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VOLUME 117, ISSUE 94

tuesday, october 20, 2009

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Spanish classes to move online

sports| insert BASKETBALL PREVIEW Look inside today’s edition of The Daily Tar Heel for a 22-page guide to the upcoming men’s basketball season, including evaluations of ACC teams.

O∞cials say it will save money By E. A. James Staff writer

state| page 4 AIDING RESEARCH A new program that could expand throughout the UNC system matches up researchers with experts to develop business models.

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Stephen Perry, a senior political science major from Kinston, is enrolled in Painting I, a class that fulfills the University’s fine arts requirement. Some seniors are having difficulty meeting this requirement due to limited class availability and prerequisite requirements for fine arts classes.

New curriculum a problem Seniors struggle to meet requirements

By Lyle Kendrick and Katie Oliver Staff writers

city | page 3 COMMUNITY GARDEN A county organization offers garden plots at elementary schools to low-income families to grow vegetables.

university | page 5 WINNING FLUSHES UNC has been named the “Institution of the Year” for its efficient water-use systems, which reuse waste water for irrigation and other uses.

Correction Due to an editing error, two photo captions with Monday’s front-page story, “Dangerous ‘tradition’ under fire,” misstated when junior Andrew Madlon and eight students were hospitalized with burns. The burns occurred following basketball wins on April 4 and April 6. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the errors.

this day in history OCT. 20, 2008 … Chapel Hill native and Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame inductee James Taylor plays a concert at Fetzer Field in support of Barack Obama during early voting.

Today’s weather Sunny H 74, L 45

Wednesday’s weather Sunny H 78, L 49

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With senior course registration approaching, advisers are discovering some problems with the new general education curriculum implemented in 2006. Some members of the senior class — the first to graduate under the curriculum — are having trouble completing certain requirements, including an interdisciplinary component for which there are few available courses. Academic advisers are working with seniors to make sure they are able to graduate on time — even without completing certain general education requirements exactly as written. Students graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of Arts and Sciences or a Bachelor of Science in psychology are required under the new curriculum to complete three courses above the 199 level outside of their majors’ division. The divisions are fine arts, humanities, natural sciences and mathematics, and social and behavioral sciences. Seniors, many of whom have put off the requirement, are particularly struggling to find fine arts classes that work. Carolyn Cannon, associate dean for academic advising, said students who have not fulfilled the fine arts requirement can consult with academic advisers to choose a course below the 200 level if no other options exist. Part of the difficulty in fulfilling the requirement is that only three fine arts departments exist: music, art and dramatic art. Many of those classes have few seats or have a prerequisite. Academic advisers are working with seniors to ensure requirements are filled before graduation. “In situations where students are in their last semester and cannot fulfill the requirement based on their knowledge of classes that are available, they can go to their advisers and find a class that can serve as an alternative,” said Dee Reid, communications director for the College of Arts and Sciences. Bobbi Owen, senior associate dean for undergraduate education, said administrators are unsure of the scope of students who are having

Black Ink celebrates its 40th anniversary First editor meets with current leader By Lindsay Ruebens Staff Writer

The first edition of Black Ink Newspaper featured a spread on the groundbreaking start of the Malcolm X College in Chicago. Through a 40-year history, the Black Student Movement publication survived the civil rights movement and pushed for the construction of a black cultural center. More recently, it reported on the election of the nation’s first black president. And while it is the same publication, its tone and role have evolved. That’s what current Editor-inChief Kirstin Garriss found out when she met Monday afternoon with Cureton Johnson, Black Ink’s first editor, in honor of the publication’s 40th anniversary. Johnson, a 1971 graduate, said Black Ink involved “agitation and advocacy” in battling segregationist views in the classroom, protesting in the Food Service Workers’ Strike and mourning the death of Martin Luther King Jr. “Students loved it not because it was so great, but because it was ours,” he said. “It was a hot item.” He said it offered the minority voice in hostile times, one that didn’t always have white support. “We could say things in Black

difficulty meeting graduation requirements. “We won’t really know what the problem is until seniors start registering for classes for the spring semester,” Owen said. “We would work with students who can’t graduate in May to find an option.” Many seniors said they were frustrated about having to take courses outside their majors that sometimes conflict with their schedules. “I understand what they’re trying to do as far as getting a diverse background with these general education requirements, but it’s a definite hindrance on taking classes that you need,” said Brittany Johnson, a senior history major. Leslie Taylor, a senior English major in a class that meets the fine arts requirement, said the availability of classes often forces students to take inconvenient courses. “I’m taking a God-awful class that I don’t even like because it was

See curriculum, Page 9

Supplemental education requirements Students seeking a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in any discipline in the College of Arts and Sciences or the Bachelor of Science degree with a major in psychology must complete supplemental general education requirements. This may be accomplished in two ways:

Distributive option: One

non-introductory course (a course numbered higher than 199) from each of the three divisions of the college outside of the student’s primary major division.

The four divisions of the college are: Fine arts Humanities Natural sciences and mathematics Social and behavioral sciences

Integrative option: Three courses from a formally approved cluster program. The three courses must come from at least two divisions of the college. Approved cluster programs are described on the Web page for the Office of Undergraduate Curricula at unc.edu/depts/uc.

Introductory Spanish classes will now be taught entirely online — and the rest of the romance languages could soon follow. Spanish 101 and 102, which recently shifted from traditional face-to-face classes to a hybrid online and classroom model, will move completely online to counter budget troubles and limited class space. While students who have taken online versions of the courses have not performed as well as their peers in traditional classes, administrators said the school will save a significant amount of money and campus resources over time because of the change. If the shift is successful, the other romance languages are likely to adopt the same model, administrators said. The Department of Romance Languages made the change to accommodate for recent budget cuts. But Hosun Kim, director of the of the Foreign Language Resource Center, said in a presentation Monday there were many benefits to the decision. “The financial situation was important,” Kim said. “But the main reason for redesign is that students who wanted to take the Spanish 101 and 102 courses were numerous, and there were enrollment issues.” This semester, there are 18 hybrid Spanish courses: 10 Spanish 101 and eight Spanish 102 courses. That’s a total of about 360 seats. Research data show that while students in the online classes were only narrowly outperformed by traditional class students in most categories, their pronunciation scores were drastically lower. But the financial benefits were obvious. There has been a 43 percent reduction in cost and a 50 percent reduction in classroom use. Student opinion has varied dramatically. “Nothing can take the place of the face-to-face teaching,” said junior

See Spanish, Page 9

Bliss ﬁghting smoking ban By Meera Jagannathan and Hillary Rose Owens Staff Writers

Ink that we couldn’t in The (Daily) Tar Heel,” Johnson said. The publication had a shaky start after administrators took away funding after two issues, citing the magazine’s controversial and incendiary articles. “By the time we were geared up, we were out of business,” Johnson said, adding that funding was later returned to the group. Johnson, now a minister at Fayetteville’s First Baptist Church, majored in journalism and said he’s been published in several N.C. newspapers and The Washington Post since his start. But he told Garriss he doesn’t want to see inflammatory speech in Black Ink now. “Y’all got to put aside some of the old junk the older generations had,” he said. Garriss said she liked hearing a different perspective on what student life was like during the civil rights movement. “It was very empowering,” she said. “Now I feel like I’m doing something bigger than what I initially thought.” In the past few years, Black Ink has struggled with organization and diminished in prominence. Garriss, who said she’s got a strong 20-student staff, plans to revive it this year. And she said she’d take Johnson’s advice to heart. “Be creative and enjoy it,” he told her. “Enjoy the ride.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.

