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The Daily Tar HeelServing the students and the University community since 1893
www.dailytarheel.comthursday, june 18, 2009VOLuMe 116, Issue 47
weekLy suMMer Issue
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diversions | page 7
university | page 6
arts | page 9
THE PERFECT CONA metafictional con story, “The
Brothers Bloom” details the plight of two brothers who
want to swindle the fortune of a lonely and loony heiress.
FLU HITS HOMEA UNC student has moved
into self-isolation to recover after contracting the first case of swine flu within
the student body.
ON POINTEFor a week, Russia’s national
Bolshoi Ballet graced the town of Chapel Hill with itspresence, performing “Don Quixote” and “Swan Lake.”
arts | page 8
MUSIC IN ACTIONTwo East Chapel Hill High
School alumni put together Boomtown Live, a showcase of local music groups benefiting
two local charities.
June 18, 1906Orchestra leader James Kern
“Kay” Kyser was born in Rocky Mount. The 1927 graduate
would write the fight song “Tar Heels on Hand” while a student.
state | page 3
BUDGET RELIEFThe N.C. House approved a budget that will spare the UNC system its anticipated 11.2 percent cut in favor of
an 8.7 percent cut.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENTAction for Children North
Carolina awarded UNC Center for Civil Rights director Julius Chambers with the Children’s
Lifetime Legacy Award.
features | page 4
ywC adviser steps downGroup has month to find new leaderBY ANDREw HARRELLUNivERSiTy EDiTOR
The fate of UNC’s chapter of Youth for Western Civilization is up in the air.
Chris Clemens, the astronomy professor who serves as the group’s faculty adviser, said he’s decided not to continue in the role next year.
Once Clemens is officially gone, YWC will have 30 days to find a new faculty adviser before they are no longer an official campus organization.
“I’m not willing to sponsor an affiliate of the national YWC,” Clemens said.
“It’s going to be a time consum-ing task to guide these students in an organization that’s becoming inflammatory.”
Instead, Clemens has offered to either sponsor a new group with the same mission but no affilia-tion with YWC, or help find a new sponsor.
But the second option could be difficult.
“I do not know who I would start with,” Clemens said. “I only know one other conservative faculty member.”
He added that he is the adviser for about five conservative groups on campus.
Clemens stressed he is not pass-ing judgment on the national orga-nization itself but the reputation it has gained in the community.
“It’s a magnet for the radical left to come shut you down,” he said. “The name has become an obstacle to constructive dialogue.”
The reputation is in part the result of the YWC hosting two con-troversial speakers on campus in April. Seven people were arrested for protests of the events.
The group’s leaders aren’t con-cerned about the effects those events and the subsequent media coverage could have on membership.
Riley Matheson, former presi-dent and founder of UNC’s chapter, and YWC founder Kevin DeAnna said they have seen interest in the group rise because of the protests.
“Every time there is one of the usual left-wing hit pieces, mostly with stuff just made up, we get more members and donations,” DeAnna said.
Clemens predicted a negative effect on membership at UNC.
Matheson said his chapter of YWC had eight to 10 members. DeAnna said 10 is the average number of members for the seven or so chapters across the nation.
Four members are required to begin a new chapter, but DeAnna said the requirements for active chapters are being tightened.
Players gets new operatorBY ELLY SCHOFIELDSENiOR wRiTER
Players is changing its game plan.
Amid rumors that the night club is closing for good, new operator Nick Stroud said the venue will merely close for three weeks as it undergoes renovations. An event celebrating Players’ reopening is scheduled for July 8.
Stroud said he wants to give the
club a new look and a different vibe, most notably through reno-vations and a focus on live music.
Renovations will include redone bathrooms and a new sound system. And Stroud said he wants live bands to play two or three nights a week.
He said he hopes to revive the local music scene of the ’90s, when artists like Ben Folds played fre-quently at venues on Franklin.
“If we put a venue directly
across the street that students can directly access and we put bands that we want to see then maybe the music scene on East Franklin will improve,” he said.
He also said he wants to improve the club’s reputation.
“I wanted to get rid of more of the crime-associated element that was giving Players a bit of rap for the past two years. If we give the whole place a makeover maybe we’d be able to do something with it.”
In addition to his new role,
Stroud works downstairs at Jack Sprat Cafe, where he books the restaurant’s live acts.
At Players he will book local bands to play as well as touring ones. He added that the club has room for only 200 fewer people than Cat’s Cradle, so it is possible to attract fairly big names.
The July 8 show will feature Durham’s Hammer No More the Fingers.
Another big change will be game
will close until july 8 for renovations
SEE PLAYERS, PAgE 5
adMInIstratIVe shuFFLe
DANIEL PATESTAFF wRiTER
A single year has brought changes in four of the most prominent administrative positions on campus.
The roles of chancellor and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences were recently replaced. Searches are beginning now for a new provost and vice chancellor of student affairs.
Although it may seem like quite a shuffle, several officials said such a number of turnovers in a short period of time is nothing bizarre and is just part of the administrative process.
“As the University changes, personnel will change,” said Ronald Strauss, executive asso-ciate provost. “It doesn’t represent disarray or (level of) happiness.
“It’s a process of change that keeps the University lively and responsive and in posi-tion for the future.”
He added that such changes have occurred to officials who have spent a long and stable amount of time at the University, noting that Provost Bernadette Gray-Little has worked at UNC for nearly 40 years.
Although many universities take part in fac-ulty poaching, in which they attract professors from other schools with more lucrative offers, former chairman of the Faculty Council Joe Templeton said administrative shifting is dif-ferent because higher position opportunities are involved.
Templeton added that even though an offi-cial may be satisfied with a certain role, con-stant offers for more prominent positions are difficult to resist.
“There are people who make a living by iden-tifying people who are content with the job they have and asking them to move,” he said.
“If you get one of those calls every week, pretty soon one of those tends to hit.”
However, the fact that UNC is a common target for other schools looking for new faculty and administrators emphasizes the University’s national reputation.
“You hate to lose good, strong people, but it’s always a compliment,” said Strauss, who added that Gray-Little’s strength as provost attracted the attention of University of Kansas officials during their chancellor search.
Although administrative officials have to become accustomed to such transitions, it also affects those who are voted to represent the voice of the students.
David Bevevino, the student body vice presi-dent, said that in working with an exiting vice chancellor of student affairs, much of the focus will be toward helping the successor adjust to University culture.
He also said student government has been successful in working with new officials.
“One thing you notice with new positions is you become part of their transition,” Bevevino said.
“When you do that you have a closer rela-tionship because you’re there the whole time.”
Student Body President Jasmin Jones said working with a newly inducted chancellor is actually advantageous to the students because it increases understanding between the two, which helps prevent any student frustration of administrative shifting.
“We’re all open to it because we’re comforted by the fact that it’s only going to get better,” Jones said.
Contact the University Editor
Major positions see leadership changes this year
Administration Transitions
COMPILED BY: ANDREW HARRELL DTH/CHRISTINE HELLINGER
James Moeser announces he will step down from hisposition as chancellor.
Holden Thorp, then-dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, is elected the new chancellor by the UNC Board of Governors.
Bruce Carney is confirmed to be the interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, the fourth to hold the position in as many years.
Sept. 29, 2007May 9, 2008
July 1, 2008
March 24, 2009
May 29, 2009 July 1, 2009May 27, 2008
Chancellor Moeser is replaced by Thorp.
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Margaret Jablonski announces she
will step down in May 2010.
Provost Bernadette Gray-Little is named the next chancellor at the University of Kansas, effective Aug. 15. Bruce Carney will replace her as interim provost.
Karen Gil begins as the new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
‘07 ‘08 ‘09 ‘10
SEE YwC, PAgE 5
Position move fuels Falcone north Carolina fights off Cws elimination
BY CHRIS HEMPSONSPORTS EDiTOR
It’s funny how ironic stories like these sometimes go.
Amber Falcone grew up in Maryland. Westminster to be exact. As a youngster she always watched the home-state Terrapins and even nearby Johns Hopkins. She wanted to be just like the girls on the lacrosse team, wanted to someday suit up for either school.
North Carolina? It wasn’t on her radar.
She also played attack. And by high school, it even defined her. On her school team, Winters Mill, Falcone erupted for 55 goals and 21 assists during her senior season. She made the squad a force to be reck-oned with — even though the team’s coach spent many a day pacing the hallways looking for new additions.
DTH/ZACH gUTTERMAN
Amber Falcone came to UNC as a midfielder. But after switching to defense as a freshman, she has developed into one of the world’s best.
ex-attacker now a team usa defender
When it came time for her recruitment, sure enough, all the schools interested in Falcone want-ed her as an attacker. Maryland hardly pursued her.
UNC did. So onward to Chapel Hill went Falcone – as a midfield-
er though. Granted, that soon changed as well.
For after playing primarily there in the early stages of the season, a date with Virginia provided a life-
SEE FALCONE, PAgE 5
FROM STAFF AND wiRE REPORTSFor the past three seasons, the
UNC baseball team left Omaha unsuccessfully. So it seemed con-ventional wisdom to change some part of the squad’s play.
Unfortunately for the Tar Heels, losing their first College World Series game was probably not what coach Mike Fox had in mind. Despite another excellent showing from junior Alex White, UNC crumbled in the 10th inning Sunday, losing to Arizona State, 5-2.
The loss left North Carolina in a somewhat familiar position — facing elimination. In the past two CWS, the team had partaken in six such games and won five of them.
Based on the experience factor, UNC appeared to have as good a shot as any against Southern Mississippi — at least to stave off
any packing for another day.Sure enough, the Tar Heels
responded with their season on the brink and defeated the Golden Eagles, 11-4. The big story of the
SUNDAY Arizona State 5UNC 210 iNNiNgS
TUESDAYSouthern Mississippi 4UNC 11
wATCH THE GAMEOpponent: Arizona StateTime: 7 p.m. todayTelevision: ESPN2, ESPN360.comInfo: www.tarheelblue.com
INSIDE: UNC pelts 23 hits in route of Southern Miss. Pg. 6
SEE BASEBALL, PAgE 5
James Moeser
Former Chancellor Chancellor Student Affairs Provost
Holden Thorp
MargaretJablonski
Bernadette Gray-Little
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WeEkLY DOSe
NOTED. This great horned owl is one lucky, or unlucky, bird — depending on your view of the situation.
