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Most money goes to salaries By Olivia Bowler Senior WRiter

university | page 3 FEEL THE RUSH The Interfraternity Council held its rush kickoff event in the Great Hall, officially launching fraternity rush season.

sports | page 9 ROME IS BURNING The DTH sat down with UNC fullback Bobby Rome to talk about video games, free Carolina gear and who has the strongest arm on this year’s football team. The team’s first home game is Saturday against the Citadel.

Only a small portion of a statewide student leader organization’s $260,000 budget ends up paying for projects that directly benefit students. The majority of the $1 fee every UNC-system student pays to fund the budget goes to travel expenses and salaries. But leaders of the Association of Student Governments defended the recently approved budget, saying it’s necessary to fulfill its charge of representing students to the system’s administration and the state legislature. A lion’s share of the budget is spent on facilitating meetings among members, maintaining connections between campuses and paying ASG officers. About $90,000 is used to pay the salaries of ASG officers and administrative workers. About $45,000 is spent on travel expenses and accommodation costs incurred when ASG’s 80 members convene at their monthly meetings

held throughout the state. Meanwhile, only $33,000 goes to advocacy programs and service projects that directly affect the students who fund the budget. Before the UNC-system Board of Governors approved the $1 student fee in 2002, ASG operated with about $2,500. “The real purpose of the fee was so everyone had an equal voice in the association,” said former ASG President Andrew Payne, who served from 2000 to 2002 and received no salary. This year, the ASG president receives $7,000, the vice president receives $6,000 and five executive officers receive $4,000 each. “Those salaries are rather ridiculous,” Payne said. “I can understand compensating everyone for their time, but that wasn’t the intention of the fee.” But former ASG presidents Jeff Nieman (1998-2000) and Jonathan Ducote (2002-04) said the position is salaried to ensure that any student is able to hold the position, despite any financial

Association of Student Governments budget The UNC Association of Student Governments receives $1 from every student in the UNC system. The association currently has $202,500 in recurring student fees and $55,723 left over from last year. Administrative fees and operating reserves

Stipends, salaries and general compensation

$44,158.22 $99,801.00

Advocacy, programming $31,880.12 and service projects

Hotel and travel reimbursement and officer outreach

$40,203.92

Students’ Day at the capital, Service NC and voter mobilization

Infrastructure and other operational expenses SOURCE: UNC ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT GOVERNMENTS ANNUAL BUDGET

constraints. “What we saw historically was that people who did ASG were people who could largely afford to do ASG,” said Ducote, who oversaw a budget of about $150,000. “I couldn’t have afforded it.” Presidents often paid thousands

of dollars out of their pocket for travel and supplies. Even with the fee and salary, current president Greg Doucette said he still often shells out his own money. Doucette said the salaries are completely appropriate. When he came into office in spring 2007, he

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Congressman David Price speaks to students after giving a speech about health care reform in a meeting in Wilson Library Wednesday evening. The event, sponsored by the Young Democrats, drew a large crowd and a lot of discussion from both dissenters and supporters.

Price handles health care debate Meeting answers questions, raises new ones By Ross Maloney Staff Writer

The national heath care debate came to UNC on Wednesday as supporters and opposers of President Barack Obama’s came to aggressively promote their sides. U.S. Rep. David Price, D-N.C., spoke at the forum hosted by the UNC Young Democrats regarding realities and rumors of the proposed changes in health care legislation. Price seemed intent on making sure the audience left with an accurate understanding of the reforms, despite interruptions that sometimes escalated to heckling. About 140 students and townspeople filled a Wilson Library room to hear Price spell out the legislation they said they were going to

pay for. The audience had an insatiable appetite for discussing the issue and it gave input with emphatic applause and detailed questions. “Why is it my responsibility to pay for 10 to 12 million uninsured undocumented workers?” one audience member asked. “Why are there no cross-state policy options under the current system?” asked Jason Sutton, a junior political science major and a member of UNC College Republicans. “Why is there no public option for Congress? Are they too good for their own reform?” another audience member asked. Wednesday’s intimate atmosphere mimicked the “town hall” meetings politicians have been conducting with constituents since summer.

Maxwell Wright, 16, is charged with the murder of graduate student Sharon Lynn Stewart 10 days after she was kidnapped at knifepoint.

Student Health Insurance

Today’s weather

System joins four others in nation

Cloudy H 83, L 64

Friday’s weather Partly cloudy H 86, L 65

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The University has hired Paulien & Associates, an outside consulting firm with experience in the field, to look into how UNC could improve its use of classroom space.

Due to a reporting error, Tuesday’s front-page story, “Iconic ‘Blue Mural’ gets ready for preservation” misstated where the mural is located. It is near the corner of Rosemary and Columbia streets. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the error.

changed the budget to lower his position’s salary and benefits. Predecessor Cole Jones, who resigned following assault charges that have since been dropped, wrote into the budget a $10,000

BY Jennifer Klahre

GETTING SCHOOLED

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Wednesday’s front-page graphic “H1N1 flu cases throughout the system,” left the following schools off because they reported no cases of the virus: UNCAsheville, Fayetteville State University, Winston-Salem State University, N.C. School of Science and Math, N.C. School of the Arts and N.C. Central University. Elizabeth City State University could not be reached as of press time Tuesday.

Stipends for the president, vice president, executive officers and non-student support personnel Rent, parking, cable and internet

$42,180.58 Meetings, lodging, travel and outreach

Some specifics under these budget categories

“It gives students the chance to engage Congressman Price directly and for him to see how important the reform issue is to our generation,” said Justin Rosenthal, Young Democrats co-president. Price called access to basic health care a fundamental human right, lumping it in with staples like food and shelter. He said that he understands the anger that the reforms prompt and that despite concerns, the private sector will remain protected. “We don’t want to replace the market, but rather correct it, as one often has to,” he said. The main steps to doing this are universal coverage and eliminating insurance discrimination, he said. Audience concerns also included supervision of Medicare, repeated visits to hos-

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The state has reduced a UNCsystem benefit that lets employees take classes for free as a result of a drastic budget shortfall. Employees previously had the opportunity to take three classes a year at any UNC-system school free of charge, but the new cut reduced the benefit to eight credit hours a year. According to the budget, the benefit reduction will save North Carolina $700,000 a year. Many UNC-Chapel Hill employees, including leaders of the legislative action committee, tried to defend the benefit from being cut. Now they are rallying support to regain the lost class. “We’re hoping we can stage an organized effort with the general administration and the chancellor and take it directly to the legislature,” said Jonathan Stephenson, the committee’s chairman and an Allied Health Services employee. The tuition waiver for employees is only provided if there is space available in a class. An interested staff member must be a permanent, full-time employee and turn in an application to the Cashier’s Office. “We get a lot of applications,” said Brian Usischon, senior director of benefits and employee services. “Cashiers called people enrolled to let them know of the cuts when the forms were submitted this academic year.” Last semester, there were about 440 employees enrolled in classes, but not all of them necessarily used the tuition waiver. Many employees, such as Carrie Goldsmith, graduate studies coor-

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UNC jumps on bandwagon by requiring students have health insurance By Emily Stephenson Senior Writer

The UNC system is following a national trend with a policy requiring students to have health insurance by fall 2010. The University of Virginia, Florida State University, the University of Maryland and the University of California system all have implemented insurance requirements. But the economy and other factors are preventing some universities from changing their policies. K a r e n K l e v e r, a s t u d e n t insurance administrator at the

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, said she has advocated for requiring all students to purchase some form of health insurance. “I would hope at some point that we would be able to require all students to have health insurance,” Klever said. “I’ve been talking about it for 10 years. Michigan’s economy is really bad right now.” As parents and students lose jobs, it becomes more difficult to argue for the added cost of student health insurance, she said. The UNC system will require students on 16 campuses to have health

insurance by next fall. Officials also plan to create a systemwide insurance plan that students can purchase as an alternative to parent- or employer-provided coverage. UNC system estimates show that about 16 percent of its students are uninsured. A campus survey conducted during the 2005-06 school year indicated that about 6 percent of University of Michigan undergraduate students had no insurance, but Klever said she thinks that number has increased along with Michigan’s unemployment rate. Klever said only about 1,600 students purchase the campus health plan offered at the University of Michigan’s three campuses, which

have about 55,000 students total. Klever said requiring health insurance could encourage more students to buy that plan and drive down premiums, as well as help students at the Flint and Dearborn campuses — which don’t have student health centers — pay for care. The University of Florida also has considered a mandate, but Kathy Lindsey, insurance coordinator at the university’s Student Health Care Center, said the school will probably wait for state action to introduce a requirement. “There has been a lot of talk and a lot of scuttlebutt about mandatory insurance,” Lindsey said. “If

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The story so far The UNC-system Board of Governors approved on Aug. 14 a plan to require all students to have health insurance. The requirement takes effect beginning in fall 2010. UNC-system officials also are moving forward with a plan to create a systemwide health insurance plan that students can purchase instead of parent- or employer-provided coverage. System administrators have said details of the plan should be available next week.

