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The Daily Tar Heel VOLUME 117, ISSUE 88

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UNC to bridge University foot traffic? pay model under ﬁre

the legacy of a century

State-funded system cracking under pressure

100 Years

By Brian Austin and Kevin Kiley

UNC’s first national championship came in 1957 against Kansas.

Senior Writers

On this day 216 years ago, UNC laid the cornerstone for a model of public education. Rooted in state support, the University was to become a place where students would learn to apply knowledge to the people of North Carolina, paying back dividends on the state’s investment. The model spread across the country, building up some of the best public university systems in the country — Arizona, California, Georgia, Michigan and Virginia, among others. But with tighter budgets and dwindling public support, cracks in the model are showing, leading the way for a growing discussion about the role of the state in higher education. “The public model is increasingly coming under pressure and being questioned,” said Dwayne Pinkney, UNC’s liaison with the state government. “But here in North Carolina, the model still appears to be strong.” How long that support lasts, and how long UNC can simultaneously maintain its quality and model, is still an open question. And it largely relies on the willingness of politicians and the state to believe that the University can continue to benefit the state. “We’re going to defend it as long as the legislature and governor hang in there with us,” said Chancellor Holden Thorp.

sports | page 12 SLUMP BUSTER UNC’s football team broke out of its offensive funk with a 42-12 drubbing of overmatched Georgia Southern.

city | page 3 COMMITTED TO SERVICE William Thorpe Jr. is stepping into the public sphere and looking to further the legacy of activism and service to the community left by his father, Bill Thorpe Sr.

this day in history OCT. 12, 1993 … The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest public university building in the nation, is laid. The occasion is now formally celebrated by UNC every year as University Day.

Today’s weather Rainy H 64, L 56

Thursday’s weather Mostly sunny H 78, L 52

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Students cross South Road on Thursday as Willie Tatum, a 38-year-old crossing guard, blocks traffic. Tatum worries what the construction of a $8 million foot bridge will mean for his job. Visit dailytarheel.com/section/features for the full story.

Student Body President Jasmin Jones questions cost, practicality By David Riedell

100 The Legacy of a Century YEARS

’57 Tar Heels ﬁnish season unblemished

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The proposed design of the South Road pedestrian bridge was included in a July report to the Board of Trustees.

used, citing the crosswalk in front of Student Stores and another in front of the Bell Tower. “We want to make sure that that’s where the $8 million should go,” he said. Bevevino said the bridge might make South Road more dangerous for pedestrians. “We want to make sure that people crossing on the street are safe,” he said. “Are they safer or are they more at risk because the cars will be moving more easily?” But Bob Winston III, chairman of the Board of Trustees, said the bridge would make South Road safer, especially with the high volume of foot traffic. “South Road is a very busy dangerous road for pedestrians. The bridge is integral to connecting the two parts of campus over South Road,” he said. “The amount of pedestrian traffic stops vehicle traffic.” Bevevino said he had reservations about the proposed

See Bridge, Page 8 The 100th season of UNC basketball kicks off this Friday at Late Night with Roy. This week, The Daily Tar Heel is looking back at each National Championship season.

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ov. Bev Perdue will give the University Day address, continuing a long tradition of first-term governors giving the speech. Visit dailytarheel. com/section/state for the full story.

Tuesday: 1982 Wednesday: 1993 Thursday: 2005 Friday: 2009

On Friday, check the paper for the DTH's picks of the top 10 players in UNC history and go online for an interactive timeline with photos and video from the last 100 years.

FLASHBACK: UNC downs Kansas in title game, finishes 32-0 The following story originally ran in the March 24, 1957 issue of The Daily Tar Heel.

By Louie Horvath Assistant Sports Editor

Staring down the biggest game of their season, the 1957 North Carolina Tar Heels trotted out their smallest starter to tip the ball. When faced with a Goliath such as Wilt Chamberlain — who was five inches taller than UNC’s starting big man Lennie Rosenbluth — head coach Frank McGuire wanted to have a little fun. McGuire told 5-foot-11 guard Tommy Kearns to jump against the seven-footer Chamberlain, instead of fighting a losing battle trying to win the tap. North carolina collection His players were too tired to protest. After all, they had played North Carolina cut down the net at the

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See Model, Page 8 Page 5: Chancellor Holden Thorp has recorded an address to the University, which will be posted online this morning.

Staff Writer

Student Body President Jasmin Jones’ administration is at odds with the Board of Trustees over a plan to construct a pedestrian bridge across South Road. Her administration has cited concerns over the bridge’s cost, practicality, appearance and effect on pedestrian safety. She has tasked a student government committee to gather student opinion and explore the idea more. Jones’ opposition began this summer with her vote against the approval of the site during a Board of Trustees meeting. The bridge would span from the southwest corner of the Student Recreation Center to the section of the Pit between Student Stores and the Undergraduate Library. The board approved the site without Jones’ consent. The design has not yet received approval. Student Body Vice President David Bevevino said he is concerned about the project’s cost. “That’s a pretty hefty expenditure,” he said, referring to the estimated $8 million price tag. Jones said she wants UnderStudent Union to make sure that the graduate Student bridge is the best option Library Stores before committing to the South Road plan. “I just want to make sure that the bridge is Sta the one and only option diu that can make South Fetzer Gym m Dr . Road safe, but in order to make that kind of Proposed decision, I would need pedestrian to see what options were there,” she said. bridge Be ve vino said he SOURCE: MAPS.UNC.EDU is concerned that the DTH/ANNA CARRINGTON AND CHRISTINE bridge might be underHELLINGER

Universities have begun to move away from UNC’s model in the past decade, a trend that could be accelerating as states face hard economic realities.

national championship for the first time in 1957 behind Lennie Rosenbluth’s 20 points.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — North Carolina’s Tar Heels proved they are the nation’s No. 1 team here last night. They did it by beating Kansas and Wilt the Stilt Chamberlain, 54-53, in a triple-overtime battle that left 10,500 fans gasping after the hectic conclusion. Joe Quigg, 6-9 center, who did a miraculous defensive job on Chamberlain, was directly responsible for Carolina’s bringing home the national collegiate basketball championship from this midwestern city.

SLICE OF LIFE President: Dwight D. Eisenhower Price of Gas: 31 cents UNC enrollment: 6,971 UNC tuition: $75 per semester instate In the News: Schools in Little Rock, Ark., integrated by the National Guard

It was Quigg’s two free throws with six seconds to go in the final overtime that brought Carolina the championship. And it was Quigg’s interception of a Kansas pass, intended for Chamberlain, that insured the dream victory. The battle of the titans was a fitting climax to the long NCAA grind. UNC was rated No. 1 in all the major polls with Kansas close behind in second place at the regular season’s end. And when all the shouting of the NCAA title game was over, it was still Carolina No. 1. Carolina won without their All-American ace, Lennie Rosenbluth. Rosenbluth fouled out with 1:45 to go in the regulation game,

THE TEAM Team Record: 32-0 Leading Scorer: Lennie Rosenbluth, 28.0 points per game Leading Rebounder: Pete Brennan, 10.4 rebounds per game Starters: Lennie Rosenbluth, Joe Quigg, Pete Brennan, Tommy Kearns, Bob Cunningham

and was not available for the three overtimes. But his teammates proved up to the challenge. Chamberlain got 23 points while Rosenbluth had 20 when he made his big exit. It was the second consecutive triple overtime game in as many nights for the Tar Heels. Friday night they whipped Michigan State, 74-70, in a semifinal test. Carolina initiated stalling tactics at the opening tipoff, and jumped to a 19-7 lead. Kansas then scored 10 straight points before

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Fortune teller fails to see own future

From staff and wire reports

ne fortune teller couldn’t see her arrest coming. Psychic fail. Police have arrested a self-proclaimed psychic accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a teen. The fortune teller, Tiffany Evans of Florida, told the 18-year-old girl that she was cursed and would have to pay to get it lifted. Maybe Evans had a shaky reception with the spiritual world when she failed to predict police would show up at her front door. Police said the teen agreed to let Evans tell her fortune for $25. For $100 more, the teen was able to get a “more in-depth reading.” Evans then told the teen she was cursed and could have it destroyed for $1,250. The teen then brought undercover police along with her, who watched Evans try to sell her candles for $550. Busted. NOTED.A 44-year-old Greensboro man who was wrongly imprisoned for a week because he had the same name as someone 23 years younger was released Saturday. The man was arrested in Greenville and drove 160 miles to face charges, which weren’t his own, in Greensboro. To make up for it, defense attorneys and bailiffs collected $58 to buy the man a bus ticket and a lunch.

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today Doughnuts: UNC’s General Alumni Association and the Order of the Bell Tower invite the University community to enjoy Doughnuts Under Davie, a light breakfast celebration in honor of University Day. Following breakfast, they ask that all participants attend official University Day ceremonies at Memorial Hall. Time: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Location: Davie Poplar

Career workshop: University Career Services will host a workshop to help participants understand themselves — and learn to work with future co-workers. “Emotional Intelligence & Your Career” is a part ➤ Contact Managing Editor Kellen of a series of workshops in honor of Moore at mkellen@email.unc.edu Career Week. Open to UNC students only. with issues about this policy. Time: 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Location: Hanes Hall, Room 239 B P.O. Box 3257, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 Andrew Dunn, Editor-in-Chief, 962-4086 Advertising & Business, 962-1163 News, Features, Sports, 962-0245 One copy per person; additional copies may be purchased at The Daily Tar Heel for $.25 each. Please report suspicious activity at our distribution racks by e-mailing dth@unc.edu. © 2009 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved

QUOTED.“You know it cannot have been a good night when you get into a fight with Spiderman and two cross-dressing men.” — Mark Davies, the defending lawyer of two members of the Swansea Predators cage fighting team, Daniel Lerwell and James Lilley, who got in a fight with two drunk men while they were dressed in drag. The two drunk men were easily squashed.

