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Atwater faces November trial Has five federal counts against him By Max Rose City Editor

diversions | page 5 LABEL LAUNCH Paul Finn launches record label Odessa Records and prepares to release records from Kingsbury Manx and others.

A judge set a November trial date for one of the men charged with killing former Student Body President Eve Carson. The trial against Demario Atwater will begin about 11 months after he was indicted on federal charges. Prosecutors say Atwater and another man drove Carson in her car to withdraw money before shoot-

ing her in a neighborhood off East Franklin Street in March last year. Atwater was charged federally in October and prosecutors announced in January that they would seek the death penalty in that case. Cases in the district federal court system normally take about 60 days to get to the trial stage. This case is the first federal trial with the death penalty at stake in recent memory, said Lynne Klauer, spokeswoman

for the office prosecuting Atwater. “Capital cases take longer because of what’s at stake,” Klauer said. In the order issued Tuesday, the judge set a date of May 29 for scheduling proposals from the prosecution and defense. There will be a pretrial hearing June 4 in Winston-Salem. Atwater also faces state charges related to Carson’s death. The state trial will proceed after the federal case is finished. State prosecutors are also seeking the death penalty. Richard Rosen, a UNC law professor, said he expects defense attor-

neys to challenge whether Atwater’s case deserves to be in federal court. Many similar cases are not pursued at the federal level, Rosen said. “I think what’s unusual about this case is their decision to take it federal when there is a pending state case,” he said. Atwater is charged with a total of five federal counts, including three which carry the possibility of the death penalty. Lawrence Lovette, 18, is also charged by the state with killing and kidnapping Carson, but is not

facing federal charges. He cannot face the death penalty because of his age at the time of the crime. In the order Tuesday, Judge James Beaty Jr. denied a defense request to postpone the trial until January 2010. The defense asked for the delay to accommodate jurors’ holiday schedules. Both sides have indicated that they will be ready for a November trial, Beaty wrote. Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.

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university | page 3 FAST TALKING Religious studies professor Bart Ehrman is scheduled to appear on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” tonight.

Error could prove to be costly By eliza Kern

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IDOL WATCH

ANOTHER ROUND Former Clef Hanger and 2008 alum Anoop Desai scraped by another round of “American Idol.” Vote counts landed him in the bottom three, but contestant Scott MacIntyre was eliminated instead. Now Anoop is one of the final seven contestants.

NEW LEADERSHIP Student Congress elected sophomore Joe Levin-Manning the next speaker of Congress. He’s the only returning undergraduate Congress member.

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Students granted access to garden to kick off spring.

FEWER TRANSIT DEATHS Fewer people died last year in state traffic accidents.

HOTEL PROJECT NIXED

Southern Village hotel plans were dropped after protests.

this day in history APRIL 9, 1989 … Thirty-five students and faculty members marched from the Pit to South Building to advocate for an expansion of the campus childcare program.

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A BREATH OF FRESH AIR

Researcher examines air pollutants Research reveals effect of smog on lungs By JAMIE RICHARDSON Staff Writer

William Vizuete isn’t satisfied with working in a lab. He wants to see his research benefit the world. Vizuete, a researcher and professor in the Gillings School of Global Public Health, is working toward reducing the effects of air pollutants on human health. He hopes to identify the chemical reactions causing toxicity in the air, but his ultimate goal is to develop effective policy to control and reduce the sources of pollutants. “I don’t like science and chemistry for its own sake — only if I

can use science to do something I feel good about, improving public health,” Vizuete said. Vizuete knows naturally occurring chemical reactions are making air pollutants more dangerous than they would normally be. So far, his research points toward sunlight as the factor that enables this reaction. Vizuete and fellow researcher Harvey Jeffries have been using the UNC outdoor smog chamber — an air research laboratory on the roof of McGavran-Greenberg Hall — to measure the effects of air pollut-

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smog chamber

The smog chamber is on top of McGavranGreenberg Hall. The research lab is directly below it on the building’s fourth floor.

particulate matter from the smog

1 Smog emmissions are transported from the smog chamber to a lab inside the building.

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William Vizuete, assistant professor of environmental sciences and engineering at the UNC Gillings School of Public Health, works in his lab. Vizuete is leading a Gillings Innovation Lab that uses cultures of human lung tissue cells to examine the effects of air pollutants on health.

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2 A pipe from the smog chamber splits. Particulate matter enters one chamber and gas enters another. 3 Lung cells are exposed to the gas and particulate matter. 4 Lung cells are tested for inflammation and cell death.

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The University’s finance division incorrectly prepared tax forms for some graduate students, but the office has since reissued the forms so students can correct the potentially costly error before taxes are due April 15. The school distributed Internal Revenue Service documents called 1099 forms to some graduate students working as teaching assistants that incorrectly told them where to report their income on the page. These students were instructed to report their income in a way that would have taxed them at a rate more than twice what they should pay — from about 15 percent of income to about 35 percent. Janet Kelly-Scholle, director of communications in the finance division, wrote in an e-mail that the 1099 forms distributed by the University contained errors. She said the office quickly notified students and corrected its mistake. “When the error was discovered,

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Check your tax forms

Students who already filed their taxes incorrectly and want to fix them can go to IRS.gov and get an amended tax form to fill out before taxes are due April 15. The IRS also offers free tax assistance for low-income people who cannot prepare their own tax returns at the Durham Taxpayer Assistance Center. Students can call 401-0300 for more information.

Students push out owners

Police search for two kidnapping suspects

By Max Rose

By Matthew Lynley

City Editor

Assistant City Editor

In a few years, there might be little left of the old Northside. The population is aging, and many of the next generation own houses elsewhere. Student demand is increasing, driving up the price of rent and increasing the price realtors will pay. With expensive sales comes rising property taxes throughout the neighborhood. So out go the black families who nurtured a community and kept up a University, replaced by students.

then will likely sell. When longtime homeowners sell, realtors are ready to snap up properties. Developers have bought up dozens of properties, fixing them

Two people kidnapped a Chapel Hill man Tuesday morning and attempted to make him withdraw money before fleeing in his SUV. The carjacking, which law enforcement officials say is exceptionally rare, was the first in the county since Student Body President Eve Carson was kidnapped and killed last year. “It’s a federal offense because it’s so rare,” District Attorney Jim Woodall said. “I can only remember this happening three or four times in the past 10 years.” Christopher Michael Kirkley was walking home at about 2:30 a.m. when he was approached by a man who asked Kirkley to drive him and his girlfriend to a hotel, offering $40 for the ride. They were walking on North Columbia Street toward Kirkley’s apartment when the man tackled him to the ground. The man forced Kirkley to

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WHERE WE CALL HOME

A multipart series about what Orange County property tells us about the people who live here.

Aging owners, eager renters David Mason Sr. is like many of the remaining Northside homeowners. A World War II veteran and longtime Carolina Inn employee, he built his Craig Street house in 1960 with a little help from a federal housing program for veterans. The houses next door and across the street were owned by family members.

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David Mason Sr. has lived in the Northside neighborhood since 1960 but high property taxes are jeopardizing his ability to keep his home. Now 88, Mason is not getting any younger. His three living sons own their own homes and likely will never move back into the onestory brick home surrounded by a white picket fence. Mason will live in the house until he dies and he says his sons

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The suspect of a reported armed robbery and kidnapping uses a bank card at the Sun Trust bank on Dobbins Drive Tuesday night. IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION Call: Chapel Hill Police Department at 968-2760 or Crime Stoppers at 942-7515. Reward: Callers to Crime Stoppers are confidential and might be eligible for up to a $2,000 reward.

