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tuesday, february 15, 2011

Council shelves library relocation

Members unanimously vote to expand current site
by Michelle Zayed said Town Manager Roger Stancil.
staff writer Stancil presented the council a report show-
Chapel Hill residents will continue to enjoy ing an apples-to-apples comparison of the two
books surrounded by the trees of Pritchard library proposals, with the risks of moving to
university | page 3 Park after the Chapel Hill Town Council unan-
imously decided not to move the town’s only
University Mall laid out.
Unlike the design for the expansion project
library Monday night. at the 100 Library Drive location, which is 95
LAST LOVE LECTURE Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt addressed the percent complete, the mall project design had
Economics professor Ralph attendants of a town council meeting prior not been started, and the full cost would have
to its start, explaining the development of the been hard to predict.
Byrns gave his famous library discussion. “As we begin to design, that number is in
“Economics of Finding True “As clear as it was to me then that people jeopardy,” Stancil said.
wanted this conversation, it is just as clear to If moved, the library would have had to take
Love” lecture for the last me today that people are done with that con- on the annual costs of flood insurance, com-
time. Watch the video at versation,” Kleinschmidt said. mon area maintenance fees and the loss of rev-
The decision was reached after an open dis- enue taxes received from the Dillard’s space.
dailytarheel.com. cussion between the community and the coun- These expenses would total an annual cost
cil, he said, and the town will return its focus to of about $182,000, according to the report.
the renovation of the current space and solving Many Chapel Hill residents expressed their
traffic and access issues. concerns about a move to University Mall dur-
The proposed move would have relocated ing the meeting, and supporters of expanding
the Chapel Hill Public Library to the space the current location attended wearing pink
in University Mall currently occupied by heart-shaped stickers that said, “We love our
Dillard’s. library in Pritchard Park.”
The relocation would have saved the town “Who knew that when we started this it dth/daniel turner
about $1.5 million, compared to an initial esti- Town Council member Jim Ward and Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt listen as Melissa
mate of $3 million to $4 million in savings, See Library, Page 6 Cain speaks Monday. The council voted unanimously against the library move.

Town
city | page 7
THE HONOR COURT REVEALED
TOWN TREASURES
Twelve prominent Chapel Hill
residents, including Robert
unsure of
Nearly every day, the UNC Undergraduate Honor Court hears cases on alleged Honor Code violations. The court recently compiled
information on case activity from Summer 2005 to Spring 2010 following a public records request from The Daily Tar Heel.

Patton, were honored at this

year’s “Town Treasures”
1. CHARGE VOLUME
impact of
UNC cuts
ceremony, hosted by the 2005-06 204 Academic Charges
Plagiarism
Chapel Hill Historical Society.
Unauthorized use
2006-07 206 of materials (e.g. notes)
Other academic cheating
Kleinschmidt, Thorp
2007-08
180
Conduct Charges
DUI/DWI
work to inform others
Drug offenses
by Chelsey Dulaney
Reckless/dangerous staff writer
2008-09 187 behavior As the reality of upcoming budget cuts
Damaging University sets in, town officials are considering how
property the University’s economic troubles will
affect Chapel Hill.
2009-10 187 Other conduct
May o r Ma r k K l e i n s c h m i d t a n d
Chancellor Holden Thorp have been work-
city | page 9 0 50 100 150 200 ing together to gauge the impact the budget
crisis could have on the town’s workforce
Number and types of charges brought to the Honor Court
and economic development.
ROULETTE RUNS OUT The above graph shows the volume of cases brought before the Honor Court. Charges are divided into two categories—academic and conduct. A d d i t i o n a l l y, K l e i n s c h m i d t h a s
Bargains couldn’t salvage approached other mayors of towns that
Vintage Roulette, a Carrboro
2. PLEAS AND VERDICTS 3. SANCTIONS host UNC-system schools to help them
prepare for the cuts and the effects they
vintage clothing store that Students’ pleas to Honor Court charges Honor Court sanctions by type, 2006 to 2010 will have.
Summer 2005 to Spring 2010 “What I’m trying to do is provide infor-
300 Academic violations
underwent new ownership 31% mation and increase the awareness among
Conduct violations 255
four years ago but closed Not guilty 243 mayors who host UNC schools on how
250 budget cuts will affect their communities,”
this weekend. 216 Kleinschmidt said. “The idea is that they
will share these concerns with their local
200 legislators.
state | page 3 69% 161 “Hopefully, it will have an impact.
Guilty Hopefully, they will minimize the cuts.”
150
North Carolina is facing an estimated
STATING HER CASE budget deficit of about $3.7 billion for the
Facing low approval ratings Honor Court verdicts 2011-12 fiscal year, and the UNC system is
100
Summer 2005 to Spring 2010 81 being asked to consider reducing spending
and a Republican-controlled by up to 15 percent.
57
legislature, N.C. Gov. Bev 11% 50 While the University has absorbed bud-
Perdue delivered her second Not guilty 24 get cuts during the past two years, most of
10 11 these cuts were administrative and didn’t
0 have much of an impact on the town,
State of the State address
Permanent Definite Indefinite Definite Indefinite Restitution Written Other Community Kleinschmidt said.
Monday. expulsion/ suspension suspension probation probation warning service “Now they’re going to go deeper. It’s like-
89% suspension ly going to involve real people this time,”
Guilty Type of sanction he said.
“We’re looking at potentially thousands
this day in black The above pie charts show students’ pleas
and the resulting verdicts.
The above graph shows the different sanctions given to offenders for academic and conduct
violations. The 2005-06 Honor Court report did not provide a breakdown of the sanctions. of jobs.”
history SOURCE: UNC UNDERGRADUATE HONOR SYSTEM DTH/RYAN KURTZMAN, NATASHA SMITH, JESSICA TOBIN
Kleinschmidt said Chapel Hill’s main
employer is the University, which has been
FEB. 15, 1939 …
See town gown, Page 6
In a meeting in Graham

