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tuesday, february 1, 2011

Students in
Egypt seek
video| online
JOIN THE CLUB
Ice hockey, ultimate
frisbee and rugby may be club
safe return
by Estes Gould
staff writer
sports, but that doesn’t mean When junior Virginia Sparks
the athletes don’t train like looked out the window of her dorm
in Cairo on Jan. 25, she saw fires in
varsity athletes. Visit every direction.
dailytarheel.com to watch. She now sits in an airport, wait-
ing to come back home, three
months earlier than she planned.
UNC students Sparks and Kelsey
Jost-Creegan are — or were — study-
ing abroad in Egypt this semester,
Courtesy of Playmakers repertory company
but protests against the authoritar-
Matthew Carlson and Kathryn Hunter-Williams perform in “Angels in America,” a controversial two-part play ian government have changed their
produced by PlayMakers that hopes to ignite conversation and awareness about AIDS among young adults. plans. Both are leaving the country
for days. They finally found her a
chartered flight on Tuesday with
an emergency evacuation com-
pany, Barbara said.
Neither student participated in
the protests, their parents said.
UNC freshman Amira Shehata
studied in Egypt during winter
break through a program led by
Suzanne Mubarak, the Egyptian
president’s wife.
Shehata was born in Egypt, and
she visits the country almost every
year, but she said the unrest still
surprised her.

‘ANGELS’ DESCENDS
at the earliest opportunity.
The entire region — first Tunisia
and now Egypt and Lebanon — has
erupted in demonstrations by citi-
zens demanding greater freedom
Controversial play put on See ‘Angels in America’ in two parts and democracy from their gov-
city | page 3 Time: Tuesday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday ernments. The protests in Egypt
began Jan. 25 with thousands of
Worth Sparks said his daughter
would like to be able to go back to
Egypt this semester. The program
has been postponed — first to Feb.
11, then Feb. 13 — and Sparks said
it will probably be canceled alto-
gether.

HITTING THE BOOKS

Students at Frank Porter
Graham Elementary School
are reading at a furious pace
during the annual two-week
Readathon.
university | page 3
PRESIDENTIAL-LEE
Student body president
candidate Ian Lee, the
student body secretary,
boasts a platform of simple,
clear-cut goals.
SBP
elections
2011 - 2012
You’re invited
by PlayMakers for first time and Sunday at 2 p.m. from Feb. 1 to March 6.
All Saturday performances are “Millennium Approaches” at demonstrators on the streets of
“We were hopeful that we
wouldn’t have to get her out, but
2 p.m. followed by “Perestroika” at 7:30 p.m. Cairo and thousands of people in when the State Department issued
by Katelyn Trela airports, trying to leave. their warning, that’s when we
Assistant Arts Editor Location: Paul Green Theatre
Tickets: $10 to $45 Protestors demand the resigna- started taking things a lot more
Fifteen years ago, one play tore a city in two. tion of Hosni Mubarak, who has seriously,” he said.
It was March 1996. A Charlotte man, outraged that been president of Egypt for 30 The U.S. Department of State
the Charlotte Repertory Theatre would be producing idea where it’s going to take you.” years. The country has been in a warning said evacuation flights
Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America,” printed a copy of Though written about the 1980s, when the AIDS state of emergency for decades began Monday morning, but seats
the script and read its most challenging scenes at a epidemic was just beginning, “Angels in America” since Mubarak took power. were limited.
televised city council meeting. remains a timeless and relevant story to tell, Meanza Many protestors are also angry The American University in
At UNC, more than a decade later, PlayMakers said. with the United States, which has Cairo has organized buses to the
Repertory Company is presenting the same award- “During this period, if you were diagnosed, it was a financially supported his regime. airport twice daily since Monday.
winning story of disease, sexuality and change for the death sentence,” he said. The dorm at the American “U.S. citizens seeking evacuation
first time in the company’s history. Director Brendon Fox said that the story is less University in Cairo is outside the should be prepared for a substan-
“Angels in America” follows the story of two couples about the time and more about the themes. city, on an island blockaded from tial wait at the airport,” the state
in AIDS-ravaged New York City in the 1980s — one “It’s bigger than an AIDS play, or a gay play, or a the city’s unrest. But Jost-Creegan’s department’s release said. “We
straight and one gay. straight play,” he said. mother, Barbara Jost-Creegan, said are currently working to arrange
Joseph Haj, producing artistic director of The journey the characters take in the piece is a the effects of the protests reached flights to Nicosia, Istanbul and
PlayMakers, said that “Angels in America” may be the relatable one, Meanza said. as far as the students’ secluded Athens. Travelers will not be able
most important show that PlayMakers ever puts on. “There’s so much to discuss around these charac- campus. to choose their destination.”
Though he knows many people may be upset by ters,” he said. “There will be people who’ll be uncom- “There was a lot of activity, a lot Sparks was evacuated Monday,
its controversial nature, Haj — along with the cast fortable; people will be scared by it. of fighting — horrible noises,” she and she is waiting in Istanbul for a
and crew — are hoping to ignite fresh conversation, “That’s one of the things that makes the play still said. “She told me there were a lot flight to the U.S.
especially among young adults, about AIDS and important now — it’s not always easy to watch.”
sexuality. Cary Levine, an assistant professor of contempo-
of popping sounds happening.”
The Jost-Creegans have been Contact the State & National
Haj and Kushner will have a public dialogue on rary art history at UNC, said that the arts continue trying to get Kelsey out of Egypt Editor at state@dailytarheel.com.
April 10 in Memorial Hall to discuss the play. to be part of a larger movement of awareness and
Jeffrey Meanza, who plays Louis Ironson, a part- action.
ner in the gay couple, called “Angels in America” the “A lot of these issues are still with us,” he said. “It’d
“most important play in the last 50 years.”
“It’s a deceptive play,” Meanza said. “You have no See angels, Page 5
UNC AIDS researchers
fear inadequate budget
Programs depend quest for a functional cure.
Preventative efforts include cre- UNC involvement
MCT/Carolyn Cole
on national funds ating effective vaccines and work- with AIDS research Egyptians demonstrate against President Hosni Mubarak in Suez, Egypt,
ing with microbicides, which can » 1981: First case of AIDS
take the form of pills or topical on Monday. Organizers are calling on 1 million people to protest today.
» 1984: Link between case and virus
By Claire McNeill creams.
Also important are behavioral
discovered by the French

Attend the DTH’s student body
president forum tonight at
staff writer
University AIDS researchers,
prideful of programs that ranked
8th in the country last year, say they
are fearful that budget cuts could
Town to enforce
» 1985: UNC HIV ward and clinic
therapies, which are intended to pro-
mote contraceptives and therapy.
established
Advancements in preventative » 1987: UNC AIDS Clinical Trial Unit
established
efforts have yielded success in plac-

8 p.m. in Student Union, Room
3413. Send your questions to
editor@dailytarheel.com.
this day in black
slash away at funds and resources.
Dr. David Margolis, professor
of medicine, said he is particularly
concerned with the future of fund-
ing from the National Institutes of
Health, the primary pipeline for
AIDS research funding at UNC
es like Malawi, where Chancellor
Holden Thorp recently visited to
observe UNC’s involvement.
Treatment work aims to bring
more people with HIV infections
into care and to administer lifesav-
ing therapy, Margolis said.
roommate limit
» 1990: UNC begins work in Malawi
» 1997: UNC joins HIV Prevention
Trials Network
» 1998: UNC Center for AIDS
Research established
» 2003: Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Students kicked out for violating
Immunology established

history and nationwide.

