Serving the students and the University community since 1893
VOLUME 117, ISSUE 144
diversions| page 5
LOTS OF LAUGHS
The N.C. Comedy Arts
Festival is preparing for its
10th year of laughs at
venues across Chapel Hill and
Carrboro. The month-long
event draws top comedians
from around the country.
city | page 3
TRASH TALK
Gayle Wilson has helped
Orange County reduce its
waste output in recent years.
He has helped the county
reduce trash rates by more
than half since 1991.
university | page 3
ASKING FOR MONEY
Three student fee referendums
will be on Tuesday’s ballot
that would raise fees a total of
about $7. Fees for this school
year were $1,760.41.
arts | page 3
ALL MY SONS
Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons,”
performed by the PlayMakers
Repertory Company, provides
a disturbing look into the
damage that money and lies
can cause.
this day in history
FEB. 4, 1913 …
Rosa L. Parks, civil rights
activist and inspiration for
the Montgomery Bus Boycott,
was born in Tuskegee, Ala. Her
refusal to give up her seat
on a bus led to the historical
year-long boycott.
Today’s weather
Sunny
H 48, L 31
Friday’s weather
Here we go again
H 40, L 32
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calendar ........................... 2
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crossword ...................... 10
sports . ...................... 11,13
opinion .......................... 14
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thursday, february 4, 2010
carson Investigation
Start
Defense
seeking
videos for
evidence
“I cycle the same
way the mailman Tapes could show whether
operates —
regardless of the
police abused Atwater
weather.” DTH ONLINE: Read the motion filed by Demario
Atwater’s attorneys that seek the release of police
ADAM BIEL, BIKING FROM ALASKA TO surveillance with this story at dailytarheel.com.
ARGENTINA TO RAISE MONEY
FOR AUTISM RESEARCH
BY Sarah Frier
City Editor
Defense attorneys for one of the two men charged
Bike ride
with killing former Student Body President Eve
Carson want videos that could show if he was abused
by police during his arrest and interrogation.
Federal defense attorneys of 23-year-old
Demario James Atwater filed a motion Monday
raises cash
asking for Durham and Chapel Hill police surveil-
lance of Atwater and of Shanita Love, a key wit-
ness.
If the videos do exist and show the physical
and mental threats and abuse that Atwater says
for autism
occured, any statements made by Atwater or Love
during the videos would most likely be thrown out
in court.
“Coerced testimony would
violate the Fifth and 14th
Amendments,” Rich Myers of
Alumnus cycling 25,000 miles the UNC School of Law said.
“If those statements led to other
evidence, that evidence would be
BY Lindsay Ruebens
Staff Writer thrown out as well.”
A Durham Police Department
Adam Biel bought his first bike in June. Before then, the farthest
he’d ever ridden a bike was 24 miles. That was in 11th grade. attorney said she couldn’t com-
Demario ment on the specific case, and
On June 26, the 23-year-old set out to break that personal record
Atwater’s there’s no guarantee an event in
and, perhaps, a world record as well. That day, Biel embarked on
attorneys say their patrol cars or department
a 25,000-mile bike ride from Alaska to Argentina in the hopes of
raising a million dollars and awareness for autism.
videos could rooms — if any occurred — was
Biel said he averages about 75 miles a day, and he’s leaving
Finish
show police
abuse.
captured on tape.
“Our cameras are old,” said
Chapel Hill, where he’s taken a break since December, early
Monday morning for Greensboro. police attorney Arnetta Herring.
“We’re in the process of replacing them.”
Biel, who graduated from UNC in May, has attached a name
to his campaign, calling it the Adventure for Autism. He is Monday was the defense’s last opportunity to
sending the money he raises to charities L’Arche in Canada and file motions before the federal trial, so Atwater’s
the Pathfinders for Autism based in Maryland. attorneys also filed many last-minute requests for
“It’s disheartening to see how widespread it’s become, but specific kinds of evidence and for the possibility of
it’s been awesome to see people case by case,” Biel said. “People the death penalty to be reconsidered.
with autism aren’t just numbers or statistics.” The federal prosecutors have until March 15 to
respond to the motions, said Lynne Klauer, spokes-
In nearly every town he visits, Biel stops to talk to students of
woman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the N.C.
all ages about autism and his bike ride. He asks everyone he meets
for donations, and has a sign on his bike to help promote his cause. Middle District.
When he makes it to Mexico, he’ll switch it to Spanish. He said Sometime this month, a judge will decide wheth-
he’s not sure how much he’s raised so far. er to grant the defense’s request to move the trial
“I cycle the same way the mailman operates — regardless of out of state. The defense claims that 80 percent of
the weather,” he said. North Carolinians are familiar with the case, which
He started planning his cycling journey in January 2008. could mean the jury pool is too biased.
Biel said he had known he didn’t want to immediately begin The judge will decide before Feb. 22, when the in-
a job upon graduating in 2009. Instead, he wanted to use the state jury selection process is scheduled to begin.
time to make a difference and inspire others. Authorities say Atwater and Lawrence Alvin
At first, he didn’t have a plan. Then he visited Belize. Lovette, 19, kidnapped Carson from her home on
He was passing an interesting sign on the road, and though March 5, 2008, took her to an ATM to withdraw
he has yet to understand what the sign was advertising, he $1,400 and then shot her in a neighborhood off East
knew it mentioned something about a Trans-American Trail. Franklin Street.
The idea of taking a Trans-American journey never left his Atwater faces both federal and state charges and
is eligible to receive the death penalty if convicted
thoughts. Initially, he thought he wanted to hike through two
continents, but then discovered that such a trip would take seven after either trial.
years. So he settled for a two-and-a-half-year bike ride instead. Lovette, Atwater’s co-defendant in the state’s
One of his friends has a younger sister with autism and sug- case, has not been indicted by federal prosecutors.
gested he ride his bicycle to raise money for the cause. He is not eligible for the death penalty because he
dth/lauren mccay was younger than 18 when Carson was killed.
Before creating Adventure for Autism, Biel didn’t know
much about autism beyond what he learned from coaching an Adam Biel, a 2009 UNC graduate and Morehead
scholar who founded Adventure for Autism, stands Contact the City Editor
with his bike Wednesday evening at Bolin Creek. at citydesk@unc.edu.
See Bike ride, Page 11
election issue series
Town to forge new
SBP, Greeks rarely interact vision for downtown
Will likely have little influence Greek life in the
Plan will set goals for next decade
platforms
BY Andy Thomason of this year’s election could expand Monique Hardin* “One
Staff Writer the reach of the student body pres- of the things I want to do is BY Sarah Morayati
The death of Courtland Smith, ident’s influence on Greek commu- Senior writer
strengthen the Greek affairs
several alcohol violations and a nity through increasing communi- Downtown Chapel Hill, long beset by worries about empty store-
committee.”
string of cocaine arrests this school cation between the two groups. fronts and slow development, will soon be getting a new vision.
year brought “We represent about a fifth of Nash Keune “We will provide The Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership and the town of Chapel
the Greek the campus, so I think a good stu- wood for building horses.” Hill have recommended hiring a consulting firm to help create a mas-
ter plan for downtown redevelopment — which will help define how
community dent body president would want to Joe Levin-Manning* “We
STUDENT to the fore- make sure those people are spoken need to recognize the Greek the area grows and changes in the next decade.
ELECTIONS front of the for,” said Interfraternity Council system’s self-governance. I want “There were a lot of changes in the market, so we felt it needed to
University’s President Tucker Piner. be revisited,” said Dwight Bassett, economic development officer for
2010 to work with them to establish a
the town.
attention. Smith, who was president of plan of action.”
Now the Delta Kappa Epsilon, was shot to The town submitted a request for proposals in November 2009. Eight
Hogan Medlin “Establish a firms responded to the request, and the town conducted interviews in
Greek sys- death by police outside Greensboro
communications liaison within the January, looking for past experience, familiarity with the area and cost.
tem — which makes up about 20 on Aug. 23.
Greek affairs committee … The chosen firm’s name will be released when it signs the official
percent of the student body — is Shortly after, the 13-member
dialogue will enhance collabora- contract, which could happen as early as next week.
being subjected to Universitywide Board of Trustees began efforts to
tion and improve unity.” The master plan would be a long-term document that guides how
criticism and a review of sororities improve sorority and fraternity life.
and fraternities on campus. One of the few avenues the stu- Shruti Shah “The Greek liason properties on Franklin Street and downtown will develop. It’s intend-
ed to complement the University Square redevelopment plan that
But next year’s student body pres- dent body president has to Greek will be responsible for commun-
began this fall. Also addressed will be downtown mixed-use develop-
ident will likely have little influence life is his or her role as the sole stu- cating and collaborating... to
on reforms planned for next year. dent voice on the board. better support Carolina’s Greeks.” ments Greenbridge and 140 West Franklin.
Several University officials and Bob Winston, chairman of the This is not the first plan for downtown growth. In 2000, the town
members of student government Board of Trustees, said the Greek
Greg Strompolos*
“Everything in moderation. Make
created the Downtown Small Area Plan, which helped guide develop-
and the Greek community said the community could be largely shaped ment in the past decade but grew somewhat out of date.
sure there’s a fair balance of what “A plan like that typically has a shelf life of about 10 years,” Bassett
student body president has tradi- by the board’s efforts. these organizations are doing.”
tionally had only a few avenues to At the end of last semester, said.
affect fraternities and sororities. Winston recruited alumnus Jordan *Candidates who did not mention The town’s proposal did not specify a price for the firm’s work.
Still, representatives of the Greek life in their platforms were
Greek community said the winner See greek life, Page 11 asked for elaborate on their plans. See downtown, Page 11
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n A 32-year-old Carrboro man Crest Drive, according to Chapel
was arrested at 1:16 p.m. Tuesday Hill police reports.
at Willow Drive for possession of Rodney Eugene Oldham, 41, of
methamphetamines. 7214 Union Grove Church Road,
Erick Jabari Davis, who was was found with one gram of crack
arrested on a Wake County charge, cocaine and arrested for selling and
was taken to the Orange County Jail distributing cocaine, reports state.
and held under a $3,150 secured Torre Lannard Thorpe, 38, of
bond. 307A Crest Drive, was arrested for
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a Sustainable Food System” for
the Southeast Youth Food Activist
comedy at the N.C. Comedy Arts
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Students to vote on fees Probation

Correction
Due to a reporting error,
Wednesday’s pg. 3 campus brief,
“Students will vote on three fee

reforms
increases on Feb. 9 ballot,” incor-
rectly stated that the student activ-
ities fee is up for a vote. It is the New charges range from 7 cents to $6 Fees on the ballot
student organizations fee.
Student organizations fee

face budget
The Daily Tar Heel apologizes BY katie little cuts have contributed to the need to
for the error. Staff Writer increase fees. Current: $39 / Increase: $6
Student fees could climb higher if “Students in organizations would go Description: Mainly to account
voters approve three new referendums to departments and ask for funds from
cAMPUS briefs for inflation since the last fee