UNC Printing lays o≠ almost half of its sta≠

Memorial, more than 100
students, faculty and town
residents pass a resolution in
favor of admitting blacks to
Move was a business, not budgetary, decision disintegrate,” he said.
Susan Anderson, university business offi-
and Lee Hecht Harrison, a company the
University contracts to help laid off employ-
UNC graduate programs. cer for UNC Printing Services, declined to ees find new employment.
by Jessica Kennedy said employees knew that layoffs were immi- comment on the layoffs. Because UNC Printing Services is funded
and Paula Seligson nent. On Friday, nine of 21 employees in the Though Elfland said employees antici- privately rather than through the state, the
Today’s weather staff writers offices were laid off. pated the cuts, Daniel Pennington, 47, who laying off nine employees will not dull the
UNC Printing Services will lay off almost “They’ve known this has been an issue,” was laid off Friday, said he was surprised by impending budget cuts, Elfland said.
Bikini season half of its staff and close both campus copy she said. the decision. Elfland says she hopes the layoffs will
H 54, L 29 centers at the end of this semester. Bernie Oakley, assistant director of UNC “Up until Friday, we didn’t even know allow UNC Printing Services to “break
Carolyn Elfland, the associate vice chan- Printing Services, said he thinks the busi- that our group was going to have any lay- even.”
cellor for campus services who unveiled the ness problems come not from a decreased offs,” Pennington said. “In fact, everyone “What’s going on right now is that they’re
layoffs Friday, said the staff cuts are purely a demand for printing but from within the was completely shocked that we had been losing money. What we’re trying to do is size
Wednesday’s weather business decision and are not at all related organization’s management. left out of all meetings involving anything to it appropriately for the business,” Elfland
Definitely not to the projected state budget cuts. In more than six years working for UNC do with the problems at printing.” said, adding that the cuts will not affect ser-
global warming “The situation with printing is that it is Printing Services, Oakley said there have Richard Robinson, 61, who was laid off vices.
H 61, L 36 completely a receipt-supported operation,” been three rounds of layoffs. Friday after 20 years with UNC Printing John Foust, Jr, operations manager of
Elfland said. “It’s based on the business that “All the blame and all of the pain has been Services, said he found out layoffs were Carolina Copy, said he is not sure whether
it does.” paid by the staff and not the people making being considered at a department-wide further cuts will come in the near future.
index The University will have to adapt to the the decisions,” he said. meeting. “It’s just kind of a wait and see kind of
police log ......................... 2 loss of its copy centers in the Kenan-Flagler Oakley said he’s made repeated attempts “It’s happened before to the printing ser- thing,” Foust said. “There might be, there
calendar ............................. 2 Business School and the Student Union. to contact various administrators about vices,” he said. “They’ve laid off people in an might not be.”
nation and world ............. 5 Copy services will be moved to Student problems he sees in the organization, though attempt to streamline the operation.”
crossword ......................... 9 Stores after April 29, Elfland said. officials have not responded. Elfland said employees who were laid off Contact the University Editor
opinion.............................. 10 After years of decreased revenue, Elfland “I’ve come here and watched this place just met Monday with UNC Human Resources at university@dailytarheel.com.
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BOE to confront complaints Fewer

Correction
Due to a reporting error, Friday’s
page 7 story “Freshmen abstaining
from alcohol, study finds” incor-

grants
rectly stated the organizational
status of Outside the Classroom.
It’s not a nonprofit.
The Daily Tar Heel apologizes
Dismissal could lead to SBP results said the delay could have been
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for local
for the error. Location: Kenan Courtroom in Van
By Chelsea Bailey because of the lawsuit, stalled the Saturday, Santoro said she tried
Staff writer election’s results. to address her concerns about Hecke-Wettach Hall, School of Law
Clarification The road leading to tonight’s The pre-trial hearing will result the code with Phillips on multiple Info: studentorgs.unc.edu/ssc/
Monday’s page 1 story “System pre-trial hearing on complaints in either the release of the results occasions, only to have her com-

projects
seeks programs to eliminate” stated against the Board of Elections has tonight or further delays, likely for plaints ignored. Lee said he’s been a bystander.
that UNC’s Slavic languages degree featured more than just the ques- several days. “My biggest frustration is that “I’ve been following the decision
was eliminated by the Board of tions swirling around campaign Jessica Womack, chief justice of this is something that I brought and the law that was directed to me
Governors on Friday, and that the conduct. the Student Supreme Court, will up weeks ago, and it could’ve been by the BOE,” Lee said. “To have all
department could be merged with As parties from both sides pre- hear arguments from both par- handled weeks ago,” she said. this thrown at me at the end of a
German studies. The Slavic depart- pare for a hearing tonight that ties’ counsels regarding a motion Santoro added that her connec- campaign — it’s unfortunate.”
ment is merging with the German
department effective June 1. The
could result in the release of stu-
dent body president election
to dismiss the complaint against
Andrew Phillips, chairman of the
tion with Ingram has been exagger-
ated, saying that the extent of their
Lee said he chose not to resign
because it would be impractical for
Stimulus was
undergraduate and master’s-level
majors in Slavic languages will
results, former speaker of Student
Congress Deanna Santoro has had
Board of Elections. Womack will
then decide either to dismiss the
relationship was working together
last year on the campaign of Student
student government to find a new
person to fill his position for the
‘one-time shot’
continue to be offered, but no new to field accusations that her motiva- complaint or hold a trial. Body President Hogan Medlin. remaining month he had in office.
PhD students will be admitted. tions for filing the suit were based If she decides a trial is necessary,
by Grace Tatter
Santoro’s complaint states that “I would’ve never put myself staff writer
The Daily Tar Heel apologizes on a friendship with candidate Rick the board misinterpreted sections of through all of this for something Womack said she will try to make it
Chapel Hill and Orange County
for any confusion. Ingram and that she timed the com- the Student Code in allowing Lee to that was corrupt and ridiculous,” follow the hearing as soon as pos-
residents are facing an upcoming
plaint to hold up the process. run for student body president even she said. “I’ve been attacked on a sible, though the court members’
fiscal year without new grants from
Campus Briefs Candidate Ian Lee said he has though he held an executive office in daily basis for trying to stand up for schedules would have to match.
a national recovery plan, but local
been asked by many why he hasn’t student government. what is right.”
Nursing school to make 25 resigned his position as student The suit has stalled election The BOE ruled in December that Contact the University Editor
officials are confident that area
percent cut in enrollment budgets won’t suffer as a result.
body secretary, a standing that, results for a week. But Santoro Lee’s campaign was acceptable, and at university@dailytarheel.com.
Town and county officials said the
In response to consecutive lack of new stimulus funds will not
years of cuts and a projected cut adversely affect the budgets of either

