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UNC responds to swine ﬂu Koch faces court date More cases arise in Triangle area

BY jennifer kessinger

city | page 3 LEARNING TO COPE Young refugees from Myanmar express their memories of violence with a new program through the N.C. Art Therapy Institute.

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A UNC Health Care worker was identified as having the 13th confirmed case of swine flu in North Carolina on Friday. But the single case has not been enough to raise alarm in the University’s pandemic response strategy, which has been in development for more than a year. The staff member, who has not been named, came in contact with patients and other staff at the University Pediatrics at Highgate

clinic in Durham last week. Those who were potentially exposed have been contacted by the clinic. A 14th case was confirmed in Durham county over the weekend as well. James Thomas, an associate professor of epidemiology, has been involved in planning the University’s response to a possible outbreak. He said there is the possibility of the flu spreading on campus, but that the University will be sufficiently prepared. “The influenza is an infectious disease, and it is hard to control,” he said. “We have been waiting for the day that it would come to our

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NC swine flu cases by county

Fourteen cases of swine flu have been confirmed in North Carolina. Craven county has had the most with seven confirmed cases.

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No. 15 CCU is especially dangerous, having beaten UNC 7-3 on Feb. 24. “We gotta shore up some things this weekend and get a little bit of our confidence back,” Fox said. “I don’t know that we lost any today, but any time you lost two going into regionals, we got to get back with some good practices, some enthusiasm, and get some guys going a little bit.” UNC’s first tournament lost was an 11-1 blowout at the hands of No. 14 Virginia (43-12-1).

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NO BLUES IS BETTER Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women do well with bluegrass and zydeco on their new album, but they just don’t quite nail the blues.

diversions | page 8 NOT SO SWEET Sugar, showing at the Varsity, is not a sports movie with a sparkling ending or a predictable one, but the ending fits like a broken-in glove.

state | page 7 Recent investigations of Democratic Party leadership, including Mike Easley, could cause consequences for the party down the road.

university | page 6 SUMMER IS IN This year, 6,665 students are enrolled for the first summer session, up from last year’s 6,589 after several years of waning enrollment figures.

sports | online LEADING OFF After being removed from the leadoff spot for four games, sophomore left fielder Ben Bunting regained his role for the NCAA Tournament.

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In the Tar Heels’ ACC tournament opener, first baseman Dustin Ackley paced UNC with two home runs and four RBIs. But against Virginia, UNC was held to five hits and only one run. Ackley redeemed himself the following day with his 20th homer of the season, but the team still fell.

HEELS SET FOR REGIONALS Senior Writer

DTH INSIDE: UNC batters have begun to hit lefthanders well. Plus, a preview of the NCAA regional.

DURHAM — Patrick Johnson pushed North Carolina baseball to the brink of elimination. Then he almost pitched them out of it. With only one out on the board and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 11th inning Saturday, Johnson faced a difficult task: Get the next two Clemson batters out cleanly. Since even a walk or a sacrifice fly would win the game for the Tigers, Johnson had no margin for error — and appropriately so. Johnson put the Tar Heels in the predicament by making a bad throw while fielding a bunt that sent Clemson’s Mike Freeman all the way to third. The first batter worked a full count before striking out. The second raised the stakes further — fouling off two off Johnson’s fastballs with the count at 3-2 and Durham Bulls

Athletic Park in a frenzy. But the Tiger’s Wilson Boyd sent the next pitch all the way to the left field wall, bringing Freeman home and securing a 4-3 win for No. 15 Clemson (40-19). Johnson’s error voided a ninth-inning comeback by the Tar Heels as the team was bounced from the ACC tournament. “We tell our pitchers try to make plays on balls like that,” coach Mike Fox said of the error. “We should have been backing up that play — that guy wouldn’t have ended up on third.” But the Tar Heels will turn their focus to their NCAA Regional, which they will host at Boshamer Stadium. They face Dartmouth in the first game, and the other teams in the regional are Coastal Carolina and Kansas.

By Joe McLean

this day in history May 28, 1961 Peter Beneson’s article in The London Observer sparks a worldwide movement, inspiring human rights group Amnesty International a year later.

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REGIONAL OPENER vs. DARTMOUTH Time: 6 p.m. Friday Location: Boshamer Stadium Info: www.tarheelblue.com

UNC dominated in ﬁnal 1st-half run dooms Tar Heels in defeat WOMEN’S LACROSSE Northwestern UNC

Varsity Theatre set to be sold but not closed Owner ﬁnds it’s time to move on

By SETH WRIGHT

Features Editor

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TOWSON, Md. — They didn’t know what to say. Coach Jenny Levy knelt on the sideline. Goalkeeper Logan Ripley turned and faced away from the field. Senior Amber Falcone walked back to the midfield circle. None of them could ever have fathomed that this would occur. That in the pinnacle of women’s lacrosse, the NCAA Championship, they would match the worst loss in UNC history — a margin of 14. It was unimaginable. It was incomprehensible. But the way Northwestern was playing, quite

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After beating Maryland, 8-7, on Friday night, UNC had scored just three goals at the half against NU. Jenn Russell chipped in two in the game. frankly, the 21-7 defeat was unavoidable. So even in the first half, there they were, blank-faced and emotionless, most seemingly unaware of their surroundings. Each was in the midst of being

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Senior Haley Koch, the only person to be arrested so far for last month’s protest of former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., has jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire. Who started the fire is still up for debate, with University police and protestors placing the blame on each other for escalating the situation. Koch said she will be keeping her Morehead-Cain scholarship after meeting with Morehead-Cain Foundation Director Chuck Lovelace to discuss what took place and her role in the April 14 protest. Now, Koch faces a court date Monday Senior Haley after being Koch said she arrested nine will keep her days after the Morehead-Cain p r o t e s t f o r scholarship. disturbing the peace. Meanwhile, the University’s Department of Public Safety is in the middle of an internal review sparked by a formal complaint submitted by students. Koch and the authors of the complaint have said that what was a peaceful demonstration was escalated by the police’s use of pepper spray and pushing students down and grabbing them by the hair. University police have said their use of pepper spray on students and the discharge of a Taser as a warning were necessitated by the rowdy nature of the protest, which culminated in a broken window in the Bingham Hall classroom where the speech was to be held. Randy Young, spokesman for DPS, was unable to comment on the internal investigation other than the fact that it is ongoing. Young said Koch was arrested once the investigation yielded information from sources such as video and photos of the event that implicated her. Koch and another student stood with a banner in the front of the classroom where Tancredo had been invited to speak on immigration by the campus group Youth for Western Civilization, shouting over Tancredo so he was unable to speak. Although he was unable to comment further on the protest investigation because it too is ongoing, Young added that further arrests

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DEMS IN THE HOT SEAT

Arrested during April 14 protest

thoroughly blitzed by a 10-0 Wildcat run. A run that would leave no doubt as to who is the best team in the nation. A run that left many scrambling to put

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Chapel Hill’s 80-year-veteran and only remaining Franklin Street movie venue, Varsity Theatre, is undergoing negotiations for a potential sale this week. Bruce Stone, owner of Varsity Theatre and Chelsea Theatre, said he was hoping to hear from a party interested in buying the theater by Monday night but had yet to receive confirmation of the sale. He expects to be able to validate the negotiations this week. “We’re considering a transition and possibly a sale,” Stone said about the theater’s ownership. “I just thought I would explore the possibility of a change.” Stone said he could not give

details about who was interested in buying the theater and for how much it might be sold. Rumors have been floating around that Varsity Theatre, which has been at its downtown location for nearly a century, might close due to financial troubles, yet Stone said his decision to sell had nothing to do with money. Rather, he said he felt it was time for change after his long run in the movie business. “I’m getting old. I’ve been doing this for 20 years — me and my wife,” he said. “I have just learned in the last day or two the most outrageous rumors floating around town.” But Stone said it’s likely that the Varsity will continue operation regardless of the results of the sale. Fans of the theater do not have to worry about the Chapel Hill staple rolling up its screens.

