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UNC to Consider Research Center at Airport Site
Bv Tommy Kim
Staff Writer
UNC officials are contemplating and
idea that could turn a Chapel Hill tract
of land into a life-science research park.
The research park was one of the
leading ideas suggested last week by a
17-member panel for the future of the
Horace Williams tract located on
Airport Road, said panel member and
Fotopoulos
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Past UNC
The NCAA's all-time leading
scorer tallied the biggest
goal of her career in the
Gators' 1-0 win Sunday.
By T. Nolan Hayes
Assistant Sports Editor
GREENSBORO - Danielle
Fotopoulos wasn’t supposed to take
Florida’s free kick in the sixth minute of
Sunday’s NCAA Championship match
against North Carolina.
Though Fotopoulos is the NCAA’s
all-time leading scorer, Florida coach
Becky Burleigh usually prefers for
senior Kerri Doran to take the Gators’
free kicks because Doran has a better
knack for converting them.
“Danielle tries those in practice, but
she hasn’t hit one in practice in the last
month,” Burleigh said of her star for
ward’s inability to find the net on free
kicks. “We said that if we have a shot
like that, we want Kerri to take it.”
Fotopoulos must have missed that
announcement, because the senior All-
American would not be denied after
getting taken down by UNC defender
Lindsay Stoecker on a controversial foul
call just outside the Tar Heel goal box.
Fotopoulos approached the ball and
drilled a shot with her left foot over
UNC’s six-player wall and goalkeeper
Siri Mullinix into the net for what
proved to be the final margin in
Florida’s 1-0 victory on Sunday at
UNC-Greensboro Soccer Stadium.
The Fotopoulos blast from 20 yards
out at the 5:23 mark of the match
clipped the bottom of the crossbar
before going in, leaving Mullinix -one
of the nation’s best keepers - no chance
Rooms Reflect
Christmas Cheer
Students deck their rooms
in residence halls with
lights, tinsel and trees
to share the holiday spirit.
By Monica Modi
Staff Writer
Several UNC students are decking
the halls in more ways than one this
holiday season.
In residence halls across campus,
Christmas lights line lofts, tinsel sur
rounds doors, and holiday banners
welcome visitors to suites.
Sophomore Azadeh Rezvani of
Chapel Hill pulled all the stops when
creating a holiday decor for her room.
She has lights strung around the top
of her room and stockings hung where
people can see. She even has a tree
that sings “Jingle Bells” and wishes
people a Merry Christmas.
“I think decorations put everyone in
the mood for the holidays, especially
with final exams approaching,”
Rezvani said.
Freshman Melissa Taylor also
expressed the need to get into the holi
day spirit.
Standing amidst bunches of twin-
Provost Richard Richardson.
The panel, appointed by Chancellor
Michael Hooker, was created to brain
storm ideas for the 973-acre tract, which
will be used as a satellite campus for the
University in the future.
The panel will have its first meeting
Thursday to discuss uses for the tract of
land, said Pete Andrews, faculty council
chairman and panel member.
Andrews said the project was in its
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UNC midfielder Rebekah McDowell (6) hugs teammate Rakel Karvelsson following the Tar Heels' 1-0 loss in
Sunday's NCAA championship game against Florida. The defeat ended UNC's 70-game unbeaten streak.
to make a save. The shot also helped
Fotopoulos earn the offensive MVP
award for the Tournament.
“The ball (Fotopoulos) struck was hit
about as hard as you can hit a soccer
ball,” UNC coach Anson Dorrance said.
kling lights, Taylor said, “Although
decorations make the room more fes
tive and they put you in the holiday
sprit, it’s not exactly Christmas weath
er here.”
Some students said the fun in deco
rating was to make residence hall
rooms more like home.
“It makes my room cozy,” said
Crista Collazo, a freshman from
Fayetteville whose decorations include
a miniature Christmas tree.
Sophomore Gianna Miller of
Fayetteville said her Christmas tree
and candles gave her a similar feeling.
“Decorations remind you that
Christmas is coming,” Miller said.
“You get excited because you go home
to see your family and get presents.”
In some cases, the holiday spirit has
extended beyond tinsel and lights.
Freshmen Rebecca Andrews of
Raleigh and Christy Canzonieri of
Charlotte have a five-and-a-half-foot
artificial Christmas tree in their room.
Their suite is also celebrating the holi
days with a potluck dinner on Tuesday
and by decorating the suite hallway.
“Christmas is just a special time of
the year,” Andrews said. “Seeing my
room decorated gets me in the
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Proverbs 15:15
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beginning stages, and nothing had been
formally discussed yet.
But Richardson said the research
park had been the leading idea so far.
“If the research park idea goes
through, funding will come heavily from
private industries,” Richardson said.
UNC would then collaborate with
the industries to create products, inven
tions and innovations, he said.
Panel member and Vice Chancellor
“Siri was just trying to get her hand
above her head, so her hand was going
from her waist level to above her head,
and the ball was struck so hard that she
couldn’t get it up fast enough.”
The goal was Fotopoulos’ second shot
Poarch:
Relations
Key Focus
Police Chief Derek Poarch
interviewed every employee
in the Department of Public
Safety to get their input.
By Carrie Callaghan
Staff Writer
When University Police Chief Derek
Poarch took the helm of the police force
in September, he knew he had to focus
on communication within the depart
ment of public safety, among other
objectives.
In his nearly three months as chief,
Poarch has worked actively to improve
departmental communication, he said.
