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THE FOOD EQUATION: PART THREE

sports| page 8
Costly
foods
BULGARIAN BALL
Former UNC guard Bobby
Frasor can’t quite get a handle
on the language, but he’s
gaining quite a following on a
Bulgarian basketball team.

Photo illustration by ashley bennett and bj dworak

Although readily available, eating organic costs more

BY Christopher sopher
Senior writer ONLINE:
multimedia | page 3 Though it is likely to cost more, food activists This three-part series looks at local efforts to
are pushing people to buy sustainable, local and promote sustainable food. At dailytarheel.com/
IRISH JIG organic food anyway.
foodequation, explore the farms that provide food
“Finding ways to spend our money on foods
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, that support these ideals is important,” says Jordan to the 1.5.0. restaurant, find places where you can eat
Treakle, a senior and leader of the student group FLO sustainable food and read all the stories in the series.
junior Megan Gassaway
(Fair, Local, Organic) Food.
teaches the steps to a simple But while you can find local, organic and sus- a “basket” of all organic food is significantly more
Irish dance. Gassaway started tainable food in more places and varieties than ever expensive than buying the same of regular food.
before, price remains a problem. Some organic products are comparable, but most
dancing in fourth grade after According to a Daily Tar Heel analysis of prices at
Food Lion, Harris Teeter and Whole Foods, buying See shopping, Page 4
seeing Riverdance.
With a shopping list that includes food found in many college student’s kitchens, we set out to find the cost
of buying organic food. Of the foods on our list, not all stores offered both options.

Product Organic Regular Organic Regular Organic Regular

What it means
Bananas 0.99 0.69 0.88 0.68 -- 0.50
There are a lot of buzzwords about
food, and many can be vague and Apples (Granny Smith) 2.49 0.99 1.49 -- -- 1.69
misleading. Here are three most
university | page 11 important: sustainable, local, organic. Bread (wheat, loaf) 3.69 1.57 3.49 -- -- 1.54

BLUES BACKGROUND Sustainable Peanut butter 2.99 1.97 2.99 1.99 3.95 2.15

UNC folklorist William Ferris Sustainable isn’t a term you will Salad mix 3.49 3.79 3.49 -- -- 2.99
find on a package of food. Most
discussed his opinions about food experts define “sustainable” Pasta (dry, 1 lb) 1.99 1.50 1.79 1.19 1.95 1.29
blues music and culture and food as food that does not degrade
the environment, the economy or Pasta sauce 3.69 2.49 2.29 1.79 1.95 1.29
how his experiences with them food workers in its production. A Macaroni and cheese 1.70 0.57 1.29 0.99 1.99 0.89
sustainable choice might be local,
in Mississippi in the 1960s and organic, both or neither. Cereal (cornflakes) 3.49 1.99 4.69 2.69 4.99 2.79
1970s influenced his new book,
Local Cereal (wheat squares) 3.49 3.79 3.29 1.99 4.29 3.25
“Give My Poor Heart Ease.”
Local means what it suggests: the Deli turkey (pre-sliced) 5.99 3.49 5.99 3.69 -- 2.99
food comes from nearby. “Local”
arts | page 3 doesn’t suggest anything about Eggs (dozen)* 4.39 1.69 4.99 2.29 2.59 1.62
how the food is produced or pro-
FIDDLING AROUND cessed and doesn’t necessarily Chicken breast (per lb)* 6.99 4.99 6.99 5.99 5.29 4.99
mean that it’s healthier or more
Eileen Ivers, a Celtic fiddle environmentally friendly. Milk (half gallon) 3.69 2.09 1.99 1.99 3.29 2.18
player, will perform tonight at Orange juice (half gallon) 3.99 2.89 2.99 2.99 -- 2.50
Organic
Memorial Hall. Ivers, who has Organic food is produced using Frozen pizza 5.99 5.49 6.99 4.29 -- 3.79
been honing her craft since a set of practices, defined and
regulated by the U.S. Department TOTAL 54.66 39.99 58.33 -- -- 36.45
age 8, shares her stories. of Agriculture, that includes not
using synthetic pesticides or addi- Note: These prices were collected on one day and don't represent averages or prices for all brands. Prices may have since changed.
tives, rotating crops regularly, using * represents free-range, cage-free, antibiotic and hormone free, and vegetarian fed options not certified organic.
every moment organic feed for animal products and
treating animals humanely. SOURCE: STAFF REPORTS DTH/RYAN KURTZMAN, LENNON DODSON, NICOLE BROSNAN AND KRISTEN LONG
counts

UNC earns throwback win UNC leaders say

Tell your teachers why you
appreciate them.

The “Every Moment Counts”

project is a month-long campus
initiative to honor former
Student Body President Eve
Carson’s generosity and
compassion through random
acts of kindness.
Today’s weather
Good day to look
for four-leaf clovers
H 66, L 42
Thursday’s weather
It finally hits 70!
H 70, L 42
index
police log ......................... 2
calendar ........................... 2
sports . ............................. 8
nation/world . .................. 9
crossword ....................... 11
opinion .......................... 12
DTH ONLINE: View a slideshow of photos from the
game at dailytarheel.com/multimedia.
search didn’t fail
By Eliza Kern
INSIDE: Senior Deon Thompson took advantage of a small Assistant University Editor
William & Mary lineup to score 20 points and eight rebounds. After almost a year of searching, Chancellor
Holden Thorp found the person
BY Powell Latimer he wanted to be his right-hand
Senior writer man already had the job.
With throwback uniforms and a throwback arena, Thorp considered reopening
North Carolina wrapped itself in its own 100-year the search when he couldn’t find
legacy for Tuesday night’s NIT opener against William a match, but administrators are
& Mary. not prepared to call it a failure,
And on Tuesday, it was enough for a throwback primarily because of their confi-
80-72 win. dence in Bruce Carney — a well-
Despite not making the NCAA respected figure who has worked
men’s Bruce Carney
tournament for the first time since at the University since 1980.
Basketball 2003, UNC came out with plenty
was named Carney was named the new
W & M 72 of fire and emotion in front of the provost after a executive vice chancellor and
search found no provost in a surprise move by
UNC  80 more intimate crowd of only 7,000
other match.
at Carmichael Arena, UNC’s home Thorp, who bypassed three
court from 1965 to 1986. finalists selected by a search
“Let’s take half the seats out of the Dean Dome, put committee to pick Carney, who never applied for
in luxury boxes and have a dadgum crowd like this every the job.
dadgum night,” UNC coach Roy Williams joked. “I can speak for myself that if he had been a can-
Marcus Ginyard ran out of the tunnel gleefully didate in the very beginning, I would have been very
shouting. John Henson strutted during the announce- pleased,” said Bob Winston, chairman of the Board of
ment of the opening lineups. Deon Thompson repeat- Trustees, which must approve the hire next week.
edly encouraged the crowd, and the Tar Heels raced Thorp said the decision did not represent a desire
dth/bj dworak out to a 9-0 opening lead before William & Mary could for a specifically internal candidate for UNC’s chief
Deon Thompson goes up for a shot during UNC’s 80-72 victory against
William & Mary. The Tar Heels were able to enforce their will in the paint. See NIT, Page 4 See search, Page 4
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COMMUNITY CALENDAr
today
Time for graduation: With spring
break now over, seniors are surely
counting down to their graduation.
That being said, if you are a senior,
you should probably attend the
Commencement Information Day. It
will ensure that your day of
excitement cannot be ruined!
Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Student Union, Great Hall
Muslim lecture: If you’re inter-
ested in learning more about the
founder of Islam, please attend this
lecture. Omid Safi, a professor of reli-
gious studies at UNC, will talk about
his book “Memories of Muhammad:
Why the Prophet Matters.” He will
attempt to discover why the prophet
is seen as a problematic figure asso-
ciated with sex and violence to many
non-Muslims and how to account for
such divergences.
Time: 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Hill Alumni Center
Love lessons: Susan Wolf, a
distinguished philosophy scholar at
UNC, will be speaking on “Loving
Attention: Lessons in Love from
‘The Philadelphia Story.’” Wolf will
Friday after being trapped by a swift current.
consider the relationship among
love, attention and knowledge. It is
strongly suggested that you watch
the movie mentioned before
attending the lecture.
Time: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Location: Hyde Hall
Worship service: If you are
Lutheran or simply just want to learn
more about faith, please join the
Lutheran Campus Ministry for their
weekly worship meeting. There will
be dinner afterward.
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: Holy Trinity Lutheran
Church
History discussion: Sir Christopher
Meyer, a former ambassador of the
United Kingdom to the U.S., will
discuss “The Lessons of History:
Strategic Parallels in Iraq and
Afghanistan.”
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Gerrard Hall
Thursday
Child trafficking lecture: James
Kofi Annan, founder and executive
director of Challenging Heights,
will give a lecture called “The
Child Trafficking Crisis in Ghana.”
Challenging Heights is an award-
winning nonprofit that advocates for
the welfare of children in Ghana and
works to rehabilitate child slaves.
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Murphey Hall, Room 116
Theater workshop: Playwright
and actor Mike Wiley, best known for
his work in history documentaries,
will lead a workshop based on his
new play. It is a more personal piece
about fatherhood and family, which
is meant to thank single mothers for
their struggle and will to provide for
their children. Wiley says he hopes
that the play will provide a “story
about building community one
person at a time.” Admission to the
workshop is $10. Please call (919)
968-1515 for information.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Deep Dish Theater
Company, University Mall
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noon the preceding publication date.
U
NC students Kristen Balboni, Erica Slesinger,
Megan Morrissey and Sarah Beth Barnes snorkel
off the coast of Cozumel, Mexico, on Spring Break
last week. The women traveled with a large group to the
destination well known for its coral reefs and water sports.
Police log
n  A 19-year-old Durham man bring to school or be assigned iPod
was charged with misdemeanor Touches to have protected Internet
attempted larceny after trying to access during class time.
steal a sign at Smith Middle School
in Chapel Hill at 1 a.m. Tuesday, n  Someone used a rock to break
according to Chapel Hill police a window at Carolina Financial
reports. Inc. and then entered the building
Randall David Strand-Poole and rummaged between 6 p.m.
Sunday and 7:35 a.m. Monday at
was released on a written promise
to appear in court, reports state. 217 Providence Road, according to
Chapel Hill police reports.
n Two $300 iPod Touches were Damage to the window totaled
reported stolen at East Chapel Hill $200, reports state.
High School on Monday, accord-
ing to Chapel Hill police reports. n  Someone broke the passen-
One was taken from a locker room ger side window of a 2002 Ford
between 9 a.m. and 9:45 am., and Explorer between 1 p.m. and 5:25
the other was taken from a coach’s p.m. Monday in a parking lot at
office between 8:45 a.m. and 9:35 101 Europa Drive, according to
a.m., reports state. Chapel Hill police reports.
Damage to the window totaled
n   An iPod Touch was taken $180, reports state.
from a teacher’s desk at Grey
Culbreth Middle School at 9:56 n  Someone took a bag and a U.S.
a.m. Monday, according to Chapel passport from an unsecured vehicle
Hill police reports. between 12:30 p.m. and 3:18 p.m.
Since January, students at the Saturday on Plant Road, according
school have been encouraged to to Chapel Hill police reports.
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Registration times to be by semester