LAST LOVE LECTURE

of at least 5 percent for the coming Chapel Hill or Orange County.
year, the School of Nursing will cut “We feel pretty good about
its undergraduate enrollment by where we stand right now,” said
about 25 percent. Orange County Financial Services
Director Clarence Grier.
The reduction will begin with
admissions for the summer ses- Byrns gives his final The $787 billion American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act
sion, which starts May 9.
Together, the school’s four-semes- ‘economics of love’ talk awarded Orange County $1.5
ter Accelerated Bachelor of Science in million in grants, Grier said.
Nursing and six-semester Bachelor The amount of funds the county
of Science in Nursing graduate about By Lydia Rusche received was less than 1 percent of
staff writer the county budget.
200 new nurses a year.
“We are committed to offering Ralph Byrns might be the only profes- Chapel Hill received seven
high-quality, rigorous and safe sor to convince more than 600 students grants, totalling more than $10 mil-
programs for entry into nursing to voluntarily go to class on the night of lion, said Town Director of Business
practice at the baccalaureate and Valentines’ Day. Management Ken Pennoyer.
advanced practice levels,” said the Hosted by the Carolina Economics Club, He said the stimulus had its
school’s dean, Kristen M. Swanson, Byrns presented his famous “The Economics intended effect on the area and cre-
in a news release. of Finding True Love” lecture for the last ated a small, but needed, boost.
time before he leaves for Arizona in June. “It was a one-time shot in the
“This annual event has really become a arm, so we couldn’t rely on any-
Second-degree murder trial classic in the economics department,” said thing continuous because we
starts for former professor Sarah Whitford, executive co-president of would’ve been in a hole when it
the club. dried up,” Pennoyer said.
Jury selection began Monday Byrns said he hopes students take away The purpose of the stimulus was
in the second-degree murder trial more than a laugh from his lecture, adding not to make it easier to balance the
of Raymond Cook, a former UNC that he also wants them to learn to approach budget, but to make additional
School of Medicine professor who love rationally and look at the bigger picture. projects possible that the town
police say drove under the influence “I hope they take away the technique of would not have been able to fund,
and killed a 20-year old Carolina making themselves better people,” Byrns said Assistant Director of Business
Ballet dancer. said. Management Jeanne Tate.
Adam Moyers, a Wake County “I hope they take away that, even though If the town had not received
assistant district attorney, said I teach economics, this isn’t all about money. stimulus money, many of the proj-
attorneys seated eight out of a It’s about relationships and what you give ects would have still gone to the
minimum of 12 jurors on Monday. the world.” town council but might not have
Selection will continue at 9:30 a.m. During his lecture, Byrns said that learn- received funding, Tate said.
today in the Wake County court- ing to love yourself is the greatest love of all, “You have to pay for policemen’s
house. quoting Whitney Houston. salaries before you buy new buses,”
Elena Shapiro, 20, was driving on “Giving love is so much harder than she said.
Strickland Road in Raleigh at about receiving love because in order to give love The largest town grants funded
8:35 p.m. Sept. 11, 2009, when police you have to be a whole person,” Byrns said. pedestrian safety improvements on
say Cook rear-ended her Hyundai “Asking and demanding love is a sign that major town roads and funding for
with his Mercedes-Benz. you have issues you need to work through new buses, Pennoyer said. Most of
Nearly two hours after the and that love should be a gift.” the work was done by contractors,
accident, Cook registered a blood However, Byrns didn’t begin his love lec- so the impact on local employment
alcohol content of .19 — more than tures with such deep intentions. His lectures is hard to determine, he said.
twice the legal limit. began in 1991 as he traveled to several uni- “It’s hard to say whether they
He was traveling more than 80 versities, trying to market his textbook on hired additional people or what
mph in a 45-mph zone, reports economics. they would’ve been doing if they
state. Cook later surrendered his But in 2002, a year after he arrived at hadn’t had these jobs,” he said.
medical license and resigned from UNC, Byrns began the lectures as an annual But it was work nonetheless.
his faculty position. event in order to give back to the economics “We got the benefit of those
program for which he was a sponsor. projects being finished ahead of
City Briefs “I enjoy teaching,” he said. “It’s fun. The schedule, and it also kept people
Town to remove ailing oak idea that people think I have something to working,” Pennoyer said.
say that they want to hear, that’s nice.” The largest amount of the money
tree from Franklin Street And on Monday, nearly 650 students Orange County received went to
T he Town of C hapel Hill crammed into 400-person lecture hall to the prevention of homelessness,
Arborist will remove a declining hear him teach. Grier said, a cause that the county
oak tree from a sidewalk on the Byrns’ lecture combined his notions of probably would not have been able
400 block of West Franklin Street love with his love of economics, often sim- to address as aggressively without
March 7 to 11. plifying what many people see as compli- the funds.
The town hired an independent cated emotions and reactions to simple The Department of Social
arborist to assess all downtown mathematics. Services will get $1 million through
trees and make recommendations At times he even incorporated graphs and the grant, ending in 2012, and the
about which ones to remove. charts, and of course he brought supply and money will help people who lost
The ailing willow oak, located demand into the equation. their homes or are at risk of losing
in a small, raised brick planter “You have to focus on how you feel about their homes because of unemploy-
between Mediterranean Deli and your attribute and find a way to make it ment, said Social Services Director
the Bookshop, is one of the older more powerful,” he said, adding that he Nancy Coston.
trees on Franklin Street. noticed girls like dancing, so he would use Coston said temporary workers
A replacement tree is set to be anything, even a laundry machine, to learn were hired to help implement the
planted nearby. how to dance. grant money.
Srikar Bongu, executive co-president of “You kind of had to stop what
the Carolina Economics Club, said he was dth/erica heller
Chamber of Commerce CEO you were doing to get the grant
pleased with the turnout, and attributed Economics professor Ralph Byrns delivered “The Economics of Finding True Love” in Carroll put together,” she said. “But it was
speaks about clean energy much of the success of the event to Byrns’ Hall Monday night. Byrns is moving to Arizona in June, making this the final “Love” lecture. worth it because of the people who
name recognition. we are able to help.”
The Chapel Hill- Carrboro “He is a very big person on campus.” because he’s a real person with real relation- love, Byrns noted one significant change to But even though municipal
Chamber of Commerce CEO Aaron Bongu said. “He has a strong presence, and ships,” she said. the end of this year’s presentation. finances may be secure without
Nelson spoke at the U.S. Capitol on he’ll definitely be missed.” Byrns has been a professor of economics To the students, he said: “And I want you grant funding, school budgets
Thursday. Jenna Koester, a student who attended at UNC since 2001, but he will be moving to to know something, I love all of you.” will suffer from the loss, Grier
Addressing a group of more than the lecture, said she enjoyed the human Phoenix with his ill wife in June in order to said.
90 congressional staffers, Nelson aspect of Byrns’ lecture. be closer to family members. Contact the University Editor
talked about ways to encourage “It’s different than reading it in it Cosmo For what could be his last-ever lecture on at university@dailytarheel.com. Contact the City Editor
and help businesses use environ-
at city@dailytarheel.com.
mentally friendly technology in
their operations.
Nelson talked about the role of
the local chamber of commerce in
fostering good energy practices
and thereby growing the econo-
Perdue addresses education in State of the State
my.
Discusses employment, new budget But the State of the State
address is not expected to improve
“We not only have a difficult
budget situation but we also have
she said.
Anthony Dent, president of UNC
her public approval rating, he a divided government,” he said. College Republicans, was inter-
sports Briefs by madeline will Perdue also talked about cut- said. The Republican-dominated N.C. ested to see how Perdue handled
North Carolina’s football staff writer ting thousands of jobs and offer- “I don’t think enough voters will General Assembly will be warring the first Republican-led General
schedule for 2011 released N.C. Governor Bev Perdue ing early retirement plans to state actually be watching,” Ingalls said. with Perdue throughout the ses- assembly since 1898.
focused on improving the educa- employees. The address will set the tone sion, especially on budget issues, “This is going to kind of offi-
The Tar Heels released their tion system in her second State of She said she would fund every for policy making over the next said Hodding Carter, a UNC public cially mark how she will handle
schedule on Monday. It features the State address — her first to the state-supported teaching posi- six to eight months, said Ferrel policy professor. the next two years in office,” he
three straight home games to Republican-controlled legislature tion in her new budget in order to Guillory, journalism professor at “She needs to try to set the frame said.
open the year and home contests — on Monday night. improve education. UNC. for what is going to be an intense Nathan Westmoreland, co-presi-
against Virginia, Louisville, Miami Perdue addressed education, Voter approval ratings for “It’s an important moment for debate about the allocation of dent of the UNC Young Democrats,
and Duke. employment and a new budget. Perdue have been low. her to exert leadership,” he said. resources,” he said. said the new General Assembly
UNC will travel to Virginia Tech The state’s budget shortfall has The polls in January found “ The state is at a critical “It’s going to be a fairly tough agenda will be filled with diverse
on Nov. 17 for a Thursday night dropped to $2.4 billion from $3.7 32 percent of voters approved of moment. The recession of 2007 audience this year with the changes issues this year.
contest that will be televised on billion. Perdue’s job as governor, compared to 2009 has ended, but its effects in the political balance.” “I kind of hope that she’ll stand
ESPN. “North Carolina stands tonight to 46 percent who disapproved, linger on.” Perdue said she will work with up to the new General Assembly,”
Visit our blog, From the Press with a balanced budget,” she said. said Dustin Ingalls, assistant The state has gone through two the Republicans to achieve her he said.
Box, to see the full schedule. “The budget I will deliver to you later director of Public Policy Polling, a fiscal years of budget shortfalls, goals of a better education system
this week is $2.2 billion less than the Raleigh-based service for tracking and this year will be no exception, and more jobs in the state. Contact the State & National
-From staff and wire reports budget I received in 2009.” public opinion. Guillory said. “I will not play partisan politics,” Editor at state@dailytarheel.com.
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National and World News