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mergency dispatchers have to field a wide range of calls. Fires, robberies, attempted assaults and car jackings can all lead to a quick 911 call from a panicked civilian urgently requesting aid. But as the police in a Texas city discovered Monday afternoon, even a severe lack of shrimp can be seen as an emergency. Police in Haltom City, Texas, released a taped 911 call Tuesday in which a woman called to report that she did not receive a sufficient amount of shrimp in her fried rice at a local restaurant. The woman, who was not identified by police, told the dispatcher to send a police officer to the restaurant to help fix the shrimp problem. She did not get a refund.

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today AIDS event: Ken Wong, director of the Face-to-Face AIDS Project, will present “From the Ashes: The Hope of Education- HIV/AIDS and Children.” Using photographs and film, Wong will tell how education improved the lives of three orphans in Malawi. Time: 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Location: Campus Y Microfinance lecture: The Carolina Microfinance Initiative will host John Hatch, the president of one of the largest and most prestigious microlending firms in the world. Time: 7 p.m. Location: Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium Forum: Join the student group

HYPE (Helping Youth by Providing Enrichment) in a forum dedicated to the state of low-income education and the achievement gap. The forum will be composed of professors, the director of a local family resource center and several students. Time: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Location: Bingham 103

Friday Artwalk: Come view local art at locations across Chapel Hill and Carrboro at this month’s 2ndFriday Artwalk. The free gallery locations can be found at www.2ndfridayartwalk.com. Time: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Location: Chapel Hill and Carrboro Film: Join filmmaker Mike O’Connell as he introduces his new documen-

tary “Mountaintop Removal,” which looks at coal mining practices in southern Appalachia. Time: 8:15 p.m. to 10 p.m. Location: Hanes Art Auditorium 121 Opening night: LAB! Theatre presents the opening of Shakespeare’s play “Much Ado About Nothing,” followed by a gala. Time: 8:15 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. Location: Center for Dramatic Art, Elizabeth Price Kenan Theatre To make a calendar submission, e-mail dthcalendar@gmail.com. Events will be published in the newspaper on either the day or the day before they take place. Submissions must be sent in by noon the preceding publication date.

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Students shouldn’t send DTH any credit card information In Wednesday’s paper, the DTH told readers interested in ordering a national championship souvenir package to e-mail their credit card number, among other information, to a DTH e-mail address or to call the office. It turns out that processing an order with credit card information sent via e-mail violates our credit card processing agreement. It’s just not secure enough. To order a national championship souvenir package, call the office at 962-1163 to order. If you get voice mail, leave your daytime phone number only, and we promise we’ll call back to take your order.

Court denies Project Dinah’s appeal against Congress In a decision released this week, the Student Supreme Court denied Project Dinah’s claim that Student Congress illegally cut the group’s funding in the annual budget last month. Dinah challenged Congress on two grounds: that it took into account the group’s outside sources of funding, which Dinah claimed to be against the Student Code, and that the rule Congress based the cut on — that it wouldn’t fund the same speaker three years in a row — was unfounded. On the first ground, the Court ruled that the rule stating that Congress should not consider outside funding is aspirational and not a hard and fast rule. On the second charge, the Court found that the rule barring Congress from funding the same speaker multiple years in a row is a self-imposed rule. The Court said electing new members is the way to change the rule. “To attempt to enjoin a representative from having particular thoughts would expose the very heights of folly,” wrote Justice Erich Fabricius for the Court.

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Sales high at Student Stores Victory $240,000 in merchandise sold Tuesday By Evan G. Marlow Staff WRiter

Large crowds have packed UNC Student Stores for the past two days as throngs of Tar Heel fans sought to commemorate Monday’s men’s basketball championship by buying tons and tons of merchandise. The store sold roughly $240,000 worth of items Tuesday, surpassing the $200,000 sold the day after UNC’s 2005 championship victory. Ben Jones, a senior who works at the store, described the crowd as “pretty insane and pretty much pandemonium.” Student Stores ordered approximately $400,000 worth of retail merchandise for Tuesday alone. “I wouldn’t be surprised if when all is said and done the sales were over $1 million,” Jones said. Shirts were the big seller, but hats, mugs, banners, bumper stickers, license plates, newspapers and anything celebrating the championship were being bought by the crowds. “ T here was a tremendous

crowd,” said Student Stores Associate Director Greg Morton. “It was steady the whole day.” Morton estimated that the store sold 13,000 shirts in the first day. “It has been all shirts, especially the Nike locker room tees,” Jones said. “We’ve been getting shipments every few hours and they’re right out the door.” Local businesses such as The Shrunken Head Boutique on East Franklin Street also had big crowds Tuesday and Wednesday. “It was wonderful, just what we wanted,” said Shelton Henderson, the store’s owner. Henderson said he had been so busy he hadn’t been able to calculate sales numbers. “We’ve sold bunches and bunches. I haven’t had time to do anything except put out merchandise,” he said. Crowds dropped off a little Wednesday at Student Stores, but there was still a steady crowd throughout the day, employees said.

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“I’m amazed it hasn’t dropped off very much from day one to day two,” Jones said. Students, parents, locals and alumni bought championship merchandise for themselves and family members. “I have to get shirts for the whole family, six total, possibly,” said Kristen Kremer, who graduated in May. The biggest issue for some was picking which shirt to get. “I really like the ones with championship years and the ones with the schedule, but it’s really hard to decide,” Kremer said. Junior Laura Cranford had a simple method for choosing what shirt she was going to get. “I just got the one I liked,” she said. But for first-year John Coe, choosing wasn’t a problem. He was just excited to get as much merchandise as possible. “I’m going to get a hat too, really want to gear up and show my Carolina pride,” Coe said.

Win likely won’t affect admissions By Leah Hughes Staff WRITER

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Tar Heel basketball fans brave the crowds at Student Stores to Contact the University Editor purchase national championship at udesk@unc.edu. T-shirts and other merchandise.

UNC admissions department needs summer ambassadors The admissions office is seeking applications to be a summer ambassador, anticipating a shortage. Ambassadors are responsible for representing the University to prospective students through tours, panels and events. Applications are due by 5 p.m. April 17. E-mail toursdesk@admissions.unc.edu for a copy of the application and to ask any questions.

City briefs

Officials voice concerns on Carolina North agreement Chapel Hill officials raised concerns Wednesday with how housing, land usage and transportation are addressed in the first draft of an agreement that will guide development of Carolina North. While Chapel Hill Town Council members said that they thought the draft had a lot of substance to it, they made several changes that will be proposed to University trustees at an April 22 joint work session. University and town officials are attempting to negotiate details of 133 acres of the campus in time for a June deadline. See City News at www.dailytarheel.com for the full story.

Raccoon tests positive for rabies in Orange County A raccoon tested positive for rabies Wednesday, according to Orange County Animal Services. A resident shot the raccoon Friday after the raccoon fell out of a tree at an Orange County residence. The resident’s three dogs were in contact with the animal. Two were not vaccinated against rabies, and the other did not receive a rabies booster vaccine within 72 hours of exposure. A decision will have to be made by the owners as to whether to quarantine the three dogs at a veterinarian’s office for a period of 6 months or to have them humanely euthanized.

