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Alcohol citations have doubled by Sam Rinderman Staff WRiter
arts| page 3 ACTING UP Carrboro’s ArtsCenter taught children how to express themselves through all forms of art during the school system’s teacher workday.
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Underage drinking citations given by Chapel Hill police have more than doubled from last year as the department cracks down on alcohol violations. From Aug. 1 to Sept. 28, 65 underage drinking citations were issued, more than twice last year’s 29 citations during the same period, according to Chapel Hill Police Department data. The jump comes as officers increase the intensity of their patrols since noticing a rise in alcohol poisonings locally, officer Mitch McKinney said. He also cited a 2007 call to action from the U.S. Office of the Surgeon General for officers to combat underage drinking.
Police said the pressure to crack down has not come from the University. “We are stepping up our enforcement levels from what we are seeing,” Chapel Hill police Lt. Kevin Gunter said. To combat overdoses, Chapel Hill police assigned 14 officers to the recently created Alcohol Law Enforcement Response Team, McKinney said. T he team was formed in February by the Chapel Hill Police Department and the Coalition for Alcohol and Drug Free Teenagers of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Some officers in the response team patrol out of uniform, McKinney said. The ALERT task force is different from the Alcohol Law
Enforcement agency which frequently works with the Chapel Hill Police Department, Gunter said. The ALE covers the entire state and focuses on preventing the sale of alcohol to minors. ALERT focuses on issuing underage drinking citations in Orange County, Gunter said.
A busy weekend The bulk of this semester’s citations, and the time when the ALERT team was at its busiest, came during the weekend of Sept. 18 to Sept. 20, which included the UNC-East Carolina football game, Gunter said. That weekend, 15 people were cited for consuming alcoholic beverages underage, and 24 people
INSIDE: On-campus underage drinking incidents have increased slightly. were cited for underage possession, including eight members of The Daily Tar Heel’s staff and three members of the swimming team, reports state. Two home football games were played in the same time period this year and in 2008, but last year did not see a similar spike in citations.
What brings the cops Gunter said any type of 911 call will bring police to a party scene — including parked vehicle violations. “Other than noise complaints, if we see a lot of vehicle traffic, we will check for expired registration,”
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Data policies could change ITS says hacking was preventable
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RECYCLING SIGNS
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Several of the candidates for local political offices are reusing signs from their past campaigns.
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Chapel Hill firefighters watch as professor Sal Mercogliano recounts the sequence of events of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911 with his American history class Monday at Davis Library. Monday’s activities were part of a three-day class series on the 1911 fire.
features | page 5 POUND FOR POUND Antoine Dove, a 2008 graduate of UNC, is on this season of “The Biggest Loser,” which appears on NBC tonight at 8 p.m.
sports | page 6 PICKING UP THE PIECES Coach Butch Davis and the UNC football team are preparing for the next game after a brutal defeat by the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
this day in history SEPT. 29, 1978 … The first production of Paul Green’s “Native Son” ever produced south of the MasonDixon line was performed on the Paul Green Theatre’s opening night.
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McKinney said. He said police will use the expired registration as cause to find the owner of the car, potentially coming across underage drinking. Gunter said reactions of underage students differ when they are caught drinking. “In some cases they are very cooperative,” Gunter said. “Other times they complain. Sometimes they say, ‘You are wasting your time.’ When they complain, they need to know its against the law in North Carolina, and we need to enforce it.” Gunter said the money from citations comes through the Orange County courts and goes to the state.
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Class reenacts fatal blaze By Katie Oliver Staff writer
As students crowded Davis Library studying and printing papers Monday, a few were running for their lives, trying to escape an imaginary fire. Not all of them made it. The group of students in visiting lecturer Sal Mercogliano’s American history class used the eight-story library to re-enact the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. The March 25 fire in upper floors of the Asch Building in New York City claimed 146 lives. The factory’s exits were blocked and fire escapes broke under the weight of panicking workers. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory incident had a direct impact on fire safety codes — primarily in the form of sweeping workplace reforms in the years following the fire. “I love bringing history to life for my students,” Mercogliano said. “What I try to do is get them out of being a UNC student in 2009 and into being a factory worker in 1911.”
Mercogliano’s students have been reading about the tragedy as a part of their class. Monday’s re-enactment was a taste of realism, Mercogliano said. “What we’re going to do is crank up the time machine, the flux capacitor, and we’re not going to be in Chapel Hill anymore,” he said. The group headed up to the library’s eighth floor. Mercogliano designated exits and set a three-minute time limit for escape. Some stragglers trickled out after about five minutes, and Mercogliano pronounced them dead before proceeding. “It was a good way to actually illustrate it to us,” said sophomore Kellye Thompson. Mercogliano said he got the idea while sitting in Davis one day. He said the library eerily reminded him of the Asch Building. Once Davis’ physical structure inspired him, Mercogliano said coming up with the role play was a simple combination of his long-standing interests in fire fighting and the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory tragedy. Capt. Rob Pruitt of the Chapel Hill Fire
Department explained how firefighters would respond to a fire in Davis, pointing out similarities and differences between the Asch Building and the library. Mercogliano said the fire department was excited about helping him. “It was a good chance to show that there’s more to the fire department than just putting out fires,” Pruitt said. The re-enactment ended with students role-playing factory workers by recounting a minute-by-minute account of the fire. “Having a vested interest in a character makes the event more memorable, I think,” Mercogliano said. This was his second year of re-enacting the fire. He said the library’s directors were wary at first but have embraced the project. But there’s a limit to their support. “For some reason, they wouldn’t let me set the building on fire,” he said. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.
The exposure of sensitive information to hackers detected in July could have been prevented if UNC had adopted guidelines developed by Information Technology Services in the past several months. ITS has been issuing guidelines on data security best-practice measures for months, and it posted drafts of them online about a month ago as unofficial recommendations. In the wake of the security breach, ITS is pushing to implement the measures more quickly. The attack allowed outside access to personal information of more than 236,000 women who were participating in UNC’s Carolina Mammography Registry. “If people had been following these policies, I think we could have avoided a lot of this,” said Assistant Vice Chancellor for Information Security William Cameron at Monday’s meeting of the faculty executive committee. The guidelines include dozens of pages of documents that incorporate security measures ranging from requiring contracts before sharing information with outside entities to describing password requirements. ITS doesn’t have the power to set or enforce official security policy, Cameron said, which is something they would like to correct in the wake of the hacker attack. Cameron also discussed Monday how stronger security might affect professors and researchers. Beside obvious questions of
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Financial need will be met Police records show New sources provide more revenue By Lyle Kendrick Staff writer
Administrators are regaining confidence in UNC’s ability to meet student financial need after a string of hits put the Office of Scholarships and Student Aid in financial trouble. The change in outlook is a result of new sources of revenue, including emergency funding from the provost’s office, the availability of an extra $1 million and royalties from the UNC logo. These revenue sources should put the office in a good position to meet financial need this year and next year, a concern the office raised earlier, said Shirley Ort, director of scholarships and student aid. The current situation is a major
turnabout from late August, when the aid office’s budget was empty because demand was higher than projected. Ort said her office distributed about $10 million more by the first day of this year than the first day of last year. “It was a double whammy,” Ort said. “Not only did we have more students applying for aid, but also the federal government made it a little easier for families to qualify for financial aid.” She said the office predicted an increase in financial aid applications of about 13 percent to 15 percent and between a 5 percent and a 10 percent increase in aideligible students. But by the start of the school year, there was a 17 percent increase
in applications and a 23 percent increase in eligible students. “We thought we were estimating pretty reasonably,” she said. “But the economy and job losses worsened so quickly that a whole lot more families and their students needed help.” The provost’s office stepped in before school started to help combat the dwindling budget. The office gave the aid office $465,000 from tuition before the beginning of the semester. They had previously given the aid office $3.3 million for the school year. “I didn’t have to beg, borrow or steal,” Ort said. “They responded to the challenge and gave me enough money to take care of everybody.” Elmira Mangum, senior associate provost for finance and academic personnel, said the provost’s
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blood alcohol of .19 By C. Ryan Barber
Assistant University Editor
Raymond Cook, the UNC assistant professor charged with second-degree murder in the death of a Carolina Ballet dancer, registered a blood alcohol content of .19 nearly two hours after police say he rear-ended the dancer’s car, Raleigh police records state. The results of Cook’s blood test were included in a search warrant released Monday for the plastic surgeon’s iPhone. Cook was indicted Monday by a Wake County grand jury for the Sept. 11 death of Carolina Ballet dancer Elena Shapiro, the district attorney’s office said. Cook is also charged with driving while impaired and careless and reckless driving, records state.
