low turnout
approached by an ALE officer.
“If we see you drinking, we can conduct
an investigation to prove you are under
21,” Batten said. “You can certainly refuse
Some students can
to give your ID or answer questions, but move in to the luxury Of registered voters 18 to 29,
then you are subject to being arrested if
we have probable cause to think you com- apartments Friday. less than a fourth voted in 2010.
mitted a crime.”
Mineer said sometimes a person By Paige Ladisic By Blair Burnett
approached by ALE is not required to Online Editor Staff Writer
show identification or answer questions,
but it depends on the situation. He said Nineteen days might not UNC junior Maggie Lee says there will
voluntary encounters, which can happen feel like a long time. never be an election cycle where she won’t vote.
when an officer approaches someone who But for any LUX at Central But her interests in the political process
isn’t drinking at a bar, are one example. Park residents who have have never lay with the local politics that are
“If I walk up to you and say, ‘Hey, I am been housed in hotels across often the focus of midterm elections.
with the Chapel Hill Police Department, Chapel Hill and relying on dth/kendall bagley “I’ve never found myself invested in them,
can I talk to you?’ That is obviously shuttles to get to campus for LUX at Central Park started construction in summer 2013. Some and I’m not sure what would make me more
optional,” Mineer said. work and classes, waiting to residents will be allowed to move in on Friday — 19 days late. involved,” Lee said.
Muse said people also do not usually hear when their luxury stu- According to an August study from the
have to submit to breathalyzers when dent apartments would finally Alie Hrabe, the director of and she worries about the Center for Information & Research on Civic
approached in a bar or in the street unless be completed, 19 days can feel portfolio marketing for LUX’s complications of moving all of Learning and Engagement, 23.5 percent of
they are stopped while driving a car. like a lifetime. corporate developer, Trinitas, her boxes. voters aged 18 to 29 in North Carolina voted
Batten said most people tell officers the On Friday, almost three in an email. “My car is completely full,” in the 2010 midterm election — less than
truth, but sometimes they try to hide things. weeks after students were Students moved into hotels she said. “When I moved into half of the 56.5 percent who voted in the
“If you open up your bag and we see supposed to move into the on Aug. 17, after being noti- the hotel, it was full, and I 2012 presidential election.
something that is illegal to have, that’s luxury complex located fied in June that LUX would had my brother bring me With young voters representing about 20
one thing,” Batten said. “But we normally along Martin Luther King not be ready on time because more stuff because I thought percent of the vote on average in each North
don’t just take things and search them.” Jr. Boulevard, 160 residents of various delays to the con- I’d be moving in.” Carolina election cycle, November’s elections
But a UNC junior who asked to remain will be able to walk into their struction process. No con- could be decided by that demographic.
anonymous to protect her reputation said apartments for the first time. crete move-in date was pro- ‘Cautiously optimistic’ “The young vote is a huge vote,” said
an ALE officer confronted her after he saw About 200 students will be vided to residents until emails Susan MacManus, a government and inter-
her drinking underage. She told the officer moved to campus, where they were sent out on Aug. 28. But unlike Braswell, other national affairs professor at the University
she did not have an ID with her. will be housed in any empty Madison Braswell, a junior residents received another of South Florida and an expert in the youth
“He grabbed my bag, and I said, ‘No, spots in on-campus housing. history major at UNC, said email this week tentatively vote. “It is as large, if not larger, than the
please do not touch my bag. No, I do not “For the residents who we she will have to move out of confirming the Friday move- baby boomer population, which, as a voting
want you to touch my bag,’ but he took it cannot accommodate by Sept. her hotel into a dorm on cam- in date. block, has determined elections for decades.”
anyway and found my fake ID,” she said. 5, we believe their move-in pus after Friday. She said she “We’re happy to share with But MacManus said she is not surprised by
will be delayed three weeks is annoyed she still doesn’t
See ale rights, Page 4 at the most past Sept. 5,” said know what’s really going on, See lux open, Page 8 See young voters, Page 4
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Parking tops
Bid recruitment adieu Employee
Forum list
The group voiced concerns
about night parking.
By Sara Salinas
Senior Writer
Chapel Hill Town Hall renovations progress the parking program was a represen-
tation of that inconsistency, she said.
Fajack said he received limited
feedback about the delay but what
The renovations to Sullivan, a legal adviser to the town.
“Those plans are in place to miti-
Chapel Hill Town Council renovates chambers he did hear was mostly positive.
Only about one in every 20
The Town Hall was damaged after a flood in July 2013. The renovations will cost an estimated
Town Hall include an gate the damage inflicted on prop-
erty to save lives,” Sullivan said.