As the government faces pres-
FEB. 1, 1960… sures to cut costs, that funding has
become jeopardized, he said.
After being refused service,
Margolis said the NIH grant
four N.C. Agricultural & Techni- acceptance rate has recently fallen
to the 8th percentile, so 92 per-
cal State University students cent of projects aren’t chosen to
begin a sit-in at a white- be funded.
“Good times would be the 20th
only Woolworth’s counter in percentile,” he said. “Now it’s the
Greensboro. 8th, and it’ll probably be less than
that soon.”
Ronald Swanstrom, director of
Today’s weather the University’s Center for AIDS
Research, said the center is funded
It’s going to be mainly by NIH funding, though it
winter forever also receives supplemental fund-
H 50, L 44 ing from the University. The
University’s NIH research portfo-
Wednesday’s weather lio is in excess of $30 million.
“The University provides some
Say whaaat?! matching funding for the devel-
H 70, L 29 opmental awards,” he said. “They
provide some discretionary funds
just to help administer the (Center
for AIDS Research) and then we
index get an equipment allowance to
police log ........................... 2 keep up with equipment needs.”
calendar ............................. 2 Researchers said the University
nation and world .............. 7 currently has three priority areas
crossword .......................... 7 in AIDS research: prevention,
opinion ............................... 8 treatment and therapy, and the
Meanwhile, Margolis and Dr.
Victor Garcia-Martinez are work-
ing toward eradicating the disease
in the body completely, a break-
through several colleagues said
could be on the horizon.
By inducing viral replication in
latently infected HIV cells with 100
See research, Page 5
Courtesy of the institute of global Health & Infection Disease
Patti, Holden and Joe Carol Thorp traveled to Malawi during winter
break to visit the Tidziwe Centre, UNC’s AIDS project headquarters.
» 2007: UNC Institute for Global Health
and Infectious Diseases established
» 2009: Kevin Weeks of the UNC
chemistry department determines
structure of entire HIV RNA genome
» 2010: UNC pharmacology helps
with CAPRISA 004, a clinical trial of a
microbicide cream, in South Africa
SOURCE: DR. MYRON COHEN
DTH/JESSICA TOBIN
by Kelly Poe
Assistant City Editor
Living with more than three
friends might not be the party it
seems — especially when town law
requires one of you to move out.
Junior Winn Wright said
goodbye to three roommates
Monday after they moved out as
a result of Chapel Hill’s Land Use
Management Ordinance.
The ordinance forbids homes that
are classified, built and zoned as sin-
gle family dwelling units from being
occupied by more than four people
who are not related by blood, mar-
riage or a domestic partnership.
For every day after receiving
notice that more than four people
remain in the house, the town can
collect a $100 fine. Both the ten-
ants and rental management com-
pany can be held liable.
After receiving a “huge rash of
complaints,” Town SeniorCode
Enforcement Officer Chelsea Laws
said she is going to enforce the law.
“This job is basically complaint-
driven,” she said. “I’m not telling
anybody to be low-key, but if there’s
a reason to complain, I’ll get a
complaint.When I get a complaint,
I am going to follow through.”
Wright moved into his six-bed-
room home in May 2010 with six
other roommates, though only four
tenants were listed on the lease.
In September, Wright and his
roommates received a letter from
the town demanding three move
out. The four tenants named in the
lease remain in the house while the
three others moved out Monday.
Wright and his roommates didn’t
have to pay fines because their land-
lords appealed the action taken
against them. And while Wright’s
landlords adjusted the rent so each
tenant isn’t paying more, not all
students are so lucky.
“(Renters are) facing a contrac-
tual obligation with the landlord.
You shouldn’t obligate yourselves
to these large rents with the hopes
of saving money,” said Dorothy
Bernholz, director of UNC Student
Legal Services.
Laws said the town is currently
managing three reported cases of
over-occupancy. She said the most
common reasons for complaints
are cars parked in the front yard or
street, loud noise and tenants not
following trash guidelines.
See moved out, Page 5
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Sunday, according to Chapel Hill
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n Someone broke the window
of a blue 2003 Honda CR-V and
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reports.
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Campus Briefs
Alert Carolina siren and text
alerts successful Monday

almost
Alert Carolina successfully
tested its emergency alert system
Monday, sounding sirens and send-
Says his goals are simple, clear-cut
ing text messages to students.

The tone was sounded at 12:10
p.m. A pre-recorded message was
sounded from five different loca-
tions.
tossed
By Melissa abbey
Staff writer Candidate profiles
Ian Lee says he isn’t running for Monday: Brooklyn Stephens
student body president to enhance
Wednesday: Mary Cooper