A fish hook got stuck on the owl’s wing at a Minneapolis lake, but she was rescued, treated and released. Then on Thursday, a sports utility vehicle hit her on the highway and she got stuck in the grill. The owl survived and will be done with treatment in the next month or so.
QUOTED. “I only have this change, and you’re gonna let me ride this bus.”
— Chantal Williams, 23, who is facing assault charges for throwing change at a Boston bus driver. According to police reports, the driver called dispatch to have the woman removed from the bus for not paying the fare. In a fit of anger, she left the bus just after throwing what change she had in the driver’s face.
Summer is going to be cut short for hundreds of students who go to school in two Southern California communities.
Students at Dickson Elementary in Chino, Calif., and Rolling Ridge Elementary in Chino Hills, Calif., will make up 34 days of school because
of a clerical error or risk losing $7 million in state funding.In California, schools can have occasional half days so that teachers can catch
up on planning. Students are required to attend 180 minutes, but the elementary schools were found to have only attended about 170 minutes. Time could be made up quickly, but another quirk of state law says short days don’t count at all. A district associate superintendent who is retiring is taking responsibility for the errors.
California kids may get 34 more daysFrom staFF and wire reports
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Peter Holsapple of the duo Holsapple and Stamey plays guitar and sings for a relaxed audience at the kick off of Open Eye Cafe’s Summer Music Series on Saturday.
The concerts on the back patio continue this Saturday with The Whiskey Smugglers. Proceeds went to fight multiple sclerosis.
dtH/jordan LawrenCe
Police logn A man broke into a residence
through a bedroom window and stole an alcoholic beverage Sunday, according to Chapel Hill police reports.
The beverage was worth $15, and damage to a sliding glass door and a window totaled $300, reports state.
n Someone tripped over a fence Monday, breaking it, according to Chapel Hill police reports.
Damage to the fence totaled $25, reports state.
n Someone smashed a car win-dow and stole items from a Ford F-150 on Friday, according to Chapel Hill police reports.
The truck incurred $400 in damage. A GPS system worth $200 and a pair of sunglasses worth $150 were stolen, reports state.
n A man complained of a wood-chuck under his shed Monday,
according to Carrboro police reports.
The complainant said that the woodchuck was eating all his flow-ers, reports state.
Police issued a wildlife trap-ping permit and set a trap, reports state.
n A woman stepped out in front of a fire truck heading to an emergency scene last Friday, according to Carrboro police reports.
Police witnessed the fire truck traveling on West Main Street when the woman walked in front of the truck, causing it to come to an abrupt stop. According to reports, the woman stood in front of the truck and refused to move.
The woman attempted to flee the area after a patrol vehicle arrived on the scene, reports state. She was placed under arrest and transported to the Orange County Jail, reports state.
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Medical lecture: doctoral student delesha m. Carpenter defends her dissertation, “understanding the effects of Conflicting information on medication adherence for vasculitis patients.”time: 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.location: mcgavran-greenberg Hall, room 2301
Art and literature: ackland edu-cator Leslie Balkany and assistant professor of art history wei-Cheng Lin facilitate a discussion on Li po and tu Fu, poetry selected and translated by arthur Cooper. ($5 for non-members)time: 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.location: ackland art museum
Friday
green festival: Hillsborough Hog day, orange County’s largest green festival, offers barbecue, live music, rides, crafts, vendors and fun for the whole family.time: 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.location: Cameron park elementary
roots music: new orleans band the radiators will appear in concert at the Carrboro artsCenter as part of the american roots series. $24.time: 8:30 p.m.location: Carrboro artsCenter
Saturday
Meet a Scientist: this is an oppor-tunity for families to explore the newest scientific discoveries with a new scientist each month. this month, dr. jeff dangle discusses his scientific work with “dna and the genomics revolution: From Human Health to water Conservation.”time: 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.location: morehead planetarium and science Center, Banquet Hall
herbarium Mount-a-thon: Help unC’s museum collection of plants mount specimens for permanent storage while learning how botani-cal information is collected, stored and used.time: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.location: n.C. Botanical garden, totten Center
SuNday
Jazz brunch: Come out to weaver street market for brunch, dancing and performances by various music groups.time: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.location: weaver street market
Music in the galleries: violinist richard Luby performs works by Bach in the ackland galleries.time: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.location: ackland art museum
WedNeSday
romeo and Juliet: act now will be performing shakespeare’s “romeo and juliet” as part of theater on the green.time: 7 p.m.location: market street green
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Thursday’s story “Scooters could need parking spaces” incor-rectly stated when the Board of Trustees would vote for approval of a scooter parking regulation. The ordinance was voted on and unanimously approved in May. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the error.
campus BriefsIncoming student is dead after accidental drowning
Reed Gabriel Ignizio, an incom-ing first-year student, died on June 12.
Ignizio was selected as a Carolina Covenant Scholar and planned to major in philosophy. A memorial funeral mass will be held at 6:30 p.m. today at Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian.
It has been reported that Ignizio, 18, accidentally drowned at Fawn Lake in DuPont State Forest.
Dentistry dean announces he will step down June 2010
John Williams, dean of the UNC School of Dentistry, has announced he will step down from his position in June 2010.
Williams began at UNC in 2005, after serving as the dean of the University of Louisville School of Dentistry since 1999. A committee is expected to be appointed soon to conduct a national search for a new dean.
The School of Dentistry plans to move into a new space in 2012.
Local nonprofit competes online for money, exposure
Nourish International is com-peting against other American nonprofits to win up to $6,000 in GlobalGiving’s American Open.
The money would go toward Nourish’s mission to engage col-lege students with global poverty issues.
The group will raise funds on GlobalGiving.com during June, with the organizations who raise the most winning the money and potentially even a permanent spot on the Web site.
T h e n o n p r o fi t o r g a n i z a -tion began as the student group “Hunger Lunch” in 2003 and has now expanded to more than 30 dif-ferent campuses.
Young actors to perform Shakespeare on campus
William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will be staged from July 23 to July 26 at UNC’s Center for Dramatic Art by a group of young actors in the Summer Youth Conservatory program.
The show will mark the end of the five-week program for actors ages 10 to 18, put on by The ArtsCenter in Carrboro and PlayMakers Repertory Company. This is the third year of the conser-vatory, which offers young people the chance to work with and learn from professional actors and crew members.
This summer’s production will feature original music by local art-ist Mark Lewis and choreography by Catawba College Theatre Arts professor Missy Barnes.
ciTy BriefsChapel Hill wins livability award for free bus system
The town of Chapel Hill accept-ed the Most Livable City award Monday by the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
The contest was judged on crite-ria of mayoral leadership, creativ-ity and innovation and the broad impact on the quality of life for residents.
Chapel Hill was honored for its fare-free transit system. Chapel Hill has the second-largest transit system in North Carolina.
More than 200 cities were con-sidered for the award. Chapel Hill won for cities with a population of fewer than 100,000 residents.
Trial for man charged in Eve Carson’s death to be delayed
The trial of Demario James Atwater, one of the men charged in the murder of former UNC stu-dent body president Eve Carson, has been delayed until next May.
Defense attorneys asked that the trial be moved back from its original November date so they could receive lab results from the State Bureau of Investigation, find witnesses and prepare their case.
Judge James A. Beaty agreed to the delay Monday.
Prosecutors state that Atwater and Laurence Alvin Lovette kid-napped Carson in March 2008, shot her and left her near the UNC campus. Atwater currently faces five federal charges, three of which are eligible for the death penalty.
-From staff and wire reports.
BOCC approves waste transfer site
shOP tILL they drOP
BY BECkY BuSHStaff writer
In addition to their identifying blue lanyards, CTOPS visitors are often found with white plastic Student Stores bags filled with school laptops, Tar Heel para-phernalia and quick snacks.
Without the business of CTOPS groups, Students Stores would be virtually empty all summer.
These incoming students and their par-ents are the main reason Student Stores makes profit during the summer at all.
According to Jim Powell, the business officer at Student Stores, about 10 percent of the store’s yearly revenue comes from orientation groups.
He said during the summer months, sales are down 25 to 50 percent from the regular school year, and that if it wasn’t for CTOPS there wouldn’t be many sales during the summer.
The amount of revenue made during the summer is approximately equivalent to the book rush at the beginning of the year, which brings in about $3 million, Powell said.
“People buy a lot of T-shirts, sweat-shirts and Carolina memorabilia,” said Jacob Chitwood, a cashier at Student Stores who has worked this summer dur-ing CTOPS sessions.
Powell said most summer revenue comes from laptop sales. All undergradu-ate students are required to own a laptop that meets the school’s requirements. In return, Student Stores sells several mod-els that allow buyers to get a discount, unlimited tech support, a four-year war-ranty and unlimited access to any printer on campus.
Bobby Gollmar, an incoming first-year who was at CTOPS June 6 and 7, said his orientation leader encouraged him to buy his laptop through Student Stores.
“Computer sales are lower than last summer,” Powell said. But he added that there was a lot of time left to make sales.
“It’s a little too early to tell since we just
dth/andrew dye
Chay Malvasia, an incoming first-year who plans on majoring in exercise and sports science, shops for Carolina athletic wear in UnC Students Stores on tuesday. Student Stores gets a boost in sales during the summer from CtOPS first-years and their parents.
started CTOPS transactions last week.” The low sales could also be due to
smaller CTOPS sessions — Powell said about 75 incoming students had moved their orientations to later in the summer at the last minute.
Student Stores also frequently has to compete with local vendors. There are two other textbook stores downtown and many clothing stores that sell memora-bilia much like that at Student Stores.