Chapel Hill Transit bus brakes
catch fire on Columbia Street
The brakes on a Chapel Hill
Transit bus caught fire Wednesday
near the intersection of S.
Columbia Street and Cameron
Avenue, said Maria McPherson,
lieutenant of Orange County
Emergency Services.
McPherson said the Chapel Hill
Fire Department responded to the
scene just after 8 p.m. She said
there were no reports of injuries.
Residence Hall Association
endorses Shruti Shah for SBP
The Residence Hall Association
and National Residence Hall
Honorary endorsed Shruti Shah for
student body president Wednesday
night.
At the forum hosted by the two
groups, candidates were asked
about their plans for creating a
community on campus. Candidates
also answered questions about
diversity, transparency and relating
to students. Candidates empha-
sized their plans for getting student
feedback on various projects.
Lee Nettles, external affairs offi-
cer for RHA, said representatives
for the groups liked the way Shah
seemed willing to work with their
organizations and create a liaison
between student government and
RHA.
At the forum hosted by STV, can-
didates were allowed to ask each
other questions. Greg Strompolis
asked Hogan Medlin, “Why do you
think students want to watch you
talk while they eat?” in reference to
Medlin’s plan to broadcast himself
talking on the TV in the Student
Union.
Medlin asked Monique Hardin
how she would promote arts at the
University on a limited budget.
Nash Keune asked Strompolis,
“Why are bonfires awesome?”
Shah asked Joe Levin-Manning
how he’d work with graduate stu-
dents as student body president.
Strompolis asked Shah and several
other candidates how they expect
to enact real change after having
in Tuesday’s elections.
The proposals, which would increase
the student orga-
nizations, legal ser-
vices and security
STUDENT fees, would raise
ELECTIONS each student’s fees
by about $6.
2010
S t u d e n t
Congress voted to
place the referen-
dums on the ballot during its full meet-
ing Tuesday night.
Total undergraduate fees for the
2009-10 school year were $1,760.41.
This cost could increase by $96.01 for
the 2010-11 school year if all the recom-
mended fee increases — including the
three on the ballot — are passed.
Jennings Carpenter, the student body
treasurer, said the fees are necessary to
maintain the quality of University stu-
dent programs.
Carpenter said the University’s recent
budget crisis and departmental budget
Gayle Wilson, the director of solid waste management for Orange County, points out Wednesday one of Orange
County’s waste management facilities at the bottom of the Orange County Landfill on Eubanks Road.
them,” he said. “Whereas departments
had discretionary funds where they could
pay for stuff before, now they can’t.”
The student activities fee increase,
which funds multiple student groups,
would mainly cover the cost of inflation,
Carpenter said.
“It’s a six dollar increase, and stu-
dents do get concerned about increases
of that magnitude,” he said.
Carpenter said raising the safety
and security fee would also cover infla-
tion. The fee helps fund SafeWalk and
other programs to increase awareness
of safety.
Finally, the student legal services fee
would help cover an increase in account-
ing and auditing costs for student legal
services. The organization has already cut
salaries by 10 percent and reduced travel
and printing costs, Carpenter said.
He added that it is difficult to deter-
mine whether the fees will be controver-
sial on election day.
Last year’s child care services fee refer-
increase.
Student Legal Services fee
Current: $13 / Increase: 85 cents
Description: Would help cover
the increase in accounting and
auditing costs of services.
Safety and security fee
Current: $2.20 / Increase: 7 cents
Description: Mainly to account
for inflation since the last fee
increase.
endum, which raised the amount of funds
designated for UNC student-parents,
passed only after the Board of Elections
called for a re-vote because of fliers cir-
culating around campus deemed to be in
violation of election rules.
“It was a divisive issue,” said Ryan
Morgan, last year’s Board of Elections
See Fee, Page12
dth/phong dinh
troubles
Caseworkers continue to be
overloaded, legislators say
By Jeanna Smialek
Staff Writer
Some state legislators say progress on fixing the
state’s probation system has been too slow and that true
reforms could be several years off.
Flaws in the system came to light after the killing of
former UNC Student Body President Eve Carson and
Duke University graduate student Abhijit Mahato in
spring 2008.
Both suspects charged with killing Carson were on pro-
bation. The incidents revealed a system that was over-
taxed and lacked adequate supervision for offenders and
their case workers.
Intense reviews of the system were launched soon
after. The state legislature allotted about $1.4 million in
the 2009-11 budget to rework its operations.
Probation officials say that the system has come a long
way, but legislators say they would still like to see more
probation officers in the field.
N.C. Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, D-Orange, co-chairwoman
of the committee for appropriations on justice and pub-
lic safety, said legislators want to consolidate the system
and make sure there are enough probation officers to
handle the cases.
But many positions are still vacant and caseworkers
remain overloaded, Kinnaird said.
“It is very disappointing to me that they haven’t filled
the positions,” Kinnaird said. “But if we have not pro-
vided adequate funding, then we as the legislature have
failed on our end.”
Keith Acree, public affairs director for the N.C.
Department of Correction, said the probation system
has made a number of improvements in the last year,
but that the Department of Corrections did not have
sufficient funds to add 117 officers to the field, as the
legislature requested.
Approximately 2,000 officers handle 120,000 cases
in the state, Acree said.
“There has not been a lot of additional money. It has
been very tight for every state agency this year,” Acree
said.
The department has made major improvements,
especially in technology and communication, despite
the lack of money, Acree said.
The reforms are targeted at making the system more
efficient and reducing the burden on individual proba-
tion officers.
The upgrades include a new computer “dashboard”
technology that allows probation officers to deal with
their entire caseload electronically.

worked in Student Government
for so long.
An endorsement was not made
after the STV forum.
The following forums will occur
throughout the next week:
n  The Graduate and Professional
Student Federation will hold a
forum at 5:30 p.m. today in Dey
Hall, Room 206.
n  The Black Student Movement
will hold a forum at 7 p.m. today in
the Upendo lounge of SASB.
n  The Center for Energy and
Environmental Policy of the
Roosevelt Institute will hold a envi-
ronmental sustainability forum at
8 p.m. Thursday in Murphey Hall,
Room 116.
If your group is holding a forum
and you would like it added to
the calendar, please e-mail the
University desk at udesk@unc.
edu.
Visit dailytarheel.com/student-
body-elections for updates on times
and locations of the forums, as well
as election coverage so far.
TRASH TALKING
County has cut waste rates drastically
BY Sarah Glen
staff writer
Gayle Wilson wants your card-
board boxes, your plastic bottles and
your aluminum cans, too.
As the director of solid waste man-
agement for Orange County, Wilson
urges citizens to recycle as much as
possible, and his efforts are begin-
ning to pay off.
A report released Tuesday showed
that the county had the third best
waste reduction percentage in the
state in 2009, having cut its waste
‘All My Sons’ cast dazzles
rates by 54 percent since 1991.
Only Jones and Martin counties
did better.
But that drastic improvement
hasn’t come without careful planning
from Wilson and others in the solid
waste department.
Wilson, originally from Kentucky,
studied political science and has been
working for Orange County for 31
years.
“At heart I’m really just a glorified
garbage man,” he said. “It doesn’t
bother me that people say ‘Oh … solid
Recycling tips
Designate a recycling bin or trash
bag for party litter.
Crush plastic bottles and cans
before recycling them.
Take the caps off of plastic bottles
before disposing of them.
Take your own shopping bags when
grocery shopping.
waste.’”
Wilson said his tasks range from
scientific evaluations and managerial
duties to educational programming.
See Trash, Page 12
A capella concert to
Officers also receive daily updates from the court sys-
tem, so they don’t need to do manual record checks on
offenders. They can now search offenders’ homes with-
out a warrant.
Through another reform, judges reviewing proba-
tion cases can have limited access to offender’s juvenile
records, Acree said.
N.C. Rep. Ron Sutton, D-Robeson, vice chairman of
the house subcommittee for appropriations on justice
and public safety, said it could take up to 3 years to fully
reform the system.
If the state could pay probation officers more, turn-
over would be lower, which could lead to more experi-
enced officers, Sutton said.
And had the killings happened outside the Triangle,
the problem might not have been addressed as quickly,
he said.
“It all boils down to money. We didn’t have all of the
money we needed to implement all of the good ideas.”
Contact the State & National
Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.

