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VOLUME 116, ISSUE 91 mBHBB| IttH ' sports | page 10 LAST-SECOND WIN Notre Dame receiver Michael Floyd's late-game fumble was just one moment in a series of big plays and momentum shifts in Saturday's game. SportS | page 10 HARD AT WORK After Virginia Tech scored on itself for the North Carolina women's soccer team's first goal, things would only get worse for the Hokies. city | online THE ENO'S CRITTERS Giant ladybugs walked down the street alongside crickets riding bicycles at the Handmade Parade on Saturday celebrating the Eno River. national | page r> THE ISSUES: ENERGY See how policies of presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama compare on fuel conservation, alternative energy and other environmental topics. online | dailytarheel.com BLOG: BLOOD, BRUISES DTH photographers have some run-ins at the football game. BLOG: WOOTINI Musicians present visual works of art for Carrboro exhibit. IRON STUDENT A business school student races in an Ironman competition. this day in history OCT. 13,2003... Mary Sue Coleman, University of Michigan's president and a UNC alumna, delivers the keynote address at the 100-year anniversary of the Graduate School. Today’s weather Sunny H 81, L 53 Tuesday’s weather Sunn y M 85, L 58 index police log 2 calendar 2 nation/world 5 opinion 6 crossword 9 sportslo Serving the students and the University community since 1893 (Tbr flatlu ®ar Rrrl UNIVERSITY DAY NATIVE SON HOME AT HELM g Ef t dcl\ (•air ako , I | del. u ji ■ ■shir’ f m fP |Ky|| ill : * V ■ ■ B , DTH/KAITLIN MCKEOWN Holden Thorp is officially installed Sunday as UNC-Chapel Hill's 10th chancellor at a ceremony on Polk Place. Attending were distinguished alumni as well as community and state leaders. In his remarks, Thorp focuses on the future of the University. The text in the background of the picture shows the most-used words in his speech, courtesy of Wordle.net. Thorp’s speech looks forward BY ANDREW DUNN UNIVERSITY EDITOR On the eve of University Day, junior Dawson Gage wrote an e-mail to tell his mother what he likes about Chancellor Holden Thorp. “Mom, he’s a brilliant person who’s chosen to make his life here, in his home state,” read his mother Committee clears McClendon BY KEVIN KILEY ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR Shaniqua McClendon did not lie to Student Congress when she pre sented a Concepts of Colors fund ing request, the ethics committee ruled Sunday. Congress also raised questions about how its finance committee scrutinizes requests and said better evaluation would have prevented the confusion. McClendon, treasurer of the mod eling troupe, was called into question after Congress members heard that she told her business class she had taken advantage of the system. Last week, Congress decided to launch an ethics investigation to clarify McClendon’s story. The ethics committee decided that Concepts should resubmit its request next week to the finance Scooting service out to prevent drunk driving DTH/ANTHONY HARRIS Zingo driver Evan Carter rides a scooter to Franklin Street after dropping off a client Thursday night. www.dailytarheel.com @DTH ONLINE: See a video of the University Day celebration and speeches. INSIDE: Five received the Distinguished Alumna and Alumnus Award. PG. 8 Hannah Gage, chairwoman of the Board of Governors, to the crowd surrounding South Building. Sunday’s installation of Thorp as UNC’s 10th chancellor had the air of a homecoming, despite Thorp hav ing been on the faculty since 1993. About 2,750 students, faculty committee. The original request was for $7,535, which would come from student fees. The main question was whether the group’s budget asked for more than was needed, which the com mittee deemed was an issue for the finance committee. But the ethics committee estab lished that McClendon had been honest with Congress and had presented an exaggerated story in her class. “Clearly, if I had done this, if I had been trying to get away with something, I wouldn’t have admit ted it to a room of 30 or 40 people,” McClendon said in the meeting. Members of the ethics commit tee also thought a problem was that the finance committee did not thoroughly evaluate the request when it came to them. BY JOE WOODRUFF STAFF WRITER Michael Edmonds stood on Franklin Street in a bright orange reflective jacket, next to a matching, comically small motorbike. The sidewalks had begun filling with dub goers. In the street, a sedan stopped, music blasting, before a red light. Rosy-cheeked passengers sang along, horribly off-key. “They might be needing our services right now,” Edmonds said. Edmonds is a driver for Zingo Designated Drivers, anew service that gives intoxicated people a safe way to get their cars home. Zingo began operating m Chapel Hill in September and employs a crew of drivers. Zingo chauffeurs arrive on collapsible