Obama proposes 2012 federal budget
N&W
Smoking ban in NC
has concrete e≠ects
Know more on
today’s top story: that will add $7 trillion to nation’s debt
WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT) sion, which in November urged
Read the Federal Eye blog — President Barack Obama on cutting deficits over the coming
on the initial reactions to the
components of the 2012 federal
Monday proposed a federal bud-
get for fiscal 2012 that would pare
decade by $4 trillion.
Republicans won’t even wait for
Tied to air quality, QuitlineNC calls Smoking statistics
budget: http://wapo.st/dSvKdb back record budget deficits, but still the next fiscal year to start before
(via Washington Post) An 89 percent improvement in
add nearly $7 trillion to the nation’s cutting spending. They plan to by lauren russell for the state’s tobacco users to talk
air quality was seen in N.C. restau-
Check out a description of debt over the next decade. start cutting current year spending, senior writer to quit coaches for encouragement
the U.S. federal budget for rants and bars since January 2010.
Obama stressed that his plan with votes in the GOP-led House of Several years ago Fran Gallagher and tips.
2012 and also explore the responded to a house call while There were 9,840 callers in Only 4.3 percent of adults are
would slash the federal budget defi- Representatives this week, though
interactive graphic designed working as an emergency medi- 2010, Swetlick said, a significant exposed to secondhand smoke
cit by $544 billion in one year, from final terms must be set through
for the 2011 federal budget: cal technician in Hartford, Conn. increase from the 5,860 callers in daily at work, according to data
$1.6 trillion this year, fiscal 2011, to negotiations with the Democratic-
http://nyti.ms/byC4Xp (via The patient was having trouble 2009. from the first nine months of 2010.
$1.1 trillion in the fiscal year start- led Senate and Obama.
The New York Times) ing Oct. 1. He also emphasized that “He’s going to present a budget breathing. More advertisement about There were 3,980 more callers
Read the health care spend- his budget for fiscal 2012 and the … that will continue to destroy jobs When Gallagher arrived, she QuitlineNC, as well as a new health to QuitlineNC in 2010 compared
ing perspective: http://bit.ly/ following decade would cut the by spending too much, borrowing saw a bare- and barrel-chested plan for state employees sponsor- to 2009.
dUyI6N (via Kaiser Health red ink by $1.1 trillion from what it too much and taxing too much,” man with his oxygen mask dan- ing and supporting the organi-
News) gling from his neck. His house There were 1,381 complaints
would total if current policies were House Speaker John Boehner, zation, also contributed to the
reeked and the walls were yellow. about business violations between
left unchanged. He’d do it with a R-Ohio, said Sunday on NBC’s increase in call volume, Swetlick
The man was also puffing on a January 2010 and January 2011.
Go to http://www.dailytar- combination of spending cuts and “Meet the Press.” said.
heel.com/index.php/sec- tax increases. Obama proposed that the gov- cigarette. She said the policies that limit
tion/state to discuss the But that falls far short of the ernment spend $3.7 trillion next “People with problems keep where people can smoke have prov- daily at work.
2012 U.S. federal budget. recommendations from his own year, down $100 billion from this coming in until they go into respi- en to help people quit smoking. Between January 2010 and
bipartisan budget deficit commis- year’s $3.8 trillion. ratory arrest, and then they’ll die,” “The workers who were smoking January 2011, there were 1,381
she said, recalling her parents’ last stop, individuals who are restricted complaints about businesses vio-
years battling with the common are more likely to seek help and lating the law in 618 facilities in
Street clashes in Persian Gulf region Criticism doesn’t lung disease emphysema.
Having seen smoking’s fatal
people who aren’t smoking have
safer places to eat and drink,” she
North Carolina, according to the
Tobacco Prevention and Control
TEHRAN and AMMAN, Jordan first major reformist demonstra- stop the contracts
potential become reality both at said. Branch.
home and at work, Gallagher is Gallagher said her son had been There were fewer complaints as
(MCT) — Street clashes broke out tion since security forces put down
encouraged by data showing that a sporadic smoker until he quit this the year progressed.
across the Persian Gulf region on widespread protests in December WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT)
the efforts against smoking in the past year, and now he appreciates Connie Pixley, Orange County’s
Monday as demonstrators in Iran, 2009, leaving eight people dead. — A U.S. contractor who is con-
state are discouraging smokers and the extra breathing room at the environmental health supervi-
Bahrain and Yemen sought to cap- The smell of tear gas was in the tinued to receive government
reducing exposure to smoke. bars. sor, said businesses were gener-
italize on the recent uprisings in air in central Tehran from reported contracts despite criticism of its
Since North Carolina’s restau- “When he would go into the bars ally compliant, and she can’t recall
Egypt and Tunisia and swept into clashes near Tehran and Amirkabir work in Afghanistan got low rat-
rant and bar smoking ban went when he was trying to quit smok- making a visit for a violation since
the streets, where they were met by universities. Meanwhile, thou- ings for its performance on two
into effect last January, air qual- ing, it’d make it really hard for him last March.
riot police. sands more people who turned more high-profile projects in the
ity in restaurants and bars around to quit,” she said. “It’s made it a lot Following the state trend,
The tumult in a region normally out for the main scheduled march war-torn country than had been
the state improved by 89 percent, easier.” Orange County had a high num-
kept tranquil under the heavy- were walking quietly along the disclosed previously.
according to the N.C. Department In 2008, 7.8 percent of N.C. ber of complaints at the beginning
handed security of conservative sidewalks toward Azadi Square as It turns out that the U.S. Agency
of Health and Human Services. adults said they had been exposed of the year — at one point there
Gulf regimes underscored the thousands of police looked on. for International Development
QuitlineNC has also seen a 35 to secondhand smoke at work were 18 in one week — and the
widening reverberations of new Those who shouted out slogans gave the company “unsatisfactory”
percent jump in the number of every day during the past week, complaints dropped off later in the
pro-democracy movements in the such as “Death to the Dictator!” ratings in 2008 and 2009 on the
participants as a direct result of the according to the N.C. Behavioral year, Pixley said.
Middle East, though the protesters’ were grabbed by police or plain- quality of work, its management
smoking ban, said Joyce Swetlick, Risk Factor Surveillance System. “It has made our job much eas-
numbers have been small in com- clothes militia, triggering clashes and its adherence to a schedule
the director of cessation in the For the first nine months of ier,” she said.
parison with the demonstrations that in some cases involved young on the gas study. The agency also
department’s Tobacco Prevention 2010, preliminary data showed
that brought down the govern- demonstrators beating security gave the company a “poor” rating
and Control Branch. that only 4.3 percent of adults are Contact the State & National
ment of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt personnel. Despite massive police for the quality of its service on the
QuitlineNC is a free call service now exposed to secondhand smoke Editor at state@dailytarheel.com.
last week. In Iran, thousands of attempts to block access, hundreds power plant and an “unsatisfac-
people turned out for Monday’s of demonstrators made it into tory” rating for its construction
street march, which marked the Azadi Square by midafternoon. schedule for the plant.

