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MEDLIN WINS BIG

arts | page 3
ON HER OWN
First-chair violinist Cynthia
Burton will solo for the first
time with the UNC Symphony
Orchestra at a concert tonight
that will benefit scholarships
for incoming music students.
She will play Tchaikovsky.

city | page 3
GAGA FOR GOOGLE
Chapel Hill residents want
Google to locate a proposed
experimental fiber-optic
Internet network in town. The
company is asking interested
cities for applications.
arts | page 3
FUTURE VISIONS
Robert Bach, Microsoft division
president and UNC alumnus,
spoke about his vision of the
future of entertainment and
technology Tuesday as part of
Hogan Medlin celebrates his overwhelming victory Tuesday with Michelle Healy, one of his campaign managers.
Defeats Shah in runo≠ vote
by an overwhelming margin
By Stephanie Bullins And ANdy Thomason
Staff Writers
Hogan Medlin won the student body president run-
off election Tuesday night, maintaining his status as the
election’s front-runner when he swept to a substantial
victory over Shruti Shah.
Medlin received 61 percent of the vote, while Shah
received 39 percent. All results are preliminary until
the Board of Elections certification, which must occur
by Saturday.
Medlin’s election marks the end of a race character-
ized by a lack of surprises — he has been planning his
bid since his freshman year, was the front-runner head-
ing into the race and gathered 44 percent of the general
election vote in comparison to Shah’s 16 percent.
The president-elect said he was not expecting such
a large margin of victory and was stunned by the show
dth/ANDREW JOHNSON
Shruti Shah
39%
of support from students.
“The percentage and number of votes is inspiring and
truly supportive,” Medlin said.
Medlin said he hopes to use the support to make his
administration an organization more representative of
the student body.
“That’s what I want to channel,” he said. “We’ve got Hogan Medlin
61%
the support. Now let’s act on it.”
At least 5,499 votes were cast in this election, a drop
from the 9,513 votes cast in last year’s runoff, which also
included a contentious fee referendum.
Medlin’s election means he will serve as the student
body’s chief voice to the administration and have a
chance to influence issues such as tuition, Greek affairs,
budget cuts and the academic future of the University.
His vision for student government was where he dif- DTH ONLINE: Listen as the election results are
fered most from his opponent. Throughout the election, announced and hear from Hogan Medlin about his
Medlin has emphasized his belief that a larger student plans at dailytarheel.com/multimedia.
government will allow more voices to be heard, in con-
trast to Shah’s call to downsize the organization to pro-
SOURCE: BOARD OF ELECTIONS
See MEDLIN, Page 5 DTH/CHRISTINE HELLINGER

Carrboro Latinos get new advocate

the Collaborations: Humanities,
Arts & Technology festival. The
festival lasts through Saturday.

El Centro Hispano Hispano will replace Carrboro’s

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CELEBRATION
Several student organizations
got together Tuesday to learn
about Haitian culture and raise
money for a UNC charity that
benefits the relief efforts in
the country as part of “Selebre
Haiti: A Cultural Experience.”
this day in black
history
FEB. 17, 1942 …
Huey P. Newton, co-founder
of the Black Panther Party, is
born in Monroe, La.
Today’s weather
Fractionally sunny
H 44, L 26
Thursday’s weather
Sunshiny
H 46, L 27
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sports . ............................. 5
nation/world . .................. 9
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opinion .......................... 10
set to open April 1
BY Rebecca putterman
senior writer
The Carrboro Latino community
met its new advocate Tuesday — a
Durham organization that came to
fill the void left by El Centro Latino.
Set to open in Carrboro on April
1, the Durham-based El Centro
Tar Heels return to Town considering
2010 form, fall to GT downtown shuttle
MEN’S BASKETBALL
UNC 51
Georgia Tech  68
BY Powell Latimer
Senior Writer
ATLANTA — They couldn’t
stop their opponents, couldn’t
score, could barely hold onto the
ball. They struggled with routine
passes, made one good play and
two bad ones.
Just another Tuesday for the Tar
Heels.
In a season filled with the
same repeating story line, North
Carolina dropped another con-
ference game by double digits.
Tuesday night, it was at Georgia
Tech, by a score of 68-51.
“I’m at a loss,” coach Roy
Williams said. “I have no idea.
Fifteen turnovers in the first half.”
It had all the hallmarks consis-
tent with North Carolina’s 11 other
losses.
Turnovers galore? UNC (14-12,
3-8 ACC) had 15 in just the first
half and 19 for the game.
Give up a big run early and fall
way behind? As if on cue, Georgia
Tech went on a 21-3 run in the
opening period and closed the first
See Basketball, Page 5
Latino-focused resource center
that closed last year.
At least 100 community mem-
bers attended, anxious to get
acquainted with the new resource
center that plans to open simulta-
neously in Carrboro Plaza on N.C.
54 with a branch of the Latino
Community Credit Union.
“The hope and mission of this
organization thrives,” read El
Centro Latino board member Elanie
PAGE 5: UNC failed to come
back from the 21 points it
posted in the first half.
UNC freshman Leslie McDonald has his shot blocked by Georgia Tech’s
Brian Oliver. McDonald scored three of the Tar Heels’ 10 bench points.
Cintron from a statement prepared
by the board. “Even though the fund-
ing may have dwindled, the need for
a center has not diminished.”
El Centro Hispano had about $1.5
million in revenue in 2008, while
El Centro Latino brought in about
$210,000, according to tax forms.
It also has a wider array of servic-
es that it will bring to Carrboro.
While El Centro Latino was well-
See el centro, Page 5
DTH ONLINE: View a slideshow with
photos from the game online at
dailytarheel.com/multimedia.
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History of El Centro Latino
1999 — El Centro Latino is Mid January — The Latino