Sports briefs

Obama thanks Roy Williams for ‘vindicating’ NCAA pick President Barack Obama called North Carolina coach Roy Williams on Tuesday to congratulate him on the Tar Heels’ win against Michigan State in the NCAA national championship game in Detroit. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs released a read-out on the phone call. “The president offered coach Williams his congratulations and thanked him and his team for vindicating him in front of the entire country,” the release states. “The president told him he’d done a great job and asked the coach to tell the players how proud he was of them and that he looked forward to seeing them at the White House soon.”

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(Above) James De La Vega, a New York City artist, writes his philosophies in the Pit on Wednesday afternoon. His aim is to deliver messages that adhere to his “become your dream” concept. (Below) Senior Audra Pratt draws an umbrella in the Pit at the CUAB sponsored workshop led by De La Vega. Pratt said she loved the idea of art that “engages communities” and is “approachable to people.”

TALKING WITH CHALK Artist, CUAB inspire with slogans, sketches by anna claire eddington Staff Writer

The cool breeze that blew through Polk Place on Wednesday did nothing to extinguish the creative spark of UNC students. In fact, it served as inspiration for painting and drawing scenes that jumped out at passers-by. Dozens of students joined New York City street artist James De La Vega for a day of artistic exploration throughout campus. The artist — known as “the Sidewalk Philosopher” for his murals and graffiti throughout New York City — was asked by the Carolina Union Activities Board to inspire creativity among the student body. De La Vega chalked up the campus with uplifting and thought-provoking messages and pictures — and then set up a makeshift studio in Polk Place and the Pit for students to express themselves through art. “These messages are inspirational and very universal,” De La Vega said. “They’re as meaningful to a fourth grader as they are to a college student. I think that’s their power.”

Students created dozens of different pieces, ranging from messages of peace and love to abstract paintings with windy landscapes. Junior communication studies major Amanda Kao is the president-elect of CUAB. She said De La Vega’s inspirational style transformed the campus Wednesday. “He drew on the canvases and told us to just breathe life into it,” Kao said. “He didn’t want us to follow the lines, he wanted us to see the art as our own.” De La Vega’s messages stem from his own personal mantra — “become your dream.” He said he believes having an outlet for expression is important because it can unify even the most diverse audience. “This stuff breaks class and ethnic boundaries,” he said. “It’s an art that brings people into a similar experience, but what you do with that is up to you. It’s important because it connects, where much of society divides.” Sophomore international studies major Katie Cox watched her friends decorate the Pit before joining in. She said that this type of

While less prominent universities have seen a surge in applications after major athletic victories, UNC officials do not expect the hype from the men’s basketball national championship to greatly affect potential student interest. UNC’s history of national prominence — in both athletics and academics — subdues an immediate increase in attention. “There are a lot of reasons to celebrate what happened, but I’m not looking to a national championship to change the landscape of admissions,” said Steve Farmer, director of admissions. Events that gain widespread recognition, such as national championships, have a larger impact on admissions at smaller, lesserknown schools. “Winning a national championship in men’s basketball certainly contributes to our reputation but not as much as for a school that was more obscure,” said Steven Reznick, co-chairman of the enrollment excellence task force. Appalachian State University won the national championship in football three out of the last four years, which attracted public attention. Last year, after ASU’s third national football championship and a win against football powerhouse University of Michigan, applications increased about 20 percent, said Paul Hiatt, ASU’s director of admissions. “The Michigan victory probably had as much to do with people becoming more familiar with Appalachian as any other one particular event has,” Hiatt said. But when a university gains national attention because of sporting accomplishments, the institution must have other strong credentials to make it worth a second look from potential students. “When we had a Michigan victory or when we win a national championship in football, that causes people to take a closer look,” Hiatt said. After past national championships, UNC’s undergraduate applications have increased, but Farmer said the increases have multiple causes and likely aren’t just caused by the win. UNC’s undergraduate applications increased about 8 percent this year, totaling more than 23,000 applications, Farmer said. “I just don’t think high school students make their decisions about where to enroll based on a national championship,” he said. “That’s not to say it won’t have some impact.”

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activity is a key component of UNC. “I like that they are promoting public art in a way that is participatory because it’s what’s beautiful about Carolina,” she said. “Everyone can own a piece of the Pit and still share it at the same time.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.

The number of first-year applications received in the years surrounding the last two NCAA championships in men’s basketball. 1992: 16,136 1993: 14,596 1994: 15,125* 2004: 18,850 2005: 18,414 2006: 19,728* 2007: 20,090 *Year after a championship win

Congress elects new leaders Religion prof to talk Members strive for transparency

The next Student Congress Speaker

BY JAMES WALLACE Staff Writer

A lot of new faces filled the room Wednesday night when the 91st Student Congress met for the first time to elect key leadership officials for the upcoming year. Congress is only returning four members from last year, which leaves the door wide open for firsttime members to get involved. Sophomore Joe Levin-Manning, the only returning undergraduate representative, was elected Congress speaker on a platform of change in a 19-14 split decision over fellow sophomore Maggie Zhou. “The reason I’m doing this is for the students,” Levin-Manning said regarding his bid for speaker. “I —From staff and wire reports really care about the students.”

Name: Joe Levin-Manning Year: Sophomore Major: Russian and Eastern European Studies At the top of Levin-Manning’s list is making the meetings and decisions of Congress more transparent to students. “One thing I want to do is bring back the Student Code,” he said. “Last year we kind of deviated from that, and for the coming year we need to make sure the Code is clear and understandable for everyone.”

Only returning undergraduate Congress member. Student Congress finance committee vice chairman 2008-09. Member of J.J. Raynor’s student body president campaign. Member of Phi Mu Alpha music fraternity. Will be resident adviser next year. The Code is a set of explicit instructions and procedures for how things happen within student government. From the meeting, it was apparent that both new and returning members were struggling to fully comprehend the 163 pages of rules

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with Stephen Colbert New book is the topic of discussion BY Hillary Rose Owens

WATCH THE COLBERT REPORT Time: 11:30 p.m. today TV: Comedy Central; channel 36 on Time Warner cable, channel 15 on campus

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UNC’s Bart Ehrman is known for his wit. That’ll make him a good match for the sarcastic Stephen Colbert, host of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report.” Colbert will question Ehrman, a professor of religious studies, tonight about the findings in his new book, “Jesus, Interrupted.” The book discusses what Ehrman sees as discrepancies and contradictions found in the New Testament. The material is similar to what he teaches in Introduction to New Testament Literature, but the book is written for a general audience.

First-year student Judson Van Wyk said he plans on watching his professor on the popular Comedy Central show and believes Ehrman will be able to keep up with Colbert’s sense of humor. “I think Ehrman is intelligent enough and sarcastic enough that he will actually hold his own with Colbert,” he said. “It will be interesting to watch.” Although the book is a result of 30 years of research, Ehrman said it only took him two weeks to write it.

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National and World News Americans retake Poll shows more Americans think the hijacked U.S. ship economy is becoming more stable WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT) — The American crew of a hijacked U.S.-flagged ship retook control of the vessel from Somali pirates Wednesday. Its captain is being held hostage, according to the freighter’s second officer. U.S. officials said an American warship and a half dozen other ships were headed to the scene. The vessel, which had about 20 U.S. nationals on board, was hijacked about 280 miles off the shore of Africa.