Raymond Cook was indicted Monday, the district attorney’s office said. DTH ONLINE: View the search warrant by clicking on this story at dailytarheel.com. In the application for the search warrant, Raleigh Police Department senior officer E.J. Sweden said the iPhone data could help investigators determine where Cook obtained and consumed alcohol as well as assist in identifying
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BC says it will not fire the newest cast member of Saturday Night Live, Jenny Slate, for dropping the F-bomb during her first major skit on the show. SNL is not expected to have to pay fines to the Federal Communications Commission because the slip happened well after prime time. The cussing cast member did not attend the Madison Avenue after-party at Pranna. N O T E D . A woman in Athens, Ga., reported that two teenagers broke into her home to eat 20 Fruit Roll-Ups. One of the teens told the woman he was friends with her niece and they had been let in. But the woman later noticed a broken window. Maybe they’ll steal Go-Gurt next time. It’s more portable.
QUOTED. “It has a tiny onecylinder engine, but somehow he managed to break the speed limit. It wasn’t legal, so we had to confiscate it, but it looked like a lot of fun and would certainly make drunk driving more risky.” — A German police officer talking about a four-wheeler the police confiscated that was made of a beer crate.
Police log n Someone broke into a 2004 silver Volvo parked in a lot between 11 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Sunday at 316 Rosemary St., according to Chapel Hill police reports. The person stole a backpack worth $60, a $50 calculator and $700 worth of textbooks. The person also did $200 worth of damage to the car, reports state. n Someone broke into a 2001
burgundy PT Cruiser between 9:27 a.m. Sunday and 2:17 a.m. Monday at 1301 Fordham Boulevard, according to Chapel Hill police reports. The person stole a GPS worth $250 and did $200 worth of damage to the car. n Someone broke into a car between 9:30 p.m. Friday and 1:43 a.m. Saturday at 150 W. Franklin St., according to Chapel Hill police reports. The person stole a laptop worth $2,000, a computer case worth $30 and a Bluetooth mouse worth $40, reports state. n Someone broke into a 1999 black Chevrolet between 1 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. Monday at 204 Pinegate
Circle, according to Chapel Hill police reports. The person stole a stereo worth $250 and a laptop worth $400. The person broke the rear passenger window, resulting in $200 worth of damage and did $50 of damage to the dashboard, reports state. n Someone broke into and took items from a car between noon Thursday and 6:55 p.m. Saturday, according to Carrboro police reports. The victim said he did not know where or when the larceny may have occurred, but said it might have happened outside his home at 114 Ruth St., reports state. There were no signs of forced entry, reports state. n Someone left scratches on the trunk of a car between 10 p.m. Saturday and noon Sunday at a parking lot at 401 N.C. 54, Carrboro police reports state. Somebody placed something on the trunk lid to cause the scratches, reports state. The victim said she was not aware of anyone with an intent to injure her property, reports state.
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Event today to explore use of Twitter on UNC campus T h e D a i l y Ta r He e l a n d University Career Services will be joining together today to host a UNC “Tweetup.” UCS will present an information session on personal branding at 3 p.m. that will focus on new ways students can market their skills to employers online. The Tweetup is an informal event that will give students and community members a chance to discuss their experiences with the online social network and how the community can better use the medium. The information session begins at 3 p.m., and the Tweetup begins at 4 p.m. in Hanes Hall, Room 239B.
October lecture to focus on history of UNC journalism Tom Bowers, professor emeritus at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, will be delivering a free lecture Oct. 15 on the origins of UNC’s journalism program. The exhibit “Consecrated to the Common Good: 100 Years of Journalism Education at UNCChapel Hill” will complement Bowers’ talk. Bowers, who was associate dean and senior associate dean of the journalism school for 24 years, recently released the book “Making News: One Hundred Years of Journalism & Mass Communication at Carolina” to coincide with the school’s hundredth birthday. The lecture will be delivered at 5:45 p.m. in the Wilson Special Collections Library.
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Loan bill won’t change much Doctor Legislation is pending in Congress By Emily Stephenson Staff Writer
Not much would change for UNC students if Congress passes a bill to change the way federal loans are distributed. But the switch could cause headaches in UNC’s financial aid office. The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act would end the Federal Family Education Loan program, which works with private banks to offer loans to students. All loans instead would be issued through the U.S. Department of Education. UNC-Chapel Hill works with three different private lenders who offer relatively low interest rates, said Shirley Ort, director of the Office of Scholarships and Student Aid. About 67 percent of undergraduates at UNC-Chapel Hill received financial aid in 2007-2008. Loans made up about 27 percent of the typical aid package. Loans handed out directly by the
education department would probably be comparable, and the application process for students likely wouldn’t change, she said. “I don’t think they’ll even know it will have happened,” Ort said. But Congress’ actions will guide the office’s transition to a new financial aid information system that is part of Connect Carolina, a campuswide overhaul of computing systems. Because the office doesn’t know how federal loans will be handled, the system must be configured to work with both methods, Ort said. Some UNC-system schools have already switched to direct lending, including N.C. A&T, N.C. Central University and UNCWilmington. Supporters of the proposed legislation say it would save about $87 billion by cutting out taxpayer subsidies to private banks. The money would be used to increase Pell Grants, which go to low-income students.
The bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives 253-171 on Sept.17 and was referred to a Senate education committee. Staff are revising the bill. Kimrey Rhinehardt, the UNC system’s vice president for federal relations, said she wants to see the Senate version before forming an opinion on the bill. Rhinehardt is in charge of advocacy for the system. U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., has expressed support for the bill, noting provisions that would increase funding to historically black schools. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., said in a statement last week that he opposes the change, calling it a federal takeover of private businesses. “It will lead to reduced customer service, more bureaucratic red tape, no choice of lenders … and I will continue my efforts to prevent such a takeover,” Burr said. Both senators sit on the committee that will review the bill. Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.
Biggest changes Switches loan programs The Federal Family Education Loan program subsidizes lenders, who then offer federally guaranteed loans to students. The bill would end this practice by July 2010. All lending would instead be done through the U.S. Department of Education.
Increases Pell Grants The Pell Grant program provides grants to low-income students. The loan legislation would provide about $40 billion to increase the maximum annual grant.
Other funding The legislation also includes funding to establish retention programs to improve college graduation rates, improve access to two-year community colleges and support historically black colleges and universities.
‘Yield to Heels’ event will promote pedestrian safety UNC Department of Public Safety officers and volunteers will be stationed around campus Wednesday as part of the Yield to Heels safety event. They will be distributing T-shirts and fliers to help promote on-campus pedestrian safety. Volunteers will be present from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the following campus crosswalks: South Columbia Street near Fraternity Court; South Road near both the Student Recreation Center and the Bell Tower; and Manning Drive between the dental school and the Thurston Bowles Building.