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Candidate speech: Bill Randall, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives for North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District, will speak about the basic precepts of conservatism and how he will apply these principles to how he would

represent voters. Prior to running for Congress, Randall served in the U.S. Navy and recently ran for chairman of the N.C. Republican Party. Time: 7 p.m. Location: Gardner Hall, Room 105 Speaker: The Carolina Economics Club will sponsor Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, also known as Chuck-D of hip-hop group Public Enemy. He will speak tonight about social entrepreneurship, youth activism and hip-hop culture. Time: 8 p.m. Location: Great Hall, Student Union

Tuesday Author visit: Jill McCorkle will read from her new collection of short stories, “Going Away Shoes.” McCorkle focused the stories in her new collection on women dealing with love. She has published three other novels and three collections of short stories and is a professor in the creative writing program at N.C. State. Time: 3:30 p.m. Location: Bull’s Head Bookshop MBA workshop: Is a graduate

business degree right for you? University Career Services will host a workshop that brings together staff, students and faculty from UNC, Duke and N.C. State’s MBA programs to share insights and advice for anyone who is considering pursuit of an MBA now or in the future. All majors are welcome. Time: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Location: Hanes Hall, Room 239 B “Southern Spaces”: Allen Tullos, professor of American studies at Emory University, will speak about “Southern Spaces,” a peer-reviewed multimedia online journal of critical regional studies. It includes text, audio, still images and video, and its content is offered to all users free of charge. Tullos serves as the journal’s senior editor. Time: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Location: Royall Room, George Watts Hill Alumni Center To make a calendar submission, e-mail dthcalendar@gmail.com. Events will be published in the newspaper on either the day or the day before they take place. Submissions must be sent in by noon the preceding publication date.

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ne eccentric emcee, three unlikely judges and more than 300 amused audience members crowded Memorial Hall for the first “Seniors Got Talent” show, which organizers hope to make a tradition. Read more about the talent show online at dailytarheel.com.

Police log n Angela Selina Huggins

was arrested and charged with assault by pointing a gun and disorderly conduct at 2:23 p.m. on Wednesday, according to Chapel Hill police reports. Huggins was released in lieu of $1,000 unsecured bail, reports state. She is scheduled to appear in court Nov. 23, reports state. n Someone grabbed a female UNC student by the hair and almost pulled her to the floor of a bus about 6:01 p.m. Friday, according to Chapel Hill police reports. n One Hillsborough resident

and one Charlotte resident were arrested for assault and battery, assault on a government official and resisting arrest early Sunday morning at 157 E. Rosemary St., according to Chapel Hill police reports. David Jerome Long, 38, of Hillsborough, was released after posting a $500 bond, reports state.

Rodney Draco Graham, 20, of Charlotte, also posted a $500 bond and was released, reports state. In a related incident, Jamarr Pherribo Weaver, 21, of Hillsborough, was arrested at 4:59 a.m. at the same location for disorderly conduct, reports state. n Someone stole six pairs of jeans and one pair of jean shorts from a dryer sometime between 2:30 and 3:30 a.m. Sunday at 200 Westminster Drive, according to Chapel Hill police reports. n A 20-year-old man was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill or inflict serious injury at about 3:07 a.m. Thursday at 306 Estes Drive Extension, according to Carrboro police reports. Two people went to UNC Hospitals for knife injuries, reports state. Jose Antonio Ezeguiel was transported to Orange County Jail in lieu of $20,000 bail, reports state.

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Faculty still debating grades UNC to Little agreement after Friday’s talk

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Poverty Center to host talk on access to justice system UNC’s Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity will host a panel discussion on Oct. 30 regarding the connection between poverty and access to legal services in North Carolina. The discussion will take place from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. in room 5052 at the UNC School of Law. Confirmed panelists include justices from the N.C. Supreme Court, past and current presidents of the N.C. Bar Association, directors of several organizations committed to providing legal access to the poor and representatives from UNC School of Law. The event is free and open to the public, but registration by Oct. 26 is required due to limited space. To register or for more information, go to secure.www.alumn i c o n n e c t i o n s . c o m /o l c /p u b / U N O L /e v e n t s /e v e n t _ o r d e r. cgi?tmpl=events&event=2234759.

Professor Robert Porter understands grading. “I know how to grade,” Porter, a professor in the Department of African and Afro-American Studies, told the Faculty Council on Friday. “And I think all of you know how to grade too.” But how Porter grades might be different from how a chemistry professor grades. It might even be different from how members of his own department grade.

And that disconnect frustrated the council as it tried to reach a consensus about what to do about address grade inflation at UNC, even after about an hour of deliberation. “People come in bringing in the perspective of where they’re from,” said Chancellor Holden Thorp. “The natural sciences don’t want grades to be inflated. The humanities don’t want to be told how to grade.” In fact, despite a comprehensive report that illustrated dramatic grading trends at UNC — including the fact that 82 percent of all

grades given out at UNC are A’s or B’s — many members of the council weren’t even sure that anything should be done. Faculty members at UNC have been having these talks for years with little agreement. Committees have been discussing the trend since at least 1976. Friday’s discussion and the lack of a clear policy direction illustrated a problem that has been apparent from the start — the lack of consensus about what grades should represent. Even within different departments, faculty members said there wasn’t a consistent standard for

what to do. “There was never any department chair who took me in and said, ‘This is how we grade,’” said Laurie Maffly-Kipp, a religious studies professor. “When I asked, I couldn’t get a straight answer from anybody. “When new faculty get here, they get a tour of campus and learn about all these things. It seems to me obvious that we would do the same thing when it came to grading.” Throughout the talk, professors’ focus remained on students culpability in receiving grades, not

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Student government hosts forum for local candidates Student government will host an open forum with the 12 candidates for Chapel Hill Town Council on Oct. 13 in Bingham 317. The forum is intended to allow students to ask the candidates questions about local politics and individual candidate’s platforms. Local elections will take place on Nov. 3.

city briefs

A gunshot and break-in attempt at ‘wrong house’

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Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy pets his poodle, Sophie, on Thursday. Sophie started visiting Town Hall one day when Foy didn’t have time to take her home before a meeting. Now she is a regular guest in the office, but when Foy leaves his position in December, so will Sophie.

MAYOR’S BEST FRIEND Town Hall will miss mayor’s poodle Sophie By Julie Crimmins Staff Writer

A Town Hall receptionist called a black standard poodle with a Milk Bone-decorated collar toward her. “Is that my Sophie?” Lynne Wade said. The 4-year-old dog was followed by her owner, Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy. After a quick break to be petted, she was off to make her rounds in the office. When people ask who brings in the dog, receptionist Jeanette Coffin tells them, “Who’s the only one who can? The mayor!”

“We call her the royal dog,” she said. When Foy leaves his position as mayor in December, Sophie will step down as town mascot. “I think they’re going to miss her more than they’re going to miss me. Aren’t they?” Foy said, rubbing her belly in his office. “They’ve already made me promise to bring her back for visits.” Sophie started visiting Town Hall one day when Foy didn’t have time to take her home before a meeting. Now she comes to work with him once a week.

“I think they’re going to miss her more than they’re going to miss me. Aren’t they?” kevin foy, mayor, talking about his dog, sophie Besides collecting treats and attending meetings, Foy said Sophie acts as Town Hall’s official cheerleader. “I think the staff members are a lot happier to see her than me,” Foy said.

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A look at student fees

$96.01 more in fees OK’d Student fees projected to rise next year Fees raise little 1993, UNC student fees have been increasing steadily. Requested fees for opposition so far Since 2010-11 would increase total undergraduate fees by $96.01 to about $1,860. $2,000

BY Andy Thomason

The student fee advisory subcommittee approved its final recommendations for 2010-11 student fee increases on Friday. If adopted, the proposals would increase fees by $96.01 per student, although students who own Carolina Computing Initiativesupported laptops will receive a $22 refund after paying the proposed $1,856.42 in student fees. So far, the proposal has generated no significant opposition from students, who have been far more vocal in the past about their disapproval of fee increases. The increase, which is $27.34 more than last year’s increase, must still be approved by the tuition and fee advisory task force and the UNC Board of Governors. The student fee advisory subcommittee is a group of student government representatives and University administrators that discusses annual modifications to student fees. The subcommittee approved three per-student fee increases that will be passed on to the tuition and fee advisory task force. n $18.10 increase in the student —From staff and wire reports.

While UNC-system leaders urge universities to raise their academic quality, some small schools worry this will conflict with the needs of the populations they serve. The mandate is less problematic for large universities such as UNC-Chapel Hill, but for smaller regionally based schools, raising admission standards could have the unintended result of excluding the students they are meant to serve. “We’re all about access,” said Alan Mabe, UNC-system vice president for academic affairs. “But unless access is translated into student success, it’s limited.” Concerns about academic quality come from some schools admitting unprepared students during periods of rapid growth, UNC-system leaders said last month. State funding for universities is currently tied to enrollment growth. “I think some campuses were so enthusiastic about growth and access that they did not give equal attention to whether all of the students were positioned for success,” stated Board of Governors Chairwoman Hannah Gage in an e-mail. The board is weighing how best to encourage schools to maintain academic quality while growing. UNC-Greensboro serves many first-generation and minority students who have different needs and priorities than typical students, said David Perrin, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. Many have to support themselves financially and come from families that can’t guide them through the educational system. “The targets set by (General Administration) are quite ambitious for any campus,” Perrin said. “It’s a challenge for everyone, but it’s especially a challenge here.” Students who need to pay their way must work and attend class, which could delay their graduation, said Charles Harrington, provost and vice chancellor for student affairs at UNC-Pembroke. Graduation and retention rates are key factors used to measure academic quality. UNC-P primarily serves the American Indian population in eastern North Carolina and firstgeneration college students who have few academic opportunities, Harrington said. Jon Young, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at Fayetteville State University, said that in rural and poor communities, students can meet the system’s

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Thorpe ﬁlls void after activist father’s death Begins work in public activism By alex gray

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A college-aged woman was assaulted on Pritchard Avenue as she was walking home Friday morning around 2:40 a.m., according to Chapel Hill police. The woman was grabbed from behind and forced to the ground, police Capt. Leo Vereen said. The person who grabbed her fled after she fought back, and she sustained minor bruises and scrapes, he said. Recently, a woman walking on Mitchell Lane was assaulted from behind and a man tried to take her cell phone, Vereen said. He said he doesn’t know whether the incidents are connected, and that nobody tried to take the victim’s wallet in this case. Another college-aged woman was grabbed from behind on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and raped in late September, according to Chapel Hill police reports. Police are not releasing the name of the woman who was grabbed on Pritchard until they determine the intentions of the aggressor, described as a tall, slim man in his early 20’s. T h e C h a p e l H i l l Po l i c e Department has asked anyone who has any information about the crime to contact Investigator Dawn Hunter at (919) 968-2760 or Crime Stoppers at (919) 9427515, with the potential for a $2,000 award if information leads to an arrest.

Approach varies by size of school Senior Writer

In memory of former Student Body President Eve Carson, student government will host an “Eve Ball,” a costumed Halloween event. The ball will be held Oct. 30 in the Carolina Inn. Tickets are $20, though prices may rise closer to the event. All proceeds from the event will go to the Eve Marie Carson Scholarship.

