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Tuesday, November 8,1994
Frisbee Qub Provides the Ultimate Experience
BY MICHELE HUGGINS
STAFF WRITER
A relaxing but challenging team sport
has hit college campuses across North
Carolina, including UNC.
The game is Ultimate Frisbee, and it has
become known to those who play as an
exciting game with a laid-back attitude.
Ultimate combines elements of soccer,
football and basketball, while eliminating
the fierce competition associated with other
team sports. Like football, the game in
volves the movement of a disc down the
field into the end zone. Fast footwork,
extended layouts and grabs incorporate
the ideas of soccer, while quick turnovers
and tight defensive plays mimic standard
basketball plays.
Gene Hoffinan and Nash Foster, both
sophomores from Charlotte, started the
UNC Ultimate Qub team last year, run
out of the Club Sports Council. The idea
was a success and the team, called Darkside,
has attracted 40 to 50 students, as well as
the occasional local resident looking to
participate in an entertaining team sport.
Darkside captain Mark Parris, a com
puter science graduate student from Lex
Voting Still a Sacred Ritual for Some in Spite of Cynics
As U.S. Citizens Go to the
Polls Today, Many Debate
Whether Their Vote Counts
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON, D.C. On Tues
day, America votes. For all the usual,
mumbled reasons, many people will forgo
the privilege—too busy, they’ll say, or one
vote doesn’t matter anyway.
“Don’t vote,” says a wiseguyish bumper
sticker. “It only encourages them.”
Still, millions of people will engage in
this ritual of democratic renewal, an act of
faith in a decade said to be cynical and
sour. The Committee for the Study of the
American Electorate estimates that 70
million people might cast ballots Tuesday.
Chances are no one vote will make a
decisive difference; few elections are de
cided by a single ballot. But no one vote
will weigh more than another. The vote of
the plutocrat arriving at the polls in a chauf
feur-driven limousine counts no more than
his driver’s.
For all the tawdriness of modem-day,
empty-calorie soundbite campaigning, vot
ing remains supreme, indispensable, indi-
COMMITTEE
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“We tried to have at least one person
representing every ethnicity or group,” he
said. “Members of the committee will be
elected to their positions by their student
organizations.”
Members will come from the Asian Stu
dents Association; the Association of In
ternational Students; Bisexuals, Gay men,
Lesbians and Allies for Diversity; Black
Student Movement; Carolina Hispanic
Association; Carolina Indian Circle;
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ington, has been involved with the club
since last year and enjoys the atmosphere
as much as the game itself. “The unique
thing about Ultimate is the whole counter
culture with it,” Parris said. “You see guys
at tournaments with dreaded hair and wear
ing skirts. Ultimate is more relaxed than
other team sports. The game is self-offici
ated, which creates a very honest game.”
Observers walking onto the fields at
most Ultimate tournaments are likely to
encounter dogs of all sorts tagging along
on the sidelines and musical tunes setting
the stage for the players seeking some good
times, on and off the field.
Ultimate is based on a concept called
“The Spirit of the Game.” Having no set
rules and a respect for other players with
out acting fiercely competitive creates the
atmosphere that attracts so many to the
game, Parris said.
Bill Mark, from Lexington, Mass., and
also a computer science graduate student,
said the big attraction to the sport was the
laid-back atmosphere.
“The Spirit of the Game is sort of a
nebulous concept known through experi
ence,” Mark said. “People have a good
attitude or good sportsmanlike attitude.
vidualistic —and idealistic. Even a ballot
cast in doubt “for the lesser of two
evils,” as people like to say is a vote of
confidence in democracy.
The vote tells the candidates what they
sometimes forget to say, that the people’s
leaders are the people’s servants, that they
serve at the consent of the people.
At street comers across the country last
week, Associated Press reporters put the
simplest of questions to ordinary people:
Does your vote make a difference? Do you
vote?
What they heard was the cacophony of
democracy. Some glowed, some ducked,
some shrugged, some apologized, some
blew it off. Many who don’t vote sounded
sheepish about it.
“If you don’t vote, you don’t have a
chance,” said John Ford, a printer in Mil
waukee. “If you have a vote, at least you
have a chance of doing what you think is
right. That’s what they call the power of
the people, isn’t it?”
Jean Smith, mall-walking with her hus
band in North Dallas, Texas, and Dave
Letang, a salesman from Helena, Mont.,
both made the same point, almost in the
same words.
“I like to vote so I can gripe,” Smith
Sangam; Campus Y; and the Graduate
and Professional Student Federation,
which will have two representatives.
All the groups have been sent letters
asking them to select representatives, and
Conner said he expected to hear from them
by the end of the week.
