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Volume 122, Issue 145

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

State navigates sharing economy

ATHLETIC-ACADEMIC SCANDAL

African
studies
reviewed

The review started in

August and will wrap up
this semester.
By Sara Salinas
Senior Writer

DTH/HENRY GARGAN
Lisa Piper (left) and Dave Clark sit on a couch in the dining room of The Small B&B Cafe, which is also a bed-and-breakfast. They rent out rooms in their home.

Legislators predict a policy regulating Airbnb might be next

By Sarah Chaney
Senior Writer

With its pale green exterior and vivid blue siding, the Pittsboro bed-and-breakfast run by Lisa
Piper and Dave Clark a short walk from the
Chatham County Courthouse is hard to miss.
The house features ladybug doorknobs and a
roaming cat. Its nothing like the more traditional rental options in the Pittsboro area, according
to Piper and Clark.
Despite its distinctive flair, their bed-andbreakfast is part of a sweeping trend. It relies,
in part, on gaining customers through Airbnb, a
website that connects members with hosts who list
properties available for short-term periods.
But unlike most Airbnb users, the couple registers their home as a bed-and-breakfast and, therefore, has to pay business taxes on the property.
A little more power for the government isnt
a bad thing, said Clark, referring to whether all
Airbnb hosts should pay taxes. An extra $5 or
$10 (per night), I would pay it.

Nationwide, Airbnb rentals are the focal

point of many cities recent legal woes, as it was
reported that more than 70 percent of Airbnbs
listings in New York City in 2014 were illegal. In
North Carolina, new legislation could soon limit
some of the drawbacks that sharing economy
services present including taxation issues as
well as safety and health problems.
N.C. Sen. Floyd McKissick Jr., D-Durham,
said the state legislature would likely work during the 2015 session on a statewide policy to
regulate companies like Airbnb.

Converging problems
In general, if someone rents out a home for a
single occasion, many insurance companies will
extend coverage to the renter.
But when someone rents out on a regular
basis, many companies will consider this a business use and the renter will need to purchase
either a hotel or a bed-and-breakfast policy,
according to the Insurance Information Institute.

When we were renting out a place (through

Airbnb) in New Orleans, the pipes broke, Piper
laughed, rocking back in her porch chair. She
and Clark agree that its important to not expect
Airbnb rentals to have all the amenities of a hotel.
UNC law professor Judith Welch Wegner said
there are different risks involved with renting out.
What if somebody broke in and took your stuff
out while you were touring the city? Would you
be aware of the status as to what the homeowners
insurance would be? she said. I sure wouldnt.
But Michael Munger, a political science professor at Duke University, said despite financial
vulnerabilities, few problems with insurance
and Airbnb rentals have cropped up.
Somebody rents an apartment, gets drunk
and burns it down then that hasnt happened
yet, he said.
Taxation is another dimension of the problem
the legislature hopes to resolve, McKissick said.
The main concern is the extent to which they

By Acy Jackson
Staff Writer

Junior Tyler Jacon has officially

withdrawn his candidacy for student body president.
Jacon said he ended his campaign after his small team couldnt
keep up with the larger teams of
the other candidates.
We could only do so much with
a few people, Jacon said.
Along with recanting his campaign, Jacon gave his full endorsement to junior Kathryn Walker.
Jacon said he was impressed
with Walkers stance on sexual
assault and believes her policy is
the most attainable. He said he is
proud of his campaigns efforts on
sexual assault.
We put sexual assault into the
election more than it was going to
be discussed, he said.

He said he thinks Walker has the

most to offer student government.
As for representation, she is the
candidate to break up the boys
club that student government has
become, said Jacon in his statement withdrawing from the race.
Walker said she is excited to have
Jacon on her side and believes it is
a step in the right direction for her.
I am happy he believes in what
Im trying to do here at Carolina,
Walker said.
With Jacon out of the race, three
candidates are still vying for student
body president: Walker, Houston
Summers and David Marsh.
I think its narrowing the field. I
think its coming up and ultimately
leading us to a place to decide who
really does have the best and most
substantive ideas, Summers said.
Marsh agreed that having fewer
candidates means an easier decision for the voters.
Less choices means people can
really get a good decision and dont
have to look through five different
30-page platforms to make a decision, Marsh said.

Tyler Jacon
dropped out of the
race for student
body president
because his team
was too small.

Kathryn Walker
has 24 hours to
collect 53 more
signatures. She was
endorsed by Tyler
Jacon today.

That being said, the candidates

are still not officially running for
student body president yet.
Summers, Walker and Marsh
all submitted their list of petition signatures to the Board of
Elections to be counted, but only
Summers gained enough to qualify for the ballot.
Walker is 53 signatures short of
the required 1,250, and Marsh is 49
signatures short. Both have been
granted an extra 24 hours to campaign and complete their lists.

SIGNING
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Staff Writer

Jacon drops out; 3 still in running for president

Houston Summers is
the only candidate with
enough signatures so far.

The University is conducting the

first external review of its kind into
the Department of African, African
American and Diaspora Studies.
What (UNC is) trying to do is just
to make sure that, going forward, in
light of everything thats happened,
that the department is strong, that its
sustainable, that it has the resources
that are necessary in order to flourish as a department, said Jim Dean,
executive vice chancellor and provost.
Dean said the review, which began
in August, will be completed by the
end of the spring semester.
I would say, in fairness, that based
on everythings that happened in the
department in the past, its a particularly important time to make sure

Houston
Summers was the
only candidate to
get the required
amount of signatures by Tuesday.

David Marsh has

24 hours to acquire
49 more signatures
to still be in the
running for student
body president.

Once Walker and Marsh have

turned in their signatures, the
Board of Elections will count them
and announce who is officially running for student body president
this week.
Those official candidates will
campaign until Feb. 10, the day of
the election.
I think were all ready to know
whos going to be our next student
body president, Summers said.
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4, 2015

UNC is offering several new academic programs that are creatively

blurring the lines between disciplines.
These new programs allow students to pursue more than one of
their passions in a different type of
academic environment.
The School of Journalism and
Mass Communication is partnering with the environmental studies department to offer a five-year
masters degree in Environment and
Science Communication.
The program fast-tracks students
to complete a Bachelors of Arts
degree in Environmental Studies in
three years and then begin graduate
studies in the journalism school.
Rachel McMahan, a junior, is
currently the first and only student
admitted under conditional acceptance to this program.
There are two applications for
admission: one for conditional admission and another to be accepted into
the masters program, McMahan said.
Sara Peach, one of the leading
journalism faculty for the program,
said the degree prepares students for
a range of potential careers, such as
journalism for environmental issues
or work for a research university.
On a broad scale there is a lot of
debate over what is important a
liberal arts or a professional education, Peach said. With this degree,
were able to say that they are both
important.
McMahan said she is excited to
become affiliated with the journalism school as an ambassador for
this program.
Ive really enjoyed my liberal arts
education, but Im excited to get
some more professional skills under
my belt, she said.

