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“Jason had a big heart, and he had problems with combat. Jason felt it very personally.” Chris scheuerman, father

Soldiers in need

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The Army examines mental health as suicide rates rise

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL After a concussion took out senior starter Iman McFarland, six non-starters scored in UNC’s 92-68 on-the-road win against Boston College.

By Meghan Cooke

university | page 8 FACULTY INPUT A lot of the tough decisions about budget cuts will be made during the summer when fewer faculty are around. So they’ll offer some input at today’s Faculty Council meeting.

Suicides on the rise Jason’s death is one of a growing number of suicides the Army is facing. In January, the Army released its 2008 suicide data, revealing a 30-year high in reported suicides. Last year, 128 soldiers took their own lives. A final count is expected to be higher because another 15 cases are under investigation. The total is up from 115 in 2007. On the rise for the past four years, the Army’s suicide rate is now approximately 20 deaths per 100,000 soldiers — a rate slightly higher than that of the civilian population. The last time that occurred was during the Vietnam War. The report shows that 30 percent of suicides occurred in the field, and of those deaths, 78 percent were on soldiers’ first deployment. That was the case with Jason. “Jason had a big heart, and he had problems with combat,”

sports | page 11 NO COMPETITION The North Carolina women’s tennis team took two 7-0 wins Thursday against in-state foes Davidson and Elon.

university | page 3 LABOR CODES Eight students protested Thursday against Russell Athletic, which manufactures some UNC apparel.

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A mysterious and reclusive avant-garde musician will grace UNC with a rare performance Sunday. See catscradle.com for tickets.

PAUPER PLAYERS

Billed as a comedy, the musical “Company” that opens this weekend is more like a sitcom that really makes you think.

this day in history FEB. 20,1962 … The Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies hosts a lighthearted debate on whether women are inferior to men. The group determines in a 4 to 3 vote that women are not inferior.

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The total number of suicides that occurred in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001 The percentage of deployed suicides that occurred among first-time deployers The percentage of post-deployed suicides that occurred 365 days after return

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Court hears motion to dismiss suit Could rule Nichols ignored procedure By Kevin Kiley

Assistant University Editor

A lawsuit alleging that Student Body President J.J. Raynor biased Tuesday’s referendum vote might get thrown out on technical grounds. In a pretrial hearing Thursday, the Student Supreme Court heard arguments to dismiss the suit on grounds that Student Congress Speaker Tim Nichols did not follow proper procedure. The suit is about a referendum that students voted on Tuesday that would increase the Child Care Services fee from $2.44 to $12.81. The fee funds a scholarship given to student parents. The fee

currently helps pay child care costs for only about a quarter of the students who apply for it. Nichols’ initial complaint is that Raynor sent an e-mail directing students to information he claims is biased, which would be a violation of the Student Code. Raynor has denied any wrongdoing. Student Solicitor General Kris Gould argued Thursday on behalf of Raynor and elections board Chairman Ryan Morgan that Nichols did not have standing to bring the suit. Thursday’s hearing was only to rule on Raynor’s motion to dismiss on procedural grounds, not

Raynor’s actions. In order to bring suit, Nichols must find wrongdoing with an action by the Board of Elections. “You can’t sue President Raynor and ask the board to do something else,” said Emma Hodson, the chief justice of the Court. But Nichols addressed this charge Thursday at the hearing, arguing that he made informal complaints to Morgan on Monday night through instant messaging and the board did not respond, forcing him to sue. He argued that he brought his concerns to Morgan after Raynor’s e-mail was sent out. He said Morgan did not find merit in his complaint and said he would take no action.

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The story so far Sunday: Student Body President J.J. Raynor sends out an information e-mail to all students, reminding them to vote and directing them to the student government Web site where more information can be found. Monday: Speaker of Student Congress Tim Nichols files for an injunction to prevent the release of Tuesday’s vote results. Nichols’ complaint states that Raynor’s e-mail would unfairly bias the results of the election, in violation of the Student Code. The Code states that student government cannot use e-mail to urge the pas-

sage or rejection of a referendum.

Tuesday: Students vote, and the Court grants the injunction. The results are not released. Wednesday: Raynor answers Nichols’ complaint, arguing that Nichols did not follow proper procedure and should have filed a complaint with the elections board first. Because of this, she says the case should be dismissed. Raynor also refutes Nichols’ claim that the informational e-mail was biased. Thursday: Court hears arguments on whether the suit should be thrown out on procedural grounds.

Mukasey is law school speaker A few dance for 4th By Rachel Coleman Staff Writer

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fc. Jason Scheuerman was seen bobbing his head on the muzzle of his gun while he sat with it between his legs. He was on his first deployment and had been in Iraq for about five months. It was one of the warning signs Jason’s father says should not have been ignored. But the help his father says Jason needed never came. In July 2005, 20-year-old Jason shot himself in his barracks in Iraq. “My son was ill,” said Chris Scheuerman, who believes Jason was suffering from severe depression. “And he needed help.”

Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey has been chosen as the UNC School of Law’s 2009 commencement speaker, a decision that is already sparking controversy. Mukasey, who served in the Bush administration from 2007 to 2009, gained notoriety for his views on human rights, including his refusal to investigate U.S. acts of torture and other interrogation methods during his tenure. Both law students and professors have spoken against the pick, saying his political views do not match those of many students. “I am concerned that his refusal to investigate and prosecute the use of waterboarding was a failure to execute responsibilities of

The choice of Michael Mukasey as this year’s law school speaker has upset many. attorney general and resulted in the United States’ violation of domestic and international law,” said law professor Tamar Birckhead. In 2008, Mukasey was chosen as commencement speaker at Boston College’s School of Law, creating similar opposition and protests from students and faculty. Some at UNC were aware of last year’s controversy. They also said they were surprised by the decision to have him as speaker.

Law student Liz Troutman said in a written statement that choosing Mukasey as the commencement speaker “gives validation to Mukasey’s egregious point of view, which is contrary to the professional and educational ideals of this University.” Some faculty members agreed. “I am disappointed in the choice,” professor Deborah Weissman said. “I do not think he reflects the School of Law or promotes the values of due process that we want to send our students off with when they graduate.” The UNC Student Bar Association chose Mukasey as speaker, and president Matt Modell said in an e-mail that the

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consecutive Marathon By Laura Montini Staff Writer

It’s going to be their fourth year doing Dance Marathon, and seniors Danielle McKinnis and Bethany Phillis know it won’t be any easier to stay standing for 24 hours. “It’s still murder on your body to stand for that length of time,” Phillis said. “I will still go home Saturday night, collapse into my bed, and stay there for the next 17 hours.” But they know it will be worth it. Dance Marathon, the largest student-led fundraiser, supports the North Carolina Children’s Hospital and uses the annual marathon as a culminating celebration of their fundraising efforts.