founded by Mauricio Castro Community Credit Union
announced plans to work with
2002-08 — Period of stability
with Ben Balderas as director both centers to open a Carrboro
branch.
2008-09 -— Series of several
interim directors contribute to Jan. 27 — El Centro’s Board of
budget shortfall. Directors meets to discuss collabo-
rating with Durham’s El Centro
Nov. 25, 2009 — El Centro Hispano and the credit union.
Latino closes its doors.
By Sarah Morayati “They’re typically unsure about
Senior Writer how to navigate the University,
In an attempt to lure tourists where to park, where to go,” said
away from growing Wake and Laurie Paolicelli, executive direc-
Durham counties, the Chapel Hill/ tor of the Visitors Bureau.
Orange County Visitors Bureau The proposed shuttle system is
has proposed a tourist shuttle not the first of its kind.
for downtown Chapel Hill and Chapel Hill purchased two
Carrboro. trolley-style buses in 1989, mostly
But history suggests it might not using federal and state grants. The
be as successful it is hoped to be. total cost was about $300,000.
The shuttle, as proposed, would The trolley buses ran the length
be about a 90-minute round trip of Franklin Street between down-
with stops at sites such as University town Chapel Hill and Carrboro.
Mall, the Carolina Basketball They were intended in part to boost
Museum, the N.C. Botanical patronage of local businesses.
Garden and Weaver Street Market
in Carrboro to pick up tourists. See shuttle, Page 5
Courtesy of The Chapel Hill/ orange County Visitors Bureau
Chapel Hill ran two trolley-style buses in the late 1980s and 90s for
tourists. Now a downtown group has proposed bringing back a shuttle.
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Time: all day
Location: studentorgs.unc.edu/cts/
Tag Day: The Heelraisers Council
tag day symbolically represents
the day that the University would
have to shut its doors due to lack
of funding. It is a visual awareness
campaign of how important private
giving has on the facilities and well-
being of our school. It is also meant
to encourage students to donate to
the University.
Time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Location: UNC campus
Ecosystem lecture: Dr. Mark
Sagoff, one of the most prominent
contemporary environmental philos-
ophers in America, will give a lecture
titled “Against Ecosystem Services.”
Time: Noon
Location: Howell Hall, Room 203
Networking opportunity: Is it
hurt by trying to get around the rigging.
really who you know and not what
you know that will get you hired?
Come to this workshop to learn all
about networking and how tech-
niques to make it work for you.
Time: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Hanes Hall, Room 239B
Ash Wednesday service: Visit the
campus ministry for a special service
observing Ash Wednesday with fel-
low students.
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Wesley Campus Ministry
Nourish International event:
Come to No-Ur-Ish to learn how to
talk about international projects this
summer in Turkey, Rwanda, Honduras
and Peru. There will be games, candy
and even a parody of “The Dating
Game!” all in keeping with the “Let
Nourish Be Your Valentine” theme.
Time: 8 p.m.
Location: Campus Y
Thursday
Film screening: The movie “The
Prep School Negro” follows the story
of a boy who received a full scholar-
ship to attend one of the most pres-
tigious prep schools in the country.
What was the price of his education,
if it was not the tuition? He discov-
ers throughout his high school years
the consequences of yesterday’s
accelerated desegregation and
today’s racial naiveté.
Time: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Location: FedEx Global Education
Center
DJ performance: “The Art and
Culture of the DJ” presents DJ
Radar, composer Raúl Yañez and
UNC’s Charanga Ensemble, led by
assistant professor of music David
Garcia. It is a part of the Digital
Arts and Humanities Festival at
UNC, which focuses on the theme
of “Collaborations: Humanities, Arts
and Technology.” Charanga special-
izes in Cuban danzón and New York-
style salsa music.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Gerrard Hall
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arilyn Bilpuch, a 1950 alumna of UNC, volunteers
in the Charles Kuralt Learning Center on the sec-
ond floor of Carroll Hall. The room contains the
actual furniture of Kuralt, a well-known CBS journalist and
a former editor of The Daily Tar Heel.
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n Someone was grabbed and hit arrested for misdemeanor profan-
at 10:48 p.m. Monday at 1301 Martin ity on a public highway at 2:47
Luther King Jr. Blvd., according to p.m. Monday on the 100 block of
Chapel Hill police reports. North Columbia Street, according
to Chapel Hill police reports.
n Someone broke a window Samantha Jones Elabanjo, 43,
and entered an abandoned build- was released on a written prom-
ing at 2:31 p.m. Monday at 412-D ise to appear in court in March,
Caldwell St., according to Chapel reports state.
Hill police reports.
Damages to the window totaled n Two people were arrested for
$200, reports state. misdemeanor larceny for steal-
ing meat at 2:31 p.m. Friday from
n Someone stole $455 of prop- the Food Lion at 104 N.C. Hwy.
erty from a car between 6:15 p.m. 54, according to Carrboro police
Sunday and 11:38 a.m. Monday at reports.
5639 Old Durham Road, accord- Tobias Alexander, 34, and
ing to Chapel Hill police reports. Darren Dante Townes, 40, entered
The stolen items included a car the store and concealed meat inside
stereo, 12-inch box speakers, an their clothing, reports state.
amplifier and an MP3 player.
They were taken to the mag-
istrate’s office and delivered to
n Someone stole an iPhone at a Orange County Jail, reports state.
fraternity party between 1 a.m. and
2 a.m. Sunday at the Beta Theta n Htoo Kyaw, 40, was charged
Pi house at 114 S. Columbia St., with misdemeanor assault with a
according to Chapel Hill police deadly weapon Sunday at 306 Estes
reports. Drive Extension in Carrboro, accord-
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Town rallying for Google