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Hot to trot in pink horse Crocs

From staff and wire reports

ow horses can enjoy the high fashion of Crocs, too! An equestrian designer (yes, that is apparently a real job) has come
up with a new, more fashion-forward horseshoe. The new
design, called GluShu, provides an alternative to nailing
metal horseshoes into the hooves. GluShu includes the traditional metal
horseshoe but is coated in hard, durable plastic that is glued onto the hoof
rather than nailed. The new hooves also come in stylish colors, such as
gray and Pepto-Bismol pink. Were going to have some stylin horses on our
hands. But on a serious note, where do we get glue that is strong enough to
keep hooves on galloping horses? We know of some broken human shoes
and mugs that could really use some of that. Asking for a friend...

NOTED. Iceland is getting back to its roots.

The country is building its first major
temple to Norse gods since the Viking age.
The new shrine will honor Thor, Odin and
Frigg, who are Norse gods. The number
of members in an Icelandic organization
that promotes worshipping Norse gods
has tripled in the last 10 years.

QUOTED. I dont have any problem with

Starbucks if they choose to opt out of this
policy as long as they post a sign that says,
We dont require our employees to wash
their hands after leaving the restroom. The
market will take care of that.
Sen. Thom Tillis about his sanitary
desire to decrease government regulations.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR
TODAY

Campus Y Co-Presidents Candidate Forum: The candidates for

Campus Y co-presidents will discuss their platforms and beliefs
about key issues at this forum
hosted by the Campus Y. There
will be a moderated debate followed by a question-and-answer
session sourced from the crowd
and Twitter. Students can submit
their questions by tweeting
@CampusY_UNC with the
hashtag #YForum. The event is
free and open to the public.
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Campus Y, Anne
Queen Lounge
Physician Assistant Info Session: University Career Services
is offering a session for UNC
students interested in becoming a physicians assistant. The

session will provide resources

to students. UCS employees will
discuss the application prerequisites and patient contact hours.
The event is free and open to all
UNC students.
Time: 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Hanes Hall, Room
239 a/b
African Fashion, Global
Style: Victoria Rovine, associate professor of art history at
UNC, will be reading from her
book, African Fashion, Global
Style: Histories, Innovations,
and Ideas You Can Wear, which
explores fashions and designs
that incorporate African cultures and stylistic expression.
The event is free and open to
the public.
Time: 3:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
Location: Bulls Head Bookshop

THURSDAY

Public Health and Informatics Job & Internship Expo: The

Gillings School of Public Health
is hosting a job fair that will
feature public health companies
looking for employees. Interested students can go to careers.
unc.edu to view the companies
that will have representatives
at the fair. The event is free and
open to all UNC students.
Time: Noon to 3 p.m.
Location: Gillings School of
Public Health, Michael Hooker
Atrium
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CORRECTIONS

POLICE LOG
Someone committed
larceny on the 200 block of
Church Street between 2
a.m. and 4:43 p.m. Sunday,
according to Chapel Hill
police reports.
The person stole an
Origins bicycle, valued at
$486, reports state.

Someone broke and

entered on the 100 block
of Christine Court Monday
at 11:20 p.m., according to
Chapel Hill police reports.
The person broke two window screens, valued at $40
each, and a window, valued at
$10, reports state.

Someone broke and

entered and committed larceny on the 1100 block of
Weaver Dairy Road at 2:53
p.m. Sunday, according to
Chapel Hill police reports.
The person stole a lawn
chair, a leather chair, a metal
plate and a Kenmore stove,
reports state.

Someone was intoxicated

on the 400 block of Lindsay
Street at 4:25 p.m. Monday,
according to Carrboro police
reports.
The person was yelling
mom and moaning, reports
state.

Someone reported an
attempted burglary on the
1700 block of Allard Road at
7:43 p.m. Sunday, according
to Chapel Hill police reports.
The person thought their
house was being burglarized,
reports state.

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ivil right activist Benjamin Chavis Jr. speaks

at the UNC School of Social Work about
racial tension on Tuesday evening. At the age
of 12, he desegregated his local library and became
the first African-American to get a library card.

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A MOONLIGHT POET

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Ernest Freeman, a Rams Head Dining Hall employee from Chapel Hill, sits at a table in the dining hall where he works on Tuesday afternoon. Freeman has been writing poems since he was five years old.

Ernest Freeman, a dining hall employee, enjoys writing poetry in his free time
By Brielle Kronstedt
Staff Writer

If you have ever been in Rams Head Dining

Hall, youve probably exchanged a smile with
Ernest Freeman.
Freeman works all over the dining hall, serving burgers and fries to weary underclassmen.
But odds are you didnt know you were also
meeting Ernest the poet, born and raised in
Chapel Hill.
He is a man of many talents, both in the
kitchen and with a pen.
I do a little bit of everything grill, diner,
chophouse, beverages whatever they need
me to do, Freeman said.
Freeman has been writing poetry since he
was five years old.
Im just a writer, he said. I cant draw
because I never learned how to draw, but Ive
always learned how to write.
Freeman said he would never forget winning a writing competition in sixth grade.
My sixth grade teacher always told me
never to stop what I was doing, he said.
And he never has.
Freeman said he mostly writes about love
and children, but he has also written poetry
for weddings, funerals and anniversaries.
A lot of times you can say things to people
that they take the wrong way, so I like to
express all my feelings on paper, he said.
Deborah Paige, a Rams Head Dining Hall
employee, grew up with Freeman.

FREEMANS POETRY

You may pass me in the streets

And say that Im not like you
You may not speak to me
But Ill speak to you
You may laugh at me
Each time you pass me by
But see Ill just laugh
And you will understand why
You might say
You dont like me
But what have I done to you
And you may wonder why
I always make it through
You may look at me
As a bum in the streets
But I have clothes on my back
Shoes on my feet
You may talk about me
But see thats okay
Because Ill be your friend
Always.

They went to the same middle and high

schools, and Freeman used to write poems
for her.
He is an awesome guy. A very fun, caring,
outgoing person, Paige said. When he gets to
know people and cares about them, he loves to
write them poetry.

You may joke about me

Guess how much money I make
But see Im a friend
Who believes in love not hate
You may talk about me
The color of my hair
But if you call on me
Ill be right there
See it doesnt matter
What you may say or do
Because when its over
Ill be there for you
So go on and pass me in the streets
Just hold your head up high
Go on and talk about me
Cause no matter what
You will be you
And I will always be me
-Ernest Freeman

Freshman Riley Foster met Freeman when

she was getting a drink in the dining hall.
We would always smile at each other and
say hey, and then we started talking more,
she said.
One day he told me he wrote poems, and
then he wrote one for me.

It made me cry; it was so sweet.

