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Volume 123, Issue 5

Friday, February 27, 2015

County helps
ONE MORE WEEK
residents
pay
TILL SPRING BREAK heating bills
Residents can apply through the
Department of Social Services.
By Hannah Jaggers
Staff Writer

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(From left to right) Megan Carlin, Sinclair McLean and Sarah Graves build an igloo on the lower quad in front of South Building on Thursday.

Power companies working to restore snowstorm outages

By Holly West
City Editor

Local power companies are

working around the clock to
restore power outages across
the county following the
snowstorm that hit Orange
County late Wednesday night
and early Thursday morning.
As of Thursday evening,
about 2,850 Duke Energy
and Piedmont Electric
Membership Corporation
customers, combined, were
without power in Orange
County.
The Orange County area
was one of the hardest hit by
this storm, said Duke Energy
spokeswoman Rita Sipe.
Were still assessing a lot
of the damage in that area.

Sipe said Duke Energy customers can expect to regain

power by around 11:45 p.m.
Friday.
Richard Mabbott, senior
vice president and chief operating officer for Piedmont
Electric, said restoration
times for his companys customers would vary, but hoped
to have most people back on
the grid by Friday morning.
A lot of the remaining outages are scattered throughout
the county, he said.
Sometimes you fix one bad
pole and one tree and you get
a thousand people back on,
he said. In this case, a lot of
them are for one customer.
Mabbott said Piedmont
Electric has brought in outside crews to assist in restor-

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working throughout the night
to get to everyone as quickly
as possible.
Though the snowstorm
caused power outages, it
did not cause any accidents
on Chapel Hill roadways
Thursday, said Chuck
Quinlan, watch commander
for the Chapel Hill Police
Department.
Quinlan said major roadways were clear by Thursday
afternoon, though some back
roads might still be dangerous.
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Students ask Folt to cut cake, ties

A student group
wants UNC to cut ties
with VF Corporation.
Staff Writer

For Muslim students in NC,

safety concerns heighten
By Sarah Brown
State & National Editor

COURTESY OF RICHARD LINDAYEN

Members of Student Action with Workers baked a cake for
Chancellor Folt to draw attention to the Licensing Labor Code.

companies producing UNClicensed apparel in Bangladesh

were required to sign the
accord in early February, and
all future contracts with companies that make apparel in
Bangladesh will be contingent
on signing the accord.
But VF Corporation was
not required to sign the
accord because it assured the
University and the Collegiate
Licensing Company it has not
produced collegiate-licensed
products in Bangladesh since
December 2013.
Matt Fajack, vice chancellor for finance and administration, gave a statement
about SAWs efforts to get the
University to cut ties with VF
Corporation on Wednesday.
The University of North

Carolina at Chapel Hill is

proud to continue its commitment to worker safety
by requiring licensees that
make UNC-logoed apparel in
Bangladesh sign the accord,
the statement said.
Fajack said the University
acknowledges it can do little to
change working conditions in
Bangladesh but understands
SAWs concerns.
Lindayen said even though
VF Corporation does not
produce collegiate-licensed
apparel in Bangladesh, it
could still do so elsewhere
under similar conditions or
find loopholes in its contract.
There are no changes in the
contract. There are no changes

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CHAPEL HILL SHOOTING

Students say theyve felt more

insecure since the shooting.

By Victoria Mirian
Members of Student
Action with Workers greeted
Chancellor Carol Folt with a
homemade cake Feb. 16.
SAW presented the cake to
Folt in order to draw attention
to VF Corporations violation
of the licensing labor code.
The University has an apparel
contract with VF Corporation.
The gift included a note that
read, Cut VF and this cake!
The group said VF
Corporation has a history of
providing wages below living standards and violating
health and safety agreements.
What we did was a way
to say to Chancellor Folt that
we know whats going on,
we dont like it, and wed like
for you to enforce the labor
code that the University
has in place and cut VF
Corporation, said SAW member Richard Lindayen.
Members of SAW want the
University to cut ties with VF
Corporation because it has not
signed the Accord on Fire and
Building Safety in Bangladesh.
The Accord on Fire and
Building Safety in Bangladesh
regulates worker safety in the
countrys garment industry. All

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Freshmen Grace Baldridge and Emily
Imes make a snowman on Thursday.
Classes were canceled for the day.