WATCH DANCE MARATHON Time: 7 p.m. Friday to 7 p.m. Saturday Location: Fetzer Gym Info: www.uncmarathon.org

Last year the marathon raised more than $320,000. More than 1,800 students will spend 24 hours Saturday on their feet, dancing, standing and staying awake in a support of the children at the hospital. McKinnis and Phillis are two of nearly 20 students who have rocked out for the kids at UNC’s Dance Marathon every winter of their

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or a while, Irish police couldn’t figure out how to catch “Prawo Jazdy,” a Polish driver who’d clocked up 50 traffic offenses on different addresses. Until an officer realized — “Prawo Jazdy” means driver’s license in Polish. Police were copying the words on the top right corner of the license as the offender’s name. “It’s quite embarrassing to see that the system has created Prawo Jazdy as a person with over 50 identities,” the police memo states. Police declined to comment on the reports. Polish people flocked to Ireland during the boom years of the “Celtic Tiger” economy.

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NOTED. A British train station put up a sign to warn travelers not to kiss in the station. “We have not banned kissing in the station,” said a spokesman for Virgin Rail. “But we have put the sign at the drop-off point because it is not a very big area and it often gets busy with a lot of traffic.” The sign looks like a no-smoking sign, but it has a curly-haired woman and a man in a hat puckering up.

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Advertising Symposium: The UNC Advertising Club is hosting its fifth annual Advertising Symposium. Students can mingle with professionals in advertising, public relations and marketing. Time: 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Location: Student Union

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QUOTED. “We’ve had a series of robberies of scrap metal recently in our area so we were hoping to catch the thieves.” — So the police dispatched eight police cars, complete with dogs, to seal off an area where “dodgy-looking” figures were crawling around bushes. Turns out, they were 12- and 13-yearold children pretending to be members of German military.

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The UNC women’s track team hosted the Dick Taylor Carolina Invitational on Friday in the Eddie Smith Field House.

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Irish confused by Polish driver’s licenses

Contra dance: The Carolina Song & Dance Association will present a contra dance with live music by the Carolina Caterwaulers. An $8.00 ➤ The Daily Tar Heel reports donation is requested. any inaccurate information Time: Workshop at 7:30 p.m., dance published as soon as the error is begins at 8 p.m. Location: The Century Center, 100 discovered. N. Greensboro St. FEATURES EDITOR 962-4214 features@unc.edu

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Embassy in Washington DC, will lecture. A reception will follow the talk. Time: 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Location: Gillings School of Global Public Health, 1301 McGavranGreenberg KoreaNite: Students will present a Korean culture presentation featuring Korean pop songs, modern dance

and traditional music. Tickets are $5 for the show or $8 for show and dinner, and will be sold at the door. Time: 7 p.m. dinner, 8 p.m. show Location: Student Union Great Hall Senior seminar: University Career Services will discuss how students can make the most of a tight job market. The seminar is open only to UNC students. Time: 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Location: Hanes Hall, Second Floor

Saturday Storytime science: Morehead Planetarium and Science Center will present a science-themed story and hands-on activity for children ages four to six and their caregivers. The cost is $5 per child. Time: 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Location: Morehead Planetarium and Science Center Play: Audience members at “Hansel & Gretel” will have the opportunity to participate and become the trees and treats in the forest. Admission is $7. Time: 11 a.m. Location: The ArtsCenter, Carrboro

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Re-enactment: Continental, British and militia re-enactors will demonstrate Revolutionary War camp life. Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Location: Alexander Dickson House, 150 E. King St.

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Jasmin Jones celebrates just after being named Student Body President for the 2009-2010 academic year on Tuesday night.

Auditions: The N.C. Theatre and Broadway Series South are seeking Visit dailytarheel.com to view the photos of the week. performers for Disney’s High School Musical 2 On Stage. For all information, visit www.nctheatre.com/auditions.html. Time: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. sign in, auditions begin at 2:30 p.m. n Someone broke a window on Investor’s Title Insurance. Location: Crabtree Valley Mall Windhover Drive on Wednesday n A drunk person tried to and stole $3,300 in jewelry and Sunday electronics, according to Chapel fight police officers just after 3 a.m. Thursday on North Graham Hill police reports. Gardening presentation: Richard The stolen items include two Street, according to Chapel Hill Westmacott, author of “Africanpearl necklaces and a laptop com- police reports. American Gardens and Yards in the puter, reports state. Rural South”, will speak. Cost is $15. n Someone put $70 of earrings Time: 2:30 to 4 p.m. n Someone stole two $50 trash inside pants and tried to steal Location: The Totten Center, N.C. cans from North Graham Street on them at an Estes Drive departBotanical Garden Wednesday, according to Chapel ment store, according to Chapel Hill police reports. Hill police reports.

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n A wall on North Columbia Street was spray painted Wednesday, according to Chapel Hill police reports. Reports state that the spray paint caused $100 in damage to

n A woman found a vial of silver liquid partially buried in the dirt on Westview Drive, according to Carrboro police reports. The vial contained what appeared to be a “mercury type liquid,” reports state.

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UNC researchers study ties between steroid use, injury Researchers at the UNC Center for the Study of Retired Athletes have found that retired professional football players who used performanceenhancing drugs appear to have suffered certain types of joint and ligament injuries more than players who did not use those drugs. The study was based on a survey of former players, some from as far back as pre-World War II. In all, 9.1 percent of those surveyed reported using anabolic-androgenic steroids during their careers. Those who reported steroid use had significantly higher rates of joint and cartilage injuries such as herniated discs, knee ligament and meniscus injuries, elbow damage, and foot, ankle and toe problems than those who did not.

By Joe Woodruff Staff Writer

The Chapel Hill Town Council will discuss and approve revisions Monday to its program that provides public money for campaigns. The town is changing its program based on directions by the N.C. Board of Elections, which oversees the program. The voter-owned elections program, approved in June, is the only in the state to provide public funding for municipal campaigns. Language was adjusted to decrease the penalty for violations of the financial terms and to make the program more responsive to fluctuations in the number of registered voters in Chapel Hill. The previous $500 penalty was reduced to a $50 maximum fine. The program will go into effect for the November campaigns for the Chapel Hill Town Council and

mayor, and many are looking forward to the changes. “Municipal elections are particularly vulnerable to big pots of money,” said Katy Munger, communications director for Democracy North Carolina, a nonprofit that advocates for campaign finance reforms. “It is so easy to buy disproportionate media attention.” Munger said the current system of campaign finance allows for outsiders to pay their way into municipal positions. Public funding for political campaigns will give local community leaders an opportunity to run, she said. A candidate’s enrollment in the program is optional. To become a certified candidate, aspiring council members must raise a total of $750 from at least 75 people. Candidates for mayor must raise a total of $1,500 from at least 150 people.