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town gown
Carrboro board Groundhog was right from page 1

credited with keeping the area’s his-

torically low unemployment rate far

votes to alter
below the national average during
the recession.
And of the University’s more
than 12,000 employees, about
4,300 live in Chapel Hill.

W. Main Street
“When they make cuts, it’s
affecting people who live here,”
Kleinschmidt said.
Thorp said he and Kleinschmidt
have met multiple times, most
recently Monday, to discuss the
Plan would accommodate cyclists different effects the budget cuts
could have.
Thorp said the University helps
by Chelsey Dulaney
staff writer “The more people to support the town through shar-
ing the costs for public events,
A plan to reconfigure a main
Carrboro road could mean safer
we have walking paying property taxes and, most
conditions for pedestrians — if it around paying importantly, through participat-
ing in the Chapel Hill Transit
is approved by the state.
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen attention, the better system.
“But the biggest impact for the
unanimously approved a proposal
Tuesday to pursue reducing a it is for business.” town will be if the University has
to continue to shrink — if there are
stretch of West Main Street from
four lanes to three with turn and
Sara Gress, n.c. crafts gallery fewer people paying rent or fewer
people investing in town business-
bike lanes. that’s already there.”
es,” he said.
But the road is maintained by Chilton said studies have shown
“If there are any layoffs, then
the state, and the plan must be this plan could result in fewer acci-
obviously the town will be affected
approved by the North Carolina dents and overall safer conditions
if employees have to move to find
Department of Transportation for pedestrians and cyclists.
employment elsewhere.”
before the town can proceed, “It will probably mean that
Kleinschmidt said he has been
Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton motor traffic will be forced to drive
talking to mayors of towns who
said. closer to the speed limit, which I
host other UNC system schools to
“It would be up to them to decide think is a positive,” he said.
discuss ways to prevent potentially
how the road would be striped, but The stretch of road designated in
damaging cuts.
they tend to take our thoughts into this plan usually sees about 5,000
He said he has set up a confer-
consideration,” he said. trips a day, and traffic usually isn’t
ence call with host-town mayors
The town has not yet submit- a problem, Chilton said.
next week and will also discuss
ted the plan to the NCDOT, said Carrboro resident Forrest
the issue at the North Carolina
Steve Abbott, a spokesman for the DeMarcus said he supports the
Metropolitan Mayors Coalition
department. plan, but has concerns about how
winter meeting on Feb. 24 and
The proposal will go through a traffic would be on Saturdays, when
Feb. 25.
process of meetings and reviews to Carrboro holds a farmers’ market
Greenville Mayor Pat Dunn
decide if the plan is safe and in the next to Town Hall.
said her city has already started
best interest of the town, he said. “Farmers’ market days are the
preparing for the repercussions
“If we don’t think it’s safe, we most traffic around here,” he said.
of possible cuts at East Carolina
won’t approve it,” Abbott said. “But being Carrboro’s main road,
University.
Chilton said the restructur- I think it’s wise to accommodate
Dunn said the University is one of
ing of the stretch of West Main their cyclists.” dth/jessica applebaum

I
the area’s largest employers in addi-
Street between Weaver Street and Sara Gress, owner of N.C. Crafts
Hillsborough Road would ideally Gallery on West Main Street, said t looks like Punxsutawney Phil was right. Spring arrived in its full glory in Chapel Hill tion to the health care industry.
today. Students, including senior English major David Hutcheson and sophomore “At this point we don’t know
be done when NCDOT repaves she also would like to see the por-
exactly what the impact is going to
the road, which happens every few tion of the road become friendlier English major Luke Wander, took advantage of the nice weather by reading and tanning be,” she said. “But we are conscious
years. to walking traffic.
Abbott said the road is not on “I’m all for more pedestrian and in Polk Place on Monday afternoon. Wander said that he is in the play Under Construction of the economy in 2011, and we are
adopting a conservative budget to
schedule to be repaved in 2011. bike traffic on this side of town,” and is used to having his shirt off publicly so he was perfectly comfortable in the quad. be able to meet the needs of the
The plan would provide the she said.
citizens of our city.”
town with an almost cost-free way “I think the more people we have
to add in more safety options for
cyclists, Chilton said.
walking around paying attention,
the better it is for business.”
library principle of moving the library to a
mall, said Melissa Cain, executive
Madison Marquette in November.
“There just wasn’t a fit,” Cain
Kleinschmidt said the effect of
the budget cuts on the Chapel Hill
from page 1
director of the Chapel Hill Public said. “And just like a house of cards economy are hard to predict, but
“It’s a very inexpensive way to
would end in a parade of thank Library Foundation. it started falling apart.” changes could be seen if fewer peo-
create new bike lanes,” he said. Contact the City Editor
you’s,” said Aaron Nelson, presi- She said the town considered the Residents and council mem- ple are spending or living in town.
“We’d just be reassigning pavement at city@dailytarheel.com.
dent and CEO of the Chapel Hill- cost concerns and the more senti- bers alike said they were glad the He also said he does not know
Carrboro Chamber of Commerce. mental concerns in its research town went through the decision how the potential layoffs could
Residents were not only con- after the permanent relocation was process. affect the town. But as the main
cerned about the cost but also the initially proposed by mall owner “I have never been happier and supplier of the local workforce,
prouder to live in Chapel Hill,” said layoffs from the University could
council member Sally Greene. drastically affect employment in
“And never been more proud to Chapel Hill.
sit in this table.” “It’s not that we get ‘X’ amount
Stancil said the library renova- of dollars from the University,”
tion is expected to be finished by Kleinschmidt said. “It has indirect
fall 2012. impacts.”
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Town Treasure event honors 12 residents