by ASG
Text messages were sent to more his college experience or pad his
than 48,000 cell phones. resume. Thursday: Rick Ingram
Instead, he’s running because
UNC researchers link protein he can’t stand not to. the subject of three investigations
“I get upset when there’s so by the Board of Elections, includ-
to a nerve fiber insulation much more you could be doing ing one that is ongoing. The first of
Researchers at UNC recently
that you’re not doing,” he said.
As student body secretary,
those complaints challenged Lee’s
eligibility on the grounds that the
Medlin dismisses
made a discovery that could change
widely held beliefs about a key ner-
Lee is the only candidate to have Student Code prohibits the student reason for conflict
served as an body secretary from campaigning
vous system protein.
The protein, called Erk, is part
executive offi- during his tenure. Another chal- By Elise Young
cer. With this lenged his online petitioning. senior writer
of a large “developmental cas-
cade,” genetic mutations that have SBP knowledge Title VI, Article IV, Section 408 The status of a student body
recently been linked to different elections of student of the Student Code explicitly pro- president candidate’s position in
2011 - 2012 government, hibits the student body secretary — dth/erin hull the UNC Association of Student
various neurodevelopmental dis-
Lee said he and students holding other select Student body president candidate Ian Lee’s platform includes making Governments was jeopardized
orders.
Nearly 10,000 papers have
felt strongly positions — from participating in a Rams Head Deck free after 5 p.m. and a FixMyCampus service. Monday following a suspected
earlier this year that much more campaign for any elected position. breach of the Student Code.
been published on the cascade,
could be done for students. The code becomes murky in one plan credit to campus restaurants ment as to what the needs are.” In an e-mail addressed to
so the allegations that this gene,
So in October he decided to clause, which states that student and moving tuition allotment from On top of his duties and school members of student government,
important in the cascade, could
campaign for student body presi- government officials, when par- a peer-based model to a cost-based work, Lee is an amateur photog- Student Body Treasurer Dakota
actually behave differently than
dent in hopes of doing it himself. ticipating in elections, must clearly model. rapher, a scuba diver and an avid Williams said junior Rick Ingram,
had previously been observed
“Being the oldest of five, I’ve speak only for themselves and not “You need to be focused on a cou- Pittsburgh Steelers fan. an ASG delegate and student body
in lab settings, could hold great
always tried to lead the way and the student government. ple of key issues so that you are avail- “Ian knows when he needs to president candidate, was no longer
importance in the scientific com-
show by example, to push the lim- The Board of Elections ruled in able to handle surprises,” Lee said. be serious and focus, but he also a delegate because he missed the
munity.
its so that someone else can see favor of Lee in the fall on the con- John Sanders, the 1950-51 stu- knows how to have fun, to smile association’s October and January
The complexity of the cascade
what’s possible,” he said. dition that he not use his office for dent body president, has known and laugh and show his funny side,” meetings.
makes it difficult to isolate Erk
“I’m always the first to try some- campaigning. Lee for more than a year and said said Chase Pickering, a senior and Williams, who also serves as
and remove it, getting rid of the
thing new.” Lee said he prides himself on the he feels confident in Lee’s abilities. friend of Lee’s. senior vice president of ASG, cited
mutated genes. But the UNC-led
Lee created a system for collect- simple, clear-cut goals outlined in “I simply find him an intelligent, “He definitely balances it well.” a rule in the Student Code which
team found a way using genetic
ing petition signatures online this his platform. Those include mak- interesting, engaging young man,” states that if a student government
engineering tricks to knock the
year, drawing the ire of other can- ing Rams Head Deck free after 5 Sanders said. “Plus, he has the Contact the University Editor appointee fails to attend a commit-
mutated protein out of mice, who
didates. His campaign has been p.m. for students, extending meal background to have good judge- at university@dailytarheel.com. tee meeting on two instances, they
were left “relatively unaffected.”
The team plans to tackle the are no longer a member of that
effects of taking the gene out of the committee.
brain next The accusation, which Student
Body President Hogan Medlin dis-
missed, sparked further debate on
City Briefs inconsistencies within the Student
County commissioners to Code.
Medlin said he excused Ingram
discuss legislative agenda from missing the October meet-
ing because Ingram notified him
The Orange County Board of
ahead of time that he would miss
Commissioners will discuss a
the meeting. Medlin added that
potential legislative agenda for the
it was his responsibility — not
state general assembly at a public
Ingram’s — to find a replacement
hearing tonight.
delegate.
Issues on the agenda include
Ingram said he was unaware of
topics ranging from broadband
the Student Code rule.
service and agriculture to bio-
“Hogan Medlin actually missed
solids disposal and energy effi-
three in a row,” Ingram said. “I
ciency.
suppose we would need to take
Here’s a breakdown of three of
Hogan’s place away as a delegate
the issues that could dominate the
as well if technicalities are coming
meeting:
down to it.”
n  Two proposed bills concern-
Because he is not an external
ing the Orange-Alamance County
appointment, the rule does not
line will be discussed by commis-
apply to Medlin.
sioners.
Medlin and Deanna Santoro,
Board vice chairman Steve
speaker of UNC’s Student Congress
Yuhasz said the first bill will ask
and associate vice president of
the state legislature to reaffirm the
ASG’s legislative and public affairs
current county line for 91 percent
committee, both said the incident
of the current boundary.
was an example of inconsistencies
The second proposed bill would
within Student Code.
allow Orange and Alamance coun-
“I do think there needs to be a
ties to come up with a mutually
lot of changes in the code regard-
agreeable way to settle the remain-
ing external appointments,” Medlin
ing 9 percent, which includes
said.
regions that both counties agreed
Last semester, Student Body
needed some adjustment, Yuhasz
Secretary Ian Lee, who is also run-
said.
ning for student body president,
n  Another item slated to be dis-
missed two meetings of the WXYC
cussed is a bill banning the practice
radio show’s board of directors but
of hunting deer with dogs.
only received a warning.
The bill has already been pre-
He was not removed from the
sented to commissioners, but
board, said Santoro, a fellow board
the restrictive measure failed to
member.
gain unanimous approval by one dth/Daniel Turner Williams said it’s not his job to
vote. Rita Bongarten, principal of Frank Porter Graham Elementary School, reads “Miss Tizzy” to an audience of school children as part of monitor appointees’ compliance to
n  The board also plans to dis-
the school’s annual readathon on Monday night. Bongarten dressed up and performed as Miss Tizzy, the main character of the book. the rule, but he noticed it after two
cuss whether they will repeal an

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County by state law in 1987, Yuhasz
said.
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Students pledge 650,000 minutes of reading
by Conor Furlong
staff writer
Lauren Gilliam knows a good book when
she reads one.
A fifth-grader, Lauren has participat-
ed in the annual Frank Porter Graham
Elementary School Readathon since she was
in kindergarten. This year, her favorite book
is “Love, Stargirl.”
“‘Love, Stargirl’ is about a girl who moves
away to place where she doesn’t want to
live,” Lauren said. “She meets people who
are nice, and now she loves it.”
During the readathon, which functions
both to raise money for the school and
motivate students to read, students pledge
to read 650,000 minutes — about 100 min-
utes a day per student.
Last year, the students raised more than
$14,000 to support the school’s media cen-
ter, science lab and field trip fund.
Readathon Co-Chairwoman Kathy Irvin
said she is optimistic the students will reach
their goal.
“Last year the goal was 500,000 min-
utes, but the kids blew past that and logged
around 700,000 minutes,” she said.
Throughout the two-week program,
which began Jan. 21, the school brings in
local celebrities like ABC-11 News Anchor
Amber Rupinta and former UNC basket-
ball player Eric Montross to read to the
See readathon, Page 7
dth/Daniel Turner
Rachel Combs, a teacher’s assistant, reads
from “Fancy Nancy” as her daughter
Deborah watches in the media center.
members of Congress’ safety and
security committee were dismissed
per the code.
But Santoro said that was a
much more extreme case. Those
committee members did not attend
a single meeting, she said.
Santoro said she will work with
Medlin and student body Vice
President Holly Boardman to cre-
ate a policy that makes the rule
fair.
Ingram said the accusation
might have been motivated by his
reputation for opposing ASG.
“Student government has gotten
a little corrupt, and ASG is defi-
nitely one of those areas,” Ingram
said.
“I am a voice of opposition
to ASG,” he added. “This looks
to me like an attempt to silence
opposition.”
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Local school system wins

