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Mike Williams, a junior in biomedical engineering, and Andrew Jennings, a junior in zoology, set up a tent at the beginning of the UNC ticket Campout last year. Williams and Jennings were members of a group of about 50 students, the largest at the event.
Campout to hand out more than 2,000 student tickets SG leaders met with Administration and Athletics Wednesday to nail down plans for 2009 event Managing Editor
Etheridge was sworn into Congress in 1997 and now serves on the House Agriculture, Budget and Homeland Security committees. On Education: Etheridge wants to increase the amount of federal student loans, provide students and their families with continued access to federal loan programs and reduce the cost
Iain Smith, a graduate in political science from Nottingham, was one of these campaign volunteers. “I wanted to get involved in politics back home... [and] the things Obama thinks are very similar to the way I am politically,� Smith said. Kat Banaghan, another Obama Obama supporters volunteer f rom Obama supporters Eng la nd, said visited the Brickyard campaigning for Wednesday, coming the candidate is from quite a distance, very important to and they weren’t the her. representatives from Harvard University on Iain Smith, a graduate in political “Where we are, we’re so affected behalf of Americans science from Nottingham by who’s in powfor Obama in Italy — er in the USA,� they were graduates of Nottingham University from the United Banaghan said. Smith said anti-American sentiment Kingdom.
“I wanted to get involved in politics back home... [and] the things Obama thinks are very similar to the way I am politically.�
CAMPOUT FACTS 2007-2008 Ticket Allotment: 2,8000 Projected 2008-2009 Allotment: 2,100 to 2,500
Derek Medlin
The Nov. 4 election is almost a week and a half away, and students are seeing an increase in campaigning in areas on and around campus. North Carolina is considered a battleground state that could move from red to blue, and presidential candidate Barack Obama’s supporters from all over the country are coming to N.C. in hopes of garnering support for their candidate.
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Date: Friday, Jan. 16 or Friday, Jan. 23
A meeting between student leaders, University administraPossible Location: Outside Reynolds Coliseum, Lee Field tion and Athletics administration Wednesday finalized some plans for this year’s Campout, but “The biggest complaint after some plans must still be worked last year’s Campout was that out, Student Senate Campus seniors and the most loyal fans Community Committee Chair didn’t get good seats,� he said. Morgan Donnelly said. “This point system could be a Donnelly, a junior in political great way to make sure the peoscience, said the meeting was an ple who are going to the games opportunity to work out some of are getting the best seats.� the logistics involved with planZach Sipes, a sophomore in ning the Campout. nutrition science, said he agreed “We basically talked with Dr. with seniors and students who Stafford about the dos and don’ts have more loyalty points getting of Campout,� she said. “We fig- better seats. ured out how many tickets we “If a person gets a ticket and can have and also talked about they haven’t gone to any games, where we could have it.� that just doesn’t seem right,� he Donnelly said the group agreed said. “The people with the most on the number loyalty points of tickets — beshould be the tween 2,100 and ones with the 2,500 — allotbest tickets.� ted for the CamDonnelly said pout. the point sysA side f rom tem could even the number of be incorporated tickets, Doninto how stunelly said plans dents are placed for the location Zach Sipes, a sophomore in at Campout. and date of the “Maybe stunutrition science Campout have dents w it h not been set. more loya lt y “We talked about where we points will have a better campcould hold it,� Donnelly said. site,� she said. “We’re looking at a lot of opAnother goal for this year’s tions. We might have it on Lee committee, Donnelly said, was Field again. It depends on what to have activities for students to Campus Police says and also make the Campout enjoyable. what the Campus Community “We want students to have a Committee wants to plan for the fun experience,� she said. “We night.� might show movies and we may The date for this year’s Cam- even have some sort of philanpout is still to be determined, al- thropic aspect to it. Maybe stuthough Donnelly did say it will dents could donate canned goods be on a Friday either one or two or something like that.� weeks prior to the game. Sipes said the music at last “We set a tentative date for year’s Campout was enjoyable Jan. 16,� she said. “We’re work- and would be something the ing with Athletics on the date Campus Community Commitbecause we are wanting to use tee could do again. the loyalty point system.� “Last year they had that band Student Body President Jay out there, which was really cool,� Dawkins said he hopes to incor- Sipes said. “The music was cool, porate the loyalty point system but it wasn’t so loud you couldn’t into this year’s Campout to make ignore it if you wanted to.� sure the most loyal fans get tickCAMPOUT continued page 3 ets.
of college tuition. For Energy: Etheridge sponsored and voted for a bill to require oil companies to drill all the land they hold leases for, and he supports the development of alternative energy sources, emphasizing a need for biomass and ingenuity. SOURCE: HTTP://WWW.ETHERIDGEFORCONGRESS.ORG/
has been growing throughout history in England, but that Obama doesn’t portray the sense of hatred that increasingly seems to represent American politics. “I’ve always loved America and it’s the most benevolent superpower we’ve had,� Smith said. Obama has a more human approach, Smith said, that will bring a change in sentiments about America back in England. Banaghan agreed. “We think obviously Obama is going to be the most effective leader in the USA,� she said. She said he will make a change in the economic state of Americans and everyday people, which will in turn affect relations in the United Kingdom. Emma James, another volunteer, said there’s always been “a special AngloAmerican relationship.� BRICKYARD continued page 3
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“The people with the most loyalty points should be the ones with the best tickets.�
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Steven Loudermilk, a freshman in computer science, performs a throw on his instructor, Mehmet Can Ulker, a graduate student in civil engineering. The Aikido Club meets every Tuesday and Thursday at 8 p.m. in Carmichael Gym.
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candidate and a black presidential candidate made this election different than any other in American history. CHASS and the Department of Political Science sponsored the event, titled “The Obama/Palin Effects: Race and Gender in the 2008 Elections.� Sarah Palin’s effect “There’s definitely a Sarah Palin effect,� Greene said. On the one hand, Palin has “energized� some Republican voters, but on the other, she is slowly losing favorability among Independent voters, he said.
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“If Obama was a Republican, you would see a different dynamic.�
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