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pparently fires aren’t all that interesting. DeKalb Walcott, a fire department battalion chief in Chicago, slept through a fire and was given a 15-day suspension. When a battalion responded to the 4 a.m. call — the result of a fire bomb thrown into a home — they noticed Walcott’s absence. Fire department spokesman Larry Langford refused to confirm Walcott’s identity or the suspension. Langford said Walcott’s absence did not interfere with the treatment of the fire, while another source said frantic calls were made to Walcott while the house was engulfed in flames. Victims had to be rescued, the source said, but no one was injured in the blaze. Walcott could not be reached for comment — perhaps he was sleeping.

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NOTED. Florida resident Fred Denegri opened his Diet Pepsi and found a surprise — the remains of an animal. An FDA test shows the animal was either a frog or a toad. A Pepsi spokesman said the speed of production and assembly lines makes it almost impossible for a frog or toad to jump in a can. However, Denegri said he is sure the animal was there before he opened it.

QUOTED. “I didn’t even know his name when I first saw him, but I was horrified. I couldn’t believe it. He looks younger than he is, and he was well-endowed and really hairy. It has put me off men.” — Denise Woodage, a 54-year-old woman who saw her neighbor gardening in the nude. She said she is currently on antidepressants in order to cope with the trauma.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAr today Teach-in: UNC and Duke University professors will host a teach-in about the Iranian elections and aftermath. Time: noon Location: Perkins Library Rare Book Room, Duke University Cooking class: Marilyn Markel will teach the class how to prepare three meals in one afternoon. The fee for the class is $25. Time: noon Location: A Southern Season, University Mall

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other students and learn about student organizations in the Gillings School of Global Public Health. Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Location: Hooker Atrium Project HEAL interest meeting: Learn how to become involved in this group committed to facilitating culturally relevant and locally driven sustainable development in Ghana. Time: 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Location: Campus Y

Interest meeting: Learn how to improve the lives of the elderly as a member of Youth for Elderly Service. Members volunteer at retirement and daytime care centers, among other locales. Time: 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Location: Campus Y

Performance: A family’s fatal struggle against the Argentine military dictatorship in the 1970s and 80s will be profiled in this free onewoman performance, followed by a discussion with the artists. Time: 8 p.m. Location: Gerrard Hall

Drum circle: Local musician Matt Vooris will lead other drummers as they cheer the UNC football team to victory. Participants are invited to bring a drum and play along. Time: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Location: University Mall

Jewish high holiday services: Join Chabad in celebrating the first night of the Jewish New Year. All are welcome to enjoy insights into holiday prayers, Hebrew-English prayer books and a gourmet dinner. Time: 6:45 p.m. to 11 p.m. Location: Student and Academic Services Building

Songslinger’s showcase: Singersongwriters Brandon Herdon of Twilighter and John Pardue of Puritan Rodeo will give a taste of what drives their bands. Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: The Cave, 452 1/2 W. Franklin St.

Friday Interest meeting: Learn how to become involved in Carolina Microfinance Initiative, a group devoted to worldwide poverty alleviation through microfinance. Time: 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Location: Campus Y

Rafael Green concert: Rafael Green, who has been compared to artists such as Bright Eyes and Iron & Wine, will perform. His music includes elements of acoustic, rock, folk, jazz and world music. Time: 8 p.m. Location: Open Eye Cafe, 101 S. Greensboro St., Carrboro 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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atthew Slotkin, left, and Craig Butterfield perform in Person Hall on Wednesday evening as the Dez Cordas Duo. The two have traveled all over the world performing an eclectic mix of musical styles by the South American composer Astor Piazzolla.

Police log n Somebody cut car tires with

a knife in a parking lot at 1133 Arborgate Circle between 12:38 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to Chapel Hill police reports. Two car tires sustained $100 damage each, reports state. n Somebody attempted to

steal a computer by prying open a ground floor window of a home at 606 Concordia Court between 10 a.m. and 12:40 p.m. Tuesday, according to Chapel Hill police reports.

n Somebody damaged the

rear window of a home at 1066 Canterbury Lane between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesday, according to Chapel Hill police reports. The damage to the window was valued at $200, reports state. n Somebody stole a Lenovo laptop computer and AC/DC adapter between 2 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Sunday at 222 Greene St., according to Chapel Hill police reports. The computer was valued at $1,000, reports state.

n Somebody stole 60 Tr a m a d o l p i l l s f r o m t h e Stratford House at 405 Smith Level Road between 11 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. Monday, according to Carrboro police reports. n Somebody broke into an apartment at 501 N.C. 54 through the kitchen window at 12:31 p.m. Tuesday, according to Carrboro police reports. The burglar stole a laptop computer, reports state. n Somebody smashed a window at an apartment on 303 Smith Level Road at 5:18 p.m. Tuesday, according to Carrboro police reports. No property was stolen, reports state. n Somebody broke into a vehicle at 206 W. Main St. between 9 p.m. and 11:50 p.m. Tuesday, according to Carrboro police reports. The person stole an AC/DC inverter that was plugged into the cigarette lighter, reports state. A cordless drill and other tools in the truck were not stolen.

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Talk to focus on relation between Nazis, colonialism History lecturer Theodore Rosengarten will be delivering a free public lecture titled “The Holocaust and the Spirit of Colonialism: Race, Rhetoric and Policy in the Nazi-Occupied East.” Rosengarten, of the College of Charleston and the University of South Carolina, said the talk will focus on the relationships between colonialism and Nazi interests in race and space. The Center for the Study of the American South, with support from the UNC General Alumni Association, is presenting the talk, which will take place at 4 p.m. on Sept. 22 as part of the James A. Hutchins Lectures.

Study examines high blood pressure, communication A UNC-directed study published this month has found that black patients with high blood pressure experience worse communication with their doctors than white patients. The study, published in this month’s Journal of General Internal Medicine, was led by Dr. Crystal Wiley Cené, an assistant professor in the UNC School of Medicine. Cené directed the study as a fellow in general internal medicine at Johns Hopkins University of Medicine in Baltimore, Md. Researchers deduced from analyses of audio recordings of patient visits with their primary doctors that blacks had less rapport building, less time and less biomedical and psychosocial exchange with their doctors.

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UNC to seek an outside opinion BY Kevin Kiley University Editor

UNC is about to get schooled in how to use classrooms. The University has hired Paulien & Associates Inc., a Coloradobased educational consulting company, to examine how efficiently it schedules classroom space and to develop strategies for effectively managing schedules. Paulien, which regularly conducts studies about campus space use, has worked with more than 400 schools. “Their charge is to examine what exactly our classroom status is,” said Karen Gil, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. This semester, the University is offering about 10,000 classes, though recent semesters have seen as many as 14,000 classes. The challenge is fitting these courses into the proper time slots and lim-

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Economy, job losses to blame by Sarah Morayati senior writer

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Members of an anthropology class leave Howell Hall at the end of class. UNC is hiring a consultant to examine how the University could best manage schedules to use classroom spaces more efficiently.

TechJournal South names Jones an Internet pioneer Professor Paul Jones of the School of Information and Library Sciences has been picked as one of the southeast’s leading Internet pioneers. Jones was selected by TechJournal South, a business publication focusing on the southeast, for his direction of www.ibiblio.org. The Web site is one of the world’s first “collections on collections” of digital libraries and archives.

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Council seat to be discussed at late-notice Friday meeting Mayor Kevin Foy announced Tuesday that an open seat on the Chapel Hill Town Council will be discussed at a special meeting at 8 a.m. Friday. Former council member Bill Strom left the seat in a flurry of controversy — if he’d left sooner, residents could elect a replacement. Now the new council member will be appointed. The special meeting was called to discuss a property purchase opportunity that Foy said was timesensitive. The town charter mandates that the council announce and discuss an open seat as soon as it meets, so Foy said the timing was unavoidable. Town Council member Matt Czajkowski said in an e-mail that by discussing a controversial appointment in the morning with a only a few days’ notice, the town isn’t giving the public adequate chance to comment and is feeding public skepticism of government honesty since Strom’s resignation. Foy said only the selection process will be discussed, not who will fill the seat. He plans to give residents 30 days after Friday to apply for the position.

Chapel Hill candidate files for voter-owned elections Mayoral candidate Kevin Wolff filed for voter-owned elections last Tuesday. He is the second of four mayoral candidates to sign up for the program. Wolff said he decided to join the program to keep his options open, though he still has reservations. If elected, he said he would not support the program as is but would try to add different requirements. The current voter-owned election program provides matching funds from the town for candidates that can show they have a certain amount of community support.

Kerr Drug to offer flu shots today at University Mall Kerr Drug begins its flu immunization program today at University Mall. Pharmacists will be administering the season flu shots beginning at 11 a.m. In mid to late October, the drugstore chain will also begin to offer the H1N1 vaccine. The Department of Public Health chose Kerr Drug to be one of the first pharmacies to administer the vaccine because of the extra resources they are providing. — From staff and wire reports.

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Mike Pizza, bottom left, and Will Hoyle, bottom right, talk with Josh Taylor, a freshman from Decatur, Ga., Wednesday evening during the Interfraternity Council Fall Recruitment 2009 Kickoff, which gave recruitment chairmen a chance to meet with potential members.