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NOTED. Some wedding receptions can get out of hand. In Taipei, a Taiwanese groom died on his wedding day after having too much beer and wine to drink, police said. The man, who was 35, passed out at home after having too much to drink at a high-end restaurant among more than 100 wedding guests. He was hospitalized after his face turned black and died despite treatment.

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ookie luck happened in the right place for Patricia Demauro. At an Atlantic City casino, the novice craps player set a new record for the longest craps roll. Demauro held on to the dice for four hours and 18 minutes at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, beating the previous record set nearly 20 years ago by one hour and 12 minutes. “This was only my second time playing craps, so this was very exciting for me to be a part of history,” Demauro said. She lives in Denville in northern New Jersey. Demauro bought into the game with only $100 and quickly amassed a cheering crowd. She finally lost after 154 rolls of the dice at 12:51 a.m. and was greeted with a champagne toast. Officials would not say how much she had won.

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QUOTED. “I pushed him off because jumpers like Chen are very selfish. Their action violates a lot of public interests.” — Lian Jiansheng, 66, said about his pushing of Chen Fuchao, a would-be suicide jumper, off a bridge. Chen held Bejing traffic for more than five hours. After being pushed, he sustained only minor injuries. He was the 12th person since April to threaten suicide at the spot.

Friday Last Fridays: Art galleries, attractions and other businesses stay open late with music, crafts, performers, refreshments and more. Time: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Location: Downtown Hillsborough, Churton and King streets

saturday Stargazing: Morehead educators and amateur astronomers hold a skywatching session to observe sky objects with telescopes. Time: 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. Location: Ebenezer Church Recreation Area at Jordan Lake

sunday Art opening: The public opening of “Aldwyth: work v./work n. - Collage and Assemblage 1991 - 2009,” the first major retrospective of the collage artist. Aldwyth will be in attendance. Time: 1 p.m. Location: Ackland Art Museum

Plant lecture: Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow, a writer, natural history guide and biological consultant, speaks about the transformation of Australian wetlands for the 10th Annual Evelyn McNeill Sims Native Plant Lecture. Time: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Location: NC Botanical Garden, Totten Center

Civil War: Lecturer Fred W. Kiger continues his course, “Gettysberg and Beyond,” one of the Civil War programs presented by the UNC General Alumni Association. Time: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Location: George Watts Hill Alumni Center

Concert: The Magnolia Klezmer Band, which specializes in Jewish dance music, will give a free concert. Bring chairs or picnics, or purchase from nearby restaurants. Time: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Location: Southern Village on the Green

Lunch lecture: Historian David S. Cecelski presents “The Last Daughter of Davis Ridge,” investigating African-American traditions in coastal Carolina and relating them to the artist Aldwyth. $5 for non-members. Time: 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Location: Ackland Art Museum

Tuesday Rose gardening class: Come out and learn all about rose gardening with Susie Whaley, a landscape supervisor for the Town of Chapel Hill. She will give a tour of the Gene Strowd Community Rose Garden as well. Free. Time: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Location: Community Center Garden, 120 South Estes Drive.

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n Someone broke into an apartment on Old Chapel Hill Road on Monday, damaging property and assaulting a female, according to Chapel Hill police reports. The man used his hands and feet to break down the apartment door, reports state. A total of $10 in damage to a brass door chain and wood frame were reported. n A man broke a car window and stole an Apple iPod Sunday, according to Chapel Hill police reports. The iPod worth $300 with headphones was stolen, and damage to the car window totaled $400, reports state.

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“It’s an opportunity to raise the issue and also call for the charges to be dropped.” arrest outside a campus classroom. Other reactions to the protest have varied. Koch said they have ranged from letters written by incoming UNC students thanking her for her part in the protest to death threats on the Internet from what she defines as hate groups and white supremacists. She said she expects at least a

of all three. The Tar Heels finished the game with 13 runners left on base. In the top of the 10th, Mark Fleury was tagged out at the plate while trying to score from second on a Cavasinni hit — ending the inning and the Tar Heels’ last good scoring chance.

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“If we sell, it will still be there. If we don’t sell, there will be other options. There still might be the Chelsea,” Stone said. “Hope springs eternal.” Stone bought Varsity Theatre nine years ago. The theater has since undergone numerous renovations, including new screens and updated equipment. All the while, emphasis has been placed on keeping the theater independent. Chapel Hill has seen its share of movie theaters leave town. Stone was also owner of the now-closed Carolina Theatre, a twoscreen cinema below Top Of The Hill Restaurant and Brewery, for 13 years. The theater closed in 2005 because it was too expensive to run. The Ram Triple Theater was another downtown theater located on Rosemary Street. It was eventually closed and replaced by night clubs because of parking problems and low revenue from tickets. Stone said even if this sale does not go through, there might be another interested party to run the theater. “I’m trying to deal with one thing at a time,” he said. Contact the Features Editor at features@unc.edu.

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this Northwestern team in a historical light but left UNC struggling for respectability. “It kind of got to the point where we just wanted to keep our heads up and keep going at it,” Falcone said. “Give them everything we had until the end. Unfortunately, it wasn’t going our way. There wasn’t much to say. We knew what was going on, and we knew what we had to fix.” Moments after Kristen Carr lost the opening draw, there was Northwestern’s Hilary Bowen charging at the goal. But with UNC defender Meredith Newton in her way, she had no opening. Yet somehow, the Tar Heel sophomore slipped, and there was the first tally. The first of several, to put it lightly. Newton slowly rose to her feet as Falcone called the defensive group together — apparently searching for answers, for something that might reassure a team unknowingly on the edge of disaster. Ripley banged the post with her stick once, an action that would become habitual by day’s end. Three minutes in, and there was Northwestern’s second. Six minutes later, another. Fifteen seconds more — boom — another. “It was 4-2, and the thing I was noticing was we were having quick possessions on offense, and we were turning the ball over on unforced errors,” said Levy of her team’s eight first-half giveaways. “If you play Northwestern, you can’t do that.” The North Carolina coaching staff tried any and everything to adjust, but to no avail. They paced. They panted. They told the team to not try and save the world. Nothing worked. Northwestern scored their first 15 goals on 17 shots. They had scored 10 straight without a UNC response. Such was the Tar Heels’ misfortune that after a Wildcat goal made it 11-2, a yellow card issued to freshman Laura Zimmerman gave Northwestern possession again — a possession that quickly led to another subsequent score. Ripley could do nothing to prevent the onslaught. Even with Levy talking and encouraging her during media timeouts, the shots were just too high, time after time. “Unfortunately, we weren’t getting saves in the cage that we’ve gotten this year,” Levy said. “Logan’s been great all year. At times we’ve made mistakes this year on defense that we’ve been able to recover from. “The looks they were getting on cage were high percentage, so we weren’t giving Logan a lot of opportunities to save the ball.” When it mattered most, even in the most successful season in the program’s history, victory was thoroughly taken from the team’s grasp. “I think emotionally it’s hard on anyone to end your season in a game like this,” junior Jenn Russell said. “But we’ve done a great job this year, and I’m proud to be a part of this team.” Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu

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Offense has Tar Heels prep for NCAA play more power than 2008’s By Scott Powers Senior Writer

By Powell Latimer Senior Writer

It was, in fact, the conventional wisdom at the time. Duke needed a win against No. 4 North Carolina in the opening day of the ACC baseball tournament last Friday. So the Blue Devils threw out their best left-handed pitcher, Christopher Manno. The strategy made sense — the Tar Heels had struggled to hit left-handed pitching all year. Why would May 22 be any different? Five innings later, UNC was up 4-0 and Manno was walking off the mound after giving up seven hits. What happened? Duke didn’t take into account that UNC was entering the tournament fresh off shelling another left-handed pitcher — Boston College’s Pat Dean. Against Dean the damage was even more severe: six innings, ten hits, six runs and three walks. It seems that UNC’s batting is finding the groove at just the right time. Coach Mike Fox, early in the season, said his team needed to learn how to hit off-speed pitching from left-handed pitchers — those breaking, moving, junk throws that lefties toss out to baffle hitters. It took the Tar Heels most of the season, but it seems as though their bats are finally starting to come alive. Take a look at North Carolina’s hitting numbers this year. So far, UNC has 380 RBIs on 414 hits. They are batting .301 as a team, with 62 home runs on the year as well. In 2008, the Tar Heels batted .324 for the year, based mostly on the strength of Dustin Ackley and Tim Fedroff, both of whom finished above .400. They hit 58 long balls and drove in 468 runs. So what does all of that mean? UNC is a different team offensively from last year. In 2008, the Tar Heels stuck to small ball for the most part. Singles and doubles are down from last season, where UNC knocked 175 two-baggers (only 108 this year). But UNC’s lineup has the thing that it was most in need of last year: power.

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The Blue Devils sent out a lefty to face the Tar Heels on Wednesday. Junior Kyle Seager went 3-for-3 with two doubles and a triple. Mark Fleury (.310, 12 home runs) Levi Michael (.293, 13) and most importantly, Ackley (.399, 20), have all been able to send the ball out of the yard with regularity this year. Thus the Tar Heels already have more homers (62) than they had in ten more games last season (58). Part of that is the fact that in 2008, UNC was playing in the expansive U.S.A. Baseball Training Complex in Cary, N.C., where home runs are hard to come by. But it is also true that Fleury and Michael give UNC more power than they had in 2008, when a struggling Chad Flack managed one home run all postseason. And in Omaha, Neb., during UNC’s five College World Series games, the Tar Heels only managed two long balls. Still, if UNC can continue to put bats on left-handed pitching, it’ll go a long way toward making sure they have a chance to send a few more balls out of the park in a fourth straight trip to Omaha for the College World Series.

There will be a buzz about Boshamer Stadium this weekend. All of it will surround the answer to one question: Is this the year preseason No. 1 North Carolina wins the national championship? The Tar Heels have traveled to Omaha for the College World Series in each of the past three years. They are looking to do it just a little bit better this year. O n S u n d a y, t h e N C A A announced that No. 7 North Carolina would be one of 16 regional hosts in the first phase of the NCAA Tournament. Then on the ESPN selection show Monday, the Tar Heels learned that they were the No. 4 national seed. Coach Mike Fox and UNC were pleasantly surprised by the high seed after losing two of three in the ACC Tournament. The top-eight national seed means that the Tar Heels will likely host a super regional series if they win their region. But UNC cannot turn its attention to the super regionals just yet, even though it has won that series each of the past three years. T he C hapel Hill regional

includes No. 15 Coastal Carolina, Kansas and Dartmouth.

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CCU is the No. 2 seed in the regional and the biggest threat to UNC’s hopes of advancing in the tournament. The Chanticleers feature a handful of dangerous players, including the Big South Player of the Year — senior first baseman David Anderson — and Pitcher of the Year Cody Wheeler, who went 10-0 with a 3.34 ERA. Other players have filled out the stat sheet, too. Tyler Bortnick and Adam Rice each hit better than .370, and sophomores Rico Noel and Scott Woodward have combined for 76 stolen bases.

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As a regional host, the Tar Heels begin their quest for another Omaha appearance. One of their opponents, CCU beat them earlier this year.

The Big Green lost their first Kansas offense with a .374 bateight games to start the season but ting average and 19 home runs. Kansas Sophomore ace T.J. Walz is 8-2 dominated Ivy League play to the tune of a 16-4 record. KU is coming into the regional on with a 4.18 ERA. Junior outfielder Nick a cold streak — having lost all three Santomauro leads the Dartmouth games in the Big 12 Tournament. Dartmouth offense as the Ivy League player of The Jayhawks went 37-22 overDartmouth is UNC’s first-round the year, boasting a .365 batting all and 15-12 in the Big 12. No one on the team was selected for the opponent — having earned an average and eight home runs. automatic bid by winning the Ivy all-conference team. Contact the Sports Editor Sophomore third baseman Tony Championship. It is their first NCAA at sports@unc.edu. Thompson leads the way for the Tournament appearance since 1987.

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SpoRTSBRIEFs MEN’S TENNIS COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Though the North Carolina team lost earlier in the NCAA Tournament, senior Taylor Fogleman and junior Clay Donato continued play in the doubles’ realm. But on Sunday, the pair lost in the NCAA semifinals to a familiar foe from Virginia. After becoming the first Tar Heel duo to reach the NCAA semifinal round since 1973, the pair lost to the Cavaliers’ Dominic Inglot and Michael Shabaz. Fogleman and Donato forced three sets but were unable to finish. The pairs had split the four previous meetings this year. Inglot and Shabaz would go on to win the NCAA Championship.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE Defender Amber Falcone was named Defensive Player of the Year by WomensLacrosse.com Tuesday. The senior also garnered first-team All-America status — becoming the first four-time selection in school history. She was part of a defense that held Maryland to seven goals in the national semifinal on May 22 — as the Tar Heels won, 8-7. North Carolina held the Terrapins to less than half their normal scoring output. Several of her teammates joined her on the list. Junior Jenn Russell earned second-team honors. One of her partners in the midfield, Megan Bosica, was selected for the third team. Freshman Laura Zimmerman also was honored for her play this year. She played sensationally against the Terrapins as well — scoring a hat trick.

WOMEN’S GOLF OWINGS MILLS, Md. — At the NCAA Championship, UNC played its way to the highest finish in school history. The team earned seventh place after carding a final round score of 304 to push their overall total to 1,210. Freshman Allie White paced the Tar Heels in the final round with a score of 71 — good for one under par. Senior Sydney Crane and and first-year Catherine O’Donnell also played well. Both carded five-over 77s. The day gave them totals that left them in 21st and 52nd place, respectively. White, on the other hand, came in 16th. In previous years, North Carolina had come awfully close to this position — finishing in eighth on four occasions. Arizona State captured the team title. The Sun Devils fired a 30-over 1,182 total.