Freeman said he mainly tries to share his
poetry with students not only to reach out as a
friend, but also to make them stop and think
about the world.
On Monday, Freeman said he wrote a short
story on racism.
It was about why people think color should
make a difference, because we all live in this
world together so we all should be able to get
along in this world no matter if youre black or
white, pink or blue, we all got to do it together, Freeman said.
When God created us, he didnt say this
world is for the white man and this world is
for the black man, and this is for the Jew and
this is for the Arab he put us all together to
love one another.
Foster said she was amazed to discover
Freemans hidden talents.
I like his poetry because it just seems really
honest, and the fact that hes not writing it for
anything but himself, she said.
Freeman said he hopes to publish his
work someday, but hes not trying to become
famous.
I just want to put something out there for
people to read and they can say, I enjoy this
and next time Im in Rams Head, I can meet
Mr. Ernest and talk to him about it and tell
him how much I really like his poetry, he said
with a smile.
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Senior debuts Tiny SBP candidates call for

Frightened Animals renaming of Saunders
Ben French drew from
personal experience for his play.
By Siena Scarbrough
Staff Writer

The first time senior dramatic art major

Ben French mentioned his short story to
senior Katie Chelena, he told her that if anything ever happened to him, she should get a
file on his computer containing the story and
make something out of it.
Fortunately, nothing had to happen to
French for the two to make something out
of it. French will debut his first play, Tiny
Frightened Animals, a culmination of the
contents of that file, at the Station at Southern
Rail Restaurant and Bar in Carrboro on April
23, 25 and 26, with Chelena directing.
Auditions for Tiny Frightened Animals
will be held today and Thursday, where they
will look for potential actors, actresses and
creative team members.
Although the play hasnt been performed
yet, French has already won multiple awards
for the script, including the Dramatists
Guild of Americas Young Playwright Award,
the Sam Selden Award at UNC and the Bill
Hallberg Award for Creative Writing.
I thought that the poetics of the script were
just stunning, Chelena said. The way that
Ben has rendered this script is like a book of
poetry it is beautiful and it is strange.
The show focuses on a boy living in rural
Georgia and his struggle to balance pleasing his family with his need to leave the
toxic town.
French, a Columbus, Ga. native, said he was
inspired by the quirky things about the South.
I want to make sure we bring those onto
the stage and show people what thats all
about, he said.

AUDITION FOR THE PLAY

Time: 6 p.m. tonight, 10 p.m. Thursday
night
Location: Center for Dramatic Art Room 101
Info: http://on.fb.me/1xb8DF1

The play is written in the magical realism

genre and goes beyond merely telling the
story of a small southern town.
There is a lot in the play that kind of
shows that its something that we want to
hold on to, French said. That theres a little
bit of magic we all want to hold on to.
The play will be held behind the Station.
Chelena said the outdoor space mimics the
landscape of the town in the play.
I think if the place is perfect then everything
will fall into place. I think the Station was perfect in terms of authenticity of environment.
The Stations space will also create an intimate environment for those watching the play.
Its not so much how (the audience) will
interact, French said. It is just making sure
they are fully invested in the world of the play
while its happening.
Dramatic art lecturer Mark Perry taught
French his freshman year at UNC.
I think Ben has a strong sense of compassion and a strong sense of empathy that pervades his play, Perry said. He is precocious
in his understanding of dramaturgy and how
plays work, so I talk to him like a peer, not
like a student I am guiding along.
Chelena hopes audiences will leave feeling
a sense of wonder.
I would love to make something that is
totally inviting, but also something that people walk away from saying, I dont think Ive
seen anything like that.
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The candidates participated in a

social justice debate on Tuesday.
By Victoria Mirian
Staff Writer

The three remaining candidates for student body president all came out in favor
of renaming Saunders Hall during a forum
Tuesday night.
The announcement came during the
Student Voices and Social Justice Student
Body President Forum hosted by the UNC
Campus Y, Black
Student Movement,
Carolina Hispanic
Association, Sangam
and the Residence Hall
Association.
Candidates Kathryn
Walker, David Marsh
and Houston Summers agreed that Saunders
Hall, which is currently named after former
KKK leader William Saunders, must be
renamed for the University to move forward.
The Kick Out the KKK movement has
rallied for the renaming several times this
semester.
The University community is about
enlightenment. That means listening to
people, raising ideas that you dont agree with
and criticizing your own, Walker said.
Marsh said he was surrounded by diversity
when he attended public school in Charlotte.
I had people who had other backgrounds,
people who lived off of food stamps, people
who had single parents, people who didnt
know where they were going to get their next
meal from, Marsh said.
Marsh said he wants to make it easier for
students with similar backgrounds to find
each other and open up spaces for student
groups to meet within the Office of Diversity

student
elections

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and Multicultural Affairs.

Summers said he plans to incorporate
advocacy efforts into student government to
bring campus together.
We propose a minority working group to
address these issues to find out what holds
back individuals from low socioeconomic status, what holds back students from different
colors, different creeds and different races,
Summers said.
We need to make sure that these institutional barriers are torn down.
Among other items, Summers said keeping
UNC affordable is one of his main goals.
Thats not just keeping tuition and costs
down, thats working with the town council to
ensure that housing stays low, Summers said.
Thats tearing down institutional barriers
such as application fees and other things that
limit individuals.
Walker said student safety and improved
sexual assault policies are her top priorities.
Its not just a Greek issue. This is a campus-wide issue, Walker said. This is something we need to fix for all students, not just
the Greek students.
Summers proposed introducing third-party monitors at social functions to look out for
potential signs of sexual assault. He said the
monitor would only aim to keep students safe
and would not report to the administration.
Summers said the University could solve
problems through innovation.
We cant be stuck in a box, he said. We
really need to be sure that we are treating
Carolina, and doing justice to those that came
behind us, as best as we possibly can.
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Developers irk Cats Cradle owner

By Aren Besson
Staff Writer

Cats Cradle owner Frank

Heath walked out of a public hearing on the proposed
Arts and Innovation Center
Tuesday night after expressing his frustration.
In a discussion about a
proposed hotel that would
replace the current Carrboro
ArtsCenter building in the
event the center relocates,
developers assured the
Carrboro Board of Aldermen
the hotel would not impact
Cats Cradle at all.
Cats Cradle and the
Carrboro ArtsCenter currently
reside in the same strip mall.
The area around the strip mall
has been under development
during the creation of 300 East
Main, a project spearheaded by
Main Street Properties.
Representatives for Cats
Cradle said discussions with
developers about finding Cats
Cradle a bigger space began
eight years ago. They said they
felt the tone of the developers
presentation on Tuesday was
negative and unconstructive.
I had gone to the meeting planning to make positive
comments about moving forward for the arts in Carrboro

and Chapel Hill and being

optimistic about how the Cats
Cradle could be part of this
process if given the reasonable
opportunity, Heath said in an
email after the meeting.
The developers comments
about Cats Cradle were quite
one-sided and negative, and
would have made my intent
to speak with optimism and
possibilities for this development seem misplaced.
The proposed Arts and
Innovation Center a $15
million project that would
house two nonprofit organizations: the Carrboro
ArtsCenter and Kidzu
Childrens Museum.
Kidzu is currently located
at University Mall and the
Carrboro ArtsCenter is located next to Cats Cradle.
If the ArtsCenter were to
move to a new building, a
hotel could take its place.
Its such a complex and
unknown outcome that the
full effects arent known and
thats concerning, Heath said.
In the original plans made by
Main Street Properties, there
were repeated representations that Cats Cradle and
the ArtsCenter would have
new and expanded locations
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The Cats Cradle is a concert venue located in the 300 E. Main
shopping area, which is currently undergoing development.

