Serving UNC students and the University community since 1893 Volume 121, Issue 14 dailytarheel.com Thursday, March 21, 2013 Finance sector one of state’s draws Sector employers say they value graduates with liberal arts degrees. By Claire Williams NC WEIGHS Assistant State & National Editor Spencer Beasley does not mind the 9 a.m. to 2 a.m. shifts or heavy workload. She said her UNC- CH education prepared her well for life after Chapel Hill. DRONE RESTRICTIONS Beasley graduated in 2012, trading her waitress job at Spanky’s for a briefcase and settling into a position as a financial DTH/KEVIN UHRMACHER AND CECE PASCUAL analyst for Wells Fargo in In 2006, Gaston County’s police department purchased a hand-launched CyberBug drone from Cyber Defense Systems for $29,980. Charlotte. And she’s not the only SHIFTING GEARS: one migrating to a city Uses of drones for municipalities and local police departments A look into the state’s that has emerged as an changing economy epicenter for the financial RESCUE SEARCH SURVEIL industry. Charlotte is the nation’s Drones could provide Drones could help Drones could provide This is the second part of a biweekly series second-largest banking aerial support for police conduct aerial surveillance to capital in terms of assets, ground operations such searches for miss- assist in police inves- examining how said John Connaughton, as rescue missions. ing persons. tigations. North Carolina’s a business professor at industries attempt to UNC-Charlotte. move forward. “The financial industry in Charlotte is so huge it Next installment: creates a comfort zone,” sparked concerns about drones at the state PRESERVING PRIVACY ACT OF 2013 Health care he said. “It attracts a lot A search warrant could be and local level. of talent because people required before use of a drone. These drones, which often have different A bill filed last week would place restric- feel safe moving down here. If this job doesn’t capabilities than military-style aircraft and tions on drone use in the state, including: work out, they can find another one just down the could be used by local police departments for street.” By John Howell Jr. Police departments must obtain a Staff Writer investigations and evidence gathering, are not currently regulated in North Carolina. search warrant prior to using a drone in New York of the South While dressed as a drone with card- But a bipartisan bill — known as the an investigation. board rectangles for wings in Polk Place on Preserving Privacy Act of 2013 — filed at Bank of America, Wells Fargo and other Departments must destroy information Wednesday, David Deerson asked passers- the N.C. General Assembly last week would Charlotte financial institutions create a culture by to play “Pin the Drone on the Warzone” place restrictions on drone use. obtained without a search warrant in 24 and network that is unrivaled by any other city — a game similar to a childhood favorite, The bill would require a search war- hours or face a class 3 misdemeanor. except the country’s largest financial center, New but with a darker tone. rant before using a drone in an investiga- York City, Connaughton said. Deerson, a senior at UNC and co-presi- tion. It was sent Monday to the House of Beasley, who grew up in Charlotte, said the dent of Young Americans for Liberty, said Representatives’ committee on rules, calen- they can go on a fishing expedition,” he said. city’s connection to the financial world is obvious. the presentation aimed to educate students dar and operations. Hall said the bill won’t create new hur- “If you just look at Charlotte, you can tell the about the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, Rep. Duane Hall, D-Wake, one of the dles for police departments using drones. skyscrapers at the heart of the city are what keep or drones. bill’s primary sponsors, said the issue for “In my opinion this is a tool for police- everyone moving,” she said. A 13-hour filibuster earlier this month him was following the Fourth Amendment. men as well, because it’s going to ensure Bank of America’s headquarters tower over the by U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., which refer- “What I don’t want is for authorities to Charlotte skyline. enced the use of drones on American soil, think that if they have this new technology SEE DRONES, PAGE 4 And just down the street from Bank of America SEE FINANCIAL SECTOR, PAGE 4 Bill may cause abortion McCrory proposes clinics statewide to close $55 million cut to Certain hospital privileges “… There is no way to abortion BILL UNC system would be required of require hospitals to force An N.C. Senate bill filed last week UNC-system President educational opportunities to our abortion physicians. doctors