Low-income residents in Orange County can

now get help to feel the warmth during the cold
winter months.
Orange County announced Monday that it
would be accepting applications for the Low
Income Energy Assistance Program, which will
help residents pay for heating costs.
The program provides a one-time cash deposit
that is usually received in February of each year.
The payment goes directly to the utility vendor
and is credited to the residents bill.
Orange County Commissioner Mark Dorosin
said the program is essential.
Its not a luxury, and if people are unable
to provide that themselves, then I think its the
responsibility of the government and the county to
help them access those resources, Dorosin said.
Commissioner Barry Jacobs said access to a
warm home leads to better functionality.
People function better if theyre able to function comfortably, Jacobs said.
Eligibility and the amount of monetary assistance will be evaluated by a caseworker for each
applicant, according to a press release. Eligibility
is based on a number of factors, including income,
family size and age. A family of four typically must
make less than $31,000 and have less than $2,250
in household savings in order to be eligible.
Dorosin said its imperative Orange County
remains aware of the need.
Orange County is a very wealthy county, and we
tend to forget that there are tremendous needs and
substantial poverty amidst the wealth, Dorosin
said. Its critical that we address those needs.
To apply for the program, residents must have
verification of all income received during the
previous month and a utility bill for the heating
source.
Jacobs said families in need often have to make
difficult choices and sacrifice some needs for others.
A lot of times theyre elderly, or theyre a family thats trying to make ends meet, Jacobs said.
Its not that they dont want to be warm, they
just have to do things like pay the rent, buy food,
buy fuel for their cars to get to work. So some
things take priority over heat, and its a tough
choice, especially on days like weve been having.
Dorosin said he hopes the program will shed
light on other issues faced by low-income residents.
As folks participate in the program and
engage with the county, well be able to determine
if there are other needs that they have and be able
to coordinate other resources that might be able
to provide assistance, Dorosin said.
Its part of having a safety net for people who
need a hand.

Duke University senior Safa al-Saeedi

remembers the morning after three Muslim
students lost their lives Feb. 10 in Chapel Hill.
As she got ready for class, she was tying her
hijab, the traditional headscarf worn by many
women who practice Islam. The act is familiar
to her but on that day, it felt different.
The headscarf became heavier, she said.
My identity was always, for me, a source of
pride, but now it has become a question.
It remains unclear whether the shooting of Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha and
Razan Abu-Salha was motivated by animosity toward Islam. But the event has sparked
concern among many Muslim students in
North Carolina about their safety on and
off campus particularly students like alSaeedi who wear their faith visibly.
Shamira Lukomwa, president of UNCs
Muslim Students Association, said she has
felt targeted at UNC due to her religion. As a
freshman, she was waiting for the P2P when
several men drove past in a car, rolled down
their windows and shouted derogatory language about the Prophet Muhammad.
In light of the shooting, she said she feels
less safe on and off campus. Shes advised her
friends, especially students who wear the hijab,
not to walk alone at any time of day.
I just dont feel necessarily safe, or I
feel like people are kind of staring at me,
she said. I definitely just cant do the same

things I did before.

Jasmin Balcazar-Romero, president of
the MSA at East Carolina University, also
wears the hijab. She said she usually walks in
public with her friends, which makes her feel
relatively safe on and off campus.
Still, sometimes her hijab brings unwanted
attention from other students, making her
tentative about raising her hand in class and
walking around at night. Shes been more conscious of the attention over the last two weeks.
You feel like you stand out when you have
the scarf, she said.
The increased fear stretches beyond students who choose to wear the hijab or another
icon of Islam, such as a long beard or a kufi.
I did sense a lack of security in the larger
Muslim community here, said Rasheed
Alhadi, vice president of Dukes MSA. You
dont ever really know whats coming, or
whos out there.
Safa Kaleem, publicity chairwoman for
Dukes MSA, said she has fresh worries about
living off campus this summer.
Its been a real roller coaster, being
Muslim in America, she said. Its been, I
feel very comfortable to I feel very unsafe.
Since the shooting, parents of some female
Muslim students have told them to take off
the hijab, Balcazar-Romero added.
Ive heard of some parents telling their
kids, Dont wear it, just wear a hoodie or
something that doesnt really show that
youre Muslim, Balcazar-Romero said.
(Parents) have concerns theyre
scared, and rightfully so, said Ali Sajjad,
president of N.C. State Universitys MSA.

