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®lie Daily ®ar MM j? aitf 105 jean of editorial freedom Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Tar Heels survive tourney madness ■ The UNC men held off UNC-Charlotte and advanced to the East Region semifinals. BY ALEC MORRISON SENIOR WRITER HARTFORD, Conn. No. 1 North Carolina has displayed plenty of fearless shooting in its postseason run. But rarely Men's Basketball UNC-C 83 UNC 93 Navy 52 UNC 88 have the Tar Heels had the same attitude thrown in their faces like it was Saturday at Hartford Civic Center. UNC, seeded first in the NCAA Tournament’s East Regional, needed every basket it could bury against eighth-seeded UNC-Charlotte to advance to the regional semifi nals for the 16th time in 18 years. As the Tar Heels (32-3) hit shot after shot down the stretch in their 4p 93-83 victory against the 49ers (20-11), they met a team whose raw emotion and unwa vering nerve nearly sent UNC spinning out of the tournament before an upset-hungry crowd of 16,105. “I’m so proud of our team for the way they hung in there," UNC coach URIC'S weapons fill scoring gaps See Page 14 Bill Guthridge said. “I think UNC- Charlotte is the best eighth seed I’ve seen. ... They’ve been great down the stretch.” The two teams combined to score on 14 of their final 17 possessions to close the sec ond half, with UNC-C freshman guard Diego Guevara hitting a 3-pointer over UNC forward Antawn Jamison to tie the See MEN’S BASKETBALL, Page 5 UNC women rally past FIU BY AARON BEARD SPORTS EDITOR North Carolina forward Tracy Reid began Sunday afternoon with a stomach in full-scale rebellion. By 3 p.m., how ever, Florida International was the one headed home feeling nau seated. Reid, who scored 17 points in a limited 26- Womens Basketball Fla. Inti 72 UNC 85 Howard 71 UNC 91 minute stint due to an upset stomach, was one of four Tar Heels to score in double figures to lift UNC out of an early 10-point hole and hold the Golden Panthers at bay for an 85-72 win in front of 2,210 at Balanced effort leads Tar Heels See Page 14 Carmichael Auditorium in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. North Carolina, the No. 2 seed in the Mideast Region and seventh-ranked team in the AP Top 25, moves on to a second-consecutive Sweet 16 appear ance in Nashville, Tenn., on Saturday. The Tar Heels (26-6) will face the win ner of Monday’s game between No. 3 Illinois and No. 11 UC-Santa Barbara. To get there, however, the Tar Heels had to dispose of No. 15 Howard in BOG changes funding plan, focuses on operation costs ■ The Board of Governors has looked for anew plan for more than a year. BY JONATHAN COX STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR Anew funding plan adopted by the Board of Governors on Friday changed the way funds are divided among the 16 campuses. The amount of money a school receives from the state budget was pre viously based on the number of students enrolled at each campus. Under the new system, funds are based on the cost of each university’s programs. MBbl m ™ W* \i it% f|| BBfc. ; DTH/JON GARDINER UNC center Brendan Haywood (00) and forward Antawn Jamison (33) block a UNC-Charlotte shot in the Tar Heels' 93-83 overtime win over the 49ers. IVB \ / ■'k jam *f-TV v jjPij- / Vr •> ■HI. SNIP h* Friday’s first round and FIU (29-2), curiously placed as the region’s No. 7 seed despite a No. 12 ranking by the AP. “Florida International is a dynamite team,” UNC coach Sylvia Hatchellsaid. “They’re excellent.... I’m just happy with the win.” The seedings belied the balance between the two squads. On the final stat sheet, the Tar Heels and Panthers both notched 29 field goals, shot a sim ilar percentage (43.9 percent to 48.3 per cent), battled to a 42-37 UNC advantage on the boards and had a virtually iden tical number of assists (FIU led 18-16). In addition, the Golden Panthers played on even ground with the Tar Heels for the second half, scoring 41 points against UNC’s 45. But the Tar Heels dominated in two areas offensive rebounding and free throw shooting. The Tar Heels con trolled the offensive glass 18-8, scoring 11 second-chance points. In addition, FIU was whistled for 28 personal fouls, putting UNC on the line 38 times. The Tar Heels connected on 26 tries, 14 more than the Panthers “We were requested by the legislature to explore anew approach to funding,” said UNC-system President Molly Broad. “We’ve been working on it for well over a year with some consultants, and it had several refinements.” The plan increases funds for more expensive programs. Schools like N.C. State University will receive more money because of their focus on science and research. Smaller schools, like UNC- Pembroke, stand to lose new funding because they focus on liberal arts. “It is designed to provide funding to more accurately reflect that some pro grams cost more money to maintain,” Broad said. Also, the plan aims to provide better Sports do not build character. They reveal it. Heywood Broun Monday, March 16,1998 Volume 106, Issue 11 attempted. “You saw it,” FIU coach Cindy Russo told reporters when asked about the disparity in foul calls. “Write it as you saw it. I can’t comment on that.” Leading 40-31 at half, UNC attacked at the offset of the second, pushing the lead to 13 on a short jumper from guard Juana Brown (15 points, 10 rebounds).. FIU closed to within four early in the half but couldn’t finish. Florida