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By James Thorpe
Staff Writer
An influx of millions in
N.C. campaign spending from
outside groups has raised con-
cerns that state elections will
become increasingly polarized.
About 76 percent of the
more than $14.5 million spent
in North Carolina went to
gubernatorial and Supreme
Court elections, according to
a report released last week
by the Institute for Southern
Studies.
Judicial elections in North
Carolina are nonpartisan, but
experts say political agendas
are pressuring candidates.
Judges are referees if you
will theyre supposed to
be above the fray, said Brent
Laurenz, executive director
of the N.C. Center for Voter
Education. They call the
balls and strikes for the politi-
cal system.
The N.C. Judicial Coalition
spent more than $1.9 million
on Republican-favored Paul
Newbys successful campaign
for N.C. Supreme Court.
Laurenz said partisan judi-
cial elections are risky.
I think no matter who you
are, when you come before the
judge or court youre coming
before a judge, not a Democrat
or Republican, he said.
The biggest donor to the
N.C. Judicial Coalition was
the group Justice For All
N.C., which receives fund-
ing from the Republican
State Leadership Committee,
according to the report.
The increase in campaign
funding reflects a national
trend, said Steven Greene, a
political science professor at
N.C. State University.
Greene said national orga-
nizations are increasingly
aware that they can use money
wisely at the state level, espe-
cially after the 2010 Citizens
United decision that granted
First Amendment protection
to corporate donations.
States are a good place to
invest money you get more
bang for your buck, he said.
Donations by corporations
are giving N.C. elections a
national scope.
Key donors in the 2012
N.C. campaigns included
the Washington, D.C.-based
Democratic Governors
Association and the phone
company AT&T Inc., which
gave to the Republican
Governors Association.
The spike in campaign
spending might start an irre-
versible trend, said Viveca
Novak, spokeswoman for
the Center for Responsive
Politics, a national group
that studies the influence of
money in politics.
Its never been the case
that you can put the genie
back in the bottle in cam-
paign finance, she said.
Contact the desk editor at
state@dailytarheel.com.
CAMPAIGN SPENDING
$14.5 million
in outside spending in the
2012 N.C. election
$2.9 million
donated by the Democratic
Governors Association, the
largest donor
$1.9 million
spent by right-leaning
N.C. Judicial Coalition on
Supreme Court race
NC elections altered by increased spending
Middle-of-the-road students up from 2008
When asked about specific social issues,
students answered more liberally.
Kevin Eagan,
assistant director for research at UCLAs Higher Education Research Institute
last election cycle four years
ago, according to a study by
the University of California at
Los Angeles.
Students are not as liberal
as often assumed by media
commentary, said James
Stimson, a political science
professor at UNC.
Approximately 47 percent
of college students identified
themselves as politically mod-
erate, according to the survey
by UCLAs Higher Education
Research Institute.
In 2008, only 43 percent
of college students identified
themselves at the center of
the political spectrum.
The sample pool for the
survey was 192,912 full-time
first-year students from 283
colleges all across the United
States, polled between 2008
and 2012.
Though many of these
students identify as politically
moderate, their preferences
on social issues indicate oth-
erwise, according to the study.
Kevin Eagan, assistant
director for research at the
institute, analyzed the survey
data. He said he was not sur-
prised by the results.
Eagan said participants
in the survey were prompted
with the question, How
would you describe your
political orientation, ranging
from far left to far right?
The majority of students
responded by saying that
their political orientation
aligned in the center.
But when students were
asked about their support for
specific social issues, such as
the legality of abortion, same-
sex marriage or universal
health care, students were
overwhelmingly in favor of
these issues, Eagan said.
I think what was interest-
ing was when we have asked
about political orientation,
students answered toward the
center, but when asked about
specific social issues, students
answered more liberally,
Eagan said.
Students may try to be
avoiding labeling themselves
with one side of the political
spectrum, he said.
Mauricio Barreto, a sopho-
more political science and
biology double major, said
students identifying as mod-
erates could demonstrate
to others that they are open
to having a dialogue about
issues before forming an
opinion.
The fact that party lines
have become so black and
white might have caused stu-
dents to identify in the mid-
dle so they can focus on the
issues and not the politics.
Contact the desk editor at
state@dailytarheel.com.
Increased campaign
funding could further
polarize elections.
More college-age
students claim to be
politically moderate.
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All up in your business
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Jakes. See pg. 3.
Community grant
The town hopes for a
grant to enhance programs
for low-income areas. See
pg. 7 for story.