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WOMENS BASKETBALL: NORTH CAROLINA 72, VIRGINIA 70

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It had been three minutes and 58 seconds since

the North Carolina womens basketball team had
scored against Virginia on Thursday night.
Before the games final play, that is.
In that time the No. 15 Tar Heels had watched
a nine-point lead slip right through their fingers.
Virginia guard Mikayla Venson penetrated, spun
around her defender and finished the floater in the
lane to tie the game at 70 with 21 seconds left.
With time winding down, sophomore Allisha
Gray drove to the basket and missed the layup
high off the glass. Overtime seemed likely, but not
if sophomore Stephanie Mavunga had anything to
say about it.
One thing I dont like, I dont really like
going into overtime, Mavunga said. I like winning in regulation.
And win in regulation is exactly what she did
for her team. Mavunga collected the Gray miss
and hit the shot to give the Tar Heels (23-6, 10-5
ACC) a 72-70 lead as time expired.
As Mavungas teammates jumped from the
bench to mob her and celebrate, the referees
checked to see if Mavungas shot had left her
hand before the buzzer. There was no doubt in
one of her teammates minds, though.
When they went to review the play, I already
knew it was going in, said senior Brittany
Rountree.
Mavungas shot gave Rountree exactly what
she wanted on her Senior Night a win.
I just didnt want to lose on Senior Night and
neither did anyone else, Rountree said. Just
winning for my team was set in stone for me.
It wasnt all smiles on Senior Night though,
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Top of the Hills Back Bar

will be throwing it back starting on Thursday.
The bar is launching a
series of themed nights,
which will include throwback
cocktails, snacks, party favors
and music from the 90s and
early 00s.
TOPO owner Scott
Maitland said he and event
coordinator Molly Drake routinely come up with new ideas
for the restaurant.
So just like trivia night
was something that, you
know, a staff member came
up with many years ago,
Molly came up with throwback night, he said.
Back Bar is located under
Top of the Hill restaurant and
Bar and is connected to the
Franklin Street establishment.
The idea of ThrowBack
Bar was born during homecoming weekend this year,
Drake said.
When we did the alumni
mixer for homecoming weekend this year, we had a DJ in
Back Bar and a band in the
Great Room. And the band
in the Great Room was playing music geared toward like
80s, 70s and 80s and the DJ
in Back Bar was playing like
early 2000 stuff, she said. It
went on really well, and it was
a cool idea.
The idea also came from
the Throwback Thursday
photo trend on Facebook,
Maitland said.
Because Facebook does
Throwback Thursday, we
thought, Hey, we should do
ThrowBack Bar, he said.

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The womens basketball team swarms Stephanie Mavunga after her buzzer beater to beat UVa. 72-70.

the game, falling behind to Virginia (16-12, 6-9)

by as many as 12 points with 11 minutes and 52
seconds remaining in the first half.
Ive been doing this what, 40 years? said Coach
Sylvia Hatchell. This is pretty typical for Senior
Night. It happens almost every time. The first few
minutes, especially if you have a lot of seniors like
we did, people are caught up in the emotions and
all that, but we had to sort of settle down.
It took an early timeout to calm the players.
I said, Look, I told you they were going to
come out ready to play. The game has started.
Senior Night is over. We need to step it up here,
Hatchell said. I didnt chew them out, I just tried
to get them to get things picked up a little bit.
The Tar Heels responded with a 15-0 run
starting a minute after UVa.s 12-point lead.
But on a night when Mavunga was the hero,
it was the senior who earned the coachs praise.

TOPO Back Bar

throws it back
Back Bar is hosting decade-themed
nights this semester.

And people are already doing

throwbacks on Thursday,
were just about to leverage it
quite well.
Maitland said he was
already excited about a new
themed night.
People should come and
raise the roof, he said.
Drake said she has received
feedback from TOPOs staff
but hasnt heard responses
from residents or students
yet. She said she hopes people
will be excited.
Its been really positive.
Our staff are at least already
excited to come and bring
their friends, she said.
Back Bar already has trivia
nights on Wednesdays and
Science Cafe on the first
Wednesday of the month,
Maitland said.
Spencer Baily, firstyear masters student in
the TransAtlantic Masters
Program, said he goes to the
Back Bar twice a month.
I like it because its just a
bar that has things you can do
like darts and pool. So I enjoy
that aspect, he said.
Baily said he hadnt yet
heard about ThrowBack Bar,
but he would be interested in
attending.
Ill probably be willing to
try out, he said.
He said he thought the bar
would get a good response
from students.
Drake said she would also
like to interact with student
groups to help drive business.
Maitland said he didnt
know what he would do in the
future for the restaurant and
bar because theyre always
coming up with new ideas.
So right now, we focus on
making Throwback Thursday
a great success and also keep
our existing programming at
a high level, he said.
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for more on sophomore forward Stephanie
Mavungas game-winning performance
against Virginia on Thursday.