The full impact of a new

ArtsCenter is unknown, but
the question of what to do
with the property left when it
moves to its new space has felt
uncollaborative, Heath said.
The Cradle likes Carrboro.
Its a comfortable neighborhood to exist in but the trouble
is finding a comfortable piece
of land, Heath said.
The Carrboro residents
who came to the public hearing were resoundingly supportive of Cats Cradle.
If we dont have a solution
for Cats Cradle, then we dont

have a solution for the arts in

Carrboro, said Charles Sune,
who spoke at the meeting. If
we dont know the impact of
this development then that
should be a non-starter.
The Board of Alderman
asked Cats Cradle for an economic analysis of the venue
so they could make a more
informed decision.
Cats Cradle is substantially
important to the arts scene in
Carrboro, said Alderwoman
Bethany Chaney.
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Independent studies at
post-Wainstein UNC
By Kate Albers
Senior Writer

The history of the athleticacademic scandal was welldocumented in the Wainstein

report, but its effect on the
future of independent studies
is yet to be determined.
Kenneth Janken is a
professor and the director
of undergraduate studies
for UNCs Department of
African, African American
and Diaspora Studies. He said
he thinks he took the director position in fall 2011 and
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assuming that position.

He said he didnt want to
speculate whether the lack of
requests for independent studies has to do with the scandal.
Ive not talked to anybody
who has said to me Im not
taking independent studies
with you because whatever
Ive not had this discussion
with any student, Janken said.
Alan Jones, a biology professor, said the new rules and
regulations that have been
put in place are changing the
process of how an independent study operates.
The final reports are
now read by another faculty
member than the mentor, he
said in an email. Someone
else in consultation with the
mentoring professor assigns
the grades.
He said he thinks the
Wainstein report affects all
departments across campus.
It will make our jobs
a little harder. But most
importantly, it will create
great resentment. Those of
us who work hard to train,
teach UNC students are
now assumed to be a source
of the problem or have the
potential to be like the few
professors and counselors
that created this problem,
Jones said.
Asa Kelly, a senior biology and African, African
American and Diaspora
Studies double major, said
she took an undergraduate research seminar in the
AAAD department.
In addition to it being
required for graduation, I
was interested in utilizing
everything Ive learned over
the course of my three years,
she said.
Kelly said she could
understand if students were
hesitant to take AAAD
courses, but she encourages
any unsure students to take a
class in the department.
Im sure there is some
hesitation, but Im engaged in
that class, and Ive never gotten an easy grade, she said.
And Ive always worked for
my grade. I think that class is
challenging just like any other
class at Carolina.
But she said she doesnt
think she has any friends in the
department that have taken an
independent studies course.
Despite new rules and possible resentment, Jones believes
independent studies courses
and independent research
projects are important.
Its the main reason for
being at a Research I institution versus a small college or
a large one not as famous as
UNC, he said. Independent
studies provide the opportunity to the student to actually
discover under the guidance
of a world-class scientist.
Kelly also said she thinks
the department will continue
to offer independent studies
courses, despite the scandal.
We are a research
University, so how can you
take away a research aspect of
a department? she said.
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After receiving reports

of a sexual assault, East
Carolina University suspended its chapter of
Sigma Phi Epsilon. The
University also put 16 other
fraternities in a social
moratorium, according to
university officials.
The penalties came
after someone reported
a sexual assault at an offcampus fraternity house
at 2 a.m. on Jan. 25. The
Greenville Police Department is investigating the incident.
East Carolina representatives said in a statement the university will not comment on an ongoing police investigation.
But the vice chancellor for student affairs, Virginia Hardy,
said that appropriate action will be taken against any members of the student body, including fraternity brothers, who
commit illegal activities.
Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sig Ep, as it is commonly known, is currently banned from acting as a chapter not only for social
events, but for service projects, recruitment and other ventures.
The other 16 fraternities included in the schools Interfraternity
Council only face a suspension on social activities.

UNC-C professor leads flu mapping project

Scientists at UNCCharlotte are determined
to crack the code.
And its not just any
code, but the flu, a disease
renowned for its ability to grow and change
throughout the year, making it difficult to prevent.
Daniel Janies, distinguished professor of bioinformatics and genomics
at UNC-C, and his team
recently released a report
on flu mapping, a way to use the science of genomics to study the
viral patterns of the flu.
When asked what he thought the highlights of his study
were, Janies described the H7 strain of the virus.
People thought it was regional, but our data has shown
the genes associated with it have been transmitted around the
world, he said.
The H7N9 strain is one example it has been localized to
China for the past three flu seasons, but flu mapping shows a different story, Janies said.
Were able to see that it may have the capacity to escape China,
he said.
Janies said while the flu is possibly the best example of
worldwide coordination in fighting a disease, he believes that
flu mapping will play an integral part in strengthening present
knowledge of the flu.

NC A&T celebrates famous 1960 sit-in

Fifty-five years later,
the famous Greensboro
sit-in considered one
of the key events that
inspired the 1960s Civil
Rights Movement still
continues to impact the
community.
A celebration took
place on Friday honoring the four N.C.
Agricultural & Technical
State University freshmen who sat at the segregated counter of the Woolworth store on Feb. 1, 1960 and
refused to move.
The sit-in sparked similar movements across the South at
other universities.
The Greensboro Four were honored at the ceremony this
weekend. Taylor McCain, a granddaughter of one of the four
A&T students, is currently a junior at UNC-CH.
That sit-in was so important because it empowered others
to take action, McCain said. The students decided to make a
change, and it happened.
McCain hopes others will continue to appreciate how meaningful the story is for people today.
Put yourself in the shoes of someone who was discriminated against in the 60s, she said. The ability to sit down
with someone who doesnt look like you and have a meal is
so important.

Student deaths at App State spark concern

Over the course of
the current academic
year, nine students
at Appalachian State
University have died.
Four of the deaths were
eventually ruled suicides.
After the first death,
students told themselves
that every school has its
share of tragedy. Now,
however, that mindset
has changed.
My parents talked
about pulling me out of school, said Abigail Rubio, a freshman at ASU.
Students seem to be responding well to the universitys
efforts to help with the healing process.
The chancellor sends us emails and there have been plenty
of counseling sessions, Rubio said.
Anthony Lobo, another ASU freshman, said some students
have taken to graffiti to express their feelings over the string
of deaths.
Its an effort to memorialize, to hold onto the memories of
these students, Lobo said.
Neither student thinks the universitys mental health care or
counseling services are to blame for the deaths.
Those few students who are too shy or afraid to take advantage of the services are the ones who you hear about in the
news, said Rubio.