Inside Washington
This years Weatherspoon
Lecture was delivered by
noted journalist Cokie
Roberts. See pg. 5 for story.
Coming on Wednesday
Stay tuned for a preview
of the legislative session
and a report on the ballot
for student body president.
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14 Team leader
15 Hang (around) in a
hammock, say
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city
18 Play parts
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20 *4-0 World Series win,
e.g.
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23 Make illegal
24 Spy for Moses
26 Bit of schoolyard
disagreement
29 Gardner of Hollywood
32 Under the covers
35 The Shield force,
briefly
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39 Norma __
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alternative
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specialists
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newsgroup
system
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mistress
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Timberlakes
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clues
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concern
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slangily
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Focus on transit in Greenes return
By Caroline Hudson
Staff Writer
The Chapel Hill Town
Council had a full agenda
Monday night, discussing
everything from transit to
development.
The council meeting kicked
off with newly appointed
Town Council member Sally
Greene taking her oath of
office, thereby formally fill-
ing the vacancy left by former
council member Penny Rich.
I promise to do my best,
and Im ready to get back to
work, said Greene, who origi-
nally served on the council
from 2003 to 2011.
Greene was appointed to
the seat last week in a 7-1
vote.
Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt
also presented a resolution
to honor Rich, who resigned
in December to serve on the
Orange County Board of
Commissioners.
Kleinschmidt praised
Richs contributions to Chapel
Hill, including her environ-
mental work, her work for the
homeless and her push for
the ban on cellphone usage in
vehicles.
Chapel Hill is a better
place now because of Penny
Rich, he said.
The council also received
Sally Greene
was appointed
to a seat on
the Chapel Hill
Town Council
last week by
a margin of 7
votes to 1.
a presentation about Chapel
Hill Transits 2013-14 budget
from Interim Transit Director
Brian Litchfield.
Litchfield said Chapel
Hill Transit remains the sec-
ond largest transit system
in North Carolina, offering
roughly 6.9 million rides in
the 2011-12 fiscal year.
He said transit was identi-
fied as a priority in the Chapel
Hill 2020 comprehensive
planning initiative.
Litchfield said Chapel
Hill Transit has been able to
maintain a balanced budget
with the help of a contribu-
tion from the general fund.
He said a recent survey
indicated that 91 percent
of users rated Chapel Hill
Transit service as good or
excellent.
The council also agreed to
continue public hearings on
Feb. 11 about the rezoning and
special use permit application
for 123 W. Franklin St.
The property, which is
home to University Square
and Granville Towers, is set to
be demolished and construct-
ed into a new shopping center.
The project will replace the
existing University Square
structure with a combination
of office, retail and residential
space, along with 1,000 park-
ing spots. Granville Towers
will stay where it is.
Town Council member Jim
Ward said he wants the coun-
cil to balance the pros and
cons of the application.
The council also heard a
report about a Dec. 3 peti-
tion to include the Franklin/
Rosemary Historic District in
the Central West Focus Area.
The Central West Focus
Area but not the district
was identified as a priority in
the Chapel Hill 2020 plan as
a result of development pres-
sures in the area.
Kleinschmidt said he was
concerned about confront-
ing the issue of the historic
district this year because he
thought it might take resourc-
es away from the Chapel Hill
2020 initiative.
The community identified
Chapel Hill 2020 first, he
said. We cant do everything
at once.
Contact the desk editor at
city@dailytarheel.com.
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Andrew Starczewski, of New Britain, Conn., testifies Monday
before the Connecticut legislatures Bipartisan Task Force on Gun
Violence Prevention and Childrens Safety in Hartford, Conn.
On the wire: national and world news
Obama asks police to
push gun proposals
WASHINGTON, D.C.
(MCT) President Barack
Obama on Monday met with
police chiefs from around the
country including three
from communities affected
by mass shootings as part
of his effort to build support
for the gun control measures
he wants to push through
Congress.
At a morning meeting at
the White House, Obama
asked the law enforcement
officials to put pressure on
lawmakers to act on the mea-
sures he endorsed in the wake
of the massacre at Sandy
Hook Elementary School in
Newtown, Conn.
If law enforcement offi-
cials who are dealing with
this stuff every single day can
come to some basic consensus
in terms of steps that we need
to take, Congress is going to
be paying attention to them,
and we ll be able to make
progress, Obama said.