THE RUSH IS ON Potential recruits gather tips on rush process BY ANDY Thomason Staff Writer

A crowd of about 200 well-dressed young men flocked to the Great Hall of the Student Union on Wednesday evening for the Interfraternity Council Fall Recruitment 2009 Kickoff. The kickoff allowed the 22 IFC fraternities’ recruitment chairmen to publicize their groups’ rush schedules and answer questions from potential members. IFC President Charlie Winn opened the festivities by advising potential recruits to view the organization with an open mind and get to know every fraternity before making a decision to join one. After the program, potential recruits met with recruitment chairmen for each fraternity in the back of the room. Program coordinators stressed that alcohol is forbidden during all rush events. The young men in the room seemed opti-

mistic about the social opportunities joining a fraternity would bring. Shahir Amin, a sophomore business major from Charleston, W.Va., who transferred from Emory University, said he is looking to Greek life to provide social opportunities. “It’s a good way to meet a bunch of people from campus,” he said. Jeff White, a freshman political science major from Jackson, said he is rushing in part for the prospect of campus involvement. “There is so much stuff you can get involved with, with fraternities,” said. Current members of the UNC Greek system offered their advice on how to make the most of rush week. John Pulliam, one of five rush chairmen for Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, said he would advise recruits to come into the rush process with a positive attitude. “Keep your options open and be honest

with yourself,” he said. Lex Janes, a member of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity, said he thinks Greek life has had a positive aspect on his campus experience and would advise recruits not to limit themselves to a specific fraternity. “Be open. Go to as many of the fraternities that you like,” he said. He added that his experience has been a positive one. “It sold itself,” he said. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.

How to get involved: Register for fraternity recruitment at greeks.unc.edu. Visit the fraternities. Recruitment begins officially at 8 a.m. on Sept. 6 and ends at noon on Sept. 11. For more information, visit greeks.unc. edu.

For more and more students in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, there is indeed such a thing as a free lunch. During the 2009-10 school year, at least 3,000 students — about one quarter of students in the district — will qualify for free or reduced-price lunches, said Mark Rusin, director of child nutrition for the district. That amount is a jump of at least 8 percentage points in only three years, Rusin said. The increase is largely due to families coping with lower incomes during the economic downturn, he said. “We have definitely seen an increase in the amount of students that are eligible for free or reduced meals in the last couple years,” he said. Before 2006, the percentage of students in the district who qualified for free or reduced lunch remained steady at about 17 percent. But that year, the number rose to 19 percent. The next year, it was 21 percent. And in the 2008-09 school year, 24 percent of students qualified for free or reduced lunch. Rusin said he expects the trend to continue. The numbers are still lower than those at Orange County Schools, where 31.9 percent of students qualified for free or reduced lunch in 2007-08, the latest year for which numbers are available. Families qualify for free or reduced lunch based on income. A family of four, for example, would qualify for reduced lunch — 40 cents a meal, compared to $2.75 to $3.00 — if its annual income was $40,793. For families to qualify for free lunch, the cutoff income amount is $28,665 annually. Also eligible for free or reduced meals are families receiving food stamps or other forms of financial assistance. These numbers are low compared to the rest of the state, where some districts had as many as 86 percent of students qualifying in 2007-08. But parents in the Chapel HillCarrboro area still face layoffs and reduced hours as they would anywhere else. “We’ve had a lot of people come in who have lost their jobs,” Rusin said. Schools are already beginning to see a difference in the number of students using the program. “It’s been a big change,” said Geneva Long, who is the cafeteria manager at Chapel Hill High School. She said that just in the first couple weeks of school, she has noticed many more students in the cafeteria using free or reduced plans.

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Fee hike aids student parents Group uses theater to $10 increase helps 27 extra students BY Courtney Tye Staff Writer

A recently increased student fee will help support child care costs for more than three times as many student parents as last year. Amid disagreements, students voted in February to increase the fee more than 500 percent from $2.44 to the current $12.81 per student in order to expand the program. The fee increase will allow the program to support about 40 student parents, a number that is more representative of the people seeking to use the program. “Prior to the increase in the fee, we were serving about 13 students and had 68 on the waitlist,” said Aimee Krans, UNC Student Parent Association Advisor. The fee, which will be combined with up to $36,000 from the University, is distributed to student parents for child care costs. The average cost for day care at the University Child Care Center is $1,126 per month or $13,515 per year. The stipend distributed to student parents will remain at

about $699 per month but will be provided to more students. The money collected from the fee is sent directly to the child care provider of the parents’ choice. All providers must be licensed by the state of North Carolina with a rating of at least three of a possible five stars. “For student parents, finding quality affordable child care is an enormous challenge,” Krans said. “Without financial assistance to subsidize their child care costs and safe and reliable options for unmet child care needs, students may face a difficult choice of either leaving their children in unacceptable conditions or dropping out of school. These funds will help a number of students avoid this difficult dilemma.” Since it began in 2002, the subsidy program has funded child care for 71 students, of which 44 have graduated and 22 are currently enrolled. The graduation rate for these students is 93 percent, nearly five percentage points higher than UNC’s six-year graduation rate of 88.1 per-

cent for the entering class of 2002. Freshman Claudia Cuador said that despite the program’s benefits, the fee is excessive considering what students already have to pay. “I understand that student parents need help paying for child care, but I don’t think it should be at the expense of all the other students,” Cuador said. But junior Leah Josephson, who lobbied for the fee increase last year, said she feels that the extra cost to students is worth the trouble. “I think it’s an important service for the University to provide, especially because one of UNC’s goals is to provide an equal education to everybody,” she said. “Without this service, UNC wouldn’t be accomplishing that goal.” Student Congress originally voted against putting the fee increase to a vote last spring. But former Student Body President J.J. Raynor collected enough signatures to put the measure on the ballot anyway, where it passed by about 500 votes.

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Crowd interaction “It’s the best of both leads to solutions worlds because it By Carly Yusiewicz Staff Writer

Only one theater group on campus allows students to combine a passion for health and social justice issues, acting and even improvisation. Interactive Theatre Carolina, a group that promotes these issues, kicks off its third year with its last round of auditions from 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. today on the third floor of Campus Health Services. Part of Counseling and Wellness Services, the group has about 20 members. The group has 12 scripts to choose from that cover topics such as race relations, sexual assault and body image. This year the group has added a new scene highlighting the issues of depression and suicide. Their typical performances conContact the University Editor sist of three parts, beginning with a at udesk@unc.edu. scripted scene in which the charac-

combines acting with actual purpose behind it.”

Rheema Khrais, Theatre member ters experience a conflict. The second portion provides the audience with the opportunity to become part of the action by asking the performers questions while they are still in character. “The audience is an integral and essential part of the performance,” said Ben Saypol, program coordinator for Interactive Theatre Carolina. Finally, a post-performance conversation wraps things up as the performers, audience and facilitators discuss the issue at hand. Audience members also can suggest solutions to the conflict. “The response is unexpected

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consulting group has found different conclusions at different campuses. from page 3 She said some schools undergo from page 3 major changes as a result of their but in a good way,” said Yorick de ited campus space. Over the course of the year, studies, while others have only Visser, a senior dramatic art major Paulien will look at issues including made minor tweaks. and member of the group. how often rooms are used, which The group performs many times classes they are used for and how A consulting history throughout the year at a wide varimany students are in each class. ety of locations on and around The classroom study is not the campus, from classrooms to chapMeeting enrollment growth first time UNC has worked with ter meetings in Greek houses. Paulien. Last year, the University From a performer’s perspective, The study was commissioned in commissioned the consulting firm the experience can be extremely light of a request by the state that to look at the physical space that rewarding. the University admit more stu- would be required for UNC to meet “It’s the best of both worlds dents. More than 80,000 students the enrollment growth goal. because it combines acting with Paulien determined that the actual purpose behind it,” said are expected to flood into the UNC University would need to add 2.5 Reema Khrais, a sophomore and system in the next decade. Administrators have speculated million square feet of building member of the group. that UNC’s student body could space to the campus to help accomSome performers expressed grow to 33,000 or more students modate that growth. greater interest in the latter two In addition to helping deter- sections of the productions. in that decade. Last year, UNC had mine the best way to use class28,567 students. “Ultimately what really gets me “We need to plan for if enroll- rooms, administrators hope the is when we do the Q & A,” de Visser ment growth continues,” Gil said. consultants will help determine said. “You’re being confronted with The consultant, Lisa Keith, which buildings need renovations your character and feel real emoalready visited campus once in and repairs. tions that come with that.” August for preliminary talks and De Visser said the characters’ Staff writer Lyle Kendrick ideas and actions often push persaid she was planning on revisitcontributed reporting. formers beyond their average acting campus in November. Contact the University Editor ing range. Keith said she does not know at udesk@unc.edu. what the study will find and that the Khrais said the post-performance conversation is the most Even if families do not qualify interesting, as it allows people to for free or reduced lunch at the talk about living with these confrom page 3 beginning of the year, they can flicts. Though the group is not very Long said it does not signifi- still apply later if their income old, it is gaining a steady audience cantly affect how schools handle changes. Rusin said finalized numbers and expanding its performance lunch. And because the free and for this school year will be out material. After accumulating 4,500 audireduced lunch program is paid next week. ence members during last year’s for with federal money, the school Contact the City Editor 37 performances, the group aims district’s budget cuts will not affect at citydesk@unc.edu. to draw even larger audiences this it. year. A new addition to the group’s l i n e u p , In t e ra c t i v e T h e at r e The number of students in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School system on free Workshops, allows other organior reduced lunch began increasing in 2006 from 17 to18 percent in previous zations to request facilitators from years. It is projected that the number will be 25 to 26 percent for 2009-2010. the group to lead them in performance exercises that address a per30 tinent issue. Facilitators will work through some of the same issues with groups that they cover in their traditional format, including social justice and wellness. 25 Ultimately the group hopes to spread its messages to the campus community and increase its scope. “We just want to build on the success,” Saypol said.