UNC research uncovers link

between genes and disease
Researchers at the UNC
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer
Center have teamed with col-
leagues in Barcelona to gain a bet-
ter understanding of the genetic
basis of type 2 diabetes and other
common illnesses.
The research, published Sunday
in the journal Nature Genetics,
presents the first high-resolution
map of the genome that controls
which genes are activated.
The project’s completion has
prompted further research into
the genetic changes underlying
disease.
State briefs
NCSSM chancellor will lead
private school in Maryland
N.C. School of Science and
Math Chancellor Gerald Boarman
will become head of school at the
Bullis School, a private school in
Potomac, Md., the (Raleigh) News
& Observer reported.
Boarman announced last week
that he would be leaving NCSSM
after 10 years as its leader.
The Bullis School includes
grades three through 12 and has
roughly 650 students. NCSSM has
about 670 students.
Boarman previously worked in
the Prince George’s County school
system, which is in Maryland, for
about 30 years.
—From staff and wire reports.
BY adam hinson
staff writer
Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons”
is situated in a serene suburban
backyard where the sun is shining
and birds are chirping.
This picturesque setting, how-
ever, is not even close to represent-
ing the drama and tragedy in the
play that gives the term “family
issues” a new meaning.
“All My Sons,” directed by
Davis McCallum and put on by
PlayMakers Repertory Company,
provides a disturbing look into
the damage that money and lies
can cause.
Taking place in America after
World War II, the play revolves
around the Keller family. Their
two sons went abroad as part of
the war effort, but only one has
returned.
The Kellers are a seemingly
normal family with everyday
problems. Eventually, their sim-
ple lives develop into a suspense-
filled, captivating story that one
would expect from a modern soap
opera.
Unlike a soap opera, however,
the play has an additional element
of social commentary that analyz-
es the extent to which Americans
value money.
A theme throughout the play,
the pursuit of money, connects
the many tragedies that fall upon
this family.
The play shows that individual
and family actions still have an
effect on the world, illustrating
that people are responsible to the
rest of the world and not just their
family.
From left, Christian Conn, playing Chris Keller, and Paul O’Brien, as Joe
Keller, perform in “All My Sons,” directed by Davis McCallum.
The stage was simple but effec-
tive in its ability to create a sense
of being in someone’s backyard.
The action took place in the back-
yard, but the back of the house and
porch were visible at the back of
the stage.
Characters could be seen per-
forming daily tasks in the windows
of the house in the back of the set
as the main action occurred in the
front of the stage.
From Christian Conn’s portrayal
of protagonist Chris Keller to Lucas
Griffin’s minor role as Bert, a local
neighborhood boy, the small but
memorable cast was superb. The
acting in “All My Sons” draws the
audience in and completely envel-
ops them in the post-WWII era.
There were a few line flubs which
courtesy of Jon Gardiner
theaterreview
All My Sons
Playmakers repertory company
tuesday
were temporarily distracting, but
the overall story was engaging.
The costumes were also authen-
tic of the time period, capturing the
wholesome veneer of the ’40s.
The play’s action takes place in
a day, and the lighting was sub-
tly adjusted with each scene to
show the progress of natural light
throughout the day.
However, typical of the legend-
ary playwright’s works, the pro-
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benefit Haiti victims
BY shelby marshall
staff writer
UNC students are using their
artistic talents to raise money for
Haiti earthquake victims, offering
original art works and beautiful
music.
All nine of UNC’s a cappella
groups will be joining together to
perform Monday. All the proceeds
from the $10 tickets will go direct-
ly to relief efforts in Haiti.
The money raised will go to
Architecture for Humanity, a pro-
gram that designs and constructs
buildings for areas in need.
“We wanted to try and impact
the Haitian relief aspect in an
extended way,” said sophomore
Walt Peters, member of the Walk-
Ons, about partnering with the
architecture program.
Hannah Jones, business manag-
er of the Loreleis, said the concert
will allow students to raise funds
while enjoying a concert.
“It’s a really cool way for the
campus community to come
together to support a great cause,”
Jones said.
The concert and other fund-
raising events on campus have
been coordinated by the Campus
Y through the One Effort: Haiti
campaign, Peters said.
The One Effort campaign was
created in part to ensure no groups
would be doubling efforts.
“This is a collaborative effort
from the very beginning to the
very end,” Peters said.
The General Alumni Association
ATTEND THE CONCERT
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Location: Memorial Hall
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and Top of the Hill have also con-
tributed to the performance.
The GAA made all the flyers and
programs for the concert, and Top
of the Hill is having a drink special
following the performance.
Peters said that the audience can
go from the concert to Top of the
Hill for a “charity beer on tap.” A
dollar will go to Haiti for each beer
bought.
In another effort to raise funds
for Haiti, sophomore Caroline
Johnson created Heeled HeARTs
for Haiti initiative. Through
Facebook, students in the group
sell their work and all the money
they receive goes to Haitian relief
through UNICEF.
Johnson, who also started the
Hugs for Haiti fundraiser on cam-
pus, said art is being sold for a
minimum of a $5 donation.
Art, poetry, digital animations
and even tarot card readings are
all for sale.
“It’s UNC students’ opportu-
nity to get unique art that fits their
desires, for a price they can afford,”
Johnson said.
Tickets for the a cappella per-
formance are available at the
Memorial Hall box office.
Contact the Arts Editor
at arts@unc.edu.
4 thursday, february 4, 2010
Local schools could add honors
BY julie Crimmins
staff writer
Community members can voice
opinions today about a proposal
to add more honors classes to the
local school curriculum — either
online or in a hybrid form with
regular classes.
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
School Board’s proposal to add hon-
ors social studies and science classes
arose from concerns that some stu-
dents were bored in regular classes
and felt pressure to take Advanced
Placement classes to raise GPAs.
The system does not currently
offer honors classes in core science
and social studies classes.
“The board asked in December
that we bring back a proposal
that would offer honors classes
face-to-face or virtually,” said
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
Superintendent Neil Pedersen.
The proposal suggests honors
science and social studies courses,
except world history, be offered
online for the 2010-11 school year
through the North Carolina Virtual
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Public School program.
Then the courses would transition
to the classroom beginning the fol-
lowing year, with the eventual goal
of replacing standard-level courses
with honors level by 2015-16.
But some teachers worry the
online proposal could degrade
the quality of education, while the
hybrid proposal could complicate
lesson plans.
“How can you provide a lab
experience online?” Bert Wartski,
a Chapel Hill High School science
teacher, wrote in an e-mail.
Other concerns include worries
that the honors classes would seg-
regate the student body based on
race, ethnicity, socioeconomic sta-
tus and native language due to the
achievement gap.
As a solution, the administra-
tion has suggested hybrid classes,
in which honors and regular stu-
dents would be taught side-by-side
in the same classroom. But the
hybrid model has also met a mixed
response from teachers.
“A hybrid class would allow
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those students who want addi-
tional rigor and GPA points to get
it, but it would not detract from the
diversity of the class,” Lisa French,
a Carrboro High School social stud-
ies teacher, wrote in an e-mail.
Wartski does not support the
hybrid model for science classes.
“There are some labs that I
would do with honor students and
not regular students,” Wartski said.
“Should I just ignore half of my
class as students do a lab and the
others do a worksheet? The hybrid
model is flawed, at best.”
But Pedersen said it’s a proposal
that addresses student needs.
“The worry is that some stu-
dents, perhaps many, are not being
adequately challenged.”
Contact the City Editor
at citydesk@unc.edu.
National and World News
Iran sends living Democrats get a
animals to space another pep talk
BEIRUT (MCT) — Iran
announced that it fired a pow-
erful rocket loaded with sev-
eral live animals into space and
unveiled a handful of other space
technologies Wednesday, ahead
of a nationalist holiday and
amid heightened international
concerns about Tehran’s nuclear
research and missile programs.
The long-awaited launch of
the Kavoshgar-3 satellite car-
rier and the unveiling of the
other technologies coincided
with Iran’s annual Space Day, as
well as the buildup to the Feb.
11 anniversary of the Islamic
Republic.
State television aired footage
of the flying Kavoshgar-3. Photos
posted to news Web sites showed
a rat strapped into a space pod.
Reports said two turtles and
worms were also aboard.
WA S H I N G T O N , D . C .
(MCT) — In a pep talk to
Senate Democrats, President
Barack Obama on Wednesday
urged his allies to buck up
despite electoral setbacks and
bear down in the final push to
overhaul health care.
He told them that whatever
they do, they should quit rely-
ing on blogs and cable televi-
sion for news.
Those online and TV sourc-
es create a Washington “echo
chamber” that’s overly fixated
on political analysis, he said,
when a better perspective on
the world comes from talking to
average Americans on a regular
basis.
“There’s a mistake I made
last year,” Obama said.
“And that’s just not getting
out of here enough.”
The Daily Tar Heel
Look into Jackson’s
death nears end
LOS ANGELES (MCT) —
There have been growing signs
that the half-year investigation
into the death of Michael Jackson
could be coming to a conclusion.
Prosecutors continue to
decline comment on when — or
if — they will charge Jackson’s
personal physician in connec-
tion with the pop star’s death.
But law enforcement sources
have said that it’s possible a deci-
sion will come sometime this
week.
A lawyer for Conrad Murray,
the physician, said Tuesday that
his client is in Los Angeles and
prepared to surrender if authori-
ties file charges against him.