two publication awards
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
schools won two Blue Ribbon
Publication Awards from the North
Carolina School Public Relations
Association.
The district’s parent calendar
was honored for the fifth consecu-
tive year and is published in both
English and Spanish.
The Learning Links curricu-
lum guides for grades K-8, also
published in English and Spanish,
picked up recognition as well for
the fifth year in a row.
-From staff and wire reports
Clarke, De La Rosa chosen out of 95
by Jessica Kennedy
staff writer
Nearly three years after her
death, Eve Carson’s legacy on cam-
pus will be carried on by students
who never knew her.
Late Sunday night, juniors
Mark Clarke and Zach De La
Rosa were selected as this year’s
recipients of the Eve Carson
Scholarship.
Clarke and De La Rosa are mem-
bers of the first class of students
who were not at UNC when Carson
was killed in March 2008. But they
said they still feel a connection to
the former student body president.
“It’s in a very sort of general
way, but I think Eve Carson
embodied a lot about what was
really great about the University,”
said Clarke, an English major
from Fairview.
De La Rosa, a mathematics and
economics major from Raleigh,
said in an e-mail that Carson’s leg-
acy stretches from volunteer events
to student discussions.
“I see the legacy of Eve Carson
living out on campus every day,”
he said.
The scholarship funds half the
Mark Clarke
plans to focus
on the Carolina
Campus
Community
Garden this
summer.
cost of attendance of the students’
senior years, plus $5,000 each for a
summer enrichment experience.
Clarke, who helped start the
Carolina Campus Community
Garden, said he hopes to focus
on the garden over the summer
instead of holding a job.
“I think I will definitely grow
but I think the growth will occur
This summer,
Zach De La
initiatives globally,” he said.
Recipients of the scholarship
Rosa hopes to must show that they have found
travel abroad their passion and used it to give
back to the community.
to promote
Christina Lynch, outreach direc-
economic
tor of the Eve Carson Scholarship
development. executive committee, said it’s clear
that Carson’s legacy continues
because of the time I’ll be allowed because so many worthy people
to spend in the community with apply for the scholarship each
people and in the garden,” Clarke year.
said. “It means that it’s not just going
De La Rosa said he hopes to to stop when Eve’s not on campus
travel abroad to promote economic or people aren’t on campus that
development. knew her,” she said.
“Hopefully, I can use it as a launch-
ing pad to further my understanding Contact the University Editor
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4 tuesday, february 1, 2011
RHA presidency race uncontested again
Peng will seek to
increase visibility
By Carolyn Miller
Staff Writer
The post of the Residence Hall
Association president hasn’t been
contested in seven years.
And this year is no different.
Sophomore Hans Peng, the
community governor for Cobb
Residence Hall, said he will bring
a commitment to increasing the
organization’s visibility to his
Thorp talks diversity Groups endorse Ingram, Lee
By Chelsea Bailey
Staff Writer
Students gathered around
Chancellor Holden Thorp on
Monday night to talk innovation
and critique the University’s diver-
sity and transportation policies.
Held in the Upendo Lounge of
the Student and Academic Services
Building, the open house was the
first to be held on South Campus.
Thorp began the evening’s dis-
cussions by highlighting diver-
sity’s role in answering President
Barack Obama’s call for innova-
tion in the State of the Union
address Jan. 25.
“If you create an environment
where only one kind of people have
access to the table, then you’re not
going to maximize your oppor-
tunity to create something new,”
Thorp said.
“One unmistakable part of that
is getting people from different
backgrounds together.”
Senior B’anca Glenn questioned
the University’s tactics of recruit-
ing and retaining minority faculty
members and how administrators
plan to attract more minority pro-
fessors in the future.
“Higher education is an indus-
try and UNC has not done a good
job of diversifying the faculty,” said
Thorp in response.
“That’s where we need to put
the most effort.”
Terri Houston, interim associ-
ate provost for diversity and mul-
ticultural affairs, asked students
to serve as a liaison for the com-
munity at large and encouraged
them to bring issues surrounding
diversity to her office.
Students responded positively
to the idea of a voluntary faculty-
student mentor program, which is
outlined in the proposed academic
plan.
One student said she saw the
program as an opportunity to
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almost-guaranteed presidency. As
the lone confirmed candidate, Peng
can only lose to a write-in candi-
date.
“I feel like a lot of people don’t
know what RHA stands for,” Peng
said.
The RHA is one of the
University’s largest student orga-
nizations, overseeing about 10,000
students and acting as a represen-
tative body for on-campus resi-
dents’ concerns.
He said the organization has
worked to increase its own visibility
over the past two years — and that
Chancellor Holden Thorp held an open forum in the Upendo Lounge
of SASB on Monday where students voiced their opinions on diversity.
address both innovation and diver-
sity.
“I think if you have this type of
program in place, especially with
faculty in graduate school pro-
grams, it would encourage future
students to stay at Carolina and
maybe they’ll be interested in stay-
ing and becoming faculty members
in the future,” she said.
But students were outspoken
against the Department of Public
Safety’s five-year plan to increase
parking fees and to begin charging
fees for night parking on campus.
“Parking and transportation
doesn’t put students first,” said
Shelby Dawkins-Law, a senior.
“The entire problem would be
solved if they increased the bus
route, which is free already.”
Notably absent from the discus-
sion were questions surrounding
budget cuts, though Thorp stressed
that the University will strive to
continue to meet 100 percent of
need-based aid.
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he would continue these efforts. accomplish during his or her term,
Peng’s platform also includes
RHA president
hopeful Hans Collins said.
position but dropped out about a
week into the campaign. He said he
strengthening the ties between
RHA and ResNET, which could
Peng is the
community
“I’m responsible for maintaining
that agenda throughout the year
wanted to participate in Ian Lee’s
campaign for student body presi-
make strides in bringing Netflix to governor for and making sure we’re achieving dent, which represents a large time
campus.
Cobb Residence what we set out to achieve,” he commitment.
Current RHA president Ryan said. He also cited broader concerns
Collins said Peng is friendly, open
Hall. Collins said he identified Peng about taking on the position.
and has experience in the organi- as a potential candidate for RHA “This isn’t for me,” Brown said.
zation. grams or enhancements, but also president in December and dis- But he said he has heard good
“He gets along with people well,” acts to represent and cater to stu- cussed the central elements of the things about Peng.
he said, adding that Netflix will dents’ needs, Collins said. position with him. The two have “From what I hear he’s a great
provide a “cheaper way to keep cur- “We’re here to serve them,” he met two more times since then, guy,” he said.
rent movies available in residence said. Collins said, to fine-tune his goals.
halls.” At the beginning of every year Junior McKinney Brown had Contact the University Editor
RHA is not just about its pro- the president outlines goals to declared his candidacy for the at university@dailytarheel.com.
Candidates face
o≠ in two forums
By Brooke Hefner
Staff Writer
Student body president candi-
dates Ian Lee and Rick Ingram
were endorsed Monday by UNC’s
College Republicans and Young
Democrats, respectively, after tak-
ing part in back-to-back forums.
The candidates — Lee, Ingram,
Mar y Cooper and Brooklyn
Stephens — fielded questions from
members of each club and then
from the public.
Each organization voted on an
official endorsement.
Candidates discussed issues
ranging from student fees to cam-
dth/Erin Hull pus safety. Each candidate received
the opportunity to discuss their
platforms as well.
At the College Republicans
“If folks are spending time feel- forum, the discussion revolved
ing excluded, then they’re not around the issue of student fees.
spending time being creative,” All candidates supported a version
Thorp said. of a student fee audit.
“That’s part of the environment Lee said fees should be broken
we have to create in order to have up into line items so that students dth/Helen Woolard
an ecosystem of new ideas.” can better understand how those Student body president candidates voice their goals and opinions at
The student advisory com- fees are allocated. the College Republicans’ forum Monday evening at Hanes Art Center.
mittee to the chancellor worked “We need to add transparency
closely with the Black Student to the process,” he said. candidates argued about the effi- focused on issues such as civic par-
Movement to organize Monday’s Candidates were asked how ciency of certain programs on ticipation and awareness.
event. they would work with the admin- campus. When asked about the current
Organizers said the new loca- istration during the brief window Stephens said she thinks some student health care plan that allows
tion represented an opportunity to determine tuition for the next programs could be cut but that students to opt out of abortion cov-
to bring the chancellor to the stu- year. publicizing them would also erage, all agreed with the current
dents. “This is where experience is key,” increase their efficiency. plan except Ingram.
“ The benefit is if students Lee said. “You need to immediately Ingram pointed to the fact that “Everyone needs to have the
are engaged early there aren’t start speaking with administrators. only an average of 40 students use right,” he said. “I don’t think they
so many problems later,” said If you know the process, you can SafeWalk nightly. should be able to opt out.”
Jeremy Martin, a member of the call them out on that process.” “Is this making us safer?” Ingram Candidates also cited their expe-
committee. Ingram said student fees have said. “There are definitely some rience with political participation.
