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Forward Duo
Steals Show,
Sparks Tigers
Natasha Anderson and Nikki
Blassingame combined for
32 points to lead Clemson
past UNC on Monday night.
By Brian Murphy
Sports Editor
CHARLOTTE - On a team with
two All-ACC guards, it’s easy to over
look Clemson forwards Natasha
Anderson and Nikki Blassingame.
But after Clemson’s 87-72 victory in
the ACC Tournament title game on
Monday night,
Anderson and
Blassingame will
not be forgotten
by North
Carolina.
“You know
what you’re get
ting with Amy
Geren and Itoro
Umoh but the
keys to our suc
cess has been and
will be Natasha
Anderson and
Nikki
Blassingame,”
Clemson forward
Natasha Anderson
scored 18 points and
had six rebounds in
Monday's ACC final
in Charlotte.
Clemson coach Jim Davis said. “They
came up huge tonight.”
The duo combined for 32 points on
13-of-22 shooting, often exploiting the
Tar Heels interior defense. UNC’s small
lineup, so effective against Virginia on
Sunday, was unable to keep the duo
from getting the ball in scoring position.
“They have some real good post play
ers and they’re real physical and aggres
sive,” UNC center Yanick Clay said.
The duo was more than somewhat
responsible for the Tigers’ 40 points in
the paint, 24 in the first half alone.
With All-ACC guard Amy Geren
unable to find her stroke (0 for 6 from
the field), the Tigers looked to their for
wards for offensive production.
Blassingame, a 6-foot-3 forward,
See FORWARDS, Page 7
RHA Trial Creates Transition Concerns
By Carrie Callaghan
Staff Writer
The lawsuit contesting the results of
the Feb. 9 Residence Hall Association
presidential election has left RHA offi
cials concerned that anew administra
tion will not have the benefit of a guid
ing hand from precedessors.
Because of the suit, filed by former
RHA presidential candidate Jermain
Reeves, appointments and training of
next year’s executive board will occur
N.C. Farmers
Stage Protest
In Raleigh
Tobacco growers held a
'tractorcade' Monday in an
effort to solicit funds from
a $4.6 billion settlement.
By Mary Cameron
Staff Writer
RALEIGH - Cold weather did not
stop onlookers from lining the streets of
downtown Raleigh on Monday morn
ing as police escorted hundreds of trac
tors from the state fairgrounds to the
State Capitol.
Tobacco farmers, demanding an
allotment of the state’s landmark $4.6
billion settlement with cigarette manu
facturers, planned the event to send a
poignant message to the state legisla
ture.
“Thirty-five percent of our income
has been cut,” said Max Bachelder, a
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Clemson's Angie Cossey looks to evade a North Carolina trap during Monday night's ACC Tournament final at
the Charlotte Coliseum. Cossey scored 12 points and hit 7 of 8 free-throw attempts in Clemson's 87-72 win.
later than in past years.
RHA President David Jemigan said
that when he was president-elect, he had
selected all of his executive board mem
bers by Spring Break and that doing so
would not be possible this year. To allow
each party involved in the suit to testi
fy, the trial, which was postponed
Saturday, will continue March 17 - after
Spring Break. If the trial determines the
need for anew election, one would not
be held until April 6, he said. “The ram
ifications of having this postponed are
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U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge, D-N.C., shows his support for farmers who are protesting recent tobacco legislation.
The farmers drove their tractors through downtown Raleigh from the State Fairgrounds to the Capitol.
tobacco farmer from Four Oaks. “It’s
bad, and it’s going to get worse.”
A portion of the funds, currently
promised to buffer the demands of
“tobacco-dependent communities,”
should be given direcdy to farmers, pro
testers said.
“I think farmers need more of the
money,” said Scott Adams, a coverall
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really far-reaching.”
Jemigan said applicants for the RHA
executive board often ran for residence
hall government positions if they were
not accepted. Jemigan said the delay
could cause potential conflicts.
Also, Jemigan said the current RHA
administration planned activities to con
tinue until the end of the year, but, tra
ditionally such events were used as ori
entation activities for the new adminis
tration. The new RHA officers will
probably only have the chance to help
clad tobacco farmer from Morrisville.
“When you get the government
involved, they’re going to get more than
their fair share.”
Though many were optimistic about
the message of the “tractorcade," pes
simists filled the crowd as well.
“This is just pork barrel money that’s
going to get away from the farmers,”
implement the activities but not to plan
them, he said.
RHA President-elect Murray
Coleman said he and Jemigan had dis
cussed appointments and training.