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Memorial Day event Summer enrollment up calls for more peace from last year’s numbers Ceremony also honors war victims “I came out here to By Steven Norton city editor

Cries of “Peace” and trumpet blasts accompanied a Memorial Day ceremony at Carrboro Town Commons on Monday. But this event was slightly different than most. While citizens came together to honor soldiers, the gathering mainly sought to promote peace. The event began in 2003, and was created by the Orange County Peace Coalition, an alliance of local groups who promote peace through education and outreach. The event honored what the peace coalition called “victims of war,”

those who lost their lives in battle, while looking to promote solutions to conflicts that do not involve war. The Raging Grannies, a group of women who sing political songs and encourage nonviolent activism, offered their voices against the war. Folk musician Clark Jones played his banjo, leading the crowd in singing lyrics including “I dreamed the world had all agreed to put an end to war.” “I came out here to bring a message of peace and to hear the Raging Grannies,” Jones said. Mona Dakrouri, a Middle East scholar and activist, gave an Islamic view on war and its victims. Her speech highlighted the peace coalition’s desire to incorporate multiple views when discussing solutions. “The only way you’re going to get people to take into consideration other cultures is to expose them to other cultures,” said Jan Broughton, co-chairwoman of the coalition. After hearing a list of casualties in the Middle East during the past month, the crowd recited a declaration of preemptive peace — a statement that aimed to honor the war dead and injured while promoting the making of peace throughout the world. In response to the victims of war, Vivian Plonsey, a member of the activist group Elders for Peace, shared her views on the war and the lives of soldiers.

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“It is unbelievable that we would want this to go on for one more day,” she said. “We’re robbing them of a chance at life.” Many other activist groups came and shared information at the event, passing petitions between acts. Donation cans were passed around to cover the costs of the event. Broughton said she hopes to promote the idea of peaceful solutions rather than war and to realize that those sent to war are victims. “Although the emphasis is on peace, we’re still aware that there is so much asked of these soldiers,” she said. In the end, Memorial Day in Carrboro became a celebration of something more than simply honoring soldiers: Its focus became achieving peace worldwide. “The event is held definitely to honor those who have lost lives, but also with the idea that there’s a different way to solve our problems,” Broughton said. Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.

By Matt Sampson Staff Writer

The UNC Summer School is seeing a slight increase in student enrollment after a few years of diminishing interest from students in taking summer courses. Though only 76 more students enrolled for the first summer session this year than in 2008, the marginal increase could indicate a reversal of the 2 or 3 percent decreases seen in recent years, said Jan Yopp, dean of the Summer School. “ These numbers are turning the tide,” Yopp said. “We’ve done a lot of promotion for these courses, and we’ve done really well.” This year, 6,665 students are attending the first session of summer school. Yopp said she expects this year’s second session enrollment to increase from last year’s 4,134 as well. University officials plan to circulate a survey to students who enrolled this summer to pinpoint the possible causes for the increase. But until definitive responses come in, Yopp said she and other administrators can only give educated guesses for the increase. “I attribute the upturn in enrollment to the economy,” Yopp said. “Students weren’t getting jobs, so they decided to spend their summer taking more classes instead.” Because of the economic recession, officials didn’t know what to

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Mary Easley won’t resign Democrats’ future uncertain By Matthew Lynley State & National Editor

Former N.C. State Provost Larry Nielsen hired the wife of former Governor Mike Easley in 2005 to host a speaker series. Mary Easley’s attorney, Marvin Schiller, said that her hiring and promotions were conducted “above board,” and that she had overwhelming approval from the UNC Board of Governors and the N.C. State Board of Trustees. “Based on what I do know, I have not yet seen anything that came close to any ethical impropriety to Mary Easley,” Schiller said. UNC-System President Erskine Bowles even sang her praises. “Mary — When do I get to vote for you!” Bowles wrote at the time. “You constantly inspire me. You go everywhere, you bring such positive energy, your judgment is respected and you communicate.” But her husband, Mike Easley, recently came under investigation regarding several relationships with businessmen in North

Carolina — particularly the chairman of the N.C. State Board of Trustees McQueen Campbell. And an investigation of Mary Easley followed shortly afterward. She had previously been under pressure last year when she signed a new contract with N.C. State worth $850,000 over five years. Campbell also told Bowles he had a hand in the hiring of Mary Easley. “As a member of the board, McQueen would have an obligation to have done so — simply mentioning that is part of his duty,” Schiller said. Since then, Neilsen and N.C. State Chancellor James Oblinger were subpoenaed by federal investigators regarding the hiring, promotions and salary of Mary Easley. Federal investigators also subpoenaed all employment records from State Auditor Beth Wood Tuesday. Many officials, including Bowles, have also asked Mary Easley to leave her position at the University,

even after expressing overwhelming support during the hiring process. Schiller spoke for Mary Easley last week, saying that she would not resign despite repeated requests. He said she had signed a contract with N.C. State and would not break it. “When you make that promise, you make a promise that the political winds can change, but you will keep your promise,” Schiller said. “We shouldn’t penalize her for her husband’s present issues,” Schiller said. Mary Easley had not made a public statement as of Tuesday. Nielson and Campbell have since resigned, and Schiller said Bowles’ reaction had left Mary Easley “very perplexed.” Schiller didn’t say whether Easley would accept a buyout of her contract, but said that there was a chance she would speak with Oblinger in the future.

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The ongoing investigation of former Gov. Mike Easley could have a lasting impact on politics in North Carolina. Recent scandals in the Democratic Party — includingformer Speaker of the House Jim Black being charged with public corruption in 2007 and the Easley investigation — might have tarnished the image of Democrats in the state. “Our Democratic Party has been in power for so long that we tend to take it for granted,” said Sen. Jim Jacumin, R-Burke. “When one party rules for so long, we do things we wouldn’t normally do.” The state has elected a Democrat to the office of governor for the past five terms after Gov. Bev Perdue narrowly beat Charlotte mayor and Republican candidate Pat McCrory in November. Easley, who left office in January Contact the State & National after serving two terms, came Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. under investigation after The News

Timeline of the Mary Easley Controversy May 9 The News & Observer begins publishing a two-part series detailing the relationship between the Easleys and several other individuals like the former chair of the N.C. State Board of Trustees McQueen Campbell.

Summer 2008 May 2005 Mary Easley is Mary Easley receives a new contract with N.C. State for hired at N.C. State University. $850,000 over 5 years.

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May 15 Chairman of the N.C. State Board of Trustees McQueen Campbell resigns. May 14 N.C. State Provost Larry Nielsen resigns.