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In Rome’s dome The DTH sat down with UNC fullback Bobby Rome to hear what’s on his mind. See pg. 9 for story.

In a rush The Interfraternity Council held its rush kickoff event in the Great Hall. See pg. 3 for story.

Mother’s little helper The newly increased child care fee has allowed the student-parent program to triple. See pg. 3 for story.

More free lunches The amount of Chapel HillCarrboro students qualifying for free lunch has risen. See pg. 3 for story.

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Shopping for drama Deep Dish uses mall as an outlet for thought provoking theater By Jordan lawrence Diversions Editor

A wall in the lobby of Deep Dish Theater’s University Mall location displays the posters for the productions from each of the theater’s eight previous seasons. The new season is on now.

Paul Frellick, the founding artistic director of Deep Dish Theater, shows off the set for the company’s production of the Tennessee Williams play “Summer and Smoke,” which runs until Sept. 19. PHOTOS BY Jordan Lawrence

09-10 productions: Playing through Sept. 19

Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams

People go to the mall for a lot of things. Whether it’s a pair of jeans, a new gadget from the electronics store or just a cinnamon bun from the food court, malls are a one-stop shop for many of the semi-necessary trappings of modern life. But patrons at Chapel Hill’s University Mall can get something more: a night at the theater. Located in a seemingly ordinary, regularly sized store space in the mall is Deep Dish Theater, a small, non-profit theater for the dramatic arts that began its ninth season last weekend. “I wanted to encourage the thinking of the theater as an everyday thing, that it matters in your life,” said Paul Frellick, artistic director and founder of the theater, explaining why he likes being in the mall. “It isn’t something you just go to on your birthday. Being here, it’s just like popping into the Radioshack when you need your batteries. It takes some of the veneer off of the idea a bit. It demystifies it.” Deep Dish, which is currently housing a production of Tennessee Williams’ “Summer and Smoke,” was a brain child of Frellick that he wanted to make a reality when he moved here from Chicago. “The biggest problem was just a lack of theater space,” he said of his early efforts. “It became a sort of parlor game for me to walk through different places and go, ‘I wonder what it would be like to do a play there.’” It was this willingness to look into unusual places that caused him to try to put together a performance in one of the spaces in the mall, which had several empty storefronts at the time. “We came in and pitched the idea of doing a show in an empty space,” he said. “In what I thought was going to be a very preliminary meeting, we ended up walking around, picking a space and settling on dates.” Frellick and his company produced the first season by going back to the mall each time and asking to do another play. For the second season they guaranteed him the space, and by the time the third season

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rolled around, Deep Dish was moved into its own permanent spot where it has remained for seven and a half years. And it’s been a good fit for the theater as Frellick says that the mall’s sense of community has been a major asset in garnering the success necessary to keep the enterprise going for nine seasons. “An actor on a break in rehearsal has a place to get something to drink,” he said. “We do a book discussion for each show down in Tyndall Galleries. We are borrowing everything from vacuum cleaners to props from other merchants in the mall.” In addition to the communal aspect, Frellick said that the intimacy of the small space, which only contains 74 seats, is one of the theater’s biggest strengths. “It’s a very intimate setup; for a lot of people that’s a revelation,” he said. “A lot of theater going is a special event sort of thing. You go and you see the touring ‘Phantom (of the Opera)’ from the 87th row. “Here you’re in the same room, breathing the same air with the characters. It makes for a much more direct, more visceral experience.” And while Frellick will admit that being in the mall makes his theater more accessible, he is keen to point out that his productions are about more than entertainment.

“I think that a lot of times people sell the theater short now,” he said.” People say to me, ‘I have enough trouble in my life, I just want to go to the theater to make me laugh.’ I understand that entirely, and I love doing that as well. But the theater does so many other things well too.” And according to resident director Tony Lea, who is orchestrating the current production, the theater is able to bring in the high-quality talent necessary for these moving and meaningful performances. “I’m not a set designer and I’m not a lighting designer,” he said. “I have to rely on experts in those fields. Paul brings those people in there somehow.” And though Frellick is satisfied with the run he’s made so far, he says there are still some interesting challenges in running a theater in a shopping mall. “An awful lot of people are surprised that the theater actually is here,” he said. “They think that this is just a ticket selling agency. “There’s a moment where they go down a hallway and then suddenly the stage opens up for them. That’s the moment where they truly leave the mall behind, and it’s fun to watch.” Contact the Diversions Editor at dive@unc.edu.

A sign out side of Deep Dish Theater’s space in University Mall advertises the lineup for its current season. The season started last weekend and will continue through this coming May.

Oscar Wilde’s

An Ideal Husband

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Body Awareness Apr. 30 - May 22

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Carolina Chocolate Drops hit the Cradle By Jonathan Pattishall Staff Writer

Dom Flemons is excited, and he thinks you should be too. After years of intensely studying Piedmont string music, often at the side of wizened veterans, Flemons and his two bandmates Justin Robinson and Rhiannon Giddens, together known as the Carolina Chocolate Drops, are coming to play the Cat’s Cradle for the first time on Saturday. “We were too small-time,” Flemons said, explaining why the band has never played the venue. “And now we’ve come around the block and we’re coming to Chapel Hill.” The Carolina Chocolate Drops are an old-time string band, and a household name among fans of folk and bluegrass in the Triangle. And considering their meteoric ascent in the string music community, which includes three studio albums in as many years, spots on the soundtrack of 2007’s “The Great Debaters,” multiple appearances at the Shakori Hills Festival, opening for the legendary blues guitarist Taj Mahal, and a guest spot on A Prairie Home Companion, it’s surprising that the Chocolate Drops have never played the Cradle before. But just because they’re new to the Cradle doesn’t mean they’re new to Chapel Hill. The Chocolate Drops, based out of Durham, have performed at Carrboro’s ArtsCenter, and have even been spotted around campus, picking away at their unique style on the stone walls of Polk Place. That style, according to Flemons, is pretty simple. “When most people ask us what we play, I just tell them old-time fiddlin’ banjo music,” he says. “But we also do old-time blues and country, and old-time jazz as well. I try to keep it really simple.” Specifically, though, the Chocolate Drops have revitalized a style of African-American string music that originated in the Piedmont of North and South Carolina, centering on the banjo. They learned many of their tunes from mentor Joe Thompson, an African-American fiddler from Mebane who is one of the last of the original Piedmont string musicians. They also learned from Durham

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Dom Flemons of Durham’s Carolina Chocolate Drops poses for a press photo. The old time string band will play Cat’s Cradle on Saturday. blues legend John Dee Holeman, a guitarist largely responsible for the prominence of “Carolina blues,” a style showcased in the annual Bull Durham Blues Festival. Holeman will be opening for the Chocolate Drops at their Cat’s Cradle concert. “By that point I was already starting to play the old-time styles,” Flemons says of the first time he played alongside the legend. “And you know, playing with people like John Dee, I learned a lot from standing next to these guys.” Flemons, like the two other members of the band, is a multiinstrumentalist. When asked how many instruments he could play, Flemons kept a running list, eventually totaling six or seven, including “the guitar, the banjo, the jug, the harmonica and the bones” (also known as the spoons).

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As a result, their shows are often rollicking events that never stagnate, encouraging the audience to get up and dance even if they don’t know the traditional clogging techniques that accompany the music. “It’s good time music,” Flemons concludes. “And they should come in with open hearts and open minds and open bodies ready to dance. It’s community music, so I hope that people will want to sing along, they’ll want to dance, they’ll want to clap their hands with us, of course.”