“I don’t have any specific
information that leads me to
believe he is going to be charged
this week,” lawyer Ed Chernoff
said.
Congress to
expand its
review of
Toyota cars
WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT)
— Congressional investigators are
expanding their look into the large
recall of Toyota vehicles by examin-
ing whether the sudden accelera-
tion problems affect other models,
suggesting as well that all Toyota
vehicles be retrofitted to avoid the
problem.
In a letter Wednesday to the
head of Toyota’s North American
operation, the chairman of a con-
gressional committee that will hold
a hearing on the recall next week
asked detailed questions about
how the company has dealt with
the acceleration issue and whether
it’s safe to drive the models that
have been recalled.
The committee’s investiga-
tion, one of two being conduct-
ed in Congress, comes as U.S.
Transportation Secretary Ray
LaHood said Wednesday that the
government now is looking into
complaints about problems with
brakes on Toyota’s popular Prius
hybrid sedan, after reports that
Japan’s government has asked the
company to investigate the issue.
The letter written by Rep.
Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., chair-
man of the House Oversight and
Government Reform Committee,
specifically asks questions about
similar problems in the Toyota
Tacoma truck.
He noted that the National
H i g h w a y Tr a f f i c S a f e t y
Administration has received more
than 100 complaints about sudden
acceleration in the Tacoma, which
does not have the same accelera-
tor pedal assembly as the recalled
models.
He cited some complaints in
which faulty floor mats, which
Toyota recalled last year, also did
not appear to be the cause.
“What would explain episodes
such as this, where drivers are
experiencing an uncontrollable
acceleration and, reportedly,
no floor mats are present in the
vehicle (or they reported the floor
mat was not involved), particular-
ly for this make and model where
no CTS pedal is involved,” Towns
wrote.
LaHood on Wednesday advised
drivers of Toyota vehicles recalled
because of sudden acceleration
problems to get their vehicles fixed
quickly, which will be a major task
for the automaker given the num-
ber of vehicles involved.
Toyota Motor Corp. has recalled
2.3 million cars and trucks in the
U.S. because of the pedal prob-
lem.
“I want to encourage owners of
any recalled Toyota models to con-
tact their local dealer and get their
vehicles fixed as soon as possible,”
he said.
LaHood said that the
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration “will continue to
hold Toyota’s feet to the fire to make
sure that they are doing everything
they have promised to make their
vehicles safe.
“We will continue to investigate
all possible causes of these safety
issues.”
Toyota responded Wednesday
that unless people are experienc-
ing problems with their vehicle,
the autos are safe to drive.
“Our message to Toyota own-
ers is this: If you experience any
issues with your accelerator pedal,
please contact your dealer with-
out delay,” the company said.
“If you are not experiencing
any issues with your pedal, we
are confident that your vehicle is
safe to drive.”
Contact the State & National
Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.
page 5
ten
Celebrating
years
of
local
laughs
The N.C. Comedy Arts
Festival prepares for its
10th year of chuckles in
Chapel Hill and Carrboro
Mike Blejer
Week 1: Sketch
CHiPs The beloved campus
comedy group will induce some
laughs at DSI’s Carr Mill Mall
theater space tonight.
Annabelle Goes It Alone...
Toronto’s one-woman sketch
comedienne will perform a mix-
ture of music, comedy and musi-
cal comedy Friday night at DSI’s
Carrboro space.
Fantastic Genius New York
City-based duo will bring some
adult-themed sketches to DSI in
Carrboro. Comprised of a mar-
ried couple, Fantastic Genius
promises awkward humor at
its best.
Death by Roo Roo
online | dailytarheel.com
MAJOR WASTE “Wasted” by Organos is
Dive’s Local Song of the Week.
CONCERT PHOTOS Vicarious experiences
of last week's shows with reviews, too.
HOLD A CANDLE Dive interviews Roman
Candle before its Double Barrel gig.
thursday, february 4, 2010
dailytarheel.com/dive
COURTESY OF DSI COMEDY THEATER
A crowd awaits a performance at DSI’s theater, located in Carrboro’s Carr Mill Mall. The venue will host performers in the upcoming festival.
BY linnie greene ‘Well, I want to go see a show,’ and every week it’s
assistant diversions editor going to be different, but they’re all going to make you
Ten years ago, Zach Ward founded the N.C. Comedy laugh.”
Arts Festival to educate comedy lovers on UNC’s campus. The mayors of both Chapel Hill and Carrboro
Now, with an established comedy theater in Carrboro recently declared February DSI Comedy Arts Month.
and 10 years of experience behind him, the whole town This year marks the festival’s addition of week-long
is in on the joke — make that many jokes. sketch comedy and comedic film segments. The films
Since it began in 2001, the month-long N.C. will screen at The Varsity on Franklin Street and will
Comedy Arts Festival has grown to encompass venues be free to UNC students.
across Chapel Hill and Carrboro, drawing performers Ward’s connection with the University is a long-
from across the country. This year’s line-up includes standing tradition. As a student at Carolina in 1996,
Saturday Night Live writer Bryan Tucker and stand-up Ward co-founded Chapel Hill Players, also known as
comedian Eddie Brill, house comic for The Late Show CHiPs, a student improv group that will be featured in
with David Letterman.
“The entire month of February is going to be hilari-
the upcoming festival.
“I started improvising in this town in 1993,” said
ous,” said Ward, founder of the festival and Carrboro’s Ward. “So from improvising here in town, starting
DSI Comedy Theater. “The entire month, you’re like, CHiPs, the first seven years of my experience in improv
was founding, starting and driving the group’s success.
And I didn’t do it thinking about being successful at the
time. I just wanted to keep doing comedy, and I wanted
John Betz Jr.
people to see it.”
This desire to bring comedy to the area led Ward to
found DSI Comedy Theater in 2005 when he returned
from Chicago after staying there for four years. Teaching
has been an integral part of DSI since its inception.
“In order to do comedy I needed people who wanted
to do comedy too, so I started to train people,” he said.
“A lot of people locally know about our shows happen-
ing in the area, but while we do shows here in Carrboro,
there are DSI shows being performed two weeks out of
the year in Chicago, in Minneapolis.”
“Even though our theater is a 90-foot theater in Carr
Mill Mall across from the railroad tracks, we get flown
in and booked to do shows all across the country. It
adds to the cache of DSI as a brand name, but it also
adds to Chapel Hill and Carrboro as a really awesome
Week 2: Stand-up Week 3: Improv Week 4: Film center for the comedic arts.”
Nicholas Rutherford An New & Improv.'d Hailing Americatown Wilmington John Reitz, a member of CHiPs and DSI, says that
alum of famed comedy troupe from James Madison University filmmaker Kenneth Price will these connections to other established venues set DSI
Upright Citizens Bridage, in Harrisburg, Va., this improv screen his 77-minute comedy apart from other area comedy theaters.
Rutherford, who hails from Los troupe will perform alongside about a series of events set off “It’s not the only place to go, but it’s the best place
Angeles, will perform at DSI’s CHiPs and other college improv by spilled coffee at the Varsity on to go. The national connections and the quality of the
Carrboro theater on Feb. 11. groups at a venue on UNC’s Franklin on Feb. 25. output there is unmatched in the area,” he said.
campus. Ward’s commitment to the arts extends beyond DSI’s
Comics & Chords A regular Nerdcore Rising One part small theater space. The company’s for-profit model
feature at Local 506, Comics & MISTER DIPLOMAT DSI’s res- music documentary, one part
has allowed it to host numerous charitable events.
Chords will feature stand-up acts ident improv comedy group will nerd’s cinematic vengeance,
“If there’s a takeaway from DSI, it’s that it’s really
from New York and Chicago in perform Feb. 19 at the theater’s director Negin Farsad shadows
important for us to give back to the community,” he
honor of the festival. venue in Carr Mill Mall. comedic group MC Frontalot on
said. “As a for-profit organization, we can without hesi-
Eddie Brill House comic Death by Roo Roo The its national tour.
tation. We don’t take any public grants or funds. We
for The Late Show with David acclaimed New York City comedy Laughology Like the title constantly give back.”
Letterman and experienced troupe returns to the festival might indicate, this film studies This generosity drew Kit FitzSimons, a performer
stand-up comedian Eddie Brill again this year with a show at laughter. Who knew such a and theater manager, to DSI.
will perform at Cat’s Cradle on Cat’s Cradle on Feb. 20 alongside commonplace phenomenon “I’ve been performing and working with DSI because
Feb. 13. MC Frontalot. could be considered scientific? I wholeheartedly believe in the style, the mission of
DSI, performance-wise and public-wise,” he said. “The
philosophy public-wise is one of education and com-
mitment to the community, so, since the theater has
opened, one of our catchphrases has been ‘support your
local comedy.’ Even if you’re not watching comedy here,
you should be watching comedy somewhere.”
And with the festival ahead, patrons will be able to
watch comedy at seven different local venues.
If Reitz’s experiences in years past are any indica-
BUST
tion, the N.C. Comedy Arts Festival will provide more
than just a month of entertainment. He sees it as a
resource for performers and an opportunity for the
area to receive recognition for comedic talent.
“You kind of make some friends along the road,”
Reitz said. “I was on a subway in Chicago two years
ago, and a guy sat down next to me and looked at me
and said, ‘Wait a second, didn’t I see you perform at the
N.C. Comedy Arts Festival?’”
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music more music movies Q&A
HITTING THE BEACH PRINCE AND THE PAUPER MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE ORGAN-IZED
Beach House releases its third In Music Shorts this week, Dive “The Messenger” chronicles Dive writer Elizabeth Byrum sat
album Teen Dream, a looks at new releases from the stories of two soldiers who down to pick Maria Albani’s brain
meditative album that absorbs Pantha Du Prince, B.o.B. and inform families that relatives about Organos, her solo project
the listener in its depths. Metroid Metal. have died in battle. that she recorded herself.
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Demetri has forgotten his punch line and