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Comedy groups ock to DSI festival

By Paige Connelly
Staff Writer

Comics from across the

country are making their
way to Chapel Hill this week
for Dirty South Improvs
15th annual North Carolina
Comedy Arts Festival.
DSI owner Zach Ward
started the comedy festival in
2001 in an attempt to bring
improv acts from across
UNCs campus together. He
wanted to bring a taste of
Chicago-style improv a
skill he considers his expertise
to the South. What began
as a way to centralize campus
comedy quickly turned into
an annual event that has generated national attention.
Ashley Melzer, associate
artistic director of DSI, said
the festival is a way to celebrate comedy and bring the
comedy community together.
It allows us to bring in
the very best in the improv
community to celebrate it
in North Carolina where we
have very few theaters who
are doing it, Melzer said.
Because the festival focuses
on celebrating all forms of
comedy and includes a variety

of acts, Melzer said no single

show should be considered
more significant than another.
We treat every show like
a big show, she said. Here
weve really put an emphasis
on, every show is important.
Cortland Cloos, a regular
performer for DSI, said he
thinks one of the most exciting things about the festival
is the Carolinas Funniest
Comic feature.
There were people that
competed and were at the top
four (from North Carolina and
South Carolina), he said. And
now weve all come together
and theres two from North
Carolina and South Carolina.
Carolinas Funniest
Comic uses audience votes at
the end of the performances
to determine the winner of a
$1,000 grand prize.
UNC improv and sketch
comedy group Chapel Hill
Players, commonly known as
CHIPS, will also be performing at the festival. Director
of CHIPs and senior Miles
Bonsignore said the group
loves performing at the festival every year.
It is like a music festival
in that, groups from Chicago,

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of the country as well come
to perform comedy together,
Bonsignore said.
He described the atmosphere as inclusive and collaborative, allowing performers to
support each others work.
You get to meet performers who share your interests
and are interested in similar
things, he said. You get to go
and hang out with them after
and theyll see your shows.
Bonsignore explained that
comedy allows people to
understand others and interact without formality.
It helps people stay fresh
and interested in what theyre
doing, without allowing them
to have pretension about it,
or being stuck in their ways,
or taking themselves too seriously, Bonsignore said.
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Ephesus counselor honored

for data-centered approach
Ashley Sherman
meets with each of
her 435 students.
By Haley Ray
Staff Writer

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City

Schools is moving toward
more comprehensive and
data-driven school counseling programs an effort
that has earned the district
national recognition.
Ephesus Elementary
School will receive designation as a Recognized
American School Counselor
Association Model Program,
called RAMP, in Phoenix,
Arizona on June 30.
Ephesus Elementary School
Counselor Ashley Sherman
said the school implemented a
comprehensive classroom program that relied more heavily
on data. She said the school
looks at student data more frequently to see what intervention and counseling measures
need to be implemented.
Sherman works in every
classroom at Ephesus providing classroom guidance

lessons. And she individually

meets with all 435 students at
the school. Ephesus counseling system strives to provide
social and emotional support
for its students.
Kids in elementary school
are really starting to build
character and empathy for
others, and skills like kindness and friendship, Sherman
said. We look at these skills as
things they have to build, just
like reading and math.
The school uses a tiered
approach to counseling,
said Ephesus Elementary
Principal Victoria Creamer.
The first tier is the core: the
social and emotional guidance that all students receive.
Targeted support with shortterm counseling for issues
such as anxiety makes up the
second tier. And the third tier
provides one-on-one counseling, or outside referrals, for
students who might require
more support.
Creamer said she credits the RAMP recognition
to Shermans hard work.
Sherman started working at
Ephesus three years ago.
Sherman said the kids enjoy
the schools counseling pro-

gram and use it frequently. She

has hopes for the entire district
to adopt similar practices.
Our district as a whole is
really moving towards this
model of counseling, she said.
This is the first year Ephesus
has applied for the RAMP
award. ASCA looks for counseling programs that impact
all students and address the
specific needs of the school
when evaluating applications
for RAMP recognition.
Jill Cook, ASCA spokeswoman, said high-ranking
schools have exemplary counseling programs, and ASCA
deems them some of the best
approaches to counseling in
the nation.
CHCCS Coordinator of
Student Services Jeff Reilly
attributes the districts success to good ratios of counselors to students in schools.
We really support having
a counselor in each building,
where other states may share
counselors, he said.
There are full-time elementary counselors in each
school in the district, and
the elementary and middle
schools are focusing more on
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Reilly said there will always
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We always have to update,
and always have to renew, he
said. With all the things that
change, we change with it.
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AIRBNB

FROM PAGE 1

should be paying appropriate

taxes, he said. I have people
who are studying what is
done in other jurisdictions,
which can be insightful as
to what we can do in North
Carolina.
So far, cities such as
Portland, Oregon, San
Francisco and Seattle have
implemented licensing fees for
short-term rentals, according
to a peer-review document
from the Raleigh City Council.
Still, Piper does not
begrudge other people for not
paying the taxes.
If somebodys renting out
part of their house or something, theres a risk in there
for them, she said.

Preserving a village feel

In the Chapel Hill-Carrboro
area, hundreds of homeowners are using Airbnb to rent
out part of their property.
The town of Chapel Hill,
known for its ban on bedand-breakfasts, has a certain
identity to maintain, Munger
said but the town shouldnt
be resistant to competition.
I think that there has been
a huge population growth, and
there is a lot of people who
want to stay in town, he said.
Continuing to allow Airbnb
rentals in the area would alleviate some pressure for construction of hotels, motels and
other large venues, said Mark
Zimmerman, a Chapel Hill
resident and real estate broker.
Traditional B&Bs and
then this more relaxed version of shared economy
would enhance the community character, he said. Theres
a whole different experience
offered by these new options,
so why not attract those people to Chapel Hill?

There are a few times a year,

such as during graduation,
when the town needs more
rooms available, Munger said.
If youre concerned about
the village nature of Chapel
Hill, you should be in favor of
Airbnb, he said. Otherwise,
theyre going to have to build
more hotels.

An innovative model
Piper and Clark moved to
Pittsboro from Minneapolis
three years ago. The couple
just recently used Airbnb a few
times during a 3,000-mile trip.
Its not the sterile Holiday
Inn experience, which really
gives us the hives, Piper said.
Airbnb charges hosts a 3
percent service fee per booking, and guests are charged a
service fee of 6 to 12 percent.
Renting a private room in an
Airbnb versus paying for a
hotel room can save guests
50 percent in some cities.
Some of what drives
people to Airbnbs is pricing,
Zimmerman said. Some of
it is why someone would go
to a traditional B&B they
want a small-town feel, to get
to know the proprietor. They
want a personal experience.
The option is becoming
increasingly popular for students, and UNC junior Natalie
Shearin, who is currently
studying in France, said she
plans to use Airbnb again.
Its hard to beat the safety
and fun of sharing a room with
a couple friends, she said in
an email. Plus, its liberating
being able to do what you want
when you want, without having
to comply with hostel rules.
With a splash of personality,
Airbnb rentals are all the more
attractive, Piper said.
If theres quirks to it, all
the better, she said.
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that were clear about where

things stand, he said.
The review policy change
came about as a result of a
lack discipline and regulation
in departmental reviews that
became clear with investigations into the departments
academic improprieties.
The overall review process
began with a self-study, conducted by the department
and led by department chairwoman Eunice Sahle, who
declined several requests for
comment on the review.
The College of Arts and
Sciences then brought in
an external review team to
evaluate the self-study in
combination with a site visit
in September.
The review team published
a report in October that was
largely complimentary of the
departments new administration and curriculum.