Brandenburg said the idea of establish
ing the committee arose last December in
a conversation she had with Provost Rich
ard McCormick, who worked with a simi
lar committee while at Rutgers University.
Brandenburg said that following her
discussion with McCormick, she drafted a
You don’t yell at your teammates or at the
other team. There is no referee, so every
one tries to abide by the rules. You try not
to let the edge of competitiveness take
over.”
The object of the game is to advance the
disc to the end zone, and seven players are
on the field at a time. Much like a kickoff in
football, opposing teams line up at oppo
site ends of the field before one person
sends the disc as far downfield as possible.
The disc is then passed back up the field
by combining a wide variety of throws,
such as forehand, backhand and the ham
mer. Movement of the disc may include
short passes or long passes, called hucks.
A turnover occurs when the opposing
team intercepts the disc or it touches the
ground. Brad Holland, a sophomore phi
losophy major from Charlotte, said he
wanted to be a part of a team sport without
the strict rules associated with most sports.
“I wanted to play a team sport, but not
like football,” Holland said. “I wanted a
team sport without the mentality of foot
ball.”
Shane Greene, a sophomore psychol
ogy major from Hudson and the newly
elected Ultimate Qub president, learned
said.
“You can’t complain unless you vote,”
Letang said, “and I like to complain.”
Vera Murphy, a black college student in
St. Louis, called upon history. She remem
bered the days when slaves could not vote
—and when freed slaves were kept from
voting.
She said that in her heart she didn’t
think her vote mattered, “but the reason I
vote is it used to be we didn’t have the right
to vote. I feel since my ancestors got killed
to have this right, I’m going to vote whether
it counts or not.”
Joan Bush of Philadelphia, director of
nursing for a home health care agency,
pulled from memory a quote from Martin
Luther King Jr.: “All it takes for the tri
umph of evil is for good men to do noth
ing.”
Beth Downs, an innkeeper in Sutton,
N.H. said, “It’s my right. If I don’t use my
right, who’s to say that some day they
won’t take it away?”
And what of the non voters?
Their number usually ranges from about
one-half to two-thirds of the adult popula
tion. A century ago, turnout often v/as
more than 80 percent. Germany had an
election two weeks ago; 85 percent voted.
proposal for the committee, which was
then approvedby McCormick and Hardin.
Brandenburg said the advisory commit
tee was modeled after a similar committee
under College of Arts and Sciences Dean
Stephen Birdsall. “It’s important that stu
dents know about this committee because
it’s all about student empowerment.”
Conner said the committee would con
sider topics from a student drop box that
would be set up in the Student Union. He
encouraged students to get in touch with
him through e-mail (ebranch@unc.edu) or
through the student government office.
FEATURES
about the team through his roommate.
After he and his roommate played, his
roommate never returned, but Greene was
hooked.
The big attraction for him was also the
relaxed atmosphere. “TTie game is all player
oriented, that’s really what I like best,”
Greene said.
The idea of team support is also seen in
the varying abilities of team members. Mark
said: “People vary in abilities. We try to let
everyone play, do what they can.”
He emphasized that no one was cut and
that anyone was welcome to play.
Ultimate has men’s, women’s and co
ed teams participating in tournaments.
Mika Kondo, an exchange student from
Tokyo, is one of several women who has
played in tournaments with Darkside.
Kondo, who played in Japan before
picking up the sport here, said: “I felt
inferior at first with the guys, but it’s fiin.
It’s real different than most girls’ sports,
because of different techniques and ways
to run.”
Parris added, “We would love to get
more women involved so we could enter
more co-ed tournaments or even start a
women’s team.”
In South Africa this spring, black people
voted for the first time since whites arrived
342 years ago. Tears of joy streaked faces
not of the winners, but of the voters.
On Tuesday in America, the experts
expect about 36 percent to cast their bal
lots.
Curtis Gans has thought about the mo
tives and motivation of voters and nonvot
ers for 19 years. He runs a nonpartisan
research outfit in Washington, D.C., the
Committee for the Study of the American
Electorate.
He lists a host of reasons why voting is
so often not done:
—Stressful lives. Two-wage families try
ing to meet two car payments.
—The growing complexity of the is
sues.
—A deterioration in public education
and in civic education.
—A shift in values, away from an immi
grant generation that grew up in a Depres
sion determined to make sure its children
did not suffer the same deprivations.
—A tendency by presidential candi
dates, starting with Richard Nixon, to run
against government.
“Take that litany,” Gans said, “and it’s
a wonder that anybody votes.”
