The Daily Tar Heel for January 30, 2009

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The times and trials of Bobby Frasor Injuries plague senior guard’s career

By Jesse Baumgartner Senior Writer

sports | page 9 NOT AGAIN UNC’s women’s basketball team breaks a three-game losing streak with a 77-66 victory against Wake Forest on Thursday night.

forum of record ATTEND THE DTH FORUM We’re hosting a public forum for students to ask student body president candidates questions.

7 p.m. Feb. 5, Union multipurpose room Can’t attend? Submit questions in advance to Editor Allison Nichols at nallison@email.unc. edu, subject line “forum.”

Bobby Frasor is a changed man.

Not by choice, mind you. But there’s no denying that the senior is not the same player who stepped in as a McDonald’s All-America freshman point guard and led a no-expectations North Carolina team to a 12-4 ACC record and No. 3 NCAA Tournament seed.

After directing the big show back then, he now emerges from the bench to enter the game.

Where he was confident, he’s now more timid. Once a reliable threat

from outside, he now shoots an arctic 30.6 percent overall. Heck, his current play even generated an editorial letter debate in The Daily Tar Heel.

The tough part of all that is the surrounding circumstances.

After an injury-plagued sophomore year that severely limited his minutes, he came back as a junior only to tear his left ACL. With so much time spent in rehab and precious little spent on the court, Frasor notices the effects.

“As far as my body goes, I feel stronger, faster than freshman year,” he said. “But I think, men-

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tally, being away from the game for a long period of time kind of took its toll on me, because now I’m thinking more about things that you instinctively do as a basketball player. And so it’s kind of upsetting.”

Following that freshman year, things hardly could have been going better for Frasor. True, he

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Despite coming in as an McDonald’s All America, Bobby Frasor has struggled to find rhythm after injuries his sophomore and junior years.

THE RITES OF FANHOOD Group offers health options Chamber giving members benefits

By Joe Woodruff Staff Writer

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city | page 4 CAROLINA NORTH INPUT Residents offered comments on Carolina North plans using sticky notes stuck on the walls of the Chapel Hill Town Hall at Thursday’s input session.

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Dive Editor Jamie Williams to reflect on judging air guitar.

this day in history JAN. 30, 1976 …

UNC officials say that a lack of money might prevent the University from renewing its license to Kerr Lake, a 230-acre recreational facility.

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Rhonda Osterneck, who has attended every men’s and women’s home basketball game since 1973, talks with Rameses. Osterneck sits front row and has befriended many coaches, players and athletic department staff. For coverage of the women’s basketball game, see pg. 9.

Basketball fanatic hasn’t missed a game since ’73

By EMILY KENNARD STAFF WRITER

Before every Carolina basketball game, Rhonda Osterneck starts her ritual.

She puts on her Carolina blue underwear, four gold UNC necklaces, blue mascara and eyeliner and grabs her stuffed ram.

Osterneck has been following this elaborate procedure for every men’s and women’s home basketball game since 1973.

“I would hope I am one of the best UNC fans ever,” she said.

Originally from Philadelphia, Osterneck moved to Durham in 1972 for her husband’s textile business. They moved into a custombuilt Carolina blue and white house with a Tar Heel-shaped pool.

Neither she nor her husband attended UNC, but her husband critiqued UNC football films every Sunday with the team and instilled his passion for Carolina in his wife.

“I just kind of fell into it,” she said.

Before her husband passed away in 1991, the couple attended all away games as well.

This devotion kindled a congenial relationship with the players.

“We never had any kids, so we just kind of adopt them,” she said. “This year’s (men’s) team is very friendly. They just come up to me and kiss me.”

Osterneck formed relationships with all the players, but said Michael Jordan is one of the players she is closest with.

“Michael wanted to take me out to lunch, but I was sick,” Osterneck said. “Michael, he told me anytime. Anytime I want a ticket to a game, just call him.”

Equal to her love for UNC is her hatred for Duke. She used to attend games at Duke, but now refuses to go.

“I don’t like the people over there. I don’t want to get beat up,” she said. “Although, now I have a cane.”

Dean Smith used to seat Osterneck right

behind the Duke bench, but she had a traumatic experience with the fans.

“They made horrible signs and they hit me,” she said. “I carried a very heavy pocketbook with me and I said, ‘If you touch me, I’m going to sock you.’”

Before the men’s game, Osterneck goes over to the student section and waves her stuffed ram to get the students pumped up.

“She can cheer with the best of us,” said junior T.J. Pope.

“No matter what age you are, you always will have that true passion for Carolina athletics, and she exemplifies that.”

Osterneck said she plans to attend the games until she physically cannot do so anymore. (She won’t reveal her age to The Daily Tar Heel.)

“I think it’s important for the kids to see me,” she said, “If I can bring something to them, then that’s all I can do.”

“I’m part of a family,” she said “I feel like this is my family,” Contact the Features Editor at features@unc.edu.

Musicians compete to rock on air

By Sarah smith Staff writer

Some of the most outlandish musicians on campus will perform tonight for a crowd and a panel of celebrity judges.

Only one thing will be missing: instruments.

This year’s UNC Air Guitar Competition will include author Chuck Klosterman — famous for his book “Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs” — on the panel of judges, adding to the excitement.

Following his 7 p.m. lecture in Memorial Hall, Klosterman will join The Daily Tar Heel Diversions Editor Jamie Williams and music professor Mark Katz on the panel.

“I always thought it would be cool for him to come to Carolina but even cooler if he would be involved in the Air Guitar Competition,” said junior Amanda Kao, chairwoman of the “fun committee” of the Carolina Union Activities Board and organizer of the competition.

“There have been a few things I’ve done where I get to get in front of tons of people and look like a total idiot.” ross mckinnon, last year’s air guitar competition champion Kao conceived the air guitar competition, in its second year, after witnessing a professional air guitar championship in New York City.

She said she has high hopes for this year’s turnout, considering the success of last year’s competition.

“Air guitar has been going on for a long time, and now a lot more people know about it and are anticipating it,” she said.

In the first round of the competition, each contestant will perform 60 seconds of a prepared song of their choosing. Similar to professional figure skating, the performances are scored from 4.0 to 6.0.

The contestants with the top three scores advance to the second round, in which they will perform

another 60 second song picked by the organizers. The performer with the highest score in the second round wins $100.

Many contestants, like last year’s winner Ross Mckinnon, are drawn to the air guitar competition by the opportunity to rock out on stage without needing musical ability.

“There have been a few things I’ve done where I get to get in front of tons of people and look like a total idiot,” Mckinnon said. “I thought it’d be cool do something out of control and crazy.”

Last year’s host of the event — Dan Crane, who uses the stage name “Bjorn Turoque” — will return to lead the competition.

Now a professional air guitar

ATTEND THE COMPETITION Time: 9:30 p.m. today Location: Gerrard Hall Info: www.unc.edu/cuab/events. shtml

competition host, he competed in the first air guitar competition in the United States in 2003 and is the self-proclaimed “ambassador of air guitar.”