Rountree stopped guarding UVa.s highest

scorer on the night, Faith Randolph, due to
foul trouble, but with the game on the line, she
wanted the tough assignment.
Hatchell let Rountree face-guard Randolph,
just like the senior wanted. It went exactly as
Rountree planned.
We put (Rountree) on (Randolph) and faceguarded her and didnt let her get the ball,
Hatchell said. That was major. That was as big
as (Mavungas shot). I want to give credit where
credit is due.
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Armed with club status, bass

fishers ready to compete
The UNC bass fishing
team officially became a
club team in December.
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For sophomore Scott Ellington, fishing is a family affair.

The first time I went fishing was
with my mom, he said. I later got my
dad into it, and it became a great opportunity to bond with my family.
Ellington has been fishing recreationally for most of his life, but he can now
do it competitively with the formalization of the UNC bass fishing team.
Ellington is the president of the
team, which was approved for club
team status in December and will begin
its first official season during fall 2015.
He has been pursuing the teams official
status for two years.
My freshman year I wanted to
take a new step and leave my mark on
this school, which is hard because its
a big university and Im a small fish,
Ellington said.
Senior Steve Smith, the teams vice
president, joined the team this year
and has been working with local sponsors to get equipment for competitions,
including a team boat from Ranger
Boats in Lexington.
In the past, weve really been relying
on members to provide their own boats,
but with this partnership we can get a
team boat that can be passed on and
relied on, Smith said.
The team is also partnering with
Carolina Custom Rods in New Bern
and Taylor Mans Custom Lures in
Reidsville, N.C.
We want to keep it local and small
for now, Smith said. We want to
build an interest and investment with
the community.
As an organization, they competed
in one competition last year, but they
hope to compete in at least five in the
coming year.
This sport is turning into a national
phenomenon, Smith said. Weve got a
team of dedicated guys who really want
to build something great.
They are set to use University Lake

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Steve Smith (left) and Scott Ellington are
vice president and president, respectively, of the UNC bass fishing team.

in Chapel Hill to practice, and they are

finalizing an agreement with Orange
County to use the lake during the off
season, when it is typically closed to
the public.
Weve also committed to keeping
the lake healthy, so well be cleaning the
lake after practices and releasing all the
fish we catch, Ellington said. We really
care about the conservational aspect of
the environments were training in.
Sophomore Anderson Tran has been
involved with the team since its inception and has been competing individually since he was in high school.
When I first started doing tournaments at home it was scary, but now its
just exciting to see everyone around me
and see what everyone can do, he said.
Theres always going to be someone with
nicer equipment, but its not about that.
The team members practice individually and log their hours to meet a
minimum, but they come together for
competitions.
Were all trying to learn and build a
team together to get better, Smith said.
Were all in the same boat.
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on the ground in Bangladesh,

Lindayen said. Its just kind
of a way of acting like theyve
done something nice, but they
really havent.
UNC spokeswoman Tanya
Moore said Folt, Fajack
and Vice Chancellor for
Workforce Strategy, Equity
and Engagement Felicia
Washington plan to meet with
SAW to discuss the issue.
We are glad that
Chancellor Folt is moving
in the right direction and
that she has encouraged
the accord. But its just not
enough, Lindayen said. We
want to see more progress.

Jeff McCracken, chief of

the UNC Department of
Public Safety, said hes been
in contact with UNCs MSA
and assured the group that
the department will offer any
support that Muslim students
feel they need.
He said DPS officers have
taken the heightened concerns into account, though
the Chapel Hill Police
Department is handling the
investigation of the shooting.
It doesnt look like the crime
was hate-motivated at this
point, he said.
I understand because
these three individuals were
Muslims, there is a sense that
there is something going on

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targeting that group, he said.

At this point, theres nothing
in the investigation to say that.
At Duke, there has been
increased security around the
Center for Muslim Life when
students are meeting there,
al-Saeedi said.
Naqash Choudhery, president of UNC-Charlottes MSA,
said though he thinks UNC-C
is generally a safe campus for
Muslims, he thinks rampedup security is a good idea.
Whenever something
tragic like this happens, you
always have to take precautions just to be safe, he said.
Everyones just a little on
their toes.
Despite an atmosphere
of uncertainty in the shootings aftermath, Sajjad said
he knows of young Muslim

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women who have been asked

by parents to remove their
scarves and have refused.
Religion is key in their way
of living, and so they want to
keep it next to their heart and
keep it on their sleeves and
wear it proudly, he said.
Balcazar-Romero said she
has friends at ECU who have
put on the hijab for the first
time since the shooting.
Raising awareness about
Islam and combating its stereotypes, she said, are two of
her key goals for the rest of
the semester.
Sajjad said he wants to
advocate against portrayals
in the media that often associate all Muslims with terrorist groups.
Those people might represent themselves as Muslims,