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“Also, with the toll-free number we can
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Brooklyn? Film Says It’s So
BYRACHEL MILLER
STAFF WRITER
Qiapel Hill has been called everything
from the next Seattle to a state zoo. But
UNC senior Dana Koellner is probably
one of the few who would call it a good
substitute forßrooklyn,N.Y.,in the 19405.
That’s the setting Koellner needed for
“The Passage,” a student film she’s direct
ing, so that’s what parts of Chapel Hill are
going to have to look like for the next
couple of weeks.
“The Passage,” which started to film
last weekend, will probably be about 20
minutes long and is about an Italian immi
grant who falls in love with an Irish immi
grant. Michael Vislar, a junior communi
cation studies major from Fayetteville, has
the difficult jobof dramaturgforthe movie.
The dramaturg researches the time pe
riod and gets information to the locations,
props and costume people. “I have to take
into consideration what New York was
like in the ’4os,” Vislar said.
“The Passage” has brought together a
wide range of people to contribute to the
film. The project originated when Koellner
and her fellow communication studies stu
dents were looking for a class project to
produce during the advanced film direct
ing class this fall.
When it couldn’t get the rights to a Ray
Bradbury short story, the class proposed
projects of its own. Koellner’s treatment
was selected by the class as its final film.
From there, “The Passage” gained mo
mentum.
“It’s a class project, but we’ve opened it
up to anyone else,” Koellner said. “We’re
trying to make it interdepartmental.”
Graduate students from the drama de
partment Have gotten involved in the act
ing side df things, and art students are
helping with some of the production de
sign for the film.
“Everyone in the directing class is in the
crew,” Koellner said. “Even people that
aren’t affiliated with UNC at all are in
volved. It’s getting larger and larger.”
Local businesses have given their sup
port in a number of areas. M. Andrew
Design is helping out with hair and makeup,
and The Rathskeller allowed the filmmak
ers to shoot scenes in the alley where the
restaurant is located.
UNC professors have also pitched in to
SCOTT
FROM PAGE 3
“Some of the fraternities had lists put up
after a party saying: ‘The following broth
ers did so-and-so; a number of women
were impregnated through such gangrapes,
and they dropped out of school as a re
sult,”’ she said. “There were no conse
quences for men then. I see young people
today in egalitarian relationships whose
fives are enriched. I think that we’re com
ing to the point of giving up the typical
socially constructed gender roles.”
But society still is slow to change, Scott
added. “Unearned power and privilege is
not an easy thing to give up.”
In the past 15 years, sexual images of
women have become increasingly promi
nent in the media, she said. “Society sup
ports sexual assault through the continu
ous bombardment of images of women as
objects in the media,” she said. “If we are
conscious of these representations in me
dia images, we can come closer to elimi
nating sexual assault on our campuses.”
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“On the set, I was happy with
how well it went. Nobody’s
getting paid or anything, but
they I re allpumped and
going. ”
ALEX KINDT
Chapel Hill actor
help the students get a hands-on education
about film production. Paul Kocela, a vis
iting professor in communication studies
who teaches the class that planned the
project, is the first unit director of photog
raphy. Departmental support also came
from graduate student Katherine Bird, who
helped Koellner with the script.
“We’re trying to create our own
soundtrack,” Koellner said. Sound designer
and recordist Paul Laughter, a senior from
Smithfield, is in charge of this aspect of
production, which might include songs by
Bing Crosby as well as contributions from
local bands.
Koellner and company have high hopes
for the film after it’s finished.'’We’d like to
have something we can send off to film
festivals,” production manager Jeff Tiger
said. Tiger, a junior communication stud
ies majorfrom San Bernardino, Calif., also
works closely with the Carolina Produc
tion Guild, anew club that facilitates film
productions such as “The Passage.”
Local talent unaffiliated with UNC is
also helping make the project happen. Alex
Mindt just moved to Chapel Hill from Los
Angeles, where he had been working in
various film, televisionandtheaterprojects
for a number of years. While searching for
a house, Mindt came across a flier for the
auditions and ended up with a lead role.
“This is just as professional a shoot as
any other stuflTve done,’’Mindt said. “On
the set, I was very happy with how well it
went. Nobody’s getting paid or anything,
but they’re all pumped and going.”
All that energy is necessary for students
to put this much time into an extracurricu
lar activity. With shoots lasting from 1
a.m. to 5 a.m. on Saturday nights, the
dedication of those involved is obvious.
Koellner said, “It’s a difficult challenge,
but we’re all rising to it.”
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JUDITH SCOTT, UNC’s sexual
harassment officer, spoke Monday as
part of Rape Awareness Week.
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