“If administrators already have never been the major priority of programs to be looked at.” Lee, Ingram and Cooper said
student input, then they don’t have an administration, but that would Cooper said she wouldn’t cut they had lobbying experience with
to work as hard to get students change if he were elected. any safety programs. legislative bodies while Stephens
engaged later on.” “I can do a lot in six months if “If one person’s life is saved, that said she would be new to the pro-
you give me the opportunity,” he fee is absolutely worth it,” Cooper cess but ready to work.
Contact the University Editor said. said. A spokesman for the Young
at university@dailytarheel.com. On the issue of campus safety, Anthony Dent, chairman of the Democrats said the group endorsed
College Republicans, said the orga- Ingram because of his history with
nization endorsed Lee because of
his consistent position on student
the organization and the belief that
he will work diligently to achieve
fees. his platform goals.
“Some members felt he was a
more honest worker,” Dent said. Contact the University Editor
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Tar Heels enter Eagles match on hot streak
UNC tied for first in conference
by Jonathan Jones
Sports Editor
When North Carolina lost to
Boston College 71-67 last season,
it was the Tar Heels’ ninth loss in
11 games.
This year, UNC travels to
Chestnut Hill, Mass., with eight
wins in its last nine games. With
a set rotation and a mostly healthy
roster, the Tar Heels are better
equipped to handle the Eagles than
a year ago.
“Some guys were trying to play
hurt and we didn’t play well and I
didn’t coach well,” UNC coach Roy
Williams said Monday in an ACC
teleconference. “It’s a different year
right now. The kids are a team. And
as I said in the preseason, we’d get
better and better as we go along
and I still believe that.”
UNC (15-5, 5-1 ACC) has rolled
through conference play thus far
with three straight wins including
Saturday’s 20-point romp against
N.C. State.
In those games, Williams has
seen improvement in his team’s
aggressiveness, especially in fresh-
man Harrison Barnes. Against
the Wolfpack, the forward scored
14 of his 25 points inside the arc,
grabbed three offensive rebounds,
and hustled for several loose
balls.
“Since the conference season
started, I’ve been pleased with our
toughness with the exception of
one half,” Williams said. “We are
getting more active and we are
becoming more aggressive.
“Saturday was the most aggres-
sive (Barnes) had been in any game.
I think we are getting better — they
are nowhere where I want them to
be by any means — but we are get-
ting better at that.”
Barnes’ improvement on both
ends of the floor is much needed
while Justin Watts continues to
research
from page 1
percent efficiency, they believe the
virus can be purged from the body,
essentially creating a cure.
“Our AIDS folks are convinced
that they’re going to cure AIDS,”
Thorp said. “That’s certainly their
goal, and they’ve done an awful lot
to stop the spread of it in Africa.”
But, as is the case with so many
campus endeavors, the economy is
standing in the way.
Swanstrom said cuts at the
national level would have a sub-
stantial impact on the University’s
research capacity.
“If NIH cuts all the grants by
10 percent, that has an immediate
effect on us,” he said, adding that
UNC will know how the severity of
NIH cuts in March.
“There’s a discussion about going
back to 2008 funding levels and
cutting $100 billion from the (NIH)
budget.”
Margolis said cuts like that would
hamper projects broadly.
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recover from a foot injury sus-
tained against Clemson. Watts, a
junior forward, typically comes
off the bench when UNC’s starting
4-man John Henson gets into foul
trouble or needs substituting in
late-game situations.
Watts, a full six inches shorter
than Henson, offers agility and
quickness on the perimeter, which
Williams said his team will need
against Boston College. The Eagles
are the ACC’s second-best field goal
shooting team, aided by a .375
3-point percentage.
“ T hey stre tch your whole
defense,” Williams said. “You’ve got
to defend the 3-point shot through
your top four positions.
“You’ve got to be able to go out
that far and it’s a little bit of a chal-
lenge for us and that’s the reason
I say it would be great to have
Justin Watts. We’d be able to go
small ourselves with a guy who
has experience, as opposed to going
with a 4-man in Reggie (Bullock)
or Harrison who is not as experi-
enced in making that change over
to another position.”
The Tar Heels expect Boston
College’s Reggie Jackson to be the
thorn in their side Tuesday night.
Williams said Jackson may be
“playing as well as anybody in the
conference” with his 18.5 points
per game and .44 percent 3-point
percentage.
Jackson is among a quartet of
Eagles in double figures this sea-
son, including Joe Trapani. The
6-foot-8 forward grabs seven
boards a game with his 14.1 points
per game.
He has also stepped back for 91
attempts behind the 3-point line
and has seen 30 of those shots hit.
North Carolina has allowed an
opponent to score more than 71
points only once in the last nine
games. But Williams said the Tar
“My personal group can survive
budget cuts for the next year or
two, but the University as a whole
will be challenged,” he said.
“I see people for the first time
going back to China rather than
coming from China to do research.
I’ve never seen that before.”
But Dr. Myron Cohen, direc-
tor of the Center for Infectious
Diseases, was more optimistic
about the future.
“We don’t see it as putting an
end to what we’re passionate
about,” Cohen said. “When the
money comes back, we can make
even more rapid progress.”
Dr. John Thorp, director of UNC’s
obstetrics and gynecology program
and cousin of the chancellor, said he
was hopeful cuts wouldn’t deter his
work in Malawi.
“I think we’re going to get it
done in spite of the economy,” he
said. “But I don’t want to sound too
optimistic or sanguine.”
Contact the University Editor
at university@dailytarheel.com.
Spring 2011
February 1:
“OURS IS A HELL OF A STORY”:
CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE CROSSROADS
Francoise Hamlin will lecture on the
black freedom struggle in Mississippi
through the lens of a local fifty-year
study in Clarksdale.
News tuesday, february 1, 2011 5
The Lowdown on tonight’s Game
North Carolina vs.
Boston College
(14-7), (4-3) Conte Forum, 9 p.m. (15-5), (5-1)
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Reggie Jackson was benched to start BC’s
last game and may come out looking to
Backcourt prove himself. But UNC looks like a different
team since Kendall Marshall was put in the
lineup three games ago. Edge: UNC
John Henson has come into his own defen-
sively and has shown the ability to bother
Frontcourt many players. That should come into play
as BC loves to get points inside the three
point arc. Edge: UNC
UNC is thin up front, and with the Eagles’
trademark physical style, early foul trouble for
Bench Henson or Tyler Zeller could spell disaster for
the Tar Heels. Justin Watts will be sitting out
because of a sprained ankle. Edge: BC
The upperclassmen-laden Eagles have beaten
the Tar Heels for the past two years. They
Intangibles would like nothing more than to knock UNC
out of the Top 25 on BC’s home court to jump-
start their NCAA Tourney bid. Edge: BC
The Bottom Line — North Carolina 77, Boston College 72
Compiled by kelly parsons
angels “There will be
from page 1
be great if we lived in a time when
people who will be
we didn’t need to show ‘Angels in uncomfortable;
America,’ though I think we’d still
want to.” people will be
dth File/BJ dworak
The play — a two-part epic —
made its North Carolina debut in scared by it.”
Freshman Harrison Barnes posted a career-high 25 points against N.C. Charlotte, three years after part
Jeffrey Meanza, actor
State Saturday. North Carolina faces Boston College tonight at 9 p.m. one, “Millennium Approaches,”
won the Pulitzer Prize in 1993. coming city and (there we were),
Heels must be even better if they from 3 — and they don’t turn it The play’s premiere coincided embarrassing ourselves on a
want to come away from Chestnut over,” Williams said. “They put a with an anti-arts movement by national level,” Decker said.
Hill still tied for first in the confer- lot of pressure on your defense. It’s politically conservative locals. But the constant protests and
ence. gotta be our best defensive game of “People said, ‘Art is bad, and this national attention made “Angels
“They have a wonderful field the year.” is why,’” said Chip Decker, artistic in America” Charlotte Repertory
goal percentage and assist-to- director for the Actor’s Theatre of Theatre’s best-selling show. Later
turnover ratio, so they can shoot Contact the Sports Editor Charlotte. “You end up funding art budget constraints forced the the-
the ball — they can shoot the ball at sports@dailytarheel.com. like ‘Angels in America.’” ater to close in 2005.
The city was split — some people PlayMakers — though not the
moved out contracted a lease for the fall for four
residents to the six-bedroom house.
for and some people against gov-
ernment arts funding.
first N.C. company to produce
“Angels in America” since 1996 ­—
from page 1
“I didn’t know that it would not “Both sides did a really good job of remains confident that the show
“I would like to encourage peo- be okay to have permitted occu- fanning the flames,” Decker said. will be a success.
ple before they sign the lease to pants,” Leslie Lawler said. “If we The constant protests — includ- “Is it going to be everybody’s
please, please bring it in and let us had known it would have been such ing threats of lawsuits against nude cup of tea? No,” Haj said. “If I was
talk to you,” Bernholz said. a problem, we absolutely would not actors and attempts to bar the afraid of people’s reactions to our
Daniel Lawler and his mother have done it.” doors to the theater — carried lead- plays, we’d do nothing.”
Leslie manage Wright’s house on ers of both sides into the national
Patterson Place near the FedEx Contact the City Editor spotlight. Contact the Arts Editor
Global Education Center. at city@dailytarheel.com. “Charlotte T:5.5”
was an up-and- at arts@dailytarheel.com.
After losing the appeal to let the
students finish the lease, they’ve lost
$1,600 in rent per month. They’ve
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6 tuesday, february 1, 2011 News The Daily Tar Heel