Young woman grabbed from behind on Pritchard Avenue

balance access, quality By Olivia Bowler

Executive branch to host fall ball to honor Carson

Someone shot a gun and tried to break a glass door to enter a home at about 10:49 p.m. on Friday, according to Chapel Hill police reports. Gloria Wright’s family had just come home to 100 Regent Place from the Chapel Hill High School Homecoming game, she said. Then people started knocking on the front door, saying “we know you’re in there,” and another person went to the back door and shot a gun, she said. “I was calling 911 and my daughter was on the floor, asking what they looked like,” she said. Police told her they had meant to enter a different house, she said. “We’re scared. We’re looking out the windows. It’s changed my life,” she said. “It was the wrong house. It could have been really serious, and it was, and somebody could have gotten hurt.”

Enrollment growth

Due to an editing error, Friday’s pg. 3 story “Fleck back to perform” mislabeled the artists in the accompanying photo. Béla Fleck was seated on the left and Zakir Hussain was seated in the center. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes By Kevin Kiley for the error.

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dining debt fee n $15 increase in the student health fee n $26.26 increase in the technology fee The subcommittee has already approved other fee proposals that, combined with the three proposals approved Friday, will compose the $96.01 increase. Student fees will increase from $1,760.41 for the 2009-10 year to $1856.42 for the 2010-11 school year if the recommendations are accepted. $22 of the technology fee increase would be refunded to owners of CCI computers annually because the increase would give the University the ability to provide Microsoft Windows and Office

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programs to all students. “Because students who bought CCI computers have already paid the Microsoft licensing fee when they purchased their computers, they should not be charged again,” said Zach Dexter, finance chairman of Student Congress and a non-voting member of the student fee advisory subcommittee, in an e-mail. This year’s proposed increase is larger than last year’s, but there has been less controversy surrounding this year’s hike. Many students protested last year against the $10.37 increase in the student child care service fee, which was intended to help UNC

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William Thorpe Jr. has spent his life watching other people act. He’s seen his father, the late councilman Bill Thorpe Sr., serve on the Chapel Hill Town Council and direct efforts to rename Airport Road in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. He’s worked on political campaigns, figuring out how to best show another’s message. But Thorpe now feels it’s time to share his own. After his father, an activist who served several terms on the council, died last fall, Thorpe Jr. decided he could fill the void. “My dad was a huge influence on what I did and how I thought,” Thorpe said. “I want to strive for a better world like he did.” Thorpe is working on putting fruit kiosks in Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools to promote healthy eating. He also named a town internship program after his father. The only other time Thorpe remembers overcoming his quiet personality is his term as the first black student body president at Chapel Hill High School, he said.

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William Thorpe Jr. wants to build on the legacy his father, Bill Thorpe Sr., left when he died last year while serving on the Town Council.

“My friends said I couldn’t do it,” he said, “I wanted to prove them wrong.” During his tenure as class president, Thorpe focused on two issues: the lack of a black history class and the absence of black athletic coaches. “The black community at that

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professors’ responsibility in assigning them, which frustrated student leaders. Professors also brought up the idea that the quality of students attending UNC has increased over time, and that could correspond to the increase in grade. Members of the council also brought in numerous other factors that could affect grading. They discussed graduate student grading,

an erosion of standards at UNC and the decision to push back the date to drop classes. At the end of the meeting, the council approved a resolution to have the educational policy commission bring a specific policy proposal back before the council in April. But they passed the resolution without a consensus for which direction to send the committee in, something the committee will have to determine on its own. A few things became clear dur-

The James A. Hutchins Lectures

“Southern Spaces: Critical Regionalism and the Digital Humanities”

Allen Tullos ~ Professor of American Studies, Emory University Created at Emory University in 2004, Southern Spaces (http:// SouthernSpaces.org) is a peerreviewed, multi-media, internet journal of critical regional studies. In his lecture, Senior Editor Tullos will explore the editorial and production process of Southern Spaces and examine how his journal engages regional studies, US Southern Studies and the emerging field of digital humanities.

Tuesday, Oct. 13 4:00 PM Royall Room George Watts Hill Alumni Center Free and open to the Public. Parking available in the Ramshead Deck. Presented by : The Center for the Study of the American South with support from the UNC General Alumni Association. The James A. Hutchins Lecture Series brings the best of Southern Scholarship to campus and community life.

ing Friday’s discussion. Faculty members don’t want to go the way of Princeton University and implement a quota on how many of each letter grade can be given out. They also said they don’t want to follow the law school’s method and rank students. What they want, many stressed, is more talking. They want a broader understanding of what grades mean and how each department distributes grades. Faculty members also want to begin having a broader talk with other universities so UNC’s actions don’t work against its students. And that, the meeting showed, could be difficult. Grades are used as an assessment of student understanding, a measure of comparison between

students and a method of feedback for how students can improve. And faculty members said it is difficult — maybe impossible — for all three of these goals to be represented by the same mark. “How can we be having this conversation without understanding the step before that,” said Steve Reznick, a psychology professor. “What do grades represent at UNC?” After the meeting, Thorp said talks are going to continue for a while and will remain a faculty issue for now. “I’m not any time soon about to mandate a method of grading,” he said. “We’ll watch and see what happens at Princeton.”

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requirements on paper and still not be ready for college. To prepare these underserved populations for the academic rigors of a university, the schools have launched various programs. FSU is known for its “summer bridge” program, a five-week intensive program designed to help students who did not meet admission requirements but want to enroll. UNC-G has a similar program. “It appears to be quite successful in terms of preparing people who might not have had the greatest preparation,” Mabe said. “They spent a lot of time with these stuContact the University Editor dents and give them a jump on at udesk@unc.edu. their first year.”

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students with children pay for child care. “The reason behind the controversy was that the scope of the child care fee only helped a limited number of people, whereas other fees had the potential to help students on a wider basis,” said Jennings Carpenter, student body treasurer and member of the subcommittee. The student fees approved by the subcommittee are usually left untouched by the task force, Carpenter said. “There’s usually no vetting of the fees there,” he said. The UNC Board of Governors must also approve the changes, and they could make modifications. “Occasionally, the Board of Governors may determine that a particular fee request or a broad set of fee requests need adjustment,” Dexter wrote in an e-mail. The tuition and fee advisory task force will begin discussing the proposal on Oct. 13.

school needed to progress,” he said. After high school, he left the spotlight and began what he calls his private phase. “The past 20 years of my life have been about studying human society,” he said. Thorpe graduated college with degree in sociology and now works as a political consultant. Thorpe said he has become a representative of his father’s legacy. “I see this as my public phase in life,” he said. “Before now I was learning, preparing myself for this time in private.” Fred Battle, former president of the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is a longtime friend of the Thorpe family. “I don’t know about his political ambitions,” Battle said. “But he is turning into a fine community activist.” Thorpe’s father helped create a paid undergraduate internship program with the town. Last Contact the University Editor month, he worked to have the at udesk@unc.edu. internship renamed in his father’s

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“I see this as my first canine from page 3 public phase in life. Foy said Sophie functions as an icebreaker and diplomat. Before now I was “If somebody is sitting on the learning, preparing couch and we’re having a serious conversation, the dog doesn’t myself for this time.” hesitate to get up on the couch and william thorpe jr., activist memory. “I figured it would take a couple weeks or months,” he said. “But they unanimously decided to change the name that night.” Thorpe’s current fruit kiosk program mirrors his father’s values. “(My father) always tried to help young people,” he said. Thorpe is planning the Inaugural Bill Thorpe Golf Classic fundraiser for Oct. 26 to help raise money for the fruit kiosks. NAACP lawyer Alan McSurely has known Thorpe for 14 years. “In time, William will surpass his father,” McSurely said. “He has all the tricks of the trade his daddy had and more.” Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.

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make the person move so she can look out the window,” Foy said. When a meeting is getting a little tense, Sophie will appear and demand to be petted, he said. “People are genuinely surprised to see a dog relaxing in the mayor’s office,” said mayor’s aide Carlo Robustelli. “It sheds a different light on the mayor.” Sophie, who loves to swim in Jordan Lake and catch squirrels, is at home at Town Hall. Foy said she startles people, especially Coffin, by running quickly into a room. She is also mysteriously able to get past closed doors in the office by herself, he said. When she’s not busy with government business, Sophie looks for food and visits with staff. She recently extracted a plate of cream cheese from the trash in Coffin’s office and nudged Wade’s arm to assert her presence when she didn’t receive a greeting upon entering the room. Foy said he isn’t sure if he’ll be able to take Sophie to work at his next job — he’s said he is considering a run for U.S. Senate. But he said he may have set a precedent for other mayors. “Ain’t nobody can take Sophie’s place, just like nobody can take the mayor’s place,” Coffin said. “She’s the best dog.” Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.

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In an online address released today to the UNC community in celebration of University Day, Chancellor Holden Thorp presents an ambitious vision for the University’s future that hinges on learning from the hurdles of the past year. Thorp’s vision — one of blending innovation and entrepreneurship to spread the benefits of the University’s discoveries — is one he is pushing despite significant financial obstacles. Thorp, inaugurated as chancellor a year ago today, began the talk recapping the past year, in particular financial troubles that have cut $67 million from state funding. He pointed to the recommendations of consulting firm Bain & Company as an important building block for the UNC of the future. “From that work, we’ll seize the rare opportunity to reinvent the University’s operations,” Thorp said in the address. Thorp stressed that the lessons from Bain’s report, to be implemented through a program called Carolina Counts, aren’t intended to just fix problems but create a better University in the long run. “Higher education is due for a qualitative change in the way we operate,” he said. “The changes we’re making are not temporary corrections, but rather a permanent rebasing of our administrative budgets.” Saying UNC will play to its strengths, Thorp named innovation and entrepreneurship as inextricably linked qualities the community uses to help benefit the state and world.

University Day history 1873 The cornerstone of East Building is laid during a Masonic ceremony led by William R. Davie. Now known as Old East residence hall, the building is the oldest public university building in the United States. 1877 The University holds the

first University Day to celebrate Old East’s construction roughly 100 years earlier. Governor Zebulon B. Vance, as chair of the Board of Trustees, ordered that the day “be observed with appropriate ceremonies under the direction of the faculty.”

1957 William B. Aycock is installed as chancellor, beginning a tradition of inaugurating chancellors on University Day. 1961 President John F. Kennedy speaks in Kenan Stadium. “North Carolina has long been identified

with enlightened and progressive leaders and people,” Kennedy said. “I can think of no more important reason for that reputation than this University, which year after year has sent educated men and women who have had a recognition of their public responsibility as well as in private interests.”

1971 The University begins presenting the Distinguished Alumna and Alumnus Awards on University Day. 1993 President Bill Clinton speaks in Kenan Stadium. Davie Poplar III, a descendant of the original Davie Poplar tree, is planted to mark the University’s bicentinneal. 2008 Holden Thorp is installed as chancellor.

