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Its been 18 months since Faith Hedgepeth was found dead in her off-campus apartment. Police say they are still diligently working
Following student outcry after its cancellation, the ceremony is back on.
By Daniel Schere
Assistant University Editor
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As the saying goes, there are some things money cant buy. For UNC senior Sydney Harris, that thing was covering the 2013 NBA Finals. Even if I get a job in the NBA post-graduation, theres a chance Ill never be media for the NBA Finals again, she said. You cant put a price on that experience. Smith, who interned for both the NBAs Miami Heat and the NFLs Miami Dolphins during the summer of 2013, was not paid for her services a common experience for many interns. Just because an internship isnt paid in money doesnt mean youre not going to get some sort of benefit out of it, Harris said. In order to complete her internships, Harris said she received a scholarship from the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication to help pay for rent in Miami. She said she also had to save money to pay for her living expenses. According to a study conducted by the National Association of Universities and Employers (NACE), 30 percent of internships at
for-profit companies, which are required to follow U.S. Department of Labor standards, are unpaid. The study showed that on average, paid internships are more likely to result in a job and starting salaries for students with paid internships were about 25 percent more than unpaid ones. According to The Fair Labor Standards Act, unpaid internships must be consensual and similar to training in an educational environment. They cannot displace existing employees and the employer providing the training cannot derive an advantage from activities of the intern. The law is fairly clear on what should be a paid versus an unpaid internship and what kind of employers are covered the problem has always been enforcing the law, said Edwin Koc, director of Strategic and Foundation Research at NACE. Koc said several former interns filed lawsuits in 2012 that claimed their employers violated labor laws. Conde Nast, a media company sued by former interns, decided to discontinue its internship program entirely in fall 2013. In response to the controversy surrounding unpaid internships, New York University imple-
The last 24 hours have been an emotional roller coaster for seniors in UNCs global studies department, but now they can rest assured their graduation ceremony will carry on as scheduled. In an email, College of Arts and Sciences spokeswoman Dee Reid said the ceremony would proceed as originally scheduled on May 11 at 3:30 p.m. in Memorial Hall. The College is prepared to pay, Reid said. The decision comes less than a day after chairman Andrew Reynolds sent an email to all seniors in the department, explaining that the ceremony was canceled due to a lack of funding and the impending departure of Administrative Manager Caroline Poole on Friday. The announcement sparked outrage among students, who took to social media to voice their frustrations and started a petition on Change.org to reinstate the ceremony. The petition was signed by 348 people, who posted things like, Academics should be top priority. This is a travesty.Many volunteered to raise the $2,500 needed to hold the ceremony in Memorial Hall themselves. Reynolds responded with a second email Tuesday, thanking the students for their efforts and concerns. The news that the curriculum in global studies was unable to conduct a separate majors graduation ceremony this year brought out the best in our students, he wrote in the email. An outpouring of support, understanding, and desire to pitch in and rally around the major that we call home. We were gratified how many of you, while being deeply disappointed, understood that this was
As members of the Sexual Assault Task Force begin their discussion of sanctioning the latest phase of policy reconstruction theyve amped up their meeting frequency. The members will meet weekly this month as they rewrite the Universitys policies on sexual assault. Currently, the members are working through several different drafts of the policy. Gina Smith, an outside attorney specializing in sexual assault cases who attended Tuesdays meeting, said some schools have taken on
The intern does not displace regular employees, but works under close supervision of
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The internship experience is for the benefit of the intern. The internship is similar to training which would be given in an educational environment. The intern is not necessarily entitled to a job at the conclusion of the internship.