O’Neil gallery on display at cancer hospital

by Nora Chan
staff writer
Chapel Hill resident Elaine
O’Neil didn’t know her textile
career would take her from craft-
ing curtains and tents to giraffes
and barbeque huts.
“I thought I would be design-
ing fabrics,” said O’Neil, who once
expected she’d use her textile design
degree in a career in New York.
“Things happen in life with getting
married and having children.”
But when a friend with a gal-
lery invited O’Neil to make a few
pieces for an upcoming art show,
she found a talent for turning fab-
rics into masterpieces.
“I did a couple pieces with tex-
tiles, and they all sold in the opening
reception,” she said. “That was kind
of a nice way to say, ‘Hey maybe I
can make a career of this.’”
O’Neil calls her work textile col-
lage, and she creates her pieces by
layering fabric with different tex-
tures, colors and shapes.
“Like a painter uses paint, I use
fabric and thread and my sewing
machine,” O’Neil said.
O’Neil’s work now brightens the
walls of the N.C. Cancer Hospital
as a permanent installation. Her
12 pieces were installed in the
hospital at a ceremony Jan. 21 in
memory of a man treated there.
“It started as this fundraising
project for the cancer hospital, and
it ended up as kind of a dedication
or a celebration of somebody’s life,”
she said.
The pieces, which depict imag-
es like the Tobacco Road rivalry,
NASCAR and the Durham Bulls
Athletic Park, were originally
created for a 2011 calendar sold
to benefit the UNC Lineberger
Comprehensive Cancer Center.
I n S e p t e m b e r, C a r o l y n
Goldfinch saw O’Neil’s pieces and
expressed interest in keeping them
as a collection in honor of her hus-
band, John, who passed away of
pancreatic cancer.
Goldfinch and O’Neil were
neighbors, and O’Neil said she
knew Goldfinch’s husband well.
“It was kind of serendipitous
the way it worked,” O’Neil said.
Goldfinch approached Debbie
Dibbert, director of external
affairs at the cancer center, asking
to make a gift for the art.
With help from family and
friends, Goldfinch purchased the
pieces and donated them to the
hospital.
“The calendar almost doesn’t do
justice to her pieces because you
can’t see the fabric, and you can’t see
the detail,” Dibbert said. “If you can
really get up next to it, you can see
how intricate they really are and the
amount of creativity and the effort
that has gone into these pieces.”
O’Neil said depicting memories
is a common theme in her work, and
many of her pieces illustrate scenes
from Chapel Hill and UNC.
“A lot of my work focuses around
a sense of place, where good things
and happy memories have hap-
pened,” O’Neil said. “When you’re
in the cancer hospital, you need to
think about those happy times too.”
dth/Logan Savage
Contact the City Editor Elaine O’Neil, a local artist, has 12 pieces of art permanently decorating
at city@dailytarheel.com. the walls of the N.C. Cancer Hospital. They were installed on Jan. 21.

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readathon “It builds a culture of finding pleasure

National and World News N&W from page 3

students.
from being able to open a book and see
Know more on Governorship retained by Mexico’s For Monday night’s “Read with di≠erent worlds.”
Me Under the Sea” event, Media
today’s top story: main leftist party Monday in Guerrero Specialist Kathryn Cole and sev-
eral student and staff volunteers
Erin Sullivan, mother

MEXICO CITY (MCT) — By winning in Guerrero, the transformed the school’s media the book of the same name. school-sponsored pizza party.
See the photography slide Mexico’s main leftist party fractious PRD managed to keep center into an underwater-themed “She loves children, and she does Erin Sullivan, mother of three,
show of scenes and situa- appeared Monday to have retained political control of the first of three reading area. The volunteers also fun things with the kids — for me said the readathon helps students
tions in Mexico: http://bit. the governorship in the southern states with PRD governors that brought live animals, including an that’s why I’m a principal,” said appreciate reading.
ly/dMblz9 (via San Antonio state of Guerrero, thwarting the have elections scheduled for this alligator and a diamondback terra- Bongarten on why she chose to “It builds a culture of finding plea-
Express-News) former ruling party at the start of year. One of those, Baja California pin, into the school’s science lab for dress up as the character. sure from being able to open a book
See reports on both Guerrero a pivotal election cycle. Sur, holds its election Sunday. children to interact with. As an additional incentive, the and see different worlds,” she said.
gubernatorial candidates claim- Angel Aguirre of the leftist The outcome in Guerrero, the At the event, Principal Rita class in each grade that logs the
ing wins: http://lat.ms/dXvTyv Democratic Revolution Party, or first of six states to elect governors Bongarten dressed up as Miss most minutes by Friday receives Contact the City Editor
(Via The Los Angeles Times) PRD, finished 13 points ahead of in 2011, puts a dent in the PRI’s Tizzy, a fictional character from a trophy and a coveted prize: a at city@dailytarheel.com.
Consider the occurrence rival Manuel Anorve in the race for hopes of creating an air of inevita-
from the perspective of right governor, with votes tallied from all bility as it seeks to retake the presi-
and left forces joining to but a handful of polling sites. dency next year.
impact Mexico’s governor’s Both candidates claimed victory The centrist PRI, toppled in
race: http://bit.ly/gfJ3tA (via soon after polls closed Sunday, cap- 2000 after seven decades of top-to-
Fox News Latino) ping a bitter campaign marred by bottom control, has stormed back
If you are interested in mutual accusations of vote fraud, by regaining control of the lower
more local updates on the dirty tricks and strong-arm tac- Chamber of Deputies and snaring
political situation in Mexico tics. Campaigning took place as six governorships from rivals since
and in more details on the Guerrero, home of the Acapulco 2007.
elections and other news, beach resort, has been buffeted by The PRI’s most likely presi-
check out MexicoNews.net: a wave of drug violence. dential candidate, Gov. Enrique
http://bit.ly/dRGJsZ Anorve, of the once-dominant Pena Nieto of the central state of
Go to http://www.dai- Institutional Revolutionary Party, Mexico, leads polls in hypotheti-
lytarheel.com/index.php/ or PRI, on Monday accused his cal matchups against opponents
section/state to discuss rivals of waging a “dirty war” and from the PRD and President Felipe
the situation in Mexico. said his party would contest the Calderon’s conservative National
results. Action Party.