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Interesting facts about the University The term for a cup of coffee — a “cup of joe” — comes from Joseph Daniels, the namesake of Joseph Daniels Student Stores. The bar across the University’s seal located in Memorial Hall went the wrong direction for 27 years until it was noticed by William Carmichael in 1957. The first movie shown in Chapel Hill was shown in the Campus Y. Innovation devises new solutions, Thorp said. Entrepreneurship finds a way to implement them. “We are here to help solve the world’s greatest problems,” Thorp said. “The bigger the problem, the more innovation is needed.” Thorp’s talk follows in the footsteps of former Chancellor James Moeser, who delivered a state of the University talk every fall.

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But Thorp’s speech is different in the sense that it is delivered from a YouTube clip instead of a podium. Thorp wrote on his Web site he didn’t want to interrupt schedules or incur additional costs by delivering the address live during other University Day celebrations.

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The UNC-system Board of Governors concluded its October meeting Friday with a stern admonishment to be better prepared to make tangible progress on a controversial administrative issue at its November meeting. The board’s personnel and tenure committee intended to recommend changes to the UNC system’s “retreat rights” policy this month but deferred any action until the next meeting, citing a need for more information. The policy governs the length of leave time and amount of compensation that administrators “retreating” to faculty positions receive when they resign. The selections of several new chancellors in the coming months make it imperative that a draft policy for chancellors and presidents is approved at the next meeting, said Gladys Robinson, personnel and tenure committee chairwoman. The earliest the full board can vote on the policy is January

because there is no December meeting. UNC-system Vice President for Academic Affairs Alan Mabe and Board Chairwoman Hannah Gage will craft the draft policy in the next couple weeks and e-mail it to the full board to look over before the next meeting. Robinson told the board to read carefully the draft and UNC-system President Erskine Bowles’ recommended changes, which were released last month, and respond immediately. Bowles has recommended scaling back retreat rights by limiting leave time to six months and greatly reducing the amount of the salary offered. “I think that is a bit too generous and more than market,” he said of the current policy. The current policy for chancellors and presidents grants one year of leave time at the full administrative salary and a drop to 60 percent of that salary when the administrator becomes a faculty member. The question is how long leave

time should be and how much the former administrator should be compensated during leave time and after he rejoins the faculty, Bowles said. Although the system’s General Administration and Board of Governors are placing great importance on the issue of retreat rights, it is more symbolic than anything else, Gage said. “We want all of our policies to be relevant and filtered through where we are in time,” she said, implying that policies should fit with the economic constraints the system faces. By the numbers, retreat rights are not a tremendous issue. Since Bowles arrived in 2006, the system has only spent $8 million on costs associated with retreat rights, Bowles said. “The university is a big operation and the total cost of leave is less than two-hundredths of a percent,” he said.

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Terrorists target Pakistani military Obama for full gay rights agenda site, 11 dead, U.S. o∞cials worried WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT) — President Barack Obama vowed his unwavering support for the full gay rights agenda Saturday night, saying that he’ll push Congress to repeal the ban on gays serving openly in the military. He also said he’ ll work to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, which defined marriage as solely between a man and a woman, to guarantee that gay and lesbian couples get the same benefits as straight couples, and to ban anti-gay discrimination in the workplace.

I S L A M A B A D , Pa k i s t a n (MCT) — The devastating terrorist assault on Pakistan’s military headquarters, which ended early Sunday after nearly 24 hours, exposed the threat of extremist groups operating in the heart of the country and the vulnerability of its most sensitive sites. U.S. officials hope the attack will help convince the country’s top military and intelligence officials to stop supporting militant groups fighting in Afghanistan, which is essential for the Obama administration to achieve progress. However, the attack also could

deepen some Pakistani officials’ conviction that the American war against al-Qaida and the Taliban is a catalyst for Islamic extremism in the region and to keep hedging against an eventual U.S. withdrawal. The raid and hostage crisis resulted in 11 army personnel and civilians dying, while nine terrorists were killed and their ringleader was captured. The onslaught came just before the army begins a planned U.S.-backed offensive against the Pakistani Taliban in the Waziristan region, the hub of extremism in Pakistan.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT) — Thousands of gays and lesbians claimed the streets of the nation’s capital Sunday in a demonstration for full equality under the law. T he “National Equality March” snaked past the White House and streamed down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol. Organizers said the LGBT community are not satisfied with a piecemeal approach to gaining civil rights. They are demanding “full federal equality” and singling out issues pertaining to marriage, adoption, military service and the workplace.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT) — As the Obama administration reconsiders its Afghanistan policy, White House officials are minimizing warnings about the risks of adopting a limited strategy focused on al-Qaida, U.S. intelligence, diplomatic and military officials said. Intelligence assessments found that the Taliban and other Pakistan-based groups have much closer ties to al-Qaida now than they did before 9-11,which would allow them to re-establish bases in Afghanistan and help Osama bin Laden export his brand of radical Islam, officials said.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT) — When President Barack Obama visits New Orleans this week to survey its recovery after Hurricane Katrina, he could both energize and polarize New Orleans, a city with an AfricanAmerican majority that voted for him, but also one in a Southern state that didn’t. During the campaign, Obama said New Orleans symbolized President George W. Bush’s failures. Obama gets high marks for his administration’s aid so far, but he still must show that he can deliver a public hospital, rebuild levees and restore the coastline.

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to the speed with which Hussain’s fingers flew across the drumheads, their talent was undeniable. Fleck played some fan favorites, including a song from his band the Flecktones. Though the song was familiar, it took on new sound because of the new combo of instruments. He even had his own time to shine with a beautiful bluegrass solo on his banjo dubbed “Super 400 aka Excalibur.” Many were especially impressed DTH/ryan jones by Hussain’s talent at the tabla. The enior Anthony Cho examines the variety of non-alcoholic beers the German Club offered drums are played with all of the fingers on each hand, and by the Friday afternoon in the Pit to celebrate Oktoberfest. “Offering non-alcoholic beer grabs slightest difference in touch, create people’s attention so we can show them what German Club offers here,” said sophomore a multitude of sounds. Hussain made the audience Alexandra Molella, the vice president of German Club. The club provides German class listings laugh on many an occasion. and options for studying abroad. Visit dailytarheel.com/section/campus for the full story. He even admitted, “I’m just fooling around,” as he was finishing up tuning. During toe-tapping drum solos, he played both the “Pink Panther” theme and the William Tell Overture at points. this issue.” By Sam Jacobson U.S. Rep. David Though the concert was very Staff Writer About 40 UNC students travPrice, D-N.C., different, everyone could connect Thirteen years after a fire at the eled to Capitol Hill this year with co-sponsored a to the sound and could feel the Phi Gamma Delta house killed five parents of fire victims, University bill that aims to rhythm within. UNC students, fire safety legisla- administrators and fire safety offiraise awareness tion may become a law. cials to lobby for stronger fire safety for campus fire Contact the Arts Editor T h e U . S . H o u s e o f measures for student housing. safety. at artsdesk@unc.edu. Representatives unanimously In September, the group from approved legislation last week co- UNC was part of more than sponsored by U.S. Rep. David Price, 90 meetings with members of ference that it could make.” D-N.C., to recognize October as Congress and staff. Jenny Levering, assistant dean Campus Fire Safety Month. Price Dylan Castellino, a Phi Gamma of students for fraternity and sororalso helped to fund fire prevention Delta member, said he helped ity life, said the authenticity of the efforts in student housing. organize the trip to Washington students’ requests for help is what UNC students traveled to because he knows the destruction made them successful. Washington, D.C., in September that a campus fire can bring. “It touches close to home to lobby for the legislation. “This is probably the one time because we lost students here due “While I have always been con- I feel like I have had an impact on to a fatal fire. You talk to people cerned about student safety on something on such a large scale,” about fire safety and they have to college campuses, the tragic fires Castellino said. listen,” she said. at UNC brought this issue home The legislation would provide “It was a pretty surreal feeling to me,” Price stated in an e-mail. going through each congressman, incentives for business owners to “To their credit, students at UNC sitting with their staff, telling them add fire sprinklers and other emerhave been tireless advocates for how important this is and the dif- gency systems to buildings and would grant money to universities for fire suppressant systems. “Campus fire safety is an issue MONDAY, OCT. 12 that goes beyond one state or one region of the country,” Price said. BASEBALL - FALL WORLD SERIES 6 p.m. “It’s a national issue and Congress Also played on Oct. 13 - 2 p.m., has, appropriately, been very responsive and proactive about it.” 14 - 6 p.m., 16 - 3 p.m., 17 & 18 - 1 p.m. MOVIE NEWS,

Today is the last day to apply for a vacant seat on the Chapel Hill Town Council. All five challengers in the town council election have joined the pool of applicants for the seat vacated by Bill Strom. This means that even if voters do not elect a challenger to one of the four open seats, he or she will still have a chance to be appointed to the council. Filing ends at 5 p.m. today. The current council members will receive the applications at tonight’s meeting. Will Raymond was the first challenger to apply for the seat. He originally urged all eight candidates for election to do so, but the three incumbents — Laurin Easthom, Ed Harrison and Jim Merritt — said they would not apply. Penny Rich, Matt Pohlman and Gene Pease soon followed suit. Pohlman had expressed interest in applying ever since the Council described the process, and Pease and Rich made their decisions based on recommendations by current council members that nonincumbents apply. Jon DeHart became the last to apply Friday morning. He had not originally planned to, but he changed his mind after hearing Raymond’s suggestion. “All of us wanted to serve the town, and we felt that the best opportunity for us to serve the town would be for all of us to be part of the selection pool,” he said. But they aren’t the only applicants the council can choose from. Others include strategic consultant Joshua Ravitch, lawyer H. Brock Page and former council member Joe Capowski. Most of the challengers said they felt their applications should receive extra consideration because they had been vetted by the public through the campaign process. “As much time and effort as all of us are putting into campaigning, we’d be the most logical choices to fill the seat,” DeHart said. Several have urged the council to appoint the person who receives the fifth-most votes if he or she is one of the challengers, an idea that has gained some momentum. “Obviously, the ball is in the court of the current council,” Pohlman said. Some council members said they would prefer to let the newly elected council make the decision. If this happens, the seat would remain vacant until after new members are inaugurated in December. The council will review applications until Oct. 28.