Representatives of
the Major Cities Chiefs
Association and Major
County Sheriffs Association
attended the meeting, along
with the Vice President Joe
Biden, who is leading the
presidents gun violence task
force, Attorney General Eric
H. Holder Jr. and Homeland
Security Secretary Janet
Napolitano.
The group included Police
Chief Michael Kehoe from
Newtown, Police Chief
Daniel Oates from Aurora,
Colo., where 12 people were
killed in a movie theater
shooting in July, and Police
Chief John Edwards from
Oak Creek, Wis., scene of
a mass shooting at a Sikh
temple in August.
In remarks before the
meeting, Obama noted that
he had taken some adminis-
trative steps to tighten gun
laws already on the books
but stressed that he believes
Congress should pass seri-
ous laws that restrict the
access and availability of
assault weapons and maga-
zine clips, require universal
background checks on gun
buyers, and improve mental
health services and school
safety.
The assault weapons ban
backed by the president faces
steep opposition in Congress,
while other elements of his
plan are more likely to move
forward. The president
acknowledged the opposition
on Monday and asked police
for their help in applying
pressure.
We recognize that this is
an issue that elicits a lot of
passion all across the coun-
try, Obama said. No group
is more important for us to
listen to than our law enforce-
ment officials. They are where
the rubber hits the road.
Obama fighting barriers
for illegal immigrants
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
(MCT) President Barack
Obama will unveil his sweep-
ing plan on immigration
Tuesday in the midst of a rap-
idly shifting political environ-
ment. Its his most ambitious
move yet on the emotionally
divisive issue after making a
series of smaller steps over
the past year.
Obama first came into
office on the heels of
Washingtons failure to over-
haul the nations immigration
laws. Those failures in 2006
and 2007 led many cities
and states to adopt their own
regulations to drive out illegal
immigrants.
But exit polls find that
views are changing, and a
growing Latino electorate has
emerged as a powerful force.
The political landscape
has shifted so much that even
before this latest proposal, the
White House has been able to
quietly unveil several policy
changes that undercut com-
munities ability to enforce
federal immigration laws
and that allow more illegal
immigrants to remain in the
country. Meanwhile, states
are taking steps to welcome
illegal immigrants by, among
other things, allowing them
to drive.
The tide is turning, said
Frank Sharry, the executive
director of Americas Voice,
which advocates for compre-
hensive immigration legisla-
tion. People sort of picked
up on little pieces of it, but
theyre not sure whether they
believe it.
Lawmakers on both sides
of the aisle have taken notice.
And both Democrats and
Republicans see the debate
as critical to their political
futures: Obama sees immi-
gration as a signature issue
that he feels could help him
define his legacy; Republicans
see immigration as a way to
appeal to Latinos and help
pull the party out of the polit-
ical wilderness.
On Monday, a biparti-
san group of U.S. senators
got ahead of the presidents
announcement by presenting
its own immigration plan,
though it is similar to past
proposals that have failed.
The key elements include
greater border security, a
guest-worker program and
beefed-up employer verifica-
tion, and a path to citizenship
for the estimated 11 million
illegal immigrants already
in the country. The plan is
expected to closely align with
one the president will unveil
Tuesday on a special trip to
Las Vegas. The White House
called the Senate proposal a
big deal because it embraces
a path to citizenship.
This is an important
development, Press Secretary
Jay Carney said. This is
in keeping with the prin-
ciples the president has been
espousing for a long time,
in keeping with bipartisan
efforts in the past, and with
the effort this president
believes has to end in a law
that he can sign.
Regardless of the warm
talk from some politicians
about reaching an agreement,
Obamas and the Senate
groups bipartisan call for a
path to citizenship will reig-
nite an emotional debate over
the rule of law and amnesty,
a politically charged word
with negative connotations
among conservatives.
We would be in a much
better position to achieve
immigration reform if the
Obama administration had
spent that last four years
enforcing federal law rather
than dismantling it, Sen.
Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., said
Monday.
But quietly, a series of
administration policy changes
in recent months already
has begun to transform how
illegal immigrants live, work
and go to school in the United
States.
In addition to last sum-
mers announcement to
defer deportations and give
work permits to hundreds of
thousands of undocumented
youth, the White House
announced last month that
it was going to make legal
permanent residency easier
for many illegal immigrants
who are immediate relatives
of American citizens.
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EDITorIal BoarD mEmBErs
Established 1893, 119 years of editorial freedom
QUOTE OF THE DAY
FEATUrED OnlinE rEADEr cOmmEnT
Ways to change rape
culture on campus
TO THE EDITOR:
The undersigned mem-
bers of the UNC history
department unambiguously
express our support for any
students who have received
anything less than sympa-
thetic and professional con-
sideration from University
administrators.
