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Volume 122, Issue 149

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

ATHLETIC-ACADEMIC SCANDAL

UNCs expensive outside counsel criticized

Experts question whether
the University hired the
best possible law firm.
By Megan Morris
Staff Writer

Its not clear what the University

expected when it sent a letter to
the Attorney Generals office asking
for permission to hire an expensive, New York City-based law firm
for help with several high profile
lawsuits on Dec. 29 leaving the
Attorney Generals office just 24
hours to respond before one of those
lawsuits was to head to mediation.

On Dec. 30, a case involving UNC

and 10 media organizations, including The Daily Tar Heel, reached a
settlement during mediation. As a
result, the University released the
personnel files of four employees
fired for their involvement in the
academic scandal uncovered by the
Wainstein report.
Michael Scudder, a representative
from the law firm Skadden, Arps,
Slate, Meagher & Flom, attended the
mediation. Though his firms counsel
was ultimately approved for other
lawsuits related to the Wainstein
report, the attorney generals office
did not receive notice that Scudder
would attend the mediation until
one day before the meeting.

According to public records

obtained by The Daily Tar Heel,
David Parker, the interim general
counsel for the University, asked
for permission to retain a Skadden
representative for several high profile lawsuits against the University
an admissions lawsuit, former
football player Michael McAdoos
lawsuit, former academic tutor Mary
Willinghams lawsuit, a lengthy
request from the Universitys accrediting body and the lawsuit involving
the 10 media organizations.
Noelle Talley, a spokeswoman
for the North Carolina Department
of Justice, said her office received
notice that Skadden would attend
mediation on Dec. 29 one day

before the Universitys planned

mediation with the news outlets.
By Jan. 9, the letter, which underwent several revisions, no longer
listed the news outlets lawsuit as
one approved for outside counsel.
In one revision, dated Jan. 5, a staff
member in the Attorney Generals
office crossed out Parkers request for
Skaddens help with the media organizations mediation by hand.
Its not clear whether it was
removed because the attorney generals office didnt approve of the request
or because the lawsuit was resolved in
mediation the week before.
In order for a state institution to
hire outside counsel, the governor
and the attorney general must give

permission to do so, according to

North Carolina general statutes.
The statue says the Attorney
Generals office must advise the
Governor if it is impracticable for
the Attorney General to handle the
legal services of the state institution
in question.
We consider impracticability
on a case-by-case basis with general considerations including conflicts, specialized legal expertise
required, workload involved, etc.,
Talley said.
Rick White, a spokesman for
the University, said the Attorney
General granted UNC approval to

SEE LAWYERS, PAGE 4

The Pits up
for redesign,
new shape

TWO IN THREE YEARS

Architects are considering

putting ping pong tables in
the campus landmark.
By Tyler Fleming
Staff Writer

DTH FILE PHOTO ILLUSTRATION/KAITLYN KELLY

Caroline Price earns womens tennis team another title

By Brandon Chase
Staff Writer

Championship point.
Its a term Caroline Price of the
No. 3 North Carolina womens tennis team is intimately familiar with.
Not only does she share initials
with the phrase, she also has history with it. In May 2014, in the
NCAA national championship
match, Price stood on the baseline,
staring down championship point
for her opponent from UCLA.
Price would go on to lose the
point and the match after
seven deuces, forcing her to watch
a team in a different shade of light
blue celebrate a title UNC was so
close to capturing.
Fast forward to Monday: Price
again came face-to-face with championship point this time it was

for the ITA National Team Indoor

Championship in Charlottesville, Va.
And this time she made no mistake, winning the point, the match
and the title for UNC by a score of
4-1 over No. 9 Georgia; delivering
North Carolina its second such
title in the past three years.
I lost the national championship
for us last year, said Price in a press
conference. It came down to my
match. So in my mind I was like,
Im a senior, Im going to go for it
because Ive already lost it once. I
didnt want to go out losing.
The Tar Heels certainly went
out winners in a tournament they
dominated up until the closing
stages of the championship match.
Sixteen teams entered play
Friday in a single-elimination style
tournament. UNC blew through
its first three opponents: No. 16

Oklahoma State, No. 12 Miami

and No. 2 Florida by a combined
score of 13-1.
And after winning the doubles
point over Georgia, combined with
Hayley Carter and Whitney Kays
straight set victories at No. 2 and
No. 4 singles, respectively, UNC
held a commanding 3-0 lead,
needing only one more victory to
secure the title.
But the Bulldogs pressed on,
earning their first point at No. 6
singles and forcing decisive third
sets in each of the remaining three
matches.
Coach Brian Kalbas said he
was proud of his team for fighting
through its first stretch of adversity
it had encountered over the fourday grind of the tournament.
Theyre just amazing fighters,
Kalbas said. It looked like we

were in control and then Georgia

turned it around and it looked like
we were in trouble in some spots.
You could see the momentum
switching. Caroline and Jamie
(Loeb) and everybody just kept
fighting and Im just real proud of
the effort. Fourth day, everybodys
tired. Its just amazing to see what
people can do when they push
themselves to the limit.
As for Price, the lone senior on
a team filled with underclassmen,
she can now, finally, think upon a
different memory when she hears
the phrase, Championship point.
I was thinking, Just gotta get
one point! I was just trying to stay
focused, calm, composed, and I
just went for it.
And this time, she got it.
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UNC tuition hikes to target faculty retention

By Sarah Brown
State & National Editor

Losing prized faculty members to other

universities that make lucrative offers its an
unfortunately familiar, persistent problem for
the UNC system.
On Monday, UNC-system administrators
defended their 2015-17 tuition increase requests
to the UNC Board of Governors, citing faculty
retention as a top priority. Tuition for in-state
undergraduates will go up an average of nearly 4
percent across the system next school year, including a 3.5 percent increase at UNC-CH.
In the past six years, UNC-system faculty have
received one across-the-board raise, and some
faculty received a small pay bump this year.
Every week, were fighting to retain our faculty
as theyre recruited with higher salaries to other
universities, said UNC-CH Provost Jim Dean.

He said his office deals with at least one situation of a faculty member considering leaving each
week: Theres one on my desk right now.
UNC-CH has struggled to retain faculty in
the last six years as its peer institutions, such as
the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and the
University of Texas at Austin, have offered better salaries and research incentives. In 2012-13,
UNC lost more faculty than it was able to keep.
Among its peers, the University ranks ninth
out of 15 for its full professor salaries, 12th out
of 15 for associate professor pay and 14th out of
15 for assistant professor pay, Dean said.
Rick Niswander, vice chancellor for administration and finance at East Carolina University,
said 84 faculty receiving research grants have
left ECU in the past five years often citing
not only lower salaries in North Carolina but
also a lack of expectation for future pay raises.
Were starting to lose people to schools that
are like us, not schools that are above us, he said.
That is very, very troubling.