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Certified candidates are eligible for public grants. The maximum 50 percent 37.5 percent size of a council candidate’s grant is $3,000. Grants for mayor candidates are capped at $9,000. Mayoral Candidates 10 percent After public grants are issued, ($15,000 Total) there are limits on how much par30 percent 60 percent ticipating candidates are allowed to raise and spend. For council candidates, there is a $2,250 limit, and a $4,500 limit Seed Qualifying Public for mayor candidates. Money Costs Grants Town officials anticipate that SOURCE: TOWNOFCHAPELHILL.ORG $25,000 will be set aside for the DTH/MAGGIE HUTAFF program in the 2009-10 budget. The council is dealing with much on next year’s election cycle. financial woes because of decreased “Frankly, I haven’t had time to sales tax revenues. think about it. I’m taking the counC o u n c i l M e m b e r L a u r i n cil one step at a time,” she said. Easthom says she supports the new Contact the City Editor program but that pressing issues at citydesk@unc.edu. have kept her from focusing too

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Police conduct joint alcohol bust, issue several citations Police conducted an alcohol enforcement operation Wednesday during the basketball game and issued several citations in Chapel Hill. Carrboro and Chapel Hill Police teamed with State Alcohol Enforcement Agents in a joint operation in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. The police were attempting to address alcohol violations that traditionally occur in the area during high profile UNC sporting events. No violations were encountered at three Carrboro retail establishments, but police found various violations and issued citation in Chapel Hill.

Task force picks top site for Hillsborough train station

Crash licensing labor code committee meeting By Justin chandler Wilcox Staff Writer

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A Chapel Hill resident is out of the hospital after being shot three times Wednesday evening outside a friend’s apartment. A group of three or four masked attackers shot Spencer Louis Whitman in both arms and the buttocks at about 8:30 p.m., but did not rob him. Investigators are unsure of the shooters’ identities and motives. Police had not identified any suspects as of 3:30 p.m. Thursday. On the night of the attack, Whitman was at a friend’s apartment at 210 Purefoy Road watching the UNC basketball game. He stepped outside to get better reception on his cell phone while his friends stayed in the apartment. Then Whitman heard three or four people running towards him, he said in an interview Thursday. The attackers, wearing sweatshirts that zip up to the top of the hood, started shouting at Whitman to stay still. They did not say what they wanted, he said. One man brandished a silver revolver and hit Whitman in the face with the butt of the weapon. Whitman tried to push away the gunman, who then fired four shots, three of which connected. Whitman fell to the ground and scrambled into the apartment, locking the door behind him. Inside, Whitman’s friends had heard the gunfire. The group fled to the bathroom, which they figured was the safest place in the house. They called the police a few moments later, at 8:32 p.m. Soon the apartment was surrounded by fire trucks, an ambulance and policemen. Whitman was taken to N.C. Memorial Hospital and released Thursday evening. He sounded groggy from painkillers doctors had given him. Whitman’s was the first shooting in Chapel Hill this year, police spokesman Lt. Kevin Gunter said. Residents of Purefoy Road said the shooting came out of the blue in their typically quiet neighborhood. Jason Mcabee, who lives nearby, heard nothing unusual before the

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Eight students protested Thursday’s meeting of the UNC Licensing Labor Code Advisory Committee because of its ties with Russell Athletic. The company, which manufactures some UNC apparel, recently fired 145 workers in Honduras after the employees attempted to unionize, committee members said. The factory was then closed altogether, eliminating about 2,000 positions. “Russell has been violating our code of conduct for years, and they are refusing to take any action on it,” said Sarah Hirsch, a part-time student and protestor. The committee advises the chancellor on how to enforce the University’s Licensing Labor Code. The code states that businesses that manufacture University apparel must recognize employees’ right to unionize. “It’s important that the clothing that we put on that says UNC is not made in a sweatshop,”

said professor Altha Cravey, a three-year member of the committee. “It’s important to know that they can go to the bathroom, that they get paid, that they aren’t required to work overtime when their kids are at home.” Though the committee considered whether to break ties with Russell Athletic, it made no formal decisions about the University’s relationship with the company. Cravey said afterward in an interview that she thought the meeting was ineffective. “(There was) a lot of wasted time about technicalities, dragging feet about, ‘Well, could we do something small and look like we’re doing something,’ as opposed to really doing anything to respect the codes and respect the workers,” Cravey said. Contracts with Russell Athletics have already been terminated by Purdue, Georgetown and Duke universities because of this controversy, committee members said. “UNC is one of (Russell’s) biggest licensees,” Hirsch said. “We should be a leader in this fight

for worker justice. We could set an example for the entire global apparel industry.” Hirsch and other protestors surrounding the committee’s meeting table held signs, one saying, “Russell broke our codes — let’s break our ties.” The committee meeting lasted an hour with a brief time reserved at the end for protestors to speak directly to committee members. After the meeting, the protestors marched directly to Chancellor Holden Thorp’s office to deliver a letter of protest, still holding their signs. For Hirsch, the office was a familiar place. She was one of five students arrested in May for failing to disperse after a 16-day sit-in at South Building for workers’ rights. This time, her fervor was comparable. “I think that UNC should cut the contract with Russell because they violate our code of conduct in closing their only unionized factory in Honduras,” Hirsch said. Thorp was not in his office at the time.

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More than 100 people showed up to St. Joseph’s Christian Methodist Episcopal Church on Thursday to discuss the future of Chapel Hill’s Northside community. Just outside, cranes marked where two condominiums, one 10 stories and one seven stories high, will be built as part of Greenbridge Developments. The Chapel Hill Town Council approved the development in Feb. 2007. Residents of Northside, the city’s oldest historically black neighborhood, said that these buildings would raise property taxes and would force residents out of their homes and businesses. Eugene Farrar, president of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said he was “outraged” at the development and saw it as gentrification. “What’s going to happen to their taxes in the name of big business?” he asked. Visit City News at www.dailytarheel.com for the full story.

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Residents protest two recent developments in Northside

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Director of Athletics Dick Baddour talks during a meeting with the Licensing Labor Code Advisory Committee to the Chancellor and members of Student Action with Workers on Thursday. The meeting came after a union dispute at the Russell Corporation.

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A task force charged with finding the best site possible for a future Amtrak train station in Hillsborough has made their choice — a piece of land close to where N.C. 86 meets South Churton Street. The group chose the site, which members refer to as the Collins Parcel, for its proximity to downtown. The site is also already owned by Hillsborough, close to access roads and not flanked by residential neighborhoods. “The Collins Parcel offers the best of all words — a large site close to major roads within a stone’s throw of downtown Hillsborough,” T homas Campanella, chairman of the task force, wrote in a report to the Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Hillsborough Town Board of Commissioners. Campanella recommended that the task force’s second choice, the site of an old train station demolished decades ago, stay in contention in case plans for the Collins Parcel fall through. The site, known as the Old Depot, would have been ranked first if not for engineering concerns about the curvature of the tracks at that point. Visit blogs.dailytarheel.com for the full story.