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Orange County government delays business conference The Orange County Business Expo has been rescheduled from Oct. 5 to Dec. 7. The Orange County Economic Development Commission will partner with the Chapel HillCarrboro Chamber of Commerce and the Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce to present the expo at the Sheraton Hotel at Chapel Hill. The event is still scheduled from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. The expo will give local businesses an opportunity to showcase their goods and services. It is designed to encourage businesses to network and establish new relationships with each other and with the public.
Tar Heel Express to provide shuttle service on Friday Chapel Hill Transit will provide the Tar Heel Express shuttle service Saturday for the UNC-Chapel Hill football game against the University of Virginia. Shuttles will begin at 9 a.m. from the Friday Center and University Mall park-and-ride lots. The service starts at 10:30 a.m. from the Southern Village and Jones Ferry Road park-and-ride lots. The shuttles will run every 10 to 15 minutes between the park-andride lots and Kenan Stadium and will operate for 45 minutes following the game. Shuttle rides are $5 for a roundtrip or $3 for a one-way trip.
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Free advance screening of Zombieland Thursday night The Carolina Union Activities Board is hosting a free advance screening of “Zombieland” Thursday night. Students are required to have a bracelet to enter the movie. There is a limit of one bracelet per OneCard. Those interested can receive bracelets beginning at 6 p.m. on a first come, first serve basis. The movie starts at 7 p.m. “Zombieland” stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin. The ragtag group must fend off leagues of zombies in this horror comedy. -From staff and wire reports.
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The Carrboro ArtsCenter held an all-day arts mini-camp for children whose parents had to work Monday, a teacher workday for local public schools. The kids began the day with a nature walk and came back to the center to paint what they liked best from the walk.
NO WORK, ALL PLAY ArtsCenter program asks kids to use senses By Lauren Russell Staff Writer
Bits of blue string rained on a dancing Ana Leigh, 7, to the beat of a hand-made maraca Monday at the Carrboro ArtsCenter. Ana was a blooming flower being watered by a fellow performer. They were dancing for friends and fellow students in an art show all about the five senses. She said she was a flower “because our senses smell it.” Ana was one of many 6- to 11-year-olds who attended an all-day arts mini-camp during Monday’s teacher workday. The ArtsCenter offers mini-camps during all Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools teacher workdays. The children learned different
forms of visual and performing arts. They began the day with a walking art tour to engage their five senses. The rest of the day was dedicated to creating art about the senses. Activities included making and playing instruments, writing poems and folk tales and dancing. Ceramics classes were offered as an alternative activity as well. The program is an outgrowth from the Afterschool Arts Immersion program the ArtsCenter offers every school day from 2:45 p.m. to 6 p.m. Both programs recruit teaching artists from the community to work with the children for a short period of time. They also have permanent ceramics teachers.
Kim Arrington, a singer/songwriter who has worked with the children at the ArtsCenter in the past, participated Monday. She has been a teaching artist in the Triangle area for four years and usually works with children in middle school and high school. “I love working with the kids,” Arrington said. “They’re open to doing almost anything. They aren’t ‘cool’ yet.” James Ward, a permanent ceramics teacher, shared Arrington’s enthusiasm for teaching the children. “I love the quiet stillness that comes over a really boisterous group once they get their hands in the clay,” Ward said. “I’m grateful I can share through teaching what has
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Chosen for Dec. commencement By victoria cook Staff writer
Dr. Lisa Carey has written or cowritten more than 70 manuscripts or book chapters and been recognized as a rising star in the field of medical research. She’s working to eliminate cancer, one of the most deadly diseases in the world. But despite this list of accolades, she is still unsure of how to send graduating students out into the real world this winter. “I’m not quite sure what one says at a Commencement address,” she said. “It’s an incredible honor but also nerve-wracking.” Carey, associate professor of medicine and UNC Breast Center medical director, will deliver the December Commencement address after being asked by Chancellor Holden Thorp. The address is traditionally given by a UNC faculty member. Carey was chosen by a committee of five faculty members and five students. Dr. Lisa Carey “ I t h i n k will be the that this year, speaker at with the North December’s Carolina Cancer graduation. Hospital coming online, it’s the perfect opportunity for Lisa, who is a pioneer in the breast cancer field and a great model, to share her message with our students,” Thorp wrote in a press release. Carey’s focus is breast cancer, specifically the reasons why younger, premenopausal, black women are more likely to develop breast cancer in a more aggressive form. She was a fellow in oncology for seven years at Johns Hopkins before coming to UNC. She also serves as a mentor for the Carolina Covenant program, providing guidance for 10 students who are looking toward a future in the medical field. The Covenant helps low-income students graduate from UNC debt-free. Carey graduated from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1990 and followed this up with a master’s of science in clinical research at the Johns Hopkins’ School of Public Health in 1998. That same year, she joined UNC’s staff. She also earned the honorable Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Award in 1999, which recognizes young faculty members for promising research. Carey said she enjoys working at UNC and was originally drawn to the institution because of its strong reputation in the medical field. “It’s a very famous place for cancer and has been for a long time,” she said.
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Ashley competes as citizen Candidates recycle By Matthew McGibney staff writer
With radical ideas for the town of Carrboro, mayoral candidate Amanda Ashley eschews politics as usual. She said that’s not her style. “I’m running as a citizen,” she said, “not a politician. I’m not beholden to The first of anyone and I’m three profiles on not constrained Carrboro mayoral by having to fit candidates. in. I can consequently have new ideas put before the voters.” Her central LOCAL new idea is a ELECTIONS town size limit Today and populaAmanda Ashley tion cap to keep Carrboro’s smallWednesday town character Mark Chilton intact. Thursday Ashley said Bryan Voyce she felt compelled to run after seeing the plans for the Carolina North development, which she said will increase traffic and expansion in Carrboro. “I am not anti-Carolina North,” she said. “But it needs to be cooperated by a 50-year plan for Carrboro so that we can maintain our town and lifestyle.”
Mayoral candidate Amanda Ashley says she wants to create a town size limit. If elected, she plans to cap population and halt annexations. Carrboro would be capped at 25,000 people, an approximate growth of 40 percent from the current population of around 18,000. Ashley said this would keep the town financially stable. More importantly, she said, annexations would be stopped to preserve southern Orange County’s agricultural heritage, which faces the threat of town expansion. Ashley said the approximately 10,000 people living in the rural outskirts of Carrboro, or what she calls “Phantom Carrboro,” may not want to join the town. “Why can’t they remain rural and as farmers?” she said. “We have to ensure that southern Orange County stays rural. Carrboro has no reason to grow outside of its boundaries.” A native of Philadelphia, Pa., Ashley first moved to Carrboro in 1984. She has lived in the area off and on since then, and currently
works at Phydeaux, a pet shop in Carrboro. Ashley began a male-to-female gender transition after she and her wife were divorced. She said her gender identity would not be an issue in the race because of Carrboro’s open-mindedness. “I’ve been accepted as a woman and as a person in Carrboro,” Ashley said. “I’m not running on a transgendered rights platform, I’m running to present the ideas.” When Ashley first filed for mayor, residents picked up on her description of herself on her MySpace, which included that she is Wiccan and practicing witchcraft. She owes $20,000 in child support, which her ex-wife has forgiven, she said. Ashley said her name will appear on the ballot in all lowercase letters. Though she wasn’t born in the town and has never held a position on a town board or committee, Ashley’s friend Melissa Kruger said she truly understands Carrboro. “She wants to preserve the integrity of the community,” she said. Lindsay Wilks, another friend, said the personality of Carrboro is a major reason Ashley is running. “Her heart is in the town, she really cares about what happens
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old campaign signs by Chad Royal Staff WRiter
For the 2007 elections, Chapel Hill Town Council candidate Penny Rich had a friend design her sign to have her name encircled in brown, resembling a penny. “You can’t be named Penny and not use it,” Rich said. Those same signs are out again this year. Rich is one of several candidates for local government positions who decided to use the signs she has left over for November’s election, rather than use campaign funds for new ones. “It’s important for someone who is a challenger to stand out,” said Rich, who has 92 signs around town. For candidates using public financing through the voterowned elections program, reusing signs could save money only if the cost was less than $100, said Amy Strange, campaign finance compliance specialist at the N.C. State Board of Elections. All candidates have to report reused campaign materials. Jacquelyn Gist, a Carrboro alderman running for reelection, said in her 20 years on the board
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Mayoral candidate and other public office signs, seen here on U.S. 15-501, are scattered aroundChapel Hill and Carrboro.