Campus Briefs
Public safety to conduct DWI
checkpoints on campus soon
UNC’s Department of Public
Safety announced it will hold a
driving while impaired checkpoint
on campus before Thursday.
Checkpoints are intended to
raise public awareness about the
dangers of drunk driving.
This particular checkpoint will be
held in conjunction with the North
Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety
Program with local police depart-
ments.
Visit www.dps.unc.edu for more
information.
Week aims to boost service
by UNC students April 5-10
A new weeklong service event
aims to instill the virtues of lifelong
Expected to decrease fifth-year seniors
By Lyle Kendrick
Staff Writer
Administrators are continuing
efforts to increase on-time gradu-
ation rates by giving students who
have spent the most semesters at
UNC the earliest registration dates.
“The basic idea, as I understand
it, is the closer you are to gradu-
ation, the more we need to make
sure that happens for you,” said
McKay Coble, faculty chairwoman.
“It’s not about who’s been here the
longest, but who needs to get out of
here the fastest.”
Administrators said they expect
these changes to decrease the num-
ber of students who need a ninth
semester. Traditionally, students
have registered for classes according
to the number of credits they have.
Under the new system, which
will begin during fall 2010 regis-
tration, the number of terms stu-
dents have completed will deter-
mine their order.
In February 2007, the Faculty
Council decided to implement the
change in 2010 to correspond with
the transfer of registration through
the ConnectCarolina program.
ConnectCarolina is UNC’s new
enterprise resource planning sys-
tem that will allow the University
to consolidate many computing
activities, including registration
and financial aid, into one system.
It costs $88.1 million, making it the
largest non-capital expenditure in
UNC history.
Chris Carter, co-chairman for
the academic affairs committee,
said some students have concerns
about the switch.
“Formally, I’ve heard mixed
reviews about it. Obviously people
want to register as soon as they
can,” he said. “But there are rea-
sons that this is going into place,
and I think people do understand
that the rationale behind it is not
trying to punish anyone.”
Some students said they are con-
cerned with the order’s fairness.
Tyson Leonhardt, a sophomore
journalism major who transferred
from Clemson University, said he
thinks the new order will negative-
ly affect his registration process.
“I’ll probably get a much later
registration time than I should,”
he said.
Arri Landsman-Roos, a sopho-
more mathematical decision sci-
ences major, said he was not aware
of the new registration order.
“Oh, that sucks,” he said when
informed about the new order.
Bobbi Owen, senior associate
dean for undergraduate education,
said the new registration order will
be more organized in allowing stu-
dents to graduate on time and mak-
ing the registration process easier.
Owen also said it will help with
courses that have limited avail-
ability but a high demand, such
as those that fulfill the fine arts
requirement.
“Over time, this should help with
bottleneck problems,” she said.
Contact the University Editor
at udesk@unc.edu.

Contamination found in Rogers Road

philanthropic commitment in col-
lege students.
GenerAction Week, taking place
April 5 to 10, will display commu-
nity and student organizations
across campus. A speaker series
will also bring voices to campus
from the nonprofit and public ser-
vice realms. The week will culmi-
nate in a benefit concert.
As of early March, roughly 30
groups had committed to partici-
pate, develop projects and present
service opportunities for commu-
nity members.
GenerAction’s mission concerns
using creative and engaging meth-
ods to involve students in social
awareness, engagement and vol-
unteering.
Carolina Union Activities
Board applications available
The Carolina Union Activities
By Taylor Hartley
Staff Writer
A county survey of well and sep-
tic systems in a historically black,
low-income neighborhood near the
county landfill revealed contami-
nated wells that could threaten resi-
dents’ health.
Orange County commission-
ers were presented with the report,
which assessed 11 wells and 45 septic
tanks in the Rogers Road neighbor-
hood, part of which is not connected
to public water lines.
Of the septic tanks, two were in
need of maintenance, 10 were non-
compliant with septic tank standards
and 12 were identified as “malfunc-
tioning.” Five were called “end-of-
life” failures.
“Malfunctioning can be defined
when you have sewage discharging
to the ground or backing up into
the home or air space of the sep-
tic tank system,” said Tom Konsler
of the Orange County Health
Department.
Three of the wells surveyed con-
tained total or fecal coliform in their
water, which could create health
problems such as stomach cramps
and vomiting and indicate other
contamination.
It’s not the first study of its kind.
A report from the Gillings School of
Global Public Health in the fall also
found contamination. Previous stud-
ies by the county have shown none.
Rev. Robert Campbell, an advo-
cate for the community, thanked the
Orange County health department
Rogers Road septic survey results
for its work.
Well and septic survey results for Ten had water with high
“If we continue collaborating
the Rogers Road neighborhood by turbidity, which means it was
and forming a partnership, we can
the county landfill: cloudier than is standard for
resolve this issue,” Campbell said.
Nine of 11 surveyed wells did public water.
The report suggests several reme-
dial actions, such installing liners in not meet water quality standards. 45 septic systems were
wells and installing neutralizing sys- Three were contaminated with evaluated.
tems to help with acidic water. total or fecal coliform, which indi- 27 percent were malfunction-
Konsler said the report will now cates presence of harmful bacteria. ing, meaning the sewage was dis-
be distributed with residents. The charging to the ground or backing
county will then work to get funding
Four had excess iron, one had
up into house plumbing.
to connect the community to public
excess manganese and one had
excess lead.
water and repair septic tanks.
Four had a lower than recom- Source: Orange County Health
Contact the City Editor mended pH. Department
at citydesk@unc.edu.

IRISH FOR A DAY

Board is looking for students to
help plan next year’s social, cul-
tural and educational events for
the campus community.
Student Union President-elect

How to do a basic
Adele Ricciardi said she is looking Junior Megan Gassaway fell in love with Irish In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, Gassaway walked
for a diverse pool of applicants to
represent “as many student voices dance in fourth grade after her parents took her Daily Tar Heel reporter Perry Landers through a
as possible.” to a performance of Riverdance. basic Irish dance step.

