Flash mobs
Pollen
Groups suddenly assemble at UNC-Chapel Hill, PAGE 3
Lacrosse duo
N.C, Duke see very high
Zack Greer and Matt Danowski are one of the country's top tandems, PAGE 11
levels of allergies, PAGE 4
The Chronicle
WEDNESDAY, APIUI. 11. 2007
THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
ONE
HUNDRED AND SECOND YEAR. ISSUE 132
Lax families arrive, dismissals rumored BY
IZA WOJCIECHOWSKA THE CHRONICLE
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The families of the three former players accused in the lacrosse case are beginning to return to the Triangle area, as ABC News reports that the remaining charges will be dropped. Reade Seligmann arrived at Raleigh-Durham International Airport Tuesday afternoon with his family. Kevin Finnerty, father of accused former player Collin Finnerty, told reporters he would arrive in Raleigh Tuesday evening. Parents of the players could not confirm details of the potential announcement, however. Members of several national news organizations, including CBS News anchor Katie Couric, have come to the Triangle to cover this story, The Chronicle has learned. Noelle Talley, a spokesperson for North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper’s office, said Tuesday afternoon that no announcement about the state’s decision in the case had yet been scheduled. Two state prosecutors took over the case from Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong Jan. 12, when Nifong recused himself from the case. Prosecutors James Coman and Mary Winstead were appointed to review the case and meet with witnesses, defense attorneys and investigators. “There is some hope that there might be an answer from
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A groupof students hopesaffixing GPStrackers to campus buses will improve the reliability and punctuality of the system.
Group aims to boost bus accountability with GPS BY ZAK KAZZAZ THE CHRONICLE
After one too many, experiences running to a Duke bus stop only to see taillights fade away, one group of students has decided to work to improve bus accountability on campus. The Network of Future Executives is now working to convince the University to install GPS trackers on all buses, allowing students to view a real-time map ofbuses on their routes. Sophomore Elise Schmidt,
a co-chair of the project, said the GPS system would provide additional safety and save students time. Schmidt is running the project with sophomore Jessica Lohrman and senior Haley Hoffman, the supervisor of the group. NFE began a Facebook group last week to promote bus accountability, which hundreds of students have since joined. “We’re trying to get GPS tracking devices on each of
the Cl and C 2 buses,” Schmidt said. “We want to change the screens on Alpine to see where the buses are and to be able to log in on the Internet to see when the buses are at those
specific points.” Schmidt says she
later
hopes to expand the system track C3, C 4 and C 5 buses.
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North Carolina State Uni-
versity began the trend of tracking buses through GPS SEE BUSES ON PAGE 8
the attorney general this week at some point,” Wade Smith, Finnerty’s defense attorney, told The Associated Press Tuesday. “If that should happen, then we want to have them here.” Finnerty, Seligmann and David Evans, Trinity ’O6, were indicted April 18, 2006 for rape, sexual offense and kidnapping of an exotic dancer hired to perform at an off-campus party thrown by the lacrosse team March 13. Rape charges against the three players were dropped Dec. 22. After stepping down from the case, Nifong has been brought before the North Carolina State Bar on charges of ethics violations that could cost him his law license. His next hearing is scheduled for April 13.
HOLLY CORNELIYTHE CHRONICLE
Reade Seligmann, one of three former Duke lacrosse players charged, was seen at Raleigh-Durham airportTuesday evening.
N.C. Senate apologizes Duke puts renewed focus for slavery, Jim Crow laws on Hispanic health care by
by
Donnie Allison THE CHRONICLE
The North Carolina Senate unanimously passed a joint resolution last week apologizing for the state’s past support of slavery and Jim Crow laws. The resolution expressed “profound regret” for laws that “perpetuated the denial of basic human rights and dignity,” and called upon citizens “to eliminate racial prejudices, Harry Watson injustices and discrimination.” Virginia offered the first formal apology of this kind in February and may soon be
followed by Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York and Vermont, in addition to North Carolina. During the floor debate, many senators said they see such apologies as a good start in the batde to eliminate racial injustices. “An apology, particularly of the form that includes not only slavery but the nearly century-long practices of Jim Crow, can only be a positive step,” William Darity, a professor of public policy studies, African and African American studies and economics, wrote in an e-mail. Harry Watson, director of the Center for the Study of the American South and a history professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said it is SEE APOLOGY ON PAGE 10
Kristen Davis
THE CHRONICLE
In response to a rapidly growing Hispanic population in the area, the University is currendy seeking to alleviate Hispanics’ health care problems with a
ing their lives here,” Paredes said. The newly immigrated population, however, encounters difficulties benefit-
ting from health care because of cultural beliefs, lack of information, the language barrier and a differing perspective on health, Paredes added. service-learning class and the Local Access to Coordinated Health Colleen Blue, health prom Care program. gram director of El Centro During the past 10 Hispano, said the most years, Durham’s Hispanic problem His££NTRO HISPANO commonhave with the community has increased panics by 500 percent and is becoming more sta- health care system in Durham is accessible, said Liliana Paredes, assistant profes- ing specialty care, due to lack of health sor of the practice of Spanish. She added insurance. that more Hispanics are now buying El Centro is a grassroots downtownproperty and setding in Durham for a Durham organization that offers many services for its Hispanic clients. The group year or more. “Durham is becoming more of a city SEE LATINO HEALTH ON PAGE 6 that is embracing Latinos who are mak-