Adam Bliss, the 42-year-old owner of Hookah Bliss, reclines in his seat and smokes his favorite shisha, Kashmir Peach. But that public pastime, and his livelihood, now depend on finding a way to get around the anti-smoking law that will go into effect in a matter of months. The law, which bans smoking in restaurants and bars, was ratified May 14 and will take effect Jan. 2. Exemptions are made for cigar bars, country clubs and tobacco retailers — but not hookah bars. “If you look at the exemptions, they’re generally all places that rich, older white men like to smoke,” Bliss said. “If our representatives liked to smoke in hookah bars, hookah bars would have been exempt as well.” Hookah smoking is a tradition that originated in India. People smoke flavored tobacco, known as shisha, through multi-stemmed water pipes. After unsuccessful lobbying to keep the popular tradition alive in Chapel Hill, Bliss is now trying to find loopholes in the law. Bliss said one idea is to stop serving food and alcohol and start selling only specialty sodas and slushies. If Hookah Bliss received at least 75 percent of its annual revenue from tobacco sales and did not sell food or alcohol, it would qualify as a tobacco shop

See Hookah, Page 9

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Adam Bliss first opened Hookah Bliss as a bar about two years ago and will have to make changes to stay open because of a state smoking ban.

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DaiLY DOSe Obama’s intangible war

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hite House advisers have stepped up their verbal attacks on Fox News. Advisers called the cable television network a Republican mouthpiece “geared toward making money.” Fox News executive Michael Clemente responded by accusing the White house of “declaring war on a news organization.” Yet another intangible war begins. Instead of terror, Americans now face the war on stupidity.

NOTED. A Palm Bay, Fla. man now faces battery charges after attacking his ex-girlfriend with a hair dryer. That blows. Officers say the man, 19, was arguing with the woman when he held a hot hair dryer to her back and choked her until she couldn’t breathe. Police used a helicopter to catch the man, who fled.

QUOTED. “They tried to get it into the back seat, but it got stuck and they couldn’t squeeze it in.” — Jamie Deacon, Toowoomba Police sergeant. Police passed three men attempting to fit a go-kart in the back of a compact vehicle. They managed to get the kart halfway through the door before it got stuck.

Police log n Someone stole $11.47 in cottage cheese, peanut butter cups and coffee from a Food Lion at 11:40 a.m. Saturday at 1720 Fordham Blvd., according to Chapel Hill police reports. The person had concealed the merchandise, reports state. The items were recovered, reports state. n Someone stole a minivan from an apartment parking lot Saturday between 5:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. at 1749 Dobbins Drive, according to Chapel Hill police reports. The person used a pry tool to steal the car, a 1998 Plymouth Voyager, which was valued at $2,500, reports state. The investigation is not active, reports state.

n Three vehicles were broken into Saturday morning at 250 S. Estes Drive, according to Chapel Hill police reports. Someone broke into a blue and black 1999 Volkswagen Cabriolet at 5:50 a.m., reports state. The person caused $4,500 worth of damage to the vehicle and went through the glove compartment, reports state. Someone broke into a gray 1990 Honda Accord about 5:50 a.m., reports state. The person caused $1,400 worth of damage to the vehicle and went through the glove compartment, reports state. Someone broke into a gray 2001 Nissan Altima at 6:21 a.m., reports state. The person caused $300 worth of damage to the car and went through the center console and glove compartment, reports state.

n Someone broke into a gold 2008 Honda Accord between 7:45 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday at 411 W. Franklin St., according to Chapel Hill police reports. The person stole a digital camera worth $700, a camera lens worth $100 and a cell phone worth $250, reports state.

n Somebody reported finding an older female yellow Labrador at 219 Towne Ridge Lane in Chapel Hill, according to Carrboro police reports. The dog has a red collar but no tags, reports state. Police took it to the Orange County Animal Shelter, reports state.

Featuring music, dance, and spoken word performances by UNC student groups • With the Ebony Readers/Onyx Theater

Opening celebratOry prOgram fOr

We shAll not Be moved AfricAn AmericAns in the south 18th century to the Present

presented by the sOuthern histOrical cOllectiOn

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Wilson Special Collections Library | UNC-Chapel Hill 5 p.m. reception and exhibit viewing 5:45 p.m. program

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chapel hill: right across the street from the varsity theatre at 128 franklin street [at the end of the hall]. durham: on 9th street and perry street [across from brueggers]. 286-1875. nyc: east village, 3rd ave at 13th near nyu

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We Shall Not Be Moved: African Americans in the South uses materials from the Southern Historical Collection to document two centuries of the African American experience. The free, public exhibit is on view in the Melba Remig Saltarelli Exhibit Room of the Wilson Special Collections Library through February 5, 2010.

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The Daily Tar Heel Corrections

Due to an editing error, Friday’s pg. 3 story, “Professor honored for 40-year music tenure,” incorrectly attributed a statement from Stafford Wing to Terry Rhodes. Due to an editing error, Monday’s pg. 4 story, “Colleges go crazy for big athletic wins,” incorrectly identified Michigan State University’s logo. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the errors.

Campus briefs

Panel to discuss whether recession hits blacks harder The economic recession’s effect on blacks will be the topic during two days of public discussions at UNC and Duke University. Economists and experts will convene for an African-American Economic Summit to discuss issues such as housing, education, health and labor. The conversations will culminate with policy recommendations to be sent to Gov. Bev Perdue and President Barack Obama. Sessions open to the public will be Nov. 1 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. in UNC’s Hyde Hall and Nov. 2 from 8 a.m. to 2:20 p.m. in Duke’s Social Sciences Research Institute conference room at 2024 W. Main St., Durham.

tuesday, october 20, 2009

SILS close to a new dean Little Seeking leader to move into future By Lyle Kendrick Staff writer

The UNC School of Information and Library Science is searching for a new dean to bring the school into the future of library science. A 13-member search committee interviewed three finalists on campus in the past two weeks and will soon decide who will lead the country’s top information and library science school. “We’re looking for new leadership, someone who has a strong vision in the field of information

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Hal Berghel

Gary Marchionini

Helen Tibbo

Current School: University of

Current School: UNC-Chapel

Nevada, Las Vegas

Hill, School of Information and Library Science

Position: Associate dean at Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering

Position: Professor, head of

Education: Ph.D. in linguistics

Education: Ph.D. in mathemat-

Interaction Design Laboratory

University of Nebraska, 1977 M.A. University of Nebraska, 1973 (linguistics), 1976 (philosophy) B.A. University of Nebraka, 1971

ics education with an emphasis on educational computing (Wayne State University), 1981

Hill, School of Information and Library Science

Position: Professor Education: Ph.D. in Library

and Information Science, 1989 (University of Maryland) M.A. in American Studies, 1984 (University of Maryland)

Federal libraries internships extended another five years Internship opportunities at two federal libraries for library science students have been extended by new contracts. T h e U. S . E n v i r o n m e n t a l Protection Agency Library and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Library, both located in Research Triangle Park, have hosted more than 350 students as interns. A five-year extension to the 35-year internship agreement with UNC’s School of Information and Library Science will continue to give students the opportunity to work for the libraries.