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Karen Erickson, director of the Center for Literacy and Disability Studies in the School of Medicine, has been selected as the first David E. and Delores J. Yoder Distinguished Professor in Literacy and Disability Studies. T h e Yo d e r D i s t i n g u i s h e d Professorship was established by a gift from Maynard and Carolyn Sauder of Archbold, Ohio, as a tribute to the professionalism of David Yoder and the support of his wife, Dee.

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Housekeepers dislike program UNC.edu redesign to improve accessibility By Lindsay Ruebens Staff WRITER

Some housekeepers say they are not pleased with a pilot program that started in January. The program — meant to be a compromise — separates staff for weekday and weekend work and creates a more specific timetable in which housekeepers should complete their work. The program, to run through March, is a response to housekeeper protests last semester over weekend work and extra hours. “The objective is, by the end of the pilot, that schedules are fully in place and housekeepers are fully comfortable with the new program,” said Van Dobson, assistant vice chancellor for facilities services. Dobson said he meets with housing officials every Friday to discuss input from zone managers and housekeepers about the program. They review the results and make adjustments accordingly. In January, numerous housekeepers complained about the original pilot schedule, which required them to complete tasks based on minute-by-minute time -From staff and wire reports. increments, Dobson said.

“The schedule has been relaxed to two-hour blocks, which seems to be doing much better for them,” he said. Despite that change, some housekeeping staff said the program is not a complete success. “The pilot program is not working well,” said Nelson Tabares, zone manager for mid-campus dorms. “We have complaints from every housekeeper.” Tabares said a major problem is when students leave excessive messes, which prevents housekeepers from sticking to their schedule. He also criticized the move to have separate weekend workers, who he said aren’t doing a satisfactory job. “The bottom line is, most of these people don’t want to work, they just want to collect their paycheck,” he said. Tabares also said he thinks there aren’t enough housekeepers to complete all required tasks under the pilot program. In Carmichael Residence Hall, an experimental program called OS1 was implemented at the start of the school year, and Tabares said he hopes that the rest of the University adopts it.

OS1 uses environmentally friendly cleaning supplies, more technologically advanced equipment and a schedule that breaks housekeeping into specific tasks, then assigns staff to a task rather than an area. Some Carmichael housekeepers said OS1 is more effective than the current pilot program. “This is just a cheap version of OS1,” said Tracy Harter, adding that the pilot program borrowed the time schedule from OS1 but not other elements. “No one likes it because they’re baking a cake with no eggs. There are certain elements you need to make it work.” Harter said that the different equipment, as well as having assignments based on area instead of tasks, make the pilot program unsuccessful. Dobson said he hasn’t heard many complaints about the pilot program, but that he wants to hear more feedback. “We encourage any further input during the pilot program from housekeeping, housing and from students.”

Survey asks for input on design By Josh Carter Staff writer

The University’s home page will soon be redesigned in an attempt to improve its accessibility and better narrate what it means to be a UNC student. “The University Web site should be a narrative of the University,” said Nancy Davis, associate vice chancellor for University relations, who is helping lead the project. After observing other schools’ attractive Web sites, the Office of University Relations decided that it was time for an upgrade. Other universities, such as N.C. State University and the University of Michigan, have recently incorporated new looks to their Web sites, said Scott Jared, Web content director, who is helping lead the project. Some universities, such as Contact the University Editor the Massachusetts Institute of at udesk@unc.edu. Technology, have a new Web page

COMPLETE A SURVEY ABOUT UNC’S WEBSITE Visit: www.capsstrat.com/unc-cardsort or e-mail: redesign@unc.edu Five respondents will be randomly selected to receive a $50 iTunes gift card.

design every day. The project began about this time last year, Jared said. UNC first had to collect enough money for the redesign. The actual cost for the project is uncertain, but has a budget between $355,000 and $372,000. During the first phase, Jared and his colleagues collected information on how the site could be improved. They collected information through interviews and discussion with users, Information Technology Services and faculty experts. Some feedback indicated that the site’s

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Man suing Chapel Hill Price defends stimulus vote Says act could police for mistreatment generate jobs Complaint stems from ’06 arrest By Kristen Cresante Senior Writer

A man is suing the Chapel Hill Police Department claiming mistreatment when he was pulled over by two officers in July 2006. The case went to federal court Jan. 23 and the police are attempting to get it dismissed.

The Complaint Brian Wilkerson, a Carrboro resident, was pulled over on North Roberson Street by police after leaving a family cookout, according to the complaint filed by Wilkerson. Wilkerson, who is representing himself in court, declined to comment on the case. One of the officers, identified in

DTH ONLINE: See a PDF of Brian Wilkerson’s complaint. the lawsuit as Officer Perry, said he was stopped for a noise violation, the complaint states. Perry asked Wilkerson to step out of the car. When Wilkerson hesitated, Perry jerked the driver side door open, pointed a Taser gun at Wilkerson and told him he had to the count of three to get out, the complaint states. “He said ‘one.’ I paused thinking ‘this can’t be happening.’ Then he said, ‘two,’” Wilkerson states in his complaint, adding that an officer, identified as Officer House, also had a Taser gun pointed at him. Wilkerson got out of the car and was searched by Perry. Wilkerson’s complaint states that Perry let him go only after other officers advised him to do so. He is seeking money for pain and suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, incidental expenses, court

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Police Respond The police department denies all allegations of wrongdoing, said attorney Kari Johnson, who is representing the department. In a response filed in court Jan. 27, Johnson lists 17 defenses to the complaint. It denies that the officers ever pointed a Taser at Wilkerson. Attempts to contact Perry and House were unsuccessful, and Johnson wouldn’t comment further. Johnson filed a motion to dismiss the case Jan. 27, saying that Wilkerson named the wrong defendant in suing the police department instead of the town. The police department has not been sued since 2006, Police Attorney Terrie Gale said. Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.

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The building was full to capacity last night as concerned citizens from all over the Triangle gathered to hear U.S. Rep. David Price, D-N.C., speak about President Barack Obama’s stimulus act. Price voted for the act and wanted to explain to his District 4 constituents in Orange County why he did, despite his reservations about how it was passed so quickly. “The bottom line is we are at a time of national emergency. Something needed to be done quickly before the economic crisis got worse,” Price said. Many at the meeting criticized the short amount of time that was spent on the legislation. “Overall, I think it was passed too quickly. I don’t believe our legislatures understand the details of the bill.” Melissa Robinson, a 39-yearold Chapel Hill resident said. “I think we are going to get hit with a number of surprises that we are not going to know what to do with.” Price argued that although the act was not one he would have written, there’s a good chance it could create

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Council seeks faculty input on budget cuts By Lyle Kendrick Staff Writer