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Though the concert featured three artists who are each influential in their fields, Sunday’s performance rose above their individual solos to create a unique listening experience. While many came to see a particular performer, they left impressed with all three: banjoist Béla Fleck, bassist Edgar Meyer and tabla player Zakir Hussain. The sold-out concert audience, composed of a mix of community residents and students, buzzed with excitement even before the show started. Audience members were treated to a preview of sorts as they entered Memorial Hall for the Carolina Performing Arts show, where a group of musicians, including one on the tabla, played in the lobby. The rhythm of the tabla synced with the rhythm of the feet of those who began to enter the auditorium. You could immediately tell that these musicians cared immensely about their craft — you could see it in their eyes. Throughout the performance there was constant eye contact between Hussain and Fleck, while Meyer kept his eyes closed in concentration most of the time. From the fast riffs of Fleck to the grace with which Meyer played across the whole range of the bass

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resident Obama won a Nobel Peace Prize. For me, that still isn’t enough motivation to trade positions with him. Here in Chapel Hill, we have the luxury of being able to sit and complain about the problems that Obama actually has to get up in the morning and solve. Think about that. There are people out there, President Obama included, who are charged with the task of ending global warming, famine and poverty. Even if he ends up accomplishing all the goals that the Nobel committee states have earned him the prize, including increasing global peace and reducing the world supply of nuclear weaponry, will he end his career happy? Our lives as regular students seem to be happier than the president’s as a world leader. Here in Chapel Hill, we try to do our part. Many students here are locally active, and we do our best to help our community. We have charitable organizations and students that give their time to help those in need. Then, afterwards, we can worry about who will win the football game or where to crash after our Saturday night party. Obama just has to go to bed perhaps as one of the most widely disliked people in the world and then get up in the morning and do it all over again. I will settle for what I have in my life and call it a fair trade, even though likely no one I know will probably ever win a Nobel Peace Prize. The prize has a long line of illustrious winners. Previous winners have been the 14th Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela and Henry Kissinger. These are incredibly compassionate and influential people. Yet I still have trouble believing that they are especially happy in the long term. They were under a great deal of stress, and the ramifications of their decisions were relevant on the world stage and throughout history. In the face of their importance, we shouldn’t forget that it is still okay to be average. Just because the events of your life are not as important to the world as a Nobel laureate’s does not mean you should despair. These Nobel Peace Prize laureates are probably content with their achievements, and they certainly deserve our praise and respect. But so should average people, who wake up in the morning and try to make the lives of others around them more pleasant. It goes without saying that most of us as regular folks lead lives that, to outsiders, are completely boring. We all will likely end up as middle management in some small corporation and live out the next 65 years without affecting the world in any large and meaningful way. As average people, we shouldn’t sweat the fact that we won’t do great things. We all have the chance to positively influence a handful of people around us, and we should seize that opportunity. For some that handful is bigger than others. And for all of you out there who truly believe that you are destined for great things, don’t let me discourage you. But most of you out there should get comfortable with the idea that you won’t be out there hobnobbing with the previous Nobel Peace Prize laureates. Instead focus on the important things in life, like family, friends and school. And enjoy yourself.

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Faculty should take ﬁrm stand on grade inﬂation

h e Fa c u l ty C o u n c i l doesn’t seem to agree on what letter grades mean — one of the underlying problems causing grade inflation at the University. The council needs to come to a consensus and act to cap grade inflation. At Friday’s meeting, members of the council voiced their differing views on grade inflation. The council passed a resolution to further study and discuss this problem. That’s a tepid start. Every council member needs to realize that they must act to cap grade inflation when the study and conversations on the matter are finished. Perception is everything. And if UNC is considered an easy institution, it cheapens all degrees from the University, regardless of an individual

department’s rigor. The council needs to draw a line in the sand. Grade inflation should not be allowed to continue unchecked. The University has set standards for what grades mean. An A is for students who show outstanding promise in a field and should further their studies in this field. It’s possible that students deserve the A’s. The University has admitted better students in recent years. But, as one council member pointed out Friday, as we continue to attract better students, the University should raise its grading standards. The council needs to realize that giving out A’s 45 percent of the time is a failure on the faculty’s part. It means that the faculty isn’t challenging the bright students who have come

here to learn. One representative said at Friday’s meeting that she was given a specific grading distribution on her first day at the University by her department. Yet another representative said that no one in her department could tell her what grades mean or how she should give them out. The contrast is disturbing. It means that some departments are giving out very few A’s while other departments seem to be hemorrhaging them. This difference shows two polarized grading philosophies at the University. Some faculty reserve A’s for the truly exceptional student, while others give out A’s for good work. Maintaining the status quo is a disservice to students and will cheapen the degrees we’ve been working for.

No board needed Incident isn’t enough to warrant civilian review board

he town of Chapel Hill does not need a civilian review board. And the NAACP should cease its demands that the town establish one in the wake of the Charles Brown incident, when a black local business owner was stopped by police, who were searching for someone else. Brown’s detainment June 1 was a mistake. But the evidence is clear that the man police were searching for — Cumun Fearrington — shares similar facial features with Brown. It is also clear that police were acting appropriately during the detainment — which lasted a mere 16 minutes, though the NAACP claimed it had lasted “almost an hour.” The notion that this incident was racially motivated

appears unfounded in light of this evidence. And the town has taken all of the requisite steps to ensure that this incident was handled wisely. Its report not only debunked accusations of racial profiling with convincing evidence, but it also provided suggestions going forward to increase transparency and lower the probability of future controversies. These suggestions — installing dashboard cams in all police cars and filing written reports after future similar incidents — are welcomed in light of the confusion surrounding the Brown incident. But obstinate demands for a civilian review board are not, especially when the town’s internal investigation appears to be sufficient and deferential

to the concerns of the NAACP. Of course, Brown and the NAACP are free to disagree with the town’s evidence. And they do. Michelle Cotton Laws, president of the NAACP Chapel Hill/Carrboro branch, dismissed the town’s report as “tainted with bias from the start.” And if Brown feels the same way, then he is free to pursue legal action. A jury consists of 12 civilians. If Brown still thinks the Chapel Hill Police Department committed a crime, then those 12 civilians can review his case in court. Otherwise, there is no need to circumvent due process by creating a civilian review board to investigate something the town has already sufficiently investigated itself.

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orth Carolina is weighing in on the fatty cost o f s t at e e m p l o y e e health insurance. This month, the state notified all its employees that if they are obese or if they smoke, they will pay more for health insurance in the near future. This is a good move. Taxpayers who lead a healthy lifestyle should not be forced to pay for those state workers who do not. State employees who use tobacco or have a body mass index above a specified level and don’t quit smoking or lose weight will be placed in an insurance plan that pays 70 percent of claims. About a third of state workers are currently overweight and about 14 percent smoke. Employees who can prove

that they don’t smoke and that they meet the body mass threshold can choose an option paying 80 percent of claims. Mandating state employees who don’t meet certain health guidelines to pay an extra 10 percent is the right thing to do. The state will do random checks on people who say they are not smokers. Tobacco users will be placed in a more expensive insurance plan beginning in July and, for those who qualify as obese, in July 2011. The state is expanding free programs to help employees quit smoking and lose weight. The new health care plan will encourage individuals to adopt a healthier lifestyle. Rapidly rising premiums are having an impact on state budgets, and economic pres-

sures are pushing the state to increase employees’ share of health care costs, co-payments and deductibles. Research indicates that smoking, the use of tobacco products and obesity are three conditions that directly contribute to 50 percent of North Carolina plan members who suffer from chronic diseases that raise health-care costs. The plan spends about $2,000 more each year on smokers. It is imperative for North Carolina to keep a healthy workforce. Smoking and obesity are the leading causes of preventable deaths in our state. Not only will this plan save money for the state, but it also has the potential to encourage more healthy lifestyles.

TO THE EDITOR: While it is laudable that Mr. Patel seeks to encourage and defend free speech on campus, he is either incredibly naive or disingenuous when he asserts that Youth for Western Civilization is simply a misunderstood “conservative” organization (“An unlikely leader,” Oct. 8). As he points out, YWC rails against the imagined dangers of “radical multiculturalism” and demands total assimilation of immigrant populations within their notion of what proper “culture” is. How can one legitimately stand to try to lead an organization that states explicitly that it does not believe your life experience has value, but that your experience and culture is actually a threat to their own? Make no mistake about it: The YWC is not a conservative organization. Anyone who calls himself a conservative should rightfully deny it. It is an organized, studentrun hate group that peddles gentlemanly racism and white supremacy. That’s not liberal bias talking, that comes from the organizations mission, the messages it extols, and the speakers it sponsors. I applaud your sense of courage, Mr. Patel. But don’t degrade yourself by becoming a token for people who not only don’t care about you, but hate you. Jamaal Green Graduate student City and Regional Planning

Honors program prides itself on access to many TO THE EDITOR: In a recent column, (“No great ‘honor’ in Carolina program,” Oct. 5) Hannah Thurman noted that Carolina’s Honors Program is neither exclusive nor set apart from the rest of the University. We’re proud of that fact; it’s the reason The Fiske Guide has praised the program as one of the nation’s best and most accessible. In keeping with UNC’s core values, we put an emphasis on academic opportunities, not privileges. Those opportunities include honors seminars that encourage students to stretch beyond their intellectual comfort zones; internship programs in Cape Town, New York, Shanghai, and Beijing; the Connected Learning Program, a living-learning community that helps students explore a passionate interest outside the classroom; honors study abroad in London and Rome; and a changing roster of field research seminars that have taken students to study such topics as rainforest ecology in the Amazon, human rights law in Rwanda, and astronomy in the Chilean Andes. Thanks to the generosity of Carolina alumni, honors is funding 15 new faculty positions in the College of Arts and Sciences. As those professors are hired, they’ll help us add more courses and individualized honors pathways that will count toward students’ major and minor fields of study. That’s a high priority

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for honors students, and we’re delighted to have new resources to address the need. These opportunities — and more — are available to all UNC undergraduates who are eager and prepared for the challenge of honors work. If that’s you, then check us out on the web: honors.unc.edu. We’d be pleased to have you join us. James Leloudis Associate Dean for Honors College of Arts and Sciences

Debate, public speaking skills are vital on campus TO THE EDITOR: Meredith Engelen’s column (“Bring on the debate,” Oct. 7) did a good job highlighting the importance of debate on college campuses. While it’s true that many UNC students actively engage in valuable dialectic conversations, many do not because of fear of public speaking. Because debate is a means of “discovering truth” and a powerful tool for convincing others, public speaking is a skill all students should be interested in developing. Even the most vocal UNC students should consider how they present their opinions. I challenge all students to speak up and to learn the fundamentals of rhetoric, and I challenge professors to encourage the development of these skills in their classrooms. Hannah Hodson Joint Senate President Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies