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Circulatory System has to deal with a lot of expectations. Lead by William Cullen Hart of revered Athens, Ga., collective Olivia Tremor Control and getting frequent contributions from Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel, the loosely organized group has the burden of living up to an incredible history. And while people looking to the new the band as a successor to last decade’s Athens bands will certainly be disappointed in Signal Morning, the band’s first album since 2006, those willing to accept an invigorating if flawed piece of genre-bending entertainment will find a lot to like. Unlike many of his aging contemporaries who avoid risks, Hart’s greatest strength, as well as his weakness, is his determination to keep taking as many as he can. “Overjoyed” bends a baroque bit of strings, a buzzing electronic bass line and a cavalcade of drumming into pure rocket propulsion that surges forward until it hits a wall of grinding, yet expressive noise. But while Hart’s desires for pop perfection and the avant-garde usually blend well, the gears do grind. With far too many sound effects at work and shot synthesizers that hit at much too high a pitch, “Blasting Through” has too many abrasive elements to be palatable. But with every achievement and mistake, Hart sounds like a vibrant artist, which puts him arm and leg ahead of most of his aging peers. And that should be enough to get an approving nod from any critic. -Jordan Lawrence

Yo La Tengo Popular Songs rock

To mark Yo La Tengo’s 25th anniversary, the group decided to chronicle both its own and pop music’s history on its new LP, Popular Songs. Cramming decades of song into one album. It’s a hard task and one which not even this mighty indie rock stalwart was able to tackle. The release starts off airy, failing to make the impact its subject matter demands. It’s not suited to either pop or Yo La Tengo’s legacy. While variety is never a bad thing, consistency should always win out. Contact the Diversions Editor Through the first three tracks, the at dive@unc.edu. band ambles through limp atmo-

spherics that are only able to make an impression because of James McNew’s invigorating bass lines. It’s not until the second third of that the group hits its stride. In addition to the raging 1960s-inspired romps “Nothing to Hide” and “If It’s True,” “Periodically Double or Triple” stands as the most historically accurate portrayal of pop music. With its “ba-dumping” bass line and screeching electric organ, the song could hold its own in any Frankie Avalon beach bash. But as the album winds down, the last three songs range from nine to 16 minutes in length, becoming background noise that’s not compelling enough to justify the long lengths. Unfortunately for Yo La Tengo, the role of historian proved too challenging. Popular Songs is mired in a lack of cohesiveness and suffers greatly from the weaker parts that bookend the album -Benn Wineka

Nurses Apple’s Acre electro-pop

From the packaging to the content, Nurses’ latest release, Apple’s Acre, exudes eccentricity. The album art, a collage of vibrant colors and pictures of yarn-and-paper trees, reflects what listeners will find in Nurses’ music—frenzy, chaos, and occasional fragments of beauty. One of the first distinctions that’s noticeable is the MGMT-esque mix of electronic and falsetto. Vocals may charm for the first few tracks, but before “Mile After Mile,” the second track on the record, is over, Aaron Chapman’s yelps grow tiresome. Due to grating vocals and the electronic chaos of it all, a few minutes feels like an experience out of “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.” It’s vaguely trippy, but most of the time, you just want the ride to stop. It’s just all too disjointed to work. While a good beat has salvaged many a mediocre song, Nurses’ chaotic style adds so many drums and instruments that even the tempo gets muddled. Though Apple’s Acre leaves much to be desired, a few tracks demonstrate that Nurses could shed the frenzy of this album and refine their sound. “Lita,” a piano-driven song that successfully combines Chapman’s high-pitched wails with a coherent melody, is a prime example of Nurses’ potential for invention and effective songwriting. Broody and dark, it stands in sharp contrast to the chirpy, multi-

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Taken By Trees EAst Of Eden pop/Ambient

For some artists, an exotic location can make what might normally sound commonplace into an interesting album. A recording session in the Middle East might have launched M.I.A.’s career, but for the lesser-known Taken by Trees, the expatriate experience gets lost in translation, resulting in an album that’s more alienating than alluring. While the percussion and instrumentation on East of Eden piques interest initially, the Middle-Eastern sound of Taken by Trees, the solo vehicle of Victoria Bergsman, eventually loses momentum. Once the initial strains of sitar fade into the early lines of opener “To Lose Someone,” Bergsman’s Scandinavian purr already sounds sleepy and disconnected from the music that backs her. “Wapas Karna,” which features a Middle-Eastern woman singing in Bergsman’s stead, seems to be an attempt to connect the album to the native sounds of where it was recorded. Instead, the track feels distinctly out of place, a sharp interruption that jolts the listener away from the rest of the album all too suddenly. There’s beauty in the anguished wail of a traditional songstress, but it’s incompatible with Bergsman’s airy, bubbly tone. But Bergsman’s voice also plays a large role in why this album feels tired and incoherent. Unlike Scandinavian counterpart Bjork, whose versatility gives her voice range and energy, Bergsman sounds as if she’s mired in fog. East of Eden might borrow its name from a John Steinbeck novel that found critical acclaim and commercial success, but the album of the same title doesn’t soar to such lofty heights. Instead, its blend of drowsy vocals and its unsuccessful attempt at transnational instrumentation never quite adds up. -Linnie Greene

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movieshorts adam A rare gem in the endless parade of summer blockbusters devoid of meaning, “Adam” is a perfectly orchestrated film. Adam (Hugh Dancy), a man coping with Asperger’s syndrome, a psychological disorder affecting social skills, teaches his female counterpart and love interest, Beth (Rose Byrne), about the depths of love. But the film does not force predictable chemistry or themes on the audience, but rather approaches the subject with subtle appreciation, comedy and honesty. The film relies heavily on the incredible performance of Dancy, who translates a difficult lifestyle into a stunning demonstration of the struggles that comes with being unable to gauge the emotions and thoughts of others. Dancy, who offers both a harsh and comedic sense of honesty, plays well with Byrne’s patient Beth. In instances such as asking Beth, “Are you sexually excited?”, Adam addresses many of the questions “NTs” (neurotypicals) wouldn’t ask. The awkward frustrations and inability to connect the dots of life for Adam contrasts with the seamless construction of the film. Despite a range of characters, director and writer Max Mayer uses scenes without dialogue to explore high impact moments while maintaining a connection with the audience. One heartbreaking instance of this is the carefully orchestrated footage to highlight the death of Adam’s father. As Adam crosses “Dad’s” chores off the household list, the camera scans cabinets full of macaroni and cheese and a monochromatic choice of cereal, details that require no words but pack tons of emotion. As Adam teeters between the edge of stability and volatility, Mayer illustrates the pressures that affect Adam as he silently and without so much of a blink slams his forehead into the mir-

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ror. Not to be mistaken for a simple romantic dramedy, “Adam” impacts the audience profoundly without every feeling like its trying hard to do so. That’s a feat for any movie, regardless of genre. -Rachel Arnett

Taking Woodstock I’ll be honest. I didn’t expect to enjoy “Taking Woodstock” very much. I didn’t even really want to enjoy it. I respect Ang Lee and all, but I thought his movie-making style would be far too gooey to do Woodstock justice. Better to think ill of it from the beginning and not be let down when he remembers the most important moment in rock ‘n’ roll history as a giant Tai Chi exercise in an endless flower field. I was wrong. Ang Lee has undertaken a vision of a subject (Woodstock) and an era (the youth movement of the ’60s) with minimal clichés and a maximum of honesty, even if his coverage isn’t exactly panoramic. Relatively speaking, this might be the best nondocumentary mainstream film we have on the festival, appropriately timed for its fortieth anniversary. The movie opens on a financially troubled farm in upstate New York: Bethel, to be precise. Elliot Teichberg (Demetri Martin), a yet unliberated part of the baby boom generation, is desperately working to help keep his parent’s failing “resort” from going under. When a nearby town rejects the festival permit for a group of hippies, Teichberg contacts “Woodstock Ventures” to invite them to Bethel and hopefully provide enough revenue to keep the resort afloat. What he and Bethel get instead are 500,000 culturefreaks — all turned on, tuned in and dropping out. Despite the obvious temptation, Ang Lee doesn’t make “ Ta k i n g Wo o d s t o c k ” i n t o a soundtrack movie at all. Rather, he focuses on assembling actors in the proper chemical equations (like good acid) and developing their characters, which he does tremendously. Though the movie is a light, oftentimes hilarious, comedy, its centerpiece is a triumvirate of young actors (Martin as Teichberg, Jonathan Groff as concert organizer Michael Lang, and Emile Hirsch as Vietnam vet Billy) who embody the triumph and tragedy of the era. The hippies had their problems, but without that youth movement we wouldn’t have the open understanding of culture and society that we have today. Lee uses his actors and his movie to remind us of why this is.

The Final Destination A normal person would consider foresight a gift, but in “The Final Destination,” it’s a death sentence. Cheat death once and he’ll make sure you meet your maker as soon and as graphically as possible, come hell or (quite literally) high water. The “Final Destination” series returns for its fourth installment with another group of 20-somethings, one of whom has visions of an impending catastrophe and allows them all to escape tragedy during a day at the speedway. Their stories and names are irrelevant; in fact, it would be difficult to remember their names if so much of the film’s dialogue didn’t consist of “(insert character name)! Look out!” This highlights one of the major problems of “The Final Destination”: its total absence of plot, writing or characterization. There is almost no information about the characters in the movie, their backgrounds or why the Grim Reaper apparently has enough free time to go around rigging up ridiculous ways to kill people. Seriously, these things make the mind-boggling devices in “Saw” look like models of efficiency. All that’s left is a series of loosely connected kill shots, devoid of anything that could be classified as a coherent plot. “The Final Destination” avoids adding any of the humor or campiness that made this year’s “My Bloody Valentine” so much fun. Instead, it’s content to remain a retread of earlier installments with the only addition being 3-D effects. The audience is expected to simply sit back and watch as Death gleefully dispatches another protagonist. Unfortunately Death is the only one in the theater who will have any fun.

ments and tons more gore in a misguided attempt to create a more intense horror experience. For instance, Myers is driven to kill by visions of his dead mother and a white horse. Z ombie intends for these bizarre hallucinations to explain why Myers continues his rampage. Instead, all he succeeds in doing is taking some of the mystery out of a great cinematic villain and

turning him from a quiet, stalking killer into a hulking, grunting, wildly slashing brute. The film’s dialogue is also puzzling, with several conversations infused with pop culture references and slang. As is typical of Zombie’s work, the script feels like it was written by a Tarantinowannabe hack. The frequent, drastic switches between the gruesome and the light-hearted are vastly out of place and ruin

any chance the movie has for sustained terror. Rob Zombie clearly wanted to revamp the “Halloween” series, but adding more cheap scares, shaky camera work and gallons of blood isn’t the way to do it. He should have spent more time creating actual tension and less time finding the perfect sound effects for his repetitious stabbings. -Mark Niegelskly