SEE TUITION, PAGE 4

In-state tuition to rise in UNC system

Tuition will increase by almost 4 percent in 2015-16. The Board of
Governors will finalize tuition levels later this month.

7500
Undergraduate in-state tuition

The Board of Governors discussed

2015-17 proposals on Monday.

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The Pit, the much-beloved social

crossroads of UNC, is up for renovations and improvements in an upcoming 2016 construction project.
The construction is divided up into
two components: one to fix the bricks
in the Pit and another to improve upon
recreational equipment.
Dave Toms, a landscape designer at
ColeJenest & Stone, has been tasked
with finding out what students want for
the Pits redesign.
We heard a lot about shade structures and food, he said.
Possible changes include the addition
of ping pong tables or a fake fire pit.
Despite the call for change, Toms said
many want to keep some things the same.
Everybody wants it to stay flexible;
there are all kinds of events that happen out there, he said.
One point of contention among students is aesthetic changes to the Pit.
We got the opportunity for the Pit to
change shape, he said.
Toms said as of now, nothing is for
certain, but suggestions are encouraged.
Second-year doctoral student Yan
Chen said he would like to see more
tables and gathering areas.
I would like to see more people sitting outside and eating, he said.
Sophomore Alexis Amato would like
to see more recreational activities.
The ping pong table looked really
cool, or just like table games in general,
because you have the music out there, but
if there are people actually doing stuff it
makes it a better hangout place, she said.
Senior Brooke Eller said she thinks
the renovations will excite future UNC
students and also keep it accessible.
I think it will be really great for
future Tar Heels to walk safely through
the Pit when it rains, she said.
While the renovations will provide for
new amenities in the Pit, the main focus
of the project is fixing uneven bricks.
Jill Coleman, a landscape architect for
UNC, said the renovations are overdue.
Right now, there are a lot of little pot
holes and little tripping hazards and it is
not ADA accessible, Coleman said.
The total budget for the project is
$700,000, which Toms thinks is a little
restricting for the Pit. He said most of
the work will happen in summer 2016.
Even though major work will begin
in 2016, surveyors are already in the Pit
getting ready to draw up the plans.
They have got to find the elevations
of everything out there, he said and all
the underground utilities, they have to
identify those explicitly.
Coleman said once all the info is
gathered, the plans for the Pit should
be completed by the end of 2015.
Once the plans are finalized, Toms said
they will be presented to students and the
Board of Trustees for final approval.
We will bring those back for people to
review and see if they like it, Toms said.
Eller said she hopes the Pit stays
somewhat the same.
I would rather see it improved than
changed, she said.
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POLICE LOG
Someone reported breaking and entering from a
residence on the 500 block
of Jones Ferry Road at 1:21
p.m. Thursday, according to
Carrboro police reports.
Someone reported a suspicious person trespassing in
the backyard of a residence on
the 200 block of Lake Manor
Road at 2:35 p.m. Thursday,
according to Carrboro police
reports.
Someone reported several people in orange shirts
going door to door on the 100
block of Lisa Drive at 1:19
p.m. Thursday, according to
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Nature Boyz Tree Service
employees going door to door
passing out business cards,
the report states.
Someone reported an
argument between Walgreens
customers on the 1500 block

Someone was found in

possession of marijuana on
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Public Safety.
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a.m. Saturday, according to
Chapel Hill police reports.
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Someone reported suspicious teenagers at 212
Telluride Trail at 6:17 p.m.
Saturday, according to Chapel
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CITY BRIEFS

Hidden national treasures

From staff and wire reports

alk about finding a diamond in the rough the really, really

rough. A police officer found prints of art while searching a
condemned meth lab in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The officer took them to a local curator who valued them at $33,000.
The prints were made by Alfred Morris Momaday, a Kiowa painter who
died in 1981. Momaday was known for painting scenes of his Native
American heritage. Officers believe the prints might have been stolen
while they were on loan. Officers said they are still working to find the
real owner of the prints and where to send them. So either the meth
makers had a real affinity for Native American artwork or they had a real
knack for picking valuable collateral in business dealings.
Anyone else having real deja vu of Breaking Bad while reading this?

NOTED. A woman in South Korea invested

in a robot vacuum cleaner and decided
to take a nap on the floor while it went to
work. Well, the vacuum thought the womans hair was some dust it needed to pick up.
Needless to say, the woman woke up after
her hair was sucked into the vacuum. She
called the fire department but did not sustain any serious injuries, besides incredible
inability to trust any sort of robot.

QUOTED. Beck needs to respect artistry,

and he should have given his award to
Beyonce, and at this point, we are tired
of it.
The one and only Kanye West in one
of his smaller rants at a Grammys after
party. West walked up on stage after Beck
won best album over Beyonce, but then sat
back down. The stunt was apparently all a
joke. The rant afterwards? Not so much.

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of East Franklin St. at 4:58

p.m. Thursday, according to
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this weekends monologue performances.

University Square information session planned

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro
Chamber of Commerce and
the Chapel Hill Downtown
Partnership are hosting
an information session
Wednesday on the redevelopment of University Square.
University Square, located
at 123 W. Franklin St., is
being reconstructed into
a mixed-use development
called Carolina Square.
Wednesdays information session is geared toward
downtown businesses and
will include discussion from
several local developers.
It will begin at 10:30 a.m.
at University Baptist Church,
located at 100 S. Columbia St.
in Chapel Hill.
Parking will be available in
the west end of the University
Square parking lot, between
the spot formerly occupied
by Fine Feathers and Panera
Bread.
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All up in your business

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Compiled by staff writer Sarah Crump.

Photos by Emily Chafetz

Part of a periodic update

on local businesses.

Tylers Taproom to expand speakeasy

The Printery closes after 122 years

Roots Bistro replaces Top This!