“Nothing we have is unique any longer,
student stores profits from CtOPs crowds
because anyone can do any logo,” Powell said.
“I like it because it has everything,” said Sally Kenan, a parent on campus for CTOPS, about Student Stores. But she added that she might buy Carolina gear from The Shrunken Head clothing store on Franklin Street as well.
Heather Holden, another CTOPS par-ent, said Student Stores is just more con-venient than other venues.
Although Student Stores might rely
on CTOPS groups for summer revenue, there are many other important times of the year that bring a rush in sales, includ-ing tax-free weekends, seasonal sales and sports championships.
“Compared to most retail establish-ments, we’re doing pretty well,” Powell said, despite the light start from CTOPS groups. “We still have pretty steady sales.”
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“I can’t tell you how disappointed I am that this trust has been broken again. I wanted this to be different.”MIkE NELSoN, Orange COUnty COMMiSSiOner
BY STEvEN NorToNCity editOr
Orange County will offer a site on Millhouse Road for formal con-sideration as a possible location for a new waste transfer station.
The decision was a result of a 4-3 vote by the Orange County Board of Commissioners at their meeting Tuesday. This keeps the option on the table, despite adamant oppo-sition from Millhouse Road and Rogers Road community residents.
Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy sug-gested the site as a potential alterna-tive at a work session May 14.
The new station would be locat-ed on the parcel of land that con-tains the Town Operations Center, a mile from the current landfill.
Another site under consideration is located off N.C. 54.
In the coming week, the Chapel Hill Town Council will decide whether to make the Millhouse site a legitimate contender.
According to a report on the Millhouse site, prepared by Olver, Inc., the site is strong in terms of operational efficiency and environ-mental impact.
But residents of the community claim that local government has been treating them unfairly. Many feel as though the siting of a waste transfer station in their neighborhood would only be adding insult to injury.
“We have smelled garbage for a long time,” said Cecil Griffin, who lives off Millhouse Road.
The newly proposed site is also near the Waldorf Emerson School, located on Millhouse Road. Charlie Viles, vice president of the school’s board of directors, said students cross the road every day to use a school garden and playing fields.
Chairwoman Valerie Foushee noted that before the May 14 meet-ing, the board said they would not move forward on the site if area residents were opposed.
“It was indicated that if the resi-dents did not want it, it was off the table,” she said. “I am still not inter-ested in entertaining it.”
Commissioner Mike Nelson, who also voted against the motion, said he felt the transparency of the pro-cess was undermined with the deci-sion to consider the Millhouse site.
“I can’t tell you how disappoint-ed I am that this trust has been
broken again,” he said. “I wanted this to be different.”
“We don’t know if this is a real offer or not,” he said.
If the town council decides to allow the site to be considered, more studies will be conducted during the summer. Findings will be reported to the board August 18.
Commissioners also voted unanimously to approve the Orange County budget for the 2009-10 fiscal year, setting a property tax rate of 85.8 cents per $100. It is considered “revenue
neutral,” meaning it should bring in approximately the same amount of revenue as last year.
The new budget increases funding for the Cedar Grove and Carrboro Branch libraries while also opening a new branch in Hillsborough.
This was also the last regular meeting for County Manager Laura Blackmon, who is leaving office June 30. Frank Clifton has been chosen as the interim manager.
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Millhouse road site frustrates many
university o∞cials deal with budget gaptax increases to soften budget cutsPotential budget cuts to the UNC system
the n.C. house finalized their ver-sion of the budget last weekend. their final draft includes an 8.7 percent cut to the UnC system, or $263 million.
the house and Senate selected committee members this week to begin creating a final state budget that will have to be signed by gov. Bev Perdue before becoming law.
here are some of the harshest UnC system cuts that have been recommended by the house:
enrollment growth funding
is awarded no money for the 2010-011 academic year, freezing enrollment at 2009-10 levels.
the Board of governors’ campus-initiated tuition increases are repealed in favor over a larger increase of either 8 percent or $200.
no new funds for financial aid are provided to offset the tuition increases.
the n.C. Center for the advancement of teaching is moved from the UnC system to the State Board of education.
BY ANDrEw HArrELLUniverSity editOr
University administrators will be fighting to regain control of budget cuts during the final weeks of deliberations in the General Assembly.
Areas such as scholarships and research centers could be victims of targeted cuts at UNC if the reduc-tions survive to the final draft of the legislature’s state budget.
“We’re particularly concerned about the scrutiny over research centers and institutes,” Chancellor Holden Thorp said in a message to faculty and staff.
“They help the state’s economy by attracting hundreds of millions of dollars in grant funding.”
Tony Waldrop, who oversees 12 of UNC-Chapel Hill’s major research centers as vice chancel-lor for research and economic development, wholeheartedly agrees.
He explained that reductions would act as a double-edged sword. The cuts from state appropria-tions would result in centers hav-ing to return federal funds as well because of their diminished capac-ity for research.
Scholarships
Scholarships may be another victim of cuts. The House budget rescinds a piece of legislation that allows athletic scholarships and some merit scholarships to pay in-state tuition for out-of-state stu-dents. The change would go into effect in the fall of 2010.
The 2009-10 school year will have 138 student athletes from out of state on scholarship.
The potential change would also affect roughly 80 students with merit-based scholarships, said Dan Thornton, associate director of scholarships and stu-dent aid.
Awards like the Morehead-Cain Scholars Program and the Robertson Scholars would likely halve the number of scholarships they offered, Thornton added.
Meanwhile, other scholarships would only cover a piece of recipi-ents’ tuition, instead of covering full tuition, fees and board.
“That would definitely have an impact on our recruitment poten-tial,” Thornton said.
Speaking to the Assembly
“I definitely have heard those concerns from administrators and directors of the centers and institu-tions,” said Dwayne Pinkney, spe-cial assistant to the chancellor for state and local relations.
“We are advocating for the cam-puses to be able to make the deci-sions about where these reductions are taken.”
Pinkney acts as the University’s primary representative to the Genereal Assembly,
“We try to speak as best we can with one voice and with a coor-dinated fashion,” Pinkney said, emphasizing the importance of a united message both for the University and the UNC system as a whole.
Pinkney said it would be a chal-lenge for a final draft to be com-plete before July 1, the beginning of the new fiscal year.
Extending past that deadline would mean the creation of a con-tinuing resolution. One of the larg-est concerns would be figuring out how to manage this year’s cuts in the next fiscal year.
“Clearly, there are implications of not having your budget in place,” Pinkney said.
Contact the University Editor at [email protected].
BY TArINI pArTISeniOr writer
The plight of the UNC system is a step closer to being revealed after the N.C. House approved a budget with additional taxes in lieu of bud-get cuts.
Although the proposed budget will cut the UNC system’s budget by $263 million, 8.7 percent, for the 2009-2010 academic year, an increase in taxes and tuition hikes will spare the system from the originally proposed 11.2 per-cent cut.
The House approved the budget by a 64-53 vote, which will now be balanced in part by federal stimu-lus funds, extensive cuts and $780 million in new taxes.
The revenue from additional taxes will save 600 jobs and allow the UNC system to teach 1,300 more class sections, UNC-system President Erskine Bowles said in a statement.
The final decision now lies in the hands of an appointed House-Senate conference com-mittee, which will reach a com-promise based on budget propos-als approved by the House and Senate.
The new budget might face chal-lenges in the conference commit-tee, as an original draft of the sen-ate budget only cut funding to the UNC system by 1.2 percent.
The budget proposed by the House is more realistic than the Senate’s version because the Senate was unaware of the more than $4 billion shortfall when they approved their bud-get, said Sen. Eleanor Kinnaird, D-Orange.
“We didn’t know how bad it was going to be,” she said. “The House had to make much more severe cuts.”
Rep. Paul Stam, R-Wake, said the UNC system should expect at least a 5 percent cut after the Senate and House reach a compromise.
“We’ll be lucky if we’re cutting by 5 percent in a time when private busi-nesses have had to cut their budgets by 20 to 30 percent,” he said.
These cuts are expected to result in fewer course sections, larger classes, reduced services and lower retention and graduation rates, Bowles said.
“The budget cuts will be dev-astating,” said Jim Ceresnak, N.C. State University student body president.
“It’s going to be extremely detri-mental for not just the universities, but the whole state,” he said.
But some House Republicans disagree with the Democrats’ deci-sion to raise taxes.
“I’m totally against it,” Stam said. “The worst time to increase taxes is during the recession.”
The House’s proposal for an 8 percent tuition hike, or “student tax” at all UNC campuses that will go directly to the state instead of the universities is also facing criti-cism, Ceresnak said.
“Placing another tax on students is unfair when our universities are being hurt so badly,” he said.
It is not clear whether the con-ference committee will be able to make their decision before the new fiscal year, which begins July 1.
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4 Featuresthursday, june 18, 2009 The Daily Tar Heel
Outward Bound provides life-changing experiences
“It’s the most incredible experience ever to be on the side of a mountain and turn around to see the tops of trees.”Ron BilBao, UNC SeNior, oN the North CaroliNa oUtward boUNd program
By Dan ByRnesStaff writer
Ron Bilbao, a UNC senior, had never been camping and had never imagined spending time in the wilderness completely on his own. But that was before he left the July after his first year to go to Table Rock in Pisgah National Forest with Outward Bound, a wil-derness adventure course.
Bilbao, now a 2007 Outward Bound alumnus, was able to embark on this journey because each summer the Center for Public Service gives four scholarships to participate in the North Carolina Outward Bound program.
Students who receive the grants travel with the program to the Appalachian Mountains and complete a 28-day course which includes backpacking, rock climb-ing, white-water rafting, a three-day solo journey and a half-marathon.
This year’s recipients, one of whom received a scholarship in memory of Eve Carson, will be on adventures throughout June and July.
“Basically, it’s a free ride for a
potentially life-changing expe-rience,” Bilbao said. He is also a work-study employee of the Center for Public Service. “It was exciting to just see what I was made of. When I found out I got the scholarship, there was no doubt I was going to go.”
