VOLUME 111, ISSUE 147
BOT gives Baddour 3 more years
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR’S CONTRACT RENEWED DESPITE DOUBTS
BY JOHN FRANK
STAFF WRITER
The University’s governing
board voted unanimously
Wednesday to approve a three-year
contract extension for Athletic
Director Dick Baddour, ending
doubts in recent months about the
stability of his position.
The new contract comes after a
two-month performance review by
a Faculty Athletics Committee, the
first known comprehensive review
of a UNC director of athletics.
Baddour’s annual base salary
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Christopher J. Rowland, a Raleigh poet who performs
under the stage name “Langston Fuze,” reads from
his book of poetry “Plasma Succotash” on Tuesday
night at Chapel Hill’s Skylight Exchange. Fuze, a 2003
United Arts Council literature grant winner, headlined the
Edwards has tight hold on 2nd
North Carolina's senator
still faces uphill battle
BY CHRIS COLETTA
ASSISTANT STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR
John Edwards’ showing in Tuesday’s presi
dential primaries has propelled his campaign,
pundits say, but the North Carolina senator still
faces an uphill climb to win his party’s blessing.
In Tuesday’s contests, the Democrat out
paced Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry 45 per
cent to 30 percent in South Carolina, his birth
place, for his first primary win. He also finished
just 1,200 votes behind retired Gen. Wesley
Clark in Oklahoma, where many did not expect
him to compete for a victory.
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Cobey speaks to supporters at the
N.C. Republican headquarters Wednesday as part of his kick-off tour.
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will remain $203,083, with the
possibility of a pay increase in the
next six months.
Any definitive salary increase
will be delayed until later this year
when University officials will have
a better idea of the state’s budget
situation and the availability of
funds.
A memorandum from
Chancellor James Moeser to the
Board of Trustees stipulates that
the parties will meet by July 1 to
discuss his salary and annually
after that to consider any addition
POET’S ON THE MIC
These events, particularly Edwards’ decisive
Palmetto State triumph, have cemented him as
the main challenger for Kerry, who has won 7 of
the first 9 nominating battles and used that
momentum to vault into the position of nation
al front-runner.
“It was essential that he win somewhere,”
said David Weeks, professor of political science
at Azusa Pacific University in California. “It def
initely helped him.”
But in order for the Southerner to pose any
serious threat to Kerry’s dominance, he first
must prove himself as a legitimate alternative in
the eyes of voters —and he must do it quickly.
In past elections, the nomination process has
been spread out over the course of four or five
months, with primaries in delegate-rich states
taking place in May or June.
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al raises.
His contract, which will become
effective July 1, also continues
bonuses of $16,923, or one month’s
pay, if the football team makes a
bowl game or if the men’s or
women’s basketball team makes
the NCAA tournament.
The new contract also includes a
new bonus if the University is
ranked as one of the top 10 schools
in the Director’s Cup standings.
UNC has finished in the top 10
in four of the last six years.
At the Jan. 22 trustees meeting,
weekly Vague Metaphor poetry night, which usually features
a professional out-of-town poet as well as an open mic for
both experienced and novice spoken word performers.
Vague Metaphor is performed from 8:15 to 11 p.m. Itiesdays
at the Skylight Exchange on 405-1/2 W. Rosemary St.
This year, however, the race has been con
densed. Super Tuesday, when California, New
York, Texas and other large states enter into
play, is March 2.
Thus, Edwards needs to make headway into
Kerry’s lead now, before the front-runner sweeps
through the next batch of primaries and snatch
es enough delegates to win the nomination.
The nomination process “used to be this sort
of leisurely, state-a-week kind of thing,” said
Philip Klinkner, professor of government at
Hamilton College in New York. “Now we’ve got
Washington and Michigan on Saturday and
then Virginia and Tennessee, and then it just
starts getting crazy.”
Edwards doesn’t plan to campaign signifi-
SEE EDWARDS, PAGE 2
Cobey kicks off campaign
BY KAVITA PILLAI
STAFF WRITER
RALEIGH North Carolina
Republican gubernatorial candi
date Bill Cobey kicked off his
campaign tour Wednesday at the
N.C. Republican Party
Headquarters, saying he wants
his campaign to represent
change.
“Our state is underachieving,”
Cobey said to the roughly 30 sup
porters, including former U.S.
Sen. Jesse Helms of North
Carolina. “The state should be
leading in the economic recovery,
not watching it pass by.”