Many budget decisions at UNC will be made this summer when the University gets its final figures from the N.C. General Assembly. Today’s Faculty Council meeting will try to get professor input on possible changes while they are all still on campus. The meeting is at 3 p.m. in the Hitchcock Multipurpose Room of the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History. Chancellor Holden Thorp will open the meeting with remarks and a question period. “Given the climate of the times, I would not have to be prescient to say that budget would be a part of either the presentation or the questions,” said Joe Templeton, chairman of the faculty. In a meeting of the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee Tuesday, Thorp said he wanted to keep the faculty involved in budget decisions, which likely will be finalized when fewer faculty members are on campus. One thing to get the ax is computer-based technology training. Charlie Green, assistant vice chancellor for teaching and learning, will discuss

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the program’s discontinuation for faculty as a result of budget cuts. The training has been used in its current form since 2005 but will no longer be available when its license expires at the end of February. “We’ve been narrowing the focus of our training for a number of years,” Green said. Budget c uts affecting the University Libraries will also be explained at the meeting. The libraries are likely to see significant cuts in money used to purchase books and other materials. “We’re looking at a potential budgetary system that erodes the funding of the materials budget,” said professor Reid Barbour, chairman of the library’s administrative board. “If we go for a year where we fail to buy all the monographs or books we should buy, that’s really hard to make up.” Steve Farmer and Bobbi Owen, co-chairmen of the undergraduate admissions committee, will also explain a proposal passed in April that aims to streamline international students’ application processes.

The elections board officially certified the results of the student body president and Student Congress races Thursday. The board’s vice chairman, Val Tenyotkin, said the Board did not rule on Nichols’ complaint because of the injunction. “Everything Raynor did, I complained about,” Nichols said. “The board chose not to act. They met today, and they didn’t act.” The Student Code states that Nichols should have submitted a written complaint to the whole Board of Elections instead of appealing to the Supreme Court. If the Court throws out Nichols’ suit, the elections board will make a judgment on whether Raynor biased the elections process. If it rules that she did not, the board will then certify and release the results. If Nichols finds error in the board’s procedure or ruling, he can bring a complaint against the elections board to the Supreme Court. The Court did not set a time for when it will make a decision on the motion to dismiss, but Hodson said the Court will act quickly. “We have these documents to follow,” Hodson said. “Failure to comply with them by student government officials is a problem.”

association stands by its decision. “We did not know of the Boston College controversy at the time we invited Mr. Mukasey, but he was the nation’s top law enforcement officer, so who would be more relevant to speak at a law school graduation?” Modell said, adding that the speaker’s political views were not important in the decision-making. Some said they felt there was not enough student input in the decision and are protesting Mukasey’s invitation with a petition. “We feel that honoring Mukasey by making him our speaker is wrong due to his views on torture,” said law student Justin Flores. “We would be happy to have him speak in some other academic position, but he is too controversial for this setting.” Administrators leave decisions up to the students in these cases, letting those in charge of selecting the speaker make the choice that will best satisfy the student body, Flores said. Despite some negative feedback, Modell said he is pleased that students are expressing their opinions. “Student protests will only show the great display of respect for different points of view in the University,” he said.

undergraduate career. McKinnis and Phillis met playing piccolo in UNC’s marching band. They signed up their first year for Dance Marathon after seeing advertisements in the Pit. “She talked me into it,” said Phillis of McKinnis. “I had no idea what was going on. I don’t think I really realized it until the week before what I had to do.” Rebecca Huban, another fourthyear dancer, said she needs a mix of rap and hip-hop to pump her up. “But when I start getting tired, a good country song is really nice and relaxing to hear,” Huban said. Huban has also worked on the marathon’s fundraising projects committee for the past two years. She’s established a pre-marathon routine. “I get a lot of sleep, sit as much as possible and make sure I eat healthy, filling food,” Huban said. Packing a lot of fruit and vegetables to eat throughout the dance is also a good idea, she said. And standing up for the length of

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Officials cite repeated, long deployments, personal relationships and legal or financial issues as factors in the suicide rate’s rise. The Army’s suicide prevention program is being reviewed, and the Army plans to implement programs to help soldiers adapt to high stress situations. Starting last Sunday and running until March 15, each Army unit will focus on suicide prevention for one day to help soldiers identify others at risk. Lt. Col. George Wright, an Army spokesman, stated in an e-mail that soldiers are trained to intervene with soldiers they believe to be at risk to ensure they get the help they need. Lt. Col. Monte Yoder, professor of military science at UNC, said senior cadets in the Army ROTC program learn about how soldiers respond to and cope with combat. “The ones that serve overseas have been witness to some traumatic events,” he said. “Education is very important.” Scheuerman said some soldiers struggle with the experience of living and working in war zones. “We take our sons and daughters and put them in a situation

time seems trivial when considering what the children and families at the hospital go through, Huban added. “It is really touching when they bring the children and the families in at end of the marathon,” she said. “You see who you are helping — it makes the whole 24 hours worth it.” Huban comes back every year for her sister who died from a missing heart valve, she said. “I dance for my sister in the hopes that the money we raise can help keep children like her alive and healthy,” Huban said. At the end of one marathon, a mother came to talk about how money raised in the marathon had helped her daughter survive heart complications, Huban said. Despite the coming trials of this weekend, the Dance Marathon veterans are nostalgic above all. “It feels like the end of the era,” Phillis said. “I know that Saturday night at seven when we all go out on the dance floor, it’s going to be a bittersweet moment.” Contact the Features Editor at features@unc.edu. far beyond the normal human condition and expect them all to be able to adapt, to have the coping mechanism to deal with the horror of war, but not everyone has that,” Scheuerman said. He argues that the Army must hold its personnel accountable for their actions — and inactions — if it wants to see suicides decrease.

Looking for accountability When Jason’s mother received an alarming e-mail from her son in July 2005, the family immediately contacted the Army. “He said goodbye and that he just couldn’t take it anymore,” Anne Scheuerman said. Jason was sent to a psychologist — a psychologist his father described as unqualified. The psychologist concluded that Jason was capable of feigning mental illness and returned Jason to his unit, Scheuerman said. “The unit decided there was nothing wrong with him and proceeded to abuse and harass my son until he took his own life,” Scheuerman said. Jason killed himself less than a month after his mother received his goodbye e-mail. The Army launched an investigation following his death, but Scheuerman said someone must be held accountable. He wants the Army to adopt a policy to prevent harassment of soldiers who seek mental health care, similar to Army policies against sexual assault or racial discrimination. “Until the Army has a zero tolerance policy for those who harass and haze those who seek help for mental health issues, they’ll continue to have a problem,” he said. “Our soldiers deserve first-class mental health care, and my son did not get that.” Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.