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She said one of the most

exciting aspects of the program is its interdisciplinary
nature, closing gaps between
sciences and communication.
I found that the science
world needs effective communicators, and I want to be
one of those people, she said.
The physics department
has collaborated with KenanFlagler Business School to
offer a quantitative finance
concentration for physics
majors since fall 2014.
It really speaks to a social
need, finance professor Alex
Arapoglou said. The world has
become more complex, and
people studying physics with a
quantitative background can
contribute to the overall smart-

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The scope of positive

change in these two years has
been breathtaking, and the
department and its faculty
should be congratulated for
the enormous progress they
have made in all these matters, the report says.
Dean said its common
for departments to undergo
multi-step reviews like this
one, but that earlier policies
never required one of the
African, African American and
Diaspora Studies department.
Jonathan Hartlyn, senior
associate dean for social sciences and global programs
in the college of arts and
sciences, said, prior to 2012,
only departments with graduate programs were required
to undergo external academic
program reviews.
Most departments in the
College of Arts and Sciences
have both graduate and undergraduate degrees, Hartlyn
said. So it was a small number
of programs that did not have

this type of review prior to the

change in policy.
Five other departments fall
under this category, including
the departments of Peace, War
and Defense and Womens
and Gender Studies, according to Geneva Collins, director
of communications for the
College of Arts and Sciences.
Collins said, to her knowledge, none of the other undergraduate-only departments are
currently undergoing a review
like that of the African, African
American and Diaspora
Studies department.
Hartlyn said academic
program reviews entail a selfstudy followed by an external
evaluation with a departmental
review every eight to 10 years.
In this case, I think it
was particularly important
because there had been so
many changes in policy in the
department and in the direction of the department over
the last few years, Dean said.
The final step in the process,

Dean said, is to review both

the self-study and the report
by the external review team,
and that possible outcomes for
the department could include
increased funding, hiring
potential or program approval.
This isnt sort of like a
one-time, one-off kind of
thing, Dean said. Youre
really in some sense always in
a review phase.
While this is the first
review in several years to look
at the future of a department
rather than its past actions,
Dean said the department is
no stranger to evaluation.
In a way, theyve been
reviewed kind of incessantly
over the last few years. But this
is, to my knowledge, the first of
this kind of review an external review thats really focused
not so much on the problems
of the past, but wheres the
department now and wheres
the department going.

ness of an industry.
Currently three or four students are officially enrolled in
the concentration, said Reyco
Henning, the physics professor leading the program.
The concentration is only
available for those pursuing a
Bachelors of Arts in physics,
but may extend to those pursuing a Bachelors of Science,
Henning said.
Arapoglou said there was
vast support for the concentration, as many of the finance
professors at UNC come from
a physics background.
Although there are programs in financial engineering, Henning said few other
schools offer a combined program of physics and finance
at the undergraduate level.
More and more industries
are becoming more techni-

cal, and the ability to solve

problems quantitatively is
becoming more and more
important, Arapoglou said.
A neuroscience minor will
be available to students of all
majors beginning fall 2015
because of student demand,
especially from the Carolina
Neuroscience Club.
The five-course minor will
allow students to dabble in
related courses in biology, psychology, chemistry, statistics,
mathematics and physics.
Michael Parrish, an officer
of the club, said neuroscience
has been undervalued at UNC.
Neuroscience is important
because its boundaries cross
with that of a lot of different
fields, Parrish said. Its an
emerging field that hasnt had
the proper attention, at least
on this campus.

He said the minors development and approval has been

five to six years in the making.
Kelly Giovanello, an associate psychology professor
who proposed the minor, said
the success of the minor will
determine the likelihood of
creating a neuroscience major.
She said the minor is
important in keeping UNC up
to par with peer universities
that already have neuroscience programs, including
Duke University, University
of Virginia and Wake Forest
University.
At a prominent research
university, this minor is
allowing us to stay at the
forefront of the discipline,
starting at the undergraduate
level, she said.

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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

MENS GOLF: NORTH CAROLINA PLACED FIRST AT SEA BEST INVITATIONAL

Jenkins, UNC leave Florida with title

By Evan Chronis
Staff Writer

Being the new guy on the

team might not always be
easy, but Carter Jenkins, a
sophomore on the North
Carolina mens golf team, left
his mark in his first tournament as a Tar Heel.
In what Coach Andrew
Sapp called a total team win,
No. 12 UNC won the Sea
Best Invitational in Dyes
Valley, Fla. a tournament played on Monday and
Tuesday.
The Tar Heels topped a
field of 15 teams, including
No. 2 Florida State.
The story of the tournament was of one player stepping up: Carter Jenkins.
Jenkins, a transfer from
UNC-Greensboro, finished
his introductory tournament
for UNC at eight-over-par,
tied for the team best with
freshman standout Ben
Griffin.
Jenkins final round, with
an even-par score of 70,
helped secure the tournament title for the Tar Heels.
One of the big keys was
Carters play. He came in for his
first tournament and finished

tied for seventh, Sapp said.

The poor weather conditions in Florida provided the
underlying theme throughout the tournament. The first
round was plagued with rain,
and players had to deal with
windy conditions during the
second round. The third and
final round saw improvements in weather, but the
temperature was still in the
60-degree range.
It definitely affected our
game, Griffin said.
Wind played a huge role,
and the holes played very
differently. We had to know
where to hit it.
In a tournament that took
place in Florida including
four participating schools
from the state it might have
been an advantage not being
from the Sunshine State.
Being from N.C., we play
a lot of golf in 60-degree
weather, Jenkins said.
(People from) Florida play
in 75-degree weather all the
time.
UNC went into the third
round with a 3-stroke lead.
The Tar Heels spent most
of the final round fighting
off Florida, North Florida,
Florida State and the

University of Nevada-Las
Vegas, which had a surge late
in the tournament.
It was important that
guys kept grinding and trying to birdie or par when
they could, Sapp said. It
was fun to see the guys fight
and battle.
At one point in the third
round, UNC had a 9-stroke
lead, eventually winning the
tournament by seven strokes.
Four of the five UNC players finished the tournament
in the top 15 on the player
leaderboard.
Even sophomore Henry
Do, who had the weakest outing for UNC, shot two-overpar in his final round to help
his team to victory.
This gives everyone a
shot of confidence, Jenkins
said after the tournament
concluded.
A victory in the first tournament of the spring season
was an important step for an
ambitious UNC team.
It means a lot we needed to get off to a good start,
Griffin said.
It was maybe our best
tournament of the year.
sports@dailytarheel.com

DTH FILE PHOTO

North Carolina mens golf coach Andrew Sapp and his Tar Heels took first place at the Sea Best
Invitational. The tournament took place on Monday and Tuesday and included a 15-team field.