WASHINGTON D.C. (MCT) — Slightly more than half of Americans think the sickly U.S. economy has stabilized, and almost three in every four think it will take longer than six months for a massive economic stimulus program to be felt, an Ipsos-McClatchy tracking poll showed Wednesday. Results from both polls are sure to be welcome news to President Barack Obama and his Treasury Department, which has spent the past two months

Jackson subject Obama pushes Iran negotiations of ethics probe WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT) — The Obama administration stepped up its efforts Wednesday to engage Iran, saying it would permanently join European allies and Russia in negotiations with Tehran on its nuclear program, a departure from former President George W. Bush’s policy. The administration is dispatching special envoy Dennis Ross to confer with Persian Gulf states on an approach to Iran that might include a U.S. offer of one-on-one talks.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT) — Congressional ethics officials are investigating Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s actions in connection with Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s alleged attempt to sell the U.S. Senate seat left open by Barack Obama’s election to the presidency, the congressman confirmed Wednesday. Days after Blagojevich’s arrest in December, the Chicago Tribune reported that some businessmen had discussed donating to the governor to aid Jackson’s Senate bid.

working round the clock in an effort to reverse the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. The Ipsos-McClatchy tracking poll found that 52 percent of Americans now think the U.S. economy has stabilized. That’s well up from the 35 percent who felt that just four weeks earlier. Only one in three Americans thought the worst of the economic crisis is still to come, compared to 57 percent last month.

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By the time North Carolina starting pitcher Jimmy Messer reached the second inning against Richmond on Wednesday, his Tar Heels already were sporting a 3-0 lead. And despite a big Spiders sixth inning and threat in the ninth, UNC held on to win 12-8. “We needed every run tonight,” coach Mike Fox said. “We stepped up there, and Mark (Fleury) got a couple big hits and (Dustin Ackley) as well. We needed every run we had.” UNC third baseman Kyle Seager picked up where he left off Tuesday, registering three RBIs and two runs on three hits, the first of which was a two-RBI double that plated UNC’s second and third runs in the first inning. But Seager wasn’t the only Tar Heel to reach base on multiple occasions — eight did. Taking a break from his catching duties, Fleury got his at-bats as UNC’s DH and compiled one of the most impressive of the Tar Heel stat lines, going 2-for-3 with two doubles, two walks, two RBIs and two runs. But Fleury was quick to credit the performance of his teammates, specifically those who got on base ahead of him. “It relaxes you more. It makes the pitcher concentrate not only on you, but the guy on base,” Fleury said. “I think every time up, I had a guy in scoring position. So it definitely makes hitting a little bit easier.” While Seager, Fleury and the rest of the Tar Heels were rocking the Richmond pitching staff, Messer stayed in control. For five frames, the freshman pitched scoreless ball. In that same span, a trio of Spiders pitchers prevented UNC from scoring in just one of those innings. “I struggled early on this season, so going out there and throwing like that, it feels really good,” Messer said. “I’m starting to get back into a rhythm. I’ve still got a lot of work to do, though.” After shattering his career-long

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Garrett Gore was one of nine Tar Heels to register at least one hit in Wednesday’s matchup with Richmond, which UNC led 12-0 in the fifth. outing of one and a third innings, Messer got worked for six Spider runs (three earned) in the sixth, eventually getting pulled in favor of Logan Munson. But Fox couldn’t have been prouder of his rookie hurler after the game. “I thought the story line was Jimmy Messer giving us a sixinning start because we had three pitchers available for tonight, and that was it,” Fox said. “We were like, ‘Gosh, we really need him to give us five or six innings,’ or we’d have been scrambling there at the end.” Saturday was a homecoming of sorts for two Richmond relievers as former Tar Heels Brian Farrell and Jared Bard toed the rubber for the Spiders.

In that return, UNC tattooed the duo for six runs in just an inning and two-thirds of work. “It’s bittersweet because both of those guys are great friends,” Fleury said. “But when it comes down to it, it’s baseball, and you’ve got to put friendships aside.” UNC gets one day off before heading to Tallahassee, Fla., for a three-game series with ACC foe Florida State. “They’re a good club,” Fleury said. “It’s going to be a crazy atmosphere, ‘The Animals of Section Nine,’ I think is what they’re called. It’s going to be wild, and it’s going to be fun.” Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.

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t took a while to get Paul Finn on the telephone. He’s been run ragged the past few weeks, tying together loose ends for the coming-out party for his new label, Odessa Records, finalizing the latest release for his band The Kingsbury Manx and working a full-time job. While commendable, the story of an overextended, thinly-stretched artist doesn’t really set him apart. His insistence that this is the right time to start a record label is curious, though. “In a sense it’s not the right time at all,” he said. “But it felt like it to me.” Eyeing his mid-30s, after having played in bands and working at record labels for years, Finn said that in October of last year, he came to the conclusion that it was now or never if he wanted to pursue the dream he’s long held. “There are so many good bands in this area, and I’ve been such a fan and just felt like I could count out a list of bands with records that needed to be put out,” he said. “I wanted that to be my role.” The first two bands he targeted for Odessa Records were Impossible Arms and Americans in France. The fact that he’ll be putting out the new Kingsbury Manx record was more of an afterthought than a starting point. “I just like those records so much,” Finn said of Americans in France and Impossible Arms’ records. “I knew I could do this and that these records were ready to go. It started out as a small idea, then it blossomed.” Part of that growth comes from the decision to put out the latest Kingsbury Manx record. Adding an already established band to a fledgling label helped Finn get things off to a running start. “It’s not like the Manx are huge, but we’ve been around,” he said. “People know the name. I hope that changes over time, but having the Manx as the first release, I understand the value of that.” But as he repeated many times, Odessa is in no way a record label created to release Kingsbury Manx records. As we talked, he tried to distance himself constantly, even going so far as to refer to his band exclusively as “The Manx” as if he wasn’t a member. For these

purposes, it seems like he’s been able to completely separate his own band’s interests from those of his business. “I didn’t feel like it was my place to put out our record,” Finn said. “I didn’t want to cross interest too much.” When those two parts of Finn’s world did cross, he’s had to reconcile all of the responsibilities that go with both of his time-consuming obligations. “It’s getting pretty tough to schedule band practice,” he said. While he works, Finn never lets the reports of the impending demise of the recording industry creep into his head. “It’s hard for everybody,” he said. “Everybody is vying for the same retail space. I think we’ll bounce back. The reports of it being over are exaggerated.” Although the label is in its infant stages, Finn has no plans to cut back on services to artists. “I just want these bands to get a fair shake that any other label would give to their bands,” he said. “I do have other people I’m working with, people I know and trust. It all fits together like a puzzle. All cylinders need to be firing to get a record put out.” Those pieces include securing distribution, promotion and the act of getting albums pressed. It can be overwhelming, but Finn said every now and then he’ll get a call or an e-mail reminding him that it’s all worth it. He brightened his tone as he told the story of a man who sent an e-mail from Norway hoping to secure a copy of the new Kingsbury Manx record, willing to play the $12 shipping fees — the same price as the actual album. “That guy is paying $25 for a record,” Finn said. “That goes against all the things we’re hearing. In that sense, we’re going to be OK. That was a very happy day.” Finn looks forward to another one of those Friday nights when the community is officially introduced to Odessa Records, a label taking its baby steps, with hyper-realistic goals set firm. “My expectations aren’t to s e l l a m i l l i o n r e c o r d s ,” h e s a i d . “I just want to get the bands out there and have some modest success. I’m not looking to break any records. If people are listening who may not have heard this music otherwise, then it’s a success.”