Lauded for service, contributions “My mission was to simply find
problems and solve them with
“Being of service is
by Conor Furlong Town Treasures exhibit.
computers,” he said.
Patton, who has been active-
always a reward
staff writer “When the historical society con- ly involved with the University in itself. You
Mary Morrow came to Chapel tacted us about the idea three years Presbyterian Church and the his-
Hill in 1949 seeking a degree in ago, we were delighted to honor torical society, said he loves the don’t have to be
mathematics, but more than half
a century later she has become a
these people,” Tyler said. “People
come by just to see the exhibit.”
town’s cultural appeal.
“Being able to go downtown
thanked.”
permanent part of the town’s his- Local photographer Catharine and see young folks with the whole Jean holcomb, viking travel
tory. Carter helped found the program world ahead of them — it’s a real
“A lot of people have done more and also takes the pictures of all joy,” he said. Jean Holcomb, a new addition
service than I have,” said Morrow, the honorees displayed at the Inductee Mary “Bitty” Holton who founded local travel agency
who has worked with the Chapel exhibit. served as president of the Chapel Viking Travel, stressed the inherent
Hill Historical Society, Chapel “We were so appreciative of how Hill Garden Club and was also value of community service.
Hill Museum and PlayMakers many little things they started to chairwoman of the Chapel Hill “Being of service is always a
Repertory Company. “I’m just benefit us and the community,” bicentennial parade in 1993, orga- reward in itself,” she said. “You
another cog in the community Carter said. nizing the event and managing don’t have to be thanked.”
wheel.” Many of the inductees are tied those in the parade. Other inductees include the
The Chapel Hill Historical together through work for groups “It was lots of work but lots late Margie Pfaff, Velma Perry,
Society honored Morrow and 11 like the Preservation Society of of fun,” Holton said. “Everyone Elizabeth Ryan, Anne Barnes,
other residents for service to the Chapel Hill and other similar orga- was caught up in celebrating our Richard Johnson, Sen. Ellie
community in the third annual nizations. town.” Kinnaird, D-Orange, Jane Monroe
Town Treasures ceremony held Robert Patton, another new Although the afternoon focused and Clarence Whitefield.
at the Robert and Pearl Seymour addition to the list of Town on the new class of Town Treasures, dth/robyn ellison
Center on Monday afternoon. Treasures, served in the U.S. many shied away from receiving Contact the City Editor Clarence Whitefield stands with his portrait at the Town Treasure event at
Janice Tyler, interim director of Army during World War II and praise. at city@dailytarheel.com. the Seymour Center on Monday. Whitefield and 11 others were honored.
the Orange County Department on helped liberate several Nazi prison
Aging, said the program’s goal is to camps.
archive the contributions of local After his service, Patton came
residents. to Chapel Hill in 1964, working in
Each newly recognized indi- communications technology that
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Carrboro’s Roulette Vintage closes its doors

Owners will continue retail website of Riverbasin Outfitters and fre-
quent local contributor to Roulette
country, but employee and UNC
student Ryan Hill said the local
Vintage, said in an e-mail she was store has experienced a drop in
By Blair Brown They have also been operating interested in conducting home- sales like most other retailers.
staff writer the store without employees since based sales with LaFleur and “Our vintage shops maintain
After more than four years with they took it over four years ago. Moore. operations in different ways,” Hill
the business, owners closed a vin- “We had no problems before the “I’m hoping we will do some said. “It’s just that no one wants to
tage clothing store in Carrboro economy collapsed,” LaFleur said. home sales together, trunk-show buy anything in this economy.”
popular for both its products and “The close is mainly attributed to style,” Takada-Capel said. In an effort to adapt to the busi-
its staff on Sunday. the economy.” Two other vintage stores in ness climate, LaFleur and Moore
Roulette Vintage closed after Jessica Potter, a regular custom- Chapel Hill — The Clothing are exploring other venues for their
sales dwindled in the months that er and friend of the owners, said Warehouse and Time After Time vintage products, such as online
followed the recession, owners Roulette Vintage was her favorite Vintage Thrift — have also been through their website and at pri-
Kara LaFleur and Rebecca Moore store. affected by the poor economy, but vate events.
said. “I would say that I shopped at the serving a different niche in the vin- The owners are also looking into
Specializing in clothing made store at least once a week,” Potter tage clothing market has helped buying or renting a space that they
between the 1930s and 1980s, the said. “But what kept me coming them stay afloat. could rent for events where they
store found business from UNC back were Kara and Rebecca.” Time After Time co-owner would sell their clothing.
students and residents of Carrboro, The owners purchased authentic Steven Schrenzel said in an e-mail “We’re ready to do something
the pair said. pieces from estate sales and from that prices 25 to 50 percent lower different,” LaFleur said. “We don’t
For the past two years, LaFleur several local designers, many of than competitors’ and 27 years of do this for the money.
and Moore said they offered major whom still want to maintain their business experience have helped “We do this because we love it.”
discounts on their expansive col- business and personal relation- them to stay open. dth/elizabeth mendoza
lection to draw in more sales in the ships with LaFleur and Moore. The Clothing Warehouse oper- Contact the City Editor Catlin Hettell and Joanna Welborn look at items at Roulette Vintage
failing economy. River Takada-Capel, owner ates a chain of stores across the at city@dailytarheel.com. last week. The store closed after losing business in the recession.

Struggling Wake Forest Big Star brings encore show

squad next for Tar Heels “It’s sort of a listen-
by Katherine Proctor
staff writer
SEE BIG STAR IN CONCERT
A softer side of rock will come ing room. It’s the Time: 8 p.m. today
Location: Historic Playmakers Theatre
to the stage of Playmakers Theatre
tonight. perfect size...and Tickets: $15 general public, $8
by mark thompson advance students / $10 day of show
senior writer
Following sold-out perfor-
mances at Carrboro’s Cat’s Cradle
it’s got a nice vibe.”
North Carolina’s men’s basket- in December, the band Big Star power pop” sound.
ball team has no four-year starters. Lisa Beavers, Events Manager at
will present an acoustic encore the Center for the Study of the American The band has said that its sound
Only two players in its nine-man performance of their album is influenced by British invasion
South, on the Historic PlayMakers Theatre
rotation has played in the NCAA “Third/Sister Lovers” at the the- groups like The Beatles and The
Tournament in blue and white. ater. the Cradle,” Heitzenrater said. Kinks.
But coach Roy Williams knows T h e c o n c e r t w i l l f e at u r e “There are such amazing tex- At the Grammy Awards on
his team is experienced enough to local musicians such as Greg tures in just the orchestration Sunday night, Big Star’s anthol-
treat its next opponent like any Humphreys, Mandolin Orange parts.” ogy-like box set, “Keep an Eye on
other. and members of Lost in the Trees, Heitzenrater said that the per- the Sky,” won an award for its liner
“My team is a very immature Birds and Arrows and the North formance will feature close to 30 notes.
team in a lot of ways, but I think Carolina Symphony. artists at one time. The award-winning notes were
that they will have some respect Chris Stamey, organizer of both Lisa Beavers, events manager written by Robert Gordon.
for Wake,” Williams said. “I don’t the Cat’s Cradle performances and for the Center for the Study of the Before the show, Mary Lindsay
think that they’ll take them light- the acoustic encore, said that the American South and concert orga- Dickinson — wife of Big Star’s late
ly. I think they’ll come to practice show tonight will be more about nizer, said Playmakers Theatre is producer Jim Dickinson — will
(Monday) and work really hard to the details. an ideal venue for the show. speak about her husband’s legacy
try to get prepared to play.” “At this show, we’re looking “It’s sort of a listening room,” she at Wilson Library.
The Demon Deacons (8-17, 1-9 for people to hear the beautiful said. “It’s the perfect size, the seats Heitzenrater said that people
ACC) have struggled this season to acoustic sounds of the strings,” he are comfortable and it’s got a nice who attended the Cat’s Cradle show
say the least. Wake Forest is one of said. “It’s very moving to hear the vibe to it.” shouldn’t write off the encore.
two teams in the ACC that averag- nuances of the arrangements. Heitzenrater said that he hopes “Hopefully people won’t think
es fewer points than its opponents. John Heitzenrater, a member of the on-campus location of the they’ve already heard it, because
The other is Virginia. local band Hindugrass, will also be concert will draw in more of the it’s a totally different experience,”
But Wake’s margin is by far playing in tonight’s show. University population. he said.
the largest. The Demon Deacons The encore show will be a more “The theater is so gorgeous, and “It’s a lot more lush and warm.
are outscored by an average of 8.1 quiet affair than its predecessor, it sounds amazing in there,” he It’s like a totally different world.”
points per game, whereas the Tar he said. said.
Heels (18-6, 8-2) have outscored dth file/will cooper
“It’s not going to be the sort of Originally from Memphis, Tenn., Contact the Arts Editor
their opponents by an average of The Tar Heels need to improve their 3-point shooting as the conference pounding drums that you heard at Big Star is known for its “American at arts@dailytarheel.com.
10.3 points per game. season continues. Leslie McDonald is 20 percent in his last five games.
But Wake Forest isn’t devoid Out of print
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The economics of love
That’s something Williams said Level: 1 2 3 4 Ralph Byrns gave his famous
his team can’t afford to overlook (8-17, 1-9) Smith Center, 8 p.m. (18-6, 8-2) Valentine’s Day lecture for the last
tonight. time at UNC. See pg. 3 for story.
“If there’s five averaging double HEAD-TO-HEAD Complete the grid
figures there’s not one that you so each row, column Breathing better
should focus on, because all five There is one bright spot for the Demon and 3-by-3 box (in
Deacons, and that lies in their backcourt bold borders) con-
Data suggest the statewide
of them can hurt you,” Williams
said.
Backcourt potential. J.T. Terrell and C.J. Harris both tains every digit 1 smoking ban is improving air
average 11 points., but Kendall Marshall is to 9. quality. See pg. 5 for story.
“I’ve always felt that it is a dif- playing great 1-man ball. Edge: UNC
ficult team to prepare for .... What
Tyler Zeller is playing so well UNC fans Solution to Minimizing Main Street
it boils down to is everybody indi-
are wishing he took his medical redshirt in Monday’s puzzle
vidually has to do a great job of Carrboro’s Main Street could get
guarding their man without hav- Frontcourt 2009. With John Henson, the UNC frontcourt
should have its way with Wake like Harrison reduced to make way for more bike
ing to have too much help.” Barnes did Milton Jennings. Edge: UNC lanes. See pg. 6 for story.
And on offense, the Tar Heels
have plenty to work on, particu- Compared to the starters, Wake Forest’s
bench is pretty good. That gap is likely the Longtime locals lauded
larly beyond the 3-point line.
In each of the Tar Heels’ last two Bench smallest in the ACC. UNC had one point Twelve longtime town residents
from its bench against Clemson and is still were honored in an annual cer-
games, they shot 14 percent from better than Wake. Edge: UNC
the 3-point line. But in the two emony. See pg. 7 for story.
games before that, the Tar Heels UNC’s worst loss of the season came
shot 40 and 52 percent from long against Georgia Tech when the Tar Heels
range. Intangibles scored 58 points. Wake has lost to Stetson,