Margolis ignores reality of college sports in column TO THE EDITOR: It seems that the only one ignoring reality is associate opinion editor Greg Margolis in his column “Stadium plans ignore reality,” (Oct. 7). The recession is no reason for the Rams Club not to fund stadium renovations or for the University not to support it. A private organization whose goals and purpose are primarily to provide athletic scholarships and capital improvements is using their money to do just that. Telling them to sit on the money, which is just going to keep growing, isn’t going to give you, me, or anyone else a job, it won’t increase teacher salaries, and most of all, it won’t actually accomplish anything. Renovating the stadium will likely bring more fans, more people who can afford luxury boxes and make donations, and, most importantly, bring more money into the athletic department. That money is money the University controls. That money is money that can be, and already is shuffled to other areas of the University that need help. The reality is that collegiate athletics at this level are a business. Businesses don’t make money without investments. Someone else is investing in our business, and we should be happy about it. Joe Pipkin UNC ’08

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The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor began operating with high tuition and almost independently of its state after declining state revenues compromised its funding. The University of Virginia started pulling away in 2004. The school, faced with a dire state budget situation, was not willing to compromise its quality and sought other means of support. A law passed in 2005 gave the school almost complete control over its finances and operations. It now functions with little state control — a trade-off that means less

state support and higher tuition. State funding makes up only 6.9 percent of its budget. Almost a quarter of UNC’s budget is state appropriations. Now the University of CaliforniaBerkeley, the golden child of public higher education that is consistently the highest-ranked public university in the country, is looking to move away from UNC’s model. The state of California, facing a budget deficit larger than North Carolina’s entire budget, slashed $637 million from the 10-school University of California system. “The model isn’t broken, but it’s being abandoned,” said Peter King, spokesman for the University of

University Day Schedule 10 a.m. Classes end until 1 p.m. 10:30 a.m. Faculty and staff processionals form at the Old Well.

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convocation begins inside Memorial Hall. Gov. Bev Perdue will deliver the keynote address, as is tradition for first-year governors.

1 p.m Classes resume.

2 p.m. N.C. Botanical Garden Education Center Dedication, 100 Old Mason Farm Road Gov. Perdue and Chancellor Holden Thorp will speak during the new Education Center’s dedication. It is expected to be the first public building in the state to receive the highest level of certification for green and sustainable architecture. The public is invited to tour the new building after the remarks.

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bond in U.S. history at the time — passed in every county. “Every town and county and hamlet is impacted by the University in some aspect virtually every day,” said N.C. Sen. Richard Stevens, R-Wake, co-chairman of the Senate’s two education committees. Stevens, previously a member and chairman of the UNC Board of Trustees, said the state legislators generally highly value the University’s contributions and provided accordant support. But in recent years, the UNC system has seen some bad publicity that could threaten its relationship with the state. “Some of the things that have happened in the past year make it very obvious that the university Showing cracks system has wasted millions and N.C. politicians, who in the past millions of dollars,” said N.C. Rep. have shown strong support for higher education, are only willing to support the UNC system so long from page 1 as the state’s population does. The N.C. constitution states that the Tar Heels could rally to run up higher education should “as far as a 29-22 halftime spread. The Tar Heels stayed on top until practicable, be extended to the peoKansas guard Maurice King put his ple of the State free of expense.” The public still generally sup- team ahead for the first time at the ports the University. The last high- 11:33 mark, 36-35. From here on out it was a seeer education bond in 2000, which saw, with Kansas maintaining a called for $3.1 billion to support growth — the largest education very slight advantage. Then with 1:45 to go, Rosenbluth fouled out and Kansas took the lead at 44-41. But Tommy Kearns and Quigg put the Tar Heels back into contention and the regular game ended in a deadlock, 46-46. In the first overtime period, each team scored two points as Bob Young and Chamberlain matched baskets. Each team went scoreless in the second overtime but both missed numerous opportunities to win. The stops were pulled out in the last overtime period. Kearns picked up four points on a layup and two free throws, but Chamberlain hit a three-pointer to make the score 53-52 with 32 seconds left. California system. The California system hasn’t said it’s going the same way as Virginia, but leaders are looking for new ways to fund higher education. UC-Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau recently proposed the option of federal tax dollars going to core expenses at some of the country’s largest research universities. UC-system President Mark Yudof echoed the importance of public higher education in a speech to California legislators. “We need to retain our public character,” he said. “I do not want to be a private university. I do not want to privatize the University. That’s not the University of California.”

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three overtimes two nights beforehand against Michigan State, eking out a 74-70 win. What’s more, the Jayhawks were playing a virtual home game, with the national championship being held in Kansas City, Mo., that year. But that wasn’t the Tar Heels’ first scare. They were fighting for their lives as early as the ACC Tournament.

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design of the bridge, which was shown in a July report to the Board of Trustees. The concept design drawing shows a suspension bridge with a single mast on the south side of the road supporting the curved path.

George Cleveland, R-Onslow. Administrators at N.C. State University — the largest school in the UNC system — orchestrated a faculty position for former Gov. Mike Easley’s wife at an exorbitant salary. The report by consulting firm Bain & Company, which found that administrative growth at UNC outpaced growth in academic costs, became a rallying cry for those looking to pull money from the system. Most recently was the revelation that a UNC-Chapel Hill research program designed to work with soldiers squandered $10 million in federal money. “We’ve had a hard time getting our good news in the press,” Thorp said. He said moving away from the original model is something the school doesn’t want to do.

UNC would have a high hill to climb if it did. If the state cut its support of the University, it would have to make up the money through some combination of higher tuition, more federal dollars and even more private giving. Stevens said the University would need the equivalent of a $11.4 billion endowment to sustain itself. UNC’s endowment is currently about $2.36 billion. But Thorp said the University must maintain its quality and accessibility, even if state support begins to erode. “We’re going to determine if the model William R. Davie invented is enough to sustain higher education in the future,” Thorp said.

The Tar Heels refused to be rattled. Thy brought the ball down the floor, fed to Quigg, and the lanky center drove for the basket. King blocked on the drive, and with six seconds left, Joe calmly dropped in the gamewinning points. Kansas put the ball in play, but when Quigg deflected a pass meant for Chamberlain, it was all over. It was a great win for a great Carolina team. The Tar Heels scrapped throughout with murderous aggressiveness. They outfought the Jayhawks and dominated the backboards, 42-28. Chamberlain got 14, but Brennan was close behind with 11. Kansas Coach Dick Harp called Carolina, “The No. 1 team in the nation,” after the game. He pointed to the superb Tar Heel defense and rebounding as deciding factors. “Nobody has played us that tough on the boards. That was the major point in the game.” Coach Frank McGuire had nothing but praise for his victorious Tar Heels after the nerve-straining bat-

“This is the greatest team I’ve ever coached. It seems uncanny that we could have gone through this whole season undefeated playing so many fine teams.”

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Frank McGuire, 1957 UNC coach tle. “I’m real proud of all our boys, and of course this is the greatest team I’ve ever coached. It seems uncanny that we could have gone through this whole season undefeated playing so many fine teams.” The Tar Heels finished with a 32-0 record.

— Larry Cheek Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.

In those days, only the tournament winner received a bid to the NCAA Tournament, regardless of their achievements during the regular season. The ACC semifinal pitted UNC against Wake Forest, who had the Tar Heels on the ropes, but misses on crucial free throws and a few timely UNC scores doomed the Demon Deacons to the National Invitational Tournament, 61-59. UNC ran the table through the ACC with a 14-0 conference record, beat South Carolina in the

ACC final, and went 32-0 for the season. UNC survived scares like a double-overtime 65-61 squeaker at Maryland on Feb. 5 and a 75-73 win against Duke at Woollen Gymnasium on Feb. 9. The 1957 team was the last team in UNC history to go undefeated, and featured Rosenbluth and Pete Brennan, two jerseys that can be found hanging in the Dean Dome rafters today.

“There are some concerns that the mast of the bridge might impede the view of the Bell Tower,” he said. “We have to make sure it fits with campus and looks like it belongs there.” The design, he said, must not obstruct access to the service entrance between Student Stores and the Undergraduate Library. The Capital Projects task force,

a student government group originally intended to give students a voice in the Carolina North project, has recently begun to examine the pedestrian bridge. The task force will begin gathering students’ opinions in the next couple of weeks.

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Combination of sounds Béla Fleck returned to Memorial Hall for the second time Sunday night. See pg. 6 for story.

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Celebrate University Day 2009 with doughnuts under the Davie Poplar

Mayor’s best friend Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy’s pet poodle, Sophie, is well-liked at the office. See pg. 3 for story.

Still a threat Despite multiple injuries, the men’s soccer team tied Wake Forest. See pg. 12 for story.

Energetic debate Faculty reached no conclusion about how to deal with grades across campus. See pg. 3 for story.

Serve in local government Today is the last day to apply for an empty seat on the Chapel Hill Town Council. See pg. 6 for story.

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Campus groups share stage We didn’t forget 1924 … I promise Race Relations Week brings unity By Lucie SHELLY Staff Writer

When the sun goes down, improv and slam poetry will come out for a night of laughs and drama. The Chapel Hill Players, CHiPs, and Ebony Readers/Onyx Theatre, EROT, will unite to perform “Expressions After Dark.” The annual event, part of UNC’s Race Relations Week, pairs the two popular groups and draws fans from across campus. Instead of alternating their performances as they have in the past, the two groups will perform the entire act together as a fluid unit. This means that CHiPs will find themselves in the unfamiliar territory of slam poetry. “Certainly for me I’m not very adept at anything like that,” said senior Alex Whittington, co-artistic director of CHiPs. While EROT members may be less familiar with comedy, they are no strangers to improvisation. “The transition was pretty easy,”

said senior Tre Flintroy, co-vice president of EROT. “We also do theater and we do our own sketches, so everyone has experience.” The two groups work with contrasting performance material. CHiPs deals with lighthearted affairs while EROT’s work tends toward more complicated, dramatic issues. Whittington said that EROT’s set of talents makes their transition easier. “EROT have such a mastery of their art,” he said. “But the groups are aligned through our experience with performance.” This alignment is expected to attract a large audience and create a dynamic show. “We don’t plug the show very hard, but it’s the biggest crowd we’ll draw all year,” Flintroy said. “Everyone is down to earth but crazy; we have a really good time.” Neither of the groups would disclose the night’s overall theme, but

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they worked together to brainstorm outlines for sketches and games. Whittington said there is some direction, even with improv. “Everyone gets together just to see what the other group’s mission statement is and plan what games we’ll do,” Whittington said. One of the trickier parts was incorporating slam poetry into the sketch formula. “Most of the games are improv ones, but we’ve also got slam poetry ones,” said senior Robert Stephens, director of CHiPs. “We chose the ones that work well with a large group of people.” Both groups said they enjoyed getting the chance to work with each other. “We have a really good thing going this year,” Flintroy said. Contact the Arts Editor at artsdesk@unc.edu.