An expanded speakeasy is coming to Tylers

Restaurant and Taproom in Carrboro.
Renovations began in late December. The revamp will
include a longer bar that will offer more draft lines
bringing the total from 38 taps to 42. The restaurant is
also expanding the opening between the speakeasy and
the restaurant to allow more space for events.
In addition to the speakeasy, Emily Akins, the manager of Tylers Taproom, said the restaurant is working to
expand its Carrboro Beverage Co. bottle shop.
We figured its time for a facelift, Akins said. Were catering to the idea of being more of a gathering space for locals.
The restaurant is operating under regular business
hours despite the renovations. Akins said the speakeasy
will reopen by the end of February and she hopes to celebrate the changes with an opening party. She said all
other renovations should be completed by the summer.
We hope this change brews a breath of fresh air for
the business, Akins said. I want our regular customers
to see the changes weve made, and hopefully it will bring
in new customers as well.

After 122 years, a company with its roots in The Daily

Tar Heel is closing its doors.
The Printery, a provider of graphic printing services,
is going out of business as its current owners Nick and
Sarah Hammond are retiring. The company, originally
named University Press, opened in February 1893 to
print The Daily Tar Heel.
The companys services included offset printing of
newspapers, business cards, letterheads and brochures,
as well as screen-printing on clothing options. Sarah
Hammond said the company has gone through several
transitions, including name and location changes and
buy-outs from employees.
Just in the long time weve been with the business,
there have been several changes, but its stuck around,
Hammond said. But were real excited to move on to
something different.
The Printery will close by the end of February, but the
company is hosting an in-house yard sale through the
month in which it will be selling blank clothing including
T-shirts and hats.

East Franklin Street is getting a little more flavor.

Roots Bistro will take the place of Top This! Roast
Beef, Burgers & More at 161 E. Franklin St. The restaurant will offer catering services through this week and
plans to open for Valentines Day weekend.
The bistro, run by partners Turtle Harrison, Rolando
Ordonez Ramos and Juan Jose Ordonez, will offer a
fusion of Central American and classic American cuisine.
Harrison said the restaurant wants to utilize local foods
and will partner with other local businesses such as Olio
and Aceto Cafe and Blue Sky Oil and Vinegar.
Youll see some stuff on the menu thats a little different, but youll also see some of the things you saw when
you went home to grandmas, said Harrison. Well have
a lot of slow-cooked meats and corn-based tamales. Its a
lot of flavors all in one menu.
Harrison said Roots will be affordable to students and
will feature a full bar to cater to a night crowd as well as
individuals seeking beer and wine dinners.
The bistro will be one of the few full-service restaurants on East Franklin.

SILENT SAM UP FOR DEBATE

NSA director
pushes for
transparency
Admiral Michael S. Rogers
spoke at the Carolina Inn
on Monday night.
By Cole del Charco
Staff Writer

trouble navigating the financial aid

application.
The CSS was horrible, and the
FAFSA, once you have your taxes in
order its pretty simple, but the CSS
is so detailed.

The man charged with cleaning

up the National Security Agency
after reports surfaced that the organization was monitoring millions of
Americans and their communications had one message about personal cybersecurity at the Carolina
Inn on Monday.
He warned the audience to use caution when sharing information online.
We need to know that someone
out there has an interest in you, he
said. You need to sit down and think
about what we are comfortable with.
Admiral Michael S. Rogers, director of the NSA and commander of
the U.S. Cyber Command, visited
Chapel Hill as part of a speaker series
co-sponsored by UNCs Department
of Peace, War and Defense and the
Triangle Institute for Security Studies.
He added that he wants the NSA
to prioritize conversations with citizens as the agency looks to combat
national cybersecurity problems.
A world of great security but
limited freedom, I have zero interest in the U.S. being a part of. But a
world of limited security but great
freedom, with my two sons, I have
no desire in the U.S. being a part of.
We need a balance between freedom
and security, he said.
He said the NSA treats cyberwarfare like nuclear warfare.
Rogers then defined the job of the
NSA, saying it collects foreign intelligence and defends U.S. information.
We are a foreign intelligence
agency, he said. We do not collect information from U.S. citizens.
I must get that authority from a
judge. We do not violate the law.
NSA whistleblower Edward
Snowden said in 2013 that the organization collected metadata from
phone calls of U.S. citizens. The NSA
is required to seek approval from a
special judge before it can collect a citizens data, but the court has received
criticism for rarely turning away the
organizations requests.
Rogers said the court oversight was
added after the agency overstepped its
boundaries in the 1960s and 1970s.
It saddens me as an intelligence
official that those in my job before
me would do that, he said. How do
we do the things we think we need
to do while creating a trust in what
were doing? My argument would be
that being completely open to telling
everything that happens.
When prompted about steps the
NSA is taking regarding the Islamic
State group, he said that part of the
agencys job is to find out how the
terrorist group is making money and
try to stop these inputs.
Ted Moore, a Chapel Hill resident,
was appreciative of Rogers remarks.
Its very refreshing to see these
men mix it up at ground level with
folks like us, he said.
Jason Welsh, who lives in
Fearrington Village, added that he
was glad Rogers encouraged dialogue
between the NSA and the public.
Theres an understanding, theres
an accountability, and theyre working on our behalf, he said.

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The Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies meet Monday night at New West to discuss the pros and cons of removing the Silent Sam statue from UNC.

More voted to keep the monument instead of removing it

By Katie Reeder
Staff Writer

The distinction between

remembering history and honoring it is a contentious one when
it comes to the question of what
to do about the Universitys Silent
Sam monument.
The Dialectic and Philanthropic
Societies met Monday to debate
the pros and cons of removing
Silent Sam. After both an open
vote and the vote for only duespaying members, keeping the
monument received greater support than removing it.
Silent Sam represents an archaic view that is in conflict with the
present ideals of this University,
said Trent Hollandsworth, Di Phi
member and Daily Tar Heel writer.

With it being displayed

prominently, it misrepresents this
University and will continue to do
so unless it is removed.
Hollandsworth emphasized
the history of the monument and
how it was built as part of the
Lost Cause ideology, which was a
movement to romanticize the old
South and shift the blame from
them for losing the Civil War.
Di Phi member Michael
Johnston argued there is value in
remembering history, even one
filled with atrocities, because it can
lead to discussion.
We have dialogue. We have
progress, he said. Taking it down
is counterproductive.
He said this monument is
stimulating discussion across the
University. By contextualizing

Silent Sam with a plaque, for

example, Johnston argued that
people would have another reason
to examine the issue and thus promote further discussion.
Instead of viewing Silent Sam
as a racist monument, we should
view it as a call to action, he said.
He also emphasized the
Universitys need to acknowledge
and learn from its history to avoid
repeating past mistakes.
We cant just erase history because it is inconvenient,
Johnston said.
Senior Di Phi member Isaac
Warshauer disagreed with the
assertion that contextualization
was a positive solution. He said
a plaque explaining Silent Sams
history would be the monuments
fourth plaque and one that most

viewers would not pay attention to.