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26 Overcharge, in slang 4 Ready-made home 35 Poker Flat creator 61 Signer, at times
has improved over the course of 30 Max of “The Beverly 5 Legendary bird 37 Loos, briefly 62 Jilted lover’s need, briefly
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Sarah Frier
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Deanna santoro, on suing the elections board

EDITORIAL CARTOON By Jamie Berger, jcberger@email.unc.edu

Featured online reader comment:

“Wouldn’t it make more sense to
Matthew Moran actually get the results before going
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Sophomore English & math decision through this big, long process?”
science major from Ridgewood, NJ.
E-mail: mcmoran@email.Unc.Edu hunter, on the supreme court’s injunction barring
the release of election results

Meditate, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

for better Government recognition

of commitment outdated
Keune’s narwhal campaign
sounds eerily prophetic

health TO THE EDITOR:

The article from Feb. 11,
TO THE EDITOR:
As this year’s election cycle

and focus
“Students marrying for in-state finally draws to a close, we should
tuition,” reminded me again look to the past to learn more
of my confusion about some about the present. The real win-
people’s belief in the sanctity of ner of this election may actually

I
marriage. be someone who ran last year on
’d like nothing more than to Clearly, marriage is no longer a farcical platform with a semi-

Don’t dismiss now

include a meditative exercise the religious institution or even mythical mascot. Yes, ladies and
in this column, but I can’t: My the commitment that it once gentlemen, we are talking about
readers are too busy to meditate was. I wonder, then, not only Nash Keune.
— or so they believe. They have no why some individuals insist on Sure, he was an endear-
idea what they’re missing.
For everyone who thinks med- Everyone wants the election to be over, but not until excluding certain people from
the act of marriage, but also why
ing ginger with a staggering
690-page platform and a hast-
itation is nothing more than sit-
ting cross-legged and humming, there is real resolution to Santoro’s suit others insist on maintaining it
as the only form of government-
ily constructed fortress that
appeared overnight to loom over

I
let’s go over the facts. recognized commitment. Why the quad. But Nash’s satirically
Research has shown that med- t would be incredibly for- regarding ability to sue are Supreme Court shouldn’t buy
is it, for example, that only mar- fueled campaign was more than
itating habitually can lower blood tunate for Andrew Phillips more nuanced than the sec- them either.
riage ensures that a loved one that. He was out to highlight the
pressure, improve one’s immune if the case against him, and tions he is alleged of violating, The BOE’s decision to allow can visit you in the hospital or silly extremes our student body
system and may decrease the risk his dismal interpretation of his motion to dismiss is just as Ian Lee to run facilitated a allows loved ones to use anoth- president election season often
of heart attack. the Student Code, is dismissed inexcusably wrong as the deci- conflict of interest situation, er’s health insurance? For those reaches.
Meditation also helps you focus. tonight. sions he is being sued over. whereby Lee was in charge of barred from marriage as well as Though less comical this year,
In a recent study, subjects trained But it shouldn’t happen. The He writes that Santoro doesn’t updating the Code. those in non-traditional rela- this election cycle has sustained
for three months in meditation suit needs to go forward, and meet the criteria for being That affected Santoro directly tionships, this exclusion can be Keune’s point exactly. This year’s
developed enhanced “attentional extremely harmful. Why do we batch of candidates has bullied,
plaintiff Deanna Santoro has adversely affected by the BOE’s and adversely as she was speak-
stability,” i.e. focused thought free not allow for more open commit- yelled and quibbled through all
from mental wandering. the standing for it to do so. failure to force Ian Lee to resign er of Student Congress, and
Almost everyone wants this from his executive position resigning was the only way she ments where, for example, a cou- sorts of media — equine or oth-
For these reasons, meditation ple could somehow prove to the erwise. Was Keune’s 2010 cam-
must be taken seriously. But what election to be over. And it would before running for president. could challenge the decision.
be great to know the results. But His motion states that her With respect to the stat- government their commitment paign just for parody or eerily
exactly defines the act? to one another and not have to prophetic?
Rob Nairn, author of “What more important for the integ- injury from resigning as speak- ute of limitations, we direct
work through a traditionally reli- No matter the winner, we
is Meditation?” calls it “a highly rity of the Code and for student er, which Santoro had to do in Phillips to the definitions in gious institution? should use this year’s election
alert and skillful state of mind government would be genu- order to sue, stemmed from the Code — they can be help- In a slightly more radical as a lesson for the future. We
because it requires one to remain ine resolution to the Board of her “willful action.” Not from ful. It defines “act” to include a sense, why do we not completely may never have another “Elect
psychologically present and ‘with’ Elections’ mishandling. the shoddy work by the BOE “refusal to act.” rid marriage of all of its benefits Yourself ” campaign, but it should
whatever happens in and around Tonight’s hearing is to weigh that drove her decision. And it was Phillips’ refusal to and instead force everyone to be remembered as a humorous
one without adding to or sub- Phillips’ argument that Santoro He also states that the com- act that makes up a large part file taxes as individuals, allow caution for elections to come.
tracting from it in any way.” anyone with permission to visit
It’s a mouthful, but that last
lacks the proper authorization plaint was not filed within the of Santoro’s complaint.
in the Code to bring a suit 96-hour window to challenge a If the BOE thinks it avoids loved ones in the hospital, and Anna Eusebio
point about arithmetic is a crucial even make everyone use their Junior
one, especially for students. Non- against him. BOE decision. culpability by refusing to inves-
Phillips is getting it wrong. We don’t buy any of these tigate violations, it seems sorely own health insurance. To me, Public Relations and
meditators almost never think the insistence on government Environmental Studies
about anything without over- While the relevant sections arguments, and the Student mistaken.
recognition of one’s romantic
evaluating, contextualizing or oth- relationships seems unnecessary
erwise judging it, and that’s only Many factors induced

