Serving the students and the University community since 1893
VOLUME 118, ISSUE 1
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SUPERHEROES
Award-winning author
Randall Kenan spoke in
Wilson Library about how
the portrayal of black
superheroes in the comic
books he read while he was
a kid affected his career.
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SAVING LIVES
The N.C. Cancer Hospital and
several student groups are
hosting the first campuswide
bone marrow registration drive
today, hoping to register
hundreds of potential donors.
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OPEN HOUSE
Chancellor Holden Thorp spent
a few hours answering
questions from students on
topics ranging from the
upcoming curriculum review
to encouraging service in Haiti
at an open house.
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TECH GURU
Rodney Trice, the Chapel Hill-
Carrboro City Schools executive
director for technology and
instruction, has been named to
a state advisory board.
this day in black
history
FEB. 23, 1965 …
Constance Baker Motley, one
of the brief writers in the case
of Brown v. Board of
Education, is elected president
of the Manhattan borough,
marking the first time a black
woman holds the position.
Today’s weather
So warm
H 61, L 36
Wednesday’s weather
Rain again. Lame.
H 41, L 29
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crossword ........................ 9
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The Daily Tar Heel www.dailytarheel.com
2010
tuesday, february 23, 2010
Town
weighs
phone
ban
Council to wait
on state report
BY Christina Taylor
staff writer
Concerns about how a possible
cell phone ban on town roads would
be enforced dominated Monday
night’s public forum on the issue.
If put into motion, the ban
would prohibit residents from
using cell phones while driving in
Chapel Hill town limits. The Town
Council decided to study the issue
and wait for guidance from the
dth/Mary-Alice Warren N.C. General Assembly.
Erin Kabrick looks for items to make a meal bag Monday at the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service’s Food Pantry. The pantry has reached Council members discussed
whether the law would apply only
out via social networking to help fill gaps in their supply. The food pantry provides an essentials list for groups interested in food drives.
to town streets or include state-
TWEET FOR TUNA
maintained roads as well.
Town attorney Ralph Karpinos
told council members two ordinanc-
es could be enacted­­— one for town
streets and another for all roads.
“We might not have authority over
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state streets,” he said. “Our argument
in support of the ban is somewhat
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By grace joyal Monday through Friday If you are making a large donation, If the state ordinance were to be
Staff Writer Location: 110 W. Main St., Carrboro please notify ahead of time. challenged, the town rule might
When the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service posted on Info: ifcweb.org Twitter: @IFC_Carrboro still be enforced, Karpinos said.
Twitter that it needed more tuna last week, people listened. Six states prohibit handheld cell-
phone use. Hands-free devices are
“People are bringing us tuna now,” said Chris Moran,
executive director of the council. Food requests from 2008-2009 not included in any of the bans.
With as many as 20,000 donations coming in to the Since July of 2008, the food pantry has continued to exceed the amount of But Arthur Goodwin, a research-
council’s food pantry monthly, residents have shown they are groceries demanded by those in need. er with the UNC Highway Safety
responsive, said Kristin Lavergne, community services director. 2000 Research Center, said both types of
Number of extra donated bags of groceries phones cause distraction.
These donations are driven by the pantry’s greatest needs.
About 10 volunteers receive, check and stock food donations, Number of requested bags of groceries “There is no safety difference
informing Lavergne of what items the pantry needs. She then between a handheld phone and one
puts the word out to local congregations and other groups.
1500
that is hands-free,” he said.
The pantry gives restocking priority to essential items like In a poll conducted last week by
canned meat, canned fruit, rice and cereal. The most com- The (Raleigh) News & Observer
mon donations are canned vegetables, pasta and beans. 1000 and ABC 11 Eyewitness News,
The essentials list is also given to groups wanting to do participants reviewed laws on cell
a food drive. When they get odd, sometimes ethnic foods, phone use while driving.
they’re put in a separate section of the shelf. 500 Forty percent of those polled
Local food banks supply the pantry’s meat monthly, but said that while handheld phones
the donations depend on surplus allotted by the government should be prohibited, hands-free
to the food banks, Lavergne said. 0 devices should be allowed.
8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
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J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D favor of banning all cell phone use.
Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. SOURCE: INTER-FAITH COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SERVICE DTH/RYAN KURTZMAN
See cell phones, Page 6
Carson investigation
UNC to seek best
Juror selection begins student comedians
in Atwater federal trial Winners to open shows this weekend
By Sarah Frier court in Winston-Salem will move to the By Katelyn Trela ATTEND THE COMPETITION
City Editor next stage of jury selection. That’s mostly Staff Writer
Time: 7 p.m. today
Potential jurors answered questionnaires because the judge still has not decided Junior Cody Hughes will be
Monday to determine their eligibility to whether the trial, set to begin in May, will defending his title against 23 other Location: Student Union Cabaret
serve at the trial of one of two men charged take place in North Carolina. UNC students tonight as they vie Info: unc.edu/cuab/events.shtml
with killing former Student Body President “In order to have a speedy trial, you prob- for one of several opening spots
DTH ONLINE: View the Carolina
Eve Carson. ably have to get everything situated pretty for comedian Lewis Black — an
Comedy Festival’s full schedule
It’s the first step in selecting the jury carefully and quickly,” said UNC constitu- opportunity Hughes has won for
to examine Demario James Atwater, 23, tional law professor Michael Gerhardt.
Jury selection the past two years.
at dailytarheel.com/tags/
carolina-comedy-festival.
who faces federal carjacking and firearm
use charges resulting in Carson’s death —
The judge has until the beginning of
the trial to decide whether to honor the
in Demario
The students will compete in
the Student Stand Up Competition Hughes’ first stand-up experi-
charges that could result in the death pen- defense’s request to move it out of state, Atwater’s for the chance to open for Black,
federal case
ence — and his first win — was in
alty if he is convicted. About 170 potential said Lynne Klauer, spokeswoman for the as well as The Daily Show’s John this competition two years ago.
jurors will be quizzed each day this week. Middle District of North Carolina, which is began Monday Oliver, Wyatt Cenac and Rory “The first year it just blew me
But there’s no guarantee that those who in Winston- Albanese in Friday and Saturday’s
Salem.
answer questions this week at the federal See jurors, Page 6 performances. See comedy, Page 6
The Daily Tar Heel turns 117 July 1972
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Nov. 30, 1989
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University, hoping to end the mandatory nonprofit separate from the University,
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May 4, 1923 student fee that helps fund The Daily Tar
The Tar Heel adds the "Daily" Heel, saying the paper advocated views independence.
The Tar Heel, now publishing
to its name after students they didn't believe in. Daily Tar Heel
twice weekly, leaves Athletic
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Association control and moves
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under the Student Publications
Tuesday through Sunday.
the legal defense, and the case was
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Union Board.
1890 1920 1950 1980 2010
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April 7, 1954
The first issue of The
Tar Heel, a weekly Charles Kuralt is Yi-Hsin Chang is selected The Daily Tar Heel announces that it will move
editor-in-chief by an its offices to 151 E. Rosemary St. from the
paper paid for by elected
11-member student panel, Student Union. The new office is about a block
editor-in-chief.
advertising and a
ending the 83-year run of from the original DTH office in 1893.
$0.05 per issue He would go on
to be a editors being elected by
subscription, is
legendary CBS the student body. The
published. The paper
was founded by the newsman and is selection coincides with
The Daily Tar Heel
arguably the
Athletic Association
most famous becoming completly
and initially focused
DTH alumnus. independent from the
on sports. Charles
University and no longer
Baskerville, the first editor-in-chief, came to UNC as an assistant in the chemistry taking student fee money.
department and is credited with the idea of starting a newspaper at the University.
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Police log
n  Someone destroyed nine fire
extinguisher housings and two
porch lights at 1:53 a.m. Sunday
at Mill Creek Apartments, locat-
ed at 710 Martin Luther King Jr.
Blvd., according to Chapel Hill
police reports.
The extinguishers were worth
$30 and the lights worth $50,
reports state.
n   Someone entered a 2004
Mitsubishi Eclipse that might
have been unlocked between 11
a.m. and 5:42 p.m. Sunday at
306 McMasters St., according to
Chapel Hill police reports.
An iPod worth $300 and Oakley
sunglasses worth $120 were stolen,
reports state.
n   Someone broke into an
apartment and stole almost $500
worth of property between 3:30
p.m. Feb. 17 and 2:51 p.m. Sunday,
according to Chapel Hill police
reports.
Items stolen include an Xbox
worth $299, 18 Xbox games worth
$72, a pair of athletic shorts worth
$5 and five pairs of jeans worth
$100, reports state.
n   Someone broke the mirror
off of a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee
between 12:30 a.m. and 5:19 p.m.
Sunday, according to Chapel Hill
police reports.
Damage to the car was estimat-
ed at $200, reports state.
n   A Chapel Hill man was
arrested for misdemeanor pos-
session of marijuana at 11:30
p.m. Sunday at 200 Westminster
Drive, according to Chapel Hill
police reports.
Montoya Lynn Haith, 36, was
cited for possessing 1.3 grams of
marijuana, reports state.
n  Someone slashed two tires of
a 2004 Subaru Forester between
10 p.m. Friday and 5:06 p.m.
Saturday, according to Chapel Hill
police reports.
Damage to the tires was esti-
mated at $200, reports state.
n  A cat with dark gray stripes bit
a woman at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at
222 Old Fayetteville Road, accord-
ing to Carrboro Police reports. The
woman and other residents had
been feeding the cat, reports state.
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Financial aid fund drying up Marrow