My identity was always, for me, a source of

pride, but now it has become a question.
Safa al-Saeedi,
Duke University senior

but they dont represent

Islam, he said.
For Sajjad, part of the
process of moving forward
involves steps to educate the
N.C. State community and
law enforcement about Islam.
He said area police plan to
sponsor a workshop for officers in May centered on perceptions of the religion.
Sajjad said he hopes
Muslim students who feel
theyve been targeted will
report it to the police.
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The Daily Tar Heel

Friday, February 27, 2015

Lane finds new family with Tar Heels

Even as a freshman,
the gymnast is
achieving at UNC.
By Kayleigh Payne
Staff Writer

With the music blaring

and enthusiastic yells echoing
through the gym, the North
Carolina gymnastics team
flips, spins and defies gravity
with apparent ease.
Amid this mix of sweat and
power is freshman gymnast
Morgan Lane.
At meets, the freshman
is a top competitor, blowing
away expectations and opponents. Here she is a part of
the team here she is a
part of the family.
Cheering on her teammates as they stick a difficult
landing, watching the tape
to critique her performance
and sitting surrounded by her
team at the end of practice,
Lane is an important part of
the family that is Tar Heel
gymnastics.
She wouldnt be a part
of this family, though, if it
werent for her family back
home.

One family, one team

Originally from
Columbus, Indiana, Lane
began gymnastics classes
at the age of 2, following in
her older sisters footsteps.
Her family had already been
involved with gymnastics
because her two older sisters
competed in the sport.
Neither of her sisters
competes at the varsity collegiate level now one is a
member of Kentuckys club
team but they continue to
encourage and support her
whenever it is possible.
My sisters have made a
ton of effort throughout club
and this year to come to my
meets if they can, Lane said.
Even if it is really difficult to
get here, they find a way.
These close family bonds
are what make her a good
North Carolina teammate

and competitor.
Although gymnastics can
appear to be a highly individual sport, it requires a
tight knit team of women to
support and encourage each
other. This is especially true
at the college level.
Senior gymnast Haley
Watts knows from experience.
Coming as a freshman,
that can be the most difficult
thing realizing that it isnt
about you as an individual,
Watts said. Morgan has done
such a good job adapting.
Prior to coming to UNC,
Lane rarely competed with
people at the same age or
talent level.
In high school, she decided
to continue competing in club
gymnastics rather than play
for the school team. Although
it can become lonely, club
gymnastics is much more
competitive and is the key to
getting recruited by colleges.
It was more I was on my
own, Lane said. It was me
and my coaches. It was kind
of difficult to push myself.
The environment at North
Carolina is a drastic change
from that. Competing for the
Tar Heels means more than
simply competing for the
school name bedazzled across
her leotard. It means competing for a team.
And that is exactly what
Lane has done.
Junior gymnast Lexi
Cappalli has no doubt Lanes
attitude and talent will lead
to continued success at the
collegiate level.
She is a great teammate
and is always willing to do
whatever you want her to do,
Cappalli said. She is so good
at everything she does.
So far, that positive attitude has translated to success
on the mats as well.

Early results
Coach Derek Galvin
expressed how promising
Lanes season has been so far.
She is performing at a
very high level right now,
Galvin said. Her technique
and execution and the skills

she has are all very good.

Lanes talent has also been
noticed outside of UNC.
She has been recognized by
the NCAA-affiliated East
Atlantic Gymnastics League
(EAGL), already receiving
the EAGL Rookie of the
Week Award four times this
season. Eight universities
from four different conferences compete in this league.
But it isnt only fellow
rookies Lane is competing
against and beating. She
has taken first place allaround the previous three
meets in a row, edging out
older and more experienced
competitors. Of the seven
UNC meets to date, she has
taken home first place in
four of them.
Yet through this, she never
loses focus of what is important: the team.
Stepping up to receive
first place all-around honors
at the most recent home
meet against Georgia,
Lane first reached down
and hugged her teammates
who tied for second place
all-around: Watts and fellow freshman Kaitlynn
Hedelund.
Watts said Lanes sense of
what it means to be a part of a
team is what makes her such
a tough competitor at the collegiate level.
She is always so quick
to remind everyone it is all
about the team, Watts said.
But it is impossible for Lane
to not stand out as an individual. Being such an impressive gymnast in her freshman
year has brought with it welldeserved attention.
Her coach is impressed but
not surprised with how well
Lane has done in her first season with the team.
Morgan has had such a
wonderful start to her college career, Galvin said.
But we knew before she
came to Carolina that she
was a talented athlete and a
very bright student.
Her talent not only lies in
how she executes at meets,
but how she is focused on
improving every step of the