Irish dance step

Recent programs presented
by the activities board include She started taking dance lessons then and Watch a video of Gassaway and Landers online
the Carolina Comedy Festival; continued until her senior year of high school. at dailytarheel.com/multimedia.
speakers Blake Mycoskie, Chuck
Klosterman and Ira Glass; and
concerts by Andrew Bird and Ben
Folds Five.
Applications for the 2010-11 board
are available at the Carolina Union
Information Desk or in the Carolina
Union Activities Board Office, room
3109, and are due March 24. No
experience with the Union is neces-
sary.

Nominations accepted for

two UNC advising awards
Nominations are open for two
awards recognizing excellence in
UNC advising.
The Mickel-Shaw Excellence in
Advising Award and the Class of
1996 Award for Advising Excellence
are open to any adviser from any
academic department, any profes-
sional school and the Academic
Advising Program.
The nomination form is avail-
able online at advising.unc.edu.
CITY Briefs
Carrboro asks University to
lessen its coal use by 2015
Carrboro is pressuring UNC
to become more environmentally
friendly by asking the University to
restructure its energy use by 2015.
The town’s Board of Aldermen
passed a resolution at its Tuesday
meeting asking UNC to use more
natural gas rather than coal as an
energy source.
The resolution was presented
to the board initially as a petition
consisting of 25 signatures from
Carrboro residents.
Giles Blunden, the local archi-
tect who organized the petition,
said the University’s coal use cre-
ates 320,000 metric tons of carbon
dioxide each year.
“Through their coal-burning
cogeneration plant on Cameron
Avenue, the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill is pol-
luting the air and threatening
the health of its neighbors and
the wider community,” Blunden
said.
Sports Briefs
UNC, Duke tie for favorite
men’s basketball program
Despite a down season, North be dancing or the music.
Carolina still managed to hang on
to the top spot of the Harris Poll’s
annual rankings of the most popu-
lar men’s college basketball pro-
grams.
But joining UNC at No. 1 is a
familiar foe just down Tobacco
Road. Duke tied in popularity
with its rival in the survey of 2,320
adults.
This marked the fifth straight
season the Blue Devils and Tar
Heels have held the top two posi-
tions in the poll. Connecticut,
Maryland and Texas are in the
top five.
— From staff and wire reports. convey in your music?
1. Start with the proper posture. Make a fist and hold
your hands behind your back.
Celtic fiddler Ivers emphasizes tradition, history in music
Celtic fiddler Eileen Ivers will per-
form tonight at Memorial Hall. Daily
Tar Heel staff writer Lindsay Saladino
spoke with Ivers on Monday about her
tour and her music. Ivers’ responses
have been edited for space.
Daily Tar Heel: Why did you
start playing music?
Eileen Ivers: I started play-
ing fiddle when I was around 8 years
old. I totally loved the instrument as a
kid. My parents are both from County
Mayo, in the west of Ireland, and they
kind of wanted me and my sister to
pick something of Irish up, whether it
DTH: How did your group form?
Ivers: We formed about 10 years
ago after I toured with Riverdance for
about three years. I left Riverdance in
late ’98, ’99 and formed Immigrant
Soul.
Basically, they were people I knew
in the music scene in New York. There
are some traditional musicians in the
group.
They are very passionate perform-
ers, and they are incredible, each
one of them truly the master of their
instrument.
DTH: Are there certain ideas,
themes or scenes you are trying to
2. Point your right foot.
4. Take two steps forward and one step back. Repeat.
Ivers: I have been so steeped in
the tradition of Irish music.
There are so many relationships
with Celtic music and through the
years of playing and collaborating with
so many different musicians. There is
always something I was so intrigued
about because there is a huge descent
of Irish music in American music,
Appalachian bluegrass and French
Canadian.
We kind of trace all of this through
the narrative of the show in a chrono-
logical way where we touch briefly on
the pre-famine time in Ireland to the
famine to the immigrants leaving and
how they brought their music, song,
dance, stories with them and how
this music really formed the roots of
American music and country music. It
is historical.
DTH: How does the multimedia
aspect work into that?
Ivers: We shot 17 hours of high-def
footage in Ireland alone. (It contains)
a showcase of the famine, pre-famine,
all the way to the present time. We are
working on arrangements, where we
are showing the audience how vibrant
the tradition is and how healthy it is at
the moment.
At times it is very traditional, and
at times you can see there is a lot of
jamming going on.
3. Take two hops onto your back leg.
History of St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was sent to the
country to minister to Christians already living there and
to convert. March 17 is his religious feast day and is said
to be the date of his death in the fifth century.
The Irish have celebrated the religious holiday for
more than 1,000 years.
The traditional way to celebrate involves church in the
morning and then an evening of dancing, drinking and
eating Irish bacon and cabbage.
The first St. Patrick’s Day parade took place in the U.S.,
when Irish soldiers serving in the British military took to
the streets of New York City on March 17, 1762.
Today, the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade is the
country’s largest, drawing more than 150,000.
ATTEND THE PERFORMANCE
Time: 7:30 p.m. today
Location: Memorial Hall
Info: carolinaperformingarts.org
DTH: What is one of the coolest
experiences you have had on tour?
Ivers: There are always so
many, but on this particular tour
some of them are the audience reac-
tions. Like last night, we were up
in Fairfax, Va. … and I was walking
out to the lobby and this 4-year-old
little guy, Deckland, just comes run-
ning over, left his parents and his
sister, and gave me the biggest hug
ever and was like “I want to be like
Eileen Ivers.”
If that gets to kids who want to
learn this music instead of playing in
front of the Wii or Xbox forever, that
is really, really fantastic.
Hopefully these songs and tunes
that we’re composing are going to be
a part of the body of the traditional
work that is handed down to the next
generation. It is a very real experience
from the heart and soul of the people
who live it.
Courtesy of luke ratray
Eileen Ivers will perform at 7:30 tonight at Memorial Hall.
Contact the Arts Editor Ivers, who has played fiddle since age 8, is considered one
at artsdesk@unc.edu. of the greatest innovators in Celtic music.
4 wednesday, march 17, 2010
Thompson finds success in NIT win
Senior big man leads with 20 points
BY Mike Ehrlich
senior writer
When Deon Thompson made
a mental error on the first play of
the second half, the senior knew
exactly where to go.
He ran straight up to UNC coach
Roy Williams and pleaded, “Don’t
kill me.”
Williams only said he’d think
about it at the time, but after
Thompson led UNC to an 80-72
win in the opening game of the
NIT, he had nothing but compli-
ments for his big man.
“Understand that I’ve been fairly
tough on this youngster,” Williams
said. “And he played his tail off
tonight.”
Matching up against a particu-
larly small team, North Carolina
needed a big game from its bigs.
And when the Tar Heels needed
a bucket in their first round NIT
game against William & Mary,
more often than not they found
it inside.
Thompson led UNC with 20
crucial points and eight rebounds,
and John Henson added a near-
double double with nine points and
10 boards.
But no play was bigger than
seven-footer Tyler Zeller’s steal
and slam to secure UNC’s narrow
victory in the game’s final minute.
Zeller finished with 13 points.
“We got some steals by our big
guys,” Williams said. “I mean, how
many times this year have you seen
our big guys knock the ball away at
the top of the key and go down the
court and lay it up? The answer is
zero, and tonight we got three like
that.”
It could have been because
Tuesday could have been his last
game in a North Carolina uni-
form. Or maybe it was because
Thompson, a student of the game
and of UNC basketball, had the rare
opportunity to play in Carmichael
News
Senior Deon
Thompson
scored 20
points and
grabbed eight
rebounds on
Wednesday.
Arena.
But whatever the cause,
Thompson seemed to have a spark
the entire night.
Early in the game, he beckoned
to the crowd and laughed with
teammates. Later on, he was the
first to the floor for loose balls.
Thompson was playing hard and
enjoying it.
“I’ve played in a lot of games
wearing this North Carolina jer-
sey,” Thompson said. “I’ve played
in a couple Final Fours. But being
out there on that floor tonight
with those fans and all the his-
tory that’s happened in this audi-
torium is something I’ll always
remember.”
UNC needed a lot of field goals
to keep pace with the hot-shooting
Tribe, which converted on 16 of its
43 shots from beyond the arc.
Since most of William & Mary’s
field goals counted for three points
and most of UNC’s were worth just
two, the Tar Heels needed some
high percentage shots.
And the closer you are to the bas-
ket, the easier the shot. Thompson
finished the game 9-for-13 from
the field, Zeller was 5-for-6 and
Henson made half of his six shots.
The trio even scored 14 points
in a row during a quick spurt that
helped UNC build a 10-point
halftime lead. Then after the
break, they poured in seven more
before a Larry Drew II 3-pointer
got the guards back in the scoring
column.
With that effort, the Tar Heels
live to play another day in the post-
season. And Thompson earned the
right to at least one more game in
that North Carolina jersey.
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remain more expensive, a problem
that may not be resolved until our
food system changes or consumers
start shopping differently.
The clearest way to show sup-
port for local, sustainable and its long-range barrage was deadly.
organic food is through the powerW&M took 43 3-point shots for the
of the dollar.
Food activists and researchersDavid Schneider led the Tribe with
emphasized the effects consum-
ers can have and recommended
making reasonable changes and
choices that work within a bud- plays,” William & Mary coach Tony
get.
Farmers and food producers
understand the potential impact
of individual choices.
“Farmers do pay attention to senior led UNC with 20 points and
markets,” said Roland McReynolds,had eight rebounds and two steals.
executive director of the Carolina
Farm Stewardship Association, an scoring 38 points in the paint and
N.C. organization that promotes building up a 10-point halftime
local and organic agriculture.
“If consumers make it worth their
while they will move in the direction
of production systems that support
the consumer’s values.”
Contact the University Editor second half as the Tribe turned to
at udesk@unc.edu. leading scorer Schneider.