& Observer published a two-part series which revealed how he might have used his executive role for his personal benefit. Republican U.S. Attorney George Holding will lead Easley’s investigation along with the investigation of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., announced last week. McQueen Campbell, a close friend of the Easleys, has also resigned as chairman of the N.C. State University Board of Trustees. Former Lt. Gov. Bob Jordan has been appointed by Gov. Perdue to take his place. Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, D-Orange, said the Easley investigation will not specifically affect the Democrats. Such investigations change the public’s regard for the people in office as a whole rather than their regard for a particular political party, Kinnaird said. But Jacumin said a change of party is necessary in order to curb

such corruption in the state. “Competition makes democracy work the way it was intended to work,” he said. He said the corruption in the state continues as members of a long-ruling party do favors for their friends. Gov. Bev. Perdue, who served as lieutenant governor under Easley, has not been giving the investigation enough attention, Jacumin said. “It’s difficult because he is a friend of hers,” he said. “But if you have a responsibility, then you should carry out that responsibility.” Kinnaird said it is still too early for Perdue to play a significant role. “The investigation has just started and we just have to let it run its course,” she said. “We certainly can’t arrive at conclusions.” Contact the State and National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.

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Annual blood drive hopes to reclaim record By Alison Shay

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The 21st Annual Carolina Blood Drive will attempt to reclaim UNC’s record for most units of blood collected in one site on one day. “We want to take back the record of the most units collected in one day on the East Coast,” said Katrina Coble, a member of the Carolina Blood Drive committee. Last year, Appalachian State University collected 1,060 units of blood, beating UNC’s 1993 record by eight pints. The blood drive is a large-scale event that attracts people from all over the campus and community. Coble said this drive has produced more than 2,700 first-time donors over the past 20 years, and many dedicated volunteers and donors return year after year. “We are always happy to see new faces as blood donors at this blood drive,” she added. “People who experience it come back time and time again, but there’s always room for more donors.” Blood drive planning began in late fall 2008, involving volunteers and blood drive recruiters, as well

as food vendors. On the day of the event, more than 200 UNC volunteers and more than 200 American Red Cross staff will be present at the Smith Center. The first blood drive took place in 1989, when former Chancellor Paul Hardin wanted to combat the shortage of blood over the summer when student donors were away. “The key difference with this drive is that it is mostly faculty and staff that donate,” said Caroline Allison of the American Red Cross. “And of course this drive is vastly larger than the other drives we have on campus.” Coble said the success of the event stems from the work of the blood donors, the volunteer blood drive recruiters, local food and door prize vendors and volunteer staff. “This is truly a community celebration of the generous spirit that

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Album a feast for the ears ‘Sugar’ not a cliched sports ﬂick By Jordan Lawrence

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As it has been since its inception, the goal of psychedelic music is the trip — a total immersion in sound that transports the listener to another world full of blissful, or sometimes scary, wonder. Filled with colorful melodies, entrancing sounds and a plethora of invigorating and ever-shifting ideas, Veckatimest, the third album from Brooklyn’s Grizzly Bear, takes its listener on a lush, engrossing musical journey that in every way lives up to this ideal. Pulling from a large range of styles including jazz and rock, the group expands its pallet far beyond the psychedelic folk brand it has often stuck with. By so doing it creates an album that captivates by consistently delivering that additional melodic thread or shocking sound that turns its good songs into superlative compositions. Opener “Southern Point” is a perfect example. Built from a jazzy intro that sways about lazily and seductively on acoustic guitar, the song is soon caught up in caterwauling percussive elements that vary from drums to piano

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and gaudily gorgeous overdubbed harmonies. Purely based on sonics, it’s a juggernaut that surrounds the listener with so much attention-grabbing sound, he is hopeless to escape. But like most everything here, it has words, and they’re pretty great, too. After issuing an ethereal siren call about a vacation spot on the title locale, Daniel Rossen sings out, “I never found any other I could ever” with incredible conviction over strings and piano that stampede toward heaven. It’s a place so dear to him that he can’t even finish a thought about losing it, and the music is so propulsive you can’t help but be dragged right into sympathizing. The immediate standouts share this larger-than-life feel. Lead single “Two Weeks” builds from a hopelessly catchy bounce of piano and harmony into a spaced-out acid trip filled with distorted keys

and harmonies that arch over it all. Like its fellow big, jaunty numbers, it can sometimes overshadow the subtler and weirder material in the listener’s mind once the album is over. But it’s the softer, weirder songs that serve as the mortar for this castle, cementing it as a self-contained whole. Opening harmonies that imitate the chiming of a bell and bold slashes of acoustic and electric guitar allow “Fine for Now” to balance incredible beauty and foreboding menace. But the precarious balance doesn’t last as the song gives in to a roaring guitar solo that aches with every bit of Rossen’s well-sung fear in the face of time’s continual passing. And though only a few of the songs have received mention here, while you’re in the middle of it, each song feels like the best, and that’s why this record is so successful. Each moment is as luscious and invigorating as the last, making Veckatimest one endlessly enjoyable trip—and one you want to keep taking again and again.

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It isn’t hard to believe, in a professional sport so riddled with cheating and shortcuts, that almost all Major League Baseball teams operate puppy mills in the Dominican Republic. That’s what their “baseball academies” amount to, for the most part: puppy mills for young ballplayers aspiring to the American major leagues. They’re fed decently and sleep in barrack-style bunkbeds under curfew and armed guard. In return, they get a onein-a-hundred shot against cutthroat competition for a place in the major leagues. It’s this fine line between exploitation and opportunity that Miguel Santos (Algenis Perez Soto) walks in “Sugar.” Santos, whose nickname is “Sugar,” is a young Dominican pitcher who gets called up from one of those baseball academies to the minor leagues in the Iowa corn country. It’s the break he’s been waiting for to improve his and his family’s prospects in his jobless homeland. Apparently, being a chicken Contact the Diversions Editor in a pen (as the directors suggest at dive@unc.edu. Santos is in his academy) is bet-

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the bodies of those who fall by the wayside. This paradox even extends to baseball. One person tells Sugar that baseball is a game to be enjoyed, while another tells him he has to look out for himself and best his brothers to stay alive. Welcome to the American Dream, son. Boden and Fleck do a surprisingly decent job not getting bogged down in the usual cliches of their genre. It’s not a sports movie with a sparkling ending or a predictable one, but the ending fits like a broken-in glove. They also, thankfully, don’t overuse the montage that has become so stale in most sports movies. Their style has an urban cultural freshness to it, with a dozen colors for every borough in New York. If the movie bogs down for the long middle section, it’s because the slow story through Sugar’s Iowa excursion doesn’t mesh with this cinematic cosmopolitanism. Like a good baseball game, it’s slow going till the ninth inning. It just might not be the best formula for a movie.

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ter than being hungry in the Third World, but both are trumped by living with an embarrassingly uncosmopolitan host family in lilywhite middle America. Or so Sugar thinks at first. He’s a promising pitcher and strongwilled, but with a temper and an unfavorable learning curve. With a good pitch (a knuckle-curve, for the record) and a prayer, he hopes to avoid the fate of so many other Dominican players in America who are deported when their abilities slip and their contracts are not renewed. As this fear begins to materialize, he takes his life into his own hands and leaves Iowa for the only thing more American than baseball: New York City, the immigrant’s Eden. Like it sounds, “Sugar” is a story of Americanization, but it isn’t starspangled. Directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, a young couple that tag-teamed on the directing and screenplay, make it clear on multiple occasions that the road to American prosperity is paved with

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NEW AT UNIVERSITY COMMONS: Female seeking 3 tenants to join 4th for ground floor 4BR/4BA condo at desirable University Commons starting 8/1/09. $350/ mo, includes water, pool, free parking! CASH incentive if you rent all 3! Bus to campus outside your door. nobackhand@gmail.com or call 919-848-1646. TOWNHOUSE FOR RENT: Colony Lake, Chapel Hill, quiet 2BR/2.5BA en-suite, W/D, parking, Available 6/15. $1,400/mo. Email jimneri@hotmail.com or call 919-257-1094. TOWNHOUSE FOR RENT: Colony Lake, Chapel Hill, quiet 2BR/2.5BA en suite, W/D, parking, Available 6-15. $1,400/mo. Email jimneri@hotmail.com or call 919-257-1094.