Although Crane has competed in more than 10 air guitar competitions and witnessed many more, the air guitar talent at UNC still impresses him.

“I’ve probably seen more air guitar performances than anyone else on the earth, and I would say that UNC ranks very high in my regard,” Turoque said. “What they lacked in skill they definitely made up for in enthusiasm.”

Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce is now first in the state to offer discounted health care directly to its members.

The chamber is attempting to provide a health care option to employers who struggle to insure their employees by allowing members to seek coverage directly from the chamber.

The program, in partnership with Carrboro-based Piedmont Health Services, will charge flat fees of $60 for visits to a general practitioner, $20 for lab results and $10 for prescriptions.

Only uninsured employees of chamber member businesses are eligible. Families of eligible employees will also be able to sign up for the program.

Aaron Nelson, president and CEO of the chamber, said 30 people have signed up for the pilot program so far. Enrollment is currently capped at 50 people, he said.

Betty Melanson, public relations and marketing spokeswoman for Piedmont Health, said those who have enrolled in the program have reacted positively.

“I have had people come in and sign up for this program and leave in tears because they could finally visit a doctor,” Melanson said.

A visit to a primary health care provider without insurance would cost three times this amount, if not more, she said.

People without insurance get care less often and later, resulting in worse outcomes, according to Bill Roper, CEO of UNC Health Care.

“It will mean that some businesses will be able to offer health benefits to their workers, who otherwise would be not covered, and thus not able to access health services as readily,” Roper wrote in an e-mail.

In states such as Pennsylvania, Michigan and Ohio, chambers of commerce insure members directly, Nelson said. This is not the case in North Carolina.

Nita Fulbright, vice president for membership services and small business at the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, said North Carolina is one of the few states in the country whose chambers of commerce do not offer discounted medicine plans.

“All chambers get calls requesting enrollment in medical plans, especially from people moving from other states,” Fulbright said.

“I think it’s exciting that some of the chambers are providing services for chamber members.”

Melanson said Piedmont hired a team of students at the KenanFlagler Business School to determine who the health plan should target.

The study concluded that the plan should target people who

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is customers were getting newspapers every day for years. But they didn’t know that their delivery boy, Michael Farrell, was simply stealing the papers from boxes and distributing them.

Farrell, 53, had worked in the past as a carrier for the Express-Times of Easton, Pa. The people who got the paper just assumed he still did.

Subscriber Mike Markle of Phillipsburg, N.J., said that he was satisfied with the service. He never had any problems getting his morning paper. Some people even wrote Farrell monthly checks.

It took three years before the police noticed.

NOTED. After she unplugged his Xbox, a 19-year-old man beat his mother with a taco.

Now he’s in jail, charged with domestic violence battery and held on $1,500 bail.

She had called him to dinner several times before turning off the video game. He came to eat while she was cleaning the kitchen, and when she pushed him to get out of the way, he slapped her arm, called her a “retard” and threw a taco at her.

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QUOTED. “It’s OK. He’s a man.”

— A Kentucky father who took his 13-yearold son on a cruise to find hookers.

They picked up the wrong one — a police officer posing as a prostitute — and he was charged with felony child endangerment.

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today Special sundaes: Maple View Country Store will be serving a special sundae all weekend. The sundae was designed by Chancellor Holden Thorp’s children. The store is calling it “Thank You Chancellor Thorp Sundae,” responding to Thorp’s announcement that UNC will terminate its plans to site an airport in Orange County.

Time: all day Location: Maple View Country Store, Dairyland Road and Hampton Pointe Symposium: A two-day symposium will focus on “Black Women in the Academy: Strategies for Survival, Success and Transformation.” The event begins at 2 p.m. with a roundtable discussion on black women’s

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Time: 2 p.m. Friday through 3:15 p.m. Saturday Location: Sonja Haynes Stone Center

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Spanish music: A Recital of Spanish Song featuring Helen Tintes, mezzo-soprano, and Charles Fugo, piano, will take place. For more information, contact the UNC Department of Music at 962-1039.

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n On Tuesday, police arrested a woman on two felony counts in connection with $120 being taken from a Conner Drive business, according to Chapel Hill police reports.

The cash was discovered missing from a drawer Friday, reports state.

Durham resident Lisa Godsey, 41, of Durham was transported to Orange County Jail in lieu of $6,000 bond, according to reports.

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n Someone caused $372 in damage after throwing a brick through an alley window of Buns restaurant on North Columbia Street, according to Chapel Hill police reports.

The incident occurred between Tuesday night and Wednesday

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Location: Morehead Planetarium and Science Center Contra dance: SWEAT, Students Working in the Environment for Active Transformation, will host contra dancing with music by the Big Bang Collective. Jack Mitchell will be calling fun and unusual dances.

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All $10 of the goods were recovered Wednesday, reports state. n Two people were reported in the road Wednesday, according to Chapel Hill police reports.

At 11:08 a.m., someone was falling into the roadway on South Elliott Road after drinking alcohol, reports state.

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The Daily Tar Heel campus Briefs

GLBTSA endorses Edwards for student body president The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Straight Alliance decided to endorse Thomas Edwards for student body president in the group’s forum Thursday night.

“It feels good,” Edwards said.

“Any time you win a forum, it’s a validation of the hard work you’re doing.”

The group heard appeals from Edwards and fellow candidates Michael Betts, Ron Bilbao, Jasmin Jones, Ashley Klein and Matt Wohlford about diversity and questioned them on their interactions with diverse communities.

Noel Bynum, one of the group’s co-presidents, said Thomas’ answers were specific enough to show an understanding of the group.

The group asked all the candidates if they were Safe Zone trained, a service offered by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer office, to teach people about inclusiveness. None were, though many expressed a desire to go through the programs.

Bynum’s co-president, Reva Grace Phillips, is one of Edward’s campaign managers.

She said the group tried to steer away from having campaign workers influence the group’s decision, and abstained from voting.

Edwards receives $3 fine for sign location violation The Board of Elections fined student body president candidate Thomas Edwards $3 for the positioning of one of his campaign signs.

According to a decision by the board, Edwards placed a sign in front of Rams Head Dining Hall, which is prohibited by grounds services’ regulations.

The decision said the sign was up for less than 24 hours and had little impact on the election, which is why the fine was so small.

city Briefs

Stancil says mojo still exists in downtown Chapel Hill When Town Manager Roger Stancil said Chapel Hill still has its “mojo,” most present chuckled.

But others felt there is room for improvement.

Stancil spoke to the Friends of Downtown, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to preserve the prosperity of Chapel Hill’s downtown area, about the local economic situation.

At the Thursday morning meetings, about 50 residents crowded into a room in the Franklin Hotel.

In addition to acknowledging upcoming events and awards that the town won last year, the meeting introduced two petitions.