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even get started.
“We played pretty doggone
good in the first half to go in with a
10-point lead,” Williams said.
But when the Tribe did get going,
game and connected on 16 of them.
21 points and kept the game neck
and neck.
“David played the way he always
Shaver said. “His effort, his intensi-
ty, his heart are always on display.”
The Tar Heels countered with
a steady diet of Thompson. The
UNC went down low often,
lead. Thompson scored 11 points
in the opening 20 minutes, and he
and Henson combined for UNC’s
last 13 points of the half.
But William & Mary erased the
deficit with an 8-2 run to open the
Early in the second half,
Schneider and Co. hit five threes in
a three-minute period. Schneider
also hit a fading 30-footer to put
the Tribe up 72-69 with just five
minutes to play.
But Dexter Strickland and Larry
Drew II hit six free throws down
the stretch to restore the lead and
Tyler Zeller’s steal and breakaway
dunk with less than one minute to
play sealed the game for UNC.
The Tar Heels limited their turn-
overs to just 11 while forcing 17 out
of William & Mary.
“We did a great job of getting
after it,” Ginyard said. “Getting on
the loose balls, playing together as
a team.”
UNC moves on to play
Mississippi State in the NIT’s sec-
ond round Saturday.
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academic officer and No. 2 admin-
istrator.
“I wouldn’t have spent all this
time if I wasn’t keenly interested
in making sure we had the best
provost,” he said.
He said finding a perfect match
in an administrative hire is one of
the most difficult tasks he faces.
“They have to meet with all of
the deans and vice chancellors to
see if we’re looking at someone
who’s a match,” Thorp said. “And
after they’re here, if they still want
to come, they have to decide if they
can move, where their kids are
going to go to school, all of those
things. It’s not easy.”
Bernadette Gray-Little
announced her decision to step
down as executive vice chancellor
and provost in May 2009 to become
the new chancellor at Kansas
University. UNC formed a 17-mem-
ber search committee and hired a
private search firm to replace her.
Thorp said he could not specifi-
cally comment on the hiring deci-
sions for all of the finalists.
“All those stars have to line up.
And we didn’t get that with the three
finalists who came,” he said.
Finalists Anthony Monaco
from the University of Oxford and
Scott Zeger from Johns Hopkins
University declined to comment.
Jeffrey Vitter, from Texas A&M
University, did not return requests
for interviews but was a finalist
for another provost search after
UNC’s.
Philip Hanlon, originally a finalist,
became provost at the University of
Michigan, where he already worked,
immediately after UNC’s decision.
“You had a very good search con-
sultant working on that search,”
said Jean Dowdall, senior vice
president at Witt/Kieffer, a search
firm that has worked for UNC
before. “So I’m going to assume
they brought the best candidates
who are out there.”
Thorp said he thought about re-
opening the search when none of
the finalists were a match.
“We could have gone back to
the committee or we could have
had another search next year,” he
said. “But I didn’t think it was fair
to Bruce to ask him to be interim
for another year.”
A former physics professor whose
planned sabbatical and research has
been delayed by several interim posi-
tions, Carney never applied for the
job permanently. But he reconsid-
ered last week at Thorp’s request.
“It was better to have Bruce than
the options that we had,” Thorp
said. “And in the end, he is our
provost.”
Winston said he would have lis-
tened to Thorp had the chancellor
wanted to re-open the search.
“I do think that if Bruce hadn’t
been as strong as he is, I bet you
he would have opened it back up,”
Winston said. “Part of the deci-
sion had to do with the strength of
Bruce. It gave Holden comfort.”
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More chefs trying to stay local
1.5.0 brings local
food to Lenoir
By Stewart Boss
Staff Writer
1.5.0., the newest restaurant at
Lenoir Mainstreet, is known for
advertising the farms its prod-
ucts come from and how the food
being served each day was grown
or raised.
“We can source it all the way to
the ground,” said Bill Cunningham,
resident district manager for
Carolina Dining Services.
The reason why is reflected in the
restaurant’s name. Those numbers
represent the 150-mile radius that
serves as Carolina Dining Services’
definition for what is considered
local food.
CDS has worked hard to make
1.5.0. a successful venture by find-
ing farmers and distributors for
executive chef Paul Basciano to
work with to keep the food that’s
served local and sustainable.
“ The growth in this mar-
ket has been tremendous,” said
Matt Tunnell, who represents
FreshPoint, a fresh produce dis-
tributor that works with UNC.
“In the last five years, it’s probably
grown 100 percent, probably more
than that.”
Tunnell worked previously as a
food service marketing specialist for
the N.C. Department of Agriculture
and Consumer Services.
Demand for local and organic
food makes up at least 15 percent
of FreshPoint’s business.
“We’re responding to demand
from the market,” Tunnell said.
A 2008 sur vey conduc ted
by the National Res taurant
Association showed that the No.
1 trend among chefs was using
local produce.
According to the association’s
research, 89 percent of fine-dining
operators served locally sourced
items, and nine in 10 believed
demand for locally sourced items
would grow in the future.
“Compared to organic, there is
a lot more demand for local. Local
food is seen as more sustainable,
and it keeps money in the state and
in the community,” Tunnell said.
University
Average weekly purchases for
local, organic or sustainable food
for Carolina Dining Services
since January has totaled about
$18,200, but that number could
fluctuate based on the time of
year.
When UNC places an order with
Eastern Carolina Organics, an organ-
ic farm produce distributor roughly
20 miles from campus, many items
are still in the fields. The produce is
received, quality-checked and stored,
going to customers within 1 to 2 days
after arrival.
“Seasonality affects local food
purchasing, and these num-
bers only reflect from January to
March, so during spring semester,
that average will increase,” said RJ
LaPorte, marketing coordinator for
Carolina Dining Services.
“Paul Basciano has had a chal-
lenge with seasonality, but it’s been
interesting — he’s been able to cre-
ate a new menu, tapping into his
skills as a chef to find new and inter-
esting things to do.”
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Chickens roam cage-free at Cane Creek Farm in Snow Camp on Tuesday. The animals are not confined and
are not fed antibiotics or animal by-products. The farm supplies beef and pork for 1.5.0. in Lenoir Dining Hall.
Cane Creek Farm MacLean said. “The way we raise our animals is incred-
Location: Snow Camp ibly expensive. We’re not a middleman — this is a cash
cow operation. Selling directly is the only way to make
25 miles from UNC campus money if you want to be small.”
“I know every single thing about every animal here. I’m Supplying the University with food that meets 1.5.0.’s
authentic and I’m accountable,” said Eliza MacLean, needs has been helpful in generating business for small
who co-owns Cane Creek Farm. farms like MacLean’s.
The farm supplies beef and pork for 1.5.0. MacLean “This business is incredible for us,” MacLean said. “This
said the farm typically has 400 cows and 300 pigs on is definitely one of our largest accounts.”
about 550 acres of land during the growing season.
Because of UNC’s lack of demand for local food
Cane Creek’s animals are not kept in confinement — in the summer months, farmers like MacLean are
they have free range to graze, root and wallow. The also likely to lose a large account when May comes
pigs have access to fresh water and are either hand-fed around.
or have free access to grain-based food.
“Things will get tricky in the summer when the
The sheep, cows, and goats are all grass-fed, and demand isn’t there. Working on a contractual relation-
MacLean makes sure that the feed does not contain ship would be ideal,” MacLean said.
antibiotics or animal by-products.
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8 wednesday, march 17, 2010
UNC clinches narrow Bitter shines in final minutes
win against Princeton
Men’s Lacrosse
Princeton 11
UNC  12
BY Kevin minogue
Staff writer
Through 57 minutes of action
against No. 5 Princeton, the Tigers
had Billy Bitter bottled up.
Unfortunately for the Tigers
(4-1), Bitter needed just 13 seconds
to make two critical plays that put
the North Carolina men’s lacrosse
team (7-0) ahead for good.
The junior scored the go-ahead
goal and forced a critical turnover
to help seal No. 3 UNC’s 12-11 vic-
tory Tuesday night.
“Anytime you’ve got Billy Bitter
on your team, you figure he’s going
to make a play,” UNC coach Joe
Breschi said.
“With it tied at 10-10, they
played zone again, and he just
found the short stick in the zone
as we snapped the ball around the
perimeter.”
After grabbing a 5-2 lead on
Gavin Petracca’s third goal of the
game with 9:30 remaining in the
second quarter, the Tar Heels
looked to be in control for much of
the game.
A pair of goals from sophomore
Jimmy Dunster, a tally from senior
Sean DeLaney and Petracca’s
fourth score of the evening helped
maintain a comfortable lead for
UNC throughout the middle por-
tion of the game.
But after Michael Burns scored
to give the Tar Heels a 10-5 advan-
tage, Princeton rattled off five
consecutive goals, including two
apiece from Jack McBride and
Mike Chanenchuk, to knot the
score at 10.
With the game tied and the Tar
Heels reeling, UNC looked to Bitter
to turn the tide, and the junior did
not disappoint.
On the Tar Heels’ next offensive
possession, Bitter cradled behind
the cage, slid past his defender and
rifled a shot inside the near post
before falling into the crease, giv-
ing the Tar Heels a lead they would
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Senior attackman Gavin Petracca led the No. 3 Tar Heels’ offense and
netted four goals against No. 5 Princeton in Tuesday’s one-goal victory.
After putting the Tigers on the
ropes with his first goal of the
game, Bitter helped put them on
the canvas seconds later.
After the Tigers won the face-
off, Princeton’s John Cunningham
attempted to move the ball into the
attacking zone.
But Bitter tracked back from
his attacking position and swat-
ted Cunningham’s stick, sending
the ball trickling out of bounds
and giving the Tar Heels posses-
sion.
“We ask our guys to do a lot, and
for Billy to come through and make
some simple plays as opposed to
scoring five or six goals in this game
— I credit him,” Breschi said.
Less than a minute later, UNC’s
Cryder DiPietro buried a shot from
the top of the box to give the Tar
Heels a commanding 12-10 advan-
tage with 2:10 remaining.
The Tigers added a goal with