$1.2 million and will include new safety provisions, the cost of which is included in construction services.
respondents had concerns about
the fairness of the current parking
emergency safety plan. The plan includes some bullet- system, and only members of the
proofing of the dais, the large desk Furniture; modular walls parking department mentioned the
$437,500 AV equipment replacement
By Aren Besson where town council members sit, timing of the delay, he said.
and added emergency exit doors in $103,000 Michael Highland, a member of
Staff Writer
the council chambers with a bridge New signage $12,100 the Employee Forum and an aca-
Town Hall’s water damage is to Stephens Street. demic coordinator in the Office of
being washed away as renovations The safety improvements to the Scholarships and Student Aid, said
to the building have begun to finish council chambers should cost about Planning, architecture and design the parking issue extends beyond
up this month. $66,000, Lazorko said in an email. $169,000 night parking and is more about the
Chapel Hill began renovating “I think that safety plans are Construction services sustainability of the system in general.
Town Hall in May to repair damage logical given the things that have $441,500 “This is sort of a series of steps
it sustained from flooding in June occurred in our communities across that they’ve been thinking about
2013. The renovations are expected the United States,” Sullivan said. Total estimated cost: $1,163,100 in terms of how to meet parking
to be completed by the end of A safety plan existed in the old SOURCE: TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL DTH/KAITLYN KELLY and transportation needs of UNC
November and cost $1.2 million. Town Hall, but the renovations gave employees,” Highland said.
“The ballpark number that has the town the chance to update it. meeting in the county’s Southern “With the flood, we had a chance Christine Greenberg, a member of
been presented has been about $1.2 “To leave the building unsecured Human Services building since to re-look at things, and that’s sort of the Employee Forum and a finance
million,” said Catherine Lazorko, a when we have an opportunity to Town Hall was flooded. been the main interest,” Sullivan said. director in the Study Abroad Office,
spokeswoman for the town. improve it doesn’t make a lot of “It was the impetus for having to The Town Hall is still undergoing said she thought the frustration from
Some parts of the building that sense,” Sullivan said. redo the entire bottom floor, includ- renovations on the third floor, which employees came from a deeper issue
have been closed, including council The cost of the renovations could ing where business management is in the demolition stage before fur- than nighttime parking.
chambers, will start opening back fluctuate as construction finishes up. was housed,” Damweber said. niture and walls are erected. “We are stripped to the bare bones,”
up next week. Assistant to the town “There have been a lot of esti- The council chamber will be “Right now we are ahead of Greenberg said. “Everyone is doing
manager Jason Damweber said the mates but not invoices, so we don’t available for use for the council’s schedule and right on budget,” more with less … This was just the
renovated building will include a new know what the true costs are,” first meeting Monday. Damweber added. straw that broke the camel’s back.”
life safety plan, which is a of action Sullivan said. The renovation involves construc-
for emergency situations, said Matt The Town Council has been tion on each floor of Town Hall. city@dailytarheel.com university@dailytarheel.com
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56.5 percent
7 FR: BROAD CITY LIVE (Sold Out! )
11 TU: YELLE** SHOW AT LINCOLN THEATRE (Raleigh): this voting block is accom- local politics,” Moretz said.
14 FR: YANN TIERSEN**($18/$20)
THE WAR ON DRUGS
Nov 14: STARS w/ Hey Rosetta**(20/$22) plished through targeted “Now that I see people in the
15 SA: GUIDED BY VOICES**($26.50) w/ Bobby Bare Jr. outreach from political cam- Pit asking me if I’m registered
16 SU: CARIBOU**($18/$20) w/Jessy Lanza SHOWS AT HAW RIVER BALLROOM: 2012 turnout of 18-29 voters
11/18: WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS**($15/$17) w/ The 10/26: DAVID BAZAN & PASSENGER STRING paigns, said Abby Kiesa, to vote, I’ll think about voting
QUARTET
1.4 million
Twilight Sad
10/30, 10/31: SYLVAN ESSO (both nights are sold
youth coordinator and (in November).”
19 TH: MC CHRIS**($13/$15) w/MC Lars and Spose
21 FR: BLONDE REDHEAD**($17/$20) out.) researcher at CIRCLE. MacManus said campaigns
22 SA: JONATHAN RICHMAN (featuring Tommy Larkins on 11/6: LAKE STREET DIVE**($18/$20) “Competitive elections can should continue to use social
drums!)**($15) 11.29: Relient K w/ Blondfire and From Indian Total 18-29 voters in N.C.