ou might have noticed we missed something. In our coverage commemorating North Carolina’s 100 seasons of basketball, we’re running the game stories from national championship years — starting today with 1957. That also means that our coverage won’t quite match up with the banners hanging in the Smith Center. We decided just to stick with The Daily Tar Heel’s coverage of national championship games from the NCAA tournament. No NCAA tournament existed in 1924, when Jack Cobb and Cartwright Carmichael led UNC to a perfect 26-0 season. So we elected not to run the story from the Tar Heels’ Southern Conference tournament victory against Alabama in the tournament finals on March 4, 1924. It wasn’t intended to belittle the accomplishments of the 1924 Tar Heels. But since the national title was only awarded retroactively by the Helms Foundation, and there

State 44-9. Cobb’s numberless jersey hangs among the rafters of the Smith Center as well. He was a threetime All-America who averaged 15 points per game. To put that in perspective, UNC averaged only 35 points per game during his Powell Latimer career. sPorts Editor But without a postseason wasn’t any type of encompassing tournament, it’s really hard to post-season tournament, it’s really figure a real national champion. hard for us to run the game story. With restrictions on travel, teams While winning 26 games in a across the country couldn’t play row is an impressive accomplisheach other — a problem that perment in any context, collegiate sisted into the mid-1970s. basketball was different in 1924. Yet it can be safely assumed Since many colleges in the area that the 1924 UNC team was did not have basketball teams, the one of the best of its time, and Tar Heels routinely played local its accomplishments stand up YMCAs and club teams. The 1924 against just about any other Tar team won two games against the Heel squad. Durham Elks club team and one So enjoy the rest of this week’s against the Charlotte YMCA. commemorative articles — some That being said, the 1924 Tar of the best writing ever to print Heels were especially dominant. in the DTH — and also enjoy the They routinely beat teams by interactive timeline we’re putting more than 20 points. online Friday documenting all That includes a stretch at 100 seasons of basketball at UNC. the tail end of the season where UNC beat South Carolina 53-19, Contact Powell Latimer William & Mary 54-16 and N.C. at powell.latimer@gmail.com.

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O’Donnell paces UNC Scrimmage shows promise in Tar Heel invitational By Aaron Taube Staff Writer

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After two days of ups and downs with putting, sophomore Catherine O’Donnell rolled in a birdie on the 12th hole at UNC Finley Golf Course on Sunday to cheers from a nervous crowd. Although she failed to repeat a capture of the individual title at the Tar Heel Invitational, O’Donnell tied for ninth place with Kimberly Kim of the University of Denver at 1-over-par with a 217. “I’d always like to win it again, but the putts just didn’t drop for me this year,” she said. O’Donnell hopes to fight back for the title next year and has also set her sights on obtaining both individual and team victories at a tournament this year. Head coach Jan Mann says that the team’s main focus moving into the rest of the season will be a combination of working on putting and confidence. “At one point (Saturday) I think we were tied for either fourth or fifth. I know we can play with most of these teams out here and

although, again, our performance wasn’t what we wanted, I know that we can do it,” Mann said. North Carolina, ranked 33rd by Golfweek, placed 11th overall as a team at 26-over-par. No. 4 Michigan State led the pack of with a 4-under-par performance of 860. No. 2 Auburn and No. 11 Alabama placed second and third, respectively. Mann attributed the team’s performance to a relatively stable mental game and the team’s ability to hit the ball well. “Well we would have certainly liked to finish better than we did, but the girls put forth a good effort,” Mann said. Senior Kate Thomas shot a 5-over-par and tied for 21st and freshman Courtney Gunter, who was chosen for the 2009 National High School Coaches Association’s Athlete of the Year Team, finished third on the team with 12-overpar. “We had a very strong field here at the Tar Heel Invitational, so we had some great teams,” Mann said. “The competition gets tougher and

Rebecca Kane gave a stellar performance during North Carolina’s Blue vs. White intrasquad meet — and reminded everyone just how much she will be missed while she sits out the first six official meets after an alcohol-related suspension. Kane finished first in the 200yard medley relay, the 200-yard freestyle, the 50-yard freestyle, and the 100-yard freestyle. Her performance helped carry the Blue team to victory in the women’s meet by a score of 145-131. “In my situation, you need to take every opportunity you get to race,” Kane said. “That’s all I had in mind — just going out there and doing the best that I could.” The White team came out victorious on the men’s side, 147-130. Sophomore Steve Cebertowicz led dth/Alyssa Champion the team, winning three races and finishing second in another. Senior Kate Thomas turned in a “I was pretty happy with my per5-over-par performance at the formance today,” he said, noting two-day Tar Heel Invitational for that he has progressed significantly UNC, which finished 11th overall. since this time last year. tougher each year. I want us to just Freshman Carly Smith also keep getting better.” impressed her coaches. Smith was on Kane’s winning 200-yard medley Contact the Sports Editor relay team and also won the 100 and at sports@unc.edu. 200-yard backstroke competitions.

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“If you watch her swim, she goes out hard,” coach Rich DeSelm said. “She’s willing to race early and be out, and if we can get her to learn to race a little better, she might end up with faster times.” In addition to the strong swims from underclassmen, DeSelm was also happy with contributions from some of his veterans. “Chip Peterson, Joe Kinderwater, people like that are always good,” he said of the juniors who finished first and second, respectively, in the 1,000-yard freestyle. “I think our teams are deeper

and more balanced,” he said. Both teams expect to contend for a conference championship, a feat the men haven’t accomplished since the 1997-98 season. “It’s always a goal to try to win ACC tournament, and I think this year, we have probably the best shot we’ve had in a while to do that,” Cebertowicz said. Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.

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of the season and a sorely needed momentum boost. Even though the game was just beginning, WFU’s pregame festivities had put the crowd in a rowdy state. The Demon Deacons had been led onto the field by the Wake mascot — on a motorcycle, no less. “Welcome to the Jungle” blared on the loudspeakers. The Wake crowd and players bobbed and jumped around. “It was great to silence them for a little bit until they got their goal,” Dixon said. “The fans were talking a lot of noise.” Immediately after his goal, though, Dixon didn’t appear to be in the same such spirits. He had collided with Fitzgerald and lay on the ground feeling dizzy. Eventually, he stood up and hobbled over to the corner flag to celebrate. Dixon thought he had suffered a concussion. He hadn’t, but several

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of his teammates would soon find themselves in similarly poor health. Nearly 12 minutes into the second half — with the game now tied at one apiece — midfielder Michael Farfan was taken down, and UNC was awarded a penalty kick. But while all eyes were focused on the call, another Tar Heel midfielder, Cameron Brown, lay in agony just past midfield. After a lengthy delay, Brown was taken off in a stretcher. “We’ve had a lot of injuries this year,” Graye said. “I’d say about half our starting lineup is injured or out for the season. We don’t use that as an excuse.” Still, it would be fair if they did. For later in the second half, the team’s goalkeeper, Brooks Haggerty, hurt his arm and was taken off in a golf cart. Even so, UNC refused to yield. In the overtime periods, Wake (7-2-2) wasn’t afforded many chances and could manage only a tie. And in reality, if either team

could claim stake at a victory — or rather, missed scoring opportunities — it would likely be the Tar Heels. With a porous first half after the Dixon goal, UNC responded with 11 shots in the second stanza. Farfan played brilliantly, finessing several good-looking shots at goal – one of which was a penalty kick score. Twenty minutes into the second half, freshman Enzo Martinez had a one-on-one opportunity with Fitzgerald, but his shot was blocked by a trailing defender. Considering the surroundings, the opponent and the situation, it’s likely a result coach Elmar Bolowich won’t mind taking. “(The outcome) is a credit to those guys,” Bolowich said. “They’re working extremely hard on the pitch, and they’re good players, too. It’s not like we’re throwing chopped meat on the field. We still have a formidable squad.”

“The first one I missed and (Sturdivant) told me I had an opportunity to score, and I was messing up,” Carter said. “When he got one, I was like, ‘I’ve got to get one.’” On the next drive, Carter proceeded to make up for his earlier drop by again jumping a route — a wide receiver screen that Ga. Southern had been running the entire half, and this time holding onto the football when it came to his hands. From there, Carter knew what to do with it. He took it back 41 yards down the sideline, slowing up only when he knew he wouldn’t be caught. His touchdown pushed the score to 35-7 in favor of UNC. In that span of just more than two minutes during the second quarter, there were three drives, three turnovers — and one game over. Davis credited his big men up front for freeing up UNC’s linebackers to make plays in the passing

game. Other than a 45-yard run for a touchdown, Georgia Southern could only muster 50 rushing yards. “One of the things that helped us tonight was the defensive line’s ability to hold the run, which allows you to cheat the box, get more people out of the box to help on throws,” Davis said. North Carolina added two more interceptions late in the game, one by Kendric Burney and another by Gene Robinson. Carter said all the turnovers were a relief to the defense, but added that it’s just only one game. And a game against a Football Championship Subdivision school at that. “We are going to try to continue to do this every week,” Sturdivant said. “Everybody wants a piece of the action.”