Bilbao said rock climbing was his favorite aspect of the trip. Cameron Wardell, a junior who went on an Outward Bound course in 2008, agreed.
“It’s the most incredible experi-ence ever to be on the side of a moun-tain and turn around to see the tops of trees,” Bilbao said. “It really tests how far you are willing to go.”
Bilbao also favored his solo expedition — 72 hours in which he fasted, wrote letters to his mother and friends and reflected on the
time he spent alone.Wardell, on the other hand, did
not enjoy his solo journey.“I hated it,” Wardell said. “I just
don’t like being by myself. I knew I could do everything, but I felt like I ran out of thoughts.”
Director of the Center for Public Service Lynn Blanchard explained this feeling.
“Every minute is not an enjoyable experience, but it is a life-changing experience,” Blanchard said. “The value of it would be hard to put into words, but both the physical demand and the emotional and mental demand bring things together with people in new ways.”
Blanchard said that some of the things participants learn include confidence, how to take on new challenges, how to ask for help, working with others, understand-ing that people have different abili-ties, compassion and trust.
“All of those things are impor-tant — in service and in life in gen-eral,” she said.
Wardell said he can relate to what these participants will soon feel.
“It was an awesome way to spend my summer,” he said. “I came out with a new family.”
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unC civil rights center director receives award
“We were trying to establish new rights for children to be able to get involved.”Julius ChamBeRs, UNC Civil rightS
By Dan ByRnesStaff writer
Technically, Julius Chambers is a retired lawyer, civil rights leader and educator. Even so, he still has a full case load at his law firm and at the UNC Center for Civil Rights.
Chambers, director of the Center for Civil Rights, was awarded the 2009 Children’s Lifetime Legacy Award from Action for Children North Carolina on June 2.
And although he has received a lifetime achievement award, it seems clear that Chambers dedica-tion to service will never end.
In fact, this is not Chambers’ first lifetime achievement award. Adrienne Davis, director of stu-dent programs of the center, said Chambers’ accomplishments are too numerous to recount.
“I don’t think he considers them accomplishments,” Davis said. “He considers them things he wanted to do. He is unmoved by the mag-nitude.”
Chambers graduated from the UNC School of Law and co-found-ed the first integrated civil rights law firm in the country. He also worked with Action for Children North Carolina when he served as director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund.
“We were trying to establish new rights for children to be able to get involved in activities that they
would not be able to get involved in,” Chambers said. “We have to improve the opportunities for children, black and white, to do things they other-wise would not have been able to.”
Equality for children has been one of Chambers’ goals for years, and he said he is inspired by many other leaders, including Thurgood Marshall and Marian Wright Edelman.
“They are all great leaders that were seeking the same rights I was looking for,” Chambers said. “There is an attitude that chil-dren ought to be protected and not treated like criminals. That makes it possible to treat kids fairly and with some respect.”
Mark Dorosin, senior attorney and director of advocacy of the law school, was with Chambers at the award ceremony and din-ner at The Carolina Club in the George Watts Hill Alumni Center in Chapel Hill.
“They couldn’t pick somebody more deserving,” Dorosin said.
Dorosin said Chambers is one of his personal idols. Dorosin said he remembers studying his work in history during his undergraduate years and even more while attend-ing law school.
“He is so genuinely committed
to the law firm that it is inspiring,” Dorosin said. “When I met him, it was like a dream come true. I could not believe it.”
Chambers attributes much of his success in the field to UNC’s Center for Civil Rights. The center trains attorneys to work toward equality and has an active role in the application throughout the state, Davis said.
“In the spirit of what Julius Chambers started in the state decades ago, we are the ones that are addressing these policies and keep-ing them on the forefront,” she said.
Chambers will continue to work for the center and for the law firm, but he will not teach classes in the fall.
“I acknowledge the receipt and the recognition that I got with the award,” Chambers said.
“I think that the center has done a tremendous job consider-ing where we were when the cen-ter began. The laws and attitudes have changed a lot, and this has been an inspiration for me and I think it should be for all of us.”
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Instructor James Ward teaches student Betsy Carter in an introductory pottery throwing class at the ArtsCenter in Carrboro on Tuesday evening. In this seven-week-long class, held every Tuesday, students learn to center clay on a pottery wheel and throw basic utilitarian
forms. The ArtsCenter hosts courses in 14 disciplines this summer in its ArtsSchool, including cuisine, dance, jewelry, photography and theater. All classes require registration and tuition.
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“I think she has set a standard for our program and in the U.S. for how good you can be as a defender.”Jenn Russell, UnC MiDfielDer
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UnC junior Dustin Ackley led the team with a .636 average through two College world series games. He set a new career Cws hits record Tuesday.
changing moment for the freshman.“During my freshman year, there
was a girl on UVa. who was really good that coach (Jenny) Levy need-ed someone to mark,” Falcone said. “I guess I did a decent job because I never came back to midfield after.”
Well, sort of. At times, Levy switched Falcone back and forth between the two positions. But at the beginning of her sophomore year, that emphatically stopped.
“Amber, you’re going to have to come to terms with the fact that you’re a defender,” Levy said. “We really need you on the field.”
So Falcone did. She embraced it. She began to thoroughly enjoy the one-on-one battles. She began to look at her role as a game within a game. She even became one of the best defenders in the world.
For four years, she racked up All-America status. She garnered National Player of the Year honors at her position. But even these indi-vidual accolades couldn’t compare to the news that Falcone had been cho-sen for the U.S. World Cup team.
“When I initially found out, I actually skipped class because I was reading my e-mail so much,”
Falcone said. “It was just an unbe-lievable feeling.”
Since the summer of 2007, Falcone had been training with the American team. Last June, she even traveled to the Czech Republic and partook in the Prague Cup. The whole time, the U.S. squad was being whittled down by national team coach Sue Heether. In October, that too finally changed: Falcone was one of Team USA’s three defenders for the World Cup.
“We chose her, and she was not widely recognized or known,” Heether said. “People were like, ‘God who is that kid? Why is she making the U.S. team?’
“Both of those comments, we’ve never heard them ever again.”
It’s easy to see why. On an inter-national powerhouse, Falcone is the team’s go-to defender. She’s the anchor of Team USA — even as one of its youngest players. She displays an energy and fervor on defense that lets Heether know that the former Tar Heel will just not be beat.
As a senior this past season, Falcone’s statistics were not over-whelming. She ranked 27th in the nation in caused turnovers and 32nd in ground balls forced. Still, such figures don’t truly measure the effect Falcone had on games. For quite often, UNC’s No. 13 would render an opponent utterly useless.
“I think she has set a standard for our program and in the U.S. for how good you can be as a defender,” Tar Heel teammate Jenn Russell said.
Now all that’s left is the inter-national stage and the World Cup, which starts today. Chances are, she’ll passionately attack any oppo-nents that come her way, too. She already has the mentality.
“I really love scoring goals,” Falcone said. “But I definitely think I wouldn’t be where I am today, playing in the World Cup, if I wasn’t a defender at North Carolina.”
Contact the Sports Editor at [email protected].
Next year’s UNC chapter presi-dent Nikhil Patel said he expects about five members to return from last year.
The arrested protestors and their supporters have called for the YWC group on campus to be dissolved.
Jon Curtis, associate director for student activities and student organizations, said it would be illegal to dissolve a group unless it violates University policy or loses its adviser.
He acknowledged problems finding faculty to represent con-servative groups, but said it was not impossible.
A conservative public policy group, The Leadership Institute, funded YWC’s two campus events with up to $3,000 per speaker. They have funded two other YWC speeches at other schools.
The Leadership Institute’s president, Morton Blackwell, said a major requirement for funds was to be assured that they could put on a public program successfully.
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day — as he’s been throughout his college career — was Dustin Ackley. While batting a preposterous .575 during the NCAA tournament, Ackley found room to continue the excellence that has defined his college career.
After entering Tuesday’s show-down two hits off the College World Series record, the ACC Player of the Year responded with five hits in his first five at-bats. In the first three, he even drove in a run.
Ackley’s play, combined with the awakening of Ben Bunting after a terrible CWS opener, gave North Carolina a 6-0 lead through three innings — a margin that never looked in jeopardy.
Still, UNC has to feel bad about where it’s at right now. White put together another masterful performance on Sunday, tying a career-high with 12 strikeouts while throwing a complete game. Yet even in one of the best perfor-mances of his life, White didn’t pick up the win.
A veteran of the CWS, senior Garrett Gore, misjudged a fly ball in the 10th inning against the Sun Devils. He dropped what gener-ally would be a surefire out, which helped indirectly propel the Sun
Devils to several runs.Another noticeable problem
for North Carolina was the play of reliever Brian Moran.
Throughout the season, the junior has been the most consis-tent performer out of a bullpen that at has struggled mightily at times. When Moran entered in the 10th, many expected a shutdown performance.
But the southpaw left several pitches out on the plate and paid for it. A three-run homer left Moran with his hands on his head
in disbelief. If UNC is to continue any sort
of NCAA run, Moran will be called upon several more times to deliver. Another bad outing, and the Tar Heels’ title dreams are gone.
From here, the Tar Heels can look forward to a rematch with Arizona State Thursday. Although UNC struggled early offensively against Sun Devil lefty Josh Spence, if the team gets into the same kind of groove it had against Southern Miss, watch out.
nights. Stroud said the club will broadcast every football and bas-ketball game and cater food, too.
Stroud said he and Players’ previ-ous operator had been discussing the club’s future for about two months. He would often come upstairs from the cafe to help set up bands who played before dance parties.
“You know I’ve always had to deal with it, so I like the space. Just the last two months we’ve kind of been shooting ideas around,” he said.
The cover charges, which are $5 for over 21 and $8 for under 21, will remain the same to see local groups. If a big name band comes, they could range from $12 to $20.
But he added that the dance club element will remain, although he wants to play a wider variety of music than the Top 40 hits.
The club will still have theme nights, like toga parties.
“We’re going to have Latin nights. We’re going to have gay/lesbian/transsexual nights. We’re going to have drag nights,” Stroud said.