He further argued the monument
should be taken down because it is
the propaganda of the past.
Propaganda is a tool that has the
power to change peoples minds, and
we dont need more white supremacists in this world, he said. Silent
Sam is inherently dangerous.
He said although most people
are not visible white supremacists,
there are still people with racist
views, and Silent Sam reinforces
those views, in part due to its
prominence on campus.
Freshman Di Phi member
Jeremy Howell argued the greater
danger was forgetting history.
Knowing the people of the past
is essential to living in the present.
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A push to simplify nancial aid

A new report suggests
ways to ease applying for
and dealing with loans.
By Michael Liguori
Staff Writer

The financial aid realm is notorious for its 100-plus-question form

and the headaches it creates for
students but a new report offers
proposals to simplify the financial
aid and loan repayment process.
In the report, the National
Association of Student Financial
Aid Administrators made six suggestions to the U.S. Department of
Education to streamline how loans
are serviced and to reduce confusion among students.
The recommendations include
developing a central loan portal
where students can manage all
of their loans and ensuring that
consumer protections apply to all
students taking out loans.
There is more than $1.2 trillion of

student debt in the U.S. and, according to the report, much of that debt is
unnecessarily difficult to manage.
Students fill out the Free
Application for Federal Student Aid,
commonly known as FAFSA, and
College Scholarship Service Profile
forms each year, and the University
then offers the student a mix of
federal and private loans as well as
grants and scholarships to address
the students need.
Kristin Anthony, assistant director of federal direct loan programs
at UNC, said financial aid awards
are then reported to the federal
government, which records the loan
and assigns further managing and
servicing of that loan to one of several private companies.
Right now, its sort of like an
umbrella system, Anthony said.
One of the reports suggestions
concerned notifications sent to students about their loans, saying that
all financial aid correspondence
should come directly from the
Department of Education.
Due to the number of enti-

ties involved in taking out a loan,

Anthony said it is common for
students to not be able to follow the
status of their loan.
And some students havent realized that loans offered to them one
year are automatically offered again
in subsequent years, Anthony said.
I have had instances where students are concerned because they
dont believe they took the loan,
she said.
Still, UNC meets students financial needs in ways that minimize
the need for loans. Of the $183
million of financial need among
University students in the 20122013 school year, 72 percent was
met with grants and scholarships,
with only 28 percent being met
through loans.
The default rate on student loans
at UNC is also small: 2.3 percent.
Freshman Soumaya Lansari is
a Carolina Covenant scholar, and
she chose UNC in part because of
its financial aid. She said that all of
her financial needs were met by the
University, but she has had some

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FROM PAGE 1

bring Skadden to mediation,

despite the suit not appearing
in the final letter approving
UNCs request for outside
counsel.
Skadden was there at the
mediation, he said. We dont
know why their name was
crossed off. But they were
there, and they were there
with the permission of the
Attorney General.

Changes in counsel
UNCs longtime general
counsel, Leslie Strohm, left
her position at UNC in
January for a similar job at
the University of Louisville.
The position has been temporarily filled by Parker, but
he has not been named the
permanent position.
In a November email to
the campus, Folt described
the process of selecting a
search committee to locate
appropriate candidates for
the new general counsel.
White said Folt has yet to
appoint a search committee
to select an individual suited
to fill the position.
In January, approximately
two months after announcing Strohms departure, UNC
said it was retaining Skadden
for outside counsel in its legal
affairs. Skadden partners will
charge as much as $990 an
hour for their services.
With the lack of leadership
at the helm of the general
counsel office and the outside
help brought in for UNCs
legal battles, there is uncertainty about the future of the
general counsel position.
Its not a question of an
outside counsel of taking the
place or filling the gap, White
said. David Parker is filling
the role now, and hes filling it
very ably. The University and
the Chancellor have full faith
in David Parker.
Parker declined to com-

ment for this article. White

said while the position is not
currently filled, it will not go
extinct.
I think the University
will always have a general
counsel, White said. The
outside counsel can help us
integrate legal strategies.
It doesnt mean our inside
counsel isnt qualified, it
means the outside counsel
has specific expertise.
White said if Parker were to
show interest in the position,
then the yet-to-be-named
committee will certainly consider him in its search.
White said the general
counsel search committee,
once selected by Folt, will likely
include people on and offcampus and some individuals
from the UNC School of Law.
The search committee will then
identify the individuals they
deem most capable of serving
as UNCs general counsel.
The candidates could be
anyone with good legal experience legal experience at
another university, someone
with general counsel experience but not a university
experience, maybe someone
with a corporate background, he said.
Hugh Stevens, a UNC alumnus and attorney for North
Carolina-based Stevens Martin
Vaughn & Tadych, PLLC,
hopes the individual ultimately
selected for the general counsel
position has an understanding
of UNCs role and obligations
in North Carolina.
I know there are some
very qualified people right
under the noses of our
administration, he said. I
could name one or two people
in the law school who could
do an excellent job.
White does not expect that
UNCs current high-profile
legal battles will dissuade
those qualified for the general
counsel position from being
interested in the position.
Looking just by what Ive
heard from other positions

on campus, this is still a very

desirable place to be, White
said. Based on past experience and not looking at this
job in particular, people will
want to come here.

An outsourced office
Stevens said hes confused
why UNC would go out of
state for its legal help.
In talking with people
I keep hearing the questions: Wasnt there anyone
in North Carolina capable
of handling this work for
the University someone
with North Carolina ties who
would have an understanding of the University and its
culture? said Stevens, who
serves as outside counsel to
The Daily Tar Heel, The News
& Observer and WRAL.
Patrick Fitzgerald is the
primary Skadden partner
who will work with the
University. Fitzgerald is based
in Chicago and refused to
comment for this story.
Mark Finkelstein, trial
lawyer from Smith Moore
Leatherwood LLP and president of the Tenth Judicial
District Bar of Wake County,
brought to light the stark price
difference between in-state
and out-of-state lawyer fees.
Finkelstein said the most
expensive North Carolina
lawyers typically bill an hourly rate in the $500 range.
Ive worked with lawyers
from Skadden in the past, and
its a spectacular law firm
one of the best in the country.
If you need to work with the
federal government, theyre
particularly well-situated to
do this he said.
On the other hand,
if your issue is a North
Carolina trial or issues of
North Carolina law, you
would be perhaps poorly
served by hiring them
because they dont even have
an office in North Carolina.
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Cheap thrills abound in outdoor clubs