Brown bag lunch program highlights Teach for America The Brown Bag Lunch Series is offering a chance to learn about Teach for America on Tuesday. Bring a bag lunch to Student Union room 3201 at noon for a chance to meet recruiters and alumni and learn about the application process . Teach for America recruits graduates as teachers to help end educational inequity. The series is sponsored by student government’s Public Service and Advocacy Committee.

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Senior Tiffany Kim Dixon, a psychology major from San Diego, Calif., teaches self-defense at Rams Head Recreation Center on Monday afternoon. The Wun Hop Kuen Do Self-Defense Club class, which focuses on offensive techniques, will be held again this afternoon.

‘LIKE STREET FIGHTING’

By Trevor Kapp and Katelyn Trela STAFF Writers

City briefs

Homeless shelter relocation is center of public debate A homeless shelter faced organized opposition at a Monday public hearing from residents who would be affected by its potential relocation to a site at Homestead Road. The town council challenged representatives from the InterFaith Council for Social Service and various neighborhoods to increase direct communication between the two parties to facilitate negotiations. Community House, a men’s homeless shelter run by the InterFaith Council, has been actively looking for a new location since it first moved in to its current location at 100 W. Rosemary St. Twenty-four years later, the shelter still hasn’t found its home. Chris Moran, the executive director of the Inter-Faith Council, presented a proposal for a new site located at 1315 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd at the intersection of Homestead Road. The land was a University gift announced by former Chancellor James Moeser and Mayor Kevin Foy in May 2008. But nearby residents said they fear the unintended consequences the shelter could have on their neighborhoods. “I want to state that I do not oppose the relocation of the men’s shelter,” said Mark Joseph, a resident of the Parkside neighborhood. “What I do oppose is the proposed location.” Visit dailytarheel.com/section/ city for the full story.

Town seeking volunteers for community service projects The town of Chapel Hill is looking for volunteers to participate in several local initiatives. Students can earn volunteer hours participating in downtown cleanup teams, photographing downtown before and after home football games and passing out candy during the town’s annual holiday tree lighting ceremony, among other jobs. To volunteer, contact Meg McGurk from the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership at meg@ downtownchapelhill.com. —From staff and wire reports.

Tiffany Kim Dixon has Southern California charm. But for one hour every Monday, the soothing voice and beaming smile are replaced by authoritative lessons on the eye-poke and other mixed martial arts elements. Dixon, a senior psychology major from San Diego, teaches self-defense at Rams Head Recreation Center as part of UNC’s Wun Hop Kuen Do Self-Defense Club. The classes showcase a combination of popular martial arts as methods of practical selfdefense. “I love the art,” Dixon said. “I think it’s an excellent way to stay in shape and also gives me practical knowledge of how to defend myself.” Dixon studied martial arts for nine years

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before coming to UNC. She instructs students on positions like the “glass horse” and the “tiger stance” as a base for defending themselves against foes. “Usually the biggest factor is surprise when someone gets assaulted,” she said. “My main goal is to expose them to a situation. This gives them efficient and quick technique to get out of it.” Noah Seymore, a junior who regularly attends Dixon’s class, said he was a fencer in high school but dropped the sport so he could

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Tiffany Kim Dixon studied martial arts for nine years before coming to UNC. She instructs students on positions for defense.

interest in open seats Student Congress seeks to ﬁll 10 BY Andy THomason Staff Writer

Two students expressed interest for the six graduate student seats open in Student Congress at a Board of Elections meeting Monday night. The generally low interest in these vacant congressional seats highlights a difference in attitudes toward student government participation between graduate and undergraduate students. Thirty-eight percent of graduate students seats in Congress are currently vacant, compared to 16 percent of undergraduate seats. Graduate students have different priorities than undergraduates, said Graduate and Professional Student Federation President Keith Lee, which could explain the trend in low student government participation. “There’s much more time to dedicate to student activity as an undergrad,” said the former Student Congress member. Historically, many students who fill graduate seats in Congress run as write-in candidates, a process that is less time-consuming and restrictive than running as an official candidate. Write-in candidates do not have to attend official meetings or submit documents to the Board of Elections unless they win. “It’s really easy to run as a writein candidate,” said Emily Danforth, a graduate representative who ran as a write-in. All four members in District 8, which represents graduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Education, were write-in candidates, Danforth said. Lee said he thinks the nature of graduate education — more focused — often precludes graduate students from devoting extensive time to non-academic pursuits. This year’s Congress has suffered from a high level of vacant graduate seats. Six of the 16 designated seats are empty. The special election was provoked by an Oct. 8 lawsuit filed by Danforth. The suit alleged that Student Body President Jasmin Jones and Board of Elections chairman Pete Gillooly had neglected to call for a special election to fill a vacant graduate seat. The Student Code requires an election be called within 30 days of the seat becoming empty. Danforth complained that the absence of a special election denied graduate students the opportunity

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Families o≠ered space to grow their own food By Chelsey Bentley Staff Writer

As Masiel Bautista helps tend her family’s plot of basil, parsley and cherry tomatoes, she doesn’t need words to relate to the other gardeners. Bautista, a McDougle Middle School student, has a grandfather who came from Mexico. “He liked gardening,” she said. “This is my first gardening experience.” Bautista’s family is one of about 30 who participate in the project, now in its second year, which aims to educate lower-income families about healthy nutrition by having them grow their own food, said Patrick McIntyre, community development director for the Orange County Partnership for Young Children, which sponsors the garden program. Families from Myanmar and Central and South America share space at garden plots as part of the Orange County’s Growing Healthy Kids Project, said Maria Hitt, community garden coordinator. Each family who applies and is approved to use the garden space receives their own 10 foot by 10 foot plot to plant and tend to crops. Ellie Morris, garden coordinator, said working side by side with families from such diverse backgrounds allows her to get to know them and watch them change. “The gardens are places where people can communicate with each other without speaking,” she said. “Families will help each other with weeding without having to say a word.”