Cobey was quick to blame Gov.
Mike Easley for the economic
members authorized Moeser to
negotiate anew contract with
Baddour, who has served as athlet
ic director since 1997.
Because it was a personnel mat
ter it was discussed in a closed ses
sion, which lasted about four
hours.
A contract was drawn up soon,
and a ballot was sent to the trustees
by mail and e-mail Tuesday.
Trustees faxed all their ballots
back by Wednesday when Baddour
signed the agreement, which will
keep him in that position through
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problems facing the state, con
trasting Easley’s tax hikes with
Bush’s tax cuts.
“Bush chose to cut taxes and,
the result is the economy going
up ... and people going back to
work,” he said. “Easley raised
taxes, and we’ve had 100,000
jobs lost and runaway spending.”
Cobey, like Bush, said he sup
ports cuts on personal income
taxes as well as taxes for corpora
tions. He said he would cut per
sonal income taxes by a half point
to start and would adjust it for
inflation.
He also excused the rising
national deficit as a result of
national security concerns.
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June 2007.
Moeser recommended the
extension and only a simple major
ity of the 13 members was required
for approval.
While Moeser has stood by
Baddour publicly, others in the
UNC athletic community ques
tioned the way Baddour handled
the firing of former basketball
coach Matt Doherty.
Baddour’s current contract
expires June 30 and includes a
scheduled review prior to any
extension. It was supposed to be
completed by June 30, 2003, but
Moeser said at the time that he for
got about the deadline.
Recruit faces
drug charges
BY BRIAN MACPHERSON
SPORTS EDITOR
Police arrested UNC basket
ball recruit JamesOn Curry at
Eastern Alamance High School
on Wednesday and charged him
with six drug-related felonies.
Curry was charged with two
counts of possession with intent
to sell and deliver marijuana, two
counts of sale and delivery of
marijuana and two counts of sale,
possession and delivery of a con
trolled substance on school
grounds, said Randy Jones,
spokesman for the Alamance
County Sheriff’s Office.
“It’s very surprising,” said UNC
coach Roy Williams. “I’m just
learning everything about it, just
like you guys are.”
The Eastern Alamance senior,
who became the state’s all-time
leading scorer in December, was
one of 49 individuals, including
three juveniles, arrested in a coor
dinated operation at about 8:30
Hopefuls size up
current leaders
BY AMY KINGSLEY
STAFF WRITER
Although Student Body
President Matt Tepper is not eli
gible for re-election, candidates
for student body president have
compared themselves to his
administra
tion in
order to
build their
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political platforms and differenti
ate themselves from their rivals.
Most of the candidates trum
pet change and progress within
student government as a primary
goal. This often involves criticism
of the current administration and
scrutiny of hot-button issues.
“It’s interesting to be in the posi
tion of hearing everyone critique
what you’ve done,” Tepper said.
Most of the candidates said
they support the current admin
istration but noted that there is
room for improvement.
“(Gov.) Mike Easley needs to be let go.
I’m here officially applying for the job.”
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“You have to factor in 9-11
spending,” he said. “Bush inherit
ed an economy that was going
down. Still, I’m not for deficit
spending.”
Cobey also supported Bush’s
stance on gay marriage, the war
on terror and abortion.
“We must defend the defense
less, from the unborn to the dis
abled to the elderly,” he said.
On higher education, Cobey
said he wants state universities to
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In mid-November the Faculty
Athletics Committee began the
review, soliciting written and oral
evaluations from coaches, assistant
coaches and officials in the
Department of Athletics’ booster
club, among others.
The report was completed by
Jan. 16, and Moeser presented it to
the trustees during the closed ses
sion. Baddour was out-of-town on
University business during the
January meeting.
University officials insisted that
the review was not out of the ordi
nary and was typical for top
SEE BADDOUR, PAGE 2
UNC recruit
JamesOn
Curry was
charged
with six
drug-related
felonies
Monday.
a.m. Wednesday.
“We had each of the individu
als we had warrants for called to
a particular office area (of the
school), and we had deputies
staged nearby,” Jones said.
The students’ parents were
immediately summoned to make
arrangements with a magistrate.
“He’s got to look at the big pic
ture,” said UNC wingman
Rashad McCants. “He’s got a
scholarship to North Carolina.
Everybody’s watching. He can’t
do anything that’s going to jeop
ardize that.”
SEE CURRY, PAGE 2
“I think past administrations
have had great ideas,” said candi
date