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two seconds left in the game, but
were unable to control the face-off
before time expired.
“They’re an excellent team, and
we knew they were going to come
in fighting,” Petracca said. “We just
wanted to fight for everything we Frasor usually doesn’t have a clue
got.”
The victory keeps the Tar Heels
undefeated on the season, and
UNC’s seven wins mark the fast-
est start for the program since the
1993 season, when the Tar Heels
won their first nine games.
“I’m so proud of the guys,”
Breschi said.
“Two games in row now — Duke
tied us 6-6, Princeton tied us 10-10
— we’ve regrouped, we haven’t
panicked, we stayed the course,
stayed the game plan and came
out on top.”
Contact the Sports Editor championship and followed that
at sports@unc.edu. up with the Bulgarian Cup cham-
BY Mark Thompson
Assistant Sports writer
Billy Bitter didn’t resemble an
All-American at all Tuesday night.
North Carolina’s star junior
lacrosse player looked frustrated,
confused and indecisive against
Princeton.
The Tigers switched defensive
sets throughout the game and
kept an eye on Bitter at all times.
Princeton’s man-to-man defense
held him in check, but its zone was
the true catalyst to Bitter’s 57-min-
ute identity crisis.
“That’s one way to try and neu-
tralize Billy a little bit, to play some
zone, because then there’s six guys
playing him instead of one,” head
coach Joe Breschi said.
It’s hard to be Bitter, especially
with all the extra attention he gets
from defenses, but it’s even harder
to beat him.
When UNC needed last year’s
leading goal-scorer the most, it
simply put in the request.
“Coach (Pat) Myers came to me
in the fourth quarter and tells me
he needs me and the team needs
me,” Bitter said.
The Tigers had stormed back to
score five straight goals and tied the
game at 10 with 4:46 left in regu-
lation, but one minute later, Bitter
had possession behind the net.
Frasor adjusting to European life
W
hen his coach shouts
instructions in broken,
elementary English, for-
mer North Carolina guard Bobby
what he’s saying.
He just hops in the back of the
line and does whatever everyone
else is doing.
Fortunately for Frasor, and for
BC Levski Sophia, the Bulgarian
team he now plays for, basketball
is a language he speaks well.
And if he ever considered
himself fortunate to have capped
a four-year stint at UNC with
a national championship, he is
now in really rare company, as he
acknowledged in a recent tweet:
@BFrasor: How many people
can say they won the national
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He looked for an opening before
exploding to his right.
Bitter scrambled around the
back of the net, already eyeing his
shot. He knew where he was going
and so did the defense, but Bitter
was too quick this time.
“Well, he’s so quick,” Breschi
said. “I think that’s what separates
him from most. … You’ve got to
stay on him until he gets rid of the
ball, and I think he’s so quick in his
change of direction that he loses
some defensemen.”
Bitter turned the sharp corner
behind the net, protected his stick
and got under his defenseman to
deliver the dagger: the go-ahead
goal with 3 minutes left.
And he wasn’t done yet. After
a jostle for the face-off, Princeton
sophomore John Cunningham dth/PHONg dinh
came away with the ball in pursuit With three minutes left on the
of his own tying goal. clock, junior All-American attack-
Bitter wasn’t going to let any- man Billy Bitter scored to help
one ruin his opus. He chased seal UNC’s win against Princeton.
Cunningham down, raised his
stick and swatted the ball out, While Bitter recorded two assists
leading to a turnover and another before his goal, it just wasn’t until
UNC possession. the final three minutes that he
“Billy’s always got a big play in showed his true identity.
him somewhere, and thank God “It’s really just great being on his
he had another one up his sleeve team,” Petracca said.
tonight,” senior Gavin Petracca
said. “He fights every single second Contact the Sports Editor
of every play of every game.” at sports@unc.edu.
Brandon staton
at the buzzer
pionship? My guess is 1.
That’s right, with Levski’s 91-79
win against Chernomorets on
March 6, the team earned the
Bulgarian Cup, and Frasor a medal
that he quips is “the equivalent of
one you receive for being a partici-
pant of a youth soccer team.”
Success has come quickly on
the basketball court, but acclimat-
ing to life in eastern Europe has
been a bit more difficult. courtesy of bobby frasor
When he’s not in his Kia, jock- Former UNC guard Bobby Frasor
eying for position at a stoplight is playing in Bulgaria this year. His
— they turn from red-to-yellow-to- team recently won a title, and he
green there — he’s probably look- leads his league in all-star votes.
ing for a good Internet connection.
Other than that, he’s just trying 21 points and was 5-for-9 from
to get the hang of one of the sim- beyond the arc.
plest forms of communication. Still, in a country about the size
“This has to be the only place of the state of Virginia, a basket-
in the world were they shake their ball championship draws fewer
head for yes and nod for no,” he spectators than saw Frasor and
said. the Tar Heels win it all in Detroit
But aside from his difficulty last season — about 72,000 fewer.
grasping the language, Frasor is That doesn’t seem to bother
having little trouble developing a him at all. Sure, it’s not UNC, but
following. Frasor says he gets along well
Considered a fan favorite dur- with his teammates just the same.
ing his time as a Tar Heel, being And though he makes light of the
on another continent has done significance of his accomplish-
little to diminish his celebrity. ments overseas, it’s out of humil-
Frasor currently is the leading ity rather than ridicule.
vote-getter for the league’s all-star Despite being thousands of
game in which the fans vote play- miles away from the capacity
ers onto the roster, similar to the crowds of the United States, the
way fans vote for NBA players. consummate “team player” says
He’s averaging almost 11 points
per game, is eighth in the league in
his team’s success is important to
him, because it’s important to his
assists, which he says are harder to teammates and to his coach.
come by than in the U.S., with 3.5
a contest, and is shooting better
Some things never change.
than 50 percent from the floor. Contact Brandon Staton
In his best game, Frasor tallied at bkstaton@email.unc.edu.
Bulgaria
Size: Slightly larger than
Tennessee
Population: 7.2 million
Russia
Europe Languages: Bulgarian 84.5
percent, Turkish 9.6 percent,
Roma 4.1 percent
Bulgaria Terrain: mostly mountains with
lowlands in north and southeast
Climate: temperate; cold, damp
Africa winters; hot, dry summers
Labor force: 2.2 million
SOURCE: GOOGLE MAPS Source: CIA World Factbook
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- Enable Medicare to negotiate with pharmaceu-
Cal
tical companies for lower prescription drug costs
Cunningham - Eliminate coverage gap between maximum
former N.C. basic prescription coverage and catastrophic event
senator coverage
- Support a government-run insurance plan and a
cap on the amount insurance companies can charge
yearly for out-of-pocket expenses
- End cost discrimination for preexisting condi-
Elaine - Enable Medicare to negotiate with pharmaceu- charge yearly for out-of-pocket expenses
tical companies for lower prescription drug costs
Marshall
- Eliminate coverage gap between maximum of 26
N.C. Secretary basic prescription coverage and catastrophic event
of State coverage well as gender discrimination
- Support a government-run insurance plan
- End cost discrimination for preexisting
conditions
- Cap the amount insurance companies can
- Opposes legislation that cuts Medicare range of insurance plans
Richard Burr
benefits or dramatically increases federal spending
U.S. senator and taxes
- Does not support the government-run
insurance plan
- Provide tax credits to people who purchase
insurance and allow them to buy insurance across
state lines
- Create a health insurance marketplace with
SENATE
RACE
2010
families
- End cost discrimination for preexisting
conditions
- Cap the amount insurance companies can
charge yearly for out-of-pocket expenses
- Expand Medicaid eligibility
- Cover uninsured newborns
- Provide federal assistance to states to help them
cover all of their residents
tions
- Prevent health insurance companies from
dropping coverage in the middle of a catastrophic
illness
- Do not tax plans that already provide good
coverage
- Extend coverage for young adults to the age
-Prevent annual or lifetime caps on coverage as
- End cost discrimination for preexisting condi-
tions
- Allow people to choose their own doctors
- Curb medical malpractice lawsuits
National and
World News
Gibbs promises representatives’ votes
on health care bill will be made public
LOS ANGELES (MCT) —
The White House said Tuesday
the American people will know
how their representatives vote on
health care reform, regardless of
what process Democratic leaders
in the House use.
Spokesman Robert Gibbs
attempted to defuse Republican
complaints that House leaders
were planning to use a “deem to
pass” tactic, in effect avoiding a
direct vote on the Senate version
of the health care bill. Republicans
have charged the tactic is a way to
hide how lawmakers vote on a pos-
sibly politically damaging issue.
“We’re being clear,” Gibbs
insisted to reporters’ repeated
questions. “There is going to be
a vote this week, and people will
know how (lawmakers) stand on
health care reform.”
He dismissed GOP complaints
as focusing on the “legislative pro-
Federal Reserve FCC announces
feeling optimistic broadband plan
LOS ANGELES (MCT)
— Steady as it goes, Federal
Reserve policymakers declared
in their post-meeting statement
Tuesday.
They left their bench-
mark short-term interest rate
unchanged in the range of zero
to 0.25 percent and once again
pledged to keep it low for an
cess game,” rather than the impor-
tant issue of what the health care
overhaul would do for people.
Late last year, the House and
Senate passed different versions
of the health care overhaul bills.
Usually that means the different
bills would go to a conference com-
mittee to iron out differences that
both chambers could live with. But
given the hyper-partisan nature of
the health care debate, that was
impossible, even though Democrats
control both chambers.
Instead, congressional leaders
have been working out a series of
amendments to make the Senate
bill more palatable to the more
liberal House. When those amend-
ments are resolved, they could
come to the House for a vote. If
they are passed, the underlying
Senate bill would be deemed to
have passed without the need for
a direct vote.
WA S H I N G T O N , D . C .
(MCT) — With the public
release of its national broad-
band plan Tuesday, the Federal
Communications Commission
prepared to start the hard work
of getting Congress to help the
agency implement roughly 200
recommendations.
The FCC’s plan calls for a dra-