Corrections
Due to a reporting error,
Tuesday’s pg. 8 story, “N.C. tax-
payers could see delays in refund
School
waits on
checks,” incorrectly stated that the
state sent out fewer than 300,000 global,” he said.
individual income tax refund
checks totaling about $364 million
Hope to help Google claims the technology Town of Chapel Hill municipal Wi-Fi
by this time last year. They actually test fiber optics will allow users the ability to stream

totalled about $264 million.
Due to a reporting error, the
Feb. 3 pg. 3 story, “Massive SBP
sign raises safety concerns,” mis-
Spanish
3-D images online or download a
full-length film in five minutes.
BY Caroline Schaberg The company has created a
Staff Writer Web site where both local gov-
Post office

classes
Chapel Hill residents are asking ernments and private citizens Interfaith Council building
stated the amount that former Google to consider this area for an can nominate their communities e

student body president candidate
Nash Keune spent on his wooden
castle sign. He spent $246.51 total
in the election.
The Daily Tar Heel apologizes
for the errors.
cAMPUS Briefs
Tyrone Sampson chosen as
BSBA president for 2010-11
Junior Tyrone Sampson was
elected president of the Bachelor of
Science in Business Administration
on Tuesday night. He won with 87
percent of the vote.
UNC researchers take lead in
multi-state cancer project
UNC public health researchers
are leading a multistate project
that will look to prevent or eradi-
cate cervical cancer through vacci-
nations and more effective screen-
ings.
T he Cer vical Cancer-Free
Initiative, which was initially fund-
ed through a $1.5 million education
grant from GlaxoSmithKline to
the UNC Gillings School of Global
Public Health, is led by UNC pro-
fessors Noel Brewer and Jennifer
Smith. Both are members of the
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive
Cancer Center.
The initiative will help coordi-
nate efforts in Alabama, California
and North Carolina, with the intent
of expanding the project to more
states in the future.
Each state will make demon-
stration projects on prevention
measures, including providing
school-based access to adolescent
vaccines such as the HPV vac-
cine. Other measures will include
projects to coordinate more cervi-
cal cancer screening for women,
along with treatment services and
programs.
Daily Tar Heel seeks four to
interview editor candidates
The Daily Tar Heel is seeking
four students to serve on this year’s
editor selection committee, the
11-member board that will convene
April 10 to select the next editor-
in-chief of the organization.
The four at-large students will
join the other members in review-
ing the applications for editor and
interviewing the applicants before
making the decision. Any UNC stu-
dent not working on the DTH staff
may apply.
Applications are due March 19.
They may be obtained at the DTH
office, Student Union Suite 2409,
or at dailytarheel.com.
experimental fiber-optic Internet
network that the company is plan-
ning to install in several areas
across the country.
Google will choose several cities
as testing sites for its high-speed
broadband service, which has a
downloading rate of 1 gigabit per
second. Public interest will be a key
factor in the decision.
Brian Russell, owner of Carrboro
Creative Coworking, started a
Facebook group to get residents
involved in the selection process.
The 1-gigabit network could pre-
vent “brain drain” from Chapel Hill
and Carrboro populations, Russell
said.
“It would allow them to do busi-
ness globally and could keep all of
these smart people from moving
somewhere like Boston or New
York or Los Angeles, where right
now they feel like they can be more
The UNC Symphony Orchestra, directed by Tonu Kalam, rehearses in Hill Hall on Monday to prepare for its concert today. The concert will
benefit music scholarships and will feature Cynthia Burton and Joncie Sarratt, winners of this year’s UNC Concerto Competition.
for the service. The final selection
will be based partly on the level
of response generated by each city
that applies.
Jim Bulbrook, a local mortgage
broker who completed Google’s
online interest form, also said he was
excited about these possibilities.
“If we could open up this
technology to the engineers and
entrepreneurs of Chapel Hill, the
possibilities would be limitless,”
he said.
The town of Chapel Hill created
a network of downtown wireless
hot spots in 2007.
But UNC junior Jorge Ramos,
who works at McAlister’s Deli,
said the new Internet could bring
opportunities for local businesses
and students alike.
“The Internet at McAlister’s has
been broken for two months,” he
said. “More people would come here
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Elementary, students will have to
wait at least another year before
to eat, come here to study, maybe, begin its trial Internet period by
a bilingual curriculum is intro-
if Chapel Hill got the new Internet, providing between 50,000 and
duced.
especially if it was faster.” 500,000 people with its services
Members of the school
The mayor’s office is also work- at what it calls “a competitive improvement team wrote a letter
ing to bring the Google network to price.” to the county Board of Education
Chapel Hill. The deadline for interest form requesting to delay a dual lan-
“The town is applying for it,” submission is March 26. Google guage program that was set to
said Town Council member Laurin plans to choose its sites this year. start this fall.
Easthom. “We don’t know if we’re Concerns include funding
going to get it or not.” Contact the City Editor the program, finding adequate
Google estimates that it will at citydesk@unc.edu. Spanish-teaching materials and
hiring capable teachers, said Sonia
Frischemeier, a member of the
school improvement team.
Frischemeier said she would
like to see the program created
one day but does not think now is
the time.
“The program would be suc-
cessful when certain concerns the
program faces are addressed,” she
said.
A dual language program is
in effect in several Chapel Hill-
Carrboro City Schools elementary
schools. Students learn lessons in
English for half of the day, and
the rest is taught in a foreign lan-
guage.
The goal is to make students
bilingual by the time they reach fifth
grade, said McDougle Elementary
principal Amanda Hartness.
“I’m the fourth principal in
four years at McDougle,” she said.
“When I first came on, the faculty
asked the program be delayed
because we had not been meet-
ing standards of achievements, so
we needed to focus on getting our
school where it needs to be.”
McDougle is attempting to
meet requirements of No Child
Left Behind, a federal act that sets
specific targets to ensure students
meet certain performance stan-
dards, she said.
“As a parent and a taxpayer, I hate
to see these things happen, because
you implement these programs and
then, in year two or year three, you
don’t have the funding to keep them
going,” Frischemeier said.
Liz Buchman, president of the
parent-teacher association, said she
believed the school made the right
dth/BJ Dworak decision to delay the program.
“I’ve been at McDougle for eight
years, and the school has gone
through an enormous amount of