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Spotlight

way.
In the first meet of
her collegiate career she
received a 38.375 all-around
score, good for fourth place.
Since then she has continually improved.
At the most recent quad
meet against N.C. State,
Rutgers, and Kent State, she
notched an all around score
of 39.275 almost a full
point higher than her first
score, placing her in first.
Knowing that Lane has
an unwavering focus on
improvement is important to
her teammates.
When it is her time to
compete, I know she is going
to go out there and hit it,
Watts said. Which is an
amazing thing to say about a
freshman.

Just the beginning

Lane is aware of the
attention and expectations
surrounding her, and she
loves it.
Coming (to North
Carolina) and having the
team atmosphere and always
having someone there to
push me it is just amazing, Lane said. I want to
get the most out of (UNC)
that I can.
Enjoy every minute of it.
With a strong start to this
season and three years at
North Carolina ahead of her,
there is no doubt Lane has a
bright future.
She will continue to compete for and with her
UNC gymnastics family.

DTH/KATIE WILLIAMS
Freshman gymnast Morgan Lane performs on the beam on Feb.
7 during a meet against William & Mary in Carmichael Arena.

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great performances around campus. He also
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Priyanka, the former president of the GAC,

takes pride in diversity, which has driven her
to be an exemplary member of the community.
She has danced on Tarheel Raas, and is
currently dancing on Opeyo! Dance Company
under the Black Student Movement. She is the
Publicity Chair for the Carolina Hispanic
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HANDLE OF JACK
Jackie OShaughnessy describes
a typical snow day at UNC.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

Perhaps Roy Williams should spend less time

chastising his fans for being asleep at games
and turn his attention to his own team

Henry Gargan

ts been a tough week for

me. No, I dont want your
pity really. Its fine. Hear
me out.
On Monday, I lost my wallet.
Convinced that it was lost for
good, I went ahead and dropped
$20 on a new One Card and
drivers license. A few hours
later, I found the wallet hiding
on my desk at work.
On Tuesday, I got into a
minor car accident in the snow
on the way to my 8 a.m. To
Liberty Mutual Insurance, Id
like to stress just how minor
this was. But to you, readers, Id
like you to imagine a terrifying
event, one for which Chancellor
Folt, and Chancellor Folt alone,
deserves the blame.
Finally, on Wednesday
night, as snow fell, I ended
up staying at a friends house
into the early morning. I
was offered the couch, but I
decided to walk home anyway.
Thirty minutes of walking
later, close to 3 a.m., I arrived
home with a nearly-dead
phone battery to find we had
no electricity. Lovely.
Now its Thursday morning.
The powers on, at least, but Im
still in bed, afraid of what might
befall me should I venture out,
but perhaps even more afraid of
what will happen if I dont.
I suffer from no small
amount of snow anxiety, or
Sno-MO, which Ive defined as
the fear that all your friends are
out sledding, making snowmen
and being jolly while you watch
Netflix and grump around the
house waiting for it all to melt.
This feeling has its roots in
my natural tendency toward the
Fear of Missing Out, or FOMO,
but also in the way that snow
takes away the structured parts
of life that many people, myself
included, rely upon for continued validation and security.
On a snow day, our social
structures break down.
Proximity takes on a distressing importance, just as it did
in your neighborhood as a kid.
And out where I live, in deepest Carrboro, its easy to feel a
little isolated.
Without classes to go to or
the opportunity to prove myself
by picking up heavy things at
the SRC, its hard to figure out
how Ill derive my value in this
new polar paradigm. Im able
to entertain myself for a while,
but my mind always wanders to
all of the productive things Ive
been putting off that I really
should be using this day to do.
For a long time, my model
for happiness has been to figure
out the circumstances, people
and activities that make me the
happiest and immerse myself in
them as often as possible.
But snow days hint at the
need to cultivate a form of
contentment less dependent
on the ability to control my
surroundings. By stripping me
of those comforting arrangements by which I define my
well-being, they test my ability to live with, rather than in
spite of, myself.
Its an ability that might
teach me the patience to look
a little harder for my wallet
(or learn to go a day without
it), to stay off the roads even if
it means missing class, and to
understand that my personal
safety might be worth more
than the predictable security of
sleeping in my own bed.
If this snow day has taught
me anything, its that I need
to learn to let go. Maybe thats
what Elsa was singing about.