The six turnovers were also the most for the team since 1999, when UNC forced six against Duke. “Our mindset going into this game — we talked about it at the hotel — we just need to get turnovers and strip the ball,” Carter said. Robert Quinn forced the first turnover of the game when he dislodged the football from GSU quarterback Lee Chapple on a sack in the first quarter, but it wasn’t until just after Carter’s near-pick that the floodgates opened. On that drive, just four plays later, linebacker Quan Sturdivant ripped the football out of running back Adam Urbano’s hands and scampered 49 yards for a score. Then, just 50 seconds later, another UNC linebacker got into the act. Zach Brown picked off an attempted crossing route to set the Tar Heels’ offense up on the 22-yard line, a position from which UNC easfrom page 12 ily punched it into the endzone. By then, Carter, the only starting they gave us everything we could linebacker without a turnover, was handle,” coach Karen Shelton said. “It wasn’t a pretty game but I’m starting to feel the pressure. delighted that the girls found a way to win.” UNC had to play roughly 16 minfrom page 12 utes into the first half before junior contrast from the team’s past four midfielder Katelyn Falgowski games, where the team went three- would record UNC’s first goal. The play came on a broken corand-out on its first possession in each game. As expected, Yates ner attempt where Falgowski improvised and found an opening on the wanted to change such statistics. And although he completed just right side, giving her enough room 14 of 20 passes for 118 yards and no to take a shot. “It was nice to get that first goal touchdowns, Yates spent most of the second half basking on the bench, and it was obviously off a short corcourteous of a UNC blowout. When ner which is something we work to he was playing, Yates clearly looked get,” Forword said. “It helped even more comfortable than in recent though it was so late.” But Duke quickly scored a goal to weeks, using rollouts and quick notch the game at one a piece. dumpoffs to pick up easy yards. The second half ensued in a simThe only noticeable negative from his day was Yates’ inability to ilar fashion to the first, with many complete the deep ball. Twice, he turnovers and missed opportunithrew out-of-bounds when trying ties. The Tar Heels struggled to find to reach wideouts Erik Highsmith much offense and were busy fendand Greg Little. And with sopho- ing off Duke’s aggressive attackers more Dwight Jones open down the until they were able to draw a penmiddle in the third quarter, Yates alty corner late in the second half. After breaking the huddle, North missed him as well. “I’ve just got to hit some more,” Carolina attempted its corner. The Yates said. “We hadn’t been prac- Tar Heels uncharacteristically strugticing much this week in practice. gled with corners against Duke. But, after a few consecutive Definitely got to work on it a little bit more. Sometimes I was forcing corner chances, Forword found it a little bit, trying to get the ball midfielder Kelsey Kolojejchick at the far post for the game winning downfield. “I missed Greg on a deep one. I tip-in with less than five minutes kind of led him a little too much. remaining. The Tar Heel players rushed On the one with Dwight, I was kind of blinded by the sun and couldn’t Kolojejchick at the top of the scoring circle in jubilation. see him too much.” “Dani did all the work. She did Still, Yates wasn’t the only one forcing passes at times. Georgia such a great job and I was just Southern’s quar terback L ee there,” Kolojejchick said. “It’s good Chapple tossed three interceptions, to get a win at their home field including one that Carter returned because, I don’t know, I like beat41 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter. The turnover was one of six the Tar Heels forced on the day —their from page 12 highest total since 1999. Previously, team was pretty fired up for this, UNC had created just seven in its and we went after them. I think we first five games all season. could have gotten four or five.” Sophomore Robert Quinn sacked Friday night marked the most Chapple in the first quarter to get goals UNC (11-1-1) has scored the turnovers started. The pressure in the first half since its 6-0 win caused a fumble in the process, and against Notre Dame in the fourth on the ensuing play after a UNC game of the year. recovery, Draughn scampered into “Early in the season we were the end zone for a 16-yard touch- starting games like we were shot down and a 14-0 lead. out of a cannon, and we sort of In the second quarter, it was returned to that today,” head coach junior Quan Sturdivant returning Anson Dorrance said. a fumble 49 yards for a touchdown. Jones began the onslaught in And not to be outdone, fellow line- the fifth minute when she handled backer Zach Brown intercepted a the ball off a deflection by teampass on the next Georgia Southern mate Jessica McDonald. She beat possession. a Wolfpack defender and then out“That’s what we try to do every matched the N.C. State keeper in a week really, but it hasn’t been hap- one-on-one, finding the back right pening,” Sturdivant said. “This week corner of the net. it happened, so we’re going to try and “It hit off Jessica’s face,” Jones continue to do that every week.” said. “It was bouncing around a If anything, though, North lot, so I just tried to anticipate it Carolina will likely try to continue off her face. its offensive output most. In recent “Being against the goalkeeper, weeks, Davis had begun to refer- that’s always scary because if you ence the 2000 Baltimore Ravens mess that up, you’re pretty much and their struggles with scoring screwed with the coaches.” offensive touchdowns. He told the Three minutes later, junior midteam that sometimes a team has to fielder Meghan Klingenberg curled find a way to win ugly. her shot past N.C. State keeper For one day, that wasn’t the case. Kim Kern. Freshman Ranee Premji “It’s a positive step — I have to delivered the ball to Klingenberg believe,” Davis said. standing just outside the goalie box, who then found the left side Contact the Sports Editor of the goal. at sports@unc.edu. Junior midfielder Ali Hawkins

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ing them all the time.” North Carolina attempted nine penalty corners but scored on just one of its set corner plays. UNC — typically very dangerous on penalty corners — struggled to control the roll of the ball on Duke’s uneven field surface. “In our defense, I will say that their field is an issue,” Shelton said. “We rely on a consistent surface and I think that, psychologically, didn’t help because we were nervous about the bouncing ball.” North Carolina travels to No. 3 Virginia on Saturday in what should be the team’s most difficult challenge yet, but UNC players weren’t quite ready to move past the victory against Duke just yet. “I’m sorry Dukies when we play you on the field, we’re not there to help you out,” Forword said. Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu. made it a team hat trick in the tenth minute. Hawkins took the corner kick, but the Tar Heels couldn’t break the Wolfpack defense. As the ball squirted out, Hawkins finished what she started, tabbing her fourth goal of the year. “Certainly we were disappointed with the Virginia Tech loss, but I think that was a very positive motivator for us,” Dorrance said. Premji added her second assist of the game in the second half when she found McDonald for her team-leading sixth goal of the season. The 5-foot-2 Premji controlled the ball in a crowd of red jerseys before sending it to a wide-open McDonald to take the lead to 4-0. “Before the game, Anson told me not really to shoot, but more to play-make in the box,” Premji said. “When I got the ball, the first thing I thought was just to pass it.” Premji filled the big shoes of senior midfielder Tobin Heath, who sat out Friday night due to a muscle strain, in her first ever collegiate start. “It was fun playing with the starting lineup,” Premji said. “I thought I did pretty well. It was definitely a confidence builder, and I hope to start in the future.” Premji was not the only one to possibly buy more playing time. Twenty-six Tar Heels saw at least 15 minutes of action Friday. Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.

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North Carolina goes into bye week with win; Florida State upcoming By Chris Hempson Assistant Sports Editor

Ryan Houston knew he could score. With only 10 seconds remaining in the second quarter and North Carolina already up 35-7 against Georgia Southern, the junior running back entered the huddle on the sideline and shared his sentiments. “I just looked at coach (Butch) Davis and was like, ‘Coach, I can get us in there. We’re on the inchyard line. Just put me in there, please. Just let me just run it. I promise you I’ll get in there.” It didn’t take long for Davis to consider Houston’s guarantee. After initially wanting a field goal, he turned to Houston and told the junior to get in there and run it. Houston did just that — easing in to the end zone with his third touchdown of the game, as the Tar Heels blasted the Eagles, 42-12. “This game just really put a

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DTH ONLINE: Check out dailytarheel.com for a photo slideshow of UNC’s win. smile on everybody’s faces,” linebacker Bruce Carter said. “We know we can do better than we’ve been playing lately. We just got to go out there and do what we know we can do.” But for the greater part of two weeks, many onlookers were unsure of what exactly that was. After throwing up offensive clunkers against Georgia Tech and Virginia, scoring seven and three points respectively, UNC found its perfect confidence booster in GSU (3-3). The offense led an 89-yard scoring drive on its first possession, marking the first time the Tar Heels (4-2) have scored on their

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Running back Ryan Houston, top, scored three rushing touchdowns on the afternoon, finally giving defensive tackle Marvin Austin, above, a reason to celebrate. After a week off, the Tar Heels will face the Seminoles of Florida State on Thursday night in Kenan Stadium. initial try all season. “We wanted to come out from Quarterback T.J. Yates com- the gate and throw the ball,” Yates pleted two 14-yard passes to tight said. “Kind of switch it up a little end Ed Barham. Shaun Draughn bit and score on the first drive.” gained 27 yards on the ground. The initial score was a sharp And then came Houston, finishing See FOOTBALL, Page 11 off the drive from 1 yard out.

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The No. 2 Tar Heels had just finished off rival No. 14 Duke for the second time this season in a 2-1 nail-biter. “We haven’t been challenged like that, and we haven’t not scored in the first five (minutes)” Forword said “The lon-

DTH ONLINE: Check out dailytarheel.com to view a slideshow of the game. ger we take to score, the longer Duke is in the game.” The game marked an end to North Carolina’s streak of nine shutout wins that tied the ACC record. The Tar Heels had not scored fewer than three goals

ONLINE: Kelsey Kolojejchick returned from an injury to score the game-winning goal against Duke. since the season opener against Michigan, and gave up its third goal of the season to Duke. “I give all the credit to Duke. I think they came out hungry and more aggressive, and I think

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UNC men’s soccer ﬁghts through injuries for tie

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Entering Friday night’s match at Fetzer Field, N.C. State women’s soccer had allowed three goals in the first half all year. Against North Carolina, that number doubled. UNC scored three goals in the first 10 minutes against the Wolfpack en route to a 5-0 win, effectively bouncing back from its 1-0 loss to Virginia Tech last Sunday — UNC’s first loss of the season. “It’s hard for us to lose, so our next game, we were pretty fired up for this,” sophomore forward Courtney Jones said. “Everyone on the

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DURHAM — At the end of the North Carolina field hockey game against Duke, a mixture of frustration and relief was evident on the face of senior captain Dani Forword.

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When a potential interception bounced off linebacker Bruce Carter’s hands with no player between him and the goal line, the monkey on the North Carolina defense’s back got a little heavier. Coach Butch Davis had talked about it repeatedly during his press conferences. Players had said the lack of them had crept into their heads. And Carter’s drop was another example of not being able to get one. Despite limiting opponents to just more than 250 yards of total

offense this season, good for second in the ACC, North Carolina’s defense simply couldn’t capitalize on turnover chances. Not until Saturday, at least. “That’s the story of the game,” Davis said after UNC’s 42-12 win against Georgia Southern. “You guys have heard me say for two and a half years that the team that gets and makes the most turnovers has the best chance to win, and tonight we got six of them.” The barrage of turnovers nearly doubled the seven turnovers the Tar Heels had gotten in their first five games. UNC hadn’t forced any in its last three games against East Carolina, Georgia Tech and Virginia.

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The Tar Heels blitzed N.C. State in the first half with three goals in 10 minutes. Courtney Jones (84) ignited the flurry with her goal in the fourth minute Friday.

David Rodriguez. Eddie Ababio. Stephen McCarthy. Zach Loyd. And that’s not even counting two more key Tar Heels who were carted off in Friday night’s game at Wake Forest. Yet somehow, someway, the No. 2 UNC men’s soccer keeps finding a way to stay competitive — as it tied the sixth-ranked Demon Deacons 2-2 in double over-

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time. With an offense that has struggled heavily at times, and a defense that boasts only one starter from the beginning of the season, North Carolina (8-1-2) entered an electric atmosphere and scored its quickest goal of the season. “The strategy against Wake Forest is

them early,” defender Jordan Graye said. “I guess we got what we deserved in the beginning of the game.” Two minutes into the contest, sophomore Alex Dixon flicked a bouncing pass by Wake goalie Akira Fitzgerald and into the net. It was Dixon’s second goal

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