VOLUME 115, ISSUE 146
UNC BLOWS BY DUKE
Tar Heels remain
unbeaten in ACC
BY SAMANTHA NEWMAN
SENIOR WRITER
DURHAM - The No. 3 North
Carolina women’s basketball team
doesn’t usually stray too far from
the hoop. A squad known for its
post play rather than its perim
eter shooting, UNC headed into
Monday night's matchup against
Duke with the lowest 3-point field
goal percentage in the conference,
at 25.2 percent.
But the Tar
Heels (20-
2, 7-0 in the
ACC) came
into Cameron
Indoor Stadium
and shot lights
ou t from
beyond the
arc, knocking
in 63.6 percent
for the game,
leading to a 93-
WOMEN'S
BASKETBALL
UNC 93
Duke 76
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Freshman point
guard Cetera
DeGraffenreid
fueled the win.
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76 rout of the No. 11 Blue Devils
(16-6,5-2 in the ACC).
And it wasn’t only the guards
getting in on the action.
With the first half winding
down, center LaToya Pringle set
up, released and watched the ball
swish through the net for her first
career 3-pointer to give the Tar
Heels a nine-point advantage.
“It hasn't been our focus,” UNC
coach Sylvia Hatchell said, refer
ring to her team's perimeter shoot
ing. “Our strength is our inside
game, so we try to go inside first.
... I was proud to see them make
those shots tonight.”
And the 3-point arc wasn't the
only sweet spot for the Tar Heels.
North Carolina didn't miss
often, shooting 51.6 percent from
the field. The hot shooting led to
the highest point total ever for
UNC at Cameron.
Duke leads the ACC in scoring
defense, allowing an average of
only 55.5 points per game. But the
buckets continued to fall for the
Tkr Heels, from the perimeter to
the paint.
And when they didn't, a swarm
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Super Tuesday bigger than ever
BY AMY EAGLEBURGER
SENIOR WRITER
Today more than 20 states will
go to the polls in the largest single
day of voting this primary season
potentially crowning their par
ty's presidential nominee.
Why Tuesday is "super'’
Feb. 5 is the first day that
states can hold primaries without
running afoul of national party
rules. Twenty-one states will hold
Dickie V will return to mic for Duke game
Announcer back after vocal surgery
BY GRAY CALDWELL
SENIOR WRITER
The Voice is back, babyyyy!
ESPN’s Dick Vitale returns to
college basketball Wednesday to call
the heavyweight matchup between
No. 2 Duke and No. 3 North
Carolina at the Smith Center.
It will be his first game back since
Dec. 4, when he took medical leave
for surgery to remove ulcerated
lesions on his left vocal chord.
It was a vary emotional time the
last two months," Vitale said in a
teleconference Monday. “I’m really
afraid I’ll get a little emotional
the day of the game. There was a
moment there when I never thought
I’d be behind a microphone again."
But the man affectionately known
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Duke forward Bridgette Mitchell (15) and teamates scramble for the ball during North Carolina's 93-76 victory in
Cameron Indoor Stadium on Monday night. The win moves the Tar Heels to 20-2 this season and 7-0 in the ACC.
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contests, and
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Democratic
races. All five
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which they have held public office.
This year Super Tuesday is ear
lier and more delegate-packed than
ever. In 2004 the big day was March
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as Dickie V is back, and though he
said having UNC-Duke as his first
game back was just good timing,
he’s excited about the prospect
‘I think anytime you talk about
those two I’m a little biased, but I
think it’s the greatest rivalry in all
of college sports," he said.
*1 haven’t missed one in years; I
can’t wait to be courtside."
Vitale said he believes the key to
the game will be Dukes perimeter
defense against the potentially iy
Lawson-less Tar Heels. He said he
has been preparing mentally —and
vocally for the game for weeks.
"Last week I did a little com
mentary to myself,” Vitale said.
**(UNC guard Wayne) Ellington
better make threes tonight! Hey,
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Super Tuesday: by the numbers
Currant Republican
delegates won:
► John McCain: 97
► Mitt Romney: 92
► Mike Huckabee: 29
► Ron Paul: 6
Total needed for
nomination: 1,191
Delegates up for grabs:
1,023 in 21 states
Sportscaster
Dick Vitale
has been on
medical leave
since Dec. 4
and returns
Wednesday.
Duke’s defense is really causing
havoc!’ I did that as a rehearsal for
those situations mentally."
LTNC fans have mixed feelings
toward Vitale his respect for Duke
has struck a wrong chord with some
Thr Heel faithful.
But lately Vitale has been showing
UNC some love as well, even picking
Tyler Hansbrough as his National
Player of the Year favorite.
"I mean, he’s all right as long as
we’re not playing Duke whenev
er we’re playing Duke, he seems to
Current Democratic
delegate* won:
► Hillary Clinton: 232
> Barack Obama: 158
Total needed for
nomination: 2,025
Delegate* up for grab*:
1,678 in 22 states (excluding
superdelegates)
be in their comer," said UNC senior
Josh Michaels. “I’d rather him be
on the sidelines resting his vocal
chords a little longer."