Another blow to Huntsman to quit Anti-aircraft gun

health care reform ambassador role kills 17 civilians
WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT) CHICAGO (MCT) — Amid M O G A D I S H U, S o m a l i a
— A federal judge in Florida is heightened speculation that he (MCT) — At least 17 civilians were
expected to deal President Barack may challenge President Barack killed and 56 injured in the Somali
Obama’s health care overhaul Obama in 2012, the White House capital of Mogadishu on Monday
another legal blow Monday, rul- confirmed Monday that Jon when a soldier fired an anti-air-
ing that a requirement in the law Huntsman will leave his post as craft gun into a crowd, witnesses
mandating that most Americans ambassador to China in the com- and officials said.
get health insurance starting in ing months. Soldiers had killed a plain-
2014 is unconstitutional. Press secretary Robert Gibbs clothes policeman, triggering
U.S. District Judge Roger said Huntsman, the Republican a tense standoff as his heav-
Vinson’s widely anticipated deci- former governor of Utah, has told ily armed colleagues came to
sion is the second by a federal administration officials that he confront the troops. A soldier
court in as many months challeng- “plans to leave during the first part then fired the anti-aircraft gun
ing a key pillar of the health care of this year.” mounted atop a truck, although
law that the president signed last White House staff had no it was not clear if it was acci-
March. In separate lawsuits, two information about his plans, but dental or intentional. Witness
other federal courts have ruled Huntsman still has Obama’s con- Soleman Abdirahshid told the
that the law and its insurance fidence, Gibbs said. As he arrived German news agency that doz-
mandate are permissible under for the state dinner, Huntsman ens of people were cut to pieces
the so-called Commerce Clause told reporters he was “loyal to our as high-caliber bullets ripped
of the Constitution. president and our country.” through the crowd.