23 SU: THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS**($30) w/The Pains of Lakes** persuade or dissuade younger media and online video plat-
46.5 million
Being Pure at Heart voters from voting, in regards forms, where they will be
SHOW AT RALEIGH LITTLE THEATRE:
28/ 29 ( Two nights!): MANDOLIN ORANGE
9/27: THE CONNELLS w/ the Backsliders and Chris
to how negative the back and most visible for young voters.
DECEMBER Hendricks **($15/$20) forth political ads become,” “If I saw more articles
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 Total 18-29 voters in the U.S.
5 FR: ADRIAN BELEW POWER TRIO**($25/$28) Kiesa said, “Depending on about midterm elections, saw
10 WE: LIVING COLOUR w/John Wesley**($22/$25) WILCO SHOWs AT LOCAL 506 (Chapel Hill):
the type of outreach to young es their interest in midterms. it on Facebook more or heard
31 WE: SEX POLICE NYE Party! Sept 15: ISLANDS**($12/$14) w/Teen
Nov. 4: MEAT PUPPETS and CASS MCCOMBS** people in the next couple of “There is no question that about local political races
($17/$20)
Serving CAROLINA BREWERY Beers on Tap! months (in North Carolina), younger voters are registered, from my friends and peers
SHOW AT RBC CENTER (Raleigh): we could see younger voters but we must look at turnout more often, I would probably
CAT’S CRADLE TICKET OUTLETS: Schoolkids Records (Raleigh), CD Alley (Chapel Hill) NEW YEAR’S EVE, 2014/2015: AVETT BROTHERS
** ON -LINE! @ http://www.ticketfly.com/ ** For Phone orders Call (919) 967-9053 really control who gets elected.” rates,” MacManus said. be more politically involved,”
SHOWS AT THE RITZ (Raleigh): MacManus said young vot- UNC junior Caroline Moretz said.
www.catscradle.com OCT. 15: PHANTOGRAM**($25/$28)
OCT 22: JIMMY EAT WORLD**($25/$28)
ers’ lack of knowledge in state
and local politics often reduc-
Moretz said her interest in
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That guy in English class who’s like “Beat Making Lab,” “Rap Lab”
always tapping his pen to an unrec- and “Rock Lab,” which promote the
ognizable beat? He might be a blending of academia with music.
rapper. “Part of the mission behind all
And that girl who’s always hum- of these courses is to encourage an
ming in biology? She could be the entrepreneurial spirit and profes-
next Carrie Underwood. sionalism for those who are seeking
UNC is teeming with student careers in music,” Katz said.
musicians, and they’re balancing “We bring in well-regarded
tough course loads with growing musicians in the industry to come
musical careers like professionals. and talk to the students about not
Junior Holland Gallagher, only how to make (music) but also
who performs under the moniker what it takes to create and sustain a
Gentleman Contender, said he career in music.”
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ing his passion with growing school act that student musicians must
demands. master during their time at UNC,
The 20-year-old is on track to and professors, such as Katz, have
receive a degree in statistics but made it a point to assist them with
spends the majority of his free time their busy schedules.
mixing electronic and synth-pop “It’s a balance that all students
elements with tight, emotion- face,” he said. “They’re trying to
drenched raps. Gallagher’s career make sure that they’re giving
began while he was a freshman enough attention to all of their
living in Ehringhaus dorm, where classes while also keeping an eye on
he played his first show and experi- the future and thinking about career
mented with rapping, singing and development. We try to help mentor
writing his own songs. and help guide them through the
“I spend most of my free time in various decisions that they need to
the studio working on music, or I’m make about their futures.”
trying to book shows, or I’m reach- Local venues and bars, such as
ing out to music video companies, He’s Not Here, Local 506 and Cat’s
or I’m working on the website or Cradle, have welcomed student
doing this or that,” he said. musicians with open arms, perhaps
“And now that I’m in the mindset none more so than Kelly Reiter, a
of doing everything music, it has singer-songwriter who has dabbled
gotten noticeably more difficult and in rap, pop and country since she
stressful to balance everything.” began her music career at 5 years
This summer, rather than pursu- old.
ing internships and jobs, Gallagher Reiter’s latest song “Urban
set his sights on a music career. He Cowgirl” receives frequent airplay
said his new EP “Blank Narrative” at The Deep End’s Country Night,
— a project he has poured nearly and come October, she said she will
six months of work into — will be playing with a band at He’s Not
be released in the next couple of Here.
months. Like Gallagher, Reiter has found
Balance is key but so is hav- an environment ideal for musical
ing a built-in support group and growth at UNC.