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Antonio Fabian, left, spreads fertilizer in the Carrboro Elementary community garden. The garden provides a hands-on learning experience for elementary students, as well as fresh produce for low-income families. Each approved family receives a 10-foot by 10-foot plot to plant and tend crops. Morris said the program has solicited a positive response from the community. “A number of families come from an agricultural background,” she said. “They find it important to share that background, which isn’t always possible when they live in an apartment complex.”

Originally from Myanmar, Tin Tun said she became involved in the garden because her children attend Carrboro Elementary, one of the garden sites. “My daughter likes the carrots, and my son likes the tomatoes,” she said. Tun said she grows traditional

Asian foods like cabbage, lemongrass and squash in the garden, as well as chimmaoua, a popular Thailand vegetable not widely available in the U.S. “They like to eat the stuff that they help grow,” she said. “However, my son likes to help me dig and plant, but he doesn’t like to eat the

vegetables.” The program’s three gardens are located on Hillsborough Street in Chapel Hill, at Carrboro Elementary School and on James Street in Carrboro, McIntyre said. Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.

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to run for the seats. In response to the lawsuit, the Board of Elections called the Nov. 5 special election, and Danforth withdrew her suit. The board held a mandatory candidate’s meeting Thursday, attended by only four students, none of whom were graduates. Danforth said Monday’s meeting was better publicized than the first, explaining the higher graduate student turnout. Lisa Heimbach, a fourth-year Ph.D. student running in District 10, which represents the medical schools, said she did not attend the first meeting because she had not heard about it. “We kind of live in a graduate bubble,” she said. “When you’re a graduate student, it can be a little isolating.” Bryce Creedon, the other graduate candidate at Monday’s meeting, also said he was not aware of the first meeting.

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Business school to aid research By Estes Gould Staff Writer

University researchers now have a hand in converting their ideas into marketable products through a program that could eventually extend to the whole UNC system. N.C. BioStart creates business models for researchers seeking to launch startup companies to market their innovations. Researchers with ideas for new drugs, therapies and medical devices will collaborate with external consultants as well as faculty and students from Kenan-Flagler Business School to design plans for their products. “This should provide them with a small amount of money to get them off the ground,” said Cathy Innes, the director of the Office of Technology Development at UNC. Innes said right now there are 15 candidates at UNC who could potentially receive support from the program. Each grant could be Contact the University Editor worth as much as $50,000. The grant should be enough at udesk@unc.edu.

to do the basic preparation for a business plan and market analysis to convince major partners to invest, said Ted Zoller, executive director of the Center of Entrepreneurial Studies in the business school. The goal of N.C. BioStart is to support UNC faculty members such as Richard Samulski and Xiao Xiao, who started their own pharmaceutical company in 2003 before the program was founded. Samulski is leading the country’s first gene therapy trial for Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy. He and Xiao formed their company and received millions in funding from the Muscular Dystrophy Association to continue their work. Without grants from programs such as N.C. BioStart, many of the faculty’s ideas would be sold to pharmaceutical giants — sometimes ending with ideas getting lost in the shuffle or inventors not getting the credit or profit they

deserve, Zoller said. “Many of these researchers have tactical innovations that could change the face of our world,” Zoller said. “The goal is to support the innovators.” However, the process is just starting, said Margaret Dardess, associate vice chancellor for strategic alliances in the UNC School of Medicine. Dardess said they are still finding funding for grants and considering expanding eligibility to all UNC faculty. Innes said they hope to extend the program to N.C. State University in the next three years if it is successful and then they will consider extending it to other schools in the UNC system as well. “The process has started, and I think it’s working,” said Dardess. “I think this will make it easier for faculty to translate their ideas into commercial practice.” Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.

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focus on mixed martial arts. “I thought this would be a more useful skill,” he said. “It’s better to know it and not need it than need it and not have it.” Each class begins with about 10 minutes of warm-up exercises, where students stretch, gallop and run around the room. When it comes time for the self-defense element, attendees bow first and then assume various positions. The poses, such as the “medium cat stance” and the “three-point stance,” are reminiscent of yoga. Dixon’s commanding words and hands-on demonstrations lead all activities. “You just have to encourage them to do it. You can’t learn martial arts if you don’t do it,” she said. After practicing their poses and doing several exercises that include kicking and punching, students spend the last 15 minutes of the class grapple sparring, in which one participant is pinned to a mat and must defend himself against an aggressor. “In a real-life situation, you’d have a lot more adrenaline and rage, and this is more controlled,” said J.J. McLaughlin, a freshman from Rocky Mount. “It’s more just taking the techniques we learn in class and putting it together.” McLaughlin said the class was his first martial arts experience, but he would recommend mixed martial arts to all people interested in understanding how to protect themselves. “It’s just really nice because most of the stuff is like street fighting,” he said. Contact the Features Editor at features@unc.edu.

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and library science,” said John Stamm, a dental ecology professor and chairman of the search committee. “We’re looking for someone who is people-oriented and can communicate well. “We’re also looking for someone with a strong international reputation.” Stephanie Haas, a school professor and search committee member, said the interviews have emphasized the school’s transition to new technologies, which will likely be a big focus for the new dean. “The School of Information and Library Science is in a really dynamic stage right now,” Haas said. She said the committee is searching for a dean who will maintain the school’s position at the cutting edge of information science. “The School of Information and Library Science has been ranked No. 1 for several years now in the U.S. News and World Report, and it’s important we have a dean who helps us continue in that leader position and shaping what the field does and how we prepare students,” Haas said. “We want to be the people who are directing research and service and new ideas and activities.” Interim Dean Barbara Moran said the search committee will make a recommendation to the provost, who will ultimately select the new dean by November. The school’s last dean was JoséMarie Griffiths, who began working as a dean in 2004 before returning to the faculty in April. Moran said she hopes the new dean will help the school advance into the future. “We want someone who can be not only an administrator and run a complex school, but a vision of where the school is going in the future,” she said. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.

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University raises score UNC nationally recognized on its ‘green’ report card for water recycling program Institute ranks UNC above peers By Mark Haywood Staff writer

UNC might “turn it blue” at sporting events, but when it comes to sustainability, the school turns it green. The Sustainable Endowments Institute recently awarded the University an A- on its annual College Sustainability Report Card, an improvement over the C it received in 2007. “It’s a validation of what we’ve done and our successes,” said Brian Cain, the research and outreach manager at the Sustainability Office. “We’ve gotten good grades because we are doing good things.” According to Lea Lupkin, spokeswoman for the Sustainable Endowments Institute, the grading scale is based on sustainability information gathered from public sources and a series of surveys sent to the 332 institutions graded in the United States and Canada. UNC was one of 26 institutions and the only school in the Southeast to receive the grade of A-. The University received a B+ in 2009, a B- in 2008 and a C in 2007. Efforts to make campus more environmentally friendly and integrate a more sustainable mindset into decision-making helped bring up the grade, administrators said. With new organic initiatives in the dining hall, 21 percent of food served in campus dining halls comes from producers within 150 miles of campus, Lupkin said. A push for the addition of sustainability to the curriculum has played a large role in the process as well, said Cindy Shea, director of the Sustainability Office. UNC began offering a minor in sustainability studies in fall 2008. Students have also played a key role in making UNC more sustainable. “Student involvement has been huge,” Shea said. Mary Cooper, a sophomore and co-chairwoman of student government’s environmental affairs

committee, said working toward sustainability is a comprehensive effort of both the faculty and the students. At UNC, she said, students provide the passion and the energy while the administration keeps everyone updated with the progress happening on campus. UNC administrators said they hope to continue improving campus sustainability by lowering energy consumption per square foot and becoming climate neutral in terms of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. As of now, Lupkin said the only criteria keeping UNC from obtaining a full A grade is its endowment transparency.

