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(Tlip Daily ®ar INSIDE MONDAY MARCH 24,1997 On to Indy: Tar Heels crush Cardinals BYROBBIPICKERAL SENIOR WRITER SYRACUSE, N.Y. Ademola Okulaja was not happy with the situa tion at all. Entering the team huddle for an offi cial timeout with 7:03 left in the NCAA East Region final at the Carrier Dome, he Mm's basketball Louisville 74 UNC 97 and his top-seeded North Carolina teammates had allowed a 21-point half time lead against sixth-seeded Louisville to slip into single digits. Suddenly the sophomore’s first trip to the Final Four was in jeopardy. And what happened next made him instinc- tively roar with a hyper combination of frustration Tar Heels senrive Golden Bear scare See page 7 and motivation. “Hey, they could catch up,” UNC coach Dean Smith was telling his play ers. “It’s been a great season...” Reverse psychology? It worked. Okulaja yelled, Shammond Williams shook his head and Serge Zwikker took a deep, thoughtful breath. “I said, ‘Heck, no! There’s no way \ ~ .-^>l .. n > JP SPECIAL TO THE DTH/JOHN WHITE UNC guard Shammond Williams cuts down the net at the Carrier Dome on Sunday. Williams was named the East Region's most outstanding player. Students celebrate UNC’s trip to Final Four ■ UNC students stormed Franklin Street on Sunday after the Tar Heels’ win. BY EVAN MARKFIELD ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR As the final seconds ticked away in the men’s basketball team’s victory over Louisville on Sunday afternoon, the cel ebration had already begun on Franklin Street. Hundreds of UNC fans poured out of bars, restaurants and residence halls into the street to party after the game. “I’m very excited,” said David Cohen, a sophomore from Los Angeles. “I knew we were going to kick their Nathan taps male vice president BY JEANNE FUGATE EDITOR Conventional wisdom doesn’t always sound smart to officials. In selecting his 1997-98 officers, Student Body President-elect Mo Nathan ignored a trend of male presi dents hiring female vice presidents for representation purposes. “I had to follow the principle of Raising the roof Habitat for Humanity began construction on its 50th house in Orange County. Page 2 we’re going out like this,”’ responded the fifth-year senior Zwikker, who was in search of his third Final Four appearance. They didn’t. Back on the court, the Tar Heels (28-6) put together a finish off-the-kill run that even allowed the bench some clean-up time en route to a 97-74 win. “It was a special feeling, the way this team came together and put all our dif ferences aside (after an 0-3 ACC start),” said sophomore forward Antawn Jamison, who scored 15 points despite a strained back. UNC’s win marked its 16th straight victory since beginning the ACC sea son 3-5 and advanced the Tar Heels to their 13th Final Four in school history. It also continued this decade’s tradition of Regional Championships in odd numbered years ‘9l, ‘93, ‘95 and now ‘97. The Tar Heels will play Southeast Region champion Arizona on Saturday in Indianapolis for the right to advance to the NCAA title game. ‘Zona blasted the Tar Heels 83-72 on Nov. 22 in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic in Springfield, Mass. See LOUISVILLE, Page 7 butts,” he said. Heather Parlier, a freshman from Burnsville, echoed Cohen’s sentiment of exhilaration and confidence. “It’s wonderful. It’s so exciting,” Parlier said. “It’s going to be the best on Saturday when we win again.” Allyson Helle, a sophomore from Greensboro, said she was glad she could be on Franklin Street for the celebration. “What else can we ask for?” Helle said. “Only four schools in the country get to do this, and we’re one of them.” Fans had built a bonfire in the street across from Nationsßank Plaza, and those who stood around it sung the praises of the team and its coach. “At the beginning of the season, I never would have thought this would happen, but now I think we can go all appointing the best candidate for the job,” Nathan said. Chris Yates, a junior from Falls Church, Va., has been nominated as vice president. Nathan’s officer nominations include Student Body Secretary-select Anne Neville and Student Body Treasurer select Marc McCollum. Nathan recognizes students’ frustra tion with the lack of high-profile female Hooker didn’t mean to do it The chancellor apologized for trying to play a part in trustee selection. Page 3 n B jf jJ I . W SPECIAL TO THE DTH/JOHN WHITE Tar Heel forward Makhtar Ndiaye snares a rebound in UNC's 97-74 win over Louisville in the NCAA East Regional final. North Carolina earned its