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less effective sanctioning measures. Others, such as Duke University, have chosen to use the option of expulsion for students found guilty of sexual assault. There have been some nightmare sanctions, like writing a paper, she said. We want to understand what the purpose of that type of sanction would be and ... whether that is appropriate. Several members said sanctions should be tailored to the offense. But Title IX Compliance Coordinator Howard Kallem said the group should use caution in doing so because the policy addresses discrimination in other areas, such as gender or race. What is the message when there are different punishments for different kinds of discrimination? he said. Members talked about classifying sanctions by several criteria such as penetrative versus non-penetrative
and the deliberateness of the act. Bob Pleasants, interpersonal violence prevention coordinator for UNC Student Wellness, said the idea of determining sanctions based on intent made him uncomfortable because a common defense for assaults is they were not deliberate. Smith raised another concern, saying that the sanctioning body should not rehash evidence presented in the prior investigation. She said the sanctioning bodys focus should not be on a mathematical certainty of guilt. Without confidence in the system, there is a danger in having the sanctioning body second guess the lower process, she said. There are other areas that also remain murky to task force members one being a policy enacted by the state earlier this fall, which allowed students the right to an attorney. UNC lobbied against the law,
the first of its kind in the country, because administrators were worried it would make proceedings more punitive than educational and disadvantage low income students. Attorneys have the ability to fully participate in the process. They have the same right in the hearings as the parties. That attorney has the same ability as the party they represent, said Kara Simmons, associate university counsel. George Hare, deputy chief of UNCs Department of Public Safety, asked for more details about the role of lawyers in the grievance committees but did not receive many answers from the task force. Theres no cross examination, but there has to be some presentation, he said. Im trying to get a picture of what this really looks like. university@dailytarheel.com
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Someone reported suspicious activity at 3605 Sweeten Creek Road at 12:36 a.m. March 10, according to Chapel Hill police reports. Someone turned off the power breaker at a home, reports state. Someone broke and entered at 325 McDade St. at 8:01 a.m. March 10, according to Chapel Hill police reports. The person entered a home through an unlocked bedroom window, reports state. Someone reported harassment at 105 Jackie Robinson St. at 4:28 p.m. March 10, according to Chapel Hill police reports. The persons neighbor put her trashcan across the driveway, reports state. Someone committed larceny at 1009 S. Columbia St. between 5:17 p.m. and 5:23 p.m. March 10, according to
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Student Body President-elect Andrew Powell did not win the general election nor did current Student Body President Christy Lambden win his in 2013. But after not receiving a majority of the student vote, they both moved on to their respective runoff elections where they were voted into office. Future candidates might not fol-
low the same route to office if Student Congress is successful in the implementation of instant runoff voting. Representative Zach Ferguson recently reintroduced a bill to Student Congress to reform the student body president election process by eliminating the current runoff format. The new voting system would require students to rank the candidates in order of their preference, but voters would be allowed to rank only one candidate if they wished. In instant runoff voting, if no candidate receives a majority of first-rank votes, the lowest-ranked candidate would be eliminated. Then, for voters who had listed the eliminated candidate as their first-choice, their second-
choice would instead get their vote. This process would continue until one candidate receives a majority of the vote. The students saw a very long runoff season, Ferguson said. I know the candidates get exhausted, the candidates get fatigued. The bill passed through Rules and judiciary committee Tuesday, and will go to full Congress next week. The bill to implement instant runoff voting was previously vetoed in 2010 by then-Student Body President Jasmin Jones. Current Student Body President Christy Lambden vetoed the bill in August. Christy has had mixed feelings about it in the past, said Student
Congress Speaker Pro Tempore John Guzek, who is also a columnist for The Daily Tar Heel. There was resistance in the past. He wasnt sure if Student Life was ready for such a system in terms of the mechanics of it. Ferguson said student body presidents are traditionally against this measure because many of them are voted into office in the runoff. Every student body president gets selected through runoff, so they feel that attachment, said Ferguson. Ferguson said the software used for elections is set up for the instant runoff voting format. He said that unless the new system is cost-neutral, the bill will not be implemented.