Commissioners hear update on Rogers Road

By Sam James
Staff Writer

The Orange County Board

of Commissioners addressed
several topics including
Section 8 housing, the Rogers
Road sewer project and the
Orange County Water and
Sewer Authority facility
in a wide-ranging meeting
Tuesday night.

Section 8 vouchers
Low-income families
in Orange County will
have more options for
housing moving forward,
according to the Orange

County Housing Authority

Boards presentation to the
Orange County Board of
Commissioners on Tuesday.
Due to a previous allocation of county funds, the
Section 8 housing board was
able to increase its payment
standard for housing choice
vouchers to 110 percent of the
fair market rent rate.
Eventually that means
they will be serving fewer
families, but the families that
they serve will have a greater
choice of housing, said Jean
Bolduc, chairwoman of the
OCHA board.
The commissioners raised
concerns about the standards

of upkeep in certain apartment complexes that accept

housing choice vouchers.
Bolduc said the OCHA
has had problems with landlords who charge the full,
fair market rate for housing
to low-income people who
are not receiving housing
choice vouchers.
Though the apartment
complexes are receiving the
same amount of rent under
this system as they would
under Section 8, their properties are not held to the same
standards of upkeep.
Bolduc said there are currently about 1,300 people on
the waiting list for Section 8

housing in Chapel Hill.

He said the average wait
time to receive Section 8
housing is five to eight years.

Rogers Road sewer

The Board also received
an update on an engineering
study being conducted on
the Rogers Road neighborhood moving one step
closer to county sewer in the
historically black and lowincome community.
A consultant for the
Orange County Water and
Sewer Authority is scheduled
to complete the $130,000
study in March, said John

Young, chairman of the

OWASA Board.
Following the initial engineering study, OWASA will
begin the design stage for the
water and sewer connections,
followed by the development
stage. Young said each stage is
expected to take about a year.
We look forward to bringing them successfully to a
conclusion, he said.

OWASA update
OWASA is also considering
altering the way the company
turns waste into fertilizer in
order to cut costs, Young said.
Commissioners raised

concerns about pharmaceuticals contaminating the soil,

which Young confirmed was
a possibility.
Despite needing to cut
costs, Youngs report was
positive.
The state of the utility
overall is very strong, he said.
OWASA board member
Terri Buckner said the company is also working on a
website where customers
can round their water bill
up to the nearest dollar and
give the extra money to help
low-income families pay their
water bill.
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Meredith Shutt talks about
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QUOTE OF THE DAY

Even our most respected public figures have

done things that they, and the public, are not
proud of.

Clark Cunningham

lmost everyone knows

someone who has been
affected by cancer. This
includes President Barack
Obama, whose mother died
at age 52 from uterine cancer
when he was only 34 years old.
It is thus fitting that in
his recent State of the Union
Address, Obama proposed
spending $215 million in his
2016 budget to fund his new
Precision Medicine Initiative.
The ultimate goal of this program is as bold as it is necessary: to use advances in human
genetics to develop next-generation treatments for diseases,
especially cancers.
While the Precision Medicine
Initiative has received widespread support, it is important
to remember that this legislation builds on decades of federal
support for basic research the
pursuit of knowledge without
a direct application in mind
something that remains underfunded and underappreciated.
In precision medicine (better
known as personalized medicine), physicians use a patients
genetic profile to inform their
treatment. This can be as simple
as looking for the presence of a
specific protein in a tumor or as
involved as reading all 3 billion
base pairs of a patients DNA.
Armed with this information,
physicians can tailor their treatments to provide more effective
care. For instance, certain cancers can be treated with drugs
or antibodies to inhibit mutant
proteins that signal cells to
divide uncontrollably.
This is in contrast to socalled one-size-fits-all medicine, where every patient who
seems to have a similar disease
receives the same general
treatment. The problem with
this approach is that, while
diseases might seem similar
between patients, they might
actually have different genetic
roots which can cause them
to respond differently, or not at
all, to the standard treatment.
In the excitement about the
lifesaving potential of personalized medicine, its humble
origins are often passed over.
Those who look forward to the
future of personalized medicine can only do so because
they are standing on the
shoulders of decades of basic
research in human growth and
development, with all of its
twists, turns and dead ends.
Although some might like
to imagine a more linear
approach, science is not a
vending machine where time
and money are exchanged for
technological breakthroughs.
Only now are we beginning
to translate this exploratory
research into meaningful clinical outcomes. Just as federal
support for basic research got
us to this point, it should continue to expand in the future.
Finally, the $215 million
Precision Medicine Initiative
comes at a time when politicians on both sides of the aisle
are clamoring to ease cuts
to defense and non-defense
spending imposed by the budget sequestration of 2013.
While $215 million might
sound like a lot of money, this
represents less than 1 percent
of the National Institute of
Healths 2015 budget. In comparison, the unit cost of a shiny
new F-35 fighter jet is as much
as $116 million, not including
the engine.
Ill let you decide which is a
better use of taxpayer money.

The Daily Tar Heel

Dont conflate mental

health and violence

EDITORIAL

UNCs artistic heights

Our campus suffers
from no shortage
of top acts.

uring the fall, the

Carolina Union
Activities Board
came under fire for its
choice of Homecoming
concert acts, a back-toback affair that drew fewer
than 900 students combined to Memorial Hall.
Responses from students centered on the fact
that both artists, country
band Gloriana and hiphop artist Earl Sweatshirt,
did not draw in wide fan
bases or were not considered famous enough.
But many students curiously seem to forget that

Carolina Performing Arts

brings world-class performers from a variety of genres
to Memorial Hall with
almost weekly regularity.
Performances, while not
the typical popular music
one might hear on the
radio, feature such diverse
elements as dance, jazz,
classical music, theatre and
more. Acts from all over the
world, even as far away as
St. Petersburg, Russia, give
attendees a glimpse (or a
listen) into cultures both
foreign and familiar.
Those looking for big
names will find them in
acts like Yo-Yo Ma, Alvin
Ailey, Wynton Marsalis,
and Youssou NDour all
of which invariably end up
filling most of Memorial

Halls 1434 seats.

And for undergraduate
and graduate students,
tickets for those seats,
bought in advance, are
always just $10.
It makes little sense,
then, for students to
bemoan some concert acts
when they are presented
with the opportunity to
experience so many unique
forms of entertainment at
such an accessible price.
Memorial Hall is a gateway for students to engage
with the typical goals of
the college experience by
expanding horizons and
gaining new perspectives.
Lets all take the first step
and acknowledge the presence of incredible talent
before clamoring for more.

EDITORIAL

Bring your own goblet

Seek alternatives to
the landfill-bound
Solo Cup.

here are few objects

more ubiquitous at
any college party
than the red Solo Cup.
Memorialized in popular culture (Toby Keith,
anyone?), this plastic
receptacle is the medium
with which thousands of
Chapel Hill partiers enjoy
their beverages weekly.
Few consider that every
one of those cups theyve
used is and was destined for
the landfill. Orange County
Solid Waste Management
straightforwardly recognizes this fact and directs
those they serve to throw

these cups away.