she has only ordered new signs three times. “I’ve used them and used them,” Gist said. After the elections, Gist said she goes and picks up all the signs so she can use them for the next elec-
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Campus alcohol busts up slightly from 2008
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Jurisdiction change adds to totals By katie little staff writer
This year has seen a slight increase in the number of on-campus underage alcohol incidents as compared to previous school years, although the cause of this increase remains unclear. Since the beginning of the school year, there have been six reported incidents of underage alcohol possession on campus, according to police reports. In 2008, there were no underage alcohol possession citations at this point in the year. At this point in 2007, there were three citations. On-campus alcohol citations are handled by University police, a division of UNC’s Department of Public Safety. DPS issues citations for having open containers on campus and obvious instances of under-
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athan Johnson of Las Vegas, an aspiring hip-hop artist, speaks to students and window shoppers Monday afternoon about his CD, Death Before Dishonor, trying to sell a few copies on Franklin Street. “Are you a supporter of hip-hop and R&B?” Johnson would ask people passing by. Johnson is traveling the country in hopes of selling his CD to anyone who is interested in buying but has had few takers, he said.
Students ‘starstruck’ by author By Judith Katz
Cary Holladay, a novelist and short story writer, is the second speaker of the Living Writers series.
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For young writers, a chance to talk with a successful author can be a great inspiration, but it can be hard to come by. Students of the Living Writers class are given a chance to learn from contemporary novelists through a series of lectures. Tonight, Cary Holladay, known for her Southern writing, will deliver the second lecture of the series. Pam Durban, professor of the Living Writer course, said she considered the first lecture by Tobias Wolff on Sept. 10, a great success. “We opened the doors and windows so that the people that couldn’t get in and were standing outside could also hear the lecture,” Durban said. Once again, tonight’s lecture offers both students and the public an interesting writer and prizewinning author Holladay. “She is a very lyrical writer, concerned with language and the
music of language,” Durban said. “She plays around with time and memory.” Her works included the novel “A Fight in the Doctor’s Office” and the short story collection, “The People Down South.” Holladay and her husband, writer John Bensko, both teach fiction at the University of Memphis. “In the course, we talk about time, how they use point of view, how the stories are structured,” Durban said. “We talk more about the craft of writing and how the craft achieves the art.” Sarah Smith, a senior English major, said she feels lucky to have gotten into this 15-person class.
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“I really feel like the writer’s visit helps me with my own work, since each writer has specific advice for young writers like myself,” Smith said in an e-mail. In order to prepare for Holladay’s visit, the students have read a collection of her short stories. “I really get a little starstruck when meeting any of these writers who we have spent so much time talking about,” Smith said. “She has been very successful doing what we all would consider a dream job.” The next writer in the series is Stuart Dybek, who will be lecturing on Oct. 15 Contact the Arts Editor at artsdesk@unc.edu.
age drinking, said Randy Young, spokesman for UNC’s Department of Public Safety. Young said he did not think that the increase was indicative of a larger trend. “There does not appear to be an overwhelming increase in the number of citations we issued,” he said. Young added that the increase could be attributed to changes in the department’s jurisdiction. The jurisdiction now includes Granville Towers, where several of this year’s citations were issued. Granville had previously been under the jurisdiction of the Chapel Hill Police Department. Chapel Hill police issue citations for underage drinking independently of DPS. Citations during large-scale events — such as football games,
where open containers are not allowed — are also typical during the fall, Young said. Police intervened in several alcohol-related instances at Kenan Stadium during the first two home football games. At least one individual was issued a citation for underage possession of alcohol, reports state. Young said DPS does not plan on changing any of its policies regarding underage alcohol consumption, and he said the department is not concerned about the slight increase. Young said they would continue to monitor trends and take further action if necessary. “This is something we’d probably look at over a course of a year, and if it continued to escalate, we’d certainly be reviewing that,” Young said. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.
Sports trainer already busy by David Adler Staff WRiter
Four Carrboro High School football players were injured during their game against Chapel Hill High School last Friday. Tommy Barr was there, ready to help all of them out. Barr is Carrboro High’s new athletic trainer, the first full-time trainer in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district. He is the school’s primary sports medicine professional, responsible for everything from administrative duties to dealing with on-the-field injuries. “I’m basically the link between the medical community and the athletic community,” Barr said. “People come in for ankle and knee sprains, but they also come in complaining about the sniffles — the common cold. Athletic trainers do a lot more than tape ankles.” Before coming to Carrboro, Barr held coaching and part-time training jobs, including at California’s De La Salle High School, whose football team won a record 151 games in a row from 1992 to 2003. He was hired this semester and immediately went to work monitoring the football team’s practices, dealing with a significant abdominal injury, a dislocated kneecap and a concussion in his first 10 days. Last summer, Atlas Fraley, a Chapel Hill High School football player, died after a scrimmage. He
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Tommy Barr, Carrboro High School’s new full-time athletic trainer, observes the players Monday afternoon during football practice. had been complaining of dehydration. His autopsy did not determine a cause for his death. Barr said that although the incident has raised awareness of proper hydration, it played at most a minor role in Carrboro’s switch to a full-time trainer. Part- and fulltime trainers have the same license, so they are equally qualified. The main benefit of a full-time trainer is the added time on the job, he said. “I don’t have to worry about getting grades in or going to teaching workshops,” Barr said. “Spreading someone too thin prevents them from doing as many things.” Ben Reed, Chapel Hill High School’s trainer, agreed. Reed teaches physical education at Chapel Hill High and took over as
head trainer in 1996. A major part of the job, he said, is educating about dehydration. After that, both trainers said, it is simply a matter of providing sufficient water to athletes, making sure they take water breaks and monitoring local weather conditions. “Part-time/full-time is really a matter of semantics,” Reed said. “I’m not really a ‘part-time’ trainer. When school ends, I’m full-time.” Still, Reed said he leaves as soon as possible after football games, having put in a full day’s work even before the Friday night lights went on. “If I was to be at every single practice and event, I’d be at school 12 hours a day, five days a week.” Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.