One called for the installation of streetlights on West Franklin Street. Citizens voiced their concern about the long stretches of darkness at night. The petition called for a LED pilot lighting program which are extra efficient, have a longer lifespan than incandescent lights and don’t generate excessive heat.

The second petition was written to urge the Chapel Hill town council to approve a new ordinance requiring an individual to be at least fifteen feet from a business if he or she chooses to panhandle.

Sports Brief

Women’s hoops senior guard Alex Miller ends UNC career North Carolina senior guard Alex Miller has decided to end her playing career at UNC but will stay on as a student coach for the remainder of the season, according to a UNC Athletics release.

Miller suffered a torn patellar tendon in a game in 2007 but returned this season to play in 18 games.

“I had to think about my life after basketball,” Miller is quoted as saying. “I talked to my family and our athletic trainer, Terri Jo (Rucinski), and we decided that it would be better to go ahead and end my season now than to keep going through the pain.

“I will still be around to support my teammates with whatever they need, but everyone agreed that this was the best decision for me to make.”

Miller will end her career as third all-time in career free throw percentage at UNC. Miller played in 113 games and was a part of four ACC championship teams.

“Alex was the ultimate team player,” coach Sylvia Hatchell said.

“For her to be out there … doing anything she could to make us better was a real inspiration for this team.

“We are all very sad that her career is ending like this, but we know it’s what is best for her in the long run.”

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Student elections

Klein emphasizes her team-building

Wohlford promises openness, honesty

by C. Ryan Barber

by Laura Hoxworth

Staff Writer

At times preceding emphatic statements with rhetorical questions, Ashley Klein has retained her courtroom demeanor despite being on leave from the student attorney general’s office.

But for Klein, who also participates on the mock trial team and Scholars’ Latino Initiative, her obligations as a leader have overshadowed her competitive side as she campaigns for student body president.

“I’m a motivator,” Klein said. “I love talking to people. I get really excited when I’m talking to the rest of the team.”

Friends have said that her desire to reach out and talk to people is a focal point of her strategy.

Klein’s campaign manager Amos Espeland said the election strategy has been to meet as many students in the Pit as possible and incorporate them into the campaign.

“One of the most exciting things is I’ve met so many awesome people,” Espeland said. “The campaign staff keeps growing.”

And Klein has had a long time to grow her team, starting her campaign last April. Early campaigning also caused some controversy with

“I think that maybe it’s not as much about winning as it is about presenting feasible options.”

Ashley Klein, SBP CANDIDATE the Board of Elections.

She wound up being docked $12 after the Student Supreme Court reduced her initial $40 fine.

Her desire to be a lawyer some day also comes through in the way she attempts to spin issues.

When asked about her campaign’s weaknesses, Klein shifted the conversation to praise her staff.

“I don’t see weakness,” she said.

“I see a lot of passionate students that have worked really hard.”

But when it comes to policy, Klein replaces lofty rhetoric with straight talk.

She stresses that the University is facing budget problems which will impact a lot of her campaign goals.

“I think that maybe it’s not as much about winning as it is about presenting feasible options,” Klein

Staff Writer

Juniors Ashley Klein (above) and Matt Wohlford are two of six candidates running for student body president, including Michael Betts, Ron Bilbao, Thomas Edwards and Jasmin Jones.

See klein, Page 4

When talking about his platform, student body president candidate Matt Wohlford speaks like a well-edited English paper — organized, precise and with a vocabulary an SAT-prep teacher would have admired.

That clarity of speech is no doubt a product of his background in theater, debate, mock trial and the student attorney general’s office.

He uses energetic hand motions and intently looks into others’ eyes when he speaks to them. “(These activities) are all about speaking publicly and being comfortable in front of a crowd but, more importantly, being comfortable in contention with other folks without getting flustered,” Wohlford said.

Although his 19-page platform seems short compared to other candidates’, Wohlford is quick to defend its brevity, claiming feasibility over quantity.

“Everything in my platform is something I can do myself, or I say who I will work with to make it happen,” he said. “I only wanted to say things that I thought were innovative and feasible and potentially controversial.”

Wohlford has already raised

“I only wanted to say things that … were innovative and feasible and potentially controversial.” matt wohlford, SBP CANDIDATE controversy this year, successfully suing the Board of Elections over a fine he was issued for campaigning before election season.

While he will eagerly explain his new program ideas in detail, he said his platform is based on increasing the efficiency and visibility of under-used programs that already exist.

Wohlford’s Web site emphasizes that he will not win votes by making flashy claims or false promises but by being open and honest about what he hopes to accomplish and what would be unrealistic.

For example, stopping tuition hikes is not on his agenda. Instead, Wohlford plans to advocate for more efficient allocation of avail-

See wohlford, Page 4

ALONG FOR THE WRITING

Dessen draws admiring crowd

by Eliza kern staff writer

Author Sarah Dessen didn’t expect many people to climb the steps of Wilson Library on Thursday night to hear her read from her new book.

But the reading drew almost 200 people — some coming from as far away as Pennsylvania — ranging from elementary school girls to grandmothers with walkers.

Dessen’s novel, “Along for the Ride,” comes out in June, and like many of her other eight books, features a teenage girl coming of age.

Two of her books were the basis for the 2003 movie “How to Deal,” starring Mandy Moore.

“She kind of writes stuff that girls our age can relate to. Her characters are just like us,” said 13-year-old Chapel Hill resident Cerys Humphreys, who came with two friends.

Dessen attended Chapel Hill High School and graduated from UNC with highest honors in creative writing in 1993.

She spent four years after graduation working as a waitress at the Flying Burrito restaurant before being offered a teaching job with the University.

Dessen credits her UNC professors for encouraging her to become a writer.

“In college there are so many people telling you to go get your MBA or go pre-med if you want job security, but I knew I had to give writing a shot,” Dessen said.

“So I gave myself two years to get published before I would go buy pantyhose and get a real job.”

But there was no need. About 1.5 million of her books have been sold, and she has drawn the admiration of girls across the nation.

“Oh my gosh, I can’t even

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Sarah Dessen, a UNC alumna class of ’93, signs her books in Wilson Library after reading from her book “Along for the Ride,” to be released later this year. Her eight published books have won awards and one was adapted to the movie “How to Deal” starring Mandy Moore. remember when I first started reading her books,” said sophomore pharmacy major Jamie Sebaaly.

“I’m just disappointed I didn’t bring my copies to school with me so she could sign them.”

After reading, Dessen answered questions from the audience about the movie, which was based on novels “Someone Like You” and “That Summer.”

“It wasn’t the greatest movie

in the world, I know that,” she said. “But I had a choice between saying no and just going for it, and I did.”

Girls in the audience flocked to get their books signed after the reading, clearly thrilled to meet Dessen. “ We d r o v e h e r e f r o m Pennsylvania,” said 17-year-old Jaime French. “It took a lot of convincing with my parents, but it was totally worth it.”

“She kind of writes stuff that girls our age can relate to.”