(Above) Casey Cook, drummer for Americans in France. The band will release its debut on Odessa Records. (Below Left to Right) More Americans in France, and the three albums that make up Odessa’s first crop.

(Left) Paul Finn stands front and center with his bandmates in Kingsbury Manx. (Below) Impossible Arms rests up before Friday’s release for their debut album, which will be celebrated Friday.

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Pomegranates is a band that knows how to have fun and knows how to make sure their infectiousness catches on immediately. As singer Joey Cook issues the call to attention, “Everybody Come Outside,” to open the band’s sophomore LP of the same name, it’s exceedingly clear what you’re in for. Bouncing, shouting and weaving through 11 tracks, Everybody Come Outside is a step forward in size and scope for the band, which released its first record just last year. While the group’s first album, Everything Is Alive, boasts more big-time hooks, it also has plenty of gimmick tracks that detracted from the cohesiveness of the entire album. To point, there are three tracks on Everything Is Alive that I return to quite regularly, usually avoiding the others. T h a t i s n’ t a p r o b l e m o n Everybody Come Outside. It all works together, building on itself. And the songs are strong on their own. There are no gimmicks here. They’re fun but never silly. The album will move you physically, but never even pretends to move you emotionally. All that, and I never met a shoutalong chorus I didn’t like.

The best songs on The Veils’ third album, Sun Gangs, are the simplest. Songs that consist of just lead singer Finn Andrews’ vocals and a single piano for accompaniment, such as “Begin Again,” highlight the sophistication of Andrews’ songwriting. It is Andrews’ versatility as a songwriter that carries the album. He is able to produce lyrics that range from gloomy resignation (“Sun Gangs”) to fantastically surreal (“Scarecrow”), and the album becomes more a showcase of the breadth of Andrews’ songwriting skills than a work with a central creative theme. There is not one specific sound to the album either. “Killed by the Boom” is fastpaced to the point of frenzy, and the energy that explodes from these songs is a sharp contrast from the simple, controlled piano melodies also included on the album. The most memorable song on the album, however, is also the most unique. “The House She Lived In” is an upbeat song carried by a doo-wop chord progression that is not incorporated into any other song on the album. Lyrically, it contains a narrative structure reminiscent of 1960s pop songs such as “Last Kiss” by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers (and later covered by Pearl Jam). In the song, the tale of a suicidal woman is paired with an upbeat melody. The juxtaposition of the tragic lyrics and optimistic tune is disturbing, and the result is jarring to the listener. Sun Gangs is not an immediately enjoyable album. It takes a few listens to fully appreciate, but paying more attention to the lyrics will certainly make the experience more enjoyable.

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I listened to Inside Your Guitar twice. The second time was because I forgot I had already listened to it. All the It Hugs Back debut album provides its listener with is redelivered, softly-vocalized, guitar-strummed pop that seemingly ends before it begins, mainly because the music plays on without any defining moments to draw the attention of an ear. Musically, the 11 tracks are agreeable but not noteworthy. An occasional organ pops up to add some flair, but a needed energy seems to have been sucked from the depths of the recording and has left the playback flat. Lyrically, Matt Simms is particularly wistful on some songs and on others painfully candid, exposing little secrets that you never really asked to hear. The album moves from fantasy to candor and it’s sometimes hard to tell when that shift occurs. Inside Your Guitar really isn’t bad, but nothing presents itself as replay material. A listen to the track “Now & Again” would give you the general essence of the album and save you about 35 minutes of something you’ll probably forget.

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Paleface has sound but no songs By Jordan Lawrence

jams. Not to mention the fact that the lyrics are just awful. “I should be singing songs, getting gone, oh man, it won’t be long,” he sings, simplifying the good-old-fashioned vagabond spirit of great folk music to the point that it comes off as a stupid hippie pipe dream. And thanks to the ridiculously catchy arrangement, the bland lines still drill their way into the head, leaving them there to cause cringe after cringe. It’s a trait that rears its ugly head on most of the album, where the arrangements are so good that they only make the effect of the lackluster songwriting that much worse. Out of the album’s 11 songs there is only one truly untarnished bright spot. And though that’s not much for a full-length, the song is still good enough to deserve a mention. On “Hold Your Own,” Paleface tones down his often oppressive rasp to deliver a short, repeated set of lines that perfectly expresses the frustration of having other people think they know what’s best for you. “Ain’t no one laughing, and they’re lining up to wish you luck or say, ‘if you don’t want it why not give it up,’” he sings, summing up

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Though the phrase often gets more credence than it should, presentation isn’t everything. Anyone who’s ever gotten a welllaid-out plate of food only to find that the combination of spices is revolting knows this. And unfortunately for those who get sucked in, the newest release from Concord’s Paleface conjures up the same feeling as one of these bait-and-switch dinner plates. Thanks to help from a great cast of players that includes Seth Avett of label mates the Avett Brothers, the singer-songwriter and his drummer/constant sidekick Monica Samalot create beautifully entrancing, if slightly staid, folk arrangements. For the first few seconds of the album-opening title track, the catchy music makes you think you might actually be in for a good ride. The feeling wears off fast. Ragtime piano and an infectious bass line cavort and dance with the kind of fun only brought on by the very best hoedowns. But Paleface ruins the song with a gravelly voice that’s not suited for such country

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the way in which people often give hypocritical and unwanted advice. Unfortunately the good feelings this gem creates don’t last long, as what follows is possibly the record’s worst song. On “Raise the Glass,” an overly dramatic fiddle party wails annoyingly in the background as Paleface tritely faces the passage of time with lines such as, “So raise up your glass for everything past. Now that it’s gone it don’t seem that long.” We get it. Time passes. It’s not really a revelation at this point. But after listening to this mindless blather, you might want to take his suggestion and get a drink. Crappy food is crappy food, and crappy songwriting is crappy songwriting. And when either is bad enough, there’s not a garnish or a guitar part good enough to save it. Because when you get down to actually consuming it, the product has to be good. And to put it bluntly, these songs are awful. So hopefully next time out,

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if the town can do anything else to help longtime homeowners. Empowerment has moved in the last two or three years from attempting to provide home ownership to renting at affordable rates. Bailey advocates for more, including taxing realtors differently than homeowners. But the shift from black homeowners to white students doesn’t worry Patmore, who rents to whoever can afford the $600 each month. “There’s nothing I can do about that,” he said. “It is what it is.” Most residents say they see the neighborhood moving toward being all white and student-occupied in the next decades. But many say they will remain until death. “We were taught that your land was what gave you ownership,” Bailey said. “Do we have to give it up because growth needs to happen?” Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.