Correction
Due to an editing error, the
caption did not correspond to the
photo in Monday’s pg. 3 “That’s

what you said” feature.
The Daily Tar Heel apologizes
for the error.
Committee works to slow spending “If they don’t continue or find an
alternative source, it would mean
less money for students,” Ort said.
registry
Bostic said that most of escheat
money goes to the UNC system,
though some other programs also

drive
campus Briefs By Jeanna smialek $200 to $3,700, he said. It’s difficult to tell how much receive money from that source.
Staff Writer An N.C. General Assembly com- that could impact UNC financial N.C . R e p . R ay R a p p , D -
Holgate requests re-vote with An important source of student mittee on state-funded student aid because there is no indication Madison, who leads the committee
second complaint against BOE aid money could run out in as little financial aid will start discussing yet of what the legislature will do, with Stevens, said that legislators’

Former Student Congress can-
didate Taylor Ann Holgate filed a
second complaint Saturday to the
Student Supreme Court, request-
ing a re-vote of the District 5 elec-
tion.
Holgate attributed the dismissal
of her previous complaint — made
with District 1 candidate Marc
Seelinger — to the fact that it cited
an incorrect portion of the Student
Code. Holgate’s revised complaint
claims that problems with the
online voting system prevented
students from casting ballots.
As many as 296 students were
kept from voting because of incor-
rect class standing and residence
information.
“Technical problems with the
election process disenfranchised
students,” she said. “It definitely
affected the outcome. The system
doesn’t lead to legitimate elec-
tions and a legitimate student
government.”
Board of Elections Chairman
Pete Gillooly said he recognizes
that problems with the Information
Technology Services online voting
system exist but said that paper
ballots were available.
“If I felt the election was illegiti-
mate, I would have initiated a re-
vote,” Gillooly said.
Visit dailytarheel.com/section/
campus for the full story.
CIty Briefs
County Commissioners delay
vote on zoning law change
The Board of Orange County
Commissioners delayed voting
Monday on proposed zoning law
amendments that would affect up
to 500 properties in the Upper
Eno area.
The amendment aims to reduce
pollution by targeting hard, imper-
vious surfaces.
Visit dailytarheel.com/section/
city for the full story.
Orange County to receive
stimulus funding for roads
as three years if legislators can’t
find a way to halt its rapid deple-
tion.
E s c h e a t m o n e y, w h i c h i s
handed over to the state gov-
ernment when private property
goes unclaimed, has been spent
faster than it has been replaced
in recent years.
In fiscal year 2008-09, $127
million of need-based grants
awarded to 55,287 UNC system
students were paid for by escheat
funds, said Richard Bostic, prin-
cipal fiscal analyst in the Fiscal
Research Division of the N.C.
General Assembly.
All schools in the UNC system
participate in the escheat grant
program, and UNC-system stu-
dents receive grants ranging from
Ashlee Edwards, Sindhya Rajeev and Tiffany Mullin talk before author Randall Kenan speaks about a comic book collection in Wilson
Library. Students and community members were present to talk about the new collection’s showcase, which features black superheroes.
how to stop overusing escheat
funds in March.
It is expected to come up with
a recommendation on how to stall
spending by the time the legisla-
ture convenes in May.
N.C. Sen. Richard Stevens,
R-Wake, chairman of the commit-
tee, said if the committee fails to
come up with a recommendation,
students could suffer.
“If we are unable to make up the
difference, it would theoretically
reduce the amount of student aid
available,” Stevens said.
Shirley Ort, associate provost
and director of scholarships and
student aid at UNC-Chapel Hill,
said that escheat depletion would
leave state funded grant programs
without enough money.
Ort said.
Trouble began in fiscal year
2004 when the state began dip-
ping into the actual escheat fund
to supplement general fund dollars
toward student aid.
Traditionally, only the inter-
est accumulated on escheat funds
was used to provide student aid,
Stevens said.
The fund’s diminishing balance
has become a major problem since
then.
The state treasurer wants to
retain at least $200 million of
escheat funds to repay individu-
als who try to claim their money,
Bostic said.
The funds are projected to fall
to $200 million by the end of the
2010 fiscal year.
begins
ultimate goal is to streamline the
student aid system and find other
sources of funding to slow escheat
spending without reducing student
aid.
Rapp said that some scholarships
and grants are currently underused,
and money could be pulled from
Minority donors
those programs and dedicated to especially needed
those that need it most.
It could still be a couple months
BY Chelsea Bailey
before concrete recommendations staff writer
are made, but legislators have indi-
For students who participate in
cated that the issue of the dwindling
today’s bone marrow registry drive,
escheat fund is a top priority.
a simple cheek swab could help
“There is an 800 pound gorilla
save a stranger’s life.
in the room,” Rapp said. “That’s the
The N.C. Cancer Hospital and
escheat fund.” several student organizations
will host the UNC’s first cam-
Contact the State & National puswide bone marrow registra-
Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. tion drive today in the Morehead
Planetarium.
Organizers are hoping to attract
1,000 volunteers to the drive,
where potential donors will be able
to have their cheeks swabbed for
DNA and submit their names and
contact information into a national
database.
Unlike organ donations, bone
marrow transplants require that
donors are genetic matches. The Be
The Match Registry, which is spon-
soring today’s drive, helps patients
find a genetic match through the
National Marrow Donor Program.
Organizers encourage college
students to register because they
remain in the database for a longer
period of time.
Betsie Letterle, account execu-
tive for the N.C. regional data-
base, said potential donors can be
enrolled in the database for years
without being contacted.
Registry organizer Lanier Brown
May wasn’t always knowledgeable
about bone marrow. But when her
husband was diagnosed with chronic
lymphocytic leukemia five years ago,
she decided to do some research.
What she discovered was
astonishing.
“Once I started doing my home-
work, I saw what a huge need there
dth/helen Woolard
is,” May said, adding that 70 percent
of people who need a match won’t
be able to find one in their family.
May decided to organize a reg-