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It was impossible for director Rob Zombie to improve on a classic when he remade “Halloween” in 2007, and he certainly didn’t. But with “Halloween II,” he had a legitimate chance since none of the many sequels that followed the original “Halloween” were particularly good. Unfortunately for Zombie, the second time wasn’t the charm either. Picking up where the first film left off, “Halloween II” follows Laurie Strode (Scout TaylorCompton), who is still struggling to cope with the aftermath of Michael Myers’s infamous attacks that almost killed her a year earlier. Unbeknownst to Laurie, Myers is still alive and makes his way back to Haddonfield to kill her on Halloween night. Zombie’s reimagining of the -Jonathan Pattishall series adds dubious psychic ele-

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Viral videos battle it out at Nightlight By Benn Wineka Staff Writer

UNC graduate student Adam Rogers has turned one of America’s new ways of killing time into a competition. Allowing competitors to pick a video to duke it out, he constructed a tournament in which YouTube videos vie for the applause and laughter of an audience. Riding the success of his first attempt in April, Rogers is presenting his second YouTube Tournament at Nightlight tonight with hopes of doing more than just watching clips of dramatic rodents and shoe shopping. Rogers and three of his classmates in Human Information Interactions (INLS 500) have turned YouTube video watching into a communal gathering where videos compete for audience approval. “We’re trying to do something different that is based in new media but attempts to bring people together in person,” said Rogers, a graduate student in the Department of Information and Library Science. “It’s a unique event that is different than most things people will be doing on a Thursday night.” At the initial tournament in April, competitors battled one-onone with hand-picked online videos attempting to win both the vote of judges and the audience in order to move on to the next round. There they chose a new video to compete until one person prevailed as champion and was presented with a prize befitting such a competition: a Snuggie. “Basically, the event is an incredible opportunity to view YouTube videos on a big screen,” said Nightlight owner Alexis Mastromichalis, explaining why she enjoyed the last tournament. “I don’t get the chance to watch YouTube much. Plus, someone entered the Susan Boyle video, which had just premiered the night

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before.” This time Rogers took video submissions for entry via the tournament’s Twitter, Facebook and Gmail accounts and is hoping to bring the number of participants up from 12 to 16. Also, the judges have been eliminated, and winners will be chosen solely on the level of audience applause according to a decibel meter. Due to time restraints, the only guideline for picking videos is it must be somewhere near or below three minutes in length. Other than that, one could pick a video along several lines to try to swing the impressionable electorate. “You can play something that is verifiably funny because 50 million people have watched it, or you can play something that no one has seen to play that card,” said Rogers, who has never competed due to organizational duties. “I also like the idea of professional content competing with amateur created content. YouTube is indicative of the shift from corporately produced content to doit-yourself.” Even with the amount of time it takes to put together each YouTube Tournament, Rogers thinks the events have garnered enough interest that they can catch on and maybe even spread to more cities. “Ideally I’d like to see people come out with a list of, like, 12 videos,” Rogers said. “That way, if someone plays ‘David goes to the dentist,’ then the other person can come back with a remix video that turns ‘David goes to the dentist’ into a Baltimore club jam.”

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raig Tilley of Raleigh’s hard-rocking Birds of Avalon lets out his piercing cry during a performance at Cat’s Cradle on Saturday. The band performed in honor of the new record Hear Here: The Triangle, a compilation of Contact the Diversions Editor music by area musicians recorded at Raleigh’s newly opened at dive@unc.edu.

Flying Tiger Sound studio. The record will get a second release show at Raleigh’s Pour House on October 3 as the Love Language, Inflowential and Colossus put on a show in honor of the disc. Saturday’s show also included sets by Hammer No More The Fingers, Annuals and the Never.

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Tailback claims highest Draughn looking for scores QB rating for Tar Heels By Powell Latimer

Womble, a redshirt freshman, has already gained praise from coaches In 2008, North Carolina devel- and teammates for his lightningoped a two-headed rushing attack: quick cuts and agility. Shaun Draughn would move the ball in normal downs and between First game a ‘special’ night the 20s, while Ryan Houston would Just three days before the seasoncome in to pound out tough yardopener against the Citadel, Butch age and be a red-zone back. The result was that Draughn’s Davis and UNC feel confident in 866 rushing yards led the team, but their rehearsal of just about every Houston’s eight scores were more part of the game — except one. “You can’t scrimmage full speed,” than Draughn and Greg Little — who started the opening three Davis said. “You would be really rolling the dice from an injury games — combined. But Draughn and the other UNC standpoint if you ran full-speed live backs spent the offseason work- kickoff coverages and have guys ing on their lower body strength blowing up wedges in practice. “So it’s a little dicey in these so they won’t wear down and, in Draughn’s case, be able to finish first couple of games as to how plays from anywhere on the field. will you cover kicks. … It’s some“Home run ability,” Draughn thing we’ ll have to wait until said. “I hope to get some home runs Saturday to figure out.” this year, so I won’t let Ryan come in there and steal my touchdowns.” Acclaimed author visiting And while Draughn’s added UNC also gained attention for strength makes him more viable for every-down play, Houston wasn’t the experiment the team is taking by using the CoreTemp pill. The slacking this offseason either. “He’s shed a few more pounds pill contains a small computer that from last year,” Draughn said. “He reads the internal body temperamight be able to run past a couple ture of athletes, helping to assess when they are more susceptible to people this year.” Either way, it figures that injuries, particularly concussions. Those efforts attracted a notaunless something changes, North Carolina’s backfield will remain ble writer in Malcolm Gladwell. the same, with the exception being Gladwell specializes in statistical the addition of Jamal Womble. analysis, and his book “Outliers”

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On Wednesday, the DTH’s Louie Horvath and UNC fullback Bobby Rome chatted about UNC’s upcoming game against the Citadel.

LH: Does the team play video games in their spare time? BR: They do. The funny thing is we

Fullback Bobby Rome talks about his quarterbacking prowess and the prices at Student Stores.

play a lot of Madden. Madden more than anything else — Madden or BR: Yeah, sometimes. I’ve got big Fight Night. We don’t play too much legs, so it’s usually right on my legs. NCAA Football. Especially in some classes you have LH: Really? You guys don’t like to squeeze through people, bumping through the aisles, and people playing as yourselves? look at you like this big ol’ guy is tryBR: No, not really. We feel like ing to squeeze through here? sometimes we get annoyed by the rankings. So we play Madden. LH: That’s unfortunate, but what’s I like playing with some of my old your favorite perk of being an athlete at UNC? teammates.

BR: No, we get stuff like that through the equipment room. We usually work out in it first, but the stuff they sell in the store for like $40? That’s a price point I can’t do. LH: Do you think you might be throwing the ball a little bit this year, too? BR: You know what? I hope so! I hope so. It worked the last two years, I’m hoping they give me one more shot for my senior year. LH: Both years? BR: Yeah, it did work. I’m 2-for-2, 94 yards, one touchdown. (Quarterback) T.J. (Yates) jokes all the time that I have the highest QB rating in school history.

LH: Who is your favorite ex-team- BR: My favorite perk of being LH: Who has the strongest arm on a UNC athlete is probably all the mate to play with? Carolina gear that we get. You walk the team? BR: My favorite ex-teammate to past it every day at the student BR: I’d have to say me. play with has to be Brandon Tate. store, and we don’t have to pay for it. He was my roommate and he does I’ve seen those prices, they’re crazy. LH: I heard (freshman quartera lot of stuff for the coaches in the I wouldn’t have anything Carolina if back) A.J. Blue has a strong arm. game: kick return, receiver and stuff I had to pay those prices. BR: A.J. has a cannon. But I don’t like that. LH: How does that work? Do you think he can throw as far as me. LH: Do you ever find it tough to fit go through Student Stores and pick Contact the Sports Editor into a seat in the classroom? stuff out or what? at sports@unc.edu.

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was an intensive look at how athletes are generated. “In some respects we were fortunate,” Butch Davis said. “Malcolm Gladwell … was here visiting with (UNC researcher) Kevin Guskiewicz and talking with the concussive study that UNC did.” Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.

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WALk TO EvERyTHINg Spacious 1bR and 2bR apartments with W/D connections. Fully equipped kitchen including dishwasher and disposal. lots of inside storage. On the T busline, 3.5 miles from UNC campus. Community pool, tennis courts and picnic area. Walk to 2 shopping centers, 2 movie theaters and more than 12 dining choices. Rent includes water, sewer and trash. For appointment, call 967-4420. EHO.

2bR/2bA CHAPEl Hill APARTMENT. $760/ mo. W/D and fireplace in apartment. Pool, fitness center. On A, NS and T buslines. 813-493-0595. bEDROOM FOR RENT. Housemate needed to share 2bR townhouse in Colony lake. Private bedroom, shared bath, unit includes W/D. Rent $425/mo +1/2 utilities. Call 919933-9263 for info. On busline.