Administrators do not make all of the endowment investment information available to the public, which it is allowed to do because the endowment is managed by a private organization. If that changes, UNC could become the first school ever to attain the grade of an A on their Sustainability Report Card, Lupkin said. But Cain said he has encouraged the University not to focus on the grade. “Sustainability is about the larger picture,” he said. “It’s about what is best for everyone.”

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What you flush down the toilet every day is winning UNC awards. The WateReuse Association, a nonprofit organization that promotes local water use, named UNC the “Institution of the Year” for its efficient water-use systems. In April, the University began using treated wastewater to complete tasks such as irrigating sports fields and flushing toilets, tasks that had previously been accomplished Contact the University Editor with potable water. Potable water is at udesk@unc.edu. safe for drinking, while the treated water UNC uses is not. “We will be able to defer payment to meet future water demand,” said Sally Hoyt, stormwater engineer for The Sustainable Endowments Institute ranked UNC based on independent University Energy Services. “OWASA research and survey responses from the University. and UNC customers will not have to develop another water source or Administration The Sustainability Office employs three full-time staff and has a policy that addresses issues of energy, transportation and purchasing. upgrade water treatment plants.” The University completed the Last year’s grade: A shift with the help of the Orange Climate change and energy The campus is partially powered through Water and Sewer Authority, on-site geothermal and solar energy, and a 32-megawatt cogeneration system prompted by droughts that made produces steam and electricity. potable water scarce. Cindy Shea, Last year’s grade: B director of UNC’s Sustainability Food and recycling Carolina Dining Services has trayless dining, which Office, estimates the system will reduces water consumption by about 12,000 gallons each week, and offers reduce UNC’s potable water use by students a reusable take-out container to cut down on styrofoam waste. about 200 million gallons a year. Last year’s grade: A “It is a more efficient and quieter system,” Shea said. “The Green building The University designs all construction to meet or exceed severe drought in 2002 caused us LEED Silver standards and to exceed ASHRAE standards by 30 percent. to attempt to reduce our potable Lighting occupancy sensors are installed in 40 percent of common spaces. water usage.” Last year’s grade: A Hoyt estimated that by the end Student involvement The environmental affairs committee of student of this fiscal year, UNC will have government works to increase recycling on campus, and there are at least 15 converted 30 percent of its water sustainability-oriented student organizations on campus. use to reused water. Last year’s grade: B Shea said UNC has been testing the feasibility of the program Transportation Alternative-fuel vehicles comprise almost one-third of UNC's for several years. But the system motor fleet and under the Commuter Alternative Program, faculty, staff, and was not implemented until April students who give up their parking permits receive benefits. because the University needed to Last year’s grade: A construct the new distribution Investment priorities The University is currently invested in renewable system and make upgrades to the energy funds and is exploring community development loan funds. water treatment plants. Last year’s grade: A The WateReuse Association also recognized UNC for its Bell Tower Endowment transparency The University and the UNC Management Project, a system that uses rainCompany make a list of endowment holdings available only to trustees and water to help meet water demand. senior administrators. UNC spent $10 million on the projLast year’s grade: D ect after economic analysis showed that the money saved would pay for Last year’s grade: B+ construction costs, Hoyt said.

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Gardeners-in-training Kids and adults are learning the finer points of gardening through a county program. See pg. 3 for story.

On display A new exhibit at Wilson Library includes items from Southern black history. See pg. 7 for story.

Virtual school An online program is gaining popularity with schools that offer few AP courses. See pg. 9 for story.

Defend yourself Instructors of a mixed martial arts class teach defensive poses such as “glass horse.” See pg. 3 for story.

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UNC is looking to expand the program to all campus cooling towers, Shea said. She added that its recognition might have benefits other than saving money. “We are opening up a whole new sector for using reclaimed water,” Shea said. “We anticipate there will be tourist demand due to our sustainability practices.”

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Heels adjust for Thursday game By Powell Latimer Sports Editor

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In describing North Carolina’s pregame practice schedule, coach Butch Davis sounded confused. “From a football perspective you can make some adjustments in the things that you do,” Davis said. “You can call Sunday Tuesday, you can call Monday Wednesday if you want to. But the classes don’t change and so we’ve had to make an adjustment with our practice schedule.” Davis wasn’t mixing up days of the week; rather, he was explaining the transition that UNC has to endure to play a Thursday night game — like the Tar Heels will this week against Florida State. Kenan Stadium has never hosted a Thursday night game, and for this week, Davis and the Tar Heels have had to make adjustments to prepare for the national spotlight. Among other things, the Tar Heel practice schedule has been moved up. “Thursday night games, as good

as they are, they are interruptive,” Davis said. “(The players) are going to miss some class time on Wednesday.” And the adjustments aren’t lost on the players themselves. “It’s just telling your mind that it’s a Tuesday practice, it’s not a Sunday practice,” senior defensive end E.J. Wilson said. “It’s a whole mind-set thing. As far as physical it’s nothing different.” And while the different format might necessitate some adaptation, UNC has used its bye week to rest and recuperate the Tar Heels’ battered offensive line. “All the guys who have been nicked up, we pretty much held them out of practice this last week,” Davis said. “The most prudent part, they got a chance to watch some film and do some walkthroughs … but the actual physical practice of it, we held those guys out most of the week and they didn’t return until (Sunday).” Offensive linemen Kyle Jolly and Jonathan Cooper are back

to full strength and listed on the depth chart, but UNC did lose two important pieces during the weekend. Tailback Jamal Womble and quarterback/tailback A.J. Blue both went down for the season with injuries after surgery on Friday, according to a press release from the athletic department. To plug those holes, UNC will turn to freshman tailback Hunter Furr, who saw some snaps during UNC’s rout of Georgia Southern. “He’s played in every single game so far on special teams. He’s covered punts, covered kickoffs and he’s done some really good things,” Davis said. Davis also mentioned that UNC could use Anthony Elzy or Johnny White at tailback. Elzy is currently a fullback, but he started several games at tailback in 2007. White, a wide receiver, also started at tailback in 2007. Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.