We urge the administra-
tion to address promptly
and publicly any shortcom-
ings in University proce-
dures regarding violence
against women.
As members of the UNC
history department, we
are committed to the well-
being of our students.
These students are the
reason this institution
exists, and if we fail to sup-
port them, we have failed
our mission as a University.
We were very troubled
to read the reports from
UNC students and a former
employee describing their
treatment in advocating for
themselves or others, and
we feel it is imperative that
we stand beside them in
requesting a full accounting
of UNCs implementation of
policies protecting students
from sexual harassment.
We are deeply troubled to
learn that our students feel
doubly violated when their
institution fails to provide
the protection and support
they expect to receive when
they report sexual abuse.
As members of the UNC
community, we ask for an
immediate and very active
response by the University.
This is an opportunity
not only to investigate our
current responses to sexual
violence on this campus,
but also to reimagine what
would be necessary to make
all of our students secure in
the knowledge that they are
safe here.
Possible approaches
might be an ad hoc com-
mittee that includes faculty
members, staff and student
activists to study current
attitudes toward rape and
sexual assault on campus,
outside evaluation of the
ways in which we could
implement more effective
oversight of the policies
currently existing and mak-
ing mainstream an existing
academic discussion about
gender, violence and rape.
Inviting a well-respected
scholar like Biddy Martin,
president of Amherst
College, who has recently
created a wide-ranging
conversation about rape
culture on campus, might
be a good beginning.
Editors note: This letter
was signed by 16 additional
members of the UNC his-
tory department, whose
names have been omitted
due to space constraints.
Sarah Shields
Professor
Department of History
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The Campus Y represents
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THE EDiTOr
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EDiTOriAl cArTOOn By Mark Viser, mviser@email.unc.edu
NC in
need of
education
governor
O
ne of North Carolinas
great political distinc-
tions has been its long
series of education governors
leaders from both parties
who have championed strong
investment and data-driven
innovation in public education.
The next few months might
threaten that legacy.
Every N.C. governor in recent
memory, from Democrats Terry
Sanford, Jim Hunt and Mike
Easley to Republicans Jim
Holshouser and Jim Martin,
owns great achievements
improving our education sys-
tem. Recently, Democrat Bev
Perdue fought (unsuccessfully)
to extend a sales tax to avoid
more education cuts and vetoed
education-slashing budgets.
These visionary governors
have understood that an acces-
sible university system is criti-
cal to North Carolinas transi-
tion to a prosperous knowl-
edge-based economy. And each
of them has used his or her
bully pulpit to push the state to
invest more in education.
Their commitment is part
of why our universities have
a world-class reputation for
excellence and affordability.
Its why we protest budget cuts
and tuition hikes, mourn the
loss of great leaders like Bill
Friday and celebrate UNC-CH
being ranked the best college
bargain in America.
In his 2012 campaign Pat
McCrory emphasized in his
education plan that North
Carolina could not keep simply
spending more money on a
broken system.
As the conservative John
William Pope Center for Higher
Education Policy pointed out
then, McCrorys platform her-
alds the shift to lower spending
levels as a new, permanent,
frugal reality and even chal-
lenges the long-held belief that
the state needs to send more
students to higher education.
The Pope Center believes
thats a good thing but Im
skeptical.
According to the left-
leaning N.C. Budget and Tax
Center, the Republican-led
General Assemblys $682 mil-
lion budget cut to the UNC
system in spring 2011 already
brought state appropriations
for higher education compared
to the size of the states econo-
my down to a 40-year low.
The result has been deep cuts
and higher tuition. The UNC
Board of Governors strategic
directions committee recom-
mends the state invest an addi-
tional $199 million in the UNC
system over the next five years.
Newly inaugurated McCrory
will spend much of 2013 work-
ing with the legislature to pro-
duce the states budget. His dep-
uty budget director is Art Pope,
the conservative donor whose
network of think tanks and
advocacy groups has pushed
to starve the beast of public
higher education while privately
funding academic programs
rooted in right-wing ideology.
Meanwhile, McCrory is
considering a proposal to con-
siderably reduce or eliminate
personal and corporate income
taxes. This loss of revenue would
create a lose-lose proposition:
radically shrink state govern-
ment (and therefore the UNC
system) or shift the tax burden
to lower-income families.