TO THE RESCUE
Road widening, pedestrian istry so people like her husband,
crossings, bike lanes and improved who might eventually need a mar-
traffic signals are some of the row transplant, will be able to find
improvements Orange County resi- donors. Both May and her husband
dents can expect starting in April work for UNC.
because of recent funding from the Writer speaks on role of black superheroes Black Panther “We all want this to be a leading
federal stimulus package. First appearing in a 1966 University, and this is something
Orange County received $7.5 mil- issue of “Fantastic Four,” the that we can do to show that we are,”
lion Thursday from the American by Doruk onvural characters became stereotypical for “stick- Black Panther is considered
staff writer ing it to the man” and carrying cannon-like she said.
Recovery and Reinvestment Act the first black superhero in “All you’re doing is saying, ‘If I
for road improvements. English professor Randall Kenan said weapons. mainstream American comics.
that at first glance, he is an odd match for a Kenan discussed how this stereotype influ- can help somebody who needs it,
Chapel Hill also received $1.17 I’m willing to do it.’”
million in stimulus funds last week. superhero enthusiast. enced his conception of masculinity.
The changes are meant to improve He is gay and black, a sexual orientation The men represented in the pages were War Machine Dr. Tom Shea, director of the
and race he said is rarely found in comic books aggressive, large and stoic. bone marrow transplant program
driving and pedestrian safety. James Rhodes began as a at UNC Hospitals, said donating
The projects will help stimulate today, much less 30 years ago when he picked But he said every time he looked in the friend of billionaire playboy
up his first copy of “Avengers” at a pharmacy. mirror and saw a passive, small and emotion- Tony Stark. When Stark began bone marrow is one of the most
the local economy by providing misunderstood procedures.
new jobs for the projects and new But before a standing-room-only crowd al boy, he came to the harsh realization that fighting crime in a personal-
of fans and students in the Pleasants Family maybe he wasn’t cut out to be a superhero. It’s also one that could save a sig-
demand for construction materials ized suit of armor as Iron nificant number of lives, he said.
and machinery, said Craig Benedict, Assembly Room of Wilson Library, Kenan Kenan said it wasn’t until 1971, with the Man, Rhodes joined him as
spoke about his attachment to comic books introduction of John Stewart as the Green sidekick War Machine. Each year more than 100,000
director of Orange County plan- people are diagnosed with leu-
ning and inspections. and their superheroes through his youth and Lantern, that a black superhero’s name was
how it has affected his award-winning writ- not preceded by “black” in comic books. kemia, lymphoma or other life-
ing. He is most known for a collection of short Eventually, black characters evolved Lucius Fox threatening illnesses that require
Sports Briefs stories, “Let the Dead Bury Their Dead.” into more recognizable human characters, He’s not a superhero himself,
marrow transplants.
Hip injury could sideline As a child, Kenan grew attached to one of such as the business man Lucius Fox in the In a healthy body, bone mar-
but Fox works as a business
row produces red blood cells. But
David Wear for the season the first black comic book figures, the Black “Batman” comics, who Kenan described as manager for Batman’s alter-
in patients with cancer, the bone
Panther. After this introduction to the genre, influential to his life. ego, Bruce Wayne. Fox was
North Carolina freshman forward he said, black characters quickly became These are the influences which Kenan marrow is unhealthy and some-
portrayed by actor Morgan
David Wear will likely be sidelined homogenized in popular culture. times toxic. Transplants boost their
Freeman in the two most
in Wednesday’s Florida State match Influenced by movies like “Shaft,” black See SUPERHEROES, Page 9 recent Batman films.
with an injured hip and could be out See bone marrow, Page 9
for the season, The (Raleigh) News
& Observer reported.
Coach Roy Williams said Wear
could have a labrum tear in his
hip, but the team is awaiting test
Thorp holds open
house for students
results that might be available this
afternoon.
Williams also said the injury was
not sustained while playing basket-
ball and that the “clicking” sound in
his hip has been bothering Wear.
The 6-foot-10 post player joins
Discusses curriculum, career services
a list of UNC players who have
been injured this season. Ed Davis By Kelsey Finn Sciences.
is likely out for the season with an Staff Writer But Owen said there will not be
injured wrist, and David’s brother Chancellor Holden Thorp took a complete revision of the curricu-
Travis Wear has not seen court two hours out of his Monday after- lum in the near future.
action since Feb. 7 at Maryland. noon to chat with students, cov- “That’s a once-a-generation exer-
ering a variety of topics from the cise and won’t happen for another
reading list for English majors to 15 years,” she said.
state Briefs bike paths to Carolina North. Owen said tweaks to the current
Duke University’s partner The Student Advisory curriculum are expected.
linked to attacks on Google Committee to the Chancellor held “We discovered in November that
the open house, where a variety of 1,400 seniors supposed to graduate
One of Duke University’s part- students, faculty and administra- in May had not yet had a fine arts
ners in China might be associated tors came together to discuss issues course above 200, and so we really
with cyberattacks on Google. of importance on campus. made some changes with them and
The New York Times reported Below are Thorp and other presented a variety of options.”
Thursday that investigators have administrators’ answers to student Owen discussed globalization as
traced the origins of some of the questions: a highlight of the curriculum.
online attacks to computers at “More students are studying
Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Q: What is the goal of the ongo- abroad, and more students are
ing curriculum evaluations?
Administrators formalized aware of international and global
Duke’s partnership with that uni- A: The current curriculum issues, and that’s an area where I
versity in January to build a 200- was implemented in the fall of think we’ve had a real success with
acre campus in Kunshan, China. 2006. A study of 670 student this curriculum.”
Duke officials told The Chronicle, participants seeks to evaluate the
Duke’s student newspaper, they are effectiveness of the curriculum. Q: How can students be
giving their partners in China the The students will be tracked for reminded to give to Haiti beyond
benefit of the doubt and are wait- four years after they graduate, the “honeymoon period”?
ing for more information. said Bobbi Owen, senior associ- A: Thorp advised students to dth/Duncan Culbreth

ate dean of undergraduate edu- Chancellor Holden Thorp answers students’ questions for nearly two hours during the open house in the
— From staff and wire reports. cation in the College of Arts and See open house, Page 9 Student Union. The questions ranged from social issues to how the University will continue to change.
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Tar Heels at familiar crossroads comedy

from page 1

away. It was one of the best shows

said. “It’s been such a great oppor-
tunity to win two years in a row.”
The competition is the first event
in the seventh annual Carolina