GOING SOLO
Applicants must be available transition,” she said. “To add one
from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. April 8 and more thing right when this ship is
from 8:30 a.m. to as late as 1:30 turning around concerns me.”
p.m. April 10. Meals are served. A school with multiple popu-
lations, such as McDougle, must
Heelraisers to emphasize BY kelly blessing seniors who have in some way contributed make sure that each group of
ATTEND THE SYMPHONY PERFORMANCE students meets certain academic
power of private donations staff writer
Time: 7:30 p.m. today to the music culture at UNC.
requirements, she said.
Cynthia Burton has been playing the Location: Hill Hall Auditorium This year, three judges from Wake Forest
The Heelraisers Council, a group violin since the age of three and has been University, Duke University, and UNC Glenwood Elementary offers a
Info: music.unc..edu Mandarin Chinese program.
that recognizes student giving, will the concertmaster, or first chair violinist, of School of the Arts were brought in to choose
be by handing out information and the UNC Symphony Orchestra for the past the winners of the competition. “It makes the students more
T-shirts and displaying banners two years. are winners of this year’s UNC Concerto Their solo performances tonight are the globally competitive,” said princi-
between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. today. But when she takes the stage tonight, Competition and will be performing solos prize for winning. pal Minnie Goins. “Parents say it
The purpose of the event, called she will do something she has never done at a scholarship benefit concert tonight. Burton said she is very excited to have has made them more resourceful.”
Tag Day, is to demonstrate how before with the group — perform as a solo- The benefit concert, hosted by the UNC won this opportunity. Buchman said her faith in
critical private donors are to the ist. Symphony Orchestra, will raise money for She said that though she has been play- Hartness’s leadership helps her
University’s functioning. The group “I’m thrilled to play Tchaikovsky with the the UNC music scholarship fund for incom- ing in an orchestra for a long time, being further support the decision.
wants to emphasize that 10 percent UNCSO for my solo debut,” Burton said in ing students. featured as a soloist is a completely different “Today in our culture, we want
to 15 percent of the University an e-mail. “This performance is very mean- This concert is also an opportunity for the experience. She will be playing a piece by everything, and we want it right
revenue is provided by gifts from ingful for me, and I can’t wait to share that winners of the UNC Concerto Competition Tchaikovsky, with which she won the com- now,” she said. “I don’t think that’s
students, alumni, parents and cor- with the audience.” to perform as soloists. The competition is the right thing to do.”
porations, which contribute to all Burton and vocalist Joncie Sarratt held each fall and is open to juniors and See SYMPHONY, Page 8
facets of campus life. Contact the City Editor
at citydesk@unc.edu.
city Briefs
Carrboro Aldermen hope to
fix dangerous crosswalks
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen
Interactive games are the future, alum says
made strides to improve the town’s
pedestrian walkways after several Math, science important for artists Today’s events: Collaborations: Humanities, Arts & Technology festival
residents complained about the Most events require a fee and Resource Center Hyde Hall, Incubator
safety of downtown crosswalks at BY mary choi Microsoft’s innovations, Bach high- registration, but some are free (*).
its meeting Tuesday. staff writer lighted the importance of converg- User Driven: Does size matter? Introduction to VoiceThread,
Register at acteva.com/go/CHAT 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Memorial Hall 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 2:45
The board unanimously decided The next generation of video ing technological breakthroughs
games will include signing in, nav-
to look further into the issue after and digital art. Find the full schedule at chat K-12 Teacher Translational p.m. to 3:45 p.m., Peabody Hall,
resident Tom Henry notified the igating and connecting with your “Guitar Hero,” for example, festival2010.com/schedule.html session, noon to 1 p.m. Peabody room 02
friends without using a control-
board of several dangerous situations blends music and television while *Interactive Project Exhibitions, Hall, room 206 VoiceThread: Multimedia
near North Greensboro Street. ler, said Microsoft Entertainment allowing the consumer to actively 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Wilson Projects Made Simple, 2 p.m.
The Ubiquity of Games, noon to
Henry, who lives on Mulberry & Devices Division president and participate, he said. Library, FedEx Global Education to 3:30 p.m., Howell Hall, OASIS
1 p.m., Hyde Hall, Incubator
UNC alum Robert Bach.
Street near North Greensboro Street, He emphasized change and how Center, Hanes Art Center and the “Sandbox” room 05
said his life has been put in danger. He spoke about his vision for it creates opportunities for con- Johnston Center for Undergraduate Wired! New Representation
Technologies for Historical Music & New Media, 2 p.m. to
“I have been in situations wherethe future of technology and enter- sumers, creative people, business Excellence at Graham Memorial 3:30 p.m. at Memorial Hall
I’ve lunged my body into the tainment in the opening keynote people and others. Materials, noon to 1:00 p.m.
Using Vodcasts and Podcasts in Hyde Hall, University Room *The Bathysphere: Motion
crosswalk while waving my arms, speech for the Collaborations: “You’re going to have a whole
the math classroom, 9 a.m. to Capture as Art, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
but cars will still drive through, Humanities, Arts & Technology school of artists who think of them- *Seminar with Electro-Acoustic
9:50 a.m. Peabody Hall, room 216 and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Gerrard Hall
attempting to beat me through the festival on Tuesday afternoon. selves as artists who use technol- Composers, 12:15 p.m. to 1:45
crosswalk,” Henry said. Bach discussed Project Natal, an ogy to create their vision. This is Create Wikis Using PB Works, p.m., Kenan Music Building, room Games & Storytelling, 4 p.m. to
Alderman Jacquie Gist said the Xbox add-on device where a 3-D a fundamental change within our 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Peabody 3029 5:30 p.m. at Memorial Hall
town needs to increase its traffic camera enables recognition of your community,” Bach said. Hall, room 02
Collaborative Authorship: *Interactive Project
law enforcement. movement, face and speech. This Bach advised current digital art Create simple Web Sites, 10 Writing Zombies into Austen, Exhibitions, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at
“I once almost got hit near the new program, scheduled to release and humanities students to take a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Howell Hall, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Hyde Hall, ITS-Manning and the Renaissance
Century Center,” Gist said. “The this fall, will allow the player to act math and science seriously because OASIS “Sandbox” room 05 University room Computing Institute
board could ask for more attention as the controller. Project Natal will they will play a big part in creating
Digital Video, 10 a.m. to 11:30 Scientific Method and *Art Walk, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
on the subject.” be compatible with all Xbox 360 the future’s entertainment world.
a.m. Undergraduate Library, Media Narrative Form, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. across campus
consoles.
— From staff and wire reports. Along with this example of See bach, Page 8
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Basketball
Abysmal first half
ing total this season. The Tar Heels
managed only 21 points in the first
from page 1
half and shot just 19-of-59 from the
half up 41-21. field. Deon Thompson led UNC
The loss is UNC’s eighth in con-
ference play and assures that UNC
won’t finish above .500 in the ACC
for the first time since 2004.
with 17 points.
“The one thing you can correct
is playing harder and more intel-
ligently,” Williams said. “But we
sinks Tar Heels
Less than one week after beat- went down and dribbled it off our
ing N.C. State and breaking a foot on a fast break.” UNC posts just 21 Jackets’ defense, especially 6-10
Derrick Favors and 6-9 Gani Lawal
four-game losing streak, all North Once again, Henson was one
Carolina’s symptoms of losing of the few bright spots for UNC. points in period in the post. Those big men and
Georgia Tech’s full-court pressure
returned. Starting in place of an injured Ed rushed the Tar Heels into a collec-
They strung turnovers together Davis, Henson had 11 points, 10 BY David Reynolds tion of sloppy passes, missed layup
instead of buckets. They lost passes rebounds and four blocks. Sports Editor attempts and a barrage of off-the-
out of bounds, off their own hands. “We were just looking to get on ATLANTA — Georgia Tech mark jump shots.
Early in the second half, Larry Drew the right track,” Henson said. “I already had shown this year that Freshman John Henson even
II threw the ball to John Henson in thought we were going to get to do it doesn’t need much help when it chucked up an air ball on a free
the post. Henson was turned com- that tonight, but I guess not.” comes to slowing down opposing throw attempt.
pletely around, and the ball bounced His enormous athleticism made offenses. “We’re not a good shooting team,
farcically off his head. up for his lack of bulk in the post — The Yellow Jackets (18-8, 6-6 but we missed a lot of two- and
Drew was one of the stars of the sometimes. ACC) entered Tuesday night’s three-footers,” Williams said. “I
game against N.C. State but strug- But more often than not, it was game with the nation’s No. 2 field would bet we missed 12 to 15 bas-