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Last year, 23-year-old UNC alumnus Antoine Dove was sitting on his couch watching the NBC reality show, “The Biggest Loser.” Now he’s a contestant. “It was a very inspiring show,” Dove said. “I liked the fact that you saw people changing.” Dove, who graduated from UNC in May 2008 with a degree in public health, was chosen from more than 100,000 applicants to be one of 16 contestants for the show’s eighth season. “You always dream you’ll be able to fit into jeans you bought from a regular store,” he said. Dove, who weighed almost 370 pounds when taping began, said weight has been an issue all his life. He lined up at 5 a.m. in Nashville, Tenn., for a casting call in April and was invited back for two follow-up interviews. When Dove received news that he was chosen to be a contestant, he said he was ecstatic. “Excited doesn’t even begin to explain it,” he said. “You get the opportunity to change your life forever.” In t h e s h o w, c o n t e s t a n t s attempting to lose weight are challenged to complete diet plans and strict workouts given by personal trainers. The contestants who lose the greatest percentage of body weight continue on the show. Dove said he had trouble at first getting adjusted to exercising. “A lot of it was getting over my own self-doubt,” he said. “A lot of times I found myself bumping heads with the trainer.” Dove works as a health insurance agent in Atlanta. He remains on the show, which premiered Sept. 15, and lost 18 pounds in the first week of competition. Dove said his newfound television stardom did not faze his friends and family. “My friends love it,” he said. “They say, ‘Antoine, this is the
body you were supposed to have the whole time.’” Julius Tillery, Dove’s close friend, could not have any contact with him during the taping, which lasted from May to August. Tillery wrote supportive letters to his friend. “I know it’s tough for him, but I’m very proud of him,” Tillery said. The winner will be announced Dec. 8, when “The Biggest Loser” live finale is set to air. Dove said if he wins the prize
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to Carrboro,” Wilks said. “She has a very deep sense of place and the character of Carrboro.” Ashley said supporting musicians in Carrboro is part of preserving the character. She said she supports a government-run health insurance co-op for artists based on a plan in Austin, Texas. “Carrboro is an arts town, and more than that it’s an artist’s town,” she said. “But what is a town going to do to nurture the people that make art?”
tion. Gist and Carrboro Alderman Randee Haven-O’Donnell, also running for reelection, said the only change they have made on their signs is adding the word “reelect.” “It’s critical to create an environment so your constituency can be reacquainted with you,” HavenO’Donnell said. Chapel Hill Town Council member Laurin Easthom, who is using some of her old campaign signs, said she thinks signs are more important for those who are not incumbents. “It’s not going to make or break an election,” Easthom said. “Signs are one part of the campaign.” Not everyone will be using the same signs as last time. Will Raymond, who is running for Town Council for the second time, will be getting new signs with a different design. Raymond has not put out any signs yet, he said. “I never want to start cluttering up town early,” he said. Sign prices vary depending on
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Carey said her friends and colleagues have already began calling her with advice for giving a successful speech. One person told her Chancellor Thorp played the piano at his 2006 commencement speech, which she said set the bar fairly high. “It’s intimidating because I don’t play an instrument,” she said. The commencement ceremony will take place at 2 p.m. Dec. 20 at the Dean Smith Center.
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of $250,000, he will settle school loans and start an organization to help others’ weight problems. Dove said he now works out twice daily and hopes he never again weighs more than 200 pounds. “I’ve changed in many ways,” he said. “I’ve focused a whole lot more on healthy living.” Dove’s future goals are to start a family, continue his new lifestyle and help others do the same. “The only thing that stops you from really losing the weight is yourself,” he said. Contact the Features Editor at features@unc.edu. the amount and can range between 50 cents and $3.50 per sign, he said. But even the priciest signs don’t impress everyone. “I just tune them out,” Kieron James, a Chapel Hill resident, said. He said he thinks that a sign should have more than just a picture and name. A good sign will encourage him to look into the candidate, he said. Junior Daniel Marchon said reusing signs reflects well on the candidate. “In today’s economy, its really responsible to recycle,” Marchon said. Matt Pohlman, a first-time Town Council candidate, made putting up his signs a family affair. His wife and two young sons got up at 6 a.m. to help him put up between 150 and 175 signs around Chapel Hill. But Pohlman said he thinks the election should be more about the issues. “I’d like to think signs are not important,” he said.
By Jordan Graham In hopes of dispelling a term that has come to define the right wing of American politics, author Jonah Goldberg brought political rhetoric full circle. Goldberg, author of the New York Times best-selling book, “Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning,” spoke to students Monday night about how fascism, a term that has been associated with extreme right-wing policies, has roots closer to the left end of the spectrum. Goldberg, the editor-at-large of the National Review Online and a 2008 Pulitzer Prize nominee, was invited to speak by the College Republicans and the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies. The groups asked him to speak to bring a distinct conservative message to campus. In his address to students in the Great Hall, Goldberg set out to dispel the idea that the term “fascist” is an appropriate term to use for modern American conservatives. Goldberg instead argued that the term more accurately describes modern American liberals. “Fascism, which is thought to be on the right, is in fact a phenomenon on the left,” he said. Fascism, as well as Bolshevism and Nazism, were rooted in socialism, Goldberg said. Nazis and Italian fascists were socialists, and their platforms consisted of many similar socialist programs that exist in the United States today, Goldberg said. He also said fascism and modern liberalism descended from progressivism and before World War II, fascism was viewed as a progressive social movement with left-wing adherents. In fact, the title of his book, “Liberal Fascism,” is a quote from a lecture given by H.G. Wells at Oxford in 1932, in which he labeled the type of system he desired as a
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Jonah Goldberg, author of “Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left,” speaks to students Monday in the Great Hall. “liberal fascism” and “enlightened Nazism.” Goldberg spoke to an audience that filled the Great Hall and who were generally receptive to the ideas he presented. John Eick, chairman of the College Republicans, said he hoped that bringing Goldberg to campus would enhance a climate of open dialogue and show the
diversity of thought within the community. “The free exchange of ideas is what UNC’s all about,” Eick said. Eick also said he wanted to bring the noted conservative speaker to a campus known for its liberal climate.
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Davis, UNC stay levelheaded despite loss By David Reynolds
We try to keep things somewhat on an even keel.” Davis said he is not planning on overhauling the depth chart, and that he doesn’t plan on using practice this week to promote several position battles. Instead, North Carolina’s coaches will spend their time this week determining how to better distribute the ball to playmakers on offense and maximize the potential of the talent available. “I think we’re playing the best players we’ve got,” Davis said. “We’ve got to look at what are our capabilities — what they can realistically do, and how can they get better at what we’re trying to do.” But while Davis and the other UNC coaches distanced themselves emotionally from Saturday’s defeat, several players are still stinging from a game in which they said the team lacked the necessary intensity
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Shortly following North Carolina’s 24-7 loss to Georgia Tech, a terse coach Butch Davis didn’t sugarcoat much about his team’s poor showing. “Disastrous” and “terrible” were just two of the adjectives Davis used to condemn the Tar Heels’ thirddown efficiency, inconsistency on offense and general lack of execution against the Yellow Jackets. And while he didn’t back off those statements at his weekly press conference Monday, he stressed the importance of keeping that dismal performance in perspective. “I think our players have been here long enough now that they’ve seen us after huge great wins and seen us when we’ve lost games,” Davis said. “We’re pretty much the same coaching staff. We’re always looking at how can we get better.
and focus for an ACC game. Quarterback T.J. Yates, who said he was “embarrassed” in the aftermath of the defeat, reiterated those sentiments Monday. He, wide receiver Greg Little and offensive lineman Kyle Jolly expressed frustration during a team meeting about the up-anddown nature of the offense this season. Yates said those ve terans demanded consistent execution and effort every game, something that has been missing this year. “A lot of guys on the team kind of have a bad taste in their mouth,” Yates said. “We didn’t expect to see ourselves losing so early. A lot of guys on the team were pretty angry and pretty pissed off, and I think that’s going to help us this week in practice.” Another player aggravated at what transpired in Atlanta was
running back Shaun Draughn. UNC’s ground game was stifled for just 17 yards on 18 carries, which put the Tar Heels in position for second- and third-and-longs for most of the game. Draughn said when he finally got home from Atlanta, he couldn’t settle into his standard postgame routine. Draughn usually relaxes by watching the night’s college football action, but he said he was too angry to watch a second of football Saturday night. He said all he wanted to do was watch film on what went wrong. “If the coaches call a play we’ve just got to execute it,” Draughn said. “We’re just not running it effectively. We do things in practice and everything feels good. I think it was just an off game.” Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.