thursday, february 4, 2010

needs your help! First, unscramble the letters Sarah has so many ideas floating around in her head that it’s easy to get them all
below to form words. confused. Help her sort through the clutter and find the topics of upcoming, all-new
episodes from Season Three hidden below.

Now arrange the circled letters to complete the title of Demetri’s drawing.

Demetri is a wiz with important scientific data. Connect the dots

in numerical order to complete his graph of urination habits (sans
toilet) over a lifetime.
Sarah’s dog Doug is lost in the big bad city.
Help him get safely home while avoiding out of
control cars and veterinarians with big clippers.
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ORGANOS: PHONE BOOKS AND WATER JUGS ‘The Messenger’ brings

While recording any kind of
music is demanding, it becomes
MA:
doubly so when you do everything
a decade of war home
SEE ORGANOS LIVE
Time: 10 p.m. Friday
Location: The Pinhook, Durham
ent from Schooner?
I go about things the
same way, in terms of preparing
yourself on a record, start to fin-
ish. Organos, the solo project of
117 West Main St. and being overly nervous and anx- by Jonathan Pattishall
Info: thepinhook.com ious about practicing and making staff Writer
Schooner member Maria Albani,
sure everything sounds good and 2009 will be remembered, at
is essentially a one-woman show, a
everybody feels good about it, but least in part, as the year American
combination of simplistic bass lines start with bass and then we would
it’s a different hat for me. cinema finally turned its gaze on
and layers of household sounds. go back and fill in the rest of the
I mean, I am still on the stage a near decade of warfare in the
She will host a CD release party instruments that I knew were in
and I am still performing, but I feel Middle East. “Brothers” and “The
Friday at the Pinhook for the debut the original recordings.
much more exposed. For years that Hurt Locker” were both good, but
EP The Limbs EP. Diversions Staff It’s a very fun process to do it like
I have been performing in bands, it the last to get to Chapel Hill, Oren
Writer Elizabeth Byrum caught up that. I love recording with other
took me a really long time to where Moverman’s “The Messenger,” is the
with Albani to discuss the musical people and as a band and every-
I would even completely face the most unique, most important and,
merits of phone books and water thing, but there is something very
crowd. Just having a microphone if you ask me, best of them all.
jugs and the joy of shareware satisfying to listen to a completed
and the bass, I turn sideways still Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery
recording programs. song at the end, start to finish,
and stare at my friend Theresa (Ben Foster) is a veteran returned
Diversions: What encour- every detail of it. It’s like, “I did all
of that, and it came from my head
(Stone-Phillips). I don’t really from Iraq. A supposed act of hero-
aged you to start Organos? completely face front and make eye ism earned him shrapnel in his left
and I put it here and it’s this thing
contact with people, not to be rude, eye and a trip home, where he is
Maria Albani: I start- now for people to hear.” but it’s a nervous thing. bewildered to find himself assigned
ed Organos when my old band
Pleasant, that I was in for about
Dive: You mentioned that on Dive: What do you have in to the Casualty Notification Service
the EP, you used various objects as dth file/Jordan Lawrence with Capt. Tony Stone (Woody
10 years, disbanded, and I went mind for the future of Organos? Maria Albani plays with the band
instruments. What were some of Harrelson, one of Hollywood’s
out into Hillsborough. I was liv-
ing in Chapel Hill. I went out
the unconventional devices used MA: Definitely a full-length. Schooner at a gig last year. Her most underrated actors). Courtesy of Oscilloscope Laboratories
for the album? A number of other songs that I side project, Organos, will release In the CNS, Will has the burden Ben Foster stars as Staff Sergeant
to Hillsborough to live with my
have home recordings of I want to a new EP Friday at The Pinhook. of delivering the news to the fami- Will Montgomery in the movie
mom. MA: Phone books, spoons, a rework. lies of dead soldiers, a task all the
I didn’t quite, in that move, have water jug, glass vase, sticks, a lot “The Messenger,” which is now
It’s actually through playing more difficult because of his strict playing at The Chelsea Theater.
all the instruments that I was used of hand claps, a lot of floor stomps.
with my friends that I noticed that starSystem instructions not to mince words,
to having around me. I just had Nothing too completely odd, but
occasionally they might change up touch the bereaved or generally act Moviereview
my bass. I started writing bass it was literally what I had near me Poor
something. I was very particular in like a sympathetic human at all.
lines and sort of listening for space that I felt comfortable using.
the beginning about them doing
the messenger
and filling in melodies with maybe Fair These are the door-to-door
Dive: What is the biggest dif-
other bass lines, guitar maybe, but ference in playing a live show?
exactly how everything is on the “angels of death,” a role that Foster
record, but I am finding that I am good nails with his stone-cold face and
mostly it started out as vocals and
MA: You’ve got the energy becoming more open to receiving priceless grimace. The knock on
bass, and then I began adding per- Excellent
input from them, because they all the door brings utter dread, as Will psychological that we see in other
cussion, just objects I found around of other musicians involved, and
have really fantastic ideas and are finds pregnant girlfriends and wail- movies on the Iraq war. Will and
the house. while they are playing exactly all my
super enthusiastic, energetic and
Classic
ing mothers inside. There are ago- Stone are not special head cases;
Dive: How was the recording parts that I recorded on the record,
you can still hear them through it conventional. nizing moments in front of every they’re normal soldiers who have
process different than what you Definitely this isn’t something divestaff house, and each confrontation lost touch with their emotions.
somehow, which I think is why I
had done before? that I want to be as active in as I Jordan Lawrence, Editor brings fresh pain. It just never gets In the first scene, a doctor drops
have the people playing with me
am with Schooner. What I mean 843-4529 | dive@unc.edu easier. Not emotionally, at least. dilating fluid in Will’s eye, and like
MA: Originally, all of these that I have. I know them very well, by that is a “band band” that you
songs were recorded on this free I respect them all as musicians. What sets “The Messenger” contagious yawns, we blink with
see on the venue bills every month. Linnie Greene, Assistant Editor
program online called Audacity. I I’ve played with them before, and apart from “The Hurt Locker” is him. It’s a reflex test of our sympa-
This isn’t something I want to play , Elizabeth Byrum, Joe Chapman, not only the incredible, naturalistic thies, and it translates later on into
would basically record one track at they are very close friends. It allows
out a lot. I am more interested in , Rocco Giamatte, Mark Niegelsky, acting from Foster and Harrelson, our ability to identify with other
time. They all sound really sort of me to focus on singing, which is
recording and maybe doing a hand- Anna Norris, Jonathan Pattishall, as well as Samantha Morton people and their struggles. It’s an
sketchy, pieced together, horrible something I have been terrified of
ful of really nice, good, solid quality Benn Wineka; staff writers and Steve Buscemi, but also the affecting moment that sets the tone
sound quality, but enough to get for years. I don’t play any instru-
ments live, other than maybe the shows and just not overdoing it. increased relevance for civilian for the rest of this stirring movie.
the point across. Cover Design: Seth Wright
Nathan Oliver, who is also on the triangle. audiences. The characters in this
Contact the Diversions Editor movie suffer from a different kind Contact the Diversions Editor
same label as me, was very encour- Dive: How is Organos differ- at dive@unc.edu. of maladjustment than the strictly at dive@unc.edu
aging to try to recreate that, but
also without adding a lot of fancy
studio stuff, because it would have
been very easy to. But it was very
important to both of us actually to
keep it very home-recorded sound-
ing.
One weekend, we went over to
Pox Studios, which is run by Zeno
Gill. He’s recorded a lot of bands
around here and he used to be in a
band called The Sames.
Nathan and I went in and sort
of went down the line of the songs,
and just did one thing at a time;
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Beach House makes waves on ‘Teen Dream’