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Black history exhibit opens By Kavya Sekar Staff Writer

A new UNC exhibit works to capture the struggles and triumphs of Southern black history. The display includes such diverse items as a pair of 19th century slave shackles and a journal from the first black female student at UNC. The exhibit, “We Shall Not Be Moved: African Americans in the South, 18th Century to the Present” is on display in Wilson Library and runs through Feb. 5. Performance groups, including the Ebony Readers/Onyx Theatre will perform at a reception today to commemorate the exhibit. Biff Hollingsworth, the collecting and public programming archivist of the exhibit, said he is excited about the opening reception and activities for the exhibit. “We’ll have some spoken word pieces, and we’ll be talking about the exhibit and letting people enjoy it,” he said. The exhibit was created in part

because of the relevance of black history to the University community. “The African American community, particularly on a local level, was so key to the founding and the building of the University, but a lot of people don’t know that history,” said Holly Smith, the Overholser archival fellow who helped organize the exhibit. The display materials come from the Southern Historical Collection of the library, a collection that contains about 24 million items. To raise awareness of the exhibit, the collection is hosting a series of programs including a lecture, film screening and a tour of campus highlighting black historical landmarks on campus. The archivists said they hope that visitors will connect to the exhibit. “For everyone who comes to the exhibit, each item will hopefully start a conversation with someone they’re viewing it with,” Hollingsworth said. It took nine months for the col-

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lection staff to create and organize this exhibit. “Collecting the materials was a challenge, but it was a welcome challenge because we had so much compelling material,” Smith said. She said that the entire community, not just scholars, can benefit from the exhibit. “We hope this creates some good connections and bonds with people who might not have traditionally come to archives,” Smith said. Contact the Arts Editor at artsdesk@unc.edu.

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Afghan vote audit Obama o≠ers Sudan incentives to hints at vote fraud end strife in Darfur, south Sudan KABUL (MCT) — The political crisis in Afghanistan intensified Monday as a United Nationsbacked election commission voided hundreds of thousands of votes for incumbent President Hamid Karzai, setting the stage for a runoff election, which Karzai may reject. The audit released Monday stripped away enough questionable Karzai ballots in the Aug. 20 election to push his tally down from a preliminary total of 54.6 percent to 48.2 percent. The results, if included in the final vote tally, would push Karzai’s total well below the 50 percent threshold that would trigger a runoff in November with his closest challenger, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah. The scandal has dealt a serious blow to U.S. efforts to partner with the Karzai administration in waging the war in Afghanistan. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., have lobbied Karzai to try to accept the results of the fraud investigation by the commission.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT) — President Barack Obama announced a shift in strategy toward Sudan on Monday, saying he’ll offer incentives to the government if it will end a humanitarian crisis in its Darfur region. His willingness to work with the government of President Omar al-Bashir, whom the International Criminal Court has charged with crimes against humanity and war crimes, signaled a break from the hard-line

approach that the Bush administration favored. Obama still held out the possibility of renewing sanctions that have been in place since 1997. He said two immediate steps must be taken to avoid that: n A “definitive” end to the conflict, human rights abuses and genocide in the Darfur region. n Implementing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the north and south in Sudan.

Justice Department will prosecute fewer cases of medical marijuana WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT) — The Justice Department said Monday that it would mellow out on prosecuting medical marijuana users in the 14 states in which therapeutic pot smoking is allowed. Breaking more definitively from the Bush administration, Attorney General Eric Holder formally directed federal prosecutors in medical marijuana states to refocus investigations

on heftier targets. At the same time, Holder stressed that “we will not tolerate drug traffickers who hide behind claims of compliance with state law to mask activities that are clearly illegal.” The clarified policy amplifies earlier Obama administration statements. The three-page memo sent to selected U.S. attorneys guides priority-setting for the prosecutors.

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and be exempt from the ban. But the price of hookah would increase as a result. “I’m extremely angry,” Bliss said. “I have never been politically involved in anything in my life, and this whole situation has awakened the political activist in me.” He refuses to give up and said he will not close Hookah Bliss, which opened in 2007. Before he landed on hookah, Bliss graduated from UNC in 1990 as an anthropology major with a concentration in archaeology. He worked as a contract archaeologist for six years. Later, he was hired by the Northeast Raleigh Charter Academy, where he taught

fourth and fifth grade for half a school year. Bliss worked at a Raleigh bookstore until almost four years later. Bliss’s wife, Teresa, gave him his first hookah for Valentine’s Day while he was working at the bookstore. Through trial and error, he mastered the art of smoking it. He had always wanted to open a small neighborhood bar, and hookah seemed like a profitable venture, he said. And until recently, it was smooth sailing. But for the last several months, Bliss has been focused on more than business. He has circulated petitions, attended hearings and attempted to reason with N.C. representatives.

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one of the only ones that would fit my schedule,” Taylor said. “I was worried there wouldn’t be a class I could take next semester because there’s a limited number of upper-level classes that fulfill the requirement.” Seniors in some schools, including the School of Education and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, are not required to take the supplemental courses, even if they are double-majoring in the College, advisers said. Owen said the University has found the supplemental courses effective, despite minor issues this year. The curriculum will undergo a systematic review in fall 2010. “We expect to make some adjustments in areas where it’s not working in the way we intended,” Owen said. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.

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Paul Atherton. “Sitting in front of a computer and typing is tedious. It’s stunting. It does not flow.” Others saw more benefits to the hybrid program. “The hybrid course allows you to run on your own pace at your own time,” said junior Terence McPherson. “I guess it’s really just your learning style, though.” Overall, Kim said he feels the hybrid program was a success and wants to transition Spanish 101 to entirely online as soon as possible. “We did an assessment and the students’ perception was not positive, but the learning outcome was very positive,” Kim said. The hybrid courses consist of four total credit hours a week: two online exercises, one face-to-face class and one small group session led by a hired peer tutor. The goal is to give the students the chance

Virtual classes provide learning opportunities By Isabella Cochrane Staff Writer

High school students across the state are taking more challenging courses outside the comfort of their classrooms, potentially changing the college admissions field in North Carolina. N.C. Virtual Public School, an online program designed to help students learn course material Contact the Features Editor that is not available at their high at features@unc.edu. schools, is seeing a significant rise in enrollment. Students in rural counties are especially likely to take online courses. Often their schools lack the funding and resources to provide Advanced Placement classes and similar opportunities. Students enrolling in the virtual school are especially using the opportunity to take a more rigorous course load and be more competitive in the college admissions process, said Bryan Setser, executive director of the N.C. Virtual Public School. That trend could narrow the gap between students who come from rural school systems and students coming from urban school systems, said Barbara Polk, senior associate director of admissions at UNC. The virtual school offers 72 courses, including AP and foreign language classes. One of its most popular offerings is Latin. The extensive number of courses gives students a greater ability to dth/PHOTOG NA control what and when they learn, Junior communications major Nathalie Noel is taking Painting I in boosting their scores as compared order to fulfill the fine arts requirement for a Bachelor of Arts degree. to students in classroom settings.