But some students say they pre-fer Players as it already is.
“It’s a dance club — you go there to dance,” said Derrick Burke, a ris-ing senior.
And Tiffany Blosser, also a ris-ing senior, said she thinks there are already enough live music venues.
“East End has bands. Cat’s Cradle has the same thing. I think it’d be cool if they kept (Players) the same — like a club,” she said.
Alyson Culin, though, said she would be interested in the live music.
A recent graduate, she said she hopes to remain in Chapel Hill. She went to Players once but decided it “wasn’t her thing.”
“Live bands sound cool,” she said. “I would definitely be willing to give it a second shot.”
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6 Newsthursday, june 18, 2009 The Daily Tar Heel
Music lends a handTwo Chapel Hill high schoolers
hosted a live concert Friday to help local charities. See pg. 8 for story.
Experience of a lifetimeStudents can receive scholar-
ships to complete an Outward Bound course. See pg. 4 for story.
Down homeTodd Snider combines indie
charm and sounds of the South on his new record. See pg. 7 for story.
Summer at the storeCTOPS attendees and their par-
ents give Student Stores an extra boost. See pg. 3 for story.
Trimming the budgetResearch centers and scholar-
ships could be victims of state bud-get cuts. See pg. 3 for story.
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unC student confirmed with case of h1n1 virus
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Acc Player of the year dustin Ackley tees off on a pitch against east carolina in the super Regional game june 7. After tuesday’s 5-for-6, he is batting .576 this postseason and .429 in his college World series career.
BY AnDrEw HArrEllUniveRsity editoR
A student at UNC has been confirmed to have H1N1 virus, or swine flu.
The student lives off campus in Orange County, where he or she moved into self-isolation to recover.
Campus Health Services noti-fied faculty, students and staff of the case by e-mail June 10. The Orange County Department of Public Health confirmed the case as H1N1 with lab results the next day.
This is the third confirmed case of swine flu at UNC, and the University’s first case of a student with the illness.
The total number of H1N1 cases in North Carolina has jumped from one on May 3 to 96 on Friday.
Campus Health Services worked with the patient to identify and contact individuals who came in close contact with the virus, said Mary Covington, vice chancellor for Campus Health Services.
Coming in close contact is defined by the Centers for Disease Control as being within six feet of the infected.
Covington said in special situa-tions, individuals who came in close contact could be offered antiviral medication as well as being asked to monitor their health more than usual.
“It might be someone who lives in a household or has spent a lot of time with the individual,” Covington added.
Patients with confirmed or sus-pected cases of H1N1 are asked to remain in self-isolation at home for either a week or 24 hours
after symptoms cease, whichever is longer.
Campus Health Services has kept phone contact with the stu-dent in isolation.
“The key to stop an epidemic from spreading is to get sick people out of the community,” Covington said.
“I think the message is out. They’ve done a good job telling people to stay home.”
The University has been upgrad-ed to safety level one, signifying cases in the community.
The first H1N1 case at UNC was announced May 22 after lab tests confirmed that a UNC Health Care staffer had contract-ed the virus.
The worker represented an expo-sure risk to a number of patients at University Pediatrics at Highgate clinic in Durham.
A second confirmed case was announced May 29. The infected person was a UNC employee work-ing in the School of Medicine with-out patient care responsibilities.
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Offense explodes in CWs winfRom stAff And WiRe RePoRts
junior first baseman dustin Ackley went 5-for-6 tuesday to establish himself as the all-time college World series hits leader with 27, leading north carolina’s offensive explosion for an 11-4 victory against southern mississippi.
the tar heel victory eliminated the Golden eagles from championship con-tention and set up another elimination game for Unc against Arizona state at 7 p.m. today.
the winner of that game will play texas and have to win two games before
the longhorns take one to advance to the final round of the college World series.
the tar heels banged out 23 hits to back senior starter Adam Warren’s six-inning, three-run performance for the win.
World News of the WeekViolence spreads across Iran as riots follow presidential election disputes
un condemns n. Korea’s actions
WASHINGTON (MCT) — The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously Friday for new sanctions against North Korea to register its displeasure at the Pyongyang government’s recent nuclear and missile tests.
The sanctions are aimed at halting most of North Korea’s arms trade. They also open the way for tough financial strictures that could sharply reduce North Korea’s revenue from abroad and authorize U.N. countries to stop and search vessels believed to be carrying contraband arms.
Russia and China, North Korea’s traditional protectors, joined in the vote.
TEHRAN, Iran (MCT) — Violence flared across Iran on Monday with the first reported death from anti-government riots, as hundreds of thousands of defiant Tehranis took to the streets demanding, “Where is my vote?” after Friday’s disputed presidential election.
The unrest, possibly Iran’s worst political crisis since the 1979 Islamic revolution, confound-ed predictions that the regime would be able to contain the fall-out from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s unexpected claim of a landslide victory.
President Barack Obama spoke cautiously in his first comments about the election, in an apparent attempt to preserve his initiative for direct diplomacy with Iran on a range of issues, including its nuclear program.
Mousavi, who met Sunday with Khamenei, had demanded a review by the Guardian Council, whose 12 members vet election candidates and certify the results. Mousavi also has reached out for support to clerics in the Shiite Muslim holy city of Qom.
Not all the clerics support the conservative Ahmadinejad.
Florida cat killer caught, charged
MIAMI (MCT) — The air of unease hovering over a subur-ban Miami neighborhood for the past month seemed to lift like a fog today with the arrest of a recent high school graduate who the county’s top prosecutor said is responsible for “the hor-rific and unspeakable slaugh-tering” of 19 cats.
“These are highly disturb-ing crimes,” said State Attorney Katherine Fernandez-Rundle. “Cruelty against animals deeply touches our hearts.”
Tyler Hayes Weinman, 18, was charged with 19 counts of animal cruelty and related offenses.
Iran bars many foreign reporters
TEHRAN, Iran (MCT) — With at least seven people dead in street violence, Iran’s govern-ment Tuesday ordered foreign journalists to halt their coverage of demonstrations, and report-ers with temporary visas to leave the country.
The orders affecting foreign journalists were an ominous sign, and could mean that a full-scale crackdown on the students and other protesters is coming.
Foreign journalists who had visas to cover the elections were informed that their press cre-dentials had been revoked and they should prepare to leave the country.
house endorses new tobacco rules
WASHINGTON (MCT) — As expected, the House of Representatives on Friday strongly endorsed new, extensive legislation to regulate tobacco.
The 307-97 House vote to back a Senate version of the bill seals a legislative battle that has stretched over a decade.
T h e F o o d a n d D r u g Administration will begin regu-lating tobacco products with sweeping new powers that will affect everything from cigarette content to marketing. President Barack Obama is expected to move quickly to sign it into law.
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7Diversions thursday, june 18, 2009The Daily Tar Heel
Snider charming, if not exciting
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By Linnie Greenestaff writer
It’s not every day you hear a song about an average Joe trip-ping on acid during a baseball game, but somehow Todd Snider pulls it off.
In “America’s Favorite Pastime” Snider depicts Doc Ellis’s trip in which the ground by the baseball mound appears to be birthday cake and the ball becomes a silver bullet.
It might seem frivolous and saccharine, but thanks to Snider’s charming delivery it becomes one hell of a good time.
And while it’s more of a tall tale than a meaningful ballad, if you delve a little deeper into the record, Snider’s songs quickly establish a sense of legitimacy, illustrating an array of characters and moments with the detail and observation of a portraitist.
The Excitement Plan bridges the gap between modern indie charm and old-school blues sensibilities, never shying away from a mournful lyric or a honky-tonk guitar.
“Back in town they beat me down so bad they passed me into some-thing else,” Snider sings on “Doll Face.” It’s the kind of combination of desolation and absurdity that’s usually reserved for aged blues musicians, but Snider’s gritty yet wholesome honesty makes it sound plausible, despite his youth.
The escapades he describes, whether his own or someone else’s, feel l ike they ’ve been pulled right off a porch in the
Mississippi delta, exaggerated enough to be unbelievable but sensational enough to keep the listener intrigued.
It’s all made possible by Snider’s voice, which parallels that of Stephen Malkmus. It’s unpreten-tious and straightforward, harness-ing a similar quirkiness. Both artists share a propensity for a hybrid of singing and speaking, a quality that makes you feel like you’re hearing a story firsthand.
And Snider’s tale-telling voice is on great display in “Corpus Christi Bay” — a stripped down picaresque that exhibits the grit-tier side of Snider’s voice — that’s the clear standout on the album.
Unlike the rest of the album, Snider’s heartfelt intonations and occasionally faltering voice make this track incredibly believ-able. The simplicity and emotion evoke the grainy recordings of
Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska and its story of two bad boy brothers mirrors the tale of that album’s “Highway Patrolman.”
The mix of Snider’s heartbreak-ing yarn with his back-porch deliv-ery is so good it makes you wonder why Snider didn’t pare down the arrangements on the rest of the album for a similar effect.
But while the somewhat white-washed production occasionally covers up Snider’s sparkling wit, The Excitement Plan demonstrates that Snider, a top-notch musician and storyteller, can artfully craft tall tales and heartfelt songs.
The album isn’t perfect, but the standout tracks and original content prove that Snider has the potential to write incredible songs well into the future.
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diverecommends Album from the Vaults: Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence: Yeah, we know, it’s not their best. But there’s something endlessly charming about the prickly, harpsichord-and-acid-driven arrangements of the duo’s 1965 breakout hit. Standouts such as the frenetic escape story of “Somewhere They Can’t Find Me” use the style to make this Paul and Art’s most energetic album.
Movie from the Vaults: “The Silence of the Lambs”: Punning on titles aside, this last film to hit the Oscar grand slam of Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Actress is a smoldering dynamo of a detective flick. Harnessing the terrifying power of Anthony Hopkins as calculating cannibal Hannibal Lector, this 1991 landmark turns pop entertainment into art and its audience into fright-ened witnesses to shocking crimes.