gled mightily Tuesday with eight Georgia Tech’s Gani Lawal, Zach goal percentage defense; only eight kets within three feet. Georgia Tech dth/jessey dearing
turnovers to three assists and only Peacock and Derrick Favors having teams all season had shot better is good defensively … but they’re
seven points. their way inside. The trio combined Shruti Shah went into the runoff election with support from three former
than 40 percent against them. not shot-blockers.”
“Couldn’t get a shot to go in,” for 34 of Tech’s 68 points and 23 But North Carolina’s playmakers And that’s not even to mention candidates, but it wasn’t enough to overcome Hogan Medlin’s initial lead.
Drew said. “I felt like the shots I rebounds. obliged the Yellow Jackets anyway all the turnovers the Tar Heels
was taking were good shots.” “Somehow, some way, I’ve got to with their worst half of shooting in racked up. MEDLIN and I’m going to pick her brain
about everything,” he said.
Marcus Ginyard was on a hot get this team more positive about the UNC’s entire 2009-10 season. North Carolina finished the game from page 1
Shah said she was disappointed
streak after struggling most of the game of basketball,” Williams said. “I am totally shocked, totally with 19 turnovers compared to 10 mote efficiency. at the loss but was thankful for the
season, but he pulled up limp in the “Sometimes I think it’s hogwash — stunned by our performance in the assists, with point guard Larry Drew In the last week of campaigning, election experience.
first half with a sprained ankle and we’ve got to play basketball. first half,” UNC coach Roy Williams II being the main culprit on most Shah received the support of three of “It was an exciting process,” she
did not score. said of the Tar Heels’ 68-51 loss. of those mistakes. Drew had eight the four previously eliminated can- said. “It was great to be a part of it.”
As a whole, the Tar Heels scored Contact the Sports Editor “Mentally and physically we were turnovers all by himself, while Deon didates — Nash Keune, Joe Levin- Shah said she also thinks Medlin
only 51 points — their lowest scor- at sports@unc.edu. somewhere but it wasn’t here for Thompson, Dexter Strickland and Manning and Greg Strompolos — will make a great president and she
the basketball game. I told (Georgia Leslie McDonald had three apiece. hoping to achieve a repeat of last hopes to be involved in his admin-
Tech coach Paul Hewitt) I’m sorry “We had a turnover when some-
Shuttle depend on whether it was free or
fee-based and what parking was we drug your team down.” one was handing the ball off,”
year’s election.
In 2009, Jasmin Jones overcame
istration next year.
Medlin’s 68-page platform
from page 1
available near stops. There were no silver linings Williams said. “You’ve got to play a deficit of 20 percentage points includes a variety of goals, such as
Though Paolicelli said a guided “It’d have to be frequent enough to available for Williams and his team basketball. Some way, somehow in the general election to defeat making student government more
tour is lately one of tourists’ top get them out of their cars,” he said. to take from a first half in which it we’ve got to get it scoring better Thomas Edwards in the runoff, after accessible to students, exposing stu-
requests, not many people used the In recent years, neighboring scored just 21 points — its lowest than we were tonight.” receiving the strong support from dents to campus events through the
buses in the 90s. The service was towns like Raleigh and Durham total for the year at the break. A missed running layup by the four eliminated candidates. Carolina Monthly Look publication
discontinued in 1995. have offered many more tourist In that half, the Tar Heels shot a McDonald at the first half ’s buzzer But this year, eliminated candi- and creating a more personalized
“It was a booming failure,” said attractions like hotels, restaurants putrid 23 percent from the field, 14 summed up UNC’s struggles. The date Monique Hardin, who finished academic experience for students.
Gerald Unks, a UNC professor who and music venues, potentially percent from three-point range and out-of-control attempt hit nothing third with 14 percent of the vote, did Medlin said he is thankful for
has lived in Chapel Hill for decades. drawing people away from the 50 percent at the charity stripe. but backboard, and Georgia Tech not endorse anyone. Medlin was able how far he has come.
He said that after a few years, Chapel Hill area. UNC (14-12, 3-8 ACC) finished coasted into halftime with a 20-point to hold on to enough of his support “I come from small rural North
almost nobody used the buses “Suddenly, the consumer has at just 32 percent from the field for lead and the game in hand. to beat Shah by 1,213 votes. Carolina. I’m now in a position
except wedding parties. much more choice,” Paolicelli said. the game. “We missed a bunch of up-close Medlin, who will take office in where I can do something big for
The trolley buses also proved Orange County generated about “We didn’t do a good job as layups, pretty much. We’ve got to April, said he will immediately this University.”
expensive, frequently running into $152 million from visitor spending in a team working together to get make those,” Henson said. begin to prepare for his responsi-
issues with maintenance. 2008, but Durham County received shots,” senior Marcus Ginyard said. “We kind of starting rushing bilities by speaking with Jones. Contact the University Editor
“They were pretty fragile,” said $550 million and nearby Wake “We weren’t playing aggressive. We things and that took a step to “I’m sitting down with Jasmin, at udesk@unc.edu.
former Chapel Hill mayor Jonathan County, which includes Raleigh, were falling back on our heels, not affecting us.”
Howes. “There was a constant received more than $1.5 billion. really attacking them.”
North Carolina clearly was Contact the Sports Editor
Peace Corps
maintenance problem.” The Chapel Hill Town Council
Paolicelli said she expected the was quite interested in the pro- affected by the length of the Yellow at sports@unc.edu.
new shuttle would see much more
demand than the older service.
“It didn’t have the tours and
posal when the bureau presented
it Feb. 8, Paolicelli said.
In the coming months, the town el centro and we have faith in the foundation at UNC
the board has laid,” Denman said,
marketing behind it, and it didn’t manager will come up with a pre- from page 1 adding that she hopes El Centro Please join us for a conversation
have the attractions loop that we liminary cost for the service.
are proposing now,” she said.
known for its career help and after- Latino board members will join El with Peace Corps Director
school tutoring, El Centro Hispano Centro Hispano’s board.
Howes said he thought the Contact the City Editor has health programs, legal and tax Loida Ginocchio-Silva, who Aaron Williams.
success of the new shuttle would at citydesk@unc.edu. services, more extensive education worked for El Centro Latino, said
and a focus on advocacy. she hopes to volunteer with the Come find out why today’s
Potential stops for proposed bus Susan Denman, chairwoman of
the Durham center’s board, said
new center.
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Intersection safety to be improved
BY jacob martin
staff writer
Sarah McIntee and her husband
were nearly hit by a car while cross-
ing Estes Drive last November.
Although they had the right of
way as pedestrians, McIntee said
the driver didn’t see the crosswalk.
“If we hadn’t (been) both yelling
and the Prius vehicle relatively quiet,
I don’t think he would have heard us,”
she said in a petition to the Chapel
Hill Public Works Department.
Estes Drive and Caswell Road is
one of several intersections the town
has designated as needing improve-
ment to increase safety for pedestri-
ans, bicyclists and motorists.
Kumar Neppalli, town engineer-
ing services manager, said installing
LED traffic signals, cameras and
easily visible fiber optic cables can
increase intersection safety.
He said in some parts of town, sig-
nal systems are up to 15 years old.
The town will work later this year
to update a 2005 survey detailing
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the most dangerous intersections.
The survey identified Martin
Luther King Jr. Boulevard and
Estes Drive as the intersection with
the most accidents from 2001 to
2003, with 52.
Because 34 accidents involved
bicycles, the town aims to install
bicycle activator loops on side
streets to trigger the light to turn
green so cyclists don’t have to wait
for a car to trigger the change.
Estes Hills Elementary School
is at the corner of Estes Drive and
Caswell Road. Council member
Penny Rich said a crossing guard
is employed during school arrival
and dismissal, but is not there for a
majority of the day.
McIntee’s complaints were at
the center of a discussion on dan-
gerous intersections at last week’s
Town Council meeting.
“As cars come around the cor-
ner and over the crest in the hill,
they just seem surprised there’s an
intersection,” McIntee said. She
City
cited visibility issues, fast drivers
and a poor view of the crosswalk.
Rich said fault does not lay entire-
ly with the quality of the signals.
“It’s a little bit of both the nature
of the road and drivers and pedestri-
ans not paying attention,” Rich said.
Certain measures, including
installing a “signal ahead” sign on
westbound North Estes Drive and
relocating a pedestrian signal push
button, have already been taken to
improve safety at the intersection.
A memo by Neppalli and Public
Works Director Lance Norris
requests the council install anoth-
er traffic signal on a post on the
southwest corner of the intersec-
tion, install a high visibility cross-
walk and improve lighting.
“Any time a citizen raises a
question about an intersection, it’s
important to listen, especially with
a school nearby,” Rich said.
Contact the City Editor