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accessibility and content could be improved. Members of the UNC community, as well as alumni and prospective students, still can complete a survey about the UNC Web site and be eligible to win one of five $50 iTunes gift cards. “Phase one work will help us develop themes, find solutions to problems and create a site that uses narrative to tell stories about the contributions and lives of Carolina’s faculty, staff and students in relevant ways,” Jared said in an e-mail. They want the new site to be more accessible and easy to navigate, as well as illustrate what it means to be a member of the Tar Heel community. “The site and its stories should evoke important elements of Carolina — sense of place, vitality, heritage, accomplishments by individuals and groups,” Jared said. Capstrat, a Web strategy and graphic design company in Raleigh, will help UNC design the new site. The company, led by several UNC graduates, handles accounts for clients such as Progress Energy, RBC Bank and the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. Phase two of the project will focus on creating a blueprint of what should go on to the site. That will include discussion and collaboration among the staff of the University Relations office, Capstrat and faculty. The process will include aid from the School of Information and Library Science and School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Jared said that they estimate a sample template of the new Web site will be available for feedback on the current Web site in three to four weeks. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.

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MINNEAPOLIS (MCT) — A task force of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America recommended Thursday that its leaders officially recognize samesex unions and allow gays in such relationships to serve as clergy. At the same time, the task force also asked members of the church to respect congregations and synods that choose not to do so because they believe such actions would violate Scripture. The task force charged with drafting a social statement on human sexuality for the ELCA called on its members to respect each other’s views about samegender relationships as grounded in conscience.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Legislature voted early Thursday to approve a massive budget package of tax increases, spending cuts and borrowing to close a $40 billion deficit after granting major concessions to one holdout Republican senator. Lawmakers had been at a fiveday impasse until Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders agreed Thursday to give state Sen. Abel Maldonado, R-Santa Maria, major changes he demanded in exchange for providing a crucial 27th vote for the state budget. The votes came after what Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg said was, at 45 ½ hours,

the single longest Senate floor session in California history. Schwarzenegger applauded legislators as having the “courage to stand up and put the needs of Californians first.” “This is a very difficult budget, but we have turned this crisis into an opportunity to make real, lasting reforms for Californians,” he said in a written statement. The deal comes at a time when California was headed for fiscal calamity, already unable to pay all its bills and on the precipice of suspending 374 construction projects that were valued at $5.58 billion and could have affected more than 90,000 jobs statewide.

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MIAMI (MCT) — The largest bank in Switzerland admitted Wednesday to defrauding the IRS and agreed to pay the U.S. government $780 million it made by setting up income tax havens for thousands of wealthy Americans — many in South Florida. In an unprecedented move, UBS agreed to turn over the names of customers who retained the Swiss bank to assist them in hiding their assets from U.S. tax authorities, according to documents filed in federal court in Fort Lauderdale. In the “deferred prosecution agreement,” UBS admitted it broke U.S. tax laws, but it won’t have a criminal conviction if the bank meets various conditions of the deal.

OTTAWA, Canada (MCT) — Barack Obama arrived in Canada’s capital Thursday on his first foreign trip as president for meetings expected to focus on the two countries’ trading relationship and the environment. Though Obama pledged during the Democratic primary campaign to try to renegotiate NAFTA, he has struck a much softer tone as president, offering assurances of his support for robust trade with Canada in advance of his arrival. Obama and Canada’s prime minister, Steven Harper, spoke about the environment and keeping the countries’ trade relationship robust during Obama’s six-hour visit to the Canadian capital.

SEOUL, South Korea (MCT) — Twice in a little more than a decade, North Korea has fired a long-range missile into space. Both times the launches appeared to fizzle. Now North Korea is threatening a new launch. This time, the missile might even be capable of hitting U.S. territory. The threat of such a launch will be on the agenda Friday as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with South Korean President Lee Myungbak. Clinton arrived in Seoul late Thursday, the third stop in her four-nation Asian tour. Clinton warned North Korea earlier in the week that a missile launch “would be very unhelpful in moving our relationship forward.”

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Multimedia show draws on human relationships By Anna claire Eddington Staff Writer

This weekend, Memorial Hall will encounter Shanghai, Mexico City, Los Angeles and Toronto with one innovative performance — Continuous City by the New York production company The Builders Association. This groundbreaking new show explores human interaction in an increasingly digital age. Continuous City tells a modernday tale through the eyes of a young girl keeping in touch with her traveling father using screens, computers,

text messaging and video phones. The show boasts incredible technological effects, but Carolina Per forming Ar ts Marke ting Manager Harry Kaplowitz said at its basic level, the high-tech show is about real human interaction. “As a society, the creator believes we get too bogged down in technology, in the new ways we have to communicate,” he said. “We lose sight of the fact that genuine human interaction cannot be replaced or even emulated.” While a play this technologically intricate is unusual for campus and

might seem difficult for some to imagine, director Marianne Weems focuses on the audience gaining something from the show. A few days before the company arrives at each destination, performers travel to the area to learn about the local culture and its quirks. “The performance takes place wherever it’s being performed, and it’s different every time it’s performed,” he said. “There’s a local aspect to it. It’s on a personal level.” Personalizing the show is the main goal of the company, and being sponsored by a new Web site

adds to the main goal. XUBU, a new social networking site, is working in conjunction with The Builders Association. As part of its promotion for Continuous City, XUBU allows any person in the world to go online and record a short clip of his or her story, which could be used in any of the shows the company performs. But companies like XUBU are not the only sponsors. Carolina Performing Arts joined major production companies and other prominent schools like University of California-Berkeley

and University of Illinois to coproduce Continuous City because it believes in the mission of the company and the quality of the performance, Kaplowitz said. “This is an extremely unique opportunity for us both on a performance level and on a commissioning level,” said Kaplowitz. “It’s a great step in the right direction for us to host something of this caliber.” While this production opportunity is significant, Kaplowitz said the play’s main message is simple. “Many ways we create to keep in touch are replacements, but that

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doesn’t mean they devalue human interaction,” Kaplowitz said. “It’s the kind of thing, when you see it, you want to tell people about it and let people experience what you’ve experienced.” Contact the Unversity Editor at udesk@unc.edu.

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UNC opens in Four Heels hit double ﬁgures in win new Bosh today By Powell Latimer Senior Writer

The smell of fresh paint still lingers throughout Boshamer Stadium. Everything about the stadium screams brand spankin’ new — from the 4,100 green chairs to the freshly laid turf. And today the new ‘Bosh’ will take up its service as home field for the North Carolina baseball team as the Tar Heels open the 2009 season with a three-game series against VMI. Sporting a No. 2 ranking to go with that shiny new stadium, UNC coach Mike Fox can barely stand still for excitement. “I’ve walked in here every day — more than once — since around Oct. 2,” Fox said. “I’ve watched every bolt, every seat being put in here, and I still can’t believe it.” Fox has reason to be excited, as do the fans who show up every day just to watch his team practice. The Tar Heels return two of the best players in college baseball: right-handed pitcher Alex White and first baseman Dustin Ackley. White, a projected top-10 pick in next year’s MLB Draft, heads up the best pitching staff in the nation. Four pitchers on the current roster were selected to All-America teams last year. “I think we have a really talented group of guys,” shortstop Ryan Graepel said. “The pitching staff ’s incredible, as always.” UNC rode its strong pitching all the way to the College World Series and a 54-14 record last year. Though the rotation figures to be a strength for the Tar Heels, their