The Daily Tar Heel

EDITORIAL

Dazed and confused

The Democrats
strategy must be
developed further.

his past weekend, Democrats

released the preliminary findings from
the Democratic Victory
Task Force, a committee
designed to analyze the
source of the partys recent
troubles and formulate a
solution to solve them.
Given the partys lackluster results in Novembers
midterms, the very creation
of this task force should be
seen as a step in the right
direction. But Democrats
should hope the task force
presents something more
substantive than the rhetoric on display in the preliminary findings.
The document is filled
with morally sound but
realistically meaningless
lines like, As Democrats,
we believe in an economy
where hard work is
rewarded, where everyone
pays his or her fair share
and plays by the rules.
Thats fantastic, except,
of course, for the fact that
most Republicans would
probably say the same
things about themselves.
While there are certain objectives that
both Republicans and
Democrats purportedly
wish to achieve bolstering the middle class, for

example the policies

each party would prescribe
are usually dissimilar.
And Democrats must
not be reticent to delineate these differences.
If they are, then they
simply shouldnt be running in the Democratic
Party, for they are confounding the partys already
incoherent message.
Instead, Democrats
must be more explicit in
stating what policies they
will enact, how their policies will help voters and
why each policy is superior to alternatives.
Intriguingly, the task
force recommends a
values-based narrative
and a common set of core
values.
Though it is true that
the Democratic Party
would benefit from the
unification of its various sects, such a solution
should not compromise
the interests of the constituencies that have called
the party home for at least
the past few decades.
If these interests are
compromised, the disarray present within the
Democratic Party will
transform into a deepening schism.
But perhaps its most
overlooked problem is the
relationship between the
national Democratic Party
and its state parties.
The issue is addressed

in the findings, but the

offered solution is so facile
and devoid of definitive
goals that the task force
might as well not have
talked about it.
Given the current shape
of state politics in North
Carolina and elsewhere,
it is becoming apparent
that national and state
Democratic parties must
change their organizational
structures to enable clearer
communication between
their varied operations.
The Democratic Party
in North Carolina is infamously disorganized and
fractured. It has failed to
come up with any coherent strategy to counter
the advances made by
Republicans in the state,
instead offering a muddled
message. Patsy Keever, the
state partys new chairwoman, should be given
a chance to improve the
party, but she will need to
offer a clear and specific
strategy that does not shy
away from the partys
stated ideals.
Concerned Democrats
will have to dig deeper
than the findings presented by the task force.
The party must make
clear what it stands for by
acting on it. Currently, it
is clear to all what most
Republicans stand for:
fiscal and social conservatism. So, Democrats, what
do you stand for?

EDITORIAL

Cat videos for all!

Net neutrality will
preserve internets
democratic ideal.

he FCCs decision to
approve net neutrality and protect an
open internet is a historical victory for broadband
communication, consumer
protection and, broadly,
freedom of speech.
The alternative, or paid
prioritization, would have
allowed internet service
providers to act as gatekeepers for access. ISPs
would have the power to
speed up or slow down
broadband service based
on customers differentiated service fees and the
content they attempt to
access.
This decision is in accordance with the best values
of a democratic society
where every person is
given an equal opportunity to access information.
Todays internet, which has
become a near necessity for
most people, should not be
a pay-to-play system.
Detractors say the FCC
is overstepping its fed-

eral mandate and using an

obsolete reclassification
method, Title II of the
Telecommunications Act,
first passed in 1934. Verizon
Wireless went so far as
to issue a press release in
typewriter-style text to display its displeasure with the
antiquated nature of the
decisions foundation. The
company titled the press
release FCCs Throwback
Thursday Move Imposes
1930s Rule on the Internet.
Title II was designed to
limit a predictable pattern
of large communications
companies having total
control over consumer
barriers to entry. This was
the FCCs role in the early
telecommunications era,
and it is appropriately
applied today against the
same threat in the information age.
Service providers seem
to assume that the right to
monetize web content and
the right to differentially
regulate access to that
content itself both belong
to them. Of course, proprietors have every right
to make money through
web commerce, but those

providing access to that

marketplace should not be
entitled to influence the
way we interact with it.
This decision in favor of
neutrality can help innovators and entrepreneurs
within the UNC community and the Triangle area.
Startups, rightly assuming
the internet to be a public utility, can build their
business concepts around
that assumption without
worrying that ISPs could
interfere and discriminate
against their customer
base in the future.
Market-changing innovators such as Netflix will
not have to bow to the
powers of access held by
the ISPs. Detractors will
pitch todays decision as
one which limits innovation. We believe it does the
opposite.
Conceiving the internet as a public utility
promotes diverse knowledge and informationsharing. Allowing providers to limit access to certain types of content and
promote access to others
gives them undue power
over this process.