Semesters cut short

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rushing to leave the protest-ridden
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8 tuesday, february 1, 2011
The Daily Tar Heel
Established 1893,
117 years
of editorial freedom
Sarah Dugan
On Wellness & Well being
Senior environmental health science
major from Asheville.
E-mail: sdugan@email.Unc.Edu
The wild,
fantasy
world of
Facebook
I
t may be true that Facebook
is taking over the world —
today, there are more than
500 million active Facebook
users. T-Pain even got a Facebook
tattoo recently.
And while it is now considered
the norm to check Facebook daily,
new research suggests that check-
ing your friends’ Facebook pages
may make you feel inadequate.
A Stanford research team
found that people are more likely
to keep negative emotions more
private or hidden than their posi-
tive emotions, leading others to
underestimate the prevalence of
negative emotions among their
peers — even well-known peers.
According to the research
team, this perception of a lower
prevalence of negative emotions
in friends can then lead to lower
life satisfaction.
If the conclusions are cor-
rect, social networking sites like
Facebook can add to our percep-
tion that our friends are happier
than we are, since people tend to
post only the best parts of their
lives on Facebook.
The movie “The Social
Network” captures this dynamic.
In the movie, Facebook is por-
trayed as beginning in the spirit
of comparing people — specifi-
cally photos of female college stu-
dents. The character of Facebook
creator Mark Zuckerberg starts
“Facemash”, as it was originally
called, to post pictures of all the
girls at his university, giving peo-
ple a place to publicly “rank” the
photos against one another.
Naturally, Facebook has pro-
gressed from there, giving us a
place to chat with each other and
organize events. But it has also
advanced by giving us a more
sophisticated method of compar-
ing ourselves to our friends. We
can now compare each other based
on our relationship statuses, how
many wall posts we have, or even
how often we get tagged in photos.
Facebook and other social net-
working sites have been accused
of detaching people from each
other and limiting real connec-
tion, replacing face-to-face social
interactions with superficial,
online connections.
If this is true, and real interac-
tions have been replaced with
fake ones, it follows that the
fewer “real” things we know
about our peers, the more room
we have for making things up —
like assuming they are happier
than they actually are, and hold-
ing ourselves to this fantastical
standard.
Women are especially at risk
for developing complexes by
comparing themselves to their
friends on Facebook, since
women, more often than men,
tend to use social networking
sites to demonstrate online affec-
tion, and share photos of friends
and family.
On the other hand, men tend
to use social networking sites
more functionally, for activities
such as posting news, informa-
tion and task-oriented content
— practices which would not lead
them to compare themselves to
their friends.
However, women and men are
equally likely to broadcast their
relationship status — about 84
percent of users do so.
The important thing to
remember? Even though your
friends’ lives may look perfect
on their Facebook pages, don’t
immediately assume their lives
are that much better than your
own — for all you know, they
could be marveling at your own
fantastical life on Facebook.
Wednesday:
Taylor Fulton reflects on an infamous
New York Times article, one year
later.
Sarah Frier
EDITOR, 962-4086
Frier@email.unc.edu
Cameron Parker
Opinion EDITOR
cdp@unc.edu
Pat ryan
associate opinion EDITOR
pcryan@email.unc.edu
EDITORIAL CARTOON
The power of positive payo≠s
The lesson of North Carolina is that investment in
education can, and will again, drive growth
H
eading into the budget
season, the incredible
story of the Research
Triangle seems overshadowed
by the looming budget deficit
— nearly $4 billion. And in a
time when everyone seems to be
hurting, higher learning looks
like a tempting luxury to cut.
The only way for our school
and system to spare the qual-
ity of education here is for our
leaders — students and admin-
istrators — to articulate a dif-
ficult message: Investment in
higher education is likely a bet-
ter deficit reduction tool than
cutting.
Fortunately, North Carolina’s
story is especially conducive
to this argument. It’s one that
N.C. State University profes-
sor Art Padilla made two days
ago for the Chronicle of Higher
Education when defending state
investment in universities.
His argument that con-
Get concrete, Crisp
Specific plan for Greek system reform needed
T
he Greek system at UNC
has been discussed fre-
quently during the past
couple of years. The Board
of Trustees is still discussing
changes to the system and
how to promote a safer culture
in the Greek houses. Winston
Crisp, vice chancellor for stu-
dent affairs, has also been con-
sidering reforms for Greeks.
But there’s still much to be
done. And specifics are sorely
lacking.
Following the death of
Courtland Smith in August
2009, and several particularly
damaging drug convictions a
month later, it became clear
that the Greek system needed
re-evalution.
But the Greek system
reform movement is in limbo
A vote of no confidence
ASG tells students they don’t deserve a BOG vote
T
he Association for Student
Governments decided last
weekend to delay a push
for a vote on the UNC-system
Board of Governors — a deci-
sion that was short-sighted and
reflects ASG’s ineptness.
On Saturday, an ASG council
comprising student body presi-
dents of the 17 UNC-system
campuses tabled ASG presi-
dent Atul Bhula’s bill lobby-
ing for a vote at system board
meetings. Bhula attends and
has the power to speak during
the board meetings but cur-
rently does not have the power
to vote on decisions.
Members of the council cited
Bhula’s inability to effectively
lobby against legislators and
board members at meetings as
a reason to table the bill.
Opinion
EDITorial BOARD members
callie bost
Robert Fleming
Taylor Holgate
Sam Jacobson
Nathan D’ambrosio
Maggie Zellner
By JR Fruto, bundok@email.unc.edu
tinued investment in educa-
tion infrastructure during the
tough times of the 1970s sowed
the seeds of prosperity is espe-
cially salient to our current
dilemma.
And indeed, Research
Triangle Park stands as the ulti-
mate symbol of the potential
of public-private partnerships
among the best in education and
entrepreneurship. More than 50
years ago, it was mostly empty
land and tobacco farms, and the
state had the lowest per-capital
income in the nation.
It’s why a federal government
grant to the N.C. State statistics
department spawned the best
company in America to work
for (again): SAS. Imagine that.
But the argument hardly
need be purely anecdotal.
Empirical evidence also sug-
gests positive returns.
The current crop of legisla-
tors likely subscribes to a theo-
after a full year of heated
debate and multiple pro-
posed changes. In November,
the Board of Trustees passed
recommendations that would
require houses to hold spring
recruitment, but nothing sub-
stantive has happened since.
Crisp is a very capable
administrator who can and
will continue the very effective
and productive relationship
between the university and the
Greek houses.
But thus far, Crisp has been
very vague in expressing his
ideas for reform.
His three-pronged plan for
putting together a team to
evaluate the Greeks, restruc-
turing the office of fraternity
and sorority life and applying
reforms shows promise.
Since Bhula’s position is
temporary, to delay progress
in efforts to get the ASG leader
a vote is incredibly short-sight-
ed. Future ASG presidents will
be affected, and the fight for a
student vote on the board has
been ongoing since the 90s.
ASG members recognize that
the organization isn’t doing the
best job serving student inter-
ests. But halting efforts to gain
a student vote on the board will
only make matters worse.
The president is an important
liaison between the more than
200,000 students in the UNC
system and administrators.
Students also pay a $1 fee annu-
ally to finance ASG. If ASG has
minimal effect on how decisions
are made at BOG meetings, one
could question why students pay
Greg Smith
Shruti Shah
Taylor Haulsee
ry of economics that views gov-
ernment spending multipliers
unfavorably. Fine.
A 2009 economic impact
study of the benefits of the UNC
system showed an increase of
$9.65 in private income and
$1.37 in public revenue for every
dollar spent on the system —
before multiplier effects.
These positive returns flow
purely from the activities of
the institution, and they will be
seriously weakened if adequate
funding is abandoned.
Even the libertarian-leaning
John Locke Foundation admits
that higher education invest-
ment is a pro-growth strategy:
“We can be fairly sure of some
things: Having large numbers
of smart young people study
difficult and important sub-
jects is good for the world and
the economy.”
To our advocates: The tools
exist. But time is running low.
But without details, it’s hard
to evaluate what doesn’t con-
cretely exist.
The office of fraternity and
sorority life will essentially
become empty in the coming
months. Jenny Levering has
already left the University
and Kayte Frye is preparing to
leave as well. This is a problem
that also presents an opportu-
nity for Crisp to make a fresh
start.
Reform should be coupled
with hiring two competent
and hardworking individuals
to replace Levering and Frye.
Crisp said in an interview that
the timeline for these events
will be February and March.
Greek life is integral to stu-
dent life at UNC. It’s time to
see what’s in store for it.
for the association at all.
A vote at BOG meetings is
more effective than no vote at all.
And we agree that ASG needs
to prove itself capable of using
that vote wisely. But perhaps the
vote would be a step toward true
impact, giving ASG something it
can take seriously.
The fact that student body
presidents from across the UNC
system voted down Bhula’s bill
for a vote speaks volumes on
how much they think a student
vote would mean. Yet the best
way to correct glaring ineffec-
tiveness is for the student body
presidents to redouble efforts
to give Bhula a sophisticated
platform to advocate from.
Jettisoning a long-standing
effort to give students greater
voice is the wrong response.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Homosexuality, Christianity
are diametrically opposed
TO THE EDITOR:
About Matt McNeill’s letter
(Jan. 28) headed “Burr’s com-
ments offensive to Christians,
homosexuals,” I am a Christian
and the comments do not offend
me at all.
I think Burr is quite right in
implying that being homosexual
and Christian is incongruous.
It is clear that one who indulg-
es in homosexual activities is
going against Christianity. The
Bible condemns homosexual
acts many times, in both Old
and New Testaments. Anyone
who deliberately defies these
condemnations can hardly be a
real Christian. (“But, if it feels so
good, how can it be a sin?”)
McNeill says he doubts that
Jesus would have turned His
back on such a person. I think
that, if Jesus had encountered a
man taken in sodomy rather than
the woman taken in adultery, He
would have said the same thing:
“Go, and sin no more.” In these
times, wealthy and influential
homosexuals have influenced
national organizations into
removing homosexuality from
lists of mental/emotional com-
pulsive disorders. The kleptoma-
niacs, and others, have not been
able to bring such influence to
bear.
J. E. Williams
Class of ’50
UCommons renovation is
a student-driven effort
TO THE EDITOR:
I would like to clarify a
point of the editorial “Level
the field.” The editorial frames
the UCommons marketing
campaign as an administrative
effort. While Union adminis-
trators have been involved in
some of the organizing efforts,
the UCommons campaign has
been and continues to be driven
by students. Students designed
the marketing materials, stu-
dents collected petition signa-
tures, and most importantly,
students were responsible for
what makes up the renovation
proposal. UCommons is not a
top-down campaign or conspir-
acy to squeeze fees from stu-
dents; rather, it is a response to
what students have deemed the
Union’s greatest needs.
Students will be collecting
petition signatures throughout
campus and I encourage all stu-
dents to sign to put this referen-
dum on the Feb. 8 ballot.
Even if the referendum does
not pass, the discussion taking
place among students about
UCommons shows that students
have a vested interest in the proj-
ect and deserve the opportunity
to vote.
Michael Willis
Senior
Psychology
TFA’s recruitment drive is
ineffectual, too aggressive
TO THE EDITOR:
While at UNC, I became
well acquainted with the names
attached to the deluge of Teach
for America recruitment e-mails
and Facebook event pages. Given
the fact that Ms. Keziah (“Teach
for America gives hope to the
less fortunate, Jan. 28) has yet
to even begin teacher training,
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I found it strange that her let-
ter to the editor sounded like a
marketing pitch straight off the
TFA website. I soon remembered
that I had seen her name on the
recruitment efforts I alluded
to earlier. According to a TFA
e-mail I received, Keziah’s posi-
tion as campus campaign coor-
dinator is paid an hourly wage.
She should have disclosed this
compensation in her letter.
This raises a larger issue of
the effect of TFA’s highly aggres-
sive recruiting. It is notorious for
sending a torrent of personally
addressed recruitment e-mails to
students who are not interested
(e.g. me).
The organization has done a
good job of increasing its appli-
cation numbers. However, I
fear that its recruiting practices
are crowding out students who
are truly enthusiastic about
teaching. It markets itself as an
“option” (their word, not mine)
to attract many applicants, and
consequently they receive appli-
cations from students who con-
sider the organization little more
than an option. Often, these
“option” students are highly
accomplished and accepted over
qualified applicants whose only
goal is TFA. This strategy also
drives down its admittance rate.
Teach for America should recruit
students who are wholly com-
mitted to the cause rather than
seek prestige by recruiting many
and accepting few.
Jahan Mohiuddin
Class of 2010
Choose your language to
respect others’ feelings
TO THE EDITOR:
In all of the debate surround-
ing gendered language, I’d like
to offer a perspective shift away
from focusing on the “badness”
or “goodness” inherent in words
themselves.
Words hurt not because of
we detect a “wrong” property in
the word, but because language
is an expression of how we take
others to be important. We all
believe we deserve some level
of consideration from other
people.
When we address another
person, choosing words care-
fully can show an appreciation
for their agency, their individual
personhood.
If I tell someone I’d rather not
be referred to in a certain way
and they deliberately go against
that wish, I instinctively find it
offensive that the person did not
regard my desire as worth her
attention.
In this sense, it isn’t the prop-
erty of the word, nor even the
association of the word that
seems to be offensive, but rather
the motivation of the individu-
al for not taking my wishes as
important.
We shouldn’t overly sensitize
our language just for the sake of
it, but we should realize that our
words are a manifestation that
shows how much we care about
other people.
Choose your words carefully
not because of some regard for
an abstract system of “correct-
ness,” but because you want
other people to feel that you take
them worthy of your effort and
consideration.
Michael Foote
Senior
Philosophy and Biology
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