Sarah McQuillan
Staff Writer

From hurricane chasing to

camping with bears, UNCs
outdoor activity groups are
not for the faint of heart.
UNC has many outdoorsy
student organizations
that aim to bring students
together while enjoying the
outdoors. Cheney Gardner,
a senior journalism major
and co-director of UNCs
Tramping Club, said being
outdoors is an important part
of her college experience.
Its been an incredibly
important part of my experience, and, if nothing else, you
get to meet people who like the
same things as you, she said.
The Tramping Club
focuses on sharing gear,
information and skills to provide students with whatever
they need for an outdoor
adventure. They also receive
donations from Townsend
Bertram & Company, an outfitter in Carrboro.
They donate the gear that
we rent, Gardner said. So
anyone can come on the trip,
and it doesnt matter how
much experience they have
or how much gear they have.
Thats where we come in as a

TUITION

FROM PAGE 1

Sheri Everts, Appalachian

State University chancellor,
said 34 faculty have left the
school in the last two years,
and they all went to universities outside the UNC system.
It was almost all about the
money, she said.
UNC-CH has gotten more
aggressive in retaining faculty
in the last year, Dean said
20 professors left Chapel Hill
after the 2013-14 academic
year, compared with 48 professors the year before.

unique student organization

we want everyone to have
access to the outdoors.
Gardner said one of the
wildest memories she has of
the club is their hiking trip on
the Appalachian Trail.
That was when the bear
hunting season opened, and
it was crazy because we woke
up one morning and there
were gun shots, she said.
UNCs Surf Club is also no
stranger to danger. Junior
and president Alex Mitchell,
said the club, called Moi
after the Hawaiian word for
king, has a certain preference
for the waves they ride.
Were mostly chasing
hurricanes and trying to get
good swells like a pretty
nice, chill little category three
or four, Mitchell said. Itd
be really stormy conditions
sometimes, but basically you
wait for the hurricane to send
a ton of waves.
Moi primarily surfs at the
Outer Banks but is planning
a trip to Puerto Rico this
spring. Mitchell said he hopes
to see the club grow.
Im trying to make it big
enough so that everyone who
surfs in Chapel Hill can get
out to the Outer Banks or possibly exotic locales, he said.

The Carolina Climbing

Club is similarly planning a
big trip to Red River Gorge in
Kentucky. Cameron Weiner,
club president and senior,
said the club has grown from
25 to 100 members in the
past year and looks to continue expanding.
Right now there is no
sports club for climbing,
but just this past week, we
applied to become a sports
club, Weiner said.
Weiner said he began climbing his freshman year thanks
to his suitemate, Eric Metcalf,
who died in a climbing accident the following summer.
He got us all climbing
freshman year, and this was
sort of a motivation to stick
with it and keep enjoying
it, Weiner said. The club
dedicates its progress to Eric
Metcalf.
Weiner said he thinks college is the best time to try
something new such as the
climbing club.
As university students, its
probably a good idea to take
advantage of a lot of these
things because once you leave
the university, theyre not free
anymore.

He said the student members of the Tuition and Fee

Advisory Task Force strongly
supported the tuition hike.
Tuition and fee increases
were slated for a range of
other campus needs, including counseling programs.
Warwick Arden, provost at
N.C. State University, said the
school is significantly below
the recommended ratio for
counselors to students, and
students in need of urgent
counseling often have two- to
three-week waits but the
extra tuition revenue would
allow them to hire five more

full-time counseling staff.

Board member Marty
Kotis said he hoped ASUs
requested tuition increase
would support demand for
the schools counseling services. Nine students have died
during the current academic
year, and Evert replied that
counseling had been accounted for in the tuition proposal.
You cant really place a
price on a students death, but
we need to be doing everything
we can to ensure it doesnt happen in the future, Kotis said.

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student
elections

2015

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

ITS THE FINAL COUNTDOWN

student
elections

2015

Wellness Summers picks up out-of-state endorsement

plans a
bit lofty
The group liked
Summers plans to
keep tuition low.
By Ashlen Renner

Experts arent sure if

candidates plans for
CAPS will work.
By Victoria Mirian
Staff Writer

Student body president

candidates aim to bring student wellness to the campus
conversation, including ideas
about sexual assault prevention and mental health.
I think if we dont talk
about a problem, if we dont
bring it up, if we dont recognize that certain students
on campus are privileged in
ways that others are not
then stigma just grows and
grows, candidate Houston
Summers said.
Summers and candidate
David Marsh want to advocate for change at Counseling
and Psychological Services.
CAPS director Dr. Allen
OBarr said he would welcome
conversation with the student
body president, but rapid
changes would be difficult.
Sometimes mental health
changes or changes in perspectives around mental
health can be things that
really need much longer than
a year to be in effect, he said.
Both Marsh and Summers
are aiming for unlimited
resources at CAPS, beginning
with an increase in the time a
student can spend in therapy.
OBarr said the eight-week
time cap for therapy sessions
was lifted three years ago, and
students can now continue
to see therapists unless they
require long-term therapy.
If thats not clear to the
student body, then we still
have an issue of communication, he said.
OBarr said establishing
long-term therapy, which
Marsh and Summers support,
would require CAPS to at
least double its staff.
Increasing funds of course
would help, but part of that
might go toward finding space
because right now we really are
packed to the brim and could
use more people, he said.
Candidate Kathryn Walker
said it is the student body
presidents job to make sure
every student feels safe on
campus, which means working to prevent sexual assault.
Were afraid to talk about it.
Were afraid to look the problem in the face and handle it.
Thats ridiculous, Walker said.
Marsh wants to increase
funding for the Carolina
Womens Center in order to
hire a second gender violence
services coordinator and a
team of counselors.
The centers gender violence services coordinator is
a confidential resource for
students on campus.
Summers proposed trained
party monitors, which he said
would be a preventative measure against sexual assault.
I want to be very clear that
this is not a tattletale program that the University will
put in place so the administration knows whats going
on, Summers said.
Marsh and Walker said
they see benefits of required
online trainings, but Walker
wants to integrate trainings
into the Lifetime Fitness
courses that all students are
already required to take.
By incorporating sexual
assault training, mental
awareness training, body
image things into LFIT
classes which have really
just become a joke at Carolina
we can address these issues
and have part of our curriculum that our students have to
learn about these things head
on, Walker said.
Becca Battaglini, director
of the lifetime fitness and
physical activity programs,
said while the student body
president can make changes
to LFIT courses, reforms
must be examined carefully.
LFIT has only one credit
hour, so the more that is trying to be added on to what is
offered in LFIT, its kind of
losing the whole fitness focus
and getting into a health class,
she said.
university@dailytarheel.com