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Bowles,
Simpson
Chapel Hill’s accident-prone intersections
to head
2
at the Blue Cross Blue Shield entrance
10
Martin Luther at Sage Road/Old Durham Road 4
King Jr. Boulevard
at Estes Drive at Eastowne Drive/
Lakeview Drive bipartisan
1 Estes Drive
3
7
Ep
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5
at Elliott Road
Columbia Street at
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These are the top 12 Commission to
ulevard
Rosemary Street
worst intersections
based on the total
control U.S. debt
Fordham Bo
Street number of accidents
8 klin WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT)
Fran from 2001-03, according
3 — President Barack Obama on
to a 2006 study.
Thursday plans to sign an execu-
2 tive order establishing a bipartisan
Ral
eig commission to recommend ways to
hR
oad rein in the nation’s escalating fed-
7 eral debt.
at Old Mason Farm Road
9 University of North Carolina
at Manning Drive President Erskine Bowles, a
SOURCE: CHAPEL HILL TOWN MEMO DTH/RYAN KURTZMAN Democrat, and former Wyoming
Sen. Alan Simpson, a Republican,
will lead the panel.
Obama turned to the executive
order after Congress last month
failed to pass its own bipartisan
plan creating a debt commission.
The most recent estimates put
the annual federal budget deficit
at $1.56 trillion this year, and the
national debt at $8.8 trillion, or 60
percent of gross domestic product,
the annual value of the nation’s
goods and services. The debt-to-
GDP ratio is expected to climb to
72.9 percent by 2015, and history
suggests that such huge debt slows
a nation’s economic growth and
hurts its standard of living.
White House aides declined
Tuesday to discuss the specifics of
the forthcoming order, such as what
sort of teeth the commission would
have and whether it will mirror the
plan that stalled in Congress.
Under that plan, the panel
would have had 10 Democrats and
eight Republicans. If 14 of those 18
members agreed on a debt-reduc-
tion plan, Congress would have to
vote on its provisions, with three-
fifths support needed for passage.
A debt commission with teeth
could force congressional votes on
changes in politically sensitive pro-
grams that lawmakers are tradition-
ally reluctant to change — and that
are headed toward insolvency — such
as Medicare and Social Security.
House Majority Leader Steny
Hoyer, D-Md., said recently that he
expected Obama to model any com-
mission he appointed after that plan.
The plan by Sens. Kent Conrad,
D-N.D., and Judd Gregg, R-N.H., got
53 votes in the 100-member Senate,
but under the Senate’s rules, that was
seven short of what was needed.
In Bowles and Simpson, Obama
is tapping two Washington veter-
ans, both of whom were deeply
involved in reaching bipartisan
budget deals in the 1990s.
Simpson, 78, was a three-term
senator who worked across the
aisle with Democrats and chaired
a Senate subcommittee on Social
Security. He’s also a longtime friend
of former Vice President Dick
Cheney, a top critic of the Obama
administration.
Bowles, 64, was President Bill
Clinton’s chief of staff from 1996
to 1998 and a key player in getting
a 1997 bipartisan budget agree-
ment. He also previously headed
the Small Business Administration
and was a U.S. Senate candidate in
2004. Bowles announced Friday
that he’ll retire later this year as
president of UNC.
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 8 wednesday, february 17, 2010
bach
from page 3
He highlighted the way entertain-
ment is becoming more interactive
every day.
Chancellor Holden Thorp, who
introduced Bach, said he agreed
with Bach’s vision of the future of
entertainment.
“I think it’s going to be a lot more
about what you can imagine and
not what you can do because you
can do almost anything,” he said.
Thorp reminisced on his college
days when he worked in informa-
tion technology. He said that soci-
ety has come a long way from that
time and he thinks college students
now should think about how much
things are going to change.
“To think about being 20 now
and being 45, which I don’t think
is very old, how much change and
time that will be ahead is a huge
expanse,” Thorp said.
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petition.
orchestra is one of
Sarratt won the UNC Concerto those landmarks
Competition for her talent as a
mezzo-soprano singer. … that you really
She sang two arias from “Le
nozze di Figaro” by Mozart at the hope for.”
competition, and she will sing
Cynthia Burton, Soloist
both during the performance
tonight. that the soloists will have enough
Sarratt is a junior vocal per- support but will not be overpow-
formance major and appeared ered.
in her first UNC Opera produc- Kalam also said that because
tion this past fall as Volupia and the soloists often have a different
Didone in Cavalli’s “L’Egisto.” She interpretation of the piece, he must
has also studied opera in Vienna, be sure to pick the right tempo to
Austria. provide a balance every time.
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the second scholarship benefit con- ment that you really hope for!”
cert of the year. Burton said in the e-mail. This
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Pakistani and American operatives
Student organizations
to look into recalls capture one of Taliban’s top leaders
LOS ANGELES (MCT) WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT) The loss of Baradar would
‘selebre’ Haitian culture
— The U.S. Department of
Transportation has opened an
— The second-in-command of the
Afghan Taliban was captured in
deprive the Afghanistan insur-
gency of its top-ranked military Event benefits
inquiry into whether Toyota
Motor Corp. conducted three
Pakistan last week during a raid
secretly carried out by Pakistani
mastermind while U.S. forces are
in the midst of a major push to roll Haiti relief e≠orts
of its recent recalls in a timely and U.S. intelligence operatives, back Taliban gains in the country.
manner. officials from the two countries The arrest may also repre- By Briana harper
The department’s National said Monday. sent an intelligence coup for Staff Writer
H i g h w a y Tr a f f i c S a f e t y The arrest of Mullah Abdul the United States, particularly Recent media depictions of
Administration has asked Toyota Ghani Baradar deals a serious if Baradar has agreed to provide Haiti have focused on the destruc-
to provide documents showing blow to the Taliban and also rep- information on the whereabouts tion following the earthquake that
“when and how it learned of the resents a potential turning point of other Taliban figures. struck the country in January.
defects” resulted in the recall of 6 for the government of Pakistan, Baradar was arrested in But student groups are work-
million of the automaker’s vehicles which often has seemed reluctant Karachi as part of an opera- ing to place emphasis on the
in the U.S. because of varied accel- to pursue top members of the tion conducted by members of nation’s culture rather than the
eration and braking issues. About militant group that previously Pakistan’s powerful Inter-Services devastation.
2 million of the vehicles have been ruled Afghanistan and who now Intelligence agency, working in Campus organizations, includ-
caught up in two of the recalls. take refuge across the border. conjunction with the CIA. ing the Class of 2010, student
government, the Black Student
Obama increases FDA strengthens Greece pressured Movement and Campus Y, devot-
ed three weeks of planning to pre-
nuclear funding warning labels to show progress pare for “Selebre Haiti: A Cultural
Experience.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT) WA S H I N G T O N , D . C . LONDON (MCT) — European “We all support the efforts to
— Seeking common ground with (MCT) ­— The Food and Drug Union finance ministers empha- rebuild Haiti after the devastation,
Republicans on energy and climate Administration on Tuesday sized the stick over the carrot but it is important not to forget
issues, President Barack Obama is announcing long-expect- Tuesday, telling Greece it has a the rich culture and history of this
on Tuesday pledged $8 billion in ed stronger warning labels, month to show that its deficit- country before the earthquake,” said
loan guarantees needed to build including the risk of death, reduction measures are bearing junior Alex Loizias, co-chairwoman
the first U.S. nuclear power plant on anti-anemia biotech drugs fruit or be forced to adopt fur- of the extended disaster relief com-
in nearly three decades. marketed by Amgen and ther budget cuts. mittee of Campus Y.
The move, along with a tripling Johnson & Johnson to cancer Greece has until Friday to The event title includes the
of nuclear loan guarantees in the patients. explain how it used currency Creole world “selebre,” which
president’s budget, represents a The FDA has ratcheted up swaps and other instruments means celebrate. Loizias said that
new federal commitment to the warning labels on the use of and to detail their impact on although she had heard several stu-
low-carbon-emitting, but highly these drugs by chemotherapy the nation’s debt and deficit dents say they support efforts for
controversial, nuclear power patients since 2007; the latest figures after news reports in disaster relief, a number of people
sector. Industry groups and action is part of a safety plan Spiegel magazine and The have expressed a desire to learn
Republican leaders praised the intended to influence doctors New York Times said use of the more about Haitian culture.
announcement, but some envi- and patients to do a risk-ben- instruments may have helped About 20 people attended the
ronmentalists and free-market efit analysis when considering Greece and other countries event at the FedEx Global Education
think tanks protested. them. hide mounting debts. Center, which featured multimedia
presentations, spoken word per-
formances and testimonials from dth/Lauren vied
Haitians living in North Carolina. Professor Laura Wagner speaks at “Selebre Haiti,” an event focused on