Robert Windsor, director of the Board of Elections, expressed concern that students might find it confusing that they need to rank their vote choices for student body president but not other offices. Guzak said Ferguson wants use the student body president election as a test for other future elections. He said if its unsuccessful, the election could return to its current format. (Its) something other schools have been doing for a long time, Guzak said. Its definitely feasible to do it with Student Life. The more voices we can have, the better, and the fairer, election we can have. university@dailytarheel.com
Amid lawsuits and academic scandals, now is a critical moment for college athletics, according to leaders from the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. And on Monday, the commission hosted a panel discussion in Miami to discuss the future of college athletics and reforms and priorities. The meeting focused on ways to ensure the wellbeing and academic success of college athletics, said Amy Perko, executive director of the commission, which makes recommendations to the NCAA. UNC-system President Tom Ross attended the meeting as an independent participant. The NCAA is finalizing the changes to its governing structure, Perko said, and the Knight Commission has recommended that former college athletes should be added to the NCAAs board as independent directors. The NCAA is considering the recommendation, she said. Its board is now composed of presidents who are representing the conferences which Perko said can lead to too much competition and financial self-interest in the decision-making process. But Ramogi Huma, head of the National Collegiate Players Association who was also at the meeting, said he doesnt see the addition of players to NCAAs board as a solution. There wouldnt be enough of the players to even make a difference, he said. Thats not a real seat at the table, and thats not real power. The association has endorsed an antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA filed by four college athletes on Monday. The lawsuit, which calls the NCAA a cartel, seeks to eliminate the player compensation cap and pay college athletes. If you look at how to fix the system, first and foremost, stop violating these players rights and build a workable model ... that treats these players as American citizens, said Huma, who said he is an unpaid advisor in support of the plaintiff. The Knight Commission has historically been opposed to treating college athletes as professionals, but Huma said he received a positive response from commissioners after he presented proposals to protect players publicity and labor rights and create an education trust fund. He said they agreed with most of his points, with the exception of having a labor union for players. Perko said there are multiple lawsuits pending that challenge the current system of college athletics. Questions swirl about salaries for student athletes and the line between professionalism and college. And some of the recommendations that the Knight Commission have made in the past are just now getting attention, she said. Many times, large, complex enterprises dont change on their own and only change when confronted with crises. state@dailytarheel.com
DTH/LAMON JOHNSON Freshman face-off specialist Stephen Kelly runs up the field defended by Harvard midfielder Gabriel Mendola in UNCs 13-10 win Tuesday.
It had the ingredients of an upset. Start with a fresh loss against rival Duke, add a big game against the top-ranked Maryland looming and top it off with some moist conditions in a game against a team on the rise. Harvard came to Chapel Hill knowing it needed a quick start and high energy if the team was to force the No. 6 North Carolina mens lacrosse team to taste the bitter dish that is a midweek upset. But while the Crimson brought those two crucial ingredients, the team missed the most important one in UNCs 13-10 win a strong finish. We knew it was going to be a heck of a tussle, coach Joe Breschi said. And it was. Before the game started, Harvards sideline was hooping and hollering, and after the Crimson scored the first goal of the game, that hollering didnt stop. By the time the game reached halftime, the Tar Heels found themselves in a game that was too close for comfort with just a one goal lead at a score of 6-5.
At halftime youve got to just be ready for whats in front of you, said sophomore goalkeeper Kieran Burke. We were just talking about settling down the defense, controlling the controllables. Assisted by a man-up opportunity in the third quarter, UNC extended the lead to a significantly cozier one. After scoring twice in one man-up sequence on two goals from man-up specialist Walker Chafee, midfielder Chad Tutton dialed up a long-range rifling shot that pinged the upper right corner and ricocheted into the net to complete the three-goal swing. As the offense gained steam so did the defense. And it started with Burke in goal. Saving six shots in the third quarter, Burke made a ball thats about 2.5 inches in diameter seems like it was the size of a beach ball. Burke big time bailed us out, Tutton said. Its huge. When the goalies making saves it just feeds right up through the defense and right up into the offense. Harvard wasnt done yet, though. Working to find that last ingredient necessary to pull off an upset, the Crimson began feeding the ball to the inside, taking advantage of UNCs suddenly porous defense.