CERYS HUMPHREYS, 13-YEAR-OLD CHAPEL HILL RESIDENT When asked if they were going to buy Dessen’s new book, most girls responded that they would, although 14-year-old Sarah Brooks admitted it might be tricky.

“I’m going to try,” she said.

“But I don’t have a lot of money right now. I’ll have to baby-sit a whole bunch. But I’m going to do it.”

Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.

Locals get help going green County struggles to Initiative supports small businesses “The days are long

BY Kathryn Koesy STAFF WRITER

Local businesses have been given the green light to go “Green Plus.”

The Institute for Sustainable Development is set to launch Green Plus next week, which will assist businesses in achieving sustainability.

“The program is designed to help smaller enterprises, businesses and nonprofits reach better sustainability in the triple bottom line concepts,” said Chris Carmody, director of the Sustainable Business Initiative at the institute.

The triple bottom line encourages environmental sustainability, social equity and financial stability.

An online tool, Green Plus will consist of 80 multiple-choice questions that address how well businesses currently meet and can improve on the three prongs of the —From staff and wire reports bottom-line principle.

If companies meet certain standards for each of the three areas in the bottom-line principle, they will be eligible for Green Plus certification.

“The interesting part is that this is not just a certification process, but is also a place where businesses can communicate with each other,” said Joe Polich, a UNC graduate student involved with the program.

While Green Plus certification does not provide any tax subsidies for businesses, it recognizes their efforts to achieve the bottom-line principle. The program will publicly launch on Feb. 16.

“This is a program to reward businesses for being sustainable,” Carmody said.

Barbara Jessie-Black, executive director of the nonprofit PTA Thrift Shop and chairwoman of Foundation for a Sustainable Community, offered her businesses

gone where it’s productive to be just an environmentalist.”

JOE POLICH, UNC graduate

to participate in the program testing.

Since using Green Plus, she said her business has begun recycling scrap metal wastes for profits.

The program should help businesses cut utility costs in the long term.

But because Green Plus has not launched yet, its overall economic impacts are still unknown.

Carmody said there are several elements to the program that could help the local economy.

He said it will make businesses

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maintain services

BY Evan Rose

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Orange County’s goals to protect programs that provide shelter, food and medical care might fall short given the county’s budget woes.

Officials from Orange County Social Services asked commissioners in a meeting Thursday for $702,000 to maintain their programs in the coming financial year, including $300,000 to extend service hours at two health care centers.

The demand for health services exceeds what the county can provide in its two centers during normal hours, said Orange County health director Rosemary Summers. The extra money would fund hours later at night or during the weekend.

But with a projected $9.5 million countywide budget shortfall — about 6 percent of a typical operating budget — social services might have trouble finding the funding

they need.

County Manger Laura Blackmon has asked departments to prepare for a reduction in temporary staff and not to plan on new equipment or vehicles.

Social services would have to hire temporary workers to staff its health care centers’ extra hours.

All of the money social services needs might not come from commissioners.

Officials expect help from anticipated federal aid, though it’s too soon to tell how much.

“The stimulus package is only in the third inning,” said commissioner Barry Jacobs, who is also a sports writer. “So don’t get alarmed.”

Officials from social services estimate that the proposed stimulus would provide medical insurance to up to 1,000 county children.

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said. “Right now the University is strapped for cash. Making huge promises is not the way to get elected.”

Klein said she plans to have staff members in the advising department trained to work with exchange students to reduce the burden on the study abroad office.

“How am I going to make study abroad more accessible and open up more appointments? No, I’m not going to hire anyone,” Klein said.

“I don’t have $40,000, $50,000 a year to do that.”

But her official platform says, “Ashley will increase the number of advisors in the study abroad office.”

Despite inconsistencies, Klein

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But aid from Washington can have a drawback, officials said. The county would need an estimated $100,000 for administrative costs of managing the additional insurance cases.

Stress on social services has been building as the recession continues.

Officials estimated that 150 more families are receiving food stamps from the county each month. And 30 percent fewer residents who come to county health services have health insurance.

says her platform is realistic with its stress on bridging UNC’s resources to improve public transportation, community service involvement and, above all, public safety.

“Safety is the point that I am going to make sure people remember after this election,” Klein said. “If we make a lot of noise about public safety, something will be done.”

But Klein said winning is secondary to her ultimate goal of effecting change on campus.

“I think if at this time next year there are self-defense classes for men on campus, there are more opportunities for students to go abroad, and better ways for students to access Carolina, then I won.”

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able funds and use his persuasive skills to defend students’ opinions to decision-makers.

“He’s really embracing the restrictions that the office has, while simultaneously realizing what he can accomplish with those restrictions,” said Kevin Whitfield, Wohlford’s campaign manager.

Wohlford’s applies his standard of openness to his description of his qualifications.

“I have no experience in the executive branch,” he admitted.

But Wohlford maintains that his experience on the attorney general‘s staff gave him more one-on-one Contact the University Editor interaction with students, allowing at udesk@unc.edu. him to get to know students and

Library plans Commissioners discussed plans to improve the county’s public library system.

Staff are suggesting opening a Southwest Regional Library that would cost an estimated $3,885,000 before 2013.

Orange County currently spends $17 per capita on libraries, $7 less than the state average and $18 less than Chapel Hill’s.

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more competitive in the marketplace.

Sustainability is becoming increasingly attractive, Carmody said.

By linking small businesses to formerly unavailable resources, the program promotes networking to share information.

“The days are long gone where it’s productive to be just an enviContact the City Editor ronmentalist or entrepreneur or at citydesk@unc.edu. social worker,” Polich said.

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become comfortable standing up for students among administrators.

“What Matt is really good at is talking to people and being persuasive,” said Keri Berman, a member of UNC Mock Trial who has known Wohlford since his first year at UNC. “He’s very collected and can make a good point when he needs to.”

When asked what one thing he most wished to tell the student body, Wohlford urged them to become informed and then get out and vote for who they think is best, keeping in mind the value that he emphasizes: honesty.

“The impact on them is greater, I think, than they realize,” he said.

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“To get everyone moving, it’s going to take a bit more cooperation.”

Jessie-Black said she will further her efforts to reduce her businesses’ waste stream. Starting Feb. 16, she will try to become certified.

“We are, as an organization, looking to expand, and when we do that, we will be incredibly mindful to use as many green products as we can.”

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Sticky notes covered drafts of plans for UNC’s proposed satellite campus, posted to the walls of the Chapel Hill Town Hall.

About 30 residents gave input Thursday through public comments, cards or sticky notes at an information meeting about Carolina North, planned for 250 acres 2 miles north of campus.

“The comments you see are a brainstorming,” said Gene Poveromo, town development manager.

The drafts on the walls were staff generated for specific issues, like solid waste management and greenways.

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“It’s really good to involve the public in this period of time,” said Julie McClintock, a former member of the town council. “But it’s really hard to react when you don’t know what’s on the table.”

McClintock asked that information be available online before the informational meetings to give the public more time to formulate comments.