to have admit- would place additional regulations residents and to assist in North on abortion procedures. Thomas Ross expressed Carolina’s economic recovery,” ting privileges.” Ross said. It would require physicians concern over the cut. McCrory’s budget also proposed By Lucinda Shen Suzanne Buckley, performing abortions at clinics to Staff Writer N.C. NARAL Pro-Choice executive director a 12.3 percent tuition increase for receive admitting privileges from By Eric Garcia out-of-state students at six univer- An N.C. Senate bill that would some abortion physicians do not nearby hospitals. Staff Writer sities, including UNC-CH, and a regulate abortion physicians and have admitting privileges, Daniel 6 percent increase for out-of-state It would also require physi- procedures is raising concerns said. The budget proposal released students at other universities. among groups who say it could close But legal abortions are proce- cians to remain with the patient by Gov. Pat McCrory Wednesday In-state tuition rates would abortion clinics across the state. dures safer than childbirth, said throughout the procedure and sparked fresh concerns about the remain the same. The bill, filed last week, would Suzanne Buckley, executive direc- during the recovery period. amount of state money available “My focus right now is on require physicians performing abor- tor of NARAL Pro-Choice North for higher education. North Carolina citizens and North tions at a clinic to obtain admitting Carolina. The group rallied against If the bill passes, an additional McCrory proposed allocating Carolina students that need fur- privileges from a hospital within 30 the bill Wednesday near the state bill requiring hospitals to grant $2.52 billion to the UNC system ther education at our universities,” miles of the site. legislature in Raleigh. admitting privileges will be needed, for 2013-14 — a cut of more than McCrory said in a press conference. Admitting privileges allow physi- Buckley said she believes the bill Buckley said. $55 million from the previous year. “We do not want to put additional cians to practice in a hospital. is designed to close abortion clinics After a similar bill was passed in The reduction would come debt on these students,” he added. The bill would also require phy- in the state. Mississippi last year, many hospitals after a cut of $414 million in 2011 Sanyu Gichie, a UNC student sicians to stay with their patients North Carolina has eight abor- refused to give admitting privileges prompted universities to eliminate and member of the N.C. Student throughout the abortion procedure tion clinics, and 86 percent of to abortion clinics, causing all but 3,000 positions and hundreds of Power Union, said the tuition and recovery period. counties do not have an abortion one clinic to close, Buckley said. course sections. increases would hurt out-of-state Sen. Warren Daniel, R-Burke, provider, she said. She said some Rep. Verla Insko, D-Orange, said UNC-system President Thomas students in the state. and a sponsor of the bill, said it clinics might not be within 30 miles sponsors of the bill did not seek Ross said in a statement that he “We do appreciate the (in-state would protect women’s health and of a hospital. enough input from individual health was concerned about the proposed tuition) freeze, but we don’t want allow physicians to respond quickly “The biggest issue is that there is care providers. reductions to the system’s funding. out-of-state students and undocu- in emergency situations. no way to require hospitals to force “They are overstepping boundar- “I worry about the impact addi- mented youth to have to bear the The bill also addresses complaints doctors to have admitting privi- tional reductions will have on our by emergency room doctors that leges,” she said. SEE ABORTION CLINICS, PAGE 4 ability to provide high-quality SEE BUDGET, PAGE 4 RECORD STORE SCENE, ‘MEET OUR HEROES’ Today’s weather Inside AS SEEN BY DIVERSIONS THROUGH BOOK ART We’ve got some Dive rounds up five great indepen- FRANK Gallery’s latest featured bad news. CARRBORO PARKING dent record stores in the Triangle area, artists are 97 sixth-graders from H 43, L 24 The town’s Board of Aldermen final- including Schoolkids Records and CD Durham Academy. A show Friday’s weather Alley. Also in this week’s Dive, a photo opening tonight features pop- ized an agreement to buy a vacant It won’t hit 70 lot, which will continue to be used essay details Allison Hussey’s trip to up books they created to illus- degrees ’til April. as parking space. Page 3. South by Southwest. Page 5. trate personal heroes. Page 4. H 54, L 35 Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies. 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