Staff Writer

The Out-of-State Students

Association (OSSA) decided
to endorse Houston Summers
after a debate between student body president candidates Monday night.
Summers, like the other
two candidates, is from North
Carolina. He has also been
endorsed by A Drink for
Tomorrow and the Dialectic
and Philanthropic Societies.
He set high goals for
Carolina and OSSA, said
Justin Stidham, co-political
chairman of the organization.
He seemed enthusiastic to
work with us.
The group was concerned
about the communication gap
between out-of-state students
and the current student government. All three candidates
agreed the gap was a problem.
There should be an open
line of communication about
policy issues that affect not
just out-of-state students,
but all students, said candidate David Marsh. (OSSA)
especially should be included
in the conversation because

sometimes student government would be sitting around

and talking about an issue,
but wouldnt necessarily
know all perspectives.
Both Summers and
Kathryn Walker, the third candidate, believed there should
be a campus leadership council and more focus groups to
better represent students.
Summers said communication is only half of the equation. He said he would use his
seat on the Board of Trustees
to help keep UNC affordable
for out-of-state students.
I dont think out-of-state
students should have to worry
about this place being too
expensive, he said. I think
keeping costs and tuition
down is something we have to
keep in mind.
He wants to work with the
Residence Hall Association
and Carolina Dining Services
to keep the cost of on-campus
living affordable.
Walker said she wants to
expand and support programs already in place, such
as OSSAs mentor program.
Its an idea of not working for you, but working
with you, she said. I dont
like taking over what work
you did. Instead, I want to
make student government a
resource you can use.
The group was concerned

He set high goals

for Carolina and
OSSA. He seemed
enthusiastic
Justin Stidham,
Chairman of OSSA

about how candidates would

help out-of-state students
adapt to UNC. In addition to
supporting the mentor advising program, Walker plans to
offer an optional orientation
for out-of-state freshmen.
Out-of-state students
should have their own
optional orientation because
they need to have a very
much tailored orientation,
she said. That and expanding the mentor advising program is a great way to learn
a lot about what Carolina
has to offer.
The groups executive
committee said it is looking
forward to working with whoever wins the election.
Even though out-of-state
students only make up 18 percent of the student body, it is
a very important 18 percent.
Summers said. They provide a
different perspective that we as
North Carolinians dont necessarily have.

DTH/EVAN SEMONES
Student body president candidate Houston Summers debated
about the issues impacting out-of-state students on Monday night.

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Student presidential candidates

aim for campus collaboration
By Anyssa Reddix
Staff Writer

All three student body

president candidates this
year Houston Summers,
Kathryn Walker and David
Marsh said they want to
see more connection between
different sectors of UNCs
community, but they have different strategies for obtaining
that goal.

Greek life
Summers plans to provide
third-party monitoring at student parties and is encouraging Greek councils to change
their bylaws to require use of
a trained monitor.
His idea was met with
support from both the
Interfraternity Council and
Panhellenic Council.
I actually think it will
draw people to parties,
especially non-Greeks who
have the idea that the Greek
parties arent safe, said
Peter Diaz, president of the
Interfraternity Council.
Diaz and Panhellenic
Council President Julia
Mullendore both said the
Greek community wants to
feel more in sync with the
rest of campus and reduce the
stigma surrounding the Greek
system an idea Marsh had
addressed in his platform by
proposing a section in The
Daily Tar Heel highlighting
Greek accomplishments.
While Mullendore said she
is on board with this idea,
Diaz has some hesitations.
I think it should spotlight
more than just Greeks, Diaz
said. I dont know how the rest
of campus would feel about
having a solely Greek column.
The National Pan-Hellenic
Council, which houses the
eight historically black
Greek letter organizations,
has a unique set of needs.
Summers was the only candidate to mention the addition
of National Pan-Hellenic
Council plots in his platform,
but Walker also said she supported the initiative.
We have all these frat
houses and monuments to
them on campus, but you
dont see anything for the
NPHC community, said
Summer Holmes, National
Pan-Hellenic Council vice
president.

it is to implement genderneutral bathrooms, Martin

said. For them to just put it
on there and not really have
specific plans on how theyre
going to do it, it just seems
very superficial.
Martin said the LGBTQ
community needs assistance
reducing bullying on campus
and dealing with health issues,
not just gender-neutral bathrooms. Only Walker mentions
bullying in her platform.
The LGBTQ center does a
climate survey every year, and
every year some of the highrisk areas of being bullied or
harassed are the Pit, Greek
court and Franklin Street,
Martin said.

Student-athletes

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Womens tennis
The North Carolina womens tennis team clinched
a championship victory on
Monday. See pg. 1 for story.

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Following the release of

the Wainstein report and its
student-athlete implications,
some athletes have said they
just want to return to normal.
Our academics have come
under attack, Walker said. I
think its important that (athletes) are getting the education that they deserve.
Matt Williams, wrestler
and member of the StudentAthlete Advisory Council, said
he hopes the next student body
president will make the class
climate better for athletes.
I try not to wear my athlete
stuff to class, especially the first
weeks or so you dont want
to get labeled as the student-

Complete the grid

so each row, column
and 3-by-3 box (in
bold borders) contains
every digit 1 to 9.

Solution to
Mondays puzzle

Pit reconstruction
The University is making
progress on plans to renovate the iconic Pit.
See pg. 1 for story.

Silent Sam debate

The Dialectic and
Philanthropic Societies
debated the removal of Silent
Sam. See pg. 3 for story.

Improving the sciences

The Faculty Executive
Committee discussed science programs. Visit
dailytarheel.com for story

Its not too early to start

thinking about summer!

please!

LGBTQ community
All three candidates support gender-neutral bathrooms in their platforms.
It is a really simple fix,
Summers said. Take the
stinkin sign down and put a
sign up that is more inclusive.
Lauren Martin, board
member for Sexuality and
Gender Alliance, is skeptical
the change would be that easy.
I dont think theyve
looked into how expensive

athlete, Williams said. Theres

no difference except we work a
20-hour-a-week job.
Marsh said he thinks students often think athletes have
an advantage, and he plans to
make it clear theyre not getting
special treatment.
I know for me, Im a student before an athlete ... they
should just address that,
Williams said.