Contrasts imbue album with dexterity
BY linnie greene
Assistant diversions editor
The title of Beach House’s third
full-length release says little about
its content. From the first gasp of
Victoria Legrand’s powerful vocals
to Alex Scally’s seething guitar, it’s
clear that Teen Dream is far more
sophisticated than its name sug-
gests.
Unlike the whimsy that accom-
panies most pubescent fantasies,
Beach House imbues the album
with gravity and depth, blending
equal parts experimentation and
polish on an album that shines
with originality and intensity.
Legrand’s commanding vocals
are both immediate and arresting.
Somewhere between Cat Power
and Billie Holiday, her wails strad-
dle the elusive boundary between
control and chaos, faltering slightly
before a pristine note cuts through
Scally’s instrumentation like a
warm knife.
And unlike other dreamy pop
chanteuses, Legrand opts out of
contrivance or affectation, instead
delivering a rasping, urgent perfor-
mance that maintains a constant
pulse.
The notes are often shaky, but
amidst Teen Dream’s winding,
hypnotizing riffs, Legrand’s voice
pierces, an animalistic sound
framed by driving melodies.
Beach House also delivers an
equally remarkable melodic punch.
Though each track is characterized
by a smattering of discord and
jangling keys, most songs revolve
carousel-like around delicate har-
monies and memorable hooks.
And while it’s relatable, this
accessibility doesn’t render Teen
Dream simplistic. Legrand and
Scally center their songs on sturdy
choruses but regularly venture into
dissonance.
“Better Times” shifts from a
memorable refrain to a dawdling,
off-kilter bridge, reaching the
boundaries of its aesthetic limits
and returning successfully. “10
Miles Stereo” explodes in a col-
lision of cymbals and Legrand’s
furious howl before it dissolves into
ambience. This duality character-
izes much of the album, adding
deep texture without distracting
from each the sweeping emotional
scope.
This formula serves Beach House
throughout the record. Just when
it seems that the listener has mas-
tered the meaning and structure of
any given song, the track shifts and
morphs before it transitions back
to its original form, breaking from
the listener’s expectation only to
return from this diversion, trium-
phant, several moments later.
And while each individual com-
ponent demonstrates the duo’s
MUSICreview
beach house
teen dream
pop
skill, it is the combination of all
of these elements that establishes
Beach House’s musical prowess.
The band uses contrasts and foils
like paint on a canvas. “Norway”’s
rippling guitar and writhing
vocals give way to a few brief bars
of breathless silence, a transfixing
moment of calm between surging
swells of noise.
Teen Dream is a balancing act.
It navigates messy experiments
on the sails of pristine pop clarity.
And it’s in the ebb and flow of such
extremes that Beach House proves
they’re not just making pop music
— they’re making art.
COURTESY OF SUB POP RECORDS
Contact the Diversions Editor Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally of pop duo Beach House pose for a
at dive@unc.edu. press photo. The band’s new album Teen Dream came out last month.