Some of his ideas for educa-
tion have merit but Im afraid
we no longer have an education
governor to protect UNC.
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working for social justice.
Through Y campaigns we
work to uphold this legacy.
Last semester it was
the passage of the gender
non-specific housing Y
campaign.
This semester we are
launching two new cam-
paigns: survivors and allies
for empowerment and
reform (SAFER) Carolina
and divestment from coal.
The divestment from
coal campaign is pushing
UNC-Chapel Hill to divest
its endowment (valued at
$2 billion) from the dirty
coal industry.
The UNC Sierra Student
Coalition and the Campus Y
are asking students to vote
in support of the coal divest-
ment referendum on Feb. 12.
The SAFER Carolina
campaign aims to raise
awareness about the reality
of sexual and interpersonal
violence at Carolina and of
its effects on our Carolina
community.
The Campus Y under-
stands that student stories
must be heard, and that
the University must be held
accountable for all of its
actions.
The Campus Y is hosting
a Y campaigns teach-in on
Feb. 6 at 6:30 p.m. in the
Campus Y so that students
can learn more about our
new campaigns. There will
be free food.
In the past it has been stu-
dents who have made UNC
a more inclusive community
and today is no exception.
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Director of External
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Help be the change in
educational equality
TO THE EDITOR:
Many times it is easy for
our country to recognize
the strides that minorities
take toward success.
In todays America it is
easy for us to glorify Martin
Luther King Jr. and think of
ourselves as a nation that has
overcome. But have we truly?
In my eyes, our nation has
a long way to go. Even more
particular, a long way within
the educational realm.
Though we like to think
of our America as all
inclusive and equal, our
educational system tells a
different story. A story that
Teach for America is work-
ing to change.
Only 8 percent of kids
growing up in low-income
communities graduate from
college by the age of 24.
By the end of high school,
African American students
reading and math skills are
the same as those of white
students in eighth grade.
This is not the America
you may know but this is
the America that we live
in. This is not the America
that Martin Luther King
Jr. wanted. This is not his
dream for our America. But
you can make a change.
Change the statistics.
Leslie Locklear 13
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WHAT MAKES AN
IDEAL
STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT?
The majority of the student body
presidents power comes from the
ability to influence those in power.
He or she must be able to connect
with all sorts of people not just
students and serve as an effec-
tive and respectable representative
of student interests to administra-
tors and officials statewide. A close
professional relationship can often
get a lot more done than a petition
with thousands of signatures.
A good platform is comprehen-
sive, realistic and specific in its
plan for implementation. The SBP
represents all of campus, and his or
her platform needs to reflect that.
Candidates have to research the
issues theyre purporting to have
solutions for and must present a
timeline to put them into place.
The best ideas are worthless if the
candidate cant get them done.
Platform feasibility is key.
Institutional knowledge often
receives far too much weight in
determining a candidates merit.
Management ability and intellec-
tual capacity matter much more.
That being said, it doesnt hurt to
know your way around the system.
Familiarity with student govern-
ment and administrative structures
will grease the wheels of governance.
But the ability to learn quickly can
compensate for a lack of experience.
The student body president is
the face of students to those outside
of the Universitys immediate com-
munity. His or her responsibility
doesnt stop at Franklin Street.
Prior engagement with and
knowledge of town issues will
make the SBPs advocacy more
effective. The future of both the
town and the University are inex-
tricably linked because if one suc-
ceeds, so does the other.
A student body president is only
one person and one person cant
make the platform a reality and
advocate for students alone. The
ultimate success of a student gov-
ernment administration depends
on the quality of the team he or she
is able to recruit and then imbue
with a shared vision. Since much
of the administrations day-to-day
work is delegated, a higher caliber
team will get better results.
Any serious candidate will have
long ago gotten involved in a num-
ber of campus organizations. But
its not the amount or diversity of
involvement that matters. Rather,
its a proven record in those orga-
nizations of advocacy, accomplish-
ment and leadership that points to
a good candidate. Someone who
has run a complex and multifaceted
organization will be well-prepared
for managing the executive branch.
Being student body president is
nearly a full-time job. Time man-
agement is crucial to balancing
the position with normal student
responsibilities. Part and parcel
with time management is having a
well-organized administration
this means the ability to manage
effectively and efficiently. He or she
must also be able to react to the
unexpected and galvanize a large
network of people.
issues
PROFESSIONALISM
ISSUES
INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE
COMMUNITY RELATIONS
QUALITY OF TEAM
CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT
SKILLS