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Make
student
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priority

NEXT

he election is today, and

I still dont know who
to vote for.
Theres been much made of
the glaring lack of diversity in
the student body president race,
and for good reason. It can be
hard to care about the race with
a set of candidates as uninspiring as these, but its important
to remember that the SBP does
have access to spaces of power
that campus activists cant realistically reach.
I cant walk into a Board of
Trustees meeting and assume
Ill be respected by members, for
example. The SBP also has the
power to set an agenda for campus conversations by sending a
single email to the campus.
My question for the current
candidates is this: how will you
use your power to support the
work of ending all forms of violence on our campus? Current
Student Body President
Andrew Powell has been curiously quiet on this issue. If you
are elected, will you do better?
Its my understanding that
the Powell administration has
done some policy work with
the Equal Opportunity and
Compliance Office and Student
Wellness. To me, this is tantamount to a whisper of support.
Im asking for a shout, a bellow
of solidarity with survivors at
UNC. Thus far, we havent had
that from Powell.
Im troubled by the Powell
administrations decision to not
formally sign onto the White
Houses Its On Us campaign,
which focuses on bystander
intervention. Though the
administration has reasons for
its decision, including the fact
that One Act addresses similar
objectives, students should
have had a say in the decision.
Whether to implement Its On
Us at UNC is tough call but
one that students deserved to
be involved in making.
Lest we forget, UNC is still
under federal investigation for
violations of Title IX. Wrestling
coach C.D. Mock has recently
shown a propensity for blaming
survivors of interpersonal violence. We still need strong leadership advocating for change.
And it has to come from
students. This summer, a
popular Project Dinah event
called Orgasm? Yes, please!
was singled out by the Board of
Governors for placing an undue
emphasis on sexual health. The
event includes skits about sexual
health. BOG member Steve
Long noted that student funds
should not promote diversity or
social advocacy. This semester,
the event will not be held. That
kind of suppression of student
voices hurts all of us.
Campus conversations
about interpersonal violence
have got to continue. Its the
responsibility of the student
body president to support student voices and object when
the BOG attacks them.
So, when you pass by various campaign teams in the Pit
today, I urge you to ask them
how their candidates will support the work of organizations
like Project Dinah. Ask them
how they will address sexual
violence in the LGBTQ community and how they will support male survivors. Will they
support survivors even when
assault is not in the headlines?
Before you cast your vote,
ask these questions and push
these candidates to take a
strong position and actively
support survivors at UNC.
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Ishmael Bishop will discuss
Zora Neale Hurstons legacy.

The three remaining candidates for UNCs student body president sat down
with members of the editorial board to discuss their ambitions for the office.
Overall, we were disappointed with how little the candidates managed to
distinguish themselves from each other. We were hoping to see more of a
departure from student governments ineffective status quo. The fact that we
didnt see this from any of the candidates made us hesitant to endorse. But as
weve said all year, its crucial for students to vote. We realize that one of these
three candidates will be elected, and we look forward to a productive working
relationship with the victor in the coming year.

Consider David Marsh for President

his editorial board

has decided to
endorse David
Marsh for his potential to
speak the gravest concerns
of the student body to
administrators and other
bodies with power over the
lives of students.
In
recent
years,
UNC
has been
plagued
by issues
of sexual
violence
David Marsh
and an
Junior from
athleticCharlotte
academic
scandal with far-reaching
implications. It has
weathered an administration that refuses to try to
live up to UNCs legacy as

a beacon of vocal progressivism and attacks from

state office-holders on
academic freedom and its
mission as a liberal arts
university.
Marsh, more than the
other candidates, seems to
understand the severity of
the situation facing UNC
and seems the most willing
to voice those concerns for
students in a direct and
honest manner.
But Marsh is not without
his defects.
He has a concerning
lack of leadership experience, and some of his sexual assault rhetoric softens
the scope of the problem.
He has so far failed to
engage in meaningful conversation with the groups
of students fighting for the
causes he now articulates

in his platform.
Still, Marsh has run an
open campaign, showing
potential for leadership.
He might also be forgiven for parroting the
messages of student
activists if he can connect
with established student
leaders and transform his
rhetoric into action.
A vote for Marsh is a
gamble, given how little
we know about his capacity for leadership. Marshs
setbacks are concerning,
but his defects are not as
objectionable as those of
his competitors.
His direct, affable style
and his seeming willingness to allow students to
shape his agenda make
him the best choice of the
three candidates seeking
the presidency.

Summers offers
a continuation of
the status quo

Walkers political
inconsistency
raises red flags

ouston Summers is experienced,

diplomatic, polished and likely
to be listened to. His presidency
would appear successful, if only because
Summers seems likely to hitch his cart
to the administrations plans and appear
victorious no matter what unfolds.
More troublingly, he tends to discuss
student representation in terms of a
singular voice over the plural voices,
which is illustrative of the misguided
outlook he brings to student government.
Summers aspires to
create One Carolina,
and this board fears
that if he is elected, his
singular Carolina will
speak clearly for the
interests of the dominant majority while
neglecting marginalHouston Summers
ized voices who fail to
Junior from
make a dent in his staGreensboro
tistical sampling.
Finally, we were disappointed to
learn that he lied about voting in the
2014 midterms. We question how
someone with a demonstrated lack of
interest in state politics could effectively
advocate for students in Raleigh.

athryn Walkers willingness to

eschew partisanship and speak
passionately about the miserable
state of relations between the University
and state government is encouraging.
But its hard to reconcile this with her
position as chairwoman of the College
Republicans, a campus functionary of
the party whose anti-education efforts
she now purports to oppose. She and the
College Republicans worked directly for
the election of Thom Tillis, whose own
platform and priorities
have little in common
with Walkers.
Walker is gritty,
open and willing to
talk specifics. She has
the most experience
dealing with state govKathryn Walker ernment, although her
Junior from
track record there is
Morehead City
modest at best.
Additionally,
her plans to bundle student groups
together and form representative
relationships between those groups
and student government dont
acknowledge the nuances of student
groups varied objectives.

ADVICE COLUMN

You Asked for It

In which we advise the tragically single and tragically taken
Drew Goins (That wasnt
Kristen Wiig dancing with
Sia that was him!) and
Kelsey Weekman (Beck) are
the advice columnists of You
Asked for It. Results may
vary.