local stages that are willing to help “This is the perfect setting for
young musicians get their time in music,” she said. “I’m finding the
the spotlight. Spontaneous concerts people here are very warm and
in the Pit and events like FallFest welcoming — especially girls. It’s
and UNC Dance Marathon cater to tremendous.”
student musicians who are looking Reiter said she has been talking
for local outlets. to Los Angeles music executives
“At UNC, there’s a million but plans to devote her energy to a
resources, and that’s not limited to biomedical engineering major for
things outside of music,” Gallagher the time being.
said. “Anything I do this year (musi-
“I’ve built a lot of relationships cally) will be local and focused
here, and there’s a lot of opportuni- here,” she said.
ties and sponsored events where “Managers have been telling me
you can get your name out. There’s for years that I have to choose and
a real sense of community here, commit, so basically my approach
and at campus events there’s a lot is: I wake up everyday, I work my
of positivity.” butt off and if a door opens, I run DTH ONLINE:
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epidemic of polio terrorized Then, I was frustrated
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States continued its mili-
tary campaign across the
than 3,000 people and paralyz-
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has The Daily Tar Heel ever globe, targeting militants
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fix this system, and crying
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tion purporting a link between if it’s all inclusive. As if
fundamentally broken. by some of North Carolina’s raise teacher pay further United States both targeted
vaccines and autism. Panhellenic comprises all
It’s hard to argue with brightest, most passionate and stop mindless cuts to designated terrorist groups
The modern anti-vaccine sororities on this campus.
this point, yet the state has students, and that spells educational programs like bent on causing destruction
crusade began with a 1998 study There is more to Greek and inflicting civilian death.
published by British researcher the essential tools it needs disaster for the future of the the N.C. Teaching Fellows life at UNC than the Where are the calls to end
Andrew Wakefield in the medi- to fix its own inadequacies state’s educational system. scholarship program. Interfraternity Council the military occupation in
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a link between vaccines and Troves of teachers, Locklear, dean of UNC- problem is left unsolved would encourage everyone Flawed United States
autism. Wakefield’s work has whose skills were learned Pembroke’s School of will be ruinous for the to enlighten themselves military policy exercised by
since been rebuked as deceit- on the dime of North Education, are encourag- quality of life in the state. and broaden their under- former president George W.
ful, unethical and bursting with standing of Greek culture.
conflicts of interest — it was
Carolina public universi- ing their students to flee North Carolina needs Bush left Iraq in utter disar-
ties, are leaving the state to South Carolina for bet- an educated populace to ray, and the repercussions
funded by lawyers seeking dam- Alyssa Townsend ’15
for more lucrative teach- ter work opportunities, it function. Neglecting and of recent and decades-old
ages against vaccine manufac- Journalism and mass
ing jobs in other states. should serve as a wake-up discouraging the people Western involvement in the
turers. The Lancet retracted the communication
Still others who might call to state leaders. who can make that hap- Middle East can be traced
study in 2010, and the disgraced
all the way to the guns in
Wakefield is now barred from have otherwise been Meager pay raises that pen is short-sightedness
practicing medicine in Great attracted to the idea barely keep up with infla- on the edge of blindness. OTD facilitating the the hands of ISIS militants.
rise of the machines Instead of using a critical
Britain.
eye to examine our mistakes
Still, in the aftermath of
TO THE EDITOR: and the complicated deci-
Wakefield’s publication, vac-
cination rates in the United
Editorial In the article sions at present, we glance
Yak responsibly
“Technology licensing rev- at a report of drone attacks
Kingdom dropped, and cases of
enue doubles” the DTH in Mogadishu with passivity.
infectious diseases sky-rocketed.
reported that UNC has Where is the anger over
But some good did come from
received almost $8 million the persistent foreign policy
the Wakefield debacle. In the
in technology grants, which response of our government
years since 1998, vaccine safety
has been studied extensively, It’s all fun the behavior of college men
is connected to perceptions
aging the wholesale use
of what can be an enter-
they will use to convert lab
research in nanotechnology
that we can bomb our way
out of any perceived threat?
and as a result, the evidence has
never been clearer: No scien-
and games until of acceptability. Believing taining way to pass the and biotechnology to mar-
your friends do not tolerate time or stay connected. ketable industrial applica- Max Levin ’16
tific link has been established someone gets hurt. sexual assault might dis- The app has its roots in tions. Comparative literature
S
between vaccines and autism.