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Four Corners bar will get another chance by john taylor Staff WRiter
The reopening of Four Corners bar this week has the potential to revive surrounding bars. Owners of bars on East Franklin Street say if one is crowded, they will reap profits from bar hoppers and improved perception of the area. “Any activity on our end of Franklin Street will add to our business,” said Howard McDonald, owner of East End Oyster and Martini Bar. UNC alumni Steve Woodham and Chris Brewer bought Four Corners at 175 E. Franklin St. in July after it closed due to slow business and a struggling economy. “It was too good of an opportunity to pass up,” Woodham said. Woodham, who co-owned Players for the past five years, sold his share with plans to go on an extended vacation. Before stepping away from
Chapel Hill, Woodham and his best friend, Brewer, said they saw Four Corners for sale and were drawn in by the place that had been their hangout when they were students. The two have put between $200,000 and $250,000 toward the renovation of Four Corners. They decided to cancel plans to leave Chapel Hill, and Woodham picked up right where he left off — the bar business. “We’ve been kickin’ ass to get Four Corners up and ready,” said Woodham, who also owns Goodfellows. Other bar owners are looking forward to the reopening, which is slated for later this week. “Any building without a closed front does our business good,” said Marshall Payne, owner of the smaller Blue Horn Lounge. “Four Corners will help us out when it’s really jammed and people just want a more quiet, less packed place to be.”
Woodham and Brewer said when they reopen Four Corners’ doors, they hope to create an atmosphere that lives up to Franklin Street expectations and to their undergraduate memories of the bar. “Four Corners hasn’t reached its full potential in 10 or 12 years,” said manager J.P. Gandy, who moved from Atlanta to help Woodham manage the bar. Woodham plans to transfer many of his Goodfellows employees to Four Corners. “All the bars have been a tradition on Franklin Street. We thrive together and add flavor to Chapel Hill,” said Derrick DePriest, employee of Bub O’Malley’s. Woodham wants Four Corners to be different from Players when he ran it. “We don’t need a wet T-shirt contest for everyone to have a good time here,” Woodham said. Woodham and Brewer have called Chapel Hill home since
East, West Franklin di≠er By Kelly Poe Staff Writer
East and West Franklin streets might be separated by more than just traffic lights. Some store owners say businesses on either side of the street are divided by feel, number of vacancies and parking availability, but that each should play to its strengths. East Franklin Street houses Tar Heel merchandise stores like Johnny T-Shirt as well as many local restaurants. It also hosts many franchise restaurants and businesses. West Franklin, which begins after the South Columbia Street intersection, hosts mostly independent businesses, ranging from upscale restaurants to comic book stores. “More students support East Franklin and West Franklin is supported more by the town,” said Greg Overbeck, marketing director for the Chapel Hill Restaurant Group. Jason Ray, the co-owner of Jack Sprat Cafe on East Franklin Street, is working to bridge the gap. “We attempt to bring them together,” he said in reference to both sides of Franklin Street. The restaurant bar is located across from the University. It features local indie rock bands that often play at West Franklin venues like Local 506 and The Cave. “If they play there, we want them in here,” Ray said. Other groups have attempted to bring the sides together. “The (Chapel Hill) Downtown Partnership is focused on all of downtown and making sure the businesses are healthy,” said Adam Klein, the vice president of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce.
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people who might have been with him the day of the crash. The warrant for Cook’s phone follows a Sept. 16 Wake County court order that forced AT&T, Cook’s mobile phone provider, to turn over his cell phone records to investigators. The warrant also states that witness testimony led investigators to believe that Cook had been on the phone during or just prior to the crash. Jim Sughrue, spokesman for Raleigh police, said he could not provide details about the witness, including whether the witness was the same woman seen with Cook on the night of the crash in Piper’s Tavern in Raleigh. The woman was not a passenger in Cook’s car at the time of the crash. Cook appeared to be intoxicated when he arrived at and left from the Raleigh pub the night of the
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office spent more than usual this year on financial aid. “We used the campus-based tuition which we had set aside for student aid at the 35 percent level, but we ended up providing more than that,” Mangum said. She added the office gave $3.6 million of the $9.3 million from campus-based tuition increases to student aid, 39 percent of the total revenue. The Board of Trustees requires that at least 35 percent of money from tuition increases goes to financial aid. Ort said the Office of Scholarships and Student Aid has released all but $214,000 of the money given by the provost office. “With the additional money that the provost gave us, we think we’re OK for this year,” Ort said. “I don’t think I will have carry forward money to take into next year. “We are confident we can help
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East Franklin Street stores such as Shrunken Head Boutique are student supported, while West Franklin Street stores get support from the town. Top of the Hill benefits from being right on the corner of East and West Franklin Street, said Manager Rebecca Workman. Because the restaurant is between both sides, it attracts the student crowd of East Franklin and the town crowd of West Franklin. East Franklin Street is more densely populated and costs more to rent, said Chapel Hill Comics Owner Andrew Neal. Chapel Hill Comics was originally located on East Rosemary Street before the owners decided to move one street up in 2003. The store moved to West Franklin because of the less expensive rates, Neal said. Now, he said he is glad he to be located on West Franklin. His business isn’t near any chain stores. “West Franklin in general has a lot more unique businesses. East
Franklin is a lot more homogenized,” Neal said. “Not to say that East Franklin is without locally owned businesses, but people who have walked past Columbia have found that there’s actually an awful lot down here.” The West End Group, comprised of local businesses, specializes in promoting just West Franklin. The Chapel Hill Restaurant Group group manages both 411 West Italian Cafe, located on West Franklin, and Spanky’s Restaurant and Bar on East Franklin. “West Franklin is known for some things, East Franklin is known for others,” Overbeck said. “I don’t think there’s a disadvantage. Overbeck said increased parking could help West Franklin Street.
crash, according to court records. Cook was driving on Strickland Road in Raleigh at about 8:35 p.m. when his Mercedes-Benz rear-ended Shapiro’s Hyundai, police said. Reports state that Cook was traveling nearly 85 mph in a 45 mph zone. Shapiro was taken to WakeMed, where she died later that night. Officers who responded to the crash reported that Cook showed “obvious signs of impairment” including unsteadiness, alcohol on his breath and “red, glassy and bloodshot eyes,” according to court records. On Sept. 15, Cook surrendered his medical license and resigned from WakeMed Facial Plastic Surgery and a faculty position at UNC medical school. Cook pleaded no contest in 1989 to a charge of driving under the influence in Camden County, Ga.
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their graduations in the early ’90s. Previous owners were from out of state, Woodham said. He said he wants Four Corners to cater to a majority student customer base. “No Michael Jordan Slam Dunk Cheeseburger or corny crap like that,” Woodham said. Still, the bar will display signed Carolina jerseys on the wall and a Carolina basketball hardwood replica near the entrance. Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu
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Four Corners Bar, located on East Franklin Street, reopens this week after it closed in July due to slow business and a struggling economy.
