8Tha Daily Tar HeelFriday, October 9, 1931
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By DRAGGAN MII1AILOVIC11
OTH Staff Wriler
The fall semester is not a particularly
easy one for the football player. Grueling
practices, nagging injuries and dreams of
an undefeated season can make studying
a toil.
"After practice, it's tough to sit down
and study," said defensive tackle William
Fuller. "But it's something you have to
do. You're here for an education." .
The man who is directly responsible for
the scholastic development of the UNC
football team is assistant academic coun
selor Phil Ben. A former tutor as an un
dergraduate, Ben has performed various
duties in the athletic department for the
past ten years.
Ben, whose profile fits in with the aca
demic world, operates under the watchful
eye of head counselor Paul Hoolahan.
Under Hoolahan, a program has been
set up that tries to assess an athlete's basic
math, language and reading skills and
then attempts to improve him in the areas
where he needs help.
Ben's responsibilities include overseeing
a two-hour study hall, Monday-Thursday.
First semester freshmen and players with
grade point averages below 2.0 are requir
ed to attend.
"I talk constantly with all the players,"
Ben said. "In study hall, I assess each in
dividual's standing on a day-to-day basis."
Eight tutors are present during the
study hall period to help freshmen and
players with classroom deficiencies devel
op skills and budget time. Despite the
close scrutiny, dependency on the tutors
or Ben is discouraged.
"Most freshmen are traversing un
charted waters," Ben said. "Others have
stars in their eyes because they think they
will have a glittering college or pro career.
The study hall gets their feet better
planted on the ground."
Phil Ben
Ben wants the atmosphere in the study
hall to be conducive to learning.
"We don't want the study hall to be a
form of incarceration," said Ben. "We
remind the players that we are there as a
resource." 1
Ben added that most were grateful that
someone was concerned with their school-work.
Players not involved with the study hall
meet with Ben during the week. Good
rapport between athlete and counselor is
a key element.
"When I inquire about their grades
they must be honest with me," Ben said.
"Trust is the most important aspect of
my job."
In an era of forged transcripts, eligibil
ity scandals and padded class schedules,
Ben feels that head football coach Dick
Crum has made a firm commitment to
academics.
"It's obvious that the classroom is a
top priority in this program," Ben said.
"The players are aware of the academic '
opportunity here and they are concerned
with it."
Crum, a former math teacher, has been
known to tutor some players himself.
Defensive back Walt Black, a More
head scholar, notes that the coaching
staff looks for a particular trait in high
school athletes.
"You can tell that the new recruits have
a positive attitude toward academics,"
Black said. "The real life begins after col
lege so you have to be prepared." .
"I think most of our players are level
headed people," Ben said. "That's reflec
ted in the classroom and on the football
field."
The counseling department doesn't see
tangible results of its work. "All we can
do is measure how they progress on a dai
ly basis in terms of attitudes and con
cerns," Ben said, "and we've seen an
upswing in both of these."
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Women's golf team finishes fourth,
puts damper on national standing
By SCOTT PRICE
DTH SUff Writer
The women's golf team suffered a
major setback in its quest for national
respect Tuesday, finishing the three-day
Lady Tiger Invitational in Memphis in a
tie for fourth place.
The loss put a damper on the team's
hope for an improvement on last year's
national standing of 18th, but Coach Dot
Gunnells is not discouraged.
"It's real disappointing, but we'll be
back," Gunnells said. "We're going to be
out practicing this afternoon."
Louisiana State grabbed first place
with a 891; the University of Missouri
took second at 928; Kentucky was third
with a 938, and UNC, Furman and Wake
Forest tied for fourth with a 939.
"Anything can happen in this game,"
Gunnells said. "LSU played a grand
game; this is the first time they've beaten
us since I've been coaching."
The Tigers played an awesome game,'
finishing 37 strokes ahead of second
place Missouri, and averaging an indivi
dual score of under 75.