fourth trip to the Final Four in the 1990s with the victory in Syracuse, N.Y. “At the beginning of the season, I never would have thought this would happen, but now I think we can go all the way. ” BRIAN BRIDGES Junior the way,” said Brian Bridges, a junior from Rutherfordton. “You can never count out Dean Smith.” lan Yarmus, a junior from Lake Grove, N.Y., said he was surprised at the team’s comeback from its 0-3 start in the ACC. “Anything is possible with Dean leaders. “I’m frustrated by it, too,” he said. “My response is, I hope we can do more than say we’re frustrated.” Yates said he did not think his gender would a problem. “What would be a problem is build ing up a reliance on my position as the only guarantee that women are repre sented in student government,” he said. See OFFICERS, Page 5 We are stitt Carolina. Antawn Jamison On your honor A week of activities will focus on reasons why students should care about honor. Page 4 Smith as the coach,” Yarmus said. “We’re going all the way." Kenny Morgan, a junior from Rutherfordton, said the victory was an indicator of Smith’s coaching skill. “This goes to show you how good he is to get his team motivated and on a run,” Morgan said. Several freshman said they were excited to witness the victory and the Franklin Street celebration for the first time. “This is so awesome because I’m a freshman, and this is my first experience with this,” said Eric Hawkins, a fresh man from Thomasville. Tia Lendow, a freshman from Philadelphia, Pa., said: “You can really feel the Carolina pride. It makes you proud to be a Tar Heel.” Leaders pleased with substance-abuse report BY KAITLIN GURNEY STAFF WRITER AND ERICA BESHEARS SENIOR WRITER University and student leaders large ly approved of the Substance Abuse Task Force’s report but questioned some of the committee’s suggestions. “I see this report as an honest begin Today's Weather Sunny; lower 60s Tuesday: Party sunny: upper 60s j/ ISB ISUSS - DTH/MATT KOHUT Revelers drive on Franklin Street on Sunday afternoon after UNC's win over Louisville. Fans filled the street, causing police to block it off. ning to dealing with a thorny problem,” said Mo Nathan, student body presi dent-elect. He added that addressing substance abuse directly put the University “light years ahead” of other universities. The Board of Trustees on Friday approved all 10 recommendations in the task force report, issued Thursday. “I’m very proud of the final product,” said Ron Binder, director of Greek 104 years of editorial freedom Serving die students and the University community since 1893 News/Feature*/Arts/Spo*ts: 962-0245 Business/Advetiip%,. / 962-1163 Volume 105, Issue 16 Chapel Hiß, North Carolina O 199? &TH Publishing Corp. AH rights reserved. UNC jumps on Jamison’s (bad) back ■ The sophomore helped secure a Final Four berth despite a slow start Sunday. BY ALEC MORRISON SPORTS EDITOR SYRACUSE, N.Y. ln some ways Antawn Jamison remains raw. His game can be stifled with sticky double-teams. He fouls when frustrated. Against Fairfield in the NCAA Tournament’s first round, he forced his shot. He did so again Sunday in top seeded North Carolina’s 97-74 pasting of sixth seeded Louisville in the East Regional final. Sometimes he looked lost and other times in pain as the Cardinals battered him down low. Of course, Jamison was in pain. Back spasms & UNC forward ANTAWN JAMISON scored 36 points in two games during the weekend. kept him out of practice Saturday, and he went to the locker room near half time Sunday for further treatment. But if Jamison, a second-team all- American, has some rough edges to his game, he also has the ability to cast them aside when he’s needed most And if Jamison’s back was sore Sunday night, it might have been because he shouldered much of the burden of pro pelling the Tar Heels into the Final Four. “He’s a great athlete, and he puts a lot of pressure on himself,” said UNC forward Ademola Okulaja after Jamison scored 12 straight points against California in Friday’s East Regional semifinal. “... That gave us motivation, and the rest of the team just fed off of him.” Jamison wreaked havoc at the Carrier Dome this weekend, going for See JAMISON, Page 5 affairs and a member of the task force. “I think one of the biggest things was realizing that no one thing was going to solve our problem.” The report included proposals to make the most popular campus resi dence halls substance free to provide alternative social programs for the first few weeks of school and to encourage See SUBSTANCE ABUSE, Page 5
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