County considers merging library cards

By Taylor Hartley
Staff Writer
County officials entertained
the idea of increasing cooperation
between the county’s two library sys-
tems at their Tuesday meeting.
The Orange County Board of
Commissioners discussed a solution
to the libraries’ funding conflict that
would involve residents using a sin-
gle library card for both systems.
Chapel Hill residents pay the taxes
for the town’s library, but 40 percent
of the library’s users live outside the
town and don’t pay taxes for it.
“The Chapel Hill library gets a
contribution from Orange County,
and as a result, all residents of
Orange County are entitled to a
Chapel Hill library card free of addi-
tional charge,” commissioner Steve
Yuhasz said.
The county provides $250,000
annually to the Chapel Hill library,
a contribution totaling about 11 per-
cent of the library’s growing budget.
But the county has its own library
system to mind, and board members
have not decided how to balance the
funding.
Yuhasz said he is an advocate of
implementing a single-card sys-
tem, which would mean that card
holders of both the Orange County
Public Library and Chapel Hill
Public Library could use the same
facilities.
The Chapel Hill library is set to
expand this summer, but some com-
missioners said they would rather
fund the improvement of the county
system.
“There’s a feeling on the part of
Chapel Hill that they have a higher
level of service, and I think Orange
County wants a higher level of ser-
vice,” said commissioner Bernadette
Pelissier.
The commissioners said an
agreement between Chapel Hill and
Orange County should be reached
soon.
“We need an agreement that
works for everybody, that serves the
most citizens and that protects our
money,” said commissioner Barry
Jacobs.
Contact the City Editor
at citydesk@unc.edu.
“extended period” — retaining
the phrase they’ve used for the
past year.
The central bank continued
to sound relatively upbeat about
the economy, saying the data
it looks at suggest that “eco-
nomic activity has continued to
strengthen and that the labor
market is stabilizing.”
The Federal Reserve also said
it would end, on schedule, its
program of buying mortgage-
backed bonds to help keep home
loan rates low. That program will
conclude at the end of this month
when the Federal Reserve’s mort-
gage bond holdings reach the
$1.25 trillion limit it set last year.
matic expansion of affordable,
high-speed Internet. A chief
goal is to ensure that at least 100
million homes have access to
networks that allow data down-
loads at speeds at least 20 times
faster than now delivered.
The bulk of the recommenda-
tion can be enacted by the FCC,
such as diverting money from a
fund for affordable phone ser-
vice to rural areas to be used for
increasing broadband access.
But Congress would have to
act on others, particularly rules
for auctions of federal airwaves
to entice broadcasters to give up
their spectrum so the airwaves
could be used for wireless access.
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Available August 1st. Erica, 619-4703 or
Susi, 619-4702.
2BR ApARTMENT. Close to campus, large
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renovated kitchen. W/D. $800/mo. Greene
Street. 919-260-9258.
JUST 2 BlOCKS TO WEAVER STREET and
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WAlK TO CAMpUS. 5BR/3.5BA duplex with
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4BR CONDO NEAR UNC. Very nice. Each with
private bath and large closet. laundry room
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pool. $1,400/mo. schall18@hotmail.com.
828-262-0655.
3BR/1BA HOME 4 MilES SOUTH of campus.
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and tennis, $850/mo and $550 deposit.
919-471-6846.
pERFECT FOR GRADS: 13 minute commute
to UNC. New construction, 1,730 square
foot townhome to share, 3BR/3.5BA, W/D,
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granite counter tops and pool. $650/mo rent
includes internet, cable, water and electricity.
Great neighbors! 910-987-6631.
2BR/2BA TOWNHOUSE. Mill Creek. Walk to
UNC. $1,050/mo. +deposit. Available this
summer. Call 919-414-8913.
HOUSE FOR RENT: 2BR/1BA cottage on
Church Street within easy walk to campus.
Remodeled kitchen and bath, hardwood
floors, W/D hook ups, $1,200/mo, available
6/15/10. For more information contact Tony
Hall, owner, broker. tonyhall@tonyhallasso-
ciates.com or 919-740-9611.
BiKE, WAlK from 14 Bolin Heights to
campus. 3BR/1BA house with hardwood
floors, W/D. pets negotiable. $975/
mo. Email Fran Holland properties at
herbholland@intrex.net.
UNiVERSiTY COMMONS: $400/BR. On
busline. private, 4BR/4BA. All utilities
and internet included. Available Au-
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767-1778, or nolaloha@nc.rr.com.
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EGG DONORS NEEDED. UNC Health
Care seeking healthy, non-smok-
ing females 20-32 to become egg
donors. $2,500 compensation for
COMplETED cycle. All visits and pro-
cedures to be done local to campus.
For written information, please call
919-966-1150 ext. 5 and leave your
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STUDENT AppliCATiONS BEiNG accepted
for Carolina Blues in the football office for
2010-11. 2 hrs/wk. Applications available
1st floor Kenan Football Center. Applications
are being accepted through March 19th. 919-
962-9147.
HElp WANTED. painting, yard work. $10/hr.
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REliABlE, ENERGETiC student to work in my
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Russian journalist shares country’s flaws
Says poor people
lack political clout
BY Chelsea Bailey her job as a journalist to tell others
staff writer
Students crammed into the
fourth-floor conference room of
the FedEx Global Education Center
on Tuesday night for the chance
to hear Russian journalist Yulia
Latynina speak candidly about her
country.
Her provocative blend of sarcasm
and intellect might garner a large
audience in the U.S., but in Russia,
Latynina’s candor has made her an
infamous government target.
“Where there are journalists
like Yulia, there is hope,” said
Slavic language professor Radislav
Lapushin.
“She never strives to please any
kind of establishment. It takes
courage and fearlessness to do
what she does on a daily basis.”
UNC folklorist shares
his love for blues music
Recalls his time
in Mississippi
By Brittany Johnson
Staff Writer
It is the most beautiful of all
music, and without it, no other
popular music would exist.
Or at least that’s what folklor-
ist William Ferris thinks when it
comes to blues music.
In a lecture Tuesday night,
Ferris discussed his opinions
about blues music and culture and
how his experiences with them in
Mississippi in the 1960s and 1970s
influenced his new book, “Give My
Poor Heart Ease.”
In his book, Ferris, a noted
scholar in the field of folklore and
a Mississippi native, allows blues
musicians to tell their own sto-
ries.
“I decided to change the book’s
perspective from that of a white
scholar talking about music to that
of black speakers describing their
lives and how music shaped their
worlds,” Ferris said.
About 100 people listened as
Ferris recalled various experi-
ences and people from his journey
through Mississippi.
He read vivid passages from his
book that made some audience
members feel as if they were trav-
eling Highway 61 with him.
Ferris’ journey took place at a
dangerous time in the Deep South,
when racial groups were segregat-
ed. Ferris said he was determined
to cross those lines, and was wel-
comed with open arms.
“They fed me and took me into
their homes,” he said. “I felt very
welcome and comfortable.”
Ferris’ love for music started
at a young age when his black
housekeeper Mary Gordon began
taking him to church. As he lis-
tened and sang along to hymns
and spirituals, he noticed that
there was no documentation of
the music.
“When the people left, the music
left with them,” Ferris said.
Ferris began to search for the
music he had heard in church and
it was during this search that he
first encountered blues music.
“One blues musician told me
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Latynina writes for one of the