Help Wanted EGG DONORS NEEDED. UNC Health

Care seeking healthy, non-smoking females 20-32 to become egg donors. $2,500 compensation for COMPLETED cycle. All visits and procedures to be done local to campus. For written information, please call 919-966-1150 ext. 5 and leave your current mailing address.

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4BR. WALK TO UNC. 4BR/4.5BA Columbia Place. Updated, all private baths, parking. Starts August 2009. $650/BR. Email agent for photos, details: simong@hpw.com, 919-606-2803. FOR RENT: Garden condo, 1BR/1BA, W/D. Wooded trail to UNC, close to busline. Newly remodeled, Quiet neighborhood. Available now. ejschulman@gmail.com, 919-490-1342. BIKE OR WALK EASILY TO CAMPUS, law school and UNC medical complex from this 4BR/2BA ranch located in lovely and historic Gimghoul neighborhood. Just 3 blocks from campus, this home is perfect for visiting profs, grad students. No undergrads. Only 2 unrelated persons allowed in home per neighborhood restrictions. $2,100/mo. Email Fran Holland Properties at herbholland@intrex.net or call 919-968-4545. 2BR/1.5BA IN CARRBORO on busline. Two miles to UNC. W/D, yard service. $725/mo. Email pandarinath@gmail.com or call 310-429-5814 or 919-465-2442.

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ROOMMATE WANTED for 2BR/2BA apartment in Finley Forrest. On multiple buslines to UNC. $550/mo, and half utilities. dldaniel@email.unc.edu or cal 478-997-9272.

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Blues don’t ﬁt in Alvin album By Linnie Greene

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Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women, a collective of musicians that straddle a plethora of genres, aren’t afraid to impart their fair share of life lessons. The songs on the group’s selftitled album recall anecdotes ranging from the absurd to the tragic, and though these tales are told with mixed results, the album’s pristine vocals are consistent where lyrics and subject matter often fall short. The mix of bluegrass, zydeco and blues that pepper the album provides a diverse, if imperfect, sampling of American sounds. The record boasts a menagerie of artists (in this case, mostly women) that hail from different genres, and for the most part, this is a good thing. The bluegrass and zydeco elements neatly showcase the group’s vocal talents, but when it comes to the blues, Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women prove less proficient. On tracks like “Boss of the Blues,” it’s easy to question whether Alvin and his female bandmates have ever experi-

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enced anything sadder than getting a flat tire. Unlike many of the album’s beautifully harmonized bluegrass tracks, Alvin and the women’s take on the blues feels hollow and insincere. The chorus is an especially trite example of the shoddy lyrics of the entire song as Alvin sings, “We used to ball all night long, we used to roll way past dawn, everything was jumping out on Central Avenue, back when Big Joe Turner was the boss of the blues.” Sure, more simplistic and conventional blues lyrics exist, but Alvin’s delivery makes even semipassable lyrics sound hokey. The stale lyrics and stereotypical subject matter the group uses could be easily interpreted as a parody of the genre instead of a genuine attempt at capturing a style, and more importantly, a feeling. Anything remotely resembling

the depressed resignation of true blues singers does not speak to the listener — instead, the few blues-oriented tracks leave you questioning why these musicians ever decided to veer away from the areas they’re best at. While the blues tracks might lack depth and sincerity, the songs that capitalize on the Guilty Women’s adept harmonies prove that Alvin and his cohorts can get it right, too. “Potter’s Field” demonstrates the Guilty Women at their very best, as the Emmylou Harris-style song is buoyed by gentle vocals and delicate mandolin. Luckily, it comes immediately after “Boss of the Blues,” — just in time to salvage what could have been a disastrous bit of blues gone bad. So, while Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women may not completely conquer every genre they set their sights on, when it comes to bluegrass, they have the gorgeous harmonies to get it done right. Just don’t ask them to sing the blues. Contact the Diversions Editor at dive@unc.edu.

‘Terminator’ series back on track By Jordan Lawrence

Moviereview

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Salvation is right. Twelve years after the first two remarkably good entries in the Terminator series, 2003’s “Rise of the Machines” proved the shtick of having Arnold Schwarzenegger don the leather and fight another adversary from the post-apocalyptic future had become as outdated as his killingmachine-meets-biker mystique. It was a parade of ridiculously hokey fight scenes that was simply unbelievable, and it left the granddaddy of all sci-fi action franchises in serious need of saving. With his fourth installment, new director McG rights the ship by placing the audience in the middle of the war between man and machines in 2018. After Skynet — a central defense computer designed by the military — destroys most of humanity in a nuclear holocaust, John Connor (Christian Bale) and the rest of a somewhat organized resistance struggle to survive against a slew of robotic killers. When a signal is discovered that shuts down the machines like hitting a switch, the resistance decides to mount an offensive and try to win the war for good. McG’s greatest success is selecting Bale to play Connor. Pushing the near psychotic fury that has always

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been his trademark to perhaps its highest level yet, Bale vividly channels the pain of an orphan who is fighting against the unstoppable force that tore his family apart. “You killed my father. You killed my mother. But you won’t kill me,” Bale’s Connor says at one point, with eyes full of an anger that reveals that he actually cares more about killing his enemy than saving himself. Riding this turn and a similarly great performance from Australian newcomer Sam Worthington, who aches with guilt as an executed murderer who has been transformed into a machine, McG succeeds through most of the movie as he uses the world after its end as the backdrop for a terrifying thrill ride. W h e n Ma r c u s Wr i g h t (Worthington) and his traveling companions are attacked by an enormous robot that tears apart a gas station with the mindless ease with which a toddler throws around its play things, the grittily realistic special effects and McG’s knack for capturing the kinetic intensity of his action make the scene reverberate with awe-inspiring terror.

Unfortunately both the riveting suspense and the crispness of the computer images leave “Salvation” during its finale. Thanks to a shockingly poor, completely unnecessary computerrendering of Schwarzenegger’s original Terminator and a failed attempt to remove all of Wright’s delicious ambiguity and replace it with a preachy moral about the goodness of the human heart, the end turns what was a forcefully shocking rollercoaster ride into a convoluted mess. But taken as a whole, “Salvation” is a mostly entertaining blockbuster that delivers thrills that should rejuvenate the franchise and give McG another chance to truly realize the considerable promise he both proudly displays and nearly squanders with his first attempt. Contact the Diversions Editor at dive@unc.edu.

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diverecommends Album from the Vaults: Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand: With a new dub version of their latest album — the first single of which debuted in last year’s incarnation of the Madden football video game series — due next week, it’s hard to remember the time when Franz Ferdinand was a simple, tight and effective art rock band. The band’s 2004 debut collected 11 single-ready pieces of dancy rock that made the band the “it” artist of the year.