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Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, D-Orange, said she tried her best to help Bliss stay open but has run out of ideas. “He put his life savings into this business, and he’s worked hard,” she said. “I certainly understand where he’s coming from.” Staff and regulars at the hookah bar said they stand by Bliss. “He’s got a level head on his shoulders, trying to provide a venue that is appreciated by its patrons and make enough to get by,” said Garrett Lagan, a secondyear graduate student and Hookah Bliss regular who helped petition against the smoking ban. “Whatever Adam has to do to stay in business, I’m going to support it.”

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“Nationally, online AP students are actually out-performing faceto-face AP students,” said David Edwards, the chief communications and professional learning officer of the N.C. Virtual Public School. “The online learning and blended learning environment is the way the twenty-first-century workforce learns and they are looking for students who have had that experience,” Edwards said. Out of 1,100 students in the two high schools in Montgomery County, 270 students are taking 367 total online classes. Many of those are being taken through the virtual school, said Beth Blake, the distance learning coordinator for Montgomery County Schools. Blake said the program has become popular because students are striving to achieve more college credit prior to applying to

colleges. The two high schools in the county offer only three to five AP classes in a face-to-face setting. An increasing number of students are looking toward online options to bridge the gap between them and students at schools with more AP opportunities. “I think that the savings that they are going to have as they look at entering into college is a key factor,” Blake said. The classes are similar to college courses and prepare students for college-level academics because they require skills such as time management and the ability to study ahead, Blake said. “We do want all students in Montgomery schools to take an online course before they graduate” she said. Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.

to complete and revise exercises on their own and receive help in class with problems and pronunciation. The entirely online Spanish 101 class will include similar exercises, but rely instead on lesson videos, partner conversations with other members of the class and mandatory weekly office hours. Kim said he hopes the office hours and partner conversations will help with pronunciation. But with the results of the hybrid classes, some are not convinced the move is a good thing. “For people who want to take Spanish from the get-go who have never taken spoken Spanish before, the transition to an online class might be a bad thing,” said sophomore Chris Koller. “Professors will need to take extra steps to ensure the students can actually speak Spanish.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.

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The Daily Tar Heel QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“I’m taking a God-awful class that I don’t even like because it was one of the only ones that would ﬁt my schedule.” Leslie Taylor, senior, on curriculum requirements that require a higher-level fine arts class

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‘Waste Land’ and our prison system

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Lord thou pluckest me out.” In “The Fire Sermon,” the middle and longest section of “The Waste Land” by T.S. Eliot, this line quoted from the “Confessions” by St. Augustine speaks to the futility of human endeavor. For me, this line — and this poem — have always held a deep personal meaning. My brother has been in prison for much of both of our lives. During this long, unnecessary and protracted nadir of his life, he has missed some of its best joys: watching his daughter grow up, to mention the most salient. The decisions he made led him down a sad and barren path in life. His middle name, Augustino, written across the envelopes of his letters, carries with it a grief that a proud family name should not. But even that grief is a luxurious abstraction for those of us on this side of the Plexiglas visitation window. Prisoners garner little sympathy from the outside. If they are guilty as charged of their crimes, do they deserve any? For those who trespass against the public good, what waits for them is a supposedly deserved and destined cycle of release and incarceration, with sentences that lengthen upon every repetition. It is, in a sense, a form of perdition. Crime is thrown into the public circus for debate as either a problem of systemic inequality or personal responsibility. These are not antitheses, despite popular belief. Before a person ever commits a crime, circumstance may already be working against them. While African-Americans make up a little more than one-fifth of the population of North Carolina, they make up almost half of the prison population. Suffice it to say that the individual merits of a case are not where every story begins. To recognize that there are problems or inequities is not a slur on the justice system. More likely than not, making good policy involves more than changing laws or adjusting enforcement. When the highest percentage of people entering the state prison system every year belongs to high school dropouts, the best crime fighting strategy for North Carolina might be to improve public education, wages and other social safeguards. In other words, we can fight crime by not creating more criminals. The United States has the dubious distinction of having the highest incarceration rate in the world, with 738 prisoners per 100,000 people nationally. Compare that to England and Wales, with a rate of 148 per 100,000. Some problems, however, can be fixed by changing enforcement. Simple drug possession amounts to 20 percent of all prison admissions, compared to trafficking, which is only 3 percent. Somehow, admitting that our lives are subject to social forces has become tantamount to saying we have no free will. To the contrary; understanding the forces at work and addressing them properly gives us more control over our lives. The paths we take in life are made in part by choice and in part by circumstance. When trying to design a fair and equitable justice system, we are better served to abandon the societyversus-individual dichotomy. The risk we take is instead to set people up for failure and commit a far worse injustice: to create for ourselves our own wasteland.

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‘Massage’ has no place here

Many questions remain about Tom Cat’s 2

he establishment commonly known as University Massage— now named Tom Cat’s 2 —is an enterprise that should arouse the moral concern of everyone. A recent presentation by Donna Bickford, director of the Carolina Women’s Center, has piqued interest in the establishment again. For years, the massage parlor has been beset with rumors and allegations of prostitution and sex trafficking. In 2007, Daily Tar Heel columnist James Edward Dillard wrote about his experience at University Massage. In his column, Dillard said that he was offered “a massage in a special place” in exchange for money. In response, Chapel Hill police launched an inves-

tigation into the possibility of prostitution or sex trafficking, but found no evidence. Yet questions remain. The perception of illegal ac tivity is per vasive, but nobody seems to care. Bickford expressed dissatisfaction with the lack of community outrage. And she’s right. Bickford pointed out that prostitution and sex-trafficking are inevitably linked, and the possibility of these crimes occurring on Franklin St. should be cause for outrage and demand for a full explanation. The continued existence of an establishment of this repute is a stain on the reputation of Franklin Street and runs counter to the values of the University and the town.

This is Chapel Hill. We don’t want a business of this kind, especially one only two blocks from a children’s museum. It seems that the nature of the services Tom Cat’s 2 offers is the worst kept secret in town. Everybody talks about it. Newspapers write about it. Although there is no evidence to support claims of sex trafficking or prostitution, the Chapel Hill community should be concerned about the possibility of illegal activities occurring on Franklin Street. As Bickford pointed out, students should not take this situation into their own hands. But if you feel that more should be done, contact your state and U.S. representatives to demand further investigation.