motorbikes, which are then stored in call ers’ car trunks. The driver takes the cus tomer home in his or her own vehicle. A trip with a Zingo driver costs $3 per mile, plus a $lO pick-up fee. “It’s also a fun service. It’s much more per sonal than a ride in ataxi,” said Elliott Pierce, director of Zingo’s Triangle branch. He over and alumni attended the installa tion, falling on the 215th anniver sary of the University’s founding. Beforehand, Thorp was com pared to all kinds of sages, ranging from University founder William R. Davie to Yoda from Star Wars. But foremost in their minds was the pride of having a chancellor who graduated from UNC and worked his way up the faculty ranks. Thorp graduated in 1986, attend ed graduate school at Cal Tech and worked at N.C. State University “It’s not the responsibility of the groups to find the lowest price,” said tepresentative Elizabeth Humphrey. “I think the onus falls on the finance committee to better evaluate the request.” The recommendations the committee established included informing groups of what Congress examines in requests, increasing the transparency of the budget sys tem and asking for more specific requests from groups. Meetings of the ethics commit tee traditionally are held to deal with Congress’ internal issues. The Student Code states that the committee has the authority to investigate violations of the Honor Code by members of Congress, violations of Congress’ ethics laws SEE ETHICS, PAGE 7 sees 10 bikes, split between both locations. He said Chapel Hill is an obvious place to offer a designated driving service. “It’s definitely a big party town, people do a lot of drinking and partying,” Pierce said. “We thought the Triangle area would be a great place to bring the service.” UNC sophomore Alex Hunt said a des ignated driving service could be popular on Franklin Street, especially when bars close. “I’ve driven down Franklin Street in the early morning, and judging by the number of people I’ve seen getting DUIs, I think it’s a very good idea,” Hunt said. The benefits of designated drivers are clear, said Nick Stroud, manager of Jack Sprat Cafe. Stroud estimates that 25 percent of his patrons arrive at the cafe by car. “Someone that would come to drive an intoxicated person home would be much better than that person driving themselves,” Stroud said. But he said he worries that the availabil- SEE ZINGO, PAGE 7 before returning to UNC. “You spread your wings, flew away and tore the Tar Heel tether in two,” said Joe Templeton, chair man of the faculty. “Then you chose to return. Thank you.” In his first big speech, Thorp forsook the traditional historical retellihg of the University’s past, instead opting for a comedic two paragraph abridged version. “I need my time today to talk about the future,” he said. Though his speech did not break The story so far Sept. 30: Shaniqua McClendon and Anna Bays present Concepts of Colors' funding request to the finance committee of Student Congress. Oct 2: For class assignment McClendon discusses what occurred at the finance commit tee meeting. She said she used the real event but tailored details to make a more compelling story. Two students later report the story to Student Congress Speaker Tim Nichols. liuMday: The funding request comes before the full Congress, which delays voting on the request until the ethics committee can investigate the conflicting stories. MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2008 much new ground, Thorp clearly enunciated three key goals for UNC: to recruit top undergraduate and graduate students, to attract talented faculty who can teach and research and to elevate the region and state. All three were connected, but each had specific tactics. The first goal can be achieved by revamping academic programs to make them more attractive to students’ interests and offering SEE UNIVERSITY DAY, PAGE 7 Voter drives yield results County expects record turnout BY DAVID ELY SENIOR WRITER When voter registration closed Friday, the UNC Young Democrats had topped their goal 0f5,500 new registrations on campus. Their total was 5,642 registra tions —and 1,260 of those were between Monday and Thursday of last week. If num bers from the Chapel Hill Barack Obama campaign office are included, election 2008 that number is easily at 6,000, said Young Democrats co-director Vivek Chilukuri. Neither reflects the drove of vot ers off campus who have registered this election season. With a little more than three weeks remaining until Election Cay, the Orange County Board of Elections is bracing itself for a busy Nov. 4. “We’re expecting a record num ber of turnout,” said director TYacy Reams. Tb deal with crowds that could threaten to overwhelm local voting sites, the board has undertaken measures to ensure Election Day goes smoothly. SEE REGISTRATION, PAGE 7
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