Fair counsel
and outdated. North Carolina to secede
natural. They fail to be mindful.
Mindfulness is a concept inex- Alison Grady TO THE EDITOR:
tricably linked to meditation, Junior In a recent editorial discuss-
involving nonjudgmental, cen- Peace, War and Defense ing the ongoing conflict over
tered awareness. When we criti-
cize our surroundings or ourselves Student plainti≠s deserve knowledgeable counsel Stand and dance in place
Silent Sam (“Slavery is what the
Confederacy stood for,” Jan. 26),

T
we miss out on the de-stressing the author opened with the old
benefits of being mindful. his University lacks a The Student Code can be a Supreme Court. Davies has of children who cannot
student public attorney very complicated document. been working with the plain- saying that people are entitled to
And when we let our minds TO THE EDITOR: their own opinions but not their
wander to other topics, we may that would serve those This most recent suit stems tiffs of the most recent case
For the past 13 years, the UNC own facts.
also set ourselves up for a bad who bring suits against student from the belief that the BOE against the BOE, but not from
Dance Marathon has embodied The generalization that seces-
mood later on. Surprising new government. misinterpreted a section of the an official position. some of Carolina’s best charac- sion was purely over the issue of
research in Science magazine has In light of the recent law- Code when ruling on the legiti- Legal advice should not be teristics: tireless energy, endless slavery does not apply to several
indicated that daydreaming might suit brought against the Board macy of Ian Lee’s campaign. given just by volunteers to those enthusiasm and an unmatched states, North Carolina in particu-
actually make people sadder. of Elections that caused the Given the short period of who sue. It should be provided passion for helping others. This lar. So let’s get the facts straight.
The moral is: Mindful focus is student body president elec- time students have to prepare at all times by someone familiar year, I saw firsthand the amount On May 20, 1861, North Carolina
good for you; unbridled reverie is
tion results to be withheld, their case, it can be very dif- with the Code in order to make of time and effort put into the became the last state to join the
bad. And while most of us can’t organization by my 13 fellow Confederacy, five months after
escape to the Himalayas to drink
it’s a good time to reconsider ficult to organize an effective the process fair for all.
the position of a “Plaintiff ’s argument without the prop- This new position would steering members, more than South Carolina had first done so.
tea and ponder, all of us can (and 300 committee members, and Unlike South Carolina and
should) afford ourselves some Counsel.” er help or knowledge of the be a “public prosecutor” and
Presently, students who Code. would serve the same role as more than 1,000 UNC students other Deep South states, which
time for meditation. Thousands who have pledged to take a stand were more thoroughly dominat-
of guided audio exercises, some wish to file a complaint must “It’s really time intensive the Solicitor General but on
for the patients and families of ed by a plantation aristocracy,
as short as five minutes, are avail- prepare their case themselves. and you really have to know the opposite side of the court- N.C. Children’s Hospital. North Carolina’s pro-secession
able online. UNC Counseling The student government, in what you’re doing just to get a room. It would give the plain- “For The Kids” is a well-known slaveholders had to contend
and Wellness Services even offer this most recent case the BOE, hearing,” said Anthony Dent. tiff assistance that would level phrase around campus. We stand with the state’s powerful bloc
group meditation classes. has the Solicitor General to “A general student will be lost the playing field when it comes and dance for those who cannot of yeoman farmers, who were
If you’re still stuck in the prepare its defense. when they try to bring a suit to these suits. in a display of emotional, physi- mostly pro-Union in the early
mindset that sitting peacefully This leaves students at a against somebody.” It is imperative, given the cal and financial support for the days of secession. In February
would be a waste of time, you kids.
severe disadvantage, even Dent said he and Erik Davies time constraints of most cases, 1861, state legislators asked vot-
might try an ancient Hindi prac- I could not be prouder of the ers in North Carolina to clarify
tice that incorporates both mind- when they have a legitimate established a program for stu- that plaintiffs have someone
claim against a practice of our dents to obtain legal advice with knowledge of the Supreme students who have worked year- the state’s stance on secession.
fulness and physical fitness: yoga. long to recognize the mission Pro-Unionist voters prevailed,
Today, in America, the link student leaders. on the Student Code and the Court process on their side.
of the UNC Dance Marathon. and North Carolina was poised
between yoga and meditation is I speak for the entire Overall to remain a part of the Union.
often downplayed, but in tradi-

Laying down the law

Committee when I say thank Matters changed in April
tional practice the former is noth- you to the students of UNC, when Lincoln called upon North
ing without the latter. If you want the doctors and nurses at N.C. Carolina to assist in putting down
to experience the psychological Children’s Hospital, and thou- secession. North Carolinians did
benefits of meditation within sands of patients and their fami- not think it was permissible to
a modern yoga class like those
offered at the SRC, you must be A library for studying law needs regulations of its own lies for allowing us to be inspired
by each of them every day.
prevent other states from leaving
the Union and wanted no part in
mindful: Do not judge your body,

A
The marathon is the realiza- invading neighboring states. While
and stay present in your breath- s a public institution, call reporting harassment in possible class-based prejudices tion of our yearlong hopes and slavery was undoubtedly a factor,
ing and in the sensations that the UNC campus buildings the Kathrine R. Everett Law within the student community hard work for UNC-DM. On it was ultimately a complex set of
poses create within you. should be available not Library. and uncomfortable feelings Feb. 18 and 19, come and see why circumstances under which North
Practiced rightly, yoga helps only to students, but to the Among the suggestions posed around homeless people. we stand. Carolina reluctantly seceded.
tune out the stressors in life and community at large. by law students was a buzzer These concerns are valid,
“tune in to what your body is But public accessibility can- system for doors and a sign-in but they distract from the real Katie Dight James Whitney
doing,” says Lindsey Cannon, stu- Outreach Chairwoman Sophomore
dent and yoga instructor for the
not and should not be favored sheet for all users. Others rec- instances of trespassing that
over the safety and security of ommended requiring individu- pose a risk to students. It’s per- UNC Dance Marathon History
Campus Rec. She learned early on
“how important it is to focus on the students who specifically als to present a OneCard start- fectly reasonable to have some
your thoughts,” and believes that pay to use campus facilities for ing at midnight — a regulation regulation of access to a build-
legitimate reasons. that is already in place at the ing — even a public one.
SPEAK OUT department and phone number.
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