"I was a little surprised," Gunnells
said. "LSU has a strong team."
But LSU's game could only have been
helped by the weak play of the UNC
squad. Only one player Linda Mescan
broke into the top five, while Jill
Nesbitt tied for 18th with a 235 and Page
Marsh took 30th with a score of 239.
The team had trouble keeping the ball
in play and in the fairways; and once on
the greens, they also had trouble putting.
"It was just a bad tournament,"
Gunnells said. "We finished ahead of
eleven other teams, but we should have
beaten four others."
The Lady Tiger Invitational was a large
tournament, composed of fifteen teams
from around the country, such as Mis
sissippi State, Alabama, Florida Atlantic
and Missouri. It was the first real test for
the Tar Heels this year, and its result
shows a need for more consistent play.
The team won its first tournament
without two of its best players Jill
Nesbitt and Linda Mescan. Consistency is
needed if the team is to improve its
showing at the AIAWs in the spring.
The squad travels to Durham this
weekend for the Duke Fall Invitational
and a much less competitive regional
tournament, Gunnells said.
"We're looking forward to a better
tournament this, time," said Gunnells.
"We're going to do it this weekend."
"What the hell are you out here waiting for tickets for any
way? Did the press box burn down?" one student asked at
about 1 a.m. or was it 2?
No, I thought I'd take a week, off and actually watch a game
instead of dissect it.
I doubt very seriously that I'll do it again.
You'd think if you got there at midnight you'd be alone.
Wrong. You become No. 125 in line.
Maybe this week was a fluke or maybe Wake Forest is an im
portant game to Tar Heel fans, more so than Boston College
anyway. But whatever the case, students were lined up almost to
the Bell Tower by 5:30 a.m.
: That's ridiculous, and it gets more ridiculous the further back
in line you are.
Clifton Barnes
It might not be so bad if folks would sleep. I'd just as soon
not hear Gap Band singing "You've got me humpin' midnight
dancing" (or something like that) at 3 a.m. And what makes a
person want to yell "Wake up!" at the top of his lungs at 4 a.m.?
One guy was doing an English paper due that day. Feel sorry
for him. Hell no. He talked for five straight hours that I know
of and he was probably still yacking as he entered class. I'll give
him a break though considering that he had about two six-packs
of beer.
It's pretty bad when the police come up and say the noise is
disturbing a resident and the closest non-student is a couple of
blocks away from Carmichael.
One guy changed clothes right there in front of God and
everybody. -
- ! The strange part is that some people could sleep. The impor
tant thing is to go with someone who can sleep and won't make
an ass of himself.
But even sleeping can hurt you, especially when for no ap
parent reason people get up and start moving toward the door at
6 a.m. You get trampled as people break right in line. You drop
your alarm clock and someone else picks up your pillow.
Then when the door is opened, you feel like you're at a Who
concert, and even more break in front.
It's'obvious that 2i-year-old college students cannot conduct
themselves properly with a level head.
' ' ' . ' .
It's a shame that students who'd rather sleep can't get decent
tickets. It's also a shame that the UNC student section is repre
sented by some of the asinine people who wait out all night.
There ought to be at least aa usher or several ushers at the
door when it is opened to create some sort of order. ,
As it is now, a student who waits out since 4 a.m. can run to a
sparse section in the auditorium just by chance and get a better
ticket than someone who has been there since midnight.
To top that off, when there is semi-order, the ushers send you
to a certain ticket box, assuring you that all the tickets are the
same. I expect to have about 20,000 students sitting on my lap in
the card section Saturday. . .
The fact is that depending, by chance, on which box you're
sent to, you may not be able to get card section, if you so desire.
However, someone who has been waiting a lot less time than
you have can get card section just because he was mandatorily
sent to a different box.
The ticket system is far from perfect but maybe the biggest
change needs to be in the mind-set of the students. But maybe
every student should wait in line once. Next time I'll be dissec
ting games again or maybe getting someone to wait for me.
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