A
strange thing happened again, this time with a bases I ever did, and it was just really sur-
ily on the intangibles that players Comedy Festival, which ends with
in the top of the fourth loaded single through the middle like Cavasinni provide. real,” he said. Friday and Saturday’s performanc-
inning during North that gave UNC a 2-1 lead. Picked to finish third in the For the competition, each partic- es from the comedic heavyweights
Carolina’s 4-2 win against George That single would prove to be Coastal Division in the ACC pre- ipant has three minutes to impress in the Carolina Comedy Jam.
Washingon at Boshamer Stadium the game-winner. season coaches’ poll, leadership the audience. A panel of judges will The Carolina Union Activities
on Saturday. It would also go a long way in choose winners based on audience
and toughness are vital if the Tar Board is sponsoring the festival.
With two out and no one on, proving that neither Cavasinni Heels hope to beat the odds for areaction, stage presence and the “My philosophy is, if you’re not
an otherwise inconspicuous nor the No. 11 Tar Heels should be fifth straight year. humor and originality of the jokes. laughing once a day, there’s some-
inning took a turn for the weird
brandon staton overlooked. Having bounced back from “Whatever makes a good come- thing wrong,” said Amanda Kao,
at the buzzer
when it occurred to me that Since 2006, the Tar Heels’ first a broken orbital bone and a dian a good comedian, that’s what CUAB president. “We just want to
someone had left their hat in three. trip to the College World Series torn ACL in the past, toughness we’re looking for,” said Sam Morgan, provide a really great show for the
center field. Mike Cavasinni, ladies and in Omaha since 1989, North the CUAB comedy chairman and
doesn’t appear to be a problem for students.”
No one seemed to notice except gentlemen. Carolina has found itself in a Cavasinni. coordinator of the festival. Senior Scott Banks, a returning
me. But, before I had a chance It turns out, the 5-foot-7, 160- similar situation in each of the And leadership? Some participants have been competitor in the stand-up show, is
to tell anyone, Colonials DH pound senior spark plug was last three seasons. polishing their routines for more
Well, his bat is having no prob- hoping that his final year in the com-
Stephen Oswald sent a line drive there all along. And that wasn’t North Carolina has rebounded lem leading the way early on. than a month. petition will be better than last year.
dipping toward the void between the only trick up his sleeve. nicely each time, running its So, even though a stop in “I’ve been working on my three- “I tried last year but didn’t do that
the left and right fielders. With the Tar Heels trailing impressive streak of CWS appear- Omaha this season might seem minute piece for about two months well,” he said. “I feel like I’ve made
In an flash, out sprung a pair of 1-0 in the bottom of the seventh ances to four. now,” Hughes said. “I put a lot of
like a tall task, teams throughout a lot of progress. I’ve been doing it
Nikes and a glove from beneath inning, he was up to his old But without the sheer power, the ACC and NCAA would be work into my jokes.” for three years, and winning is really
that hat. A miniature person antics. both at the plate and on the wise to keep UNC on their radar. But another win would be pure the next goal for me.”
appeared and dove toward the Having already delivered a mound, that UNC has grown luck, he said.
dipping liner, made the catch clutch hit a day prior, in the sea- accustomed to, this season might Contact Brandon Staton “I know there are a lot of good Contact the Arts Editor
and voila! Inning over – one, two, son opener, Cavasinni delivered be the one that relies most heav- at bkstaton@email.unc.edu. and funny people out there,” he at artsdesk@unc.edu.