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“It’s easy to forget about droughts when we are in times of abundance, but we have to remember in 2002 we almost ran out,” she said.

Tim Williams, a resident of North Forrest Hills, said he is concerned that the campus would turn into a commercial operation, as only parts are going to be used for academic purposes.

“What we don’t want to see down the road is that what we in fact have at Carolina North is a commercial office park that’s been smuggled in, hidden in an academic gown,” he said.

David Owens, a professor at the UNC School of Government who works on the development agreement, said this phase in the process will allow time for public comment.

Public comments now will have a greater chance of influencing the final result than those made closer to the June projected vote.

Three additional informational and input meetings are scheduled.

Resident Mickey Jo Sorrell said it’s important to keep bringing Carolina North to the public’s attention.

“When the decisions were made, people should feel they had a chance to participate in that,” she said.

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Gov. formalizes education cabinet Aims to streamline school systems

By Matt Lynley Senior Writer

In one of the first moves to break away from the former administration, Gov. Bev Perdue aims to reinvigorate a formerly defunct education cabinet.

Leaders from North Carolina secondary schools, community colleges and the UNC system will regularly meet with state government leaders in a formalized cabinet to set policy independent of the state government.

During her campaign, Perdue focused on unifying the state’s education goals, and this appears to be her first step to making good on those promises.

The cabinet is critical for developing clear policies and projects to facilitate the state’s education priorities, said Howard Lee, executive director of the cabinet.

“The cabinet may adopt broad policies, but we feel that clear policy is what will ultimately lead us to what the governor would like to see accomplished,” Lee said.

Perdue has advocated for socalled “seamless education” — facilitating transitions between all school systems from lower education to university and including vocational and specialty schools.

“We need to create an agenda to bring proposals together and create strategic, integrated and

uniform programs that cover the entire system,” Lee said.

UNC-Chapel Hill, N.C. State University and other schools already have program agreements with individual community colleges to smooth the transfer process between the two institutions.

But Lee said the cabinet will work to standardize those sorts of programs, citing two-plus-two, the idea that after attending community colleges for two years students can transfer to universities for the remainder of their education.

Alan Mabe, vice president for academic planning and universityschool programs of the UNC system, stressed that each university would remain responsible for integrating policy decided upon by the education cabinet.

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DETROIT (MCT) — Ford Motor Co. on Thursday reported its worst full-year loss on record, over $14.6 billion last year, but reiterated that it has enough cash and credit available to survive the year without resorting to government funding but said it will end its jobs bank program.

Ford said it has decided to access all of the $10.1 billion it has available in lines of credit with its banks because of concerns about market instability and expects to receive those funds Tuesday.

Ford finished with $24 billion in hand but $25.8 billion in debt.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (MCT) — Gov. Rod Blagojevich was impeached on Thursday and barred from ever again holding public office in Illinois.

Blagojevich was found guilty of abusing power after nearly two months of political drama that swept the nation.

Blagojevich warned a room full of stoic state senators of a “dangerous precedent” that would overrule an electorate that twice elected him.

The 57 Illinois senators voted unanimously to remove him from office.

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judgment.”

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The governor, who skipped the chance to present witnesses and the first three days of his trial largely to do a national media blitz, blasted the rules that he claimed don’t allow him to call witnesses or challenge evidence.

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MIAMI — The chief judge of the Guantanamo war court Thursday spurned a presidential request to freeze the military commissions, and said he would continue with next month’s arraignment of an alleged USS Cole bomber in a capital terror case.

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After becoming president, Barack Obama sought a 120-day suspension in war court hearings to give the new administration time to study the process.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (MCT) — Gov. Sarah Palin met with some of the legislative leaders Wednesday and a few reporters staked it out for the chance to speak with Palin. She hasn’t spoken to the press since the legislative session started a week ago.

Palin took questions outside of the governor’s mansion, and reporters had a chance to ask a couple as the snow came down.

She said her PAC was not a platform for a presidential campaign in 2012 but didn’t dispute that she’s interested in a book deal, although she said reports that she could be getting $11 million for a book are wrong.

BAGHDAD (MCT) — For the fourth time since the 2003 U.S. invasion, Iraq will be voting in provincial elections that offer Iraqis perhaps their first real experience with democracy in action.

If all goes smoothly, this could be the election that paves the way for U.S. troops to start drawing down in significant numbers, an important step toward stabilizing Iraq’s fractious society.

If the results are perceived as unfair, however, or if those who lose out refuse to accept them, then these elections, might only serve as a trigger for a new cycle of violence.

“We need to … create strategic, integrated and uniform programs that cover the entire system.”

“The education cabinet is not really a function of the (N.C. public school) system, it’s a function of the leadership of the system,” he said.

“We make sure that we aren’t just talking, that these things are getting done, and I think everyone is in agreement that a formal cabinet is the way to do that.”

The education cabinet first appeared in 1993 during the administration of former governor Jim Hunt, but Perdue’s vision for the entity emphasizes structure in a way that neither Hunt’s nor former governor Mike Easley’s administrations did.

“Easley and Hunt never used the cabinet as a primary vehicle for his policies, so you could say it was never a major force in either administration,” Mabe said.

And Scott Ralls, president of N.C. Community College System, echoed that sentiment.

“Perdue feels very strongly that there can be advantages to getting together on a regular basis.”

Lee will serve as a contact person between the cabinet, the state government and various institutions in N.C. school systems — like the UNCsystem Board of Governors.

Lee vacated his position as the chairman of the State Board of Education, leaving the position to Bill Harrison, who will also serve as the newly created chief executive officer of N.C. public schools.

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work, but lack health insurance.

The model then took more than a year for Piedmont Health Services to develop.

“It was a brand new concept.

We wanted to be sure that we were ready to handle it,” Melanson said.

Steve Henson, a business broker with Carolina Business Enterprises and a new chamber member, said he likes to see the chamber providing benefits.

“I think it’s a good intermediate step between no health care and full coverage.”

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Frontcourt

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did have then-freshman Ty Lawson contending for the starting spot, but he entered his sophomore season “probably the best I’ve ever felt confidence-wise as a basketball player.”

Physical limitations would cut down that mental utopia in a hurry.

After starting the first five games and averaging 17.4 minutes in the first seven, problems with his right foot limited him to just 7.7 minutes in his last 21 contests as UNC advanced to the Elite Eight.

The Tar Heels’ run to the Final Four last season was even worse. After getting back into shape and averaging 16 minutes a game, Frasor went for a fateful steal against Nevada on Dec. 27, 2007.

A split second later, his season was over with a shredded left ACL. “Boy, what do you say, you know, ‘Bad luck’?” said Frasor’s father, Bob, a former high school basketball coach. “Just … you gotta push on. Life can be like that.”

Former UNC player Wes Miller was on hand that night, and he had never seen his friend as down as he was after the game.

But following the initial devastation, Frasor was back to the rehab that would prepare him for his senior season.