National and World News Honduras blocks Leaders prepare media programs for climate bill TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (MCT) — The de facto government that’s in power in Honduras closed down television and radio stations Monday morning that are aligned with ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Zelaya condemned the action in a brief statement and called on foreign governments to show their displeasure. “The government is nervous,” Carlos Montoya, formerly a senior member of Zelaya’s government, said in an interview. The moves by interim President Roberto Micheletti came hours after the government announced a decree suspending constitutional civil liberties, an attempt to keep supporters of Zelaya off the streets Monday. Zelaya, who’s been holed up at the Brazilian Embassy for the past seven days with about 70 supporters and journalists after his clandestine return to Honduras, had called on his supporters to launch “a final offensive” Monday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT) — Two top Senate Democrats are set to introduce a climatechange bill this week that would put new limits on carbon emissions as world leaders prepare for a climate summit in Denmark after agreement last week by the G20 nations on phasing out subsidies for fossil fuels. Sens. Barbara Boxer, the California Democrat who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and John Kerry, D-Mass., will reportedly unveil their bill Wednesday after months of closed-door meetings. The bill will be modeled largely on legislation passed by the House of Representatives in June that aims to cut carbon emissions by 17 percent by 2020 and more than 80 percent by 2050 compared to 2005 levels, reported ClimateWire and other publications. But it’s unclear how far the bill will get this year, or how fast.
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G-20 proposals require changes WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT) — The Group of 20 nations’ proposal to tackle global imbalances through a peer-review process will require a sea change in international relations to succeed, said Robert Zoellick, the president of the World Bank, on Monday. In his remarks, Zoellick called the peer-review framework a “good start.” “But the peer review will require a new level of international cooperation and coordination, including a new willingness to take the findings of global monitoring seriously,” Zoellick said in remarks to Johns Hopkins University’s graduate school for international studies. The new peer-review process is aimed at trends that have turned the global economy upside down in some respects. The primary global imbalance is that countries such as China, Japan and Germany have geared their economies to send exports to the United States.
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personal security, having an insecure network could also hinder the University’s grant proposals, which often require that the University guarantee adequate safeguards. If UNC can’t reassure grant donors, it might see research dollars drop. ITS members said fixing the problem is more complicated than just investing in new software, and new policies would take time and effort to implement. They will discuss their efforts at the next Faculty Council meeting Friday. “You can’t write a check to fix this,” Cameron said. “You’re going to need support from the top down.” He said ITS’s enforcement would take on an assistance role, helping faculty members implement unfamiliar policies. Executing greater security faces significant obstacles. Faculty memContact the University Editor bers admitted to being confused at udesk@unc.edu. sometimes by technical requirements and said they saw security measures as unnecessarily problematic at times. “Security is a pain,” said Joe Templeton, special assistant to the chancellor and former chair of the faculty. “But I think we all need to step up to the plate and say security breaches are a disaster, and we’re Shirley Ort, UNC’s Director of going to have to work to avoid scholarships and student aid them.”
families for the rest of the year.” The situation became more favorable for the aid office when it learned Friday that it was entitled to $1 million more in state grants. Friday was the deadline for students to be certified for eligibility for state grants. Administrators also predict money will enter the office through profits from use of the UNC logo. This year, the office had $2.5 million from royalties earned through products with a UNC logo.
“We don’t need a wet T-shirt contest for everyone to have a good time here.”
Federal assistance Financial aid legislation pending in U.S. Congress wouldn’t change much for UNC. See pg. 3 for story.
Training day Carrboro High School’s new fulltime athletic trainer has seen a bevy of injuries. See pg. 4 for story.
He’s no loser A recent UNC grad appears in this season of “The Biggest Loser” on NBC. See pg. 5 for story.
Picking up the pieces UNC’s football team is looking ahead to next week’s game after a brutal loss. See pg. 6 for story.
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60 “Benevolent” fraternal order 61 Orchestral reed 62 Estimate phrase Down 1 Comfy soft shoes 2 Understand, in slang 3 Mortgage paymentlowering strategy, briefly 4 Sentimental place in the heart 5 Fluffy stoles 6 Ho Chi __ 7 Ancient 8 Dancer Charisse 9 Separate grain from chaff 10 __ Julia, who played Gomez Addams 11 Opposed to 12 Hissed “Hey, you!” 14 Football’s “Prime Time” Sanders 17 Wharton’s “__ Frome” 18 Perform better than 22 Former quarterback Dan
23 Being aired, as a sitcom 24 Muscle cramp, e.g. 25 Noticeable navel 26 City near Syracuse 27 Ten-year period 28 Stopped slouching 29 Domed Arctic home 30 Want badly, as chocolate 31 Sharpens 36 River of Florence 37 Where to see wild animals in cages 39 Modeler’s wood 40 “America’s Funniest
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Opinion
tuesday, september 29, 2009 andrew dunn
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The Daily Tar Heel QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Security is a pain. But I think we all need to step up to the plate and say security breaches are a disaster.” Joe Templeton, special assistant to the chancellor
By Angela Tchou, angelatchou@gmail.com
Featured online reader comment:
“You can give people wholesome … things to do, but the student body is probably still gonna wile the f ’ out.”
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Imperial system outdated, confusing
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Leave theology out of transgendered debate
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merica today is all about efficiency — faster cars, faster Internet connection, faster food — and I think this is something that, considering how our society works, fits us quite well. Time is money, and America loves money, and with more time, of course, follows more money. Speed rules the day, and for our purposes it all adds up. Our society as a whole craves new, constantly advancing technology that will make our lives run more smoothly. And we buy accordingly. It makes sense to make our products better, simpler and safer to operate. But efficiency transcends the physical qualities of the products themselves; it also encompasses the ability to communicate easily, to make transactions fluidly. And this level of communication is the point at which America’s understanding begins to deteriorate. In my travels, I have noticed one particular factor that harms our efficiency and our reputation in the world’s view, a factor that no one this side of the pond ever pays attention to. We are one of three countries in the entire world that does not adhere to the metric system (the other two being Myanmar and Liberia). As citizens in the United States, we seldom notice this problem. You’re probably shrugging your shoulders right now, a quizzical frown plastered on your face. Why should I care? It works for me, so why change it? What’s the big deal? My first response would be this: You are right, it is not that big of a deal. In fact, it is at the base level a very small problem, and it would take minimal effort to solve it. But if anything, America’s almost-exclusive system makes our own measurements — not to mention buying groceries in a foreign country — unnecessarily difficult. We are just used to the more difficult way by now. The metric system’s different units are divided in powers of 10. For those of you who don’t like to do complicated math in your head (using numbers like 12 inches in a foot, 16 ounces in a pound, 5,280 feet in a mile, and so on), the metric system is much easier. Whether in meters for length, grams for weight or liters for capacity, you simply use different prefixes for each power of 10. It’s as simple as that, and it is the same for every unit of measurement. Aside from the math, it makes sense to switch because if and when an American enters virtually any other country on the planet, they have to work twice as hard to understand every single time they want to determine anything measurable — distance, weight or temperature. The Europeans I have spoken to on the subject just shook their heads and asked me why America wouldn’t change. The only answer I could come up with was this: It’s a non-issue in America. The metric system is not only easier than ours, but essentially no one else in the world adheres to our system. I’m not asking for a drastic change, just bringing a littlediscussed issue to light. This is a change that would best come gradually, but it should not be ignored like it is today. In a nation that is all about efficiency, it seems that in this regard we are sluggish and far behind the rest of the world.
Don’t waste their time Sending student government leaders to ASG meetings is a waste of their time; Jones should veto bill
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f UNC-Chapel Hill must commit itself to the Association of Student Governments, let’s at least minimize the opportunity cost of our involvement. Currently, UNC-CH’s delegation to the ASG consists of Student Body President Jasmin Jones and three of her appointees. But a bill that was recently passed by Student Congress would appoint Jones, Joe Levin-Manning, speaker of Student Congress, a delegate appointed by the Graduate and Professional Student Federation president and a fourth person agreed upon by the student body president. The fate of the bill now rests with Jones. It doesn’t appear that UNC
will disavow its involvement with ASG, even though we believe it to be an ineffective organization, and the costs of our involvement seem to outweigh the benefits. So if we’re not going to divert our energies toward more productive endeavors by leaving ASG, we should at least keep the priorities of our student leaders focused on campus issues. This has been an extraordinarily eventful semester. The Greek system is caught up in a maelstrom. There are growing concerns about student drug abuse on campus. And the University has been plagued with H1N1 outbreaks and a severe budget crisis. The last thing our student
body president and speaker of Congress should be concerned with is ASG. In this particular circumstance, the status quo should be maintained to not waste our student leaders’ time. If we continue to send representatives to ASG meetings, we should send delegates who are appointed solely for that purpose. Jones and the leaders of Congress have more important things to concern themselves with. Jones should veto this bill. Ev e r y s t u d e n t a t t h i s University already gives ASG $1 in student fees. Let’s make sure we don’t give them the time our leaders would otherwise spend working to address issues on our campus.