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Chapel Hill resident and former
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he supported possible town efforts
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“Nissan plans to put an Internet
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More civilians die Obama unveils his new health care
in Afghanistan plan in an e≠ort to rally Democrats
KABUL — American-led
efforts to avert civilian deaths in
the war against the Taliban suf-
fered a new blow over the week-
end when a NATO airstrike in
southern Afghanistan killed
about two dozen civilians.
U.S. Army Gen. Stanley
McChrystal, the head of coalition
forces in Afghanistan, sought to
contain outrage Monday for the
attack by delivering a personal
apology to Afghan President
Hamid Karzai.
He conceded, however, that
the attack Sunday was likely
to shake public confidence in
his pledge to minimize civilian
deaths in Afghanistan.
“We are extremely saddened by
the tragic loss of innocent lives,”
McChrystal’s statement said.
Obama pushes for Toyota hearings
education reform to begin today
WASHINGTON, D.C. —
Decrying shortcomings of the No
Child Left Behind Act, President
Barack Obama pledged Monday
to make American students
more competitive in the global
economy by encouraging higher
state standards for primary and
secondary education.
Students in the United States
lag by several critical measures,
Obama told a gathering of the
nation’s governors at the White
House, with eighth-grade stu-
dents ranking ninth in the world
in math and 11th in science.
“In response to assessments
like these, some states have
upped their game,” Obama
said, pointing as an example to
Massachusetts, where eighth-
graders are now tied for first in
science around the world.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT)
— President Barack Obama
offered his much-anticipated
new health care plan Monday
in an eleventh-hour bid to rally
Democrats behind sweeping
legislation that would expand
coverage, tighten regulation of
the insurance industry and make
the nation’s medical system more
efficient.
The White House, releasing
the $950 billion blueprint ahead
of Thursday’s health care summit
with congressional Democrats
and Republicans, in effect chal-
lenged GOP leaders to offer an
alternative.
But with Republicans firmly
against any major health care
overhaul, the president’s primary
task is unifying House and Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT)
— Congress begins hearings
today on sudden acceleration
problems in Toyota vehicles,
the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration’s role in
investigating the problem and
whether the system or federal
safety standards need to be
adjusted.
Toyota chief executive Akio
Toyoda is scheduled to tes-
tify before a Senate committee
Wednesday, highlighting the
high stakes for the Japanese
carmaker.
Toyoda’s testimony comes
amid reports that Toyota boast-
ed that it saved $100 million
by negotiating with regulators
for a limited recall of the 2007
Camry and Lexus ES models for
sudden acceleration problems.
Democrats behind comprehen-
sive legislation that they could
send to his desk in the coming
weeks.
In all likelihood, given the loss
of a filibuster-proof majority in
the Senate, that means firing up
House Democrats to approve the
bill that has already passed the
Senate — along with separate
legislation incorporating chang-
es to address concerns by House
Democrats.
“ T he real goal here has
to be to resolve differences
among Democrats,” said vet-
eran Democratic strategist Paul
Begala. “The Republican leader-
ship is more likely to perform in
a gay marriage than they are to
work with Democrats on health
care.”
Zazi pleads guilty
to conspiracy plot
NEW YORK — Terrorism
suspect Najibullah Zazi pleaded
guilty Monday to conspiracy to
use weapons of mass destruc-
tion, telling a federal judge that
he planned to commit “martyr-
dom operations” and subways
were among the targets.
T he 25-year-old former
Denver airport shuttle driver
also pleaded guilty to counts of
conspiracy to commit murder in
a foreign country and providing
material support for a terrorist
organization, which he said was
al-Qaida.
Zazi was arrested last
September after driving from
Denver to New York in what
authorities believed was the first
al-Qaida-linked terrorist opera-
tion on U.S. soil since the Sept.
11 attacks.
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Five schools don’t yet require coverage
By jeremiah gregg
Staff Writer
UNC-system schools are getting
ready for the switch to the system’s
new health insurance plan.
By August 1, every student
enrolled in the system must have
health insurance coverage.
There are five schools — UNC-
Chapel Hill, N.C. State University,
Appalachian State, East Carolina
University and UNC-Wilmington
— that don’t yet require students
to have insurance.
Those universities are making
the transition by finalizing the
technical aspects of the policy
and educating the students and
parents who will be affected by
the policy.
“The three most important
things are communication, com-
munication, communication,” said
Bruce Mallette, senior associate vice
president for academic and student
affairs for the UNC system.
“We have to make sure we get
out to students exactly what this
policy is and what it covers.”
UNC-system leaders decided
early last semester to make health
insurance mandatory for students.
Pearce & Pearce was selected as
the health insurance provider
for the entire system earlier this
month.
Students must either prove via
a waiver that they already have
insurance or purchase the UNC-
system insurance plan. They will
be automatically enrolled in the
system insurance plan if they don’t
have their own coverage.
The premium cost will be
attached to their tuition bill at the
beginning of the fall semester.
Administrators are working
hard to make sure this information
gets to students and parents.
“We’ve already got boots on the
ground to make sure the imple-
mentation goes well,” Mallette
said.
Representatives from Pearce &
Pearce are visiting all the campuses
and have already visited UNC.
Plans are also being finalized for
a visit by campus health represen-
tatives to Pearce & Pearce, confer-
ence calls for student governments
and for student media, Mallette
said.
A Web site is also being built
that will allow students to access
information about the new plan
and fill out insurance waivers.
UNC has established an imple-
mentation team that includes
representatives from campus
health, admissions, the office of
scholarships and financial aid,
Huff said.
NCSU plans to distribute infor-
mation through registration, the
student newspaper, e-mails, infor-
mation forums and orientation,
said Jerry Barker, associate vice
chancellor of student affairs at
NCSU.
Health administrators from
both UNC and NCSU estimated
that about 10 percent of students
Timeline for
transition to
mandatory
health insurance
By April 1: Insurance
waivers are scheduled to be
available for students to fill
out online through the Pearce
& Pearce Web site.
June 2: Verification of
waivers will begin.
Aug. 1: Insurance coverage
becomes active.
do not have any kind of health
insurance.
Cost is often the reason cited as
to why students don’t have health
insurance, said Patricia Huff, direc-
tor of administration for campus
health services at UNC.
“That’s why we’re excited to find
a plan with such affordable cover-
age,” Huff said.
The base health insurance
plan from Pearce & Pearce has an
annual premium of $610. That cost
goes up with additional coverage
options.
Contact the State & National
Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.

