade float, but instead in a car which they can decorate if they so choose. Floats were deemed too expensive. Hardly a Homecoming parade. If the Jones administration is unable to find funding and time for a bona fide Homecoming parade, then this is not the year to revive it.

Tutor for the community Habitat for Humanity program an important asset

j o i n t e ff o r t b y t h e Hillsborough Police Department and UNC Habitat for Humanity offers a great way for University students to help in the community through tutoring. The tutoring sessions are conducted by UNC students and are available to all Orange County grade-school students wanting to attend. Unfortunately, the program only runs twice a week, on Mondays and Tuesdays, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., and registration is limited to about 15 students per session. “Basing it off of our numbers last year, we could definitely extend to more days if we had enough volunteers,” said Sadie

Hasbrouck, the Habitat tutoring chairwoman. Students who have an interest in tutoring or who simply want to get involved in community-based programs should look at this as a possibility. Not only would students get the chance to help in a wonderful program, but they would also be able to add something strong to their resume. Even if a student is not considering teaching as a career, volunteer work always reflects positively on an individual’s college experience. Additionally, the program is local. The sessions take place at the Community Policing Substation at 501 Rainey

Ave., which means that tutors don’t have to travel outside the county to take part. But Habitat’s biggest need for this tutoring program is drivers. Without a group van, the group needs volunteer drivers to ferry the tutors back and forth. If you want to tutor and drive, all the better. Monday sessions will be for students from kindergarten to fifth grade, while Tuesday sessions will be for sixth to twelfth graders. This is a great chance for students of the University to get involved in the community. TO GET INVOLVED: Contact Sadie Hasbrouck E-mail: habitattutoring@gmail.com

TO THE EDITOR: Last Friday, many former Carolina basketball players currently in the NBA played an alumni game to launch the yearlong celebration of the 100th anniversary of UNC basketball. Buzz Peterson was quoted as saying, “It’s not just a group of guys, it’s a family.” Given the intense and apparently unusual loyalty that former players have to the Carolina team, imagine if they translated their feelings into philanthropy to honor the faculty, teaching assistants, fellow students and residents of North Carolina who provide the home for this “family.” A “$100 million for 100 years” endowment campaign by former athletes has a catchy ring. This act of philanthropic leadership could support innovative UNC programs that might otherwise go wanting, or help students in financial need, or stimulate social change in Chapel Hill and North Carolina, or simply express their affection for a great institution like UNC-Chapel Hill. The image of former athletes as a UNC family is heartwarming. Part of being in a family, perhaps the most important part, is accepting the responsibility to give back to those who provided the opportunities that created a family for us. Lewis Margolis Associate Professor Public Health

Decision to cut academic library journals is foolish TO THE EDITOR: Thursday’s editorial (“Small cuts, big difference,” Sept. 3) about serials cancellations was foolish, anti-intellectual and just plain wrong. I speak in particular defense of the “Journal of Metamorphic Geology.” As one who teaches and does research in this area, I can assure you that many students and faculty rely on that journal. You don’t “flip through it.” It’s not “People.” Nearly all of Earth’s carbon dioxide is tied up in rocks, and metamorphic geology deals in large part with how rocks take up and give off carbon dioxide, water, and other vital components of the geochemical cycle. We continue to receive the journal online, as we should. Let’s hope that the attitude displayed in the editorial does not win out, or soon the only serials the library gets will be “People,” “Glamour” and “Self.” Allen Glazner Chairman Geological Sciences

North Carolina Governor’s School shouldn’t be free TO THE EDITOR: In response to the editorial “Keep school free,” (Sept. 3), I would like to the author ask a very simple question: What’s with the sense of entitlement? As a native of Maryland, I was not given the opportunity to attend a governor’s school. I honestly had no idea what one was until my freshman year at Carolina, so I readily admit that I just don’t get the big deal.

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This might be the out-of-state bias talking, but Governor’s School seems like a luxury to me. It sounds like a nice program that enriches the lives of many, but let’s be very realistic. North Carolina is in a multi-billion dollar deficit. We need to cut costs and make the state run more efficiently, not make “those who have the ability to pay” support those who cannot. That is called communism. Please refer to the former USSR as a shining example of why that does not work. In theory, supporting others through tough times is a wonderful thought. Very generous. Yet somehow, I managed to do just fine without Governor’s School, and I honestly believe that if the state has to reallocate some funds while dealing with the budget issues, other students will as well. No, it’s not fair that some people get to go and others do not even though they are equally qualified. But instead of forcing the costs on other students, why not re-evaluate the program itself? There are certainly ways to lower expenses. Make Governor’s School free when the resources are available, not when it means slapping the costs on middle-class families who “have the ability to pay.” Courtney Bale Sophomore Economics

Congressman Price should have brought bill with him TO THE EDITOR: Most agree a Congressman should be well-prepared for a town hall meeting with their constituents on health care reform. However, U.S. Rep. David Price, D-N.C., fell short of such preparation on Sept. 2. In fact, the Congressman had the audacity to conduct a town hall at UNC without a copy of the very bill which he so adamantly supports and claims to be so knowledgeable of. Congressman, I know the thousand-page bill is heavy and may even strain your back at times, but please, for the sake of the people, bring the bill with you next time. I get tired of the same old excuse that you make so often, “I don’t have the bill in front of me right now, but I will have someone contact you about that.” At this point, I am starting to believe you just don’t want to answer my questions. With a $1,042,000,000,000 piece of health care legislation, does it not seem prudent for our Congressmen to have the bill with them at a health care town hall? At a hefty $1 billion a page, I expect my congressman to be readily able to cite provisions in the bill which answer my questions. For those who would defend the practice of blindly supporting something, I take it you are probably the same people who ignore the Congressional Budget Office reports projecting our national deficit to increase drastically due to the Obama administration’s reckless spending habits. Change we can all believe in? I think not! Kendall Law Junior Business Administration

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