Movie from the Vaults: “Toy Story”: With the collective delivering another critically acclaimed, Cannes-winning feature this week in the way of “Up,” now is a prime time to go back to the beginning and see how this whole Disney/Pixar thing began. This 1995 classic started it all. While this first completely computeranimated feature might not look as crisp as today’s movies, it makes up for

it with comedic wit, a heartfelt story and amazing voice performances.

Events: Friday Isis Cat’s Cradle | Los Angeles’s Isis mixes grunge, hardcore and a bevy of other atmospheric and melodic styles into an always-changing sound that rages one minute and broods the next. 9 p.m., $18 Wes Phillips Local 506 | Skilled Chapel Hill poprock band The Never also play this show, but the real reason to go is the second recent appearance from witty Chapel Hill pop singer Wes Phillips. His songs range from hilarious boasts to insightful gems, and up until recently, seeing them live was relatively impossible. 8:30 p.m., $7

metal outfit out of Carrboro that rages with a confidently menacing fury that completely lives up to its name. Friday they’ll play with Chapel Hill heavy outfit Black Skies, which will celebrate the release of a new 7-inch, and Durham’s hard-hitting garage-blues outfit the Dirty Little Heaters. 10 p.m., FREE Saturday

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Nightlight | Chapel Hill’s Schooner delivers a rough and tumble, oftenreverb-drenched brand of pop that chases singer Reed Johnson down the quirky back alleys of his neurotic songwriting persona as he tackles subjects such as lost love and artistic frustration. Entertaining and cheeky Chapel Hill rock ’n’ roll band Impossible Arms also plays in addition to Uncle Woody Sullender and Actual Persons (Living or Dead). 10 p.m., $6

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National News of the Week Gay marriage ban President introduces nominee to in Calif. upheld replace Souter on Supreme Court SAN JOSE, Calif. (MCT) — The California Supreme Court Tuesday upheld a voter-approved law restoring a ban on same-sex marriages in the state, but at the same time left intact the more than 18,000 marriages for gay and lesbian couples who wed last year. But Proposition 8 altered the legal debate because it actually amended the state constitution itself, the ultimate trump card against Supreme Court intervention.

WA S H I N G T O N ( M C T ) — President Barack Obama introduced his nominee to the Supreme Court on Tuesday, Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Appearing in the White House East Room with her at his side, Obama called Sotomayor “an inspiring woman who I believe will make a great justice.” He said she met his two basic criteria, intellect and a “recognition of the limits of the judicial

N. Korea tests nuclear device

No abortion cases Obama to resume to be reviewed more Cuba talks

TOKYO (MCT) — North Korea state media said the country’s military conducted a successful underground nuclear test early Monday, confirming earlier reports of a suspected test based on seismic data. Late afternoon, North Korea launched two short-range missiles on its east coast, in what appeared to be an attempt to threaten U.S. spy planes that were monitoring the nuclear test site, according to reports by South Korea’s Yonhap.

WASHINGTON (MCT) — Forget the abortion issue, for a moment. There’s new legal terrain for the Supreme Court to explore that goes well beyond Roe v. Wade and the evergreen issues that line the campaign trail. Some pending disputes already are known, including the 14 cases that are scheduled for Supreme Court consideration starting in October. None involves abortion, the traditional flash point for recent Supreme Court confirmation fights.

role. ... A judge’s role is to interpret, not make law.” He stressed a third quality, saying that she had the broad experience in law and life that make a good justice. A 54-year-old graduate of Princeton and of Yale Law School, Sotomayor would be the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court if she were confirmed. She’d be the second woman on the high court, joining Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

WASHINGTON (MCT) — Further signaling its interest in engaging Cuba, the Obama administration is asking the Castro government to resume immigration talks that President George W. Bush suspended in 2004. The move comes a month after President Barack Obama lifted travel and gift restrictions for those with relatives on the island and eased restrictions on U.S. telecommunications firms to do business in Cuba.

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A feast for the ears Grizzly Bear’s new album Veckatimest gets a rave review from Diversions. See pg. 8 for story.

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Opinion

10 thursday, may 28, 2009 EDITORIAL CARTOON

The Daily Tar Heel QUOTE OF THE Week:

By Don Wright, Palm Beach Post

“We have been waiting for the day it would come to our doorstep, and now it’s here.”

Whitney Kenerly

James Thomas, unc professor, on Swine flu

I’m not lovin’ it

Whitney Kenerly is a senior majoring in psychology from Greensboro.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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Responsible students should keep tuition break

McFishin’ for more diverse culture

love the McDonald’s Filet-OFish. It’s my thing. As a seasoned resident of West Rosemary, I had many a time stumbled over to the old neighborhood McDonald’s to indulge in the Filet’s McMagical guilty pleasure. That tartar sauce slathered over the cheesy, salty, fishy, fried crust cured everything from hangovers to failed exams and even failed relationships. So I wasn’t sure how to feel when it was brought to my attention that this practically historic homage to 1970s construction was going to be torn down and rebuilt into a neat and clean restaurant. OK, so the old McDonald’s was definitely Opinion kind of sketchy. staffer But this gentrification is making me uneasy. This community is losing some of its former character. I’m not going to lie. As a proud card-carrying member of the stuck-up princess club, I enjoy drinks from Lantern with organic strawberries and imported European liquors as much as the next pretentious yuppie. But I don’t want to let myself become naive. I don’t want to ignore that my cushy life of cocktails at The Crunkleton and the effects of gentrification might be at the expense of displacing someone else. Gentrification, and the inevitable consequences of a contrived community, occurs in predictable patterns. Hipsters move in, and businesses start emerging to cater to the parent-funded alternative youth. More people with trust funds, pugs and monogrammed sweaters move in, and what used to be a fun, vibrant area becomes a neighborhood tame enough for your great aunt to start her new bridge club. Those of lower incomes are pushed to a different area, unable to afford the swollen costs of living. The hipsters too, like locusts, must move on to the next indiechic borough. Franklin Street is different because it has always been centered around the privileged college student and the surrounding affluent town of Chapel Hill. Most of us here only know what poverty is like from our Jay-Z albums. It’s hard to take students seriously when they boast an expertise on issues of poverty from the safety of a pristine cultural bubble. I’m not proposing some sort of “urban immersion” approach to enlighten students. And maybe this posh, new McDonald’s will be less inviting to potentially dangerous transients, but it certainly does nothing to actually confront the issue of poverty in Chapel Hill. The fact that there are no longer homeless people outside McDonald’s asking for a Big Mac doesn’t mean that they have disappeared. The magic of the Filet-O-Fish is the way that all the ingredients work in harmony with each other. I know that Chapel Hill isn’t a delicious sandwich, but I still believe that diversity in a community is important. If we are going to move toward a more homogeneous Franklin Street, we should first ask ourselves what we are giving up.