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Technology director moves to state board
Responsible for state tech services
By Will Wilmer
Staff Writer
A technology director of Chapel
Hill-Carrboro City Schools will
soon be sharing his expertise on a
state board.
Rodney Trice, the school system’s
executive director for technology
and instruction, will be a part of the
N.C. board that advises the state’s
Office of Information Technology
Services effective immediately.
The office is responsible for
communications, Internet and
Downtown sees lower
business vacancy rates
O∞cials unsure trend will continue
By Caroline Schaberg
Staff Writer
The economic downturn didn’t
stop businesses from occupying
space in downtown Chapel Hill in
the last year.
Downtown vacancies declined
from 5.1 percent to 4.5 per-
cent in the past six months, said
Jim Norton, executive director
of the Chapel Hill Downtown
Partnership.
But business officials aren’t sure
whether the trend will continue.
Contributing to the improve-
ment were the openings of sev-
eral new businesses, including
Walgreens, which opened in
December, and FRANK, a town-
sponsored art gallery that will open
later this year, Norton said.
Franklin Street has also gained
Kildare’s Irish Pub, Franklin Street
Market, Inihaw Top of D’Grill and
The Chocolate Door in the last six
months.
“Chapel Hill is in the midst of
bone marrow
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immune systems and help their
bodies fight diseases.
Letterle said minorities are
nationally underrepresented in
the catalog.
“At any given time there are
6,000 patients searching the reg-
istry for a match,” Letterle said.
“When there are so few minori-
ties on the registry, the chances of
finding a match is really limited.”
First-year medical students
DeAnna McGarity and Rachel
Adams said they decided to help
with the drive after they were told
about the lack of minorities in the
database. McGarity and Adams are
members of the Student National
Transplanting bone marrow
1. 2.
1. Doctors extract marrow 2. The cancer
from either the patient’s hip patient's marrow
or through a process similar is killed off with
to donating blood platelets a high dose of
where marrow is extracted chemotherapy to
from the blood through an prepare for the
IV and filtered out before transplant.
the remaining blood is
returned to the body.
DTH/LENNON DODSON
SOURCE: TOM SHEA, DIRECTOR OF BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT PROGRAM AT UNC HOSPITALS
open house
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keep doing what they’re doing, in
response to concerns from Campus
Y co-president Erin Marubashi,
who said she hopes student gener-
osity and support will continue as
the year goes on.
Thorp said he will make sure the
link to participate in Haiti relief
will remain on UNC’s Web site.
“If you need our help with fund-
raisers, we can do it,” Thorp said.
“But you all probably have more
ability to communicate than we
do. I’m not on Facebook.”
Q: How can the alumni be
involved in raising money for Haiti?
Can UNC hold a benefit event?
A: “The University can’t raise
money for anything besides the
University,” Thorp said. “We have
to walk a careful line.”
Thorp explained that the
University is prohibited from rais-
ing money for other recipients. But
the athletic department has been
involved in supporting relief efforts.
Q: Who is the new University
Career Services director, and how
will he work with UNC?
A: As of March 1, Ray Angle
other technology services at state
agencies.
Trice was appointed by N.C.
House of Representatives Speaker
Joe Hackney, D-Orange, who
was allowed two appointments to
the N.C. Information Technology
Advisory Board. One had to be
an educator with information and
technology experience.
Although Trice said the school
district is a bit slow in laptop use
and wireless capabilities, he has
confidence in its progress.
a revitalization,” FRANK gallery
director Barbara Rich said. “We’re
trying to sophisticate this area.”
Town economic development
officer Dwight Bassett said busi-
nesses in Chapel Hill have fared
better in the recession than those
in other areas.
“Even in a down economy, things
have continued to remain fairly
consistent,” he said.
Adam Klein, vice president of
the Chamber of Commerce, cred-
ited the Chapel Hill Downtown
Partnership with bringing prospec-
tive businesses to Chapel Hill.
But Norton said the decrease in
open buildings might not necessar-
ily indicate an improved business
climate.
“Since the decline was so minis-
cule, there’s no way to really tell if
this trend will continue,” he said.
The Town Council’s Committee
on Economic Development is com-
piling data of new and existing
businesses in Chapel Hill to build
Medical Association, an organi-
zation that mentors minorities as
they make their way through medi-
cal school.
“February is Black History Month,
and there’s such a large number of
patients who are minorities, so we
decided to help with the drive so they
can have strong presence on the reg-
istry,” McGarity said.
May said students need to be
aware of the impact a donation
can make.
“We have 25,000 students and
it’s something we’ve never pushed
because people don’t understand
the importance of it, but you can
save somebody’s life,” she said.
Contact the University Editor while some students attended for
at udesk@unc.edu. extra credit or to satisfy a require-
3.
3. The donor stem cells are
injected into the patient's
body through an IV. The
new marrow boosts their
immune system and helps
their bodies produce
healthy blood cells.
will be the new director, said Chris
Payne, an associate vice chancel-
lor for student affairs and interim
director of Career Services.
There will be a welcome reception
at 3 p.m. Monday in Hanes Hall, and
students are encouraged to share
their experiences and suggest ways
to strengthen career services.
Thorp said Angle is being pre-
sented with a great opportunity.
“He is going to feel very need-
ed,” Thorp said. “My advice to him
would be to be as innovative and
experimental as you want to be,
which is what I tell most people
who come to work here.”
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“In some respects, we are leaders
in terms of technology,” he said.
Trice will keep his position in
the school district but will meet
with the state advisory board each
month until September 2011, when
his board term ends.
Trice expects to bring his knowl-
edge of the role that education can
play in the school system.
“I could provide some voice for
K-12 education,” he said.
His district has several pro-
grams that emphasize technologi-
cal instruction.
Students are encouraged to bring
in laptops, and many of the class-
Vacancy Rate
Six months ago, 5.1 percent of
shops downtown were vacant.
Today, 4.5 percent are vacant.
a more diversified and sustainable
economy.
“We hope that this survey can
give us a good indication of what
businesses will prosper in Chapel
Hill and what to do economically
in the future,” Bassett said.
The Chapel Hill- Carrboro
Chamber of Commerce is also
working to bring more businesses
to the area by targeting those they
think would succeed.
“We are working with anybody
who is looking to locate downtown
and helping them be aware of
vacancies,” Klein said. “We are also
giving them information about the
retail market here, how consumers
spend money and what stores are
currently doing well.”
Contact the City Editor
at citydesk@unc.edu.
superheroes
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said led him to the prestigious
Guggenheim Fellowship, an award
for exceptional creative ability
in the arts, and a job at Random
House, Inc., a prominent publish-
ing company.
For more than one hour, Kenan
kept the eclectic audience captivated
and laughing with his contagious
interest and the ease with which he
was able to connect with his audi-
ence.
The audience consisted mostly
of Kenan’s fans, dressed in long
trench coats and funky hats who
just wanted to hear him speak,
ment in writing classes.
Most audience members left
charmed and inspired by the
advancement of black characters
in American popular culture.
Elias Cooper, a junior philoso-
phy major, said he isn’t a comic
book aficionado but found the
event interesting, nonetheless.
“I don’t know too much about
comic books, but Kenan was hilari-
ous and his story is incredible,” he
said. “I just came for my class, but
this was actually pretty cool.”
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will try to bring
Trice said. The iPods use standard
applications such as the organizer
education, Chapel Hill-Carrboro
City Schools school board chair-
his knowledge and Web browser. man Mike Kelley said.
of school Trice said he hopes the program Some members of the school
systems to his will provide the school system board said they will continue to
with practical applications of such emphasize the role of technology
new role on a
mobile devices to enhance learning in the classroom.
state board. in the classroom. Trice said uses of technology
Another technological advance- like the programs at Chapel Hill-
rooms are equipped with SMART ment for the district is the N.C. Carrboro City Schools could lead to
Boards, which are interactive, com- Window of Information on Student more efficiency.
puterized white boards. Education program, which is an “It’s a savings for the taxpayer
Trice cited a Culbreth Middle online grade book that allows par- when data is streamlined,” he
School program that provides each ents to log in and check the grades said.
of the more than 600 students with of their student.
an iPod touch. The program allows parents to Contact the City Editor
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Mud Wars
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B
ursting out of Murphey Hall and racing into Polk Place, Darth Vader and Jabba
the Hutt of the “Star Wars” movies fight on Monday afternoon. As the laughing
onlookers took photographs with their cell phones, the muddy showdown ended
with Darth Vader valiantly shoving his lightsaber into Jabba the Hutt’s chest before
racing off in the direction of Coker Arboretum.
Calling all donors
The N.C. Cancer Hospital will host
a bone marrow registry drive today
games on campus. See pg. 3 for story.
Financial aid needed
© 2009 The Mepham Group. All rights reserved.
Level: 1 2 3 4 The state’s escheat fund, which
provides financial aid money, is
running low. See pg. 3 for story.
Complete the grid
so each row, column Ask me anything
and 3-by-3 box (in
bold borders) con- Chancellor Holden T horp
tains every digit 1 answered questions in an open
to 9. house Monday. See pg. 3 for story.
Solution to
Student insurance
Monday’s puzzle
UNC-system schools are prepping
to transition to mandatory health
insurance. See pg. 7 for story.
Get up, stand up
Student comedians will battle
tonight for the chance to open for
Lewis Black. See pg. 1 for story.
Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle
(C)2010 Tribune Media Services, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Across language? 25 Leave high and dry 41 Inhumane
1 Have status 58 “Beg pardon” 26 “Two mints in one” 42 Auto trim
5 Less adorned, as walls 59 Express a view sloganeer 43 Rare orders, perhaps
10 Wordless singing style 60 Uncooperative contraction 27 Confront 44 Eastern priests
14 Land parcel unit 61 Annoyed 28 “No harm done” 45 Potato source
15 Big gig venue 62 Looks after 29 River where baby Moses 46 Casualty
16 Heading for a chore list 63 Stopping points was found 47 Nine-to-five routine, to
17 Devotee of a Sistine 32 Artist Matisse many
Chapel feature? Down 33 Rock star Clapton 50 Ringer of many bells
19 Charles Lamb’s nom de 1 Meet event 34 Insurer’s exposure 51 Allow to use for a while
plume 2 Suit toppers 35 Metal band’s equipment 52 Creative fields
20 Sixth sense, briefly 3 Vacation option 37 Vending machine feature 55 Class clown, often
56 Anchovy holder
21 Carnival city 4 Sushi choice 38 Place to hold mutineers
22 Portage vessels 5 Send into exile 40 Cracker spread 57 Be in the hole for
24 Devotee of green ice 6 Special lingo
cream? 7 Arbiter with a whistle
27 Final furniture coat 8 “Bambi” doe
30 Round at the tavern 9 Oater landowners
31 Pennsylvania Dutch group 10 Workers with pads
32 Buddy of Tom and Dick? 11 Punctuation in play
33 Important time dialogue
36 Pop choice 12 French farewell
37 Numbers after the decimal 13 Best man’s offer
point 18 Joyce’s countrymen
38 Top of the glass 23 Like a screened porch
39 __ out: barely make 24 Tower city
40 Tadpoles’ milieus
41 Like fresh celery
42 Capital where “Aida”
premiered
43 Trained animal’s
repertoire
44 Devotee of
thunderstorms?
48 Idolizes
49 Fish eggs
50 In the style of
53 Hand, in Juárez
54 Devotee of a classical
10 tuesday, february 23, 2010 Opinion The Daily Tar Heel

andrew dunn
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
The Daily Tar Heel EDITOR, 962-4086
AMDUNN@email.unc.edu
EDITorial BOARD members