TO THE EDITOR:
I wholeheartedly agree
with Ishmael Bishop. The
manipulation of the phrase
Black Lives Matter exemplified the narrow-mindedness of those who found fault
with it and proceeded to
treat it as a fill-in-the-blank.
To them, the ideal of
equality was thrown out
the window as a supposedly
higher value was placed
on one group. They tried
to empathize within the
constraints constructed by
their own experiences and
thus, while interpreting the
new information of police
brutality and hyper criminalization of young Black
males, they imposed their
rigid and different standpoints onto a movement
that really had nothing to
do with them.
Yes, one can sympathize
for those who were wrongfully persecuted. Yes, one can
desire change of political and
social structures in order to
confront injustices. Yes, one
can voice approval of actions
taken by groups who seek to
resist and defeat oppression.
However, what one can do
is not equivalent to knowing,
feeling, living what Black
males and their families
experience. We are limited,
but lets not be discouraged
by our restricted capacities.
Rather, lets embrace our
boundaries by respecting
them rather than infringing
upon them. At the end of
the day, we can shout ourselves hoarse in support, but
the only voice that will ring
loud and clear will belong to
the oppressed. We can stand
in solidarity, but we cannot
stand in shoes that were not
ours to begin with.
Seyoung Oh, 18
Sociology and Womens
and Gender Studies

Article about protest

was one-sided picture
TO THE EDITOR:
In the article titled,
Residents protest predatory
billing, I noticed that there
was no input or rebuttal to
the conflict by the General
Services Corporation, who is
responsible for the increase
in water prices.
The article describes the
issue of rising water prices
and residential reactions,
but it does not make an
effort to dig deeper into why
this issue has come up in
the first place. The article is
incomplete and would enjoy
understanding the specifics
of the issue with understanding the other side of the
argument by GSC.
Perhaps the story would
be completed through an
interview with a lead worker
or an example of a water bill
broken down and analyzed.
The Daily Tar Heel could
reconcile this article by posting a follow-up article in a
later issue, detailing new
evidence.
James Schap, 18
Mathematical Decision
Sciences

Kvetching board
kvetch:
v.1 (Yiddish) to complain
Every time the University
goes into Condition 2, I
hear Student safety is
important. Staff safety is
not. Love, Carolina.
Look, Carol, I can understand why you wouldnt
take a hard stand against
tuition hikes and institutionalized racism and
sexual assault and athletic
scandals and the BOG,
but failing to cancel class
Tuesday was TOO FAR.
The roads might not be
salty right now, but I am.
Why am I in class right
now?
Ill never name my kid
Carol because every time I
say the name in my head,
its in an exasperated and
scolding tone, and then I
have to walk to class in the
snow.
Hey Obama, please take
care of global warming,
police violence, the BOG
and State fans. Also make
Parks & Rec come back.
Thank u.
For the love of all things
holy, why arent Word
default margins one inch?
Sincerely, every student
ever.
To the frat star pricing
boats in my American
Studies class: GTFO, bro.
Petition for Al Roker to
be our new chancellor.
At least he can tell the
weather.
If you only feel safe driving
15 mph in the snow, and
you also feel compelled to
turn on emergency flashers, perhaps you should
not drive and just stay at
home.
To my friend, your Monday morning email with
an itinerary titled its the
freaking weekend is keeping me going. Thanks for
the five-day anticipation.
Dear Campus Health, its
nice that you make people
wear masks. However, they
dont work if you dont
wear them properly. (Im
talking to YOU, girl whose
nose was dripping outside
of her upside-down mask.)
Just wondering. Is Jay
Smith getting his piece
of the Willingham settlement?
Pro tip to the first-year
changing in the hallway of
Fetzer before LFIT: locker
rooms are downstairs.
To the art students who
had to saran wrap their entire partners body: Whats
next in your B613 training?
Huck would be proud.
Just in: Carol Folt seen
tripping on ice curses
Mary Willingham. Oops,
bad habit.
Okay. I admit it. We lost to
State. I am a Tar Hole.
:(
That dress is most definitely gold.
Yall are crazy. That dress is
blue. #teamblackandblue.
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sentence entries to
opinion@dailytarheel.com,
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