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ants on human lung cells. The smog chamber is the only model of its kind in the U.S., and was developed at UNC about 40 years ago. Vizuete and Jeffries discovered diesel engine emissions that had been aged in sunlight became up to 10 times more harmful than the original emissions. But Vizuete said it’s an open question how the more harmful products affect human health overall. “Our hypothesis is that it’s not just the pollutant that’s causing the deaths — it’s the atmospheric chemical products,” he said. “So we’re now trying to isolate the magic species causing that increase in toxicity.” In addition to finding this reactant, he is also trying to create a more usable tool to measure air quality. Vizuete uses a device called a biosensor to measure the effects that pollutants have on people’s lung cells. Now he wants to develop a portable tool, similar to the biosensor, to measure air quality and toxicity. Having this mechanism would allow him to measure air quality in cities and its effects on people. And when the element causing the chemical reaction is determined, this new biosensor can be used to help the public. “The idea is to identify, and then I can build and incorporate that chemistry going on into an air quality model,” Vizuete said. “Then we can predict and make

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drive in his Ford Explorer to an ATM at the Sun Trust bank on Dobbins Drive. The man talked about the game, while the woman said little. “He’s a pretty stupid guy. He said he was already a convicted felon,” Kirkley said in an interview. After Kirkley tried his PIN twice, the man became nervous and shaky, threatening him. “It was taking a while,” he said. The man then forced Kirkley to the ground, taking his wallet, phone and keys before driving off toward Durham in the Explorer.

there was a problem, so they went “If any of these graduate stuback and corrected all of the 1099s dents had to pay a large tax, they so the new form had that income need to go back and look at their in box number three where it was forms,” McMurray said. supposed to be.” McMurray said the issue still Contact the University Editor could present a problem for some at udesk@unc.edu. graduate students who might have already filed their taxes. “Some people had already done their taxes, so they had paid this humongous tax that they actually didn’t have to pay,” he said. Other students might not have • Day Spa Atmosphere read the message about the cor• Brand New Ultra High Pressure Beds rected forms. • Medium Pressure Bed and Booths “For some of them, it could prob• Customized Sunless Airbrush Tanning ably amount to someplace between • Open 7 Days a Week $1,500 and $4,000. It’s a big dif• UNC Students show your ference,” McMurray said. UNC ID for a discount Because tax forms are not due until April 15, students still have April Special to submit an amended tax form, which they can find on the IRS Web site.

“What excites me most about my research is that I am doing something that makes a real impact on society.” WILLIAM VIZUETE, RESEARCHER AT GILLINGS SCHOOL OF GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH effective targeted control strategies that will affect the everyday person who breathes in these pollutants.” The smog project has also drawn attention from the Environmental Protection Agency, which has chosen to collaborate with Vizuete. The EPA will soon provide mice to test the cardiovascular effects of emissions aged in the smog chamber. Results of Vizuete’s past research projects have been used to provide policymakers with advice. The results of his dissertation involving atmospheric chemistry and regional ozone formation were incorporated into a plan to improve Texas air quality to meet federal ozone standards in Houston. “What excites me most about my research is that I am doing something that makes a real impact on society,” he said. “I’ve seen the results of research be incorporated, and that’s the most satisfying.” Vizuete is also involved with air quality research in the United Arab Emirates. In lieu of its own facilities and researchers, the United Arab Emirates has signed a contract with researchers from the school of public health to assess the impact of its poor air quality on its citizens’ health. Vizuete works with an outdoor air quality team in this project. Residents near the incident were frightened but not surprised. “It’s always upsetting when something like this happens, but it’s foolish to think that it doesn’t happen,” said Andrea Parthemone, who lives on North Columbia Street. “I lock my doors, and I still feel pretty safe.” Police expect they will receive information about the suspect after circulating a picture from the ATM. “The police said they already got a lot of tips and they might already know who the guy is,” Kirkley said. Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.

They are exploring pollutant sources and transportation in the country, and hope to apply their findings to decrease exposure and create a public health plan. Vizuete’s research at UNC is funded by the Gillings Innovation Labs and is being conducted through collaboration between the school of public health and the UNC School of Medicine. The funding is $300,000 for two years, which began July 1, 2008 and is slated to end on July 1, 2010. Besides his research, Vizuete also has a passion for jazz. Vizuete has been a radio disc jockey since 1995, and currently hosts “Jazz Incognito” for WCOM 103.5 in Carrboro. He cites jazz as an inspiration for his work in the lab. “I’m always striving to give examples of improvisation in music and show an appreciation for the experimental,” he said. “I’m interested in innovation in jazz and science. Attacking a problem in a new way adds something unique that moves the field in a whole new direction. That reflects my need and desire to move the community ahead.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. . g Jr. Blvd

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corrected 1099s were reissued to all affected students. “The corrected 1099s clearly stated they were corrected versions and were distributed approximately three weeks ago,” she wrote. Robert McMurray, an exercise and sport science professor whose son, Matthew, is a graduate student in psychology, said he became aware of the finance department’s error when he was reading over Matthew’s 1099 form. He said the form instructed Matthew to report his income in the wrong box. Robert McMurray contacted personnel in the finance division, who worked with him to fix the error. For graduate students who already do not receive large salaries, such a high tax rate could be costly. “For these kids who are earning 15 to 25 thousand dollars a year, getting taxed at 35 percent is just insane,” he said. “The University recognized that

Chapel Hill has little time left to alter the future of Northside. Should a neighborhood be allowed to die, a casualty to surrounding markets and increased demand? Or is there something worth saving, a middle class neighborhood next to a university that needs janitors and chefs? The town voted in 2004 to create a neighborhood conservation district, which regulates building heights and forbids building duplexes in Northside. It’s unclear

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ers, many times without knowing their neighbors. “When I was coming up, we had neighbors,” said David Mason Jr., 66. “Now, what you have is simply people living next door to each other.” The impact isn’t just on the neighborhood’s atmosphere. When a neighboring house is bought, property taxes rise for the longtime residents. Clementine Self, who grew up in the neighborhood, says she pays from $3,000 to $4,000 per year in taxes for her Broad Street home. Self says she and her neighbors get letters weekly asking to buy the property. The homeowners then face a choice: sell their homes or pay increasingly unaffordable taxes. “They weren’t kicked out. It just was a natural evolution of an area,” said Doug Eyer, professor emeritus at the department of geography, who is finishing a book about Chapel Hill. “The whites have had the money that the blacks haven’t had.”

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GameStop comes to Franklin Local business owners’ opinions vary By Kathryn Koesy

Street shoppers for a little more than a year, said they would rather see a non-franchise, local business. “We value creativity that enriches your life and community,” said Green, design director for Toots & Magoo. “GameStop does not, in the grand scheme of things, offer that for the community.” Ray Martinique, a UNC alumnus and Chapel Hill resident, said the store will see a lot of business because students of all ages would rather shop on Franklin Street than go to University Mall. Chris Zimmerman, a sophomore, said he already has a GameStop membership card and plays his PS3 all the time. “Of course I plan on going there,” he said. GameStop will hold a job fair Saturday at the Franklin Street location to inform the public of potential hiring opportunities.

GameStop is opening its doors on Franklin Street today to mixed reviews from its neighboring business owners and customers. Local retailers say the video game franchise will bring diversity to Franklin Street. But some say that Franklin Street needs to draw more community oriented stores. GameStop is a national franchise based in Grapevine, Texas, that buys and sells new and used video games. The corporation now has two locations in Chapel Hill, one on Franklin Street and another in University Mall. “It kind of diversifies Franklin Street,” said Hannah Smith, an assistant manager at Light Years. Because no other stores on Franklin Street sell video games, Smith said, there is a market for the business.