Sooner rather than later
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Women should have been notified that their SSNs were exposed to hacker sooner
he University was wrong to wait almost two months to notify research participants of a security breach that compromised their information. The breach was detected in a UNC School of Medicine database in July. It affected 236,000 women participating in breast cancer research. That information included about 163,000 Social Security numbers. Officials at the medical school decided to investigate more before alerting the women affected, so letters are going out today. That was a bad decision. A compromise of such information is serious. Social Security numbers serve as identities for nearly everything
financial. And when a person’s Social S e c u r i ty n u m b e r i s s t o len, thieves can open credit accounts, rent apartments, open phone lines and wreak havoc on a person’s finances. Yet it has taken medical school officials over two months to alert the women affected. Dr. Matthew Mauro, chair of the Department of Radiology at the medical school, said they decided to wait because they investigated the incident three times using different information technology specialists — two from the University and one third-party. Mauro said the number of women whose Social Security numbers were compromised was originally somewhere around 100,000, but it rose
substantially. It’s understandable that officials wanted to be thorough. But identity theft happens fast. It would have been more prudent to alert the women affected as the information came in rather than wait until the investigation finished. Mauro said that the University now is contacting all 236,000 women affected, not just the ones whose Social Security numbers were comprised. This is an ethical decision, and a good one. Mauro said the school is only required to contact those who had Social Security numbers in the database. But the women affected should have been notified as soon as the breach was discovered.
Don’t bother with Max
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New Tucker Max movie is abhorrent
he last thing our society needs is any more glorification of sexual violence, the objectification of women and rape culture. Unfortunately, Tucker Max’s new movie does nothing but reinforce these attitudes. Tucker is the blog gerturned-author responsible for the best-selling book “I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell,” now adapted as a film. The self-proclaimed “asshole” built his career writing and blogging about toilet humor, sexual conquests, drunken debauchery and degrading the handicapped. So do yourself a favor — don’t waste your money on this movie. He doesn’t need the ego boost. If the fact that he graduated from the Duke University
School of Law doesn’t deter you from seeing the movie — consider that he spent most of his time in Chapel Hill perusing Franklin Street for UNC women. Tucker and his sidekicks have traveled across the country to meet fans, answer questions and preview the movie to small audiences. A recent screening of the movie at N.C. State University sparked protest and much controversy. But don’t think radical feminists are the only ones concerned about the degrading and despicable content in his film and memoir. All women and men should also be upset about the issues raised in this film. Tucker manages to call women every synonym for
prostitute he can think of, and he even goes as far as to claim “fat girls aren’t real people.” These sentiments only reinforce his poor morals and degrading attitude toward women. Max’s stories succeed in orchestrating sexual conquests that are increasingly outrageous, drunk, dubiously legal, painful, objectifying and embarrassing to his sex partners. He intentionally pushes the line of consent — getting drunker, getting the woman drunker. He has even abandoned a partner on the street and hid a friend in his closet to film him having sex. Ending the sexual objectification of women and eradicating rape culture is essential, and we can all contribute by boycotting Tucker Max.
TO THE EDITOR: I must say I’m disappointed with The Daily Tar Heel’s coverage of transgendered people and religion. I s u b m i tt e d a l e tt e r i n response (that was not published) to Grayson Street’s assertion that an online comment misunderstood Christians (“Bible lays out what is sinful behavior and what is not,” Sept. 25), stating that perhaps Street should try to understand transgender people before pronouncing them sinful. Instead of shifting the debate from a theological one to a social one, the DTH chose instead to print a letter contesting Street’s interpretation of the Bible (“Christianity more inclusive than Street asserts in letter,” Sept. 28). While this is a useful debate to have, I believe it is one to have within religious institutions where all parties agree on basic assumptions, e.g. God exists and the Bible is sacred. UNC is a public institution with no such religious mandate, and not all students are Christian or agree on these assumptions. Rather than wade into a theological debate, why don’t we, as a community, make more of an effort to understand one another’s standpoints — religious or not. I would like to invite Street and all others to attend a GayStraight Alliance event or a safe zone training; to meet transgender people with an open mind to understanding them. Kate McFarland Graduate Student Sociology
Clarification of biblical interpretation needed TO THE EDITOR: In the time-honored tradition of using one’s own opening statement against the author, maybe Angel Collie should have done a bit of research on the Bible before writing that it supports transgenderism as a lifestyle sanctioned by God (“Christianity more inclusive than Street asserts in letter,” Sept. 28) Collie uses only the middle third of Genesis 1:27 to build his “image of God” argument, ignoring the immediate follow-up clause: “Male and female he created them.” These two comments are inseparable — “the image of God” is expressed, from page one of the Bible, as the union of male and female in two humans, not in one. “For this reason a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two become one flesh” (Genesis 2:24). The story of Philip and the eunuch, and the comment about eunuchs castrating themselves for the kingdom, have nothing to do with imposing androgyny or transgenderism on oneself to more closely approach the divine. They have everything to do with subordinating one’s sexuality and one’s own physical desires to God and to one’s spiritual needs. So Paul says that the single, celibate life is ideal for any Christian, though marriage is
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certainly no sin (1 Corinthians 7:26-27). And the comment about there being no male or female among the followers of Christ refers to discrimination based on hierarchy and authority, not based on sex or gender. Now I’m not putting forth my own opinions about LGBT concerns in the church; this debate is over what the Bible says about those concerns, and personal belief has no place in such a textual-critical discussion. I’m simply trying to correct some common misinterpretations of God’s word, so that each reader may be able to make a more informed decision. Ross M. Twele Graduate Student History
Green ideal candidate for local school board election TO THE EDITOR: Joseph Green is an ideal candidate for the Chapel HillCarrboro Board of Education. He has significant experience in the education field, having taught at both the secondary and collegiate level, and now serving as Director of UNC’s Upward Bound program. Green, being relatively new to this district, also has the ability to give a fresh perspective to district issues and bring about the innovation required to make our great schools even greater and able to educate all of our students. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools prides itself on the high quality of its students, its curriculum, its teachers, and its administrators. But it must work to garner full community inclusiveness to engage and educate all students, and to create the flexibility to address the needs of a diverse community. Green will address these issues and make our schools even better. Elect Joe Green for the Board of Education, a new, strong voice for the district! Ashley Harrington Senior Public Policy, International Studies
Police tactics during G-20 summit deserve coverage TO THE EDITOR: There was a serious situation at University of Pittsburgh last week in regards to the G-20 conference. The city was under de facto martial law and University of Pittsburgh students were teargassed and beaten for no reason other than being on the street. No news station is covering these events, and the only way I’ve heard of it is from my friends that go there. YouTube has videos of what’s taking place and it’s some of the most disturbing footage I’ve ever seen. This story needs to be made more public. I have no idea why this isn’t on the news. Look into it on YouTube — simply put in “G20 Pittsburgh Riots.” The videos are horrifying. The Daily Tar Heel should consider making this a story. Breton Asken Freshman Biology
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