Harrison Jobe meredith engelen

Patrick Fleming
cameron parker
pat ryan
“If you’re not laughing once a day,
Established 1893, Opinion EDITOR
117 years
of editorial freedom
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GREG MARGOLIS
Nathaniel Haines
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christian yoder there’s something wrong.”
associate opinion EDITOR
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president, on Carolina Comedy Festival
EDITORIAL CARTOON By Mark Viser, mviser@email.unc.edu
Featured online reader comment:
“It was First Amendment Day, not
Do You Like Pornography Day.
James ding and andrea
hubert
Of course the people involved are
great decisions committee members
Ding is a sophomore political science
going to champion free speech.”
and international studies major from
New York. Hubert is a sophomore
“JuiceNuggets,” on a letter saying larry flynt’s
business major from Washington, D.C. speech did not represent all sides of the issue
E-mail: jamesding90@gmail.com,
anhubert@gmail.com
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Chinese, March will raise awareness — in the name of free speech.

for bone marrow registry For example, it listed the
titles of his videos, including

American
TO THE EDITOR: “Big Black Meat in Little Blonde
Each year, more than 100,000 Treats” and “Face-Down, Ass-Up
Americans are diagnosed with Asian Style.” An article about the

tensions
leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma
and other diseases that may
require a life-saving bone marrow
or stem cell transplant. The “Be
event appeared on the pornogra-
phy Web site Adult Video News
— clear evidence that the por-
nography industry is using the

present Happy birthday, DTH

The Match” registry is the only
hope for the 70 percent of patients
needing a marrow transplant who
law school to legitimize selling
its racist and sexist material.

do not have a matching donor in Anthony J. Maglione

B I
lessings come alone; trou-
bles come in pairs.”
The Chinese are famous
for their use of ancient proverbs
to convey modern sentiments,
and we believe that this one is
especially pertinent to U.S.-China
relations today.
Indeed, recent troubles
between the two powers lend
credence to the notion of “one
step forward, two steps back.”
Quarrels over a pegged cur-
rency, an Internet search giant
and chicken feet came together
to overshadow President Barack
Obama’s historic first visit to
China last November.
Of course, the most recent
clash over Obama’s meeting with
the Dalai Lama adds even more
fuel to the diplomatic fire.
Some issues of great sensitivi-
ty, such as human rights and U.S.
arms sales to Taiwan, are long-
standing and intractable. Others,
such as China’s growing role as a
world polluter, are nascent and
evolving.
In either case, these alterca-
their family. Fewer than four in UNC ’09
think we look pretty good Heel is steadfast because of, 10 patients receive the transplant
for being 117 years old. not in spite of, those constant they need, oftentimes because no Flynt Q&A not place for
On this day in 1893, changes. matching donor can be found. monopolizing conversation
seven of the 376 students at We still question authority on Some of these patients are
UNC gathered to publish the all levels, from administrators, close to home, like UNC Arts and TO THE EDITOR:
first issue of The Tar Heel. the government and society. We Sciences Foundation Director Some people are saying that
In the years since then, gen- don’t accept the status quo as a Jamie May, who was diagnosed an individual’s right to free
erations of student journalists Andrew Dunn valid reason or excuse. with chronic lymphocytic leuke- speech was infringed upon
have covered the comings and editor-in-chief We still attack problems mia in 2005. when Larry Flynt came to speak
Unfortunately, this issue at UNC. These individuals have
goings of six University presi- E-mail: amdunn@email.unc.edu with the idealistic view that
is even more prevalent in the a very strong case about it too,
dents and 11 chancellors. we can change things for the minority community. This drive provided they continue to take
We’ve moved from a product eager to discover the commu- better, instead of retreating in is geared toward closing the the incident out of context.
of the Athletic Association to nity for the first time. cynicism. disparity caused by the lack of The floor opened up to ask
complete editorial and finan- Instead of being weighed We still put in the time and minority participation on the questions of Larry, and this indi-
cial independence. And we’ve down by tradition and the effort that only college students registry. It is our goal to target vidual stood up and “asked” the
grown from four pages weekly ways things have always been running on caffeine and Pop- minority populations to increase audience a “question.” By which
to about 12 every day. done, we find inspiration in Tarts can afford. the possibilities of all patients I mean he preached about what
But honestly, the main our past. And we still strive to earn the finding potential donors. a deplorable human being Mr.
changes at The Daily Tar Heel We look to the people who trust and attention of the stu- That’s why volunteers from var- Flynt is and how we don’t want
through the decades have have come before us as a stan- dent body as if it were for the ious institutions at UNC, includ- such trash at our school.
been in clothing, hairdos and dard and a guide, pushing first time. ing Phi Gamma Delta, the College Unfortunately for him, the
of Arts and Sciences Foundation, point of the event was to talk
technology — not in spirit. ourselves to always find ways I think those seven founding the UNC chapter of the Student
about how important free speech
That is our greatest strength. to better serve the community. staff members of The Tar Heel National Medical Association is, and nowhere in the description
Every year, a new crop of Every new wave of staff mem- would feel right at home in the a n d t h e U N C L i n e b e r ge r of the event was there any men-
students floods the DTH office bers brings their own ideas. office today. If only we could get Comprehensive Cancer Center tion of hardcore pornography.
— ambitious, passionate and The spirit of The Daily Tar them out of coat and tails. have banded together to issue a Pornography doesn’t enter into
challenge to the UNC and Chapel this discussion at all; we were