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NEW HOME IN HISTORIC DISTRICT! Walk to campus from this new construction home on Cobb Terrace, Henderson Street! 4bR/3.5bA, 3,000 square feet, living room, dining room, family room, eat in kitchen, extensive upgrades (granite counter tops, hardwood floors, 9’ ceiling thru out, double front porch, huge deck, etc)! $699,900. Dusty butler, realtor. dbutler@fmrealty.com, 919-308-6693.

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Most against war in Afghanistan

Afghanistan to investigate fraud charges in last month’s elections

WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT) A majority of Americans — think the country isn’t winning the war in Afghanistan, and an even larger majority opposes sending more troops in an effort to turn things around, according to a new poll. The survey found that 54 percent of Americans think the U.S. isn’t winning the war, while 29 percent think it is winning. Another 17 percent weren’t sure or had no opinion. At the same time, 56 percent oppose sending any more combat troops to Afghanistan, while 35 percent support sending more troops. Another 9 percent had no opinion or weren’t sure. The skepticism about the war underscores the political dilemma that President Barack Obama faces.

KABUL , Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s election results are headed into weeks of limbo as a government commission investigates more than 600 complaints of ballot stuffing, intimidation and other allegations. Although President Hamid Karzai is reported to be ahead, election officials said that no winner can be certified in the Aug. 20 election until the review is completed, and no one knows how long that might take. The election uncertainty comes at a perilous time for Karzai’s government as insurgents widen their influence across the country. A suicide bomber killed the deputy director of Afghanistan’s main intelligence agency and 22 others Wednesday in the eastern Laghman province, and the

Taliban later took credit for the attack. It also comes at an important juncture for the nearly eight-year-long U.S. war here. President Barack Obama is expected to receive a Pentagon request later this month to increase U.S. combat forces in Afghanistan, amid polls that show declining public support for the war and concern that Afghans would consider a larger force an occupying army. Two weeks after the vote, ballots have been tallied from about 60 percent of the polling places, with Karzai reported to be leading with 47 percent, and his main rival, Abdullah Abdullah, trailing with 32.6 percent. According to that tally, Karzai is still shy of the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid a run-off election.

Pharmaceutical giant settles case

At ABC, Sawyer replacing Gibson

Obama to push health reform

WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT) — The Justice Department on Wednesday announced the largest health care fraud settlement in its history, in which American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. has agreed to pay $2.3 billion for fraudulent marketing and a wide array of other potentially illegal acts. The settlement ends years of investigation by federal prosecutors into Pfizer and its subsidiary, Pharmacia & Upjohn Co. Inc., according to Justice Department documents and officials. It resolves criminal and civil liability arising from Pfizer’s illegal promotion of certain pharmaceutical products. As part of the settlement, Pfizer also agreed to pay $1 billion to resolve allegations that the company illegally promoted four drugs and false claims.

FT. LAUDERDALE, FLA. (MCT) — C harles Gibson normally reports the news. Wednesday he made it. Gibson dropped the bombshell that that he intends to step down as anchor of ABC’s “World News” at the end of the year. ABC immediately named Diane Sawyer, Gibson’s former “Good Morning America” partner and first runner-up for the anchor position when Gibson got the job in May 2006, to succeed him. Sawyer becomes the second woman frontline solo anchor at a broadcast network, following Katie Couric at CBS. Gibson brought stability to ABC News in the wake of a couple of traumatic events: the death of Peter Jennings, then debilitating injuries to Bob Woodruff, who with Elizabeth Vargas had been tapped to succeed Jennings.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT) — Eager to turn the page after a politically damaging month, President Barack Obama will launch a new push next week to overhaul health care, highlighted by an evening address next Wednesday to a joint session of Congress. Obama will huddle first at the White House on Tuesday with the top Democrats in Congress — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada — setting the stage for closed-door meetings later that day among congressional Democrats as they roll back into town from their August recess. The president then will address Congress on Wednesday night as he strives to shore up falling support for a vast redesign of the nation’s health insurance.

salary, along with perks like cell phones and laptops for officers. The budget for travel expenses has also ballooned in the past 10 years. Payne questioned whether ASG needs the full $45,000 allotted for travel expenses even though travel is crucial to its success. “The meetings are important because they do bring everybody to the table,” he said. “I wish they were a little more creative.” Doucette said that allotting that much money for meetings and travel is part of the association’s job. “It’s not just spending money on campus for programs that students might go to, it’s representing students to the board,” he said. For small schools and schools at the far ends of the state, the cost of

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dinator in the Eshelman School of Pharmacy, use the benefit to work toward a degree. Goldsmith has taken three classes a year for the last three years, working toward a bachelor’s degree in communication studies. And with 20 courses to go, she doesn’t think two classes a year will cut it. Goldsmith plans to continue to take three classes a year and pay

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pitals, potential increases to the national debt and effects on future doctors. Chapel Hill residents Jerry and Lynn Gschwind, 63, were there to oppose the public option. They called it a “bureaucratic nightmare.” Lynn, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Britain, said the governmentdirected health care system there does not work. “Everybody wants everybody to have coverage,” she said. “We just believe in free enterprise.” Price said the dialogue succeeded in narrowing disagreement. “There were questions raised I want to investigate further myself,

insurance

travel could otherwise be a deterrent to attending meetings — which would pose an obstacle to their full participation and representation. “I think it’s justified and think the proof is in ASG’s history. No one showed up when there was no money to spend on travel,” Doucette said. “When the organization has no participation, the student vote on the BOG is useless.” The 2009-10 budget is almost identical to the 2008-09 budget — something Doucette attributes to the success of last year. But Payne said the budget needs closer scrutiny. “I want the association to represent students. I want to hear their voice,” he said. “If the money isn’t being used for that, it’s being used for dilly dally reasons.”

they implement something, they want it to be statewide.” University of California schools require insurance, but the California State University system does not. Howard Wang, associate vice president for student affairs at California State UniversityFullerton, said it has been difficult to get the system’s 23 campuses to agree on a requirement. The University of Maryland began requiring insurance this year for incoming students. UnitedHealthcare offers an optional, university-sponsored student plan with annual premiums at about $1,200, according to the University of Maryland Health Center’s Web site.

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for the third. Staff members discussed the issue at Wednesday’s Employee Forum meeting, but Goldsmith said she does not expect to see changes to the budget in the near future. She said she called legislators, the governor and UNC-system President Erskine Bowles for answers. “I asked how they’re saving money,” she said in the meeting. “But nobody can actually break down and explain to me how they’re actually saving money. There isn’t a

dollar amount.” Alan Moran, a maintenance technician in Facilities Services who serves on the forum’s compensation and wages committee, said he thinks the cut outweighs the value of the employee benefit. “It will effect morale and retention of employees and affect the ability of the University to attract new employees,” he said.

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and I’d encourage everyone to continue engaging in civil debate,” he said. Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.

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Opinion

12 thursday, september 3, 2009

The Daily Tar Heel

andrew dunn

The Daily Tar Heel

EDITOR, 962-4086 AMDUNN@email.unc.edu

WILL DORAN GEORGE DROMETER MEREDITH ENGELEN PATRICK FLEMING MIKE GIANOTTI

Harrison Jobe

Established 1893, 116 years of editorial freedom

Opinion EDITOR hjobe@email.UNC.edu

GREG MARGOLIS associate opinion EDITOR GREG_MARGOLIS@UNC.EDU

EDITORIAL CARTOON

QUOTE OF THE DAY:

EDITorial BOARD members ALYSSA GRIFFITH NATHANIEL HAINES CAMERON PARKER PAT RYAN CHRISTIAN YODER

“If the money isn’t … for that, it’s being used for dilly-dally reasons.” Andrew Payne, Former ASSociation of Student governments president, on representing students

By Wayne Stayskal, Tampa Tribune

Featured online reader comment:

“UCS is wrong — ’09ers did look for jobs. UCS wasn’t helpful … at all.”

Lea luquire Senior spanish major from Yancyville. E-mail: llea@email.unc.edu

@uncnyc, also known as liz kennedy, via twitter, on graduates getting discouraged in the job hunt

Trying out the ‘real world’

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Administrative assistants serve very valuable role

efore moving into their freshman dorm, most college students are already dreaming about their senior year. Your final year in college is the last few months before you start the rest of your life. Otherwise known as the “real world,” the rest of your life entails having to do adult things like work and pay bills — all the things required and expected of a responsible post-college human being. I didn’t move back to Chapel Hill this August. While my friends from school were packing their cars for their next to last semester of the college life, I got in my Jeep and drove to Uptown New Orleans to move in with my 29-year-old brother and my sister-in-law. Only having one Spanish class left to finish my double major in public policy and Spanish, last spring I decided to forego the fall semester of my senior year at Carolina to instead take on an internship. Having visited my brother and my sister-in-law in New Orleans for a week last Christmas break and loving the city, I discussed the possibility with the pair of withdrawing from college for a semester to live with them while taking on an internship. They liked my pitch, so I went online and quickly came across the Young Leadership Council, a nonprofit civic organization developed to foster leadership in the New Orleans area. After learning more about this group, I applied, was interviewed and happily accepted an intern position with their office this fall. I know that New Orleans will be great — the city is so alive. When most people hear “New Orleans,” they think of Katrina and Bourbon Street instead of how interesting the city is, with all of its uniqueness in both people and place. There’s just so much to do here, no matter your interests. There are political organizations with interest meetings and opportunities for active involvement everywhere you turn; Cajun food is absolutely amazing; and if I was in town two weeks earlier, I would have seen midgets dressed up as Oompa-Loompas dance onstage and a band’s performance at Republic, a club in the Warehouse District. You really can’t beat that. Furthermore, there are great coffee shops on every corner of the city; the Young Leadership Council and other nonprofits offer ample opportunities to make a positive difference in the community; and local bands and big names alike play at various bars and clubs nearly every night of every week. It’s exciting to move to a city that you know little about and have the opportunity to explore. Spending four months in Spain last fall changed the way that I viewed many issues by coercing me to think about things on a broader scale. It’s easier to focus on the “big picture” rather than small daily setbacks when you realize how much else is out there in the world. I think my time in New Orleans will have a similar effect on the way I approach situations because it will add to my bank of experiences in a similar manner. For that reason, among others, I think that I made the right decision by taking a semester off from UNC to move to New Orleans for an internship.