tudents have a courage it. our democratic desire for By blindly supporting
Now it is true that vaccines,
like all medical procedures, do responsibility to be The Daily Tar Heel’s self-expression. these technological advanc- Every office of tech
good stewards of es, UNC is joining the development is vital
carry some risks. Potential side own Kvetching Board has Yik Yak’s founders said
ranks of other large organi-
effects are documented well, public opinion, even when been guilty in the past of they envisioned the app as zations uncritically devel- TO THE EDITOR:
but it is important to note that anonymous. Free speech is giving similarly destruc- a representative hub of a oping increasingly complex Thank you Deborah
the development of autism is integral to campus life. We tive material an audience town or campus — a central technologies in the name of Harris for illuminating, in
not one of them. Severe health ought not to cheapen it. in the name of good fun. bulletin board. At present, “progress.” Never do these the article from Sept. 2,
events are occasionally observed Yik Yak is known for But there is nothing fun it resembles the scrawlings organizations ask the ques- “UNC’s technology licens-
in the time after a child has been
making expedient the about sexism, racism or on the wall of a bathroom tion “Does the good of this ing revenue doubles,”
vaccinated, but they are so infre-
quent that a causal relationship
expression of racist, sexist bullying of those who, by stall, but that doesn’t mean technology outweigh the the indispensable work
and otherwise offensive design, cannot confront the UNC users don’t have the bad?” Consider the good the Office of Technology
between the vaccine and the
sentiments. The continuous people who attack them. opportunity to restore Yik and bad that will come with Development does to cre-
event cannot be established.
affirmation of these senti- Discussions of contro- Yak to its ideals. nanotechnology. ate financial value for
That vaccines and autism
ments as funny or relevant versial topics benefit no If you yak, yak respon- On the “good” side you UNC.
diagnoses coincide for some
have nanobots that can Although we are a
children is not evidence of a perpetuates their presence one without an acknowl- sibly. Be mindful of the
repair our world in a highly world-renowned research
causal relationship but instead in the popular psyche. edgement of the vital role link between Yik Yak’s efficient way (this really institution, laboratory
exactly what one would expect Action begins with dis- our identities play in free purposefully abstract just means robots will take breakthroughs and inno-
for a medical procedure per- course. An August NPR and honest debate. playing field and the real our jobs, but let’s ignore vative products are little
formed millions of times each story, for instance, revealed It is not worth discour- world its users inhabit. that). On the bad side, how- more than ideas without
year on a population that is vul-
ever, nanotechnology will the regulatory and business
nerable to sudden, inexplicable
increase the dependence development guidance that
QuickHits
declines in health. When studies
of all life on the large orga- OTD provides.
are performed to determine if
nizations that control its In her article, Harris
a causal relationship exists, the
application — much in the mentions the substan-
conclusion is clear: Vaccines
way humans are currently tial payday Sarepta
possess a high degree of safety,
dependent on corporations Therapeutics and Epizyme
and their benefits overwhelm- Where’s the bacon? Simpsons 4ever Meta-thumb like Monsanto because of provided the University
ingly outweigh their risks.
Oh God, we’re so sorry. genetic engineering. last year.
Anyone interested can read Merritt’s, home to the FXX gets it. To be sure, there
We were going to write a With a little thought it What’s even more
the peer-reviewed literature world’s best BLT, has gotten have been TV marathons
quick hit about should be obvious to any- impressive is, these compa-
on vaccines. But do so with into the habit before, but
Dance Marathon one that the bad of these nies, both publicly traded
these considerations in mind: of running out nothing on the
people already technologies outweighs the and each with a market
“What are the authors’ personal of bacon. The scale of what
being in the Pit, good. I started Freedom cap around $1 billion, can
biases? Where is the data that environmental this network
but we caught Club as a way to inspire trace much of their clinical
supports their claims?” and economic did with “The
ourselves just in time. It this kind of thought about pipeline back to UNC and
Finally, those claiming a effects of hog-farming Simpsons” by running every
was bad of us, and we technology. As a new stu- the Office of Technology
causal relationship between notwithstanding, this is a episode consecutively for
apologize. Anyway, Dance dent group, we are looking Development.
vaccines and autism are tragedy. We love you so, 12 days. This is the start of
Marathon is one of many for anyone who realizes
encouraged to conduct unbi- so much, Merritt’s. We love a golden age where legacy
campus organizations full that without a conscious Tanner Beam ’11
ased research and publish your old-timey sodas and cable and our prodigious
of people trying to make a force working against this Biology
their findings in peer-reviewed bamboo forest. But the binge-watching habits live
journals. If it were found that bacon is a dealbreaker. in perfect harmony. very loud difference. It’s OK.
a subset of the population is
susceptible to severe complica- SPEAK OUT
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