Though Crimson players found difficulty drawing slides and beating their men oneon-one, UNCs poor defense against offball movement allowed Harvards Devin Dwyer to record four assists and turn a 10-5 lead into a 10-8 nail-biter late. But when the going got tough, Burke got big. With momentum swaying back and forth throughout the game, the Crimson found one final offensive chance late. But Burke took one hard step forward on a bounce shot for his 10th and final save to ice the game for the Tar Heels. The 5-2 Harvard run in the fourth quarter didnt matter anymore. Burke cleared the ball and watched his team run the clock down, capped off by one final open-net goal by midfielder Ryan Creighton. Burke was living in the moment, not looking ahead, not looking behind. He had prevented an upset. sports@dailytarheel.com
DTH FILE/CHRIS cONWAY Heading into UNCs first-round matchup with 11th-seeded Providence, coach Roy Williams has 62 career NCAA Tournament wins.
It didnt matter which team popped up on Roy Williams living room television Sunday night. Williams isnt focused on North Carolinas NCAA Tournament opposition. His attention is directed squarely on the backboard. Rebounding woes have plagued the Tar Heels in their last two games both losses. At Duke on March 8, they put up just 20 boards their fewest in a game since that same date in 1987. In an 80-75 loss to Pittsburgh in the ACC tournament, the Tar Heels were outrebounded 43-35 and allowed 21 second-chance points.
Theyll face No. 11-seed Providence, a strong rebounding team in its own right, Friday. Without even knowing who we played, after (the Pittsburgh loss) I told our guys that we had not done a very good job of rebounding down the stretch, Williams said at a Tuesday press conference. Forty-one points off of offensive rebounds against us the last two games, you cant do that and win. Even if we were playing Providence or anybody else. The battle of the boards could very well decide Fridays NCAA Tournament bout with the Friars, who compare favorably to UNC in terms of rebounding. Providence is 34th in the country in total rebounds; UNC is 24th. The Friars average 36.8 rebounds per game; the Tar Heels average 39.8 rebounds. But North Carolina hasnt
rebounded at that level in its last few games, which has been a key in its practices this week. Williams said he thought Mondays practice was one of UNCs best of the year. We just got to get back to understanding we have to box out every possession, said sophomore point guard Marcus Paige. We cant just rely on size and length to get rebounds because at this point everybody wants to win the game. You gotta go make contact and try to box out better than we have been doing. That type of effort isnt just limited to UNCs forwards, J.P. Tokoto, James Michael McAdoo and Kennedy Meeks. You gotta have the guards help you rebound, Williams said, adding that in defensive rebounding opportunities, he expects all five players to crash the boards. With UNC heading to San
Antonio Wednesday night, the coach hasnt yet watched film of the Friars he said assistant coach C.B. McGrath is in charge of scouting Providence. But the Tar Heels have reviewed their recent performances, particularly against Pittsburgh redshirt senior forward Talib Zanna, who pulled down 21 rebounds by himself against the Tar Heels last Friday. At the end of the day, if hes pulling down that many rebounds, then he wants to win the game more than we do, Paige said, Hes fighting off box-outs, hes being physical, hes the one initiating contact and we didnt have any of those type of plays on our side. So thats really what it came down to he wanted it more. And his play showed it. On Friday, the Tar Heels will show just how much they want it. sports@dailytarheel.com
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not the doing of the faculty or staff of the curriculum but a situation forced on us by lack of resources. Senior global studies major Linden Wait said the budget deficit has been an ongoing issue which has prevented the department from hiring more administrative staff to assist Poole. Theres only one person that they hire to do all of the administrative and organizational work for the entire major, she said. Wait said she does not think the college has provided the department with the funding necessary to pay a desirable salary to those who have held Pooles position, and this has led to multiple resignations. In the time that Ive been a global studies major, three or four people have held this one position because nobody wants to do three jobs essentially in one for essentially bad pay, she said. university@dailytarheel.com
mented measures to screen internships. Employers must indicate that they meet federal labor guidelines. NYUs career center also features a guide to help students recognize illegal unpaid internships and a directory of internship coordinators for the Universitys different departments. Im hopeful that more colleges will educate and defend their students against illegal and unethical employment practices while at the same time doing things that actually help students, said Ross Perlin, author of Intern Nation: How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little in the Brave New Economy.
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