“Other than that moment, when he was really down — I remember a week later, after the surgery, he was really positive,” Miller said.

“He’s laughing, he’s joking, he’s got a good attitude, he’s got that infectious personality. He never lost that through anything he’s been through.”

Though Frasor has had his friends and father to talk with during the process, times haven’t always been easy — especially when he was resigned to the bench while UNC made its run to the Final Four last season.

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“But that’s sports — sometimes … guys don’t come back to where they were.” roy williams, basketball coach everything,” he said.

And while he’s worked hard to physically rehabilitate himself, there are still consequences. UNC’s media guide has a section where players list which part of their game they worked on during the summer. Rather than something such as 3-point shooting, Frasor’s reads slightly different.

Getting healthy.

He’s back this year, though the effects are evident. His shooting has been noticeably off, but he thinks with practice and confidence it will return. Defense has been where Frasor stands out, as UNC coach Roy Williams has continually mentioned, and his all-around contributions still earn him 14.4 minutes a game.

As Frasor puts it, it’s not an “ideal career.” And while he mentions the what-ifs surrounding his injuries, dwelling on them won’t help UNC reach its lofty goals this year.

“I’m not complaining to God, or crying to anybody about it,” he said.

“Like I said, I’m just living it up, just enjoying my time in college.”

But it’s still not the same, and Williams paused five full seconds when asked a question about Frasor during a recent press conference.

“Here’s a guy who went through all kinds of (injury) struggles … and is one of the most intelligent basketball players I’ve ever coached and has gone through things, and to sit up here and say, ‘Well, he’s not what he used to be’ … that’s pretty damning. And I’m not going to say those kind of things,” he said. “… So, you can look at him.

Everybody can say, ‘Well, he’s not doing exactly what he did as a freshman,’ and that’s true.

“But that’s sports — sometimes it takes longer to come back, sometimes guys don’t come back and get to where they were. But I just know that his freshman year, he was a complete player for us, and that’s the only year that he’s been injury-free.

“And right now he’s doing as much as he possibly can, and I think it’s … I think, well … does that answer it?”

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Bring on the UNC back on track with victory commercial(s) WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Wake Forest North Carolina

“I think they enjoyed getting Heels stall losing back and getting that feeling of streak at three winning.”

P

retend you’re the guy who watches the Super Bowl to see football in between the commercials. (Okay, maybe you don’t have to pretend that hard.)

But let’s suppose that you’re also the guy who wants more commercial time instead of a halftime show.

Well, picture this: A single, riveting block of airwave transmission during halftime, where sponsors pool their collective slogans, jingles, characters and celebrities into one epic narrative — a Supercommercial. Imagine …

LeBron James turns off his alarm and rolls out of bed, wearing a sharp, pin-striped suit. He takes a suave glance at his full-length mirror. “Armani,” he says with effect.

LeBron reaches his hand into his pocket and pulls out an iPhone.

Screen turns pink save for LeBron’s silhouette and headphones.

Hokey Pokey plays. LeBron rocks out — right foot in, right foot out, right foot in … phone rings.

LeBron does the nifty slideto-unlock thingamajig, while an announcer recites: “And now, another priceless pep talk from Peyton Manning.”

MasterCard logo appears. “‘Bron, Peyton here. You are the King, King James. All hail you, my man.”

As Manning’s talking, LeBron peeks back into the mirror and doesn’t see himself — rather, it’s Michael Jordan staring back.

“You can’t be the King until you dethrone the King,” M.J. says.

“And if you want to be King, you need to emanate energy AND experience. Just For Men Touch of Gray will give you that.”

“Now fly like an eagle, King James.” The “Space Jam” hero tosses a can of Red Bull through the mirror to LeBron, who chugs it, sprouts wings and takes off.

In flight, LeBron passes a commercial plane. Camera cuts to shot of the cockpit. The pilot sees LeBron and shrieks like a banshee. “(Ding!) Wanna get away?”

LeBron lands at a T-Mobile store. “I need a Sidekick,” he says.

Inside, Beyonce approaches.

“Lemme upgrade ya,” she tells LeBron. He says he likes it, and he’s gonna put a ring on it.

He hands her a Red Bull, and they fly to Central Park.

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By Daniel Price Senior Writer

It wasn’t particularly pretty, but after three consecutive losses, SAM ROSENTHAL the North Carolina women’s basSENIOR-writis ketball team finally put another notch in the win column, taking LeBron asks a duck, “You know a 77-66 decision from ACC foe where the King is?” “Aflaac!” He asks a lizard the same thing. “Can’t Wake Forest.

And for at least one Tar Heel, it say I do, mate, but I can save you 15 came just in time. percent on your auto insurance.” A “Jessica (Breland) told me yespolar bear gives LeBron a Coke. terday, ‘I’m ready to win again Finally, a homeless dude doesn’t know but asks LeBron for ‘cause I don’t like practices the way they are,’” UNC coach Sylvia some change to buy a Whopper.

“Aha!” LeBron exclaims. Cut to a Hatchell said.

“But we carried that to the court shot of Burger King headquarters. and just played harder tonight out “I always liked Mickey D’s betthere, which I think they enjoyed, ter,” Beyonce says. “Guess that getting back and getting that feelmakes me a Nuggnut.” ing of winning.”

They approach the building And the Tar Heels just might and find the BK King being his have had to face another killer usual creepster self. practice if not for a stellar perLeBron whips out a Beer-zuka (self-explanatory) and opens fire. formance from sophomore Italee Lucas.

The King takes a Bud Light in Lucas scored a career-high 27 the knee. “The difference is drinkpoints, 17 coming in the second ability,” LeBron says. A Miller half.

Lite to the stomach. “I am the “(The basket) was looking pretcommissioner of the More Taste ty big,” Lucas said. “Some shots I League, fool.” Loads a Coors Lite guess I probably shouldn’t take. I into the chamber. “Silver Bullet’s comin’ for you now, burger punk.” got pulled out for those. But it was looking pretty big. I was comfortThen the King starts sobbing, able out there.” and a package of Milwaukee’s The Tar Heels (18-3, 4-2 ACC) Best Light crashes down on him like the Wicked Witch of the East. threatened to pull away from Wake “The King is dead,” LeBron says. Forest several times throughout the game, holding leads of 11-2, 20-12 “Long live the King.” King James and 35-25. flashes his money-maker grin, But Wake Forest (13-5, 1-4) throws out his arms in jubilation, answered each of UNC’s runs with and the screen cuts to black. one of its own, and the Deacons Look, folks, the Super Bowl trailed by only five points at halfhalftime show — with old rockers time, 38-33. singing ancient songs (no offense “They just kept coming after us,” to Bruce Springsteen) — needs a Hatchell said. “And they did not major jolt. stop and give up.”

Something fresh, something It looked as though North chock full of the Super Bowl ads people wait all year for. That some- Carolina might pull away in the second half, after they took a 55-40 thing is the Supercommercial.