One big mess Leaders need to work together to ﬁll Congress vacancies

leven seats in Student Congress are currently empty, and the process of planning a special election to fill them has been grueling. A lack of communication between Congress, Student Body President Jasmin Jones and the Board of Elections has only exacerbated the problem, and no one is accepting blame for why these vacancies have not yet been filled. As a result, the student body, particularly graduate students, isn’t getting the representation it deserves. Some of these seats have been vacant since Congress’ inauguration April 7, and although a special election date is supposed to be set no more than thirty days after a seat becomes vacant, it was not until after Congress representative Emily Danforth filed a lawsuit against Jones and Board of Elections Chairman Pete Gillooly on Oct. 8 that Jones was prompted to set the Nov. 5 date. Jones said that until the suit

was filed, she was unaware of the vacancies in Congress. Gillooly stated that he had been planning an election in concurrence with Homecoming on Nov. 5, but was unsure whether he had the authority to set the date without a full board. Title IV of the Student Code states that the task of setting a special election date belongs to the student body president But the Code also states that it is up to the ethics chairman of Student Congress to inform the Board of Elections of any vacancies, and then the Board of Elections is supposed to move forward with planning a special election. Gillooly stated that he was not contacted by the ethics chairman until two weeks ago, although Congress Speaker Joe Levin-Manning personally e-mailed him about the need for an election in September. The chain of events leading to Jones finally taking action highlight major inconsistencies in the Student Code and an

inability of Congress and the Board of Elections to cooperate with each other. Jones should have been informed of the need to plan a special election in a more timely fashion so that Danforth did not have to resort to filing a lawsuit. The Board of Elections and Student Congress need to learn how to work together. The Board of Elections held a candidate interest meeting last week which was only attended by four students, which Levin-Manning attributed to last minute planning and poor publicity from the Board of Elections. A second meeting, which seven students attended, was held last night. If Congress and the Board of Elections would work together to recruit students to run for Congress and be more proactive in filling every vacancy, then lawsuits will not be necessary to move things forward. It’s unfortunate that our student leaders cannot work together more effectively.

Student voice lost on Jones

SBP Jones needs to seek more student input

he Jones administration has largely left students out of the tuition process — perennially one of the most important topics on campus. Jones is the representative of the student body, but she is not omnipotent. To be an effective representative of students’ interests, Jones has to actively seek their input. And that is not being done with regard to tuition. The proposed tuition hike for out-ofstate undergraduate students is just more than $1,000 — a proportional increase to the $200 hike that in-state students face. The in-state increase is mandated by the N.C. General Assembly. It is a de facto tax that will go to the state’s

general fund — not to the University. Jones was elected in large part because of her magnetic personality, and it is a shame that she is not using it more to collaborate with students on the most important issues she faces. One of Jones’ platform planks was outreach. She proposed creating a public relations team for student government to “build communication from the student body to the student government.” She should follow through on that campaign promise. Public forums and meetings with students could accomplish this goal. She should be more actively taking the pulse of the student body.

And she does not have to look far for inspiration. Fo r m e r S t u d e n t B o d y President James Allred (200607) made challenging tuition proposals one of the hallmarks of his tenure. In Jan. 2007, he was the sole dissenting vote on a roughly $1,000 nonresident tuition hike. And he gathered 200 students to protest the measure from inside the boardroom at the Carolina Inn. No one should be demanding protests per se. But everyone should be demanding accountability. Jones should be a bridge between students and the tuition process, and she should be doing more to hear from and educate students about it.

TO THE EDITOR: An even more expensive but far better option than a pedestrian bridge over South Road would be an underpass for the cars. When I was a graduate student at Harvard 60 years ago, the university had the same problem: Between classes, hundreds of students needed to cross one of Cambridge’s most heavily traveled city streets. I resolved that if I became rich I would endow an underpass. Instead of becoming rich, I happily became a physics professor at UNC. But to my delight, a few years later, Harvard and the city found the funds to build an underpass, and students now traverse the street at level crossings safely. Eugen Merzbacher Professor Emeritus Physics and Astronomy

Police should help make bonfire tradition safer TO THE EDITOR: I may be only a budding policy analyst, but there seems to be to be a rather easy fix for this controversy over the Franklin Street victory bonfires. Keep the tradition. That is, with a few minor changes. Last March, there were hordes of police officers and firefighters, but most of them that weren’t pulling people off of trees and light poles were standing around idly, looking for something to do. It seems that in exchange for a small donation, the University can ask the Chapel Hill police and fire departments to set a few bonfires and keep them under control, so that those who wish may jump them. In addition, they would be charged with extinguishing any “unauthorized” fires students or citizens set at random, which seem to me the most dangerous part of this whole tradition. Setting bonfires is a tradition for celebrating our team’s victories, but third-degree burns shouldn’t be. Carolina always honors tradition, but we sometimes need to make small adjustments to ensure our own safety. Jennifer Pressley Senior Anthropology

Saving money on campus is easy as flipping switch TO THE EDITOR: In response to Jason Sutton’s letter “No time like the present to push for energy reform:” (Oct. 15). As much as I love sarcasm, it’s often good to back up your humor with substantial facts. Make no mistake, clean energy advocates are aware of the expenses associated with cleaner fuel sources. Times are tough. Investing in new energy infrastructure may not seem the best thing to do right now. Building the infrastructure at UNC’s Cogeneration Facility creates more jobs. More jobs lead to more disposable income, disposable income leads to increased liquidity, which makes the banking system happy, and our country could do with happier banks

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nowadays. Investment is still investment, and yes, that costs money. Does the University have that income? Picture this: Next time you walk by the dorm lounge on the way to your 8 a.m. class, shut off the lights. Assume you’re shutting off four 20 watt bulbs (an underestimate for sure). That’s 80 watts per hour per floor per dorm. Thirty-two dorms with an average of about four floors means 10 kilowatts per hour. One kilowatt hour requires about a pound of coal. Those lights probably won’t be turned back on until 10 hours later. Let’s say our coal costs 80 cents a pound: 200 days out of the year, that saves $16,000 dollars a year. And that’s with a flip of a switch. Jason’s right, the debate is over. Andrew Heil Freshman Italian and International Studies Ashley Gunsteens Sophomore Communication Studies and Dramatic Art

Obama is the subject of too much unfair criticism TO THE EDITOR: I am disgusted with all the negativity toward President Obama. I have always considered myself proud to be an American despite my differences with some of our political leaders. When President George H. Bush lied and said, “No new taxes,” I wasn’t upset. I expect politicians to lie. But, when I hear lies about our president, I see red. Rush Limbaugh is spreading lies. Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) is spreading lies. What bothers me the most is the American people believe these lies. I think they want to find fault in our president. People are looking for any excuse to hurl accusations at Barack Obama. President Obama wants to provide health care for Americans who cannot afford it. People call him a socialist. People say he isn’t tough. Most recently, President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize for his actions prior to his presidency. People call him a fraud. I have never really trusted politicians. But I see a man who is not afraid to shake things up and make a stand for what he believes is right. Why can’t other people see that? I think it is because they are afraid. They are afraid of a black president. They are afraid of change. And mostly, they are afraid of being wrong. Wake up, America! This is really happening. You can fight it and deny it for the next four to eight years, but it is not going to go away. There is a change in the air. President Obama is merely the voice of Americans who are ready for that change. Stop listening to all the lies and leave the man alone. Kent Purser Junior Social Work Western Carolina University

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