Keep school free State should ﬁnd a way to continue N.C. Governor’s School at no cost for those who can’t pay

harging tuition to attend N.C. Governor’s School inherently detracts from its ability to reward the state’s best students — regardless of financial ability. While passing the state budget, the N.C. General Assembly cut $475,000 from the high school summer program for the next two years. The new $500 tuition is meant to close that budget gap. N.C. Governor’s School is held at both Salem College in Winston-Salem and at Meredith College in Raleigh. It is a six-week program for the state’s most intellectually and artistically gifted rising juniors and seniors. The classes are tailored to the best and brightest and often go far beyond what these students would ever encounter in their own high schools. One of the greatest aspects of Governor’s School is that

social class has never been a barrier to attend. Additionally, spots are equitably allotted to each school system based on its tenth and eleventh grade population. Starting next summer, 800 talented students will have to pay the tuition or not attend. The new flat tuition fees destroy the unique diversity of the program, in which everyone could attend. The state cannot be blamed for having to make cuts. But it could have created a more just policy for dealing with them that would have upheld the program’s past class diversity. On the table were proposals to select fewer students or to limit the program to one campus. Both of these obviously entail significant trade-offs. But here is a better idea: The General Assembly could have instituted higher tuition for students who have the ability

to pay, creating a subsidy for those who couldn’t. This would have created a financial aid fund that would have maintained the diversity of the program while leaving the number of students and campuses intact. Anna Diemer, an alumna of the program, stated that the Governor’s School Alumni Association is trying to offer financial aid. Hopefully this organization can help. But the state shouldn’t have to rely on it to make its own program available to as many deserving students as possible. The beauty of Governor’s School is that students from anywhere in the state have a shot at selection, regardless of their socioeconomic background. The new tuition fee strikes at the core of the diversity that makes Governor’s School the great opportunity that it is.

Small cuts, big di≠erence Many smaller budget cuts can help the University save big bucks in the end

he University has found another way to cut the fat from our budget with little academic disruption. University libraries have canceled almost 640 seldomused journal and magazine subscriptions. It seems highly doubtful that more than a handful of students have ever voluntarily flipped through a copy of “The Journal of the Royal A s t r o n o m i c a l S o c i e ty o f Canada” or “The Journal of Metamorphic Geology.” Yet the libraries have been subscribing to these obscure bimonthly publications for years.

The University Library staff has recently collaborated with professors from each department in order to create a list of expendable publications that the library subscribes to. Ever y subscription was given a fighting chance as students and faculty members had until last Friday to attempt to save a particular subscription. The University Libraries cut nearly $253,000 by cutting these subscriptions, more than doubling its goal savings of $106,500. By eliminating these outdated and unpopular journals,

the University will be able to invest the $150,000 difference into purchasing new, more useful journals and books. Other departments and University facilities can learn from the steps the University Libraries have taken. This most recent decision might have been small but it was also smart and effective. Drastic, large cuts are not always the only answer. Sometimes, the small cuts are the ones that add up in the long run. Every department should follow the libraries’ lead and look for minor cuts that might result in major savings.

QuickHits SRC

‘Drank’

H1N1

The first few weeks of school mean that there are hordes of freshmen trying out the Student Recreation Center. We know you think you can avoid the freshman 15. Fat chance.

Innovative Beverage Group has introduced a new relaxation drink called “Drank.” Now if somebody asks to “buy you a drank,” you won’t have to get drunk and forget what you did. Sorry, T-Pain.

Now that school has started, many UNC-system schools have reported cases of the swine flu. Missing a few days of classes might be nice, but “self-isolating” doesn’t sound like much fun.

The Internet

Gmail

Duke

The internet just turned 40! Al Gore must be a very proud father. But at 40, that means it’s officially over the hill — let’s hope its 401(k) isn’t in as bad shape as the rest of ours.

There was mild worldwide chaos the other day when the Gmail server crashed for a few hours. Having it go down on us was not an experience we’d like to repeat. Hey Gmail, let’s just be friends.

Tricked you. Thumbs up to Duke for living up to its “douchy” reputation. Last week GQ magazine named Duke the second douchiest college in the nation. Keep up the good work, Duke.

TO THE EDITOR: The (Raleigh) News & Observer recently had a series of timely and illuminating reports on the growth of the university administration. Such in-depth investigative reporting is becoming a rarity, but it is a priceless ingredient of a true democracy. The N&O, however, was barking up the wrong tree when it cited as administrative excess a dedicated UNC administrative assistant who during 37 years has worked with two medical school deans and six chancellors and is now the secretary of the University. For 47 of the past 61 years, I have had the privilege of being at UNC and observing the unique contributions made by many who serve as administrative assistants to department chairs, deans and chancellors. Their deep roots in the local and university community, their common sense and their people skills more than make up for what they may lack in advanced degrees. They have a rare work ethic that results in long hours behind the scenes to help manage a complex and growing academic endeavor. As the senior academic administrators inevitably change, these assistants provide the stability and institutional memory to help the University continue to serve the needs of the citizens of the state through its mission of education, research and service. The UNC administrative assistants should not be viewed as examples of excessive administrative overhead. Rather they should be honored as Tar Heels of the Week for what they do for our university and for the people of the state. William W. McLendon, UNC ’52 Professor Emeritus, School of Medicine

Letter about staff was completely off the mark TO THE EDITOR: I would like to address the letter to the editor submitted by economics major Glenn Heer in Tuesday’s Daily Tar Heel (“Sending University staff home early makes sense,” Sept. 1). If he is going to pursue a career in economics, I think he had better gather his facts before spouting off publicly about something he seems to be very misinformed about. He obviously didn’t read the entire article on the University sending us home early on the day of the “nationally televised” football game. He seems to have missed the part where the University then “told” us we could make up that time during the week or use our sick or vacation time for the two hours. The fact that we have to leave early isn’t as much of an inconvenience as losing two hours pay after giving up half a percent of our annual salary; taking 10 hours furlough; having our insurance rates jacked up while deductibles, co-pays, co-insurance and out-of-pocket maximums have all been doubled; and the number of classes we can take free reduced to two per year. Before making another statement like the one

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published Tuesday, I think “Mr. Economics” should take into consideration all the variables involved in the equation. Beverly Howarth Program Assistant Kenan-Flagler Business School

Headline about Greek life misrepresented situation TO THE EDITOR: The headline of a front page article on Greek-University relations sensationally claimed of rising tensions among the two groups. (“Tensions Rising,” Sept.2) The article itself however gave no evidence, statistical or anecdotal, that the tensions were in fact rising. A more accurate headline would have been “Tensions Exist,” however, this is a statement so obvious one wonders how it crosses the threshold of newsworthiness. As the spectre of multi-million dollar budget cuts looms large over the University, one imagines that tensions would exist between the administration and every single department and interest. That Sigma Nu, a fraternity that has no tensions with anyone and a recent history untainted by scandal, was chosen to symbolize these tensions further demonstrates how clueless and careless about ethics and facts The Daily Tar Heel newsroom actually is. The DTH must make up its mind as to whether it aims to retain its status as the nation’s premier student newspaper or become a yellow tabloid. Its recent journalistic ethics show a strong move toward the later. David Alexandre Junior History

Voice of women missing on Tucker Max controversy TO THE EDITOR: Where is the women’s voice on the Tucker Max issue? Since the original letter, women have remained silent, allowing men to duke it out on the opinion pages of The Daily Tar Heel. Here is the voice of one woman: As a rape victim myself, I was outraged that representatives of Project Dinah, the very people who are supposed to be my support and my voice, would undermine my rape in such a crude way. Is there something about a particular male appendage that makes him able to make choices and thus a rapist when he is equally as intoxicated as his partner? Or are we all just okay with allowing women to consistently take the role of victim in our society? I would never say that sex with an intoxicated person is not rape. Date rape is something our society struggles to deal with constantly. I will, however, say that it is time a woman stood up to the outrageous accusation that we can be as easily victimized as Project Dinah seems to think we can. Let’s call a spade a spade and stop calling consensual sex rape. Jill Willette Senior English

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