Now, am I an expert on TV rat- lead with 12:55 remaining.

But just as they had done ings, programming decisions and over and over again, the Demon whatnot? Heck no.

Deacons rallied, cutting the Tar But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Heels’ lead to 59-56 with 7:24 Express last night. remaining.

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Sylvia hatchell, coach didn’t look back.

Despite getting whacked in the head, Lucas was able to drop in a 12-foot fader, as well as the following free-throw.

“They were kind of close,” Lucas said. “And I felt like I was hot tonight, so — when it’s going in, it’s going in.”

There wasn’t any doubt as to what led to UNC’s inability to hold a lead: turnovers.

North Carolina gave Wake Forest the ball 26 times throughout the course of the game, including six miscues apiece from Lucas and Breland.

A majority of UNC’s turnovers came in the half court, where Wake Forest’s defense was solid

DTH ARTICLE ONLINE: North Carolina used strong pressure to block Wake Forest offensively.

for most of the game.

But it wasn’t just UNC’s halfcourt offense that hurt the Tar Heels. It was Wake Forest’s, as well.

“I just told him out in the hall, they run the best sets of any team we play,” Hatchell said of Wake Forest coach Mike Petersen.

“Their half-court sets and execution is really, really good. … As soon as you pressure them, they get a back door.”

But when UNC played like UNC wanted to play, the Deacons couldn’t hold a candle to the Tar Heels’ speed. “ Fr o m Te n n e s s e e t o t h e Atlantic Ocean, on that logo out there, they were going to win,” Petersen said.

“You’ve got to get out there in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean or go out there somewhere by Nashville to even have a chance.”

dth/Sam Ward

UNC sophomore Italee Lucas scored a career-high 27 points in Contact the Sports Editor Thursday’s game against Wake at sports@unc.edu. Forest, 17 in the second half.

Sarah Dessen signing Author Sarah Dessen returned to Chapel Hill to read from her new book. See pg. 3 for story.

games © 2008 The Mepham Group. All rights reserved.

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Solution to Thursday’s puzzle

Green Plus launch New program helps businesses become more environmentally sustainable. See pg. 3 for story.

Education cabinet Gov. Bev Perdue forms cabinet of North Carolina education leaders. See pg. 6 for story.

Carolina North Chapel Hill residents commented about the satellite campus at an open forum. See pg. 4 for story.

SBP candidates Ashley Klein and Matt Wohlford are both campaigning for the Feb. 10 election. See pg. 3 for stories.

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The Daily Tar Heel QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“I’ve probably seen more air guitar performances than anyone else on the earth, and I would say that UNC ranks very high in my regard. What they lacked in skill they definitely made up for in enthusiasm.”

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“This is ridiculous. We’re sacrificing our university’s academics for the sake of being cheap.”

health columnist

Obesity fight needs creative joint effort

M

ore attention is being paid to America’s obesity problem, but the country’s waistline continues to bulge. Slimming down the population will take some creative measures similar to the successful strategies of anti-smoking campaigns.

These include Health COLUMNIST early intervention and encouraging consumers to join the fight instead of pointing the finger of fault at the obese.

The blame game is popular in the obesity debate, but it is clear that self-control, exercise and dietary restriction alone are insufficient. The Institute of Medicine reports that more than 95 percent of people using only these strategies to shed pounds regain them within five years.

Whether it is genetic or environmental factors, clearly other forces are at work.

In the past 10 years there has been an 18 percent decrease in the number of U.S. smokers, who face similar obstacles. If smokers can do it, why can’t overweight people? The answer may be the helping hand provided by others in the fight to help smokers quit.

The helping hand was more like a kitchen sink. Due to recent changes, cigarette smoke is virtually banished indoors, Joe Camel is killed off, and the TRUTH commercials have painted tobacco executives as terrorists on par with al-Qaeda. Like them or not, these moves were effective.

The federal government has taken one stand against obesity, spending $1 billion per year on nutrition education. But food manufacturers dole out 10 times that to market food to children with lovable characters like Ronald McDonald and Tony the Tiger. Not even Smokey the Bear holds a candle to these two.

This is not a fair fight in the competition for youngsters who cannot see diabetes, hypertension and heart disease down the line.

Another effective weapon in the anti-tobacco crusade is the almighty buck. Taxes on cigarettes sent prices soaring, contributing to immense quit rates among 18-24 year olds. As yet the federal government has failed to use this tool in the name of nutrition.

New York has tried by proposing an 18 percent tax on sugary drinks. The rest of the U.S. should follow suit and use the funds to subsidize healthy alternatives.

Of course, food is only part of the problem. Exercise, potentially more important than diet, is at sinfully low levels nationwide.

Since individuals are not taking it on themselves, it must be worked into the school- or workday.

North Carolina has already passed a law banning the taking away of physical activity or recess as punishment. Schools need to do more by assigning P.E. homework and tests with an emphasis on individual improvement. This might add pressure to an already stressful school day, but the health of kids’ bodies should be just as important as that of their minds.

Corporate America should follow up, building exercise time in with lunch hours. This might not only cut down on obesity-related health care costs, but may also lead to a more efficient workforce.

While the ill effects of heavy taxation and regulation are well known, this may be one case where it is worth it. Similar strategies have reduced smoking in the U.S. and saved the country billions in health care bills. The battle against obesity is a case where the ends justify these means.

— On “bowles wants less tuition hikes”

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Room reservation process, DTH, frustrate BoUNCe

Shine new light on panels Chapel Hill must be held accountable for past promises on sustainability

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hapel Hill must maintain its focus on green objectives and should be accountable for sustainability goals set in the past.

In 2000, Chapel Hill Town Council passed a resolution to pursue the goal of fitting 500 area buildings with solar panels by 2010.

Also in 2000, a committee was established to oversee the process. By 2004, more than $20,000 of public and private funds had been allocated for the project.

But by late 2007, the committee dissolved, and its responsibilities became the job of the town’s new sustainability committee.

So what happened to the solar panel resolve? Despite a large groundswell of sup-

port, this resolution appears lost in time.

According to former solar panel committee member Tom Wills, the committee significantly contributed to education about solar panel installation.

Its efforts generated much interest while it was active.

But the committee never determined if the final goal was reached because of measurability difficulties.

However, that doesn’t mean it can’t be done.

A r e a s o n a b l y a c c u rat e number could be reached by reconciling residential tax break data and records from local solar panel installation companies.

The solar panel initiative was a great idea. Solar power is a smart way to be green and

reduce carbon footprints.

But Chapel Hill cannot promote sustainability while simultaneously failing to meet past energy commitments.

This country’s leaders are vocally pushing for change in energy practices, and ambitious energy goals have been set.

At the national level, President Obama has called for 25 percent of U.S. electricity to come from renewable sources by 2025.

And Gov. Bev Perdue is working towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by the year 2050.

T he C hapel Hill Town Council should continue to play a part. That means being accountable for all resolutions, past and present.