International pulled to within six points (three times), seven points (twice) and eight points (six times). Yet at no point were the Panthers able to overtake the Tar Heels, who consis tently answered FlU’s contained runs with timely, rally-killing buckets. The Panthers narrowed the margin to 70-63 with 3:11 to play, but UNC center Nicole Walker rebounded a Chanel Wright miss and scored a putback as a final smackdown to the FIU insurgence. “It seems like that was the case,” Russo said. “Every time we got some thing going, something crucial would happen one way or the other, and it would just break us. That was the game. We couldn’t ever get the momentum.” The Panthers came out with little fear, hitting their first nine shots and 10 of their first 11 to seize a 22-12 advan- See WOMEN’S BASKETBALL, Page 5 Waifs •'' funding to schools that focus on grad uate education. “In one sense, schools like Chapel Hill have suffered because they have graduate programs,” Broad said. The new plan will increase the importance of the programs when balancing the amount of fund ing between cam puses. Broad said it UNC-system President MOLLY BROAD said no school would actually lose money because it was all increased funding. mwm mmm THSi ilii SPECIAL TO THE DTO/ERK PEREL UNC forward Chanel Wright (white) fights a Florida International player for a loose ball in the Tar Heels' 85-72 NCAA tournament second-round win. was important to realize the change in funding allocation does not really hurt school funding. Some schools simply will not gain as much new money as they would under the old system. “It is all increased funding,” Broad said. “Nobody loses any money at all.” UNC-Wilmington ended up at the bottom of the funding battle. It lost near ly $155,000 of new state dollars under the system. But UNC-W Chancellor James Leutze said he would find ways to adapt and overcome the funding hurdle. “Obviously, we ended up on the bot tom of it, and I’m not as happy as I could be,” he said. “We will live with it, and we will learn to prosper. That’s part of my job to figure out how to deal with the realities of funding.” Leutze said he understood the amount of work the BOG put into find ing the best funding plan. “Someone has to end up on the bot tom,” he said. “We are going to find a way to play to the test, so to speak.” Leutze said he would try to change some programs and lower class size to gain more funding. Benjamin Ruffin, vice chairman of the BOG, said the Board was committed to excellence and would make sure the plan worked. “The Board is committed to making sure all 16 schools are the best they can be,” he said. “We’ll be reviewing this plan all along to make sure it is what we want it to be.” News/Fearures/Ara/Sports. 962-0245 Business/ Advertising: 962-1163 Chapel Hill, North Carolina O 1998 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. Report: UNC police need more stability ■ Bickering in the UNC Police Department was cited as a major problem. BY CHRIS HOSTETLER STAFF WRITER The outside group that conducted a review of the University Police Department released a report of its find ings Friday, recommending officials improve stability, communication and organization within the department. The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators report stated major problems in the department were a per ceived lack of respect for the officers, that six different police chiefs have been in place since 1989 and that “constant bickering in the department was a deter rent to achieving the public safety mis sion.” University officials said the report findings were similar to that of a review of the department conducted in 1990. IACLEA conducted the survey in January, during which time they inter viewed University administrators, Police Services employees, faculty rep- resentatives, offi cials of the city of Chapel Hill and random students and faculty mem bers concerning 21 areas having to do with the Police Services branch of the Department of Public Safety. Executive Vice Chancellor Elson Floyd asked IACLEA to con duct the review after UNC received public criticism for a situ ation involving Executive Vice Chancellor ELSON FLOYD said the report dealt with the concerns that spurred the review. University Police Lt. C.E. Swain. Swain accused his superiors last semester of trying to fix a citation he gave to the daughter of a University trustee. Don Gold’s resignation as police chief last month added another twist to the department’s problems. Floyd said the immediate use of the report was going to be as a set of guide lines in the search for anew police chief. However, Swain said he didn’t antic ipate much change because of the report, saying that similar recommen dations in 1990 produced no positive changes. Swain said, “The administration did not follow through with it. No sooner See IACLEA Page 5 INSIDE Melody makers Four UNC students got the opportunity to perform solos with the UNC Symphony Orchestra. Page 2 4ft Adding fuel to the fire Kathleen Willey said in an interview -M Sunday evening that I President Clinton R made a sexual j advance on her during a 1993 meeting in the Oval Office. Page 4 4 Strange bedfellows Like oil and water, mixing politics and morality seems impossible in today's American society. Page 13 4ft Today's weather Mostly sunny; high 40s Tuesday. Chance of rain; high 40s
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