Honor thy Court

Hill communities to join. there to hear what Mr. Flynt had
tions lead some scholars to
Volunteers and organizations to say about free speech, not to
warn that for the United States,
at UNC are uniting to challenge hear some random person tell us
China’s rise inevitably means
1,000 people from UNC and sur- how ashamed we should be about
more conflict than cooperation in
rounding communities to join the caring what this man has to say
the decade ahead.
Yet how valid is this pessimism? Student Congress funding for Honor Court should be set “Be The Match” registry sched-
uled for Feb. 23 from 11 a.m.
about the First Amendment.
What are the prospects for

mutual understanding in light
of these irreconcilable disagree-
ments?
The future of U.S.-China rela-
tions is anyone’s best guess.
By studying the history of
interplay between China and
the United States, however, we
hope to develop a better frame-
work to resolve tomorrow’s
uncertainties.
To that end, on Tuesday eve-
ning, Great Decisions will host a
lecture on U.S.-China relations
by Michael Hunt.
A recently retired professor
of history at UNC and the long-
time China specialist on campus,
Hunt brings a wealth of expertise
to our weekly lectures on foreign
policy.
Over his four decades of pro-
fessional work on Asia and con-
temporary world history, Hunt
has authored seven books and
dozens of commentary pieces for
national publications.
His most recent book
describes how the United
States “gained and wielded
global dominance” and was the
recipient of the 2007 Choice
Outstanding Academic Title
award.
T
he Honor Court shouldn’t
have to compete with
other student groups for
money. Its role is too important
to student life and independent
student governance.
The Honor Court ensures that
University staff can’t arbitrarily
punish students. And it allows
students at the University to
function as self-policing adults,
not children in constant need of
supervision.
Last week, members of
Student Congress allowed the
Honor Court to receive fund-
ing despite not having a certi-
fied treasurer, which groups are
required to have to get money.
The Honor Court was the
only student group for which
Congress made an exception.
Frankly, we’re a bit surprised
that the Honor Court wasn’t
more vigilant in complying
with the Student Code.
Honor Court Chairman
Joseph Strader said the Honor
Court’s treasurer was certified
last April and didn’t realize he
had to renew his certification
after the fiscal year ended in
June. The Honor Court should
make sure that doesn’t happen
again.
But the real problem is that
the Honor Court has to com-
pete with other student groups
for student fee money. That
needs to change.
“What we do is something we
can’t stop doing,” Strader said.
He’s right.
The Honor Court needs to
be held accountable and should
comply with Congress’ rules.
But the court provides a ser-
vice that is far too essential to
ever face being denied money
from Congress as student orga-
nizations make their pitch for
why they should get a chunk of
the $365,000 it allocates each
year.
Student Congress Speaker
Dakota Williams said Congress
is already looking into pull-
ing the Honor Court out of the
usual funding process.
Williams said there are two
options Congress is looking
into. One would be to consti-
tutionally guarantee the Honor
Court a certain percentage of
the student organizations fee,
currently $39 per student.
The other option is to estab-
lish a separate student fee for
the Honor Court altogether.
Williams said he prefers this
option because there’s already
such a demand for the student
government fee money.
We agree. The Honor Court
only requested about $20,300
and was given $10,750.80. With
about 18,000 undergraduates, a
fee of $1 or $1.50 would cover
the Honor Court’s needs.
Williams said that either
proposal would have to pass
Congress and then pass a stu-
dent referendum.
Congress should work as
quickly as possible to get an
Honor Court fee referendum on
a ballot by the fall. The Honor
Court is simply too important
to be included in the normal
fee allocation process.
to 4 p.m. in the faculty lounge
at Morehead Planetarium and
Science Center.
Rachel D. Adams
Graduate Student
School of Medicine
Flynt event didn’t embrace
the marketplace of ideas
TO THE EDITOR:
I attended pornographer Larry
Flynt’s lecture on Thursday and
was threatened with removal.
During the question and answer
period, I stepped up to the
microphone and told the audi-
ence I had written out my ques-
tion and would read it.
While contextualizing my
question, I was interrupted by
the moderators after about 30
seconds. They demanded my
next sentence be a direct ques-
tion or they’d throw me out. I
continued to speak and a cam-
pus police officer covered the
microphone, saying he would
eject me if I did not immediately
ask a one-sentence question. I’ve
attended many Q&As on campus
and have never seen someone
threatened in such a way.
This event was billed as a
R. Blake Wentley
Freshman
Undecided
Tournament will benefit
Haiti and Tay-Sachs relief
TO THE EDITOR:
Looking for something to
do Friday night? Kick off your
weekend by having some fun and
helping out the less fortunate by
participating in the Carolina
Legends Basketball Tournament,
hosted by Pi Lambda Phi, Kappa
Sigma and Alpha Tau Omega.
The event begins at 5:30 p.m.
on Friday and will be held in
Fetzer Gym. Proceeds from the
event will benefit survivors of the
recent disaster in Haiti as well as
the National Tay-Sachs & Allied
Diseases Association.
Famous Tar Heels have joined
our efforts to provide prizes for
tournament winners. Each mem-
ber of the winning team in the
three-on-three tournament will
receive a basketball autographed
by Phil Ford.
The Carolina Legends
Basketball Tournament also
includes a three-point contest,
a free-throw competition and
a raffle. Winners of the raffle

As if his accomplishments do
not speak for themselves, Hunt is
also a scholar of classical Chinese
orthography.
He is more familiar with
formative Chinese texts than
are most native speakers of the
language.
And all of this is not even to
mention the witty candor we
have come to appreciate of Hunt
in any conversation — intellec-
tual or otherwise.
Hunt’s lecture promises to
shed light on the current state of
U.S.-China affairs from both the
cultural and historical lenses.
Yet as the Chinese like to say:
“A single night of wintry tem-
perature cannot create three feet
of ice.”
The inference, of course, is
that one should not expect a
single lecture to elucidate fully
the complexities of U.S.-China
relations.
In that light, we hope that
Hunt will inspire among the
audience further interest in and
inquiry into this topic of pro-
found global consequence.
QuickHits
Larry Flynt
The Hustler publisher and
porn king visited
UNC last Thursday
to discuss free
speech. This was
Flynt’s first time…
at UNC. Wait, did you think
it was drunk in an outhouse
with his mother or something?
Dance Marathon
The charity stand-a-thon
raised more than
$420,000 for the
N . C . C h i l d r e n ’s
Hospital. Congrats
to everyone
involved. And look for
those revelers out in the Pit
tomorrow to start harass-
i n g y o u f o r n e x t y e a r.
“marketplace of ideas,” but will take home memorabilia
apparently not for those who signed by greats such as Michael
attempt to ask unpopular ques- Jordan, Jerry Stackhouse, Vince
tions. Why is this? The fake pro- Carter and Antawn Jamison. A
grams distributed by Feminist chance at winning these great
Scotty Lago Alpine Bagels Students United to more than prizes costs as little as $5. Event
300 audience members provide T-shirts will also be sold for $8.
The U.S. bronze medalist left Everybody’s favorite campus answers and tell a fuller story Together, we can show the
the games after eatery became about Flynt. world how much UNC cares.
photos appeared just “Alpine” The program recognized that
of a woman biting Sunday after it Flynt has the right to speak, but Brian Willett
the medal wrapped briefly ran out of asked people to examine the Senior
around his waist. bagels. Nothing content of the products he sells Journalism & Mass
Scotty, we’re already making really changed though — and profits enormously from Communication
countries suck it by winning all because customers still paid
the medals. No need for more. way too much for nothing.
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waitresses. Looks like Tiger’s humbling experience of reli-
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to UNC to discuss free speech. this pastor is so cute. Must visit! opinion editor and the editor.