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Pantha du Prince
Black noise
Electronic/experimental
Listening to Black Noise is like
riding a topsy-turvy carnival ride.
German beatmaster Pantha Du
Prince locks the listener in his seat
with an almost uniform sound, and
then contorts perception with invig-
orating variations.
Du Prince starts each song with
shimmering chimes, bass and clear
synthesizers. But as the album
progresses, each songs shifts and
mutates with layers of differing
effects. At the same time, his con-
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And unlike electronic colleagues b.o.B
F---ed Up and Toro y Moi, Du
Prince uses minimal amounts of
noise which makes for a clean,
refreshing sound.
Opener “Lay in a Shimmer” is
an airy and delicate composition
that sets the stage for the rest of the
album. It contains Du Prince’s basic
ingredients, but as the album con-
tinues, it layers a diverse range of
keyboard chatter, creating an active,
if somewhat constrained, sound.
Despite his foundations Du
Prince keeps things from getting may 25th
monotonous.
He’ll drop a different techno beat
here, dial back on the chimes there, hip-hop
speed up the tempo, then slow it
down again, keeping the listener
on her toes throughout.
Navigating these subtle changes the MC. Is it Bobby Ray? B.o.B.? end doesn’t clash with the mellow
is akin to riding a wave. Powerful, A.K.A.?
shifting melodies propel you for-
ward in an unstoppable force
Even though it clocks in at significant contributions to hip- urban rockabilly numbers that
over an hour, Black Noise carries hop as of late. The Atlanta product when he bodies a beat, such as
you along so swiftly that it almost
Shipment
feels too brief. Reverberating with minimal production and layers his you forget he can spit bars with
nuanced versatility, it’s a record that compositions with horns and gui- the best of them. Take it from the
should steal away many hours from tar, adding something organic and man himself: “I’m just saying I can
those who choose to take the ride.
-Anna Norris which ESPN used as its theme
..ERS
Diversions thursday, february 4, 2010 9
for Bowl Week, are reminiscent of Metroid Metal haunting aesthetic. And in doing
another ATL icon, trendsetter and so it creates a series of good, though
oft-compared-to André 3000. never great, metal instrumentals.
B.o.B. produces the kind of Opener “Prelude” takes a soaring
music that appeals to both “back- melody from “Super Metroid” and
packers” and “street”-prone audi- amps it up with stomping chords
ences alike. and a riff that goes for miles. But
Bob can hold his lyrical weight what makes it is the subtle intro.
against J.Cole over a cynical As the band steadily builds into a
Alchemist beat on a song such as pounding force, a guitar nails the
“Gladiators,” then switch to the game’s eerie signature synth line,
self-strummed, coffee-shop-friend- creating powerful tension.
ly “Out of Time” on the next song. Most of the older songs are simi-
“Don’t Feel So Good” best cap- larly loud. “Kraid,” the theme for a
tures both of these sides on one cut. Varia Suite series-long villain, rockets around a
Beginning with a singing B.o.B. corkscrew riff in a quick romp.
and his guitar, the song digresses Hearing these nostalgia-enduc-
into bars of his rhymes that con- metal ing melodies shocked into high-
trasts with the intro yet seamlessly voltage should certainly prove fun
The many names of B.o.B. aren’t transitions. Even the spattering of In video game history, few series for Metroid fans, but they’re a touch
the only thing confusing about drums in the background at the have music as good as Nintendo’s monotonous on a musical level.
Metroid. From the early chirps and The two songs from “Metroid
start. pings to heady synths and guitar, the Prime” display more instrumental
Identity crisis aside, B.o.B has But that’s just how B.o.B. rolls. tunes in these games creep along, dexterity. “Phendrana Drifts,” the
been dropping some of the most He seems so comfortable in his underpinning the strung out isola- aural compliment to a cold tundra,
tion at the heart of bounty hunter places a cleanly reverbed guitar over
Samus Aran’s interstellar journeys. harder rock to funnel lonely cold
bypasses
his peers’ penchant
Ad-DC-DTH:Layout 1 1/29/10 for
9:54 Mobb
AM Page Deep’s
1 “Shook Ones Pt. II,” With Varia Suite, a group of hard into crushing metal muscle.
rockers have gathered to pay tribute So while Nintendo-philes will
to the exemplary soundtracks. find plenty of jollies here, metal
By all counts Metroid Metal is far heads may find themselves wishing
vibrant in an age of Pro Tools. switch up the flow.” more successful than it should be. for a more satisfying set of jams.
Tracks such as “Champion,” It completely changes instrumen-
-Benn Wineka tation without losing the games’ -Jordan Lawrence
FEBRUARY 2010
Jennifer Larmore
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movieshorts
EDGE OF DARKNESS
Mel Gibson has set a new bar for
badasses on the wrong side of 50
(sorry, Bruce Willis). His intense
performance in “Edge of Darkness”
partly compensates for the dearth
of engaging action. However, in
light of the film’s harrowing one-
liners and uncompromising sketch
of humanity, you’ll be relieved that
this thriller didn’t wind up as a
Michael Bay movie.
Tom Craven (Mel Gibson) is a
Boston detective whose 20-some-
games
Level: 1 2 3 4
thing daughter (Bojana Novakovic)
returns home to him for the week-
end until she is killed by a masked
gunman on Craven’s doorstep.
Aided by an informant named
Darius Jedburgh (Ray Winstone),
Craven investigates his daughter’s
secret life working for a chemical
research corporation, barreling his
way through the lawyers and cor-
porate reps hiding the truth behind
his daughter’s murder.
Blending introspective grief with
vengeful resolve, Gibson reshapes
and legitimizes the daughter-
protective supercop. Through his
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so each row, column
and 3-by-3 box (in
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tains every digit 1
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Solution to
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informed delivery of the film’s The dull visual life and hackneyed
piercing dialogue, Gibson culti- depiction of a big bad corporation
vates a maniac with nothing to lose will have you waiting for a bullet-
that is, above all, human. fest or some dynamite to keep your
Winstone breathes heart-and- attention. Instead, fewer action
soul into a character you would scenes in more meaningful con-
normally love to hate, juxtaposing texts are employed to resolve the
a façade of shiraz-and-cigar charm plot and shed light on the film’s
with the emptiness of a corrupt seemingly cheesy title.
way of life. So while there’s certainly noth-
This complexity separates the ing to love about the film, watch-
film from pointless revenge thrill- ing Mel Gibson return to the big
ers (read: Steven Seagal movies), screen with guns blazing is worth
and Winstone manages it with the two hours you spend sitting in
impeccable subtlety. darkness.
The film is by no means edgy.
-Rocco Giamatteo
Trash guru When In Rome
Gayle Wilson has helped Orange
County reduce its waste output in
recent years. See pg. 3 for story. It’s easy to dismiss a shoddy
romantic comedy as harmless fluff
Fixing probation that was never really meant to
be critically appraised. But after
State officials said reform of the
watching “When in Rome” I’ve
probation system is happening too
concluded this one may kill only
slowly. See pg. 3 for story.
slightly fewer brain cells than an
eight ball of coke.
With honors When workaholic Beth (Kristen
The local school district will Bell) goes to Rome for her sister’s
discuss high school honors classes wedding, she takes several coins
today. See pg. 4 for story.
diverecommends
Coaching effort
Album from the Vaults: David
Roy Williams says he is having Bowie, David Live: It’s rare that an
trouble teaching effort to the his artist can put out a really fantastic
team. See pg. 11 for story. live album, but leave it to David
Bowie to do just that. This 1974
Signing day release catches him at his prime,
UNC’s football team signed 21 featuring a compilation of Bowie’s
recruits as part of Wednesday’s best delivered in the singer’s typi-
signing day. See pg. 13 for story. cal glam rock style.
Movie from the Vaults: “Office
Space”: It’s barely vintage, but
this 1999 film documents all the
recession-worthy morals to comfort
any recently laid-off office crony.
Sure, jobs can make you money, but
they can also make you miserable.
It’s “stick it to the man” attitude at
its best, complete with office nerds
getting gangster.
The Daily Tar Heel
from the fountain of love, causing a lovelorn fool whose relentless
the men whose coins she stole to attempts at wooing could also be
fall madly in love with her. She is construed as stalking.
then pursued back to New York by As I entered the theater, I saw
her suitors, including an amorous the tagline for “When in Rome”
Italian artist, a vapid male model, read “Did you ever wish for the
and Danny DeVito. impossible?”, and looking back, I
Director Mark Steven Johnson guess I did.
seems aware that his film’s lifeless I wished for a good film.
plot won’t hold up under scrutiny
and he hurtles through the story -Mark Niegelsky
at breakneck speed, not bothering
with luxuries like back story, char-
acter names, and acting.
The bits set in Rome are par-
ticularly laughable; all Italians
sound like the Mario Brothers and
the wedding scene looks like it
was cribbed from an Olive Garden
commercial.
When the movie finally slows its
pace at the end, the lack of chem-
istry between Beth and her beau
Nick (Josh Duhamel) is appar-
ent. Their “true love” consists of
half-hearted witty banter, clichéd
statements about choosing love
over work, and Beth’s eerie death
rictus grin.
They are neither a convinc-
ing nor compelling couple. Beth
is a self-centered ditz and Nick is
Events: Nashvillians will kill with twang-
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WKNC Double Barrel 7, Night 1 Spider Bags will also be on hand
The Pour House, Raleigh | The alongside the excellent folk styl-
annual two-night benefit for N.C. ings of Midtown Dickens and The
Tender Fruit. 9 p.m., $9
State’s radio station is packed every
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Hill’s Max Indian and the ferocious cle of Chapel Hill’s Jenks Miller will
post rock of Bellafea. Veelee and be on rare display Saturday night
The Light Pines open 9 p.m., $9 as Miller teams with Megafaun’s
Brad Cook to pump out what
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saturday
bit of noise. Mountains, Tape and
WKNC Double Barrel 7, Night 2 Ghost Hand also play. 9:30 p.m., $5
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45 Curly group?
Are you currently experiencing
1 Clip contents
5 Grass surfaces
10 Whirlpool
68 Harbor hauler

14 Wagered
15 Slanted
16 Like undecorated walls
17 Start of a quote
19 Slammer at sea
20 VIP roster
21 With no margin for error
23 Quote, part 2
26 Grifter’s easy mark
29 Prohibition action
30 It’s gnus to the lions
31 Prohibition __
33 Pilgrim’s destination
37 Understood
38 Author of the quote
41 Greet warmly
42 Photographer Adams
44 Curly poker?
45 Geisha’s cupful
46 Ragtime piece that became
Vincent Lopez’s
theme
49 Hit, as flies
51 Quote, part 3
54 Quivering
55 Salad bar pair
59 Cuernavaca crowd?
60 End of the quote
63 Raced
64 “Whoopee!”
65 Logician’s word
66 Empire until 1991:
Abbr.
67 Doesn’t put
anything away for a
Down
1 Six-time Emmy winner
Alan
2 Send
3 Skirt length
4 Homeric inspiration for
Joyce’s “Ulysses”
5 Ancient cross shape
6 Beehive State native
7 Bit of bridge-building
hardware
8 Biceps, e.g.
9 Sedimentary rock layers
10 Good time for a
beachcomber
11 “Splish Splash” singer
12 Manhattan, for one
13 Safecracker
18 Name of four Holy Roman
emperors
22 Doorbell sound
draft
25 Wave maker
26 Women’s links gp.
27 Pressing need?
28 Examiners of boxers
32 Objective
34 Make small talk
35 Greek salad slice, briefly
36 Like good bourbon
38 High, as a kite
39 Get rid of
40 Ex-Speaker Gingrich
43 Retail
computer buyer, e.g.
47 Much
48 First name in soul
50 “__ girl!”
PAIN
51 Jackson 5 dos
52 ’Stros, for example around one or both of your lower
53 Up for __
54 Alaskan island closer to
Russia than to Alaska
56 DEA raider
WISDOM TEETH?
57 Cautionary data entry
acronym UNC School of Dentistry is presently enrolling healthy subjects who:
58 Winter blanket
61 Twaddle
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Heels hit the road vs. Hokies
Williams looks for new strategies
BY mike ehrlich
Senior writer
He can add new plays to the
offense and defend the inbound
pass with a zone.
And he can make them run all
day.
But how does Roy Williams
teach effort?
As the losses have started to pile
up for North Carolina, its head
coach has been faced with that
troubling question.
“I’ve never had to coach concen-
tration and effort as much as I feel
like I’m trying to coach that now,”
Williams said. “And they should be
able to supply that.”
Williams was sure to accept
equal responsibility for the team’s
struggles, both on the court and of
the mind. But he wasn’t alone in
his assessment.
“I don’t think anybody’s effort
downtown
from page 1
“When towns don’t put a price on
it, they’re asking the consultant to
negotiate,” said Josh Bloom, princi-
pal of consulting firm Community
Land Use Economics Group, which
has worked with downtown areas.
“They want to keep their options
open.”
How much the plan would cost
depends on several factors, includ-
ing how much the community is
involved and how much work is
required. For large cities, down-
town plans can reach several hun-
dred thousand dollars.
Master plans are common for
cities who want to substantially
redevelop their downtown areas,
said Emil Malizia, professor and
chairman of UNC’s city and region-
greek life
from page 1
Whichard to examine UNC’s and
other school’s Greek communities
and make suggestions to the board
regarding improvements.
Winston said the board’s goal is
to begin implementing change by
the end of the semester.
But Winston said the student
body president will have an impact
on the issue only slightly.
“I don’t see a student body presi-
dent having a major impact on this
issue at all, other than weighing in,”
Winston said.
Representing student opinion to
UNC administrators is the primary
role of the student body president.
Some Greeks have had tense rela-
tions with University administra-
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right now is where it needs to be
for us to be the team that we’re
striving to be,” point guard Larry
Drew II said.
“And it’s definitely showing out
there on the court.”
The Tar Heels would be hard
pressed to find a worse time to have
motivational difficulties. They have
three games in the next week, the
first two on the road and the third
against ACC-leading Duke.
The tough stretch begins today
at 9 p.m. at Virginia Tech. UNC
beaten the Hokies at home this
year before the Tar Heels dropped
four out of five.
In a conversation between Drew
and his father, former NBA player
Larry Drew Sr., the elder pointed
out that going on the road might
actually be a refreshing escape for
the team.
“My dad said especially with the
al planning department.
Some of this work can be done
locally, but many cities and towns
choose to hire outside firms for
larger projects, Bloom said.
“People often become very
attached to ideas about downtown
development,” he said. “An outsider
can provide a perspective that an
insider might not be able to have.”
Greensboro’s master plan was cre-
ated in 2001 with the help of Atlanta
consulting firm Cooper Carry Inc.
The consultation, which cost
about $250,000, was proposed to
help revitalize Greensboro’s stagnat-
ing downtown area.
“We were having businesses leave
downtown, including office users,”
said Ed Wolverton, president and
CEO of the agency Downtown
Greensboro, Inc.
A new minor-league stadium and
tors over the past year.
“Times are changing, and the
organizations are either going to
change with them or not survive,”
said Winston Crisp, assistant vice
chancellor for student affairs, to
fraternity members in September.
“You need to understand that the
Board of Trustees and the adminis-
tration are perfectly willing to shut
your doors.”
Trustee Alston Gardner said cur-
rent Student Body President Jasmin
Jones has had little impact on the
issue while sitting on the board.
Much of Jones’ interaction with
the Greek system has occurred
through the Greek affairs com-
mittee of student government,
said Jenny Levering, the assistant
dean of students for fraternity and
sorority life.
News
“I’ve never had to coach concentration
and effort as much as I feel like I’m
trying to coach that now.”
Roy Williams, UNC men’s basketball coach
situation we’re in, one of the best
places to get better is on the road,”
Drew said.
Last time against the Hokies,
forwards Ed Davis and Deon
Thompson combined for 33 points
in the 78-64 win. But since then,
they’ve averaged a combined 19.2.
The Tar Heels also failed to con-
tain a VT perimeter player, a trend
that has continued. Malcolm Delaney
dropped 26 points, including sinking
12 out of 14 free throws.
Williams has been implement-
ing some new on-court strategies
that break from his mold.
UNC is now defending the
inbound pass with a zone, switching
up assignments in free throw situa-
park came out of the plan. It also pro-
posed more subtle improvements,
like allowing restaurants to have
sidewalk dining and encouraging
nightlife — something that almost
didn’t exist downtown before.
Plans like these can take many
years. Greensboro first started
looking into its plan in 1997.
“It takes time for those things to
change,” Wolverton said.
Once the contract is signed, the
chosen firm will collect data through
meetings with businesses, property
owners and elected officials as well
as market and land use analyses.
According to the original pro-
posal, the town and Downtown
Partnership hope to have a com-
plete plan by the end of the year.
Contact the City Editor
at citydesk@unc.edu.
Jones said this committee has
been the source of collaborative
events and initiatives.
But members of the Greek com-
munity said Jones’ efforts to col-
laborate with the Greek commu-
nity have been lacking.
“I don’t think Jasmin has done
very much as far as reaching out to
the Greek community,” said Patrick
Fleming, former president of the
Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity
and editorial board member of The
Daily Tar Heel.
Leaders in the Greek community
said a student body president could
improve communication through
establishing a Greek liaison on stu-
dent government’s cabinet.
Contact the University Editor
at udesk@unc.edu.
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This calendar year, North Carolina’s back-
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Backcourt of 21.4 points per game. And when these
teams met earlier this year, Malcolm
tions and throwing five freshmen on Delaney went off for 26. Edge: VT
the court at the same time.
And that’s not to mention the Jeff Allen is a tough matchup, but the Tar
zone offense that Williams has Heels held him to four points last time out.
gone away from this season. Frontcourt And though they struggle to enter the ball
into the post, UNC still has more depth on
“You say sometimes in recruiting the inside than the Hokies. Edge: UNC
that the shoe doesn’t fit,” he said.
“Well that didn’t fit this team, and Only two VT bench players found the score-
we’ve gone away from it.” board on Jan. 10, and one of them hit just
With a buzz around Chapel Hill Bench one shot. With the frequency of Roy Williams’
substitutions, lots of Tar Heels will probably
that includes the letters N, I and T,
see action once again. Edge: UNC
Williams and the team know there
is only one real solution. Last time on the road, the Tar Heels ended
“If you don’t want to have this a three-game losing streak. But that was
feeling, you’ve just got to win,” Intangibles before another deflating loss. And it wasn’t
Drew said. “It’s as simple as that.” against a Hokie team that will be looking to
even the season series. Edge: VT
Contact the Sports Editor The Bottom Line — Virginia Tech 76, North Carolina 68
at sports@unc.edu. Compiled by mike ehrlich
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from page 1
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Throughout his trip, Biel has been
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to know people with autism and
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“The world of someone with
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it’s also very simple,” he said. “They
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Once he arrives in Argentina,
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Fee voter turnout.”