You: How should I pass

the time this Valentines
weekend if I dont have a
special someone to spend it
with me?
YAFI: Dont be ashamed to

stay in. Just think of all the

money youre saving! Now
you can afford that really
swanky single plot at the
cemetery.
Settle down on the couch
with something feel-good
like Property Brothers or
The Wire. Burrow so deeply into the cushions that you
are rendered immobile in a
cocoon of leathery warmth
and tiny pieces of popcorn
that are probably there
because your roommate is
messy and its not your fault
because thats gross.
See if NASA will pay you
$18,000 to remain in that
semi-incapacitated stupor

Kelsey Weekman &

Drew Goins
Assistant online editor and senior
writer.
To submit your own questions:
bit.ly/dthYAFI

for 70 days.
Interested in going out?
Stop that. Dont be. Youre
much safer indoors. Trust us.
Youll be safer from Cupids
arrows. And measles. Mainly
measles.

You: This is my relationships third Valentines Day.

Im tired of trying to outdo
my S.O. with celebrations.
Where do we go from here?
YAFI: Keeping the

romance alive without setting up unrealistic, unsustainable expectations is

tough. And if we had a solid
answer to print here, people
would probably start scalp-

ing this paper on Franklin.

Instead, well offer you
this: Rather than trying to
one-up each other this year,
keep the flirty, competitive
spirit alive but sensible
by one-downing each other.
Start off by planning
something extravagantly
romantic and old-fashioned
that you hardly ever see
anymore these days, like a
horse-drawn carriage ride,
a picnic under the stars or
basic human interaction.
Then slowly downgrade
your plans bit by bit. Let
the carriage to the park
become an Uber to Cinco
de Mayo before transforming into the P2P to TimeOut. Everyone knows that
theres nothing more satisfying than canceling plans,
so its really the best gift
you could give anyway.
If youre really looking to
go the extra mile, just commemorate the special day
by sending a cursory kissyface Snap to your true love.
Dont expect a screenshot
in return, though. Less is
more this year.

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People generally know he was a good guy,
but I dont think they appreciate the extent of
it, and what an anomaly he was.
RalphUNC, on the death of former basketball coach Dean Smith

LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Remembrances of
Coach Dean Smith
TO THE EDITOR:
My last cross-country
race as a senior in high
school, I was dog-tired and
lagging behind my usual
pace, but I needed to speed
up if I wanted to qualify as
a varsity runner.
I wouldnt earn any
points for the team, statistically I meant nothing,
but I remember this race
so distinctly because of
my coach. Away from the
crowds at the finish line,
Mr. Mason stood at the last
mile-marker and told me
everything I needed:
OK now, start to pick
your knees up and move a
little quicker. Youre almost
there; lengthen your stride,
keep pushing you can
do this. He stood alone
there as my teacher, coach,
mentor and friend, because
he knew that was where
I needed him most. Mr.
Mason, like Dean Smith,
has helped me realize the
impact coaches can make,
no matter the skill level. The
proof is in the pudding.
The sobering loss of
Coach Smith has shown
that his reach extends
far beyond the Carolina
family. He has influenced
thousands of players and
spectators with his moral
obligation to be the best he
could be, while shaping his
players to do the same.
The power of a good
coach is to see beyond the
years of competition youll
experience together and to
focus more on the person
you will become over the
course of your lifetime.
Coach Smith once said,
I do believe in praising
that which deserves to be
praised, and I cant think of
anyone more deserving.
Sarah McCullough
Senior
Exercise and Sport
Science, Coaching
Education
TO THE EDITOR:
Humble and fierce, Coach
Dean Smith opened wide the
eyes of a South unwilling to
see beyond the color of a persons skin, and then helped
the masses to embrace our
collective humanity.
A quiet man with a larger
than life presence and a
belief in the priority and
imperative of social justice,
he embodied and helped
shape the spirit of UNC a
spirit we are now called to
protect, with his same fierceness and courage. Godspeed,
Coach and keep an eye on
us, would ya?
Kaaren Haldeman
Durham

Spirited fan support

can impact teams
TO THE EDITOR:
A recent letter asked why
we should cheer for underperforming sports teams
when everyone is wine and
cheese at other forms of
entertainment.
The answer is because it
makes a difference. Waiting

to cheer when the team

is strong is not fandom.
Fandom is cheering until
the team is strong. Fandom
is cheering to make the
team strong. Yelling yourself hoarse at a game not
only challenges the opposing team, it also impresses
recruits and begins to
change our crowds reputation to match that of our
team. Anyone who claims
true Tar Heel fan status
should take it upon themselves to help the team in
any way possible, especially
during the hard times.
If you want a high-level
football program, fill the
Tar Pit and do your part
to make it so. Even better,
support every athletic team
until they are all championship level. Doing so in tough
times not only earns you the
right to celebrate the good
times, it gives you a claim
to have helped create those
defining Tar Heel moments.
So yell on defense, jump
around until the ball is
tipped, wait the extra second to tell Duke where to
go at the same time as the
band, and dont leave any
game without doing your
part to secure the victory.
Joe Petrizzi
Class of 2013

McCrory has some

catching up to do
TO THE EDITOR:
Gov. Pat McCrory claimed
in his recent State of the
State address that North
Carolina ought to be the
third vertex in a National
Innovation Triangle, according to the DTH. I hate to
break it to Gov. McCrory, but
that spot is already occupied
by Austin, Texas. According
to a 2013 ranking, Austin
ranked ninth and 10th
nationally in two indicators
of venture capital activity.
The Research Triangle placed
24th in both, barely making
it into those rankings.
I lived in Austin for the
2013-14 academic year. That
doesnt make me an expert
on Austin, but I saw a place
exploding with creativity.
It isnt only computer programmers and engineers
who are coming up with new
ideas. Austin also has vibrant
art, music, and film sectors
that contribute to a unique
interplay of ideas. Cities are
the centers of innovation
not only because they offer
large labor pools and sources
of capital. They bring about
new things because they are
the sites of cultural and intellectual mixing.
I commend Gov. McCrory
for focusing on education in
the State of the State. I am
worried that a focus on skills
that are considered marketable will undermine our
outstanding cultural assets
here in North Carolina.
Lets not downplay the great
contributions the humanities make toward innovation and quality of life. A
common saying in Austin
is Keep Austin weird.
We need to keep North
Carolinas unique character
if we want to become that
final vertex.
John Anagnost
Master of City and Regional
Planning

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