“More people will now come here because there are more places to go.” But not all local business owners share Smith’s sentiments. There is a trend towards more chain stores and restaurants, which replace local stores. Cheryle Jernigan-Wicker and Chloë Green, a mother-daughter pair that owns Toots & Magoo, a local arts and antiques gallery, said they would rather see the space be used for a dry cleaner or a grocery store. “ The real question here is how is GameStop going to help our community,” said JerniganWicker. The space next to GameStop has for some time been planned as a future site of Walgreens, but officials have said plans were delayed due to the economic climate. Jernigan-Wicker and Green, who have been serving Franklin

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they must follow. First-year Dakota Williams was elected as speaker pro tem, a position that serves as a connection between the speaker and the representatives and their constituencies. Other members elected include graduate student Mark Lachiewicz as ethics committee chairman, first-year Zach Dexter as finance committee chairman, first-year Deanna Santoro as rules and judiciary committee chairwoman and first-year Zach Cobb as student affairs committee chairman. The desire for change doesn’t stop at the top, either. Many other members let their concerns be heard loud and clear. “I think like a lot of people are coming in feeling that Student Congress isn’t communicating enough,” said first-year Russell Martin. “There’s not a great deal of understanding about what Student Congress does.” There’s no notion that this is going to be an easy transition. “This coming year will be more work as far as catching members up,” Zhou said.

He said the UNC admissions department was cheering as loud as anyone during the game, but they will not rely on the recognition from the championship. “We’re not looking to the team to carry our water for us,” he said. stephen farmer, director of “We have to recruit students in our admissions own right.” “For a long time, successful athBut national championships do reflect continuously good measures of letic teams have been a part of our success that students look for at uni- portfolio,” he said. “It’s consistent of versities. Reznick said UNC’s excep- what students expect of us.” tional athletic programs fall in line Contact the University Editor with outstanding education opporat udesk@unc.edu. tunities and a beautiful campus.

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“I write very fast,” he said. “Once I start, I just write.” And Ehrman said while it is great publicity, the interview will be difficult. “It’s a different kind of interview experience because he’s so quick-minded,” he said. “He usually doesn’t let the other person talk.” Ehrman has appeared on the show once before and was tested by Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show” in 2006 after another one of his books — “Misquoting Jesus,” which explores possible mistranslations in the Bible — was published. Ehrman said you can never tell

what to expect from Colbert, and even the producers don’t know. “I’m as ready as I can possibly be,” he said. “But you’ll never know till it is over.” Jodi Magness, a professor in the department of religious studies, said she believes her colleague will do wonderfully since he is both smart and articulate. She said Ehrman is able to explain his viewpoint in writ-

“It’s a different kind of interview experience because he’s so quick-minded — he ... doesn’t let the other person talk.” BART EHRMAN, PROFESSOR ing in an interesting, clear and engaging manner. “He does really well in those sort of situations where you have to think quickly,” she said. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.

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Student Stores influx After the basketball win on Monday, Tar Heels fans flock to Student Stores. See pg. 3 for story.

GameStop opening Local businesses speak about the new video game store on Franklin Street. See pg. 11 for story.

Professor on TV A UNC professor will be a special guest on “The Colbert Report” tonight. See pg. 3 for story.

Undergraduate admissions Despite the championship win, admissions applications will likely remain steady. See pg. 3 for story.

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The Daily Tar Heel QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“There are a lot of reasons to celebrate …, but I’m not looking to the national championship to change the landscape of admissions.” steve farmer, Director of admissions

Featured online reader comment:

“Hopefully sooner than later, all you stupid people out there will realize that everything kills you.”

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— on letter to the editor “when smoking, think of your future quality of life”

We need your help to improve the DTH With all of the hubbub over the Tar Heels’ championship, it’s hard to be thinking about next year. But we want to continue to improve and make The Daily Tar Heel the best possible resource for you, our readers. The planning starts now. Editor-inThere are chief select quite a few opportunities for you to be involved in next year’s paper. Some are long-standing traditions. Others are new ways for you to get your voice heard. The bottom line: We need your help to make us the best we can be. First is a position the DTH has had for years — the public editor. This year, you’ve seen Eric Johnson use this space to help present reader opinions and show the DTH where it has fallen short. If you find yourself wondering why we wrote (or didn’t write) a story, talking with your friends about what you’d want to see in the DTH or picking up your pen to write a letter to the editor, this job could be a good fit for you. The public editor’s main role is to serve as the voice of the community and keep tabs on how readers view the DTH. Though we will always have an open-door policy, the public editor can serve as the face of the community. As the public editor, you’ll want to be talking to people around the Pit, finding out what people want to read and showing us where we can be doing better. The public editor gets pretty free reign over this space every two weeks to explain to readers why and how coverage decisions were made and to identify shortcomings in the DTH’s work. Public editor applications are available at the DTH office in Suite 104 of the Student Union and online at dailytarheel.com under “About Us.” The next two roles are new opportunities for you to be directly involved without giving up too much free time. If you go back a few years in the DTH archives, you’ll see that we used to have something called a Community Feedback Board. Next year, we’re going to revive it. The board will be made up of a wide variety of people who will meet regularly to critique the DTH and to provide feedback on all aspects of the paper. We need students, faculty, staff and community members. There’s not going to be a formal application process, and all the meetings will be open to anyone. But if you’re interested in bringing this board to life, please let me know. My e-mail address is at the top of this column. The last is something I’m really excited about — an Innovation Team. This will be a team of technology-minded news junkies and news-minded computer people that will develop a new means of interaction on our Web site and come up with ideas to anticipate audience needs. Through weekly meetings, we’ll put the DTH on the forefront of reinventing journalism and making our Web site the best source of UNC, Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Orange County news on the Internet. Team members will get to show off their work through blog posts and will actively solicit user input. With your help, we can make The Daily Tar Heel as successful and fun to watch as Roy’s boys.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Registration improvements not fairly reflected in DTH

Tutu’s viewpoint welcome Keep political ties away from academic perspectives

NC and Michigan State squared off against each other in Monday night’s thrilling NCAA National Championship game. Now, both schools are under fire for selecting Archbishop Desmond Tutu to speak at their commencement ceremonies. The Anti-Defamation League sent a letter to UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp calling Tutu a “poor choice.” The letter urged the University to rescind Tutu’s invitation unless he repudiates his support for an academic and cultural boycott of Israel, which the letter claims is “based on ideas that are anti-Semitic.” UNC has yet to respond to the letter, but plans to shortly. We trust the University will do the right thing — politely rebuff the organization’s request and reiterate the class

of 2009’s fortune at having a legendary advocate for democracy and human rights, not to mention a Nobel laureate, speak at their graduation. This case represents the unfortunate incursion of politics into the academic realm. Earlier this year, the selection of former Attorne y General Michael Mukasey as law school commencement speaker provoked considerable outrage due to his role in the Bush Administration. Such affiliations should not be a decisive factor when selecting a commencement speaker. Sure, Tutu’s support of an academic boycott of Israel is yet another lamentable example of politics taking undue precedence over academics. In fact, UNC was one of 200 U.S. colleges and universities

to issue statements against academic boycotts. But denying Tutu the right to speak on such grounds would be an academic boycott in its own right — politically motivated censorship at its worst. Equating Tutu’s criticism of Israeli policy to anti-Semitism is an outrageous accusation. Does harshly criticizing President Barack Obama’s policies make someone antiAmerican or a racist? Of course not. Tu t u w a s s e l e c t e d i n September by a campus committee of UNC students and faculty. Chancellor Thorp said then he “couldn’t imagine a finer, more qualified person to inspire our graduates and their families.” The UNC community has made their choice. The criticism from this organization is an unnecessary distraction.