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lineup has a few question marks. Five, to be exact. The greater half of North Carolina’s lineup from last year is gone, with the entire outfield lost, as well as legendary clutch hitter Chad Flack, who finished his career as UNC’s all-time leader in hits. All told, UNC will have to replace 266 runs, 253 RBI and 422 hits. “I think it’s going to come down to our bats,” Graepel said. “If we have guys that can step up and swing the bats this year, we can have a really successful season.” Ackley and All-America secondbaseman Kyle Seager will need some help, and Graepel will be one of the first players that UNC looks to for run support. After winning a starting job at shortstop late last season, Graepel finished with a .253 average and got stronger behind the plate in the postseason. Mark Fleury will also come into a starting role for the first time, taking over at catcher after Tim Federowicz departed for the MLB draft. Likely to be thrown into the mix is freshman Levi Michael. Michael could play second base or outfield. “Levi’s been all over the field,” Fox said. “He’s got some versatility to him. If we played tomorrow he’d play second base.” Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL UNC CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — It wasn’t quite the start North Carolina Boston College

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had hoped for. With ice-cold shooting touches and butterfingers all around, the Tar Heels fell behind Boston College 18-6 early. “They came out really smoking and making shots and playing good defense,” UNC coach Sylvia Hatchell said. “It gave us some trouble there early on. But we tried to heat up our defensive pressure a little bit and get our transition game going a little bit more.” Add to the slow offensive start the fact that senior starter Iman McFarland left the game with a concussion after less than two minutes of action, and the No. 10 Tar Heels had to have been wondering what else could go wrong. Not a lot else did. And the bench players who replaced McFarland put in what might have been the best reserve minutes of the season, helping UNC to a 92-68 victory. Six North Carolina non-starters scored in the game, accounting for 30 percent of the Tar Heels’ points. “It’s a wonderful feeling knowing that if people aren’t producing that someone can come in and hit shots like (Christina Dewitt) came in and did,” said Cetera DeGraffenreid, who scored 18 points and was a perfect 10-10 at the charity stripe. During one spurt in the first half, the backups made their presence felt in a big way. After keeping the ball alive and knocking it off a BC defender, Dewitt hit a 15-footer off the ensuing inbounds pass. And after a Heather Claytor putback tied the score on the next possession, Dewitt sank a 3-pointer to give UNC (23-4, 8-3 ACC) a 26-23 lead — its first advantage since a

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4-3 score early in the game. “I’ve been practicing a lot on my shot,” Dewitt said. “They played off of me, so I have a lot of confidence that I can shoot and knock down that 3-pointer.” Eventually the Tar Heel starters found their touches as well. And when that happened, any chances the Eagles (18-8, 6-5) had of pulling off the upset disappeared. Four UNC starters picked up double figures led by Rashanda McCants’ 19 points. The Tar Heels went into the halftime locker room sporting a 42-37 lead, thanks in large part to an 11-3 run to end the period. Boston College’s only bucket in that stretch came with all zeroes on the clock, as Jaclyn Thoman hit

a buzzer-beating 3-pointer. And when the second half started, UNC pulled away for good with stellar defensive play and an established up-and-down tempo. Coaching against two of her former players — BC’s head coach is 1994 Final Four MVP Sylvia Crawley, and fellow ’94 NCAA champion Stephanie Lawrence Yelton is an assistant — Hatchell knew the Eagles’ players would mirror their coaches’ attitudes on the floor. “Those ladies represent this University in an extremely firstclass manner,” Hatchell said. Crawley saw that respect late in the game when she believed Hatchell called off the dogs with the game in hand. “I felt like she did us a favor,” Crawley said. “They could have very easily scored 100 points tonight.”

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Championships, the No. 13 North Carolina women’s tennis flexed its muscles Thursday against a pair of overmatched foes, crushing Davidson and Elon by 7-0 scores. No Tar Heel dropped a single set in either match, and the wins gave the team a chance to relax and laugh a bit after suffering its first two losses of the season last weekend against No. 7 Baylor and No. 11 Stanford. But the Tar Heels (9-2) weren’t just smiling at their success — they had more fun with their mistakes. After missing an easy volley wide in a doubles match, Sanaz Marand couldn’t help but giggle and run to joke with partner Katrina Tsang about how bad her shot was. And Laura Reichert immediately showed the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center crowd a mouthopen, “I-can’t-believe-I-just-hitthat” face after she shanked a slam about 20 feet long of the court.

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“It’s nice to be home,” coach Brian Kalbas said. “I told them to have fun, being able to play in your own environment, and I think they definitely showed that.” Marand, last week’s ACC Player of the Week, continued her hot streak with two singles victories and two doubles wins. She constantly pushed her opponents all over the court with an assortment of slams, drop shots and ground-stroke winners. “I’ve just been trying to stay focused and do what I need to do, and from that, (success) just comes,” Marand said. Kalbas said he thinks Marand will continue to improve her mental game and gain confidence with each match. “Down the road for her it’s going to keep getting better and better.”

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Seldom-used freshmen Jocelyn Ffriend, Haley Hemm and Stefi Gjine excelled in some of their first dual match experience, contributing to six wins in singles and doubles. “My hands were shaking for all of the first set and half of the second set in the first match,” Ffriend said. “I was a little tight, but I think I handled my nerves well.” Kalbas said he wanted to get his young players on the court so that they could feel the pressure of a dual match, and he was impressed with the dominance they displayed. “It’s so refreshing to see freshmen that excited and that hungry to play,” he said. “They were really focused, … they just took care of business.”

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t is midterm time once again. We will study, take out tests, and get our grades. Such is traditional education; professors present material, students master the information, exams quantitatively measure our knowledge of the subject, and then our performance is converted into behavior COLUMNIST and defined by a letter. Grades are extrinsic motivators; they provide incentives to learn when we lack motivation. We have all studied material we wouldn’t learn otherwise, just to pass a class. But what if there were no grades? In the past months, I’ve interviewed at many medical schools, each with a different approach to academia, but Yale’s philosophy of education was most interesting. Yale Medical School employs an idealistic system of pedagogy. There are no grades, no books to buy, no class rankings, no required exams, no numerical assessment of performance and attendance is optional. Fundamental to their philosophy is the idea that the student is a mature adult who needs guidance and stimulation to learn, not compulsion and competition. The “Yale System” seemed unrealistically utopian. Incentives drive human behavior and competition produces better results, just ask any free market capitalist. The notion that instead of grades, students are qualitatively evaluated by their professors seemed bizarre. What if a student neglected to study areas of disinterest and missed important information? When the material involves life or death the stakes could not be higher. I explained my concern to a student there. “The motivation is exactly that, not to kill someone,” he said. He admitted that sometimes studying is difficult, but that in some senses, the freedom of the curriculum motivates him more than the traditional model of education. “If you fail, you have only yourself to blame. You are entirely responsible for your own education, and you have a huge responsibility when caring for another’s life.” He described that students learn for their futures, not for tests, and that this approach engenders a unique atmosphere of collaboration and cooperation among the students, completely opposite to the Machiavellian nature of premeds across the country. Lynda Stone, professor of philosophy of education at UNC, liked the idea of down-playing competition in school. “Given the world we live in, when things are so complex … no one can know everything. (In grad school) we learned that we had to count on each other and that we had to be supportive of each other. (Yale) wants to develop a more cooperative, collegial kind of profession and although we can’t say for sure, it might be better for patient care.” Despite my concerns, their system works exceedingly well. Yale has a history of producing leaders in medicine. How would undergraduates fare if presented with such an academic environment, where the emphasis is on cultivating critical thinking skills and independent learning; to graduate thinkers, instead of preprogrammed automata? Would the U.S. be populated with more learned thinkers, or would the educational freedom produce less erudite young adults? It’s certainly an interesting question.