Forward thinking members of the Greek community have set out to tackle
waste problems in the
past. Delta Kappa Epsilon
more than halved its trash
output in 2014 under the
direction of head cook and
house manager Meg Miller.
Elly Withers, a particularly passionate member of
Kappa Kappa Gamma, was
the UNC Greek recycling
intern in 2013.
Unfortunately, efforts
surrounding the omnipresent containers have
fallen short of a sustainable solution. Aaron
Bachenheimer, the
director of Fraternity
& Sorority Life and
Community Involvement,

said his office was unable

to fill Withers position
after she graduated. He
said some chapters were
shipping cups to a company called TerraCycle for
recycling at its locations.
Any hosts, Greek or
otherwise, should reconsider using red Solo Cups
at their parties unless they
plan to use TerraCycle or
a similar program. Party
organizers should buy
compostable cups in bulk
for as little as 11 cents per
12 ounce cup, or encourage a BYOG (Bring Your
Own Goblet) policy, which
would also encourage people to keep track of their
drinks more diligently.
Two birds, one stone,
no plastic.

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

A demand for answers

Student Congress
took a stand on
Tom Ross removal.
The Daily Tar Heel editorial board, along with the
Campus Y Executive Board,
the UNC BOG Democracy
Coalition and the UNC
Young Democrats, submitted a draft of the following resolution to Student
Congress, entitled A resolution to express the Congress
views on the resignation of
Tom Ross. It passed on a
roll-call vote in Tuesdays
session.

HEREAS, the
UNC Board
of Governors
forced President Ross to
resign from his position
after a vote to begin the
leadership transition;
WHEREAS, the Board
of Governors stated of

President Ross that his

performance has been
exemplary, and that he
has devoted his full energy, intellect and passion
to fulfilling the duties
and responsibilities of his
office;
WHEREAS, the Board
of Governors provided no
concrete reasons for forcing President Ross resignation other than having
a different timeline;
WHEREAS, President
Ross led the University
System through multiple
rounds of budget cuts while
preserving the integrity and
independence of its diverse
academic programs; and
WHEREAS, the decision to remove Tom Ross
may reflect political bias
exerted by a board meant
to serve all North Carolina
residents through the public university systems;
Therefore, be it

resolved by the Student

Congress of the University
of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill that:
The 96th Student
Congress of the University
of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, as the elected
legislative authority of the
Student Government of the
University representing all
of the 29,135 students of
the student body expresses
its disapproval of the UNC
Board of Governors decision to remove President
Ross from his current position. The Student Congress
recognizes the Board of
Governors has the right to
remove the system president, but also that it has
the responsibility to remain
transparent in that process.
Lastly, the Student
Congress calls for an
increased student and
faculty role in the UNC
President selection process.

TO THE EDITOR:
On Friday, I noticed the
DTH front page declaring
in loud, green block letters: THIS IS MENTAL
ILLNESS. As I read the
article, I was disappointed
to find that, for the sake of
a headline, the DTH inappropriately connected violence to mental illness.
I wholeheartedly support
addressing and remembering the Henderson Street
shooting of 1995. I appreciate the papers effort to
report on the shortage of
resources committed to
addressing mental health in
North Carolina.
What I do not appreciate, however, is the use of
an eye-catching title and
sensationalism that creates
such an egregious simplification of a nuanced, complex, very real issue.
The Henderson Street
shooting does not reflect
mental illness in its entirety. Violence is not inherent
to every person who suffers
from a psychiatric disorder.
By using such an oversimplification as its title,
this article perpetuated an
already existing tendency
to vilify and ostracize those
with mental illnesses.
Write about mental illness to increase awareness.
Remember the tragedy
of the Henderson Street
shooting. Bring to light the
massive underinvestment
in mental health resources.
Definitely provide information about the resources
available on campus for
those struggling with their
mental health.
But do not use broad generalizations of such a painful,
relevant, and misunderstood
issue that affects so many
people on and beyond this
campus as a hook.
Nikki Behnke
Junior
Peace, War and Defense

Chancellors dinner
roster was still biased
TO THE EDITOR:
As they always do in
these situations, the UNC
Young Democrats have
demonstrated that they
are experts at missing the
point. Yes, there were certain liberal groups that did
not receive an invite to the
chancellors dinner, but
what they fail to mention is
that groups that do espouse
liberal or progressive ideas
were invited while not a
single group espousing
conservative or libertarian
ideas was considered.
They also seemed to have
missed the fact that intellectual diversity on campus
is a foundational principle
of the liberal arts education
they claim to support, and
therefore diverse ideological
perspectives shouldnt just
be expected, theyre vital.
But lets take a more
broad approach to
this. Even if the Young
Democrats are not invited
to a specific discussion, their
views still get put forth. The

UNC YDs could literally

stop existing and the progressive vision would still be
put forward on this campus.
The same is not true for
conservative groups.
In my years at UNC, I
have heard from dozens
of students that they feel
a need to keep their heads
down to protect their GPA
and friendships.
And lets not forget that
an entire university institution, in the Campus Y, has
devoted itself to supporting
left-leaning students and
giving them a place to have
their voice heard. Others
have no such resources.
Until we reach a point
where all conservative students (not the same four
or five who consistently get
used as the token opposition
today) feel they are safe to
freely exchange ideas and
viewpoints, not only have
we done a disservice to
students, but we dont even
have the liberal arts education that the left so hypocritically defends.
Peter McClelland
Chair Emeritus, UNC
College Republicans

Value persists in
family ties to UNC
TO THE EDITOR:
Legacy admission is a
cold term that conveys none
of the emotion and connection of parent and child.
It says nothing about the
opportunity to share lifes
finest hours, the opportunity
to walk the same path of
learning, beauty and values;
the opportunity to become
and be a Tar Heel. This is
an opportunity to love and
cherish an institution of
excellence that defines who
we are across generations.
When I think of my
alumni children admissions,
privilege is the absolute last
word that comes to mind.
My birthright kids struggled to achieve the grades,
the AP scores, the SAT
results, the leadership and
athletic accomplishments
that earned their out-ofstate admissions. But where
there is privilege, there is
also the responsibility to
give back. You who criticize
legacy admissions likely
enjoy the generous gifts of
alumni who fund need-based
scholarships, new housing,
technology-laden labs and
classrooms, state-of-the-art
athletic facilities and more.
Lest you misunderstand, I
am enormously proud of the
opportunity Carolina provides to first generation college students. It is a powerful
commitment and it is a vital
part of who we are.
But we are also family
and we are also tradition.
We are UNC parents who
yearn from deep within
our souls to share the
emotional bond of being
a Tar Heel. God willing,
on May 10, my parents
and I will watch my firstborn graduate from UNC.
Tears of pride and emotion
swell even now at the very
thought. We will all be
there only my late mom
and dad, who graduated in
1947, will have better seats.
Martha A. Moser McDonald
Class of 74

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