VOLUME 111, ISSUE 144
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Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., laughs with a congregation of more than 2,000 worshippers Sunday during the sermon at the Bible Way Church
service in Columbia, S.C. Edwards spent the day campaigning across the state in preparation for the Democratic primary to be held Tuesday.
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MINORITY VOTERS
BY CHRIS COLETTA
AND LAURA YOUNGS
ASSISTANT STATE & NATIONAL EDITORS
COLUMBIA, S.C. Amid the more
than 2,000 stomping, singing disciples at
Bible Way Church, you couldn’t miss John
Edwards.
As others swayed in an almost ecstatic
rhythm, taken in by the church band’s tight
rhythms and the bel
lows of Pastor Darrell
Jackson, North
Carolina’s senior sen-
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ator stuck out, tapping his hands meekly
on the pew in front of him and smiling.
Edwards, a contender for the
Democratic presidential nomination,
toured the Palmetto State on Sunday in
what was likely his last full day of cam
paigning here before Tuesday’s primaries.
Bible Way, a congregation with more than
7,000 members, was the senator’s first
stop, and its leader’s message of reconcili
ation and colorblindness would set the
tone for his day.
“What unites us is blood. What divides us
is skin,” Jackson said shortly before deliver
ing his sermon, which he geared toward his
overwhelmingly black congregation as
much as he geared it toward Edwards.
During the message, Jackson got wor
shippers onto their feet several times,
telling them to open their eyes and ask God
to grant the blessings promised in the Bible.
“Whatever you do, keep your hope
going,” he said, as his people responded by
bursting into punctuated cheers.
Edwards, for his part, participated in
the events with good cheer, if not with the
gusto of those surrounding him.
The Seneca, S.C., native followed the
service with an appearance in the church’s
Patriots narrowly edge Panthers for title
Field goal seals Sunday nail-biter
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HOUSTON Once again, the
New England Patriots have Adam
Vinatieri’s foot to thank for a
Super Bowl victory.
Vinatieri gave New England its
second NFL championship in
three seasons when he booted a
41-yard field goal down the middle
of the uprights with 4 seconds left
for a thrilling 32-29 victory
against the Carolina Panthers on
Sunday night.
Vinatieri earlier missed a field
goal and had another one blocked.
But as he did in 2002 when he
kicked the winning field goal to
beat the St. Louis Rams on the
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Family Life Center, where he delivered a
version of his “I\vo Americas” stump
speech that elicited a reaction similar to
the one that was found in the sanctuary.
With his voice hoarsened by weeks of
campaigning, Edwards made his usual
claims that the government’s policies on
health care, taxes, foreign policy and civil
rights have created a divide among the
American people, one that often finds the
black population on the wrong end.
“I don’t have to tell the people in this
room we live in an America that is too much
divided by race,” he said.
To drive home that point, Edwards
emphasized other major issues facing black
voters, such as prescription drug prices and
the neglect of impoverished families.
“This is not an African-American issue.
This is an American issue,” he said, win
ning his loudest applause on the chilly
afternoon before heading east to meet with
supporters in Florence, S.C.
Ferrel Guillory, director of UNC’s
Program on Southern Politics, Media and
Public Life, said Edwards’ actions were
typical of Southern politics, where candi
dates often court a substantial minority
vote by becoming active in community
events. Black voters comprise as much as
40 percent of South Carolina’s electorate.
“It is not at all surprising,” he said. “It’s a
way for him to say, ‘I was listening.’”
Being perceived as sympathetic to black
needs and as an activist for those needs is
key for Edwards, who is in a tight race with
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., for first place in
South Carolina. Edwards has cited
Tbesday’s primary, the first in the South, as
a must-win, and his Southern roots and
SEE PRIMARY, PAGE 4
final play of the Super Bowl, he
proved he is perhaps the NFL’s
best clutch kicker.
For a contest that was scoreless
for a record 27 minutes, this game
later turned into one of the great
est all-time offensive shows
between two of the NFL’s best
defenses.
There were 37 points scored in
the fourth quarter alone, and Tom
Brady, who led New England on
its winning drive, was 32-of-48 for
354 yards and three touchdowns.
Brady was voted the game’s
MVP for the second time in three
seasons, although he did throw
an interception that prevented
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Students help
canvass in S.C.
BY AMY KINGSLEY
STAFF WRITER
COLUMBIA, S.C. The ice cracked when the
opening notes of “Let’s Get it On” sounded on the
minivan speakers.
It might have seemed like an unlikely anthem, but
for five strangers, all UNC-Chapel Hill students, on
their way to campaign for presidential candidate John
Edwards of North Carolina, nothing could have been
more appropriate.
These five students joined about 20 other UNC-CH
students to meet up with volunteers from across the
nation in Columbia, S.C., this weekend with the goal
of wooing as many undecided voters as possible before
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Freshman Aneri Patel (left) and sophomore Summer
Lin Horne search a list of voters while campaigning
for Sen. John Edwards in Columbia, S.C., on Saturday.