Coleman said Jemigan wanted to wait
until the trial was over to begin the
appointment process. “He’s the RHA
president, so it’s up for him to say,”
Coleman said. “I trust his judgement”
But Coleman said he would have
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said Bill Hawkins, a spectator from
Raleigh. “If farmers do get the money,
I hope it is spent wisely by somebody
who’s got enough sense to spend it but
that will never happen.”
Many said the current tobacco situa
tion was the worst they had seen in
See TRACTORS, Page 7
Clemson Ends
Tar Heel Run
At ACC 3-Peat
After losing in the ACC final
to UNC in '97 and '9B, the
Tigers topped their nemesis
to win the ACC Tournament.
By T. Nolan Hayes
Assistant Sports Editor
CHARLOTTE - Itoro Umoh had
seen it happen twice before.
Two years in a row she had seen her
team fight through the ACC
Tournament only to come up short
against North Carolina in the champi-
onship game.
She refused
to let it hap
pen again.
Umoh
pumped in a
Women’s
Basketball
Clemson 87
UNC 72
game-high 26 points Monday night in
the final of the ACC Tournament lead
ing fourth-seeded Clemson to an
87-72 win against UNC in front of 6,021
fans at Independence Arena.
“I think Umoh said it best before the
basketball game started,” Clemson
coach Jim Davis said. “(She said), ‘l’m
tired of losing to North Carolina.’”
Umoh led the Tigers in a second-half
comeback with her electrifying quick
ness and steady decision-making, cut
ting through the Tar Heel defense for 16
points after halftime.
But perhaps the mightiest blow she
struck against UNC might have come
on the least likely of plays. Not known
for her outside shooting ability, Umoh
made a 25-foot 3-pointer to put the
Tigers ahead 69-59 with 4:47 remaining
in the game.
All Davis could do was put his hands
on his head and smile.
Activities
To Honor
Women
Pat Beyle, a member of the
University Women's Club,
says March will provide a
time to surpass stereotypes.
By Amy Stephens
Staff Writer
To celebrate Women’s History
Month, UNC student organizations and
students are hosting activities including
poetry readings and guest lectures.
Beginning today, organizations will
be holding events in honor of the
monthlong celebration.
Professor Joyce Russell of
Fayetteville State University, who spe
cializes in women’s literature of the
Harlem Renaissance, will speak at 7
p.m. tonight at the Sonja H. Stone Black
Cultural Center. Her speech is entitled
‘Black Women’s Literature.”
In addition to Russell’s speech, other
organizations will be celebrating
Women’s Week, which begins on March
23.
Bisexuals, Gay men, Lesbians and
Allies for Diversity and the Women’s
Issues Network are co-sponsoring a
poetry reading at 4 p.m. March 26 in
the Bull’s Head Bookshop.
B-GLAD Co-chairman lan
Palmquist said the reading was open to
anyone who was interested in partici
pating. “We wanted to do something
with WIN because Vfomen’s Week is
the same week as Celebration Week for
B-GLAD,” he said. “A poetry reading is
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“I didn’t want
to look at (Davis)
when I took the
3 because I knew
if it didn’t go in
that he was going
to be pulling his
hair out,” said
Umoh, who was
named the
Tournament’s
unanimous
MVP. “But then
it went in.
“They called a
timeout, which
Women's
BASKETBALL
CHAMPIONSHIP
was pretty good because I had to keep a
straight face. I wanted to laugh so hard.”
The Tar Heels (26-7) probably didn’t
find the basket very funny. The shot
helped prevent them from winning their
fifth league title in six years and helped
hand them only their second loss in
their past 16 ACC Tournament games.
UNC looked like it was on the right
path for its third-consecutive league
crown, as it took a 43-36 halftime lead
behind the hot shooting of sophomore
guard Juana Brown.
Brown scored 17 points on 6-of-8
shooting from the field in the opening
20 minutes. She was perfect from the
foul line (3 of 3) and from behind the
3-point arc (2 of 2).
But Brown didn’t have that same suc
cess after halftime, and neither did her
teammates. After blistering the nets to
the tune of 53.6-percent shooting in the
first half, UNC registered only a 32.4
percent mark in the second.
Meanwhile, Clemson shot 50 percent
from the floor in the second half. More
importantly, however, the Tigers made
See WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, Page 7
Going for the Gulp
Friday night at 11 p.m. beer drinkers
around Chapel Hill and the country
raised glasses of Guinness to break the
record for the largest simultaneous
toast in history. See Page 6.
We've Got the Hooch
A night on the town in Chapel Hill
means a choice of 29 bars and
alcohol-serving restaurants, a hefty
figure compared to other communities
of equal or larger size. See Page 4.
Joining the Fight
National fraternities and sororities
joined the debate over Dartmouth
College Y decision to reform their
Greek system. See Page 5.
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