few independent newspapers in “The Russian government is pretty
Russia and has her own radio
show. She said she doesn’t write
immune to critics. Putin prides himself on
for a noble reason but because it is not reacting to what people are saying.”
what is happening. YULIA LATYNINA, RUSSIAN JOURNALIST
“You know, the Russian govern-
ment is pretty immune to critics,” ple cannot be trusted to elect respon- bring Latynina to UNC all the way
she said. “Putin prides himself on sible leaders because they make their from Russia.
not reacting to what people are decisions based on false promises. “She’s so interesting because
saying.” “Poor people vote for the peo- she does things that nobody else
Despite her heavy accent, ple who promise them irrational wants to touch,” Murphy said about
Latynina’s cynicism was clearly things,” she said, pointing to Latin Latynina.
evident as she depicted Russia as a America and even Iran as examples. “We’re really lucky to get to see
poor, corrupt country with a failing “It has nothing to do with Russian her.”
democracy. character, but with the fact that S e n i o r A l i Haw k i n s s a i d
“There’s total corruption, total Russia is poor.” Latynina’s lecture changed her
toleration of corruption. If the Latynina’s lecture was organized perception of democracy and cor-
regime changes, it doesn’t fol- by David Pike of the Department of ruption in Russia.
low suit that the corruption will Slavic Languages and Literatures “Since the fall of the Berlin
change,” she said. and the UNC Center for Slavic, Wall, I always thought of Russia
Throughout the night she used Eurasian and East European as a democratic society, but clearly
pictures to contrast the wealth of Studies. that’s not the case.”
dth/lauren vied
the Russian political elite with the Sophomore Stephany Murphy
poverty of the people. said she was shocked that Pike Contact the University Editor Russian investigative journalist Yulia Latynina spoke Tuesday evening
According to Latynina, poor peo- came through on his promise to at udesk@unc.edu. at the FedEx Global Education Center about her native country.
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UNC history professor William Ferris shared several stories from his
book,“Give My Poor Heart Ease,” in the Davis Library Gallery on Tuesday.
that if a singer wants to cross over Chris Wells, a third-year graduate
from sacred music to blues, he student majoring in music who
simply replaces ‘my God’ with ‘my attended the lecture on Tuesday
baby’ and continues singing the night.
same song.” During his journey, Ferris
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DAVID BIERER
Bierer is a junior business major from
Charlotte.
E-mail: bierer@email.unc.edu
Enough!
Please
turn your
swag off
F
ads come and go. As a kid,
we had Furby, Pokémon
cards and Beanie Babies.
These fads were pretty cool for
a while, but eventually, they lost
their luster.
All fads follow the same basic
life cycle. First, a select few know
about the fad. As more people
learn about the product, it inevi-
tably becomes popular. Then,
once the product has completely
saturated the market, people
start to get sick of seeing it every-
where.
Eventually, it becomes kind of
embarrassing to be the only kid
in class who still has a binder
full of Pokémon cards. The fad is
clearly over by now, but a couple
of people still haven’t caught on
yet.
The term “fad” extends beyond
just material goods — it also
applies to words. So I’m writing
to ask for your help to end the
use of the word “swagger.”
Let’s skip the part where a
few stragglers haven’t realized
the fad is over and just stop
allowing the use of the word
altogether.
I’m not sure when the fad
began, but it has clearly satu-
rated the verbal marketplace.
The whole reason why the word
“swagger” is appealing is because
it is exclusive. Not everyone
can have it or its meaning gets
diluted.
The way people, most notably
musical artists, carelessly throw
around the word swagger today
is like addressing everyone as
“King.” The only reason it’s cool
to be king is because no one else
has that power.
Very few people have swag-
ger. Michael Jordan had it.
Muhammad Ali had it.
I do not have swagger, and
most likely, you don’t either.
I did some research to find
out just how overbearing swag-
ger has become. After Googling
“swagger,” I discovered a Web site
called swagbucks.com. At swag-
bucks.com, you can earn swag-
bucks by entering swagcodes to
earn prizes from the swagstore or
in the swagstakes.
Really? Swagger is not some-
thing you can buy, earn or win.
You can’t turn it on (Soulja
Boy). You can’t surf with it (Lil
Wayne).
I’d like to end the “swagger”
fad for two reasons. Personally,
I’m just sick of hearing the word
haphazardly thrown around.
The notion that a Web site like
swagbucks.com exists should
be a wake-up call. What’s next?
Will Wheaties come out with
a swagtastic cereal to give the
average person an extra dose of
swagger?
Additionally, I’d like to restore
the meaning of swagger. The
word “swagger” is not a bad
word; it’s the people that use it
who devalue its meaning. When
used properly, swagger is a great
noun.
In his prime, Jordan exuded
swagger. At the end of a close
game, everyone knew Jordan
was going to make the last
shot and there was nothing the
opposing team could do about
it.
But how exactly do you end a
fad? I’d like to suggest a few syn-
onyms that will return swagger’s
integrity:
Arrogance: to describe the
person who has all the confi-
dence of a person with swagger
but doesn’t back it up.
Braggadocio: a noun for
bragging and much more fun
to say.
So, the next time you hear
someone incorrectly use swag-
ger, whether it be on TV, or on
the radio, please change the
channel.
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
Dependency theory
UNC must be leader in shedding dependence on
coal; benchmarks should be reassessed periodically
T
he University needs an
energy policy that is both
dynamic and aggressive
to maximize the opportunities
for eliminating its dependency
on coal.
This means having the
ability to adapt to changing
technologies and being more
aggressive in pursuing energy
goals.
Persistent and periodic
review should accompany the
Climate Action Plan, the docu-
ment that sets benchmarks for
the University to be carbon-
neutral by 2050. And where
it can, the University should
revise those benchmarks and
accomplish its goals sooner.
More than costs
The benefits of weaning the
University off coal go beyond
reducing its own carbon foot-
print.
Eliminating the need for coal
moves the University away from
an industry that devastates the
land of Appalachia and poses a
public health risk to those who
inhabit that region.
This is not a question of
costs. By continuing to use
coal, UNC is merely shifting
the costs onto the environment
and society at large. We all bear
the cost of pollution and land
degradation.
As the flagship university
in the state and as a national
leader in higher education,
UNC needs to take the reins in
alleviating the damage of coal.
The University’s energy poli-
cy should not just be adequate.
It should be pioneering, and it
should have the health of North
Carolina — and the climate at
large — at heart.
State of independence
In the face of woes, N.C. State’s Technician should
seize opportunity to become independent newspaper
I
n order for a newspaper to
be the watchdog it strives
to be, it must be as inde-
pendent as possible.
Now it is time for N.C.
State’s venerable student
newspaper to take that step
toward independence.
The Technician has been
going through some rough
patches lately. Over the last
few years, the paper has suf-
fered from recruitment and
retention problems.
In fall 2009, this led the
paper’s editor-in-chief, Ty
Johnson, to be significantly
overworked.
Johnson took on a lot of
extra responsibilities, includ-
ing running features sections
as well as writing stories for
the paper.
Thus, Johnson’s semester
grade point average dipped
below the minimum 2.5
Opinion
EDITorial BOARD members
meredith engelen
Patrick Fleming
Nathaniel Haines
ahna hendrix
By Angela Tchou, angelatchou@gmail.com
Some progress
In a letter sent last November
to the Coal-Free Campaign,
Chancellor Holden Thorp