Carpenter said he hopes the
help voter turnout.
“Just thinking about the num-
from page 3
proposed fee increases generate ber of students who use legal
chairman. “I think having a divisive a campuswide discussion like the services, the safety programs
issue on the ballot really increases child care fee referendum did and and the number of organizations
who apply for money through
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all my sons Trash boiler fuel.
And in October, it became illegal
from page 3 from page 3
to throw away bottles and alumi-
duction is not a play to see for an Wilson said the trash reduction num cans in North Carolina.
uplifting experience. It did have its is the result of a growing number of The report showed that each
positive moments, but in the end programs the county offers, such as person in the county created an
it leaves the audience feeling bur- rural and urban curbside pickup, average of 0.63 tons of waste, com-
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Despite the play’s charming
programs.
In 1997, the county set a goal of
To further the recycling effort,
Wilson recommends crushing milk

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understand that, as the character Blair Pollock, another member of “Don’t take recyclables to drop-
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“We’re very careful when we
Pollock suggested bringing
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Wilson said he has helped establish bins, much more than the normal
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North Carolina, Davis ink 21 on National Signing Day

BY Powell Latimer
Senior writer
Butch Davis called the recruit-
ing class of 2010 a prototype for
the future of his program at North
Carolina.
“This is somewhat typical of
what a recruiting class in future
years would look like,” Davis said.
“The first couple years you have to
recruit on need. … In this particular
class we signed someone at every
position except quarterback.”
Given that statement, UNC’s class
— ranked No. 25 by ESPN — once
again reflects the type of team Davis
wants to build: speed on defense and
power on the offensive line.
The offensive line was a prior-
ity, especially given the injuries on
UNC’s offensive line and the strug-
gles with protection last season.
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“One of the things we wanted
to focus on was offensive line and
defensive line … with a real empha-
sis on trying to continue to grow a
football team that can dominate
the line of scrimmage.”
James Hurst, a 6-foot-7 tackle
from Plainfield, Ind., was rated the
No. 10 player in the nation by Rivals.
com and the No. 2 offensive tackle.
UNC also brought in Russell
Bodine, the No. 8-rated center in
the nation by Rivals.com, and T.J.
Leifheit, another 6-foot-7 tackle.
Leifheit and Hurst were among
five players who enrolled at UNC
in January and will be eligible for
spring practices.
Joining them is Brandon Willis,
a defensive lineman from Duncan,
S.C. Willis was rated the No. 6
defensive tackle in the nation by
Rivals.com, but originally commit-
ted to Tennessee.
When Lane Kiffin left Tennessee
for Southern California, Willis
changed his decision.
Kiffin’s controversial departure
left many sore feelings in Knoxville,
but Willis said he had no animosity
toward the former coach.
“I don’t blame Lane for what he
did,” Willis said. “I don’t blame any of
the coaches. It’s a business, and you
have to make business decisions.”
Eight of the 21 signees hail from
North Carolina and five are from
Florida, including running back
Giovanni Bernard.
Bernard provides extra talent and
depth for UNC in the backfield, espe-
cially given the loss of Jamal Womble
this year for to academic reasons.
There were also five signees list-
ed as “athletes” in this year’s class,
giving the speed and versatility that
Davis loves.
“We wanted a continuation of
speed,” Davis said. “That was an
overriding thing.”
The defensive signees will also
benefit from a year of tutelage
under UNC’s senior class, many of
whom could have gone pro after
last season.
“It’s good having Marvin Austin
around,” Willis said. “You get to
learn from the top guys and be
around them in their final year.”
Contact the Sports Editor
at sports@unc.edu.
2010 National Letter of Intent Signees
Quinton Alton, ATH, Memphis,
Tenn.
Nick Appel, OL, Vienna, Va.
Giovanni Bernard, RB, Davie,
Fla.
Russell Bodine, OL, Scottsville, Va.
Tre Boston, ATH, Cape Coral, Fla.
D.J. Bunn, DB, Smithfield
P.J. Clyburn, LB, Statesville
Ethan Farmer, ATH, Tabor City
Brendon Felder, WR, Monroeville,
Pa.
Sean Fitzpatrick, TE, Pittsford, N.Y.
Carlos Gray, DT, Pinson, Ala.
James Hurst, OL, Plainfield, Ind.
Tim Jackson, DL, St. Petersburg,
Fla.
T.J. Leifheit, OL, Wilmington
Ty Linton, LB, Charlotte
Darius Lipford, LB, Lenoir
Kareem Martin, DL, Roanoke
Rapids
Jabari Price, DB, Pompano Beach,
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Sean Tapley, ATH, Jacksonville,
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REED WATSON
Watson is a junior philosophy and
psychology major from Raleigh.
E-mail: watsonrm@email.unc.edu
Social
contracts
abound in
academia
O
n the first day of any new
semester, most profes-
sors don’t expect you to
stay in class the whole period. It’s
become fairly common to let the
class out early.
That little custom is one small
brick in the foundation of the
social contract between student
and teacher.
We can outline this contract
in broad strokes. They provide
us with education, answers and
evaluation. We provide them
with attention, revenue and
inspiration.
But there is a lot more to it
than that.
How the social contract is
expressed, and what we expect
from each other, is partially set
out in the syllabus. It also devel-
ops over time and becomes more
than just a trade of grades for
work.
In nearly every class, there is an
expectation of attendance for all
the students and the professor.
After all, that’s the basis for the
money that is changing hands.
But sometimes this expectation
is backed up by a roll call, or by
extra credit for regular atten-
dance. Sometimes there is just
the request at the beginning of
the semester.
Besides attendance, expecta-
tions seem to be divided into
two rough ideological camps.
Some professors prefer to have
a firm grasp on the room’s
attention, and others will pretty
much let the students do what
they want.
What students want, appar-
ently, is a live Facebook connec-
tion at all times. Sitting at the
back of the room, you can see the
forest of glowing screens spread
out before you, like a night scene
from Avatar.
Students’ opinions on the
definition of a good professor
vary. Students, by and large, like
classes in which it is easy to score
high grades. But what students
like isn’t necessarily the mark of a
good professor.
The best professors redefine
the social contract by providing
great instruction and demanding
significant participation.
They make attendance mean-
ingful, whether or not it is com-
pulsory. An education by a great
professor lights a fire within the
student’s mind, which results in a
desire for even more learning.
Earning good grades from
this kind of professor shows
that you are worthwhile in his
or her eyes; it is a reward in
itself.
There isn’t some magical pro-
cess by which we are enthralled,
starry-eyed, by the perfect pro-
fessor. Rather, we can participate
by adding to the class discus-
sions, paying attention, and syn-
thesizing the information from
the professor. Both parties are
responsible for making a class
important.
That, in a nutshell, is the evo-
lution of the current contract.
So next time, before you
get on the Internet and start
looking through your friends’
pictures, take a minute to think
about how you could be adding
to the class.
Some students complain
about their professors, and
with a little imagination we can
guess that the reverse happens
as well.
There are many ways for us to
break the social contract. When
we don’t show up for class, when
we don’t pay attention, or when
the professor fails to teach you
the material — the contract is not
being upheld.
Don’t be a part of that.
Instead, seek greatness in your
classes. After all, we’re only going
to be here once.
andrew dunn
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AMDUNN@email.unc.edu
Harrison Jobe
Opinion EDITOR
hjobe@email.UNC.edu
GREG MARGOLIS
associate opinion EDITOR
GREG_MARGOLIS@UNC.EDU
EDITORIAL CARTOON
Don’t trek down to Haiti
Work better left to international aid
organizations; money needed instead
A
ny student groups or
individuals still trying
to go to Haiti in the
near future should seriously
reconsider. Relief efforts have
been mired by the collapsed
infrastructure. And right now,
visiting students will only con-
sume precious supplies.
It’s encouraging to see so
many people who want to help
out Haitian earthquake vic-
tims. But most student efforts
have focused on raising money
and awareness, and it needs to
stay that way.
T he Lutheran Campus
Ministry has already canceled
its plans to travel to Haiti, and
any other groups still consider-
ing it should follow that group’s
example.
The U.S. State Department
issued a travel warning on
No homeschool hurdles
UNC admissions right not to overburden
homeschooled applicants with extra requirements
F
or many homeschooled
students, applying to col-
lege can be an arduous
and complicated experience.
But UNC has the right out-
look on the admissions process
for homeschoolers by not add-
ing the additional burden of
extra submissions like many
other universities require.
Because they are not enrolled
in the public school system,
homeschooled students do not
receive the class grades or other
standardized measures of suc-
cess that their counterparts do.
Thus, the admissions process
can be difficult as universities
do not have much to go by.
The College of William &
Mary and Miami University
of Ohio, for example, require
homeschooled applicants to
submit a supplement to the
Greenway, this way
Paving trail to create greenway is the right plan
C
arrboro is right to pro-
pose paving parts of the
Bolin Creek trail to con-
struct a greenway.
Greenways can be used as
environmentally friendly trans-
portation alternatives and can
connect parts of town that are
hard to reach by bike.
Carrboro has been try-
ing to create a greenway sys-
tem for some time and hired
Greenways Inc., a greenway
consulting firm, to draft con-
struction plans. Its plans were
released in December.
The plans presented by the
firm, which included paving
the trail running next to Bolin
Creek, caused quite a com-
motion. Now, a petition with
about 180 signatures is circu-
lating in an attempt to block
Opinion
EDITorial BOARD members
meredith engelen
Patrick Fleming
Nathaniel Haines
houston hawley
ahna hendrix
By Mark Viser, mviser@email.unc.edu
Jan. 14, urging all U.S. citizens
to avoid traveling to Haiti.
That warning expires Feb. 13.
The University’s travel policy
doesn’t allow UNC-recognized
student groups to travel in vio-
lation of U.S. State Department
warnings.
But even when the State
Department lifts the travel
warning, students should
reconsider going to Haiti.
The relief effort in Haiti is
best handled by professional
non-governmental organiza-
tions, the United Nations and
the U.S. government.
And unless you speak fluent
Creole or French, you’ll need a
translator, which will be a fur-
ther drain on resources.
What Haiti needs right now
is our generosity. Students
don’t have a lot of money, but
Common Application designed
for homeschooled students.
Oberlin College, a university
in Ohio, requires homeschooled
students to take two additional
SAT subject tests, complete an
interview and create an aca-
demic portfolio in addition to
their regular application.
Homeschooled applicants
certainly should be up to par
with the University’s stan-
dards just like everyone else.
But adding extra requirements
doesn’t necessarily ensure that
students are qualified.
Besides, homeschoolers
need to meet state standards
like their public-school coun-
terparts. For example, the state
requires that homeschoolers
take an annual test that must
satisfy three criteria. The test
must be nationally standard-
the proposed paving.
Those spearheading the
petition claim that trees and
macroinvertebrates (whatever
those are) in the creek’s water
will die if certain portions of
the trail are paved. They claim
that the water in Jordan Lake,
one of our water sources, will
become undrinkable.
But it’s not as if the town is
planning on building a road
through Bolin Creek. It’ll be
a bike path. And there are
already environmental distur-
bances there — a sewer line
runs under portions of the
trail.
The town invited the N.C.
Division of Water Quality to
inspect the proposed path
area. And division officials
told town staff that the loca-
cameron parker
pat ryan
steve kwon
christian yoder
we have enough to contribute
$10 here and there.
For example, students can
attend the 1 Voice 4 Haiti Benefit
Concert from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Monday at Memorial Hall.
Tickets are $10, and the pro-
ceeds will go to the Architecture
for Humanity relief fund.
Students can also dedicate
time to raising awareness about
Haiti’s needs. The Campus Y’s
Web site has ample informa-
tion about how to get involved
in the Haiti relief effort. Or you
can go to www.unc.edu/haiti.
If you’re still yearning to
travel to Haiti to help, go some-
time in the next few years. Haiti
won’t be rebuilt over night, and
able bodies will still be needed
for years to come. For now,
stay put and donate money
and time.
ized, be an achievement test,
and must at least cover English
grammar, reading, spelling and
math.
Only 92 homeschooled stu-
dents have enrolled at UNC
since 2006, and so determining
performance at the University
is very difficult. But it is none-
theless important to keep extra
requirements out of the admis-
sions process.
Homeschooled students offer
a different perspective than
publicly or privately schooled
students and must be includ-
ed as part of the University’s
diverse range of student back-
grounds.
By not burdening home-
schoolers with extra require-
ments for admission, the
University makes itself more
inclusive toward this group.
tion was preferable because
sewer line maintenance
already causes a disturbance
in the area.
It seems Greenways Inc.
figured it would be best to put
a greenway in an area that
already needs to be accessed by
heavy machinery rather than
assaulting some untouched
stream.
That doesn’t necessarily
diminish the environmental
concerns. But we trust the
Carrboro town government
will keep those concerns at the
forefront of its planning.
The town is simply planning
to pave over a path that’s heav-
ily used but currently inade-
quate as a greenway. The town
should move forward with its
plans to pave the trail.
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I’ve never had to coach concentration
and effort as much as I feel like I’m
trying to coach that now.”
Roy Williams, men’s basketball coach
Featured online reader comment:
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Choice to seat Bell was
decent, imperfect choice
TO THE EDITOR:
If you’re white and in the
media and you find yourself just
having to talk about race, quote
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and
you’ll get a pass for being social-
ly and historically ignorant. “I
would have been a Freedom
Rider, really, I promise,” the
strategy seems to suggest.
The decision to seat Donna Bell
on the Chapel Hill Town Council
in order to maintain a black voice
in town politics was a decent, albe-
it imperfect, one to make. I call it
imperfect because a person’s color
does not mean they will represent
their community.
But more importantly, the
United States has never been
wholeheartedly committed
to creating the conditions for
“fair” representation to always
be possible.
In his column, “Content over
color,” (Feb. 3), Cameron Parker
refers to those who preferred to
sit the fifth-place winner as “advo-
cates of democratic legitimacy.”
But legitimate to whom? Tell
me: If a government, in this case
Town Council, continues to make
decisions that for time eternal
disadvantage your community,
and even optimal participation
still does not guarantee your
protection, is that government
“legitimate?”
It is legitimate to those who
build duplexes and raise rents.
As stated before, the deficit of
legitimacy is not the town’s prob-
lem alone. We have a 21st centu-
ry economy and an 18th century
concept of rights. We don’t have
economic, corporeal or collective
rights that aren’t subject to the
ideological whim of whoever is
holding office. Until then, con-
sider the dream deferred.
Domenic Powell
Senior
History, International Studies
Editor’s Note: Powell served
last semester as DTH’s race
relations columnist.
Use of ‘frat’ in headline
does not tell real story
TO THE EDITOR:
First, let me express gratitude
for The Daily Tar Heel’s coverage
of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity’s char-
tering this weekend. The article
published was informative and
a great opportunity for positive
Greek press coverage here at
UNC. (“Pi Kappa Phi frat will
return to Greek system,” Jan.
29) We look forward to being a
solid addition to the Greek com-
munity at Carolina.
I must take issue, however,
with the title of the article.
Specifically, the reference to Pi
Kappa Phi as a “frat.”
We feel this is a grave injus-
tice to the work we have done in
the past 12 months on campus.
This is more than semantics, as
the word “frat” perpetuates many
negative stereotypes people have
with the Greek system.
The description of “frat boy”
and “fraternity man” conjure up
two very different images, and
it is the goal of Pi Kappa Phi to
be associated with the latter. As
a group of men committed to
improving Greek life on campus
and redefining “fraternity” as
a more positive experience, we
would hope for the courtesy of
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printing our full name, Pi Kappa
Phi fraternity, or at least noting a
correction, like you did online.
We have worked tirelessly over
the past 12 months recruiting 51
men of class, holding philan-
thropy events raising thousands
of dollars and thousands of vol-
unteer hours and improving
relations between fraternities,
sororities and the Greek com-
munity as a whole.
This continued effort, to be
blunt, should merit the addi-
tional six letters that separate
“frat” from “fraternity.”
Gerard Bifulco
Vice President, internal
Pi Kappa Phi
Equality between majors
must be part of solution
TO THE EDITOR:
In response to Wednesday’s
article, “Grade inflation questions
loom for SBP,” (Feb. 3), I would
like to point out some issues and
clarify the Achievement Index
or “AI.”
First and foremost, grade infla-
tion is a problem only in select
majors. Students in majors such
as chemistry, math and physics
have much lower average grades
and have significantly less grade
inflation over the last 50 years.
I feel that any solution to grade
inflation should also improve the
equality between majors.
Secondly, I disagree with the
idea that competition among
peers should be condemned.
The sole purpose of grades, GPA,
or AI is to separate one student
from another, either within UNC
or between our peer institu-
tions.
This is why a high percentage
of ‘A’ grades is a problem—there
is no separation between excep-
tional and average students.
While I do not believe the
AI system is close to perfect, at
least it takes into account both
the grades received and the com-
petitiveness of the class taken. I
believe the best solution would
be one that takes a middle-of-
the-road approach and includes
both the difficulty of a class or
major and the grade received.
Chris Zieber
Junior
Environmental Science
Colleges must be reserved
for legal citizens, residents
TO THE EDITOR:
Regarding Tuesday’s editorial,
“Continue fight for access,” (Feb.
2), am I wrong in thinking that
every time an illegal (“undocu-
mented”) immigrant is admitted
to a N.C. college, a U.S. citizen or
legal immigrant is kept out?
So you want “affordable”
(taxpayer subsidized) educa-
tion for illegals because they
were just little children when
their parents chose to bring
them here illegally, knowing at
least some of the consequences.
And we unjustly (as some say)
“punish” them (meaning “fail to
reward” them) for their parents’
illegal acts.
The limited number of places
in our colleges, including com-
munity colleges, should be pre-
served for American citizens,
legal residents and aliens here
on student visas.
J. Edgar Williams
UNC, B.A. ’50, M.A. ’54
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