Fellow senior Harrison Dicker
felt a little difierendy.
“1 think it’s part of the college
basketball experience, having
Dickie V spitting out his ridiculous
lines," Dicker said. “I’m excited; 1
don’t care how annoying his voice
is. He brings energy to the game."
But students will not be able to
hear Vitale's commentary this time
Raycom’s telecast of the game
will force a blackout of ESPN’s
coverage in the Triangle.
Vitale said his throat had been
bothering him for about three
years, but he always attributed it
to acid reflux.
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IDEAL PERFORMANCE
At an academic success fair Monday,
students are advised to maintain a
balance between procrastination and
overachievement at the beginning of
the semester.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2008
Congress may
update Code
Student input
sought at forum
BY ANDREW RYAN COSGROVE
STAff WRITER
Student input at a forum today
could lead to revisions in the
UNC Student Code.
The rules and judiciary com
mittee of Student Congress will
hold an open forum for students
to voice ideas about changes they
want in the Code.
The Code governs the branches
of student government and elec
tions. and this year especially stu
dent leaders have encountered sev
eral problems with the ambiguity
and language of the document.
Tina Chen-Xu, rules and judi
ciary chairwoman, said the idea
that student government should
hold a forum came from outside
suggestions, specifically editori
als in The Daily Tar Heel.
She said the executive branch
and Congress previously came
together to work on providing
more input but thought the idea
of a forum was more inclusive.
“I think it’s great that students
can provide their voice and input
and that student government is
willing to listen,” senior Mignon
Arrington said.
TVler Younts, speaker of
Congress, proposed the forum in
a Congress meeting.
“I don’t think the Code is
really all that problematic, but
I think it is important to look at
what revisions might need to be
made,” he said.
One of the biggest issues in the
Code is special elections, which
have to go through Congress and
the executive branch. This takes
additional time usually not avail
able, Chen-Xu said, adding that
Reservists juggle
firefighting duties
BY JESSICA STRINGER
STAFF WRITER
Adam Lockhart knew in ele
mentary school that he wanted
to be a firefighter.
On a family trip to Fort Bragg,
he witnessed a C-130 cargo plane
crash during a demonstration in
July 1987.
Lockhart said he remembers
the chaos and mass confusion
of hundreds of spectators run
ning from the crash. He said it
was the emergency personnel
running toward the crash to help
that stands out in his mind.
That was when Lockhart
decided he didn't want to run
away; he wanted to be someone
who helped.
Lockhart, a N.C. Air National
Guard reservist who also works for
the Chapel Hill Fire Department
at Station 3, is one of a growing
number of people w'ho balance
duties to a fire department and
the military reserves.
That balance is being tested as
the reservists are being deployed
for longer periods of time, taking
firefighters from those jobs and
creating staffing shortages.
Chapel Hill fire Chief Dan
Jones said that reserve and
National Guard duty wasn't a
burden before 2001 but that now
there are repeated deployments.
Jones said the department
holds reservists’ vacancies until
they come back, unlike other
vacancies for which it can hire
replacements.
The Chapel Hill Fire
Department employs seven full
time individuals who also serve in
the military reserve or National
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the executive branch is still review -
ing a proposal on the matter.
Even with the forum, most
changes probably will be minimal,
Chen-Xu said, adding that the Code
is frequently updated for syntax.
There are always clerical issues
in the Student Code that need to be
resolved.” she said. “For example,
some items do not have a number
assignment, which makes trying to
locate them difficult.”
Another clerical issue lies in Title
V —with the outdated language
of financial affairs. Student Body
Treasurer Jordan Myers said.
“By making the language and
wording more concise and clear,
student groups will have an eas
ier understanding of where the
finances go,” he said.
Chen-Xu also said she hopes
there will be a strong student
turnout at the forum. The fact
that this is happening so close to
elections will also help keep the
Code fresh on people's minds.”
But Younts views the forum
differently. The Code, he said,
explains the allocation of funding
for student groups but does not
have much legislative control over
student life. “All the Student Code
does is show the student govern
ment how to operate.”
But for some students, even this
legislative control over their lives
is enough to attend the forum.
“I would definitely go to the
forum to make sure that the orga
nizations I am interested in still
get the attention they deserve,"
Arrington said.
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Adam Lockhart, an N.C. Air and
National Guard reservist, also
works for the Chapel Hill Fire
Department at Station 3.
Guard, including one fire captain,
one firefighter and one battalion
chief, according to information
presented to the Chapel Hill Town
Council at its annual retreat in
January.
Jones said the department
makes up for the absences by
spreading the workload among
everyone else.
Double duty doesn't put a
strain on just the fire department;
Lockhart uses his vacation days
from his Chapel Hill job to report
to Charlotte for guard duty the
first weekend of each month.
Lockhart said that the fire
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