wrongly resisted the idea of
modifying the University’s
energy goals and suggested
that the campaign work with
campuses “not as advanced as
ours.”
Since then, however, some
welcome progress has been
made.
Thorp said he reconsid-
ered the sentiment he initially
expressed in the letter and
chose to create the energy task
force in January.
The task force is review-
ing the goals in the Climate
Action Plan and assessing
where UNC could be more
ambitious.
The scrutiny of the task force is
welcome, but its mandate is only
for six months to a year. Periodic
review of the energy policy must
be made permanent.
And assuming the task
force finds opportunities for
improvement, real steps should
be taken to achieve it.
Overtures are welcome, but
seeing is believing.
We know that coal pollutes
our community and destroys
the land in our state.
In minutes anyone with an
Internet connection can see
aerial views of the land deg-
radation caused by coal min-
ing.
Merely saying we will do
better does nothing to allevi-
ate this.
Action, not words
UNC has made a number
of commitments, but more
needs to be done to deliver on
required for the leadership
position, even though his
cumulative GPA was a 2.7.
Because the Technician is
not an independent paper, it
must abide by N.C. State’s pol-
icy for student leaders.
Johnson was dismissed
from his position as editor-
in-chief. Not only is the
Technician understaffed,
but it is now without its top
leader.
The paper could fold if a
plan isn’t developed. That
plan should include breaking
away from the university.
It’s not that the Technician
should become independent to
excuse its employees for poor
academic performance. It
should strive to become inde-
pendent to ensure that its staff-
ing decisions are unaffected by
university policy.
Undoubtedly, those stu-
cameron parker
pat ryan
steve kwon
christian yoder
them.
A telling example is the
University’s current failure
to meet one of the “tangible
actions” that its own obliga-
tion to the American College
& University Presidents’
ClimateCommitment
demands — purchasing or
producing at least 15 percent
of electricity from renewable
sources within a year of join-
ing the commitment.
Using biomass could accom-
plish this.
The University hopes to
test different types of bio-
mass material this year at its
cogeneration facility, includ-
ing wood pellets and torrified
wood.
Testing the material will give
the University a better under-
standing of the costs associated
with using it, said Ray DuBose,
UNC’s director of energy ser-
vices.
But DuBose couldn’t say at
what cost the University would
still be willing to utilize this
technology to offset its coal
use.
Granted, these are difficult
questions, but there is no bet-
ter time than now to answer
them, especially if we are going
to begin testing biomass this
year.
Making coal more efficient
will simply not be enough.
Forming a Climate Action Plan
and an energy task force are
only means to a tangible end
of eliminating coal use.
The University going for-
ward must rigorously review
and revise its climate goals and
plans. It must take real action
to wean itself off of harmful
and environmentally degrad-
ing energy.
dents who work at the
Technician care about their
academic performance. But
as long as they are meeting
the minimum requirements
set by the university to be in
good standing, they should be
allowed to lead the paper.
Besides, in order for the
paper to accurately and proper-
ly report on the university and
its administration, it needs to
be free of university influence
on policy decisions.
“I’ve always thought that the
paper should go independent,”
Johnson said. “It definitely
would be a viable option.”
According to Johnson, he
doesn’t see it as a matter of
finances because he believes
that student newspapers are
still going strong.
If there ever was a time for
the Technician to take that step
toward independence, it’s now.
The Daily Tar Heel
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The way we raise our animals is
incredibly expensive. We’re not a
middleman — this is a cash cow
operation. Selling directly is the
only way to make money if you
want to be small.”
Eliza MacLean, co-owner, cane creek farms
Featured online reader comment:
“Where’s the footage of those cute,
playful little piglets being
slaughtered once they are nice and
big? … I am really curious as to
what sort of systematized killing
we are talking about here.”
“Jessica,” on a video piece about pasture-raised
hogs on parker farms
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Outside perspectives
The heavy weight of free speech
It’s gutless for purveyors of hate to try escaping legal liability by
letting the expression of their religious beliefs be characterized as
“figurative or hyperbolic.” It’s also ironic that virulent opponents
of homosexuality want to hide behind a Supreme Court prec-
edent that extended free-speech protections to smutty parody.
But for the Rev. Fred Phelps, means seem to justify ends.
Phelps is pastor of a Kansas church populated largely by his
relatives. He’s gained notoriety by preying on dead soldiers as a
platform to spread an extremist message.
Phelps and fellow church members believe that service mem-
bers’ deaths are God’s punishment for America tolerating homo-
sexuality and other “sins.” In the name of religious speech, Phelps
and his followers travel to military funerals and hold up such
signs as “Semper fi fags” and “Thank God for dead soldiers.”
Outside the March 2006 funeral of Lance Cpl. Matthew
Snyder in Maryland, the signage included “God Hates You” and
“Priests Rape Boys,” the latter because the setting was a Roman
Catholic church.
The protesters stood in a public space, 1,000 feet away from the
church entrance, and left before the funeral started. But there was
news coverage. And Snyder’s father, Albert, was further appalled
when he Googled his son’s name and found a rant on a Phelps Web
site that, among other things, said the Snyders taught their son to
“defy his Creator, to divorce and to commit adultery.”
A jury found for Albert Snyder when he sued Phelps and his
church for privacy invasion and infliction of emotional distress.
But the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a $5 million
verdict, saying that the signs and online tirade were “distasteful
and repugnant” but still constitutionally protected.
Now the U.S. Supreme Court will weigh Phelps’ free-speech
rights against Snyder’s right to gather at a private religious cer-
emony. The justices will decide whether individuals are entitled
to compensation for feeling assaulted by this kind of obnoxious
verbiage. It’s not an easy answer.
The appeals court reasoned that Phelps was conveying a mes-
sage about issues of public concern. In that context, an individual
can’t collect monetary damages just because statements are offen-
sive, if they’re largely opinion or too rhetorical to be believed.
That comes from the Supreme Court’s 1988 decision in Hustler v.
Falwell. The justices said televangelist Jerry Falwell couldn’t recover
damages for infliction of emotional distress from the magazine over
a parody ad that no reasonable person would take seriously.
A case about parody doesn’t seem to cover Snyder’s case,
though. Phelps doesn’t claim to be exaggerating for effect; he
claims to be expressing sincerely held religious views.
On the other hand, he and the protesters peacefully demon-
strate on public property. Even language that seems extreme and
intrusive is protected under those circumstances.
There are ways to counter unpopular speech, even if it’s con-
stitutionally protected. As a result of Phelps’ activities, 40 states
have rules regarding protests at funerals. There’s room in the First
Amendment for cities and states to impose reasonable time, place
and manner restrictions to maintain order and balance the rights
of both protesters and those their words are directed against.
It’s a hard truth that the First Amendment protects a large
amount of outrageous expression; it has to for public dialogue
about important issues to flourish.
Editor’s note: This editorial originally appeared in the Fort
Worth Star-Telegram on Thursday, March 11.
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