Professors procrastinate

Missing textbook deadlines is unacceptable

e deserve the best deals on textbooks. But our own professors are getting in the way of making textbooks affordable. The deadline for professors’ submission of textbook lists to Student Stores was March 27. But as of last Monday, only about 36 percent of professors had turned in their lists. That is just 630 orders for an estimated 1,731 courses. And while this is an eight percent improvement over last year, it is still a dismal statistic. For students, late textbook lists from professors mean that students will receive less money when they sell books back to Student Stores. If Student Stores isn’t positive a book will be reused the following semester, it is forced to buy the textbook back from students at wholesale rates. Student

Stores will then sell that textbook back to wholesalers. But if they knew the book was going to be reused, they wouldn’t have to sell it back to wholesalers. Then they could pay students more because they could resell it as a used book. Late textbook lists also mean that students will pay more when buying books for the next semester. The earlier that Student Stores can start purchasing books, the better deals it will be able to get for students. The later they wait, the more expensive textbooks become. And May, the peak season for Student Stores to purchase textbooks from wholesalers, is just around the corner. Furthermore textbook costs are skyrocketing. For the past two decades,

the price of textbooks has been growing at twice the rate of inflation. These increasingly high costs are already burdensome for students. And these costs are only heightened when Student Stores has to purchase books later than anticipated. Granted, Student Stores’ deadline for textbook lists is a month ahead of the UNC-system deadline. Perhaps if the systemwide deadline were aligned with Student Stores’ deadline, there would be more pressure for professors to meet it. But regardless of the date, professors should make every effort to get their lists to Student Stores as early as possible. In anticipation of registering, students have been thinking about fall classes for weeks. Professors should be too.

Covenant triumph

Low-income scholarship program is a proven success

hough the NCAA Championship was the main headline on Tuesday, there is another Carolina victory worth celebrating: the success of the Carolina Covenant scholarship program. A report released last week shows that the scholarship program has been even more successful than expected. The University can take pride in this excellent program. Not only does it guarantee low-income students to graduate debt-free, but by doing so it provides higher education to those who otherwise might not have been able to attend. And what’s more, UNC was the first to offer such a program. The Carolina Covenant began in 2004. Since then, N.C. State University and the University of Virginia quickly developed sim-

ilar programs. Our program in particular has grown to encompass about 1,500 students who come from various low-income backgrounds. Providing an education to N.C. residents, regardless of their socioeconomic status, epitomizes the university of the people. And though students funded through the program have lower incomes than other students, that certainly doesn’t mean they will perform at a lower level. In fact, the average grade point average of Carolina Covenant students is roughly the same as that of other UNCChapel Hill students. And because of the grants given by the program, students can focus on schoolwork instead of stressing out about financial issues. This is precisely what the

University set out to do when it established this program. But according to students in the program, financial aid isn’t the only thing that makes the Carolina Covenant successful. It works so well because students develop relationships with faculty and their peers in the program. And many of the workshops and social events are developed from student ideas and suggestions. The program embodies the Carolina way — it allows lowincome students to have the same opportunities as other students and at the same time preserves the University’s reputation for academic quality. The Carolina Covenant has been a huge success so far, and we’re proud that our University was the first in the nation to offer such a program.

TO THE EDITOR: I would like to respond to the editorial “Registration woes: Registering during the week unfair,” (April 3). The Registrar’s Office has made many changes to registration practices since 2005 — all in response to student concerns. Many do not remember the previous methods when 4,500 students were assigned to one time, 10 a.m. on Saturday morning. During the first 15 minutes of early registration for spring 2006, students received 50,000 “system overloaded, try later” messages. The system was not serving students well and was in danger of failing. Registration assignment times were not the only problem. Students could not register after 5 p.m., on weekends or during the summer. Yet, we were limited in our ability to make changes because our computer system is old and not very flexible. Several great committees of programmers, students and staff helped us find ways to make improvements. Our first change was to spread registration out on Saturdays, dividing students randomly and assigning multiple start times. Some called this approach unfair because a person could have an unlucky time two semesters in a row. Yet, the number of complaints dropped dramatically and the system generated no “system overload” alerts. The next semester, we divided students into alphabetical groups of four before randomly assigning registration times. Each term the alpha groups are shuffled and a student can never be in the latest assigned group twice in four semesters. This step was soundly criticized but it made the system fairer. The move to weekdays was in response to complaints about Saturday activities such as employment, family responsibilities, travel or athletic events. In addition, students often failed in their attempts to register on Saturday because of administrative problems that could only be resolved during business hours. The Daily Tar Heel editorial suggests that all students who had problems registering on Saturday had procrastinated or lacked initiative. This is not the case. As University Registrar, I would never recommend that students miss class or interrupt their instructors during class to register. Students should register after class if they have a conflict. Only 90 to 120 students are added each 15 minute interval and this small number is selecting from nearly 10,000 sections. This presents a less serious problem for a student than waiting until Monday. Based on the large, steady drop in the number of complaints about registration, I am convinced the changes were needed and are working. I am very grateful to the students and staff who have participated in planning meetings. We have attempted to consider the needs of all students and while the registration system is far from perfect — it is much improved. Alice Poehls University Registrar Editor’s note: The word limit was waived to allow full explanation of viewpoints.

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Kvetching board kvetch: v.1 (Yiddish) to complain To those still wondering whether out-of-state students are worthy of admission — take a close look at the guys who brought home the title. To the person who wrote “UNC are #1” on the sidewalk: Seriously? Anyone want the outer cover of Tuesday’s newspaper? Trade you for the Sudoku. To the guy who tried (and failed) to climb onto Starbucks roof after the win Monday night: Lay off the Pokey Sticks, hit the weight room, or at the very least, wear a belt. One moon in the sky is enough. Dear Professor Buzzkill: Wearing a national title shirt does not cleanse you of your mortal sin. No 9:30 class should ever be held the day after a national title victory, and any professor with half a clue would know that. To the wonderful boy who grabbed my phone out of the fire: I owe you my first born, thanks. To the person who stole my umbrella: Too bad that umbrella won’t protect you from falling bricks. To the couple constantly making out across from me at Davis: either get more attractive or go somewhere else. Man, those birds who kept you awake must have been so embarrassed when they read last week’s kvetching board. To the designers of the bathrooms at Rams Head: If UNC is actually concerned about water conservation, why the automatic toilets? I’m pretty sure it doesn’t take three flushes, guys! Dear Red Bull: You definitely did not give me wings last night. Five sips from you, and I was up five hours later than I needed to be. I hate you. I’m not looking for a husband, I’m just looking for a warm body! To the stranded motorists on Stadium Drive: We only stopped because we thought your friend was hot (the boy). You know what DTH: Whatever. I don’t need you to post my kvetches. I’ll kvetch on Twitter. For my five followers. My bottom cannot handle the arctic temperatures of the basement bathrooms in the Student Union! Hey roommate: As you constantly tune in to Fox News and tell me illuminating commentary about how much President Obama sucks, slowly but surely you are turning me into a Democrat. Ty Lawson and Wayne Ellington, I know the NBA is calling but please stick around for one more year of North Carolina basketball! Not only are we all in love with you, but two National Championships in a row would probably be recognized as a much higher accomplishment — and we need you! Send your one-to-two sentence entries to editdesk@unc.edu, subject line ‘kvetch.’

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