New England from winning more
easily.
“There have been some heart
attacks, *but they’ve come out on
top,” said Coach Bill Belichick,
whose team won its 15th straight
game.
Carolina had tied the game at
29 with its third fourth-quarter
TD on a 12-yard pass from Jake
Delhomme to Ricky Proehl with
1:08 left.
Then John Kasay kicked the
ball out of bounds to give New
England field position at its own
40.
Brady moved the Patriots 37
yards in six plays, hitting Deion
Branch to set up Vinatieri’s win
ning kick.
“I looked up and it was going
Q
right down the middle,” he said.
The kick prevented the Super
Bowl from going into overtime for
the first time ever.
The Patriots led 14-10 at the
half, and after a scoreless third
quarter, they made it 21-10 on the
second play of the fourth quarter
on a 2-yard run by Antowain
Smith.
It capped an eight-play, 71-yard
drive that featured a 33-yard pass
from Brady to tight end Daniel
Graham.
Carolina wasn’t about to give
up, though, scoring on DeShaun
Foster’s 33-yard run on a six-play,
81-yard drive.
But the 2-point conversion pass
SEE SUPER BOWL, PAGE 4
SPORTS
MOVING BACKWARD
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Vandalism
strikes SBP
campaigns
Six signs stolen
or dismantled
BY BROOK CORWIN
UNIVERSITY EDITOR
In addition to preparing for
forums and soliciting student
support, some student body pres
ident candidates now are having
to repair or replace vandalized
campaign signs.
In the past several days, six
wooden sandwich boards belong
ing to four different campaigns
were dismantled or stolen
outright.
Bearing the worst of the van
dalism is the campaign to elect
Matt Calabria. Three campaign
signs were dismantled —one on
two separate occasions —and a
couple of the signs were defaced
with homophobic and anti-
Semitic comments. “We’ve never
seen this kind of vandalism,” said
Calabria, a veteran of several
campaigns, “and we’re worried it
will continue.”
Campaign workers have
rebuilt or painted over the van
dalized Calabria signs. But simi
lar signs for the campaigns of
Laura Thomas, John Walker and
Lily West are partially or com
pletely missing.
Candidates said they don’t
know anything about the vandal
ism’s source and are disheartened
to see typical election competition
escalate to this degree.
“If this was a one-time thing,
that’s something else, but this is
out in the open,” Walker said. “I
Offers entice
administrators
BY EMILY STEEL
ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR
UNC’s reputation as a top
notch public university has trans
formed it into a manufacturing
plant of highly respected admin
istrators, many of whom are being
lured away by other universities.
Three of UNC’s high-level
administrators are candidates for
the position of dean of the Faculty
of Arts and Sciences at the
College of William and Mary.
“UNC seems to have an excel
lent system for grooming admin
istrative talent,” said Gene Tracy,
the chairman of the search com
mittee. “You’ve got three excellent
people there who are ready to
take on these new challenges.”
Out of the 135 people who
applied for the position, Linda
Dykstra, dean of The Graduate
School; Darryl Gless, senior asso
ciate dean of the College of Arts
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don’t understand where this is
coming from.”
Calabria said his staff filed a
police report after the Board of
Elections was unable to take
action.
“There’s little we can do to
enforce the law,” said Melissa
Anderson, board chairwoman.
“It’s a really frustrating situation
for the board, the candidates and
the student body in general.”
The trend has discouraged
candidate Ashley Castevens
from planting any signs until
this week. Castevens said she
sensed animosity from the
beginning of the campaign sea
son when she says her staff had
several sheets of campaign sig
natures swiped. “I hate to say it,
but we expected this,” she said. “I
was really hoping this would be
the year we didn’t have to deal
with this... but it’s turning out to
be rather vicious.”
Other candidates downplayed
any negativity among campaigns,
attributing the vandalism to stu
dent pranks.
“I take the perspective that
we’re putting up these signs with
25,000 20-year-olds around,”
said candidate Matt Liles, who
has had one campaign poster
vandalized. “There are kids who
watch ‘Jackass’ and drink and are
going to do stuff.”
But members of Calabria’s staff
said the nature of the vandalism,
which requires using a cordless
drill, indicates more malicious
intent.
SEE VANDALISM, PAGE 4
Provost
Robert
Shelton
said he
understands
when faculty
decide to
leave UNC.
and Sciences; and Bernadette
Gray-Little, executive associate
provost, rose to the top of the pool.
They now are three of the final five
candidates in consideration.
Both Gless and Gray-Little also
are candidates for the position of
dean of the College of Arts and
Sciences at UNC.
“The good news is we have tal
ented people,” Provost Robert
Shelton said. “The bad news is
they have a lot options, and some
times they need to exercise them.”
SEE CANDIDATES, PAGE 4