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Track Perdue The governor’s new decision to make her schedules public is a step towards transparency

ov. Bev Perdue’s decision to release her schedule for the week was a responsible measure that will promote more transparency within her administration. The governor’s office will continue to release weekly updates to her schedule in an attempt to provide the public with more insight into Perdue’s work. Although the schedule does not give specific details of when and where meetings will take place, it provides a basic outline of what she plans to do for the week. If Gov. Perdue continues to

move towards a more transparent government, she will fare better than her predecessor in her relations with the public and the press. Perdue hopes to avoid the problems that marred former Gov. Mike Easley’s relationship with the media. L ast April, Easle y was embroiled in a controversy involving public records laws. Several N.C. media organizations would later file suit for this violation of public records laws. The lawsuit alleges that the former governor’s office requested the systematic

deletion of correspondence e-mails to and from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. Easley’s transparency record was less than ideal. But hopefully Perdue will not have these same problems with the public and the press. Perdue knows that she will be held accountable and understands what it means to have an open relationship with the media. Perdue should continue to take more actions to ensure that her administration will be remembered for promoting open government and fostering public participation.

Quality over quantity Reducing graduate admission levels will ensure that our Graduate School remains strong

any departments are choosing to admit fewer graduate students than normal next year because of reduced funding. This is the right course of action for the University to take. We know this is a tough pill to swallow, especially for prospective graduate students. But if admission rates stayed the same amid the imminent budget cuts, it could be unfair to current graduate students. Students who were promised a certain level of funding should not have support yanked out from under

them. That could happen if admission levels remained constant under the budget cuts. It’s more important for current students to continue to receive their stipends for living expenses and research than it is to maintain a steady admission level. And the admission reductions could even have a silver lining. Since fewer graduate students would be admitted, the departments would naturally have to become more selective and thereby more prestigious. A potential increase in pres-

tige is speculative, and as such it wouldn’t be a good reason by itself to change admission rates. But since budget cuts are upon us anyway, it follows that we should take solace in the few bright spots that the cuts might bring. It is certainly unpleasant to think of potential graduate students being turned away. But in these uncertain times, the University must look out for its current students and its reputation. And reducing graduate admission levels is one way to ensure we continue to have a strong Graduate School.

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Hiring Bain & Company is a good way to get expert advice on budget reduction

hen you’re in a jam, it never hurts to seek advice from an outside perspective. UNC officials should be applauded for their decision to enlist a firm to assist them in finding methods to reduce the University’s operational costs. The University is already examining ways to cut costs on the departmental level, but now they have hired the consulting firm Bain & Company to study ways to streamline operations. The administration’s effort to look outside its circle of experts for advice is a bold and innovative move that will hopefully help to soften the impact of funding reductions. UNC has undergone a 6 percent budget cut this year, and administrators anticipate cuts

of as much as 7 percent for the next two years. Increases in class sizes, reductions in course availability and less financial aid are just a few adjustments that are to be expected. In the wake of the budget crisis, vice chancellors and deans have examined their departments to identify feasible cuts that could be made. “What we haven’t done is take a good look at ourselves from the cross-University perspective to see if there are ways to improve operations and reduce costs,” said Chancellor Holden Thorp in a recent e-mail to the student body. T h a t ’s w h e r e B a i n & Company comes in. Bain & Company, a global business consulting firm will bring in a fresh perspective to study the University as a

whole instead of examining the operations of individual departments. Looking at the University’s expenses from a holistic angle is a great way to find innovative ways to streamline operations with the ultimate goal of reducing costs. The best part about the study is that it won’t cost the University a dime. Bain & Company’s operations will be funded by an anonymous donation made by a UNC alumnus. The University’s commitment to exploring all available options in order to reduce costs deserves to be applauded. Bringing in one of the world’s best management consultants that has a proven track record of success is a great start. Let’s hope they prove successful at UNC.

TO THE EDITOR: Tonight, close to 2,000 students will gather in Fetzer Gym for the biggest party of the year — the UNC Dance Marathon. We invite everyone to join the fun and learn more about our work in the North Carolina Children’s Hospital. To all of the students who have pledged to stand on their feet for 24 hours — not only will you be provided with a constant stream of performers, guest speakers, special activities and, of course, dance music, but we also hope you gain a better understanding of the immeasurable impact on the lives of the children and families of the North Carolina Children’s Hospital. The UNC Dance Marathon will help pay for a family’s electric bill, provide warm meals at the hospital and fund important initiatives like the hospital’s Healthy Steps Program. But the Marathon is not just for the dancers — visitors are encouraged to stop by throughout the 24 hours. The event will begin at 7 p.m. tonight in Fetzer Gym and conclude at 7 p.m. tomorrow. We look forward to rocking out with you tonight. Jenna Brooks Overall Coordinator UNC Dance Marathon

Students lacked informed debate about referendum TO THE EDITOR: The editorial board’s characterization of the opposition to the Child Care Services Fee as “patronizing” (“Release referendum results,” Feb. 18) exemplifies perfectly why the opposition is waging its ideological fight: perhaps we just want to be granted a little respect for our opinion. I regret the inability of our student body to have a sound debate about the implications of a fee referendum on “choice.” Instead of logical argumentation, I have heard insults of “patronizing,” “partisan” and “immature” directed at the minority opinion. For all of you liberals bearing your sense of entitlement, answer me this unanswered question: a referendum does not give a student choice when every person in the minority instantly has his opinion invalidated. Moreover, there is no barrier to stop every student proudly voting yes from proceeding with their contribution. Your cries of infeasibility loudly proclaim the obvious problem with your glorified student fee: it is dependent on deprivation of choice. In a free society, taxes are the people yielding a little bit of personal property in order to promote the general welfare of the whole. Rather, this fee advances the interests of a few in need, a great and important role that used to be reserved for the kind and generous private individuals. Such expansive positive action by any government is not democratic, and it by no means has anything to do with promoting choice. Can we please have this debate? Bryan Weynand Speaker Pro Tempore Student Congress

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