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Local 506 | Indie pop doesn’t come any bouncier or frothier than the catchy saccharine of Seattle’s Michael Benjamin Lerner who works under the Telekinesis monicker. Tonight he’ll be joined by hip Australian out-fit An Horse. 9:30 p.m., $10
Impossible Arms
Nightlight | Capturing the eccentrici-ties of mainstream, classic rock psy-chadelia into a tight, accessible pack-age, Chapel Hill’s Impossible Arms are a pleasing throwback to the ridicu-lousness of ’70s rock. Chapel Hill’s Inspector 22 also plays. 9:30 p.m., $5
Friday Lonnie Walker
Local 506 | Raleigh’s Lonnie Walker combine the high-octane “talk-ing blues” of icons such as Woodie Guthrie and Bob Dylan with teen-age angst and pummeling folk-rock arrangements. All told, it’s a riot. Friday the band plays with Greensboro’s House of Fools and Brooklyn’s Motel Motel. 10 p.m., $8
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The Cave | The Moaners are a Carrboro duo that take garage blues down the tense backwoods of a moon-lit drive with the steely engine of Melissa Swingle’s propulsive gui-tar overdubs. Fellow Carrboro band Twilighter also plays. 10 p.m., $5
Death Came Down the Mountain
The Reservoir | Rumbling with a dirty roar that lives up to the country cataclysm of its apocalyp-tic name, Carrboro’s DCDTM is a powerful heavy act that hits with force live. Nashville’s Trampskirts and Greenville’s Princess and the Criminals also play. 10 p.m., FREE
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Americans In France
The Cave | Welding lyrical cheek that irreverently mocks the inad-equacies in current affairs to irresistible garage rock that has as little respect for maintaining time signature as it does for poli-ticians, Chapel Hill’s Americans In France are a hip, hard-hitting hoot. Raleigh’s Whatever Brains also play. 10 p.m., $5
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By Jonathan PattishaLLstaff writer
It’s mind-boggling to understand how difficult “The Brothers Bloom” must have been to act in or direct. It’s a meta-fictional con story unlike any other. At points it could care less for the actual scam being pulled than it could for telling the story of the art of scamming.
Brothers Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) and Bloom (Adrien Brody) have lived a life full of cons in which Stephen makes up elaborate nar-ratives for Bloom to execute as they trick rich victims out of their mil-lions. The major plot thrust of the film is their last con, a sad job on a lonely and loony heiress (Rachel Weisz) who is so wealthy that all she can do is “collect hobbies.”
Stephen’s dream is “the perfect con,” inventing a story that his broth-er can tell so well that it becomes real. This gives the acting more lay-ers than seems sustainable at first.
Ruffalo and Brody play char-acters who are playing characters with stories both real and fake, and whose profession is to blur the line between the two. The actors are required to straddle the threshold
between underacting and overact-ing, which isn’t exactly narrow.
And director Rian Johnson is required to harness the perpetual anticlimax of their con to keep the movie rolling. It must have been hard, but all three pull off the cin-ematic heist with more than just the familiar cheap tricks of the genre.
There’s a pleasing taste of the urban retro to “The Brothers Bloom.” It’s like a gourmet Guy Ritchie film, playing the artsy patri-cian to Ritchie’s Cockney plebeian.
Stephen and Bloom run around
in signature pork pie and bowler caps, passing themselves off as antique collectors in a universe where the European and American upper classes retain the fashion sense of the inter-war years.
Johnson looks hard for the texture of the Old World in hotels, bars and Belgian plazas, and though it doesn’t give him as much as he thinks it does, it does give him a good deal. It smacks of Euro-hipsterism occasion-ally, but mostly it rings with literary wit and intelligent humor.
Unfortunately, the movie’s nature of meta-fiction is artificially limit-ing. You can’t really make a story about itself and expect it to go too
far; it’s a post-modern dead-end. It can provide interesting explora-tions of small and localized issues, but “The Brothers Bloom” doesn’t seem too invested in these.
What it does well is re-imagine the con movie, substituting anticli-max where the traditional “Ocean’s 11”-style flick wraps things up in a neat little bank account. And by harnessing this for it’s ending as well as its start, it showcases Johnson’s control as director. It’s not every day someone can re-imagine a fun genre and still keep it fun.
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Carolina north details setBY Sarah MoraYatiStaff writer
There’s only one meeting to go until the development agreement for Carolina North is approved by the Chapel Hill Town Council.
At a work session Tuesday, the council, UNC Board of Trustees and town staff hammered out the last remaining details of the agreement.
Among the proposed changes were alterations to plans for new bike paths and greenways and a more specific plan for subsequent transportation impact analyses.
A new draft of the development agreement will be ready by today. The council will meet Monday to approve the draft, and the trustees will hold a recall meeting the follow-ing Thursday. If approved, the agree-ment will take effect on July 6.
The most contested change to the draft was planning future transporta-tion impact analyses. Many residents were concerned that buildings would go up before transportation improve-ments were put into place and would cause intersections to fail.
“We cannot ignore the impact that Carolina North will have on
transportation infrastructure in Chapel Hill, nor the impact on the citizens who are being asked to pay for it,” said Jan Smith of Neighbors for Responsible Growth, who spoke during a public comment period.
Under the previous draft, the site’s impact on transportation would be studied after the first 800,000 square feet of development, but some felt this was too late.
The first proposal, by Board of Trustees Chairman Roger Perry, was to recount projected traffic growth before approving each new building on the site, instead of looking at traf-fic growth after a set period of time.
But such a plan would be both expensive and time-consuming, said Kumar Neppalli, engineering services manager for the town.
After about an hour of discus-sion, Chancellor Holden Thorp proposed a compromise.
Between now and the fall, the trustees would come up with at least two scenarios to outline a “road map” of Carolina North’s first 800,000 square feet of development. Once the new transportation impact plan is completed, these scenarios would
be run through the new transit model and improvements would be made before they build.
This allows for some improve-ments to be made earlier than originally planned.
The new transportation impact analyses would go as planned: after 800,000 square feet or five years, whichever came first.
Bike and greenway planning was also on the agenda, in response to public concerns about traffic and parking.
“As soon as there’s a draw for people to get to Carolina North, there needs to be a safe way to bike there,” councilman Jim Ward said.
Ward said the highest priority was adding a crossing on Estes Drive Extension, but Mayor Kevin Foy didn’t want the council to prioritize one improvement over another.
In the final proposal, the coun-cil would work with the Board of Trustees and the city of Carrboro to decide on new bike paths and greenways.
Contact the City Editor at [email protected].
Live concert helps local charitiesBY CarlY YuSiewiCzStaff writer
The first ever Boomtown Live rocked the roof of the parking deck at 150 E. Rosemary St. on Friday night.
Boomtown Live — a concert event featuring a mix of rock, rap and hip-hop musicians — was put on by East Chapel Hill High School alumni Alison Bryan and Jon Gedney.
“This speaks well to what two young people can do when they try,” said rapper Evan Draughon, who emceed the event.
“It’s their brainchild,” he said.The bands involved were all
local acts, which made a connec-tion with the community.
“I wanna see people from Chapel Hill who have this as their dream accomplish something,” Joe Weiner said of the aspiring musicians.
Bryan and Gedney, rising sopho-mores at New York University and UNC, respectively, had been work-ing on the event since December.
“It’s been a lot of work, but fun at the same time,” Bryan said.
“She’s been really driven,” Bryan’s sister Carolyn said of Bryan before
the event. “I hope it turns out bet-ter than she expects.”
Draughon said one of the great things about this event was that it drew a crowd of many different people, and some who might not ordinarily listen to him could dis-cover him at the event.
“Art should not be able to see color lines,” he said. “I think it’s important to ‘cross pollinate’ the fan base.”
The event drew a sizeable crowd of local high school and college stu-dents. Many said they had learned of the event through Facebook.
Several concertgoers said they liked the location for the event. Set atop the Rosemary parking deck — with an extensive amphi-theater and many benches — the event allowed attendees to enjoy the summer weather.
“I like the atmosphere, especial-ly being outside during the sum-mer,” said Megan Mason, a senior at UNC.
The event cost about $3,000 to put together, and it was funded entirely by private sources due to lack of corporate sponsorship.
The money from ticket sales, amounting to about $800, went
to local charities Equality N.C. and Lambda Legal.
Gedney and Bryan made it clear that they want Chapel Hill to be a place for activism.
“It’s about people doing stuff for things they care about,” Bryan said.
The first band to perform at the showcase was The Shakedown, a rock group composed of college graduates.
Nash Roberts, vocalist for the group, said it was great to have an audience that was so excited to hear their music.
“It’s great to be involved in an event where people are involved at a very honest level,” he said.
The Shakedown’s guitarist Dustin Miller said that after put-ting hours and hours into practic-ing, it was great to have an outlet to show off their hard work.
“It’s kind of a release,” he said.There is even talk of having a sec-
ond annual Boomtown Live event.“We were already talking about
how to make this bigger next year,” Miller said.
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BIKE OR WALK EASILY TO CAMPUS, law school and UNC medical complex from this 4BR/2BA ranch located in lovely and historic Gimghoul neighborhood. Just 3 blocks from campus, this home is perfect for visiting profs, grad students. No undergrads. Only 2 unrelated persons allowed in home per neighborhood restrictions. $2,100/mo. Email Fran Holland Properties at [email protected] or call 919-968-4545.
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ONLY 4 BLOCKS TO FRANKLIN STREET and campus, these 2BR/1BA apartments have electric heat and W/D connections. This small private complex located at 415 North Colum-bia Street is a great location for students! $680/mo. Email Fran Holland Properties, [email protected].
BUS, BIKE, WALK TO UNC 4BR/2BA lovely home in quiet setting: back deck, lots of win-dows, wood floors, large kitchen. August 1. $1,600/mo. 919-593-2901.