Use our force

UNC should be responsible for Granville safety

lacing Granville Towers and its parking lot under the domain of the University police is a smart move. The area is now under the jurisdiction of the Chapel Hill Police Department even though the towers serve as dorms for many UNC students. T h e U N C - C h a p e l Hi l l Foundation is purchasing the towers and nearby University Square. It would be inefficient and illogical to allow only Chapel Hill police to preside over the area. To do so would create a 12-acre loophole for the hundreds of students who live in the towers. A University police officer would be as powerless as any

citizen upon witnessing a crime in the towers or surrounding parking lot, even if a UNC student committed the crime. Also, leaving the area under Chapel Hill authority would stretch town police resources over a larger area and possibly limit their effectiveness. It should not be the job of the town police to baby-sit what is essentially a UNC dorm. Let town police focus on Chapel Hill and the rest of the county and let University police preside over campus safety. That is not to say that the two police forces should be at odds — only that their jurisdictions should allow as few loopholes as possible. Including Granville Towers under the control of the

University police actually encourages cooperation and collaboration with the Chapel Hill force. The move would also allow on-duty University police to intervene upon witnessing a crime when traveling near Granville. This change will mean more police to protect both UNC students and Chapel Hill residents and fewer loopholes for criminal activity. At the same time, the town of Chapel Hill’s already shrunken budget will benefit from the costs cut by limiting the money spent on its already stretched police force. And both police forces will be able to better protect and serve the community.

Give it a rest

Let’s see whether there’s evidence against Mary Easley

veryone needs to get off Mary Easley’s case. Thus far, there’s no evidence of wrongdoing. And until there is, the calls for her resignation amount to nothing more than a witch hunt. Mary Easley’s job under the provost of N.C. State has recently come under scrutiny. She was hired while her husband was still in office, and her salary was increased 88 percent to $170,000 a year in 2008. Now Mary Easley’s tenure at N.C. State has been called into question. Many have called for her resignation. They suspect that her hiring process or salary raise might have been tainted by her husband’s position.

The N.C. State chancellor and provost have both been issued subpoenas to appear in court and testify about Mary Easley’s hiring. But until there is conclusive evidence against Mary Easley — if any ever comes to light — UNC-system executives and public officials should back off. Her hiring was approved by both the N.C. State Board of Trustees and the UNC Board of Governors. So was her salary increase. As of now, it seems that Mary Easley’s only crime was being well-connected and having a good salary. But connectivity shouldn’t bar a qualified person from a job.

Plus, as UNC-system President Erskine Bowles pointed out in 2008, Mary Easley’s job requires contacts. Much of her work has involved bringing guest lecturers to N.C. State’s campus. Bowles also defended Easley’s salary increase at the time. “I am convinced that the proposed salary fits the job and is fully justified,” he said. If her work was good enough to elicit such a defense from Bowles, we should give Mary Easley the benefit of the doubt. If she’s done something wrong, her accusers should come forward with evidence against her. But if they don’t, we should let Mary Easley do her job.

Turn it safe to turn it blue Jones is right to pursue new victory traditions

ost everyone loves a good party. But sometimes parties need to be toned down a bit. Carolina’s post-victory celebrations on Franklin Street are good examples of bashes in need of change. And Student Body President Jasmin Jones is right to create new, safer Carolina victory traditions. The men’s basketball national championship in April sent students rushing to Franklin Street, many running from the most southern parts of campus. Good times. But this celebration style can lead to some pretty serious issues. Planning for this kind of event is difficult at best. And

trying to corral thousands of students packed onto one or two roads isn’t an easy task. The key is to move people off Franklin Street — fewer people, fewer problems. An easy method of crowd control is to start events in other locations. Fo r e x a m p l e , S t u d e n t Congress has some money it could put toward a preplanned celebration. They could supply food to people around Franklin and Columbia streets to spread the crowd out. To prevent burns, let’s make one big University-sponsored fire. This would bring one of the most dangerous elements of our Franklin celebrations under University control.

If Carolina wins, we could just wait until the students start showing up and then light it. If we lose, it could be disassembled and saved for another victory celebration. Student government could also set up a separate operation near the Smith Center. After the game, local bands could take the stage and perform, win or lose. There are many possibilities to be explored. Jones has a huge task ahead of her if she wants to organize parties for Carolina victories, and it’s going to take time and maybe some trial and error. Still, if she can pull it off, she’ ll have started a new Carolina tradition for everyone to enjoy.

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All of our old junk raised money for a good cause. What a great idea. But it will undoubtedly take a toll on the dumpster-diving culture.

You guys were amazing. Congratulations on getting so far. Maybe next year will be better. Northwestern sucks. We hate them.

We’re glad the construction is happening given the poor economy. But the cost is still too high. We can’t study in Davis or walk through campus.

TO THE EDITOR: I was amazed to have read that some people agree with ending “free rides” to the students at the N.C. School of Science and Math. In a world where irresponsible people are getting bailed out left and right, why shouldn’t students who work hard to get into the school and to graduate from it get rewarded? We “bailed out” people who bought homes they never could have afforded, but we “bail on” the kids at NCSSM whose life decisions were based on the money promised to them. It seems that people expect to get things from our country for doing nothing, but have a problem with hard-working people getting rewarded for their efforts. Furthermore, there is nothing wrong with going to the school because of the tuition money. That’s a responsible thing to do. I think the people against the grant are simply jealous or regret not studying harder themselves. Jason Miklowcic NCSSM ’09

Multiple-choice does make non-thinkers TO THE EDITOR: I’m sure that the recent column about multiple-choice exams raised more than a few eyebrows. I could almost hear the collective comments across campus: “Are you kidding? That’s the only way I could pass (fill in the blank).” That’s all well and good if your only aim is to get a passing grade, so the parents will continue to fund your “education” here at UNC. Then there’s the old standby whine: “That class is so hard! I hate that professor’s exams; he or she makes us write essay answers...” So you feel pretty good about those good ol’ multiple-choice exams, do you? Think your odds of passing are better than if you had to actually think of an answer on your own? Well, let me pose a question to you. Someday when you’re faced with a major (or even a minor) surgical procedure — which doctor would you prefer to be performing it? The one who closed his eyes and just picked the answer that was statistically safe? Or do you want the doctor

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Kvetching board

kvetch: v.1 (Yiddish) to complain To all the people who kvetch about “frat boys”: Glad we bother you that much; we will make sure to keep it up. I finally get a taste of the North Campus life everyone longs for, and what do you give me? Cold showers and ants. Ugh. To the girl who was looking on as I read an e-mail from my long-distance boyfriend: WTF, mate? To the guy who showed up to a job interview looking completely disheveled and carrying a folder with a picture of a kitten on the front instead of a leather portfolio: You are not a 7-year-old girl. My Facebook news feed is almost completely filled with people complaining about what bad things happened to them today. FML. To the random guy who jumped my friend’s car battery — you rock. To all the people who drove by for 20 minutes without stopping — I hope you get hit by a bus. To the suitemate who polluted the bathroom while I was in the shower: I know who you are. Wait ‘till I’m done next time. Would a second entrance to Dey Hall be too much to ask? If there’s a fire, no one will ever get out. To pedestrians: You may be right, but you may be dead right. When the loudspeaker says that the library is closing in 5 minutes, that means you! It does not mean that it’s time to start printing your 300-page document. Media Resource Center? More like missing rental center. I’m trying to rent movies, not watch your employees tiptoe slowly through the aisles trying to find them. To the Theta Pi Chapter: Why do you exist? To the student who wants free birth control: You have it already. It’s called keeping your pants on. Send your one-to-two sentence entries to dthedit@gmail.com, subject line ‘kvetch.’

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