Feds give incentives

“I attended a Haiti panel a few
weeks ago, and it sparked my inter-
est to understand more about the
unique culture of Haiti aside from
the typical American perspective,”
the culture of Haiti at the FedEx Global Education Center on Tuesday.
Members of Ebony Readers/ Although the event was free to
Onyx Theatre also participated by the public, sponsors still encour-
addressing a variety of topics in their aged participants to make dona-

for recruiting Latinos

said senior Amy Godwin, who spoken word performances, includ- tions. Proceeds went to One Effort:
attended Tuesday. ing the Haitian sense of struggle and Haiti, a UNC fundraising program
YouTube videos shown at the loss as well as the American duty to which contributes to relief efforts.
event depicted firsthand interviews contribute to relief efforts. “People in Haiti have a lot of
about the lifestyle of individuals Senior Jonathan Brice and Carly pride in their culture and identity,”
currently living in the city of Port- Lundi, who currently lives in Wake Lundi said. “Even after all of this
UNC does not “I absolutely think this University caters au-Prince, which was hit most dras-
tically by the earthquake.
Forest, were both born in Haiti and
moved to America in hopes of lead-
devastation, they still have hope but
continue to need your support.
qualify for grants to Hispanic needs because we o≠er tons Haitians living in the Chapel Hill ing a better life. “So, as I do, I would encour-
of programs.” area added to the YouTube inter-
views by discussing their lifestyles
Lundi spoke about how difficult
it is for him to imagine that he
age everyone to keep Haiti in your
hearts.”
BY Isabella Cochrane
staff writer Adrian Lopez, UNC JUNIOR following the devastation from the could have easily been buried in the
A federal program that awards 7.0-magnitude earthquake that rubble had the earthquake struck Contact the University Editor
Schools need to make sure that Spanish, Ashley Memory, senior
funding to universities with excep- crumbled their native home. several years earlier. at udesk@unc.edu.
once they enroll the students, they assistant director of undergraduate
tionally large Latino populations cater to their needs, which might admissions, said in an e-mail.
is creating an incentive for schools
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be eligible for the grants, 25 per- going to evolve as we get more and Representatives send admissions © 2009 The Mepham Group. All rights reserved. Visit downtown
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Education reflects a growing num- designated Latino serving schools Multicultural Affairs also will host Complete the grid
ber of schools that might be alter- were aware of their enrollment a visitation weekend later this year so each row, column Help for El Centro
ing their practices to attract more numbers but not the retention and specifically for Latino students. and 3-by-3 box (in
Latino students and better meet graduation rates of those students. Students who have been accepted bold borders) con- The fate of recently closed El
their needs. Archie Ervin, associate provost will see the campus and get informa- tains every digit 1 Centro Latino was debated Tuesday
There were 265 schools already and director of diversity and multi- tion on financial aid and academics. to 9. night. See pg. 1 for story.
eligible and another 176 on the cusp cultural affairs, said that UNC has Adrian Lopez, a UNC junior
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10 WEDNesday, february 17, 2010
The Daily Tar Heel
Established 1893,
116 years
of editorial freedom
Jessica fuller
gender columnist
Fuller is a second-year journalism
graduate student from Greensboro.
E-mail: jvfuller@email.unc.edu
Sacrifices
are often
severe for
women
L
ike many of you all, I read
The New York Times last
week.
Of course I read “The New
Math on Campus.” But further
down the front page of the
Sunday Styles section, there was
another article that caught my
eye.
Below the photograph of
one Chapel Hill table’s 1:6
male-to-female ratio was a pic-
ture of a woman sitting alone.
The accompanying article,
“Southern Discomfort,” profiled
Jenny Sanford, the soon-to-
be ex-wife of S.C. Gov. Mark
Sanford.
For those who don’t remem-
ber from last June, Mark
Sanford admitted to travel-
ing to Argentina to “hike the
Appalachian trail” (as the kids
are calling it these days) with
a woman who was not Mrs.
Sanford. Since then, the first
couple of South Carolina have
decided to divorce.
As shown by the comments
and letters that have been printed
on the DTH opinion page, many
people were shocked by some of
the quotes in the UNC piece. “If
you don’t let [cheating] slide, you
don’t have a boyfriend,” was the
one that made me pause.
But I wasn’t angered or
embarrassed by these admis-
sions. In many ways, it was
refreshing to hear some of the
thoughts and opinions that may
only be whispered among best
girlfriends after a few drinks.
Though the article may not
reflect most UNC students or
even the young women featured
in it, there is something to be
said for the effort and sacrifice
that many women will put into,
and put up with, fitting into a
man’s world.
Our cultural systems — aca-
demics, business, marriage and
dating, to name a few — have
expectations, traditions and even
laws dictating how things run.
For hundreds of years, men were
the ones largely shaping them,
until women gained greater
access and equality in these fields
and institutions. But the num-
bers have changed more quickly
than the rules.
Peering up from the lower fold,
Jenny Sanford seems to be look-
ing at a younger version of herself.
What advice would she give?
When she was just a few years
older than the featured UNC
students, she ended her New
York investment banking career
to move to South Carolina to
help manage her husband’s cam-
paigns and later raise their four
sons.
And in no way do I consider
her choices a “waste” of her poten-
tial or her Georgetown University
degree, nor do I think she does.
But, I argue, her sacrifices to cre-
ate and support their family were
more than her husband’s.
And when push came to
shove, they decided to end their
marriage. I cannot judge their
decision; the details are private
and should remain so. But I do
admire Mrs. Sanford’s response
when asked about her husband’s
affair: “His loss.”
That confidence — yes, even
the tears that welled in her eyes
when she said so — is what I wish
for every person, especially for
anyone who feels that “The New
Math” speaks to their experience.
The sacrifice and commit-
ment from both parties in
relationships is what makes
them one of the hardest, most
frustrating, joyful and fulfilling
things we can do.
Give yourself — your talents,
your energy, your strengths —
freely, openly and often to people.
But don’t give up your true self in
the process.
andrew dunn
EDITOR, 962-4086
AMDUNN@email.unc.edu
Harrison Jobe
Opinion EDITOR
hjobe@email.UNC.edu
GREG MARGOLIS
associate opinion EDITOR
GREG_MARGOLIS@UNC.EDU
EDITORIAL CARTOON
Bowles made a di≠erence
UNC-system president leaves after an impressive tenure
A
lthough UNC-system
President Erskine
Bowles has only been in
office fewer than five years, he
has undoubtedly left his mark.
It will take a capable and
effective successor to see
through the initiatives and
issues that he will leave behind
when he formally steps down
by the end of 2010.
This past year has argu-
ably been the most arduous of
Bowles’ tenure. A budget crisis
in the face of the Great Recession
along with a burgeoning admin-
istration presented tough deci-
sions to be made.
In response, Bowles put
in motion the elimination of
roughly 900 jobs across the
UNC system to combat rising
administrative costs. He has
also lobbied heavily for lower
tuition increases and for cam-
puses to get the full tuition
revenue from the N.C. General
Assembly-mandated $200
increase rather than have it go
to the state’s coffers.
But short-term challenges
Election blunder
Lawsuit exposed significant error in election process
T
wo Student Congress
candidates who lost in
the election last week
were right to sue the Board
of Elections in the Student
Supreme Court.
The case was dismissed
Monday night. But the premise,
that technical problems could
have skewed the vote, was valid.
Student body elections,
which were held on Feb. 9, did
not run smoothly. Some stu-
dents reported that they were
unable to vote online in the cor-
rect congressional districts.
The elections board dis-
missed these concerns and
determined that an election
do-over wasn’t needed.
But some student body elec-
tions are won on small mar-
gins, especially in congressio-
nal districts.
Taylor Holgate and Marc
Seelinger ran and lost to repre-
They’ve got you covered
Pearce & Pearce right pick for health care provider
T
he UNC system made the
right decision by choos-
ing an experienced and
proven health care provider for
its mandatory health care plan.
Starting next year, every stu-
dent within the UNC system
will be required to have health
care.
People who already have
coverage will be unaffected.
But students currently with-
out coverage will have a very
affordable option through
Pearce & Pearce.
The annual base premium
will come to about $610 per
student, said Bruce Mallette,
UNC-system senior associate
vice president for academic
and student affairs.
Opinion
EDITorial BOARD members
meredith engelen
Patrick Fleming
Nathaniel Haines
houston hawley
ahna hendrix
By Nate Beeler, The Washington Examiner
have not exclusively defined
Bowles’ tenure. Perhaps more
prominent among Bowles’
characteristics is his pro-
nounced dedication to forging
a stronger partnership between
the University and the state.
This dedication is best repre-
sented in the UNC Tomorrow
initiative. Since February 2007,
this initiative involving the entire
UNC system has sought to utilize
the campuses to meet the needs
of North Carolina at large.
And the initiative has been
well worth Bowles’ support. A
recent report on the economic
impacts of the UNC system
sheds light on the impact that
the campuses have on the state.
Service efforts on the part of
the campuses touch between
one-third and one-half of all
residents each year. If the UNC
system was an industry, it would
be North Carolina’s 11th largest.
Bowles’ support has played
an important role in maximiz-