Poarch’s activities have included a
review of the campus emergency com
mittee and interviews with all of the
department’s 150 full-time employees.
He has also created a committee with
members of the different departmental
divisions to improve communication
within the entire department, he said.
Poarch said he had focused on the
interviews to determine where the
department needed to improve and
what actions needed to be taken to
for Advancement Matthew Kupec said
the first thing the panel planned to do
was visit N.C State University’s
Centennial Campus on Thursday.
Kupec said panel members thought
the Centennial Campus might be used
as a model for the research park.
Since the use of the land is just in its
preliminary stages, the members plan to
hold a public meeting to allow people to
propose various uses for the tract.
of the day. Mullinix made a sliding kick
save on Fotopoulos’ first offering, which
occurred in the match’s third minute.
With Fotopoulos out of the blocks
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Since University Police Chief Derek Poarch took office in September,
he has worked to improve communication within his department.
achieve that goal. “That’s almost six
hours every day in interviews,” he said.
All the current employees have been
interviewed, Poarch said. He will spend
30 to 60 days reviewing the results.
The interviews will help him respond
to problems highlighted in the
International Association of Campus
Law Enforcement Administrators’
report released in March, he said.
Problems mentioned included a lack of
Richardson said. He said there had been
several other ideas on how to use the
land. “Some of the ideas have been a
freshman campus, low-priced modest
housing for faculty and staff and the life
science research park,” Richardson said.
Although the land’s use has not yet
been determined, Andrews said he was
sure the land would be beneficial to the
community, regardless of the decision.
“There’s 1,000 acres of land in the
Gators Bite UNC,
Claim Ist Crown
Florida defeated UNC 1-0
Sunday in Greensboro to
claim a national title in just
its fourth year as a team.
By Mike Sundheim
Senior Writer
GREENSBORO - Two seasons in a
row, the Florida women’s soccer team’s
season ended with a loss to North
Carolina.
In 1996, the Gators made it all the
Women's
Soccer
way to the
NCAA quar
terfinals in
just their sec
ond year as a
program, only
to see their
hopes
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Portland 0
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smashed by the Tar Heels 9-0 at Fetzer
Field.
Last season, Florida returned to
Chapel Hill in the second round of the
NCAA and had similar results, falling 5-
0 at Fetzer.
On Sunday, Florida got its revenge.
The Gators scored an early goal and
hung on for a 1-0 upset of No. 1 North
Carolina in the national championship
game at UNC-G Soccer Stadium in
front of 10,583 people.
“We knew going in that we wanted to
play Carolina,” Florida senior goal
keeper Meredith Flaherty said. “If
you’re going to win the national cham
pionship, you have to beat the national
champions. This is sweet revenge for
me.”
The victory completes a meteoric rise
by Florida (25-1) to the top of women's
soccer, just four years after its program
was formed by coach Becky Burleigh.
respect for officers and bickering with
in the department.
“I will see how the issues of the
employees mirror the report,” he said.
Poarch said the interviews allowed
him to learn about his employees, an
important part of his job. “There’s a
tremendous learning process for any
new police chief,” he said. “I don’t think
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heart of Chapel Hill that the University
will put to great use,” Andrews said.
Richardson said the tract’s availabili
ty provided a good opportunity for
UNC to use the land boldly. “Although
we haven’t decided what the land will be
used for, it will definitely be a great asset
to the University, city and state.”
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For North Carolina (25-1), the loss
snapped a 70-game unbeaten streak and
a 46-game win streak.
“For some new program to come in
and not only become competitive, but
win the whole thing - that achievement
is huge,” UNC coach Anson Dorrance
said. “For them to win a championship
in their fourth year is a truly amazing
achievement.”
Florida did it with an early score and
90 minutes of physical defense. The
Gators beat up die Tar Heels, commit
ting 31 fouls to North Carolina’s four.
But it was one of North Carolina’s four
fouls that swung the game’s outcome.
Just more than five minutes into the
match, Florida’s Danielle Fotopoulos
drove past UNC defender Lome Fair
and was then challenged by Lindsay
Stoecker. As Stoecker and Fotopoulos
wresded for position, both players fell to
the ground and Stoecker was whisded
for a foul.
Referee Meredith Vandenberg
placed the ball just outside of the UNC
goal box for a free kick.
Fotopoulos capitalized on the free
kick from about 20 yards out. She
scorched a left-footed blast that hit the
bottom of the crossbar and went into the
net, past the outstretched arm of UNC
goalkeeper Siri Mullinix.
“She is a tremendous finisher,”
Dorrance said. “ ... That was a tremen
dously powerful strike by Danielle.”
The score by Fotopoulos at 5:23 of
the match put the Tar Heels behind in a
game for just the third time this season.
The Gators then withstood nearly 85
minutes of constant pressure from
UNC’s offense to hold on for the victo
ry. The Tar Heels outshot the Gators 21-
6.
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Afterschool Special
r i
Students at
Chapel Hill High
School began
Hate Crime
Awareness
Week and a
petition to
amend the
state's hate
crime statue.
See Page 5.
Season of Giving
Eight inmates at Troy’s Southern
Correctional Institute are celebrating
the holidays by making blankets to
donate to area schools and the
American Red Cross. See Page 7.
Today’s Weather
Mostly sunny;
Low 80s.
Tuesday Partly sunny,
High 60s.
Peace
Today is the last day of classes and the
last issue of The Daily Tar Heel for the
semester. Look for the Year in Review
issue on Jan. 5 and the first issue on Jan.
6 of next year.
Good luck on final exams and have a
safe holiday season.