Well-endowed Endowing a new chair in Islamic studies is the right move to bolster religious studies diversity

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NC-Chapel Hill deserves kudos for its fundraising efforts to endow a faculty chair in Islamic studies.

The Kenan Rifai Distinguished Professorship of Islamic Studies will benefit the University and its students in several ways.

In light of the struggling economy and news that UNC is suspending a number of faculty searches ­— 33 in the College of Arts and Sciences — it is encouraging to see this kind of proactive approach on behalf of the University.

By taking advantage of the Distinguished Professors Endowment Trust Fund — established by the N.C. General Assembly in 1985 — UNC will

receive a matching grant for the money that it raises privately.

This endowment is a refreshing reminder that higher education remains a state priority in spite of the poor economy.

The new faculty chair — named for the late Turkish academic and women’s rights proponent — will augment an already prestigious Department of Religious Studies here at UNC and promises to establish academic links with universities in Turkey.

A recent poll by the Pew Research Center found that a majority of Americans know very little about the practices of Islam.

The new professorship will

feed a growing interest among students eager to learn about Islam and the Muslim world.

“I think since 9/11 there’s been tremendous interest in learning Arabic and learning about people who practice Islam in different parts of the world,” says Dee Reid, director of communications at UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences.

UNC derives its academic strength in part from the opportunities it offers students to engage and study diverse religions and cultures, which in turn can give students a better understanding of the world they live in.

This move — and others like it — will keep UNC at the top of its class.

Education move is smart

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Towns are right to pursue new elementary school to provide even better education

hapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is wise to move forward with plans to build an 11th elementary school — primary education must be a top priority, even in a recession.

In November 2008, it was announced that the school system would receive a more than $6 million cut to its construction budget.

As a result, many important projects have been put on hold.

However, as of last Friday, the school system’s plans to build a new elementary school in Chapel Hill’s Northside community were still set to move forward. The system’s board members have acknowledged that the deteri-

orating economy could affect the plans.

But until that time comes, it is of utmost importance that the town and the school board continue with their plans to build the school as it will decrease class size and create a better learning environment for the Chapel Hill and Carrboro children.

Primary education is a crucial investment in the nation and town’s future, and it is a critical element of a child’s learning process.

According to the National Institute for Literacy, fundamental reading skills are developed from kindergarten through third grade — after that, children must be able to read with “ease and under-

standing” to comprehend material in the fourth grade and above.

While the U.S. enjoys one of the highest literacy rates in the world, in order to maintain such high levels, local governments need to focus on the early years of a child’s education.

As the area continues to wrestle with the implications of the recession, providing children with a quality education should remain a top priority.

Building a new elementary school will create a better learning environment for the town’s children. The town and the school system are right to continue with plans to build this new school.

TO THE EDITOR: Forums are an important part of the election season and each year BoUNCe takes pride in being one that the candidates enjoy.

Unfortunately, groups have a difficult time securing spaces and times for their debates.

Classrooms cannot even begin to be reserved until Feb. 2, about a week before the election. Knowing this, BoUNCe contacted all the candidates and let them know when our forum would be and if they could hold that time for us until we legally reserved a room.

The Board of Elections should have general control over the debates and hold sign-ups for dates and times. However, the BOE does not have the power to do this at this time.

Despite this, The Daily Tar Heel decided to host their public forum on the same date and time in the Student Union. BoUNCe could have reserved a room in the Union, but it would not have been conducive to our style of debate.

We are being shoved around and forced to change our plans which were made prior to the DTH’s. But, we shall take the high road and work out a peaceful solution to this problem. I just wanted to our frustration be known.

Sam Morgan Editor in Chief BoUNCe Magazine

Candidate platform points are feasible and realistic TO THE EDITOR: I would like to respectfully respond to Zack Dawson’s criticism of student body president platforms and of one of my ideas in particular from his letter (“SBP candidate platforms appear to be unrealistic,” Jan. 28).

Ninety-five percent of crimes committed on campus are larcenies. The only way to reduce theft is to not leave items unattended in the library. When cramming in Davis Library and need a caffeine fix or a snack, that means you must break your concentration, pack up, go stand in line at Alpine Bagel Cafe in the Student Union and then return to the library and try to get focused again.

Nothing went on my platform unless I talked to someone beforehand to ensure that it was feasible. Paul Hartley, the manager of Alpine, was so excited when we talked to him that he was ready to go over to Davis and pick out the spot. Leah Dunn and Lisa Norberg, both with UNC University Libraries, were also open to and excited about the idea. In fact, a coffee shop was in the proposed plan for an improved Information Commons, and bringing in Alpine makes that more feasible in the short term.

The role of the SBP is largely one of advocacy. Despite limited direct power, there’s really nothing outside an SBP’s influence if he or she forms relationships and gets buy-in from the right people. That’s what ultimately determines success in this job.

Michael Anthony Betts II Student Body President Candidate

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Kvetching board kvetch: v.1 (Yiddish) to complain Dear Kvetcher from last week: I am not a member of the DTH staff, but I am hopelessly in love with Ryan Morgan.

Dear TA: Could you maybe learn the material before you try to teach us and not “get back to us later?”

Dear UNC Admissions Office: Do the ladies on campus a favor and try to make the incoming first-year class more than 30 percent male.

Hey Blues Brothers: Haven’t you used up all your NCAA eligibility by now? I’m not sure I can watch another cookie cutter, re-run performance from you.

How many other students on campus were using a stall when The Daily Tar Heel cameramen busted in for Wednesday’s front-page article?

Since when did Bobby Frasor and our “Hall of Fame” coach become off limits to criticism?

This still is the University of the People, right? Carson Smith, let me buy you a beer since you aren’t drinking the Kool-Aid like the rest of our basketball teamworshiping student body.

To UNC Public Safety: Since when does being AfricanAmerican, charismatic and religious make you a suspicious person?

To my roommate’s boyfriend: Unless you wish to pay half of my rent and cable bill, get the hell out of my room. Please.

The squirrels back home live in fear of me and my pellet gun, but on campus they just give me blank stares. Run squirrel!

Don’t you know who I am?

Attention anyone using the ITS labs: Do you need to use the big stapler? No, you do not need to use the big stapler. Problem solved.

Seriously, why does it take a damn miracle for us to beat Florida State? You’re going to give me a heart attack, Heels, and we haven’t even played Duke yet!

Dear “J-Russ”: Roses are red, violets are blue, your poem doesn’t rhyme, so I’m not voting for you.

To the guy watching porn in the UL: I can see you.

Dear Suitemate: While we know that it’s fun to be with your friends every minute of every day, don’t they have their own rooms? A two-week-long sleep over is a little excessive.

Dear Carmichael ninja: Stop bicycle kicking our doors at 2 a.m. and start taking anger management courses.

Odum Village Community residents: I think its great you want to feed all of nature. But neither the fruit flies you feed nor your banana peels and coffee cups are recyclable and therefore do not belong in the blue bins.

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