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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)Today is an 8 - It’s time to put your brain back in gear. It looks like somebody wants to spend your money for you. This person will, too, if you don’t holler. Show your love some other way. Protect your savings account.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)Today is a 7 - They say opposites attract, and that would certainly explain why you are in a relationship with a person who gives you such grief. You probably love this person, and well you should. This is one of the few who dares to stand up to you. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)Today is a 7 - You may get a late start at work, but don’t worry about that. Whenever you get motivated will be fine, if your schedule’s flexible. If it’s not, maybe there’s something you can do to make it more comfortable.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)Today is a 6 - As you got into the project, you thought of a few things you’d like to buy. If you can get your loved ones to pitch in, you might be able to get them. If you can’t, you’ll all have to do without for a little while longer.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)Today is an 8 - There’s something a fam-ily member wants to talk to you about. Money’s involved. Don’t let them clean you out, but there’s something they want you to buy. Ask them to pay you back and they will. That would be best for you both.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)Today is a 5 - It’s another situation of facing something that looks impossible. Why do they always give these jobs to you? ‘Cause you’re good at them, that’s why. View this sort of confrontation as a great opportunity. You’ll get a lot farther, faster, if you do.
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“The whole thing is good for American relations with Russia, and the way to do it is through culture.”
Sylvia JolleS, Of LOndOn, On the bOLshOi’s perfOrmances
a glorious quest
by Steven nortonseniOr Writer
From the moment the cur-tain lifted to the final bow, the audience in Memorial Hall was transported to a world of young love, dreams and maddening windmills with the Bolshoi Ballet’s perfor-mance of “Don Quixote.”
For some audience members, to see the Bolshoi in Chapel Hill was the chance
of a lifetime.“This is the first time I have had
the opportunity to see the Russian ballet,” said Raleigh resident Mary
Gatton, 91. “They are the world’s best.”But being the world’s best requires more
than fancy footwork. The stunning combination of the renowned
company with a show and a score that exuded endless energy and strength captivated the audience from beginning to end.
“It’s colorful, fiery, with lots of leaps, jumps and twirls, very different from ‘Swan Lake,’” said Emil Kang, UNC’s executive director for the arts.
Lively costumes and vibrant lighting brought the age-old story to life. Bright lights in the dream sequence highlighted the dancers’ white tutus, transforming them into ethereal beings.
In many scenes, flowing red dresses served as interactive props for the dancers.
The score, composed for the Bolshoi by Ludwig Minkus in the mid-19th century and performed Wednesday by the N.C. Symphony, accentuated the company’s mastery of form.
N.C. Symphony General Manager Scott Freck
grandeursaid accompanying the Bolshoi was a unique proj-ect for the group, since they had rehearsed the music for just a week amid other performances.
“I don’t think we’ve ever done anything quite like this before,” he said. “It’s been a total honor for the orchestra to play in the pit for what is really the world’s foremost ballet company. There’s really nothing like it.”
The chemistry of the two leads really drove the show. Kitri and Basil, portrayed by Maria Alexandrova and Ivan Vasiliev, respectively, brought chemistry and passion to their roles.
It was easy to become entranced while watching the dancers’ feet. The complex move-ments paired with incredible precision made their performance exciting to watch.
Kitri’s famous leap in which she kicks her foot behind her head — featured on the post-ers across town — was named for the Bolshoi’s Maya Plisetskaya. The leap was executed per-fectly by Alexandrova, and her final 36 pirou-ettes kept the audience hanging on every turn.
But the real drama was found in the per-formers’ faces. The passion that Kitri and Basil had as they gazed into each other’s eyes, and the sly grin of Sancho Panza, introduced a human element that at times transcended the move-ments themselves.
After the show, Gatton was quite pleased.“I’ll die happy,” she said. “Everything was just
perfect.”
Arts Editor Rebecca Brenner contributed reporting.
Contact the Arts Editor at [email protected].
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dth/Kim martiniuKa soloist with the bolshoi ballet takes the spotlight onstage with invigorating energy in the company’s performance of ‘don Quixote.’
two lords leap across the stage in a whirling dance to open the first act of ‘swan Lake.’ their elaborate costumes added to the ballet’s dramatic effect.
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swan maidens flow through extensions in perfect unison during the second scene of act 1 in ‘swan Lake.’ this same scene contains the show’s famous ‘pas de quarte’ choreography. though it lasts less than two minutes, the dancers’ precise execution of the intricate moves amazes audiences worldwide.
9The Bolshoi Ballet thursday, june 18, 2009The Daily Tar Heel
A brief history of the Bolshoi Balletthe bolshoi ballet, established in
1776, is part of the larger bolshoi theatre, located in moscow, russia.
the bolshoi first came to the West when they visited London in 1956. their first trip to the united states was to new york in 1959.
their main russian rival compa-ny is the Kirov ballet, also known as the mariinsky ballet, in Leningrad.
the bolshoi rarely tours outside russia, and the ballet’s stop in north carolina was part of its first trip to the u.s. since 2007.
there are 220 dancers in the bolshoi, but only about 80 of them came to chapel hill.
former new york times dance critic anna Kisselgoff said the bolshoi dancers have a reputation for being more expressive than they are technical.
the adaptation of “swan Lake” that the bolshoi performed in chapel hill is the fifth major version choreo-graphed for the company.
the first two renditions were choreographed in 1877 and 1880, with little success. a third version created in 1895 was much better
received. this version is commonly performed by american companies, but it wasn’t the final versions.
“under the soviet union, they didn’t want fairy tales and such, and so most of the soviet productions, including grigorovich’s in 1969, he was obliged to have the standard soviet ending,” Kisselgoff said.
that standard ending included a battle between the lead, prince siegfried, and the evil Von rothbart.
“but (rothbart) is vanquished,“ Kisselgoff said. “and that’s the happy ending.”
the current version was cho-reographed in 2001 by former bolshoi choreographer-in-chief yuri grigorovich, though the fine details of movement continue to evolve.
“(grigorovich) was finally — because communism had fallen — allowed to have his unhappy ending,” Kisselgoff said.
the bolshoi’s historic training in miming allowed its dancers to develop their characters more, something that has transferred over into their dance today.cOmpiLed by rebecca brenner
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‘Swan Lake’ exhibits intricacies of ballet
Passion, energy abound in ‘Don Quixote’
by rebecca brennerarts editOr
The language barrier dissolved Saturday evening between the Russian-speaking Bolshoi Ballet and its English-speaking audience in Memorial Hall.
The company moved to Tchaikovsky’s music, played by the N.C. Symphony under the baton of Bolshoi orchestral conductor Pavel Sorokin, manifesting expressions that words could not.
“There should be a list of human wonders of the world, and this would be at the top of the list,” Chapel Hill resident Mary Phillips said. “It was marvelous.”
Intricate costuming, lighting and scenery completed the show’s mystical effect, transport-ing the audience back to the late 19th century, when the Bolshoi debuted “Swan Lake.”
It was evident that the work had been created for this company. Each dancer lived their roles as though the music ran through their veins.
One of the most memorable moments was the scene of 24 swan maidens on the lake, each of them channelling her movements precisely into the larger form.
“It’s almost as if it is one heartbeat, one animal,” said Lee Anne McClymont of Hillsborough. “They just smile, and they reach,
and they’re not mechanical.”Gov. Bev Perdue, who joined the audience for
Saturday’s performance, expressed her enthusi-asm for the Bolshoi’s performance.
“Who would have thought that we in North Carolina would have the Bolshoi?” she said.
“It’s just breathtaking for a state. People from all over the country and all over the world are here tonight.”
Jess Isaiah Levin, a violinist for the N.C. Symphony since 1974, said this was the first time the symphony had ever done the complete ballet performance of “Swan Lake.”
“It’s been a wonderful experience,” he said. “It’s frustrating, of course, not to be able to see any of it. I love the ballet, and I wish I could be out there, especially with a magnificent com-pany like the Bolshoi. But it’s a lot of fun.”
Hannah Davis, 13, an aspiring dancer from Chapel Hill, said one of her favorite parts was watching Ekaterina Shipulina, the lead ballerina.
“As soon as she comes onstage, your eyes go straight to her,” she said. “It’s like you don’t see anything else.”
Though the show is called “Swan Lake,” for-mer New York Times dance critic Anna Kisselgoff warned against misinterpretations at a lecture at the Ackland Art Museum on Friday.
“Please, please don’t think that Siegfried, the hapless prince, falls in love with a bird. I can’t imagine that,” she said to an uproar of laughter.
“As a woman, she goes into swanlike ara-besques. But she is a woman.”
It was difficult, however, to think of Shipulina as anything but a swan. Her elegance and flu-idity mirrored that of the graceful bird as she floated and fluttered across the stage in the most natural way.
In ballet, especially with companies as tal-ented and precise as the Bolshoi, it is easy to get caught up in the footwork of the dancers. But the characters’ expression is often in their eyes as much as it is in their feet.
For instance, Shipulina transforms herself from the beautiful swan princess Odette into the dark maiden Odile by narrowing her eyes and curling the corners of her lips.
Emil Kang, UNC’s executive director for the arts, credited the week’s success with the cooperation of his staff and the University.
“If any one thing doesn’t work, it just falls apart,” he said. “It’s very much analogous to the dancers, the orchestra and the conductor.”
Contact the Arts Editor at [email protected].
“As a university president … I don’t know how UNC could have done
this any better than you all have.”NaNcy Gray, president Of hOLLins uniVersity in Virginia
front and center
with the Bolshoi Ballet
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Failure of UNC-system leadersNow that Mary Easley
and fellow N.C. State University administra-
tors have been forced out of their jobs, UNC-system leaders won’t have to take responsibility for their failure to foresee the pos-sibility of former governor Mike Easley’s involvement in his wife’s hiring in 2005.
UNC-system President Erskine Bowles, along with the UNC Board of Governors, treated Mary Easley and members of the N.C. State administration in an aggressive and questionable manner after receiving evidence that Mike Easley played a role in his wife’s hiring. All the while
they failed to take responsi-bility for their
own negligence.This spring, when the The
(Raleigh) News & Observer belatedly reported that Mike Easley played a role in his wife’s hiring in 2005, Bowles and his fellow administrators performed what appeared to be a classic political scramble to cover their own tracks by immediately call-ing for Mary Easley’s resigna-tion without a full and thorough investigation.
There is no doubt that what Mike Easley did was wrong.
Using one’s position of power to further or protect one’s person-al interest is the type of act that degrades the public trust and breeds a culture of corruption and undue cronyism — a custom that is particularly inappropriate in the field of education.
The big question that has yet to be answered is whether UNC-system administrators knew of Mike Easley’s involvement at the time of her hiring.
Political influence might have played a role in Mary Easley’s hiring, but the question of her qualification — the issue that really matters — was ultimately left up to the administrators who had to approve her hiring. And they agreed to do so in 2005.
Bowles, along with the board, then reaffirmed their confidence in Mary Easley’s ability to fulfill the obligations of her position when they agreed to provide her with an 88 percent pay raise in 2008, after nearly three years of service.
“I am convinced that the pro-posed salary fits the job and is fully justified,” said Bowles in September 2008. “This is a big and complex job.”
The board clearly thought Mary Easley was qualified since they agreed to reward her with such a hefty pay raise.
Whether Bowles and the board knew of Mike Easley’s involve-ment in his wife’s hiring remains to be seen.
My guess is that they must have had at least a slight inkling.
Now that Mary Easley has been ousted, UNC-system administrators can rest assured that they will not be implicated for having any prior knowledge about Mike Easley’s involvement.
But, if Bowles and the board truly had no knowledge of execu-tive influence, then they have failed as administrators.
Their inability to foresee the possibility that Mary Easley’s hiring might have had some-thing to do with her husband’s influence as governor is simply unacceptable.
GUEsT COLUMNIsT
This is absurd. Scooter rid-ers will now have to pay for a motorcycle permit
to park on campus.The Department of Public
Safety lobbied the Board of Trustees to regulate scooters with internal combustion engines. And the board approved the new regulation at its May meeting.
DPS argues that scooters zipping through campus are dangerous to pedestrians and that scooters displace bikes from racks. It has a point.
But that doesn’t mean that scooter riders should have to pay for a motorcycle parking spot.
The fee is going to be a deter-rent to riding scooters at all.
Scooters act as a low-cost means for employees and stu-
dents to commute to campus. They’re also more environ-
mentally friendly than a car given their low gas usage.
University employees might as well drive their cars to work given the price of a motorcycle spot. Students might just stop using scooters altogether.
The price is just too high.So DPS and the board should
change the new regulation. Instead of charging scooter
riders for a motorcycle pass, DPS should issue scooter pass-es at $30 a permit.
DPS should then use, or build, racks close to roads for scooter parking. This would keep scoot-ers out of pedestrian areas.
Scooters might be annoying, but they’re better than cars.
Hands off our scootersOverturn the new parking regulation
Chapel Hill is a dream location.
It is a place with a friendly, small-town feel that offers the cultural opportuni-ties of a big city.
We need to do all that we can to keep it that way.
But it doesn’t seem like we can hold on to this quaint picture of perfection much longer.
The imminent construc-tion of Carolina North and the steady increase in popu-lation growth are both shap-ing a very different version of Chapel Hill for the coming years.
“Chapel Hill 2020” was the name of a recent forum series where local residents were
invited to voice concerns for the future of the town.
People are worried about the increase in traffic and the need for more public transit options. Other worries have been voiced about making the community more inclusive with affordable public housing.
Keeping these concerns in mind, we need to think about all the things we love about Chapel Hill and how to pre-serve them.
Right now, residents can walk to several locally owned restaurants on Frankl in Street.
Students can walk to class through a beautifully land-scaped campus.
And we can even walk to the
Bolshoi Ballet, whose perfor-mance at Memorial Hall marks their first appearance in the southeastern United States.
But in light of all this, if we don’t want Franklin Street to turn into a generic strip mall, we should continue to support our locally owned businesses and creative arts events.
We can still be a town with its own unique character, maybe even more of it.
Progress is inevitable and should often be embraced. But we should proceed with caution.
It is important to address the growth and changes in Chapel Hill so that it doesn’t turn into a place that we no longer recognize.
Some might not like the idea of offering tax breaks to corporations during a
recession.Yet state legislators and Gov.
Bev Perdue recently invited Apple Inc., to set up shop in the state for the low, low cost of $46 million in tax incentives.
One thing is clear when the numbers are crunched. It’s worth it.
In the face of one of the worst recessions since the Great Depression and a multi-billion dollar budget gap, it’s still worth it.
That might not be obvious to anyone watching or reading the news.
But it’s a different story for anyone with an eye on the state’s 10.8 percent unemploy-
ment rate. Apple’s new center will bring
in more than 3,000 regional jobs to wherever the site is built and will staff at least 50 people full time.
That might not solve North Carolina’s unemployment prob-lem. But it’s a step in the right direction, even if it does cost the state a nice sum of money.
But jobs aren’t the only things Apple is bringing to the table.
The corporation is expected to invest $1 billion in the state’s economy over the next decade.
That’s more than enough to cover the initial cost to the taxpayers.
Plus, others may follow where Apple blazes the trail. One big business could bring more, and if there’s anything
North Carolina could use more of right now, it’s more dollar-churning companies.
Yes, there’s a risk in using tax incentives to lure corporations to the state.
What if enough jobs aren’t created? What if it doesn’t generate anywhere near the expected money? What if it has to close down in a couple of years?
The blunt answer is that with-out risk, there is no reward.
Perdue understands this and shouldn’t be criticized for keep-ing up with the times.
Things aren’t going to get any better on their own, and at least the state is making an effort.
This is a smart investment. Only time will tell whether it’s a good one.
Apple will keep us healthyNew data center will be good for the state economy
Proceed with cautionChapel Hill should be slow to change
EDITORIAL CARTOON by don wright, the palm beach post
university system should set its priorities straight
TO THE EDITOR:Just a brief note on the lam-
entable and embarrassing fiasco at N.C. State.
In the recent article in The Daily Tar Heel (June 11), the director of a political “think” tank in Raleigh is quoted as saying, “If there’s a lesson to be learned here, it’s that e-mail never goes away.”
Now doesn’t that remind one of Illinois politics.
How wrong can a person be?
The real lesson to be learned here is that unethical, amoral behavior is just simply wrong, and it will always be wrong.
The entire university system should move forward with its mission in an ethical manner and keep in mind that it is for and by the people of the state of North Carolina.
Eugene M. BozymskiProfessor of Medicine
editorial on koch was not a convincing argument
TO THE EDITOR:The editorial “Enough Target
Practice” repeatedly instructed not “to point fingers at Koch simply because of her scholar-ship,” but never provided rea-soning.
To the writers: The editorial seems to peddle the idea that “we need to hold everyone to the same standards.”
Sounds like intuitive policy, but consider it in action.
First, we don’t hold all mem-bers of the basketball program equally accountable for losses. I expect that few people object to this.
Scholarship players face high-er standards than JV players or walk-ons because they are com-pensated differently.
Accepting more scrutiny understandably goes hand-in-hand with accepting an athletic scholarship.
Second, suppose a pilot is knocked unconscious and pas-senger Ed reluctantly volun-teers to fly the plane. Ed doing any better than crashing would be a success.
The role of a pilot was thrust upon Ed; it would be unfair to
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kvetching boardkvetch:
v.1 (yiddish) to complain
to the lady sitting behind me at the ecu baseball game who asked me to please sit down: are you kidding me? you claim to be a tar heel, but next time please stay at home.
uNc: you canceled the class i was most looking forward to next semester because of fund-ing, but you still find a way to give every kid at ctOps a free backpack. where do your priori-ties lie?
living in horton made me invest in earplugs to get through the night.
dear board of distrustees: if you tax my low-emissions scooter, i’ll start parking my hummer illegally in your fancy schmancy parking lot.
to the guy that’s always in the Koury kitchen using three burners during peak cooking hours while there is a line of people waiting: there are over 250 people in the dorm and only one kitchen. who made you king?
dear boys at uNc: i apologize for calling you a “meager selec-tion” earlier. i found my virgins at home this summer, and they’re not half the good time y’all are.
dear ul: Just because there are not as many students in the library over the summer does not make it okay to leave your tables with sticky residue.
dear summer school: thanks for giving me all of two days in between my last session one final exam and the first day of session two. way to ruin my summer even more.
to the camp counselor who told his campers at polk place the rules of camp are to inspect each other and have fun: seriously?
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We can’t even drive home. We know sum-mer is like school on steroids, but it would be nice to have at least two
days between sessions.
How does the University still have the money to keep classrooms so cold? When we go outside, it feels like we are leaving the
Arctic to thaw.
The N.C. House passed its ver-sion of the budget! Now please work on something else. We’re tired of hav-ing to read about
all the cuts to education.
An N.C. State student made a monster out of traffic barrels. Then he got arrested for it. We admire his creativity, and his
arrest was a waste of time.
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hold him to the same standards as professional pilots.
Accordingly, I condone sepa-rate standards.
Koch is receiving a merit scholarship to represent a foun-dation. This position was not thrust upon her.
She need not lose the scholar-ship, but if she keeps it, it is only fair to single her out.
If I’m missing something, please include it in your next argument.
Repeating not “to point fin-gers at Koch simply because of her scholarship,” did not make the editorial more convincing, only longer.
Argue whatever points you wish, but make claims that you can back up with evidence.
Rory FultonSenior
Business Administration
CORRECTION:Due to an editing error,
last Thursday’s quote of the week was incorrectly attrib-uted. John Dornan, executive director of the Public School Forum of North Carolina, said the quote.
The Daily Tar Heel apolo-gizes for the error.
Cost of motorcycle permit for 2009-2010without car permit with car permit
Students: $175 $44
employees, by salary:less than $25,000: $174 $40 $25,000 - $50,000: $190 $44 $50,000 - $100,000: $240 $54 more than $100, 000: $371 $83