ing the positive benefit provid-
ed by the UNC system.
Formal implementation of
sent Greek housing and North
Campus, respectively. They
each filed suits to have the
results nullified and to have a
new election for their respec-
tive districts. Holgate lost by 25
votes and Seelinger by 54.
These suits, which were
eventually combined, might
seem like the bellyaching of
sore losers. But they’re not.
Board of Elections Chairman
Pete Gillooly could have han-
dled the complications better.
Gillooly could have gone to
greater lengths to notify the stu-
dent body that there were prob-
lems with the election system.
He also said that he didn’t
get a letter from Information
Technology Services stat-
ing that the election software
had been tested. This letter is
required by the Student Code.
But he said that he did, in fact,
work with ITS to ensure the sys-
Some anecdotal evidence
exist that Pearce & Pearce does
not have as far reaching cover-
age as some might like. But it
has been the optional health
care provider for 13 system uni-
versities prior to this decision.
Pearce & Pearce has proven
that it is up to the challenge.
If students do not get the
level of coverage through the
provider that they require, they
can submit complaints to uni-
versity student health centers.
“The agreement has protec-
tive language,” Mallette said.
“If we feel that students aren’t
getting the coverage that they
need, there’s an out.”
Pearce & Pearce was chosen
over five other vendors compet-
cameron parker
pat ryan
steve kwon
christian yoder
UNC Tomorrow will continue
through January 2012. Bowles’
successor will need to share his
belief of service to the state to
facilitate the success of UNC
Tomorrow through 2012 and
into the future.
Board of Governors
Chairwoman Hannah Gage
said a search committee will be
assembled in the coming weeks
to begin the process of select-
ing Bowles’ replacement.
It will be imperative that this
committee seeks a strong and
respectable leader who can rep-
resent the UNC system well and
lobby successfully on its behalf.
This is especially important
given the continued uncertain-
ty of the fiscal climate. Budget
concerns and tuition increases
are likely to continue to loom
over the UNC system next year
and perhaps longer.
But perhaps more important-
ly, the search committee must
not overlook the need to find a
candidate who shares Bowles’
invaluable commitment to serv-
ing North Carolina.
tem was tested and ready.
Getting a letter is a techni-
cality and formality that would
have shown Gillooly’s commit-
ment to the Code and fair elec-
tions. Those simple steps might
have allayed the concerns of
the candidates.
In the end, Chief Justice
Emma Hodson dismissed the
case on behalf of the court in
a pretrial hearing because the
Code provides guidelines —
loose guidelines, but guidelines
nonetheless — for the elections
board if technical difficulties
arise. The board followed those
guidelines.
Regardless, we agree
with Holgate and Seelinger.
Students were disenfranchised
because of the technical diffi-
culties. And while they were
unsuccessful, seeking clarifi-
cation from the Court was the
right thing to do.
ing for the contract, including
Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
Although Blue Cross and
Blue Shield might be the bet-
ter known of the two, Pearce
& Pearce has demonstrated an
ability to do the job correctly.
The UNC system held a
number of meetings and inter-
views to ensure that the right
provider was selected.
Of the some 200,000 stu-
dents in the UNC system,
roughly 60,000 are expected
to purchase the plan.
With how many students
this decision affects, it certainly
couldn’t have been an easy one.
So sticking with a familiar and
experienced provider was the
smart choice.
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I come from small rural North
Carolina. I’m now in a position
where I can do something big for
this University.”
Hogan Medlin, student body president-elect
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Student groups will be
denied funds due to vote
TO THE EDITOR:
We are very disappointed
that the UNC student body did
not vote to increase a student fee
during last Tuesday’s election.
Students were given the
opportunity to increase the stu-
dent organizations fee by $6, and
they chose not to do so.
We understand that this hike
might seem steep to students,
but we wish that students had
considered this $6 increase as a
way to add to their UNC experi-
ence and not just as money taken
out of their pocket.
It is important to continue to
fund valuable programs, speakers
and events that student groups
hold on this campus every year,
and the student organizations
fee is created for this purpose.
This past weekend, the Student
Congress finance committee
heard the requests of more than
150 student groups requesting
money for the upcoming year to
support their programming and
financial livelihood. There were
so many groups who had excel-
lent plans for the new year, but it
was disheartening to tell every-
one that we only had $365,000
to distribute to student groups
who requested over $900,000.
By choosing not to raise the
student organization fund, the
students have essentially brought
this disappointment on them-
selves. We hope that students
take this viewpoint into consid-
eration the next time they attend
an event held by a student group
or the next time they vote on stu-
dent organization fees.
McKay Roozen
District 2 Representative
Student Congress
Lee Storrow
District 6 Representative
Student Congress
‘Tag Day’ reminds students
the importance of giving
TO THE EDITOR:
How can you put a price
tag on memories? You can’t.
But you can put a price tag on
things that define memories.
What would an evening of Alvin
Ailey be without Memorial Hall
and $10 seats? How different
would classes be without your
favorite professor? What if you
had never made the friends you
did because they weren’t able to
come to the University without
scholarships?
There are many people, places
and things at Carolina that aren’t
thought about on a regular basis.
Today, the Carolina Annual Fund
and Heelraisers Council seek to
make students aware of what
they see every day. This day
marks the symbolic point of time
in the year when the University
would run out of money if private
gifts and endowment income
were not available.
Price tags will hang in various
areas around campus to remind
students about the importance
of giving and the opportunities
they have been given by alumni,
students and friends.
There are many intangibles
that won’t be marked today, but
should still be reflected upon.
Private giving impacts every
aspect of your four years on cam-
pus, supporting scholarships and
professorships that allow some
of our favorite and dearest peers
and mentors to be Tar Heels.
In seeing what others have
done for Carolina, I hope stu-
dents continue the tradition of
giving, leave a mark, and sup-
port students and professors of
the present and future. Giving
is easy; you can make a gift at
giving.unc.edu/gift.
Lindsey Rava
Director of Student Giving
Office of University
Development
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Teach for America offers
the ability to affect change
TO THE EDITOR:
It seems like just yesterday
that I was soaking in the final
days of Carolina blue skies while
contemplating what to do with
my life after graduation.
As a Carolina student, I had a
broad range of leadership expe-
riences throughout college, and
I wanted to find a job that would
challenge me professionally,
while also having a significant
and immediate impact on soci-
ety. After months of searching,
I found such an opportunity
through Teach For America.
Teach For America is an orga-
nization that attracts highly
motivated recent graduates from
some of the most prestigious col-
leges and universities around the
country to commit two years to
teach in urban and rural public
schools.
In August 2000, following an
intensive summer training pro-
gram with Teach For America, I
found myself in front of a class-
room of energetic third graders
in inner-city Atlanta.
The moment that remains
with me from that first day is
when Trey arrived at my door.
“They said I’m supposed to be in
here, but you’re not a woman …
you’re a man!” Those were Trey’s
first words to me, surprised to
find a man as his teacher.
Trey initially appeared to
be very self-confident, but this
could not have been further from
the truth. He often called himself
dumb because he had been held
back and was still reading on a
kindergarten level.
Despite his behavior and aca-
demic challenges, Trey and I
quickly bonded, and we worked
together daily after school.
Through countless hours of
tutoring and pep talks, Trey
gained confidence and by the
end of the year was reading on a
fourth-grade level.
While I have a deep sense of
satisfaction in the progress Trey
made while in my classroom,
he matriculated into the low-
est performing middle school
in the state of Georgia and later
dropped out of school entirely
and joined a gang.
I can’t help but wonder how
his life might have been differ-
ent had he been surrounded by
teachers who held him to high
expectations.
Not only did Teach For
America prepare me well for
the challenges I faced in the
classroom, it also positioned
me to improve education on a
much larger scale.
Given the insight gained from
my experience with Teach For
America, I went on to start my
own charter school in Atlanta,
KIPP WAYS Academy.
The school was recently
named one of the highest per-
forming schools in Georgia serv-
ing low-income students. Today,
I have the privilege of oversee-
ing a network of KIPP schools
throughout Atlanta, witnessing
firsthand the transformative
power of a quality education.
America is in desperate need
of individuals who are relentless
in their belief that all kids can
succeed and those who have the
leadership skills and vision to
create positive change.
Teach For America offers an
exceptional avenue for making
such an impact, and I hope that
you will consider the opportunity
that it offers.
If the idea of joining this
movement appeals to you, I
would encourage you to visit the
Teach For America Web site at
www.teachforamerica.org.
There is still plenty of time
to put together a strong appli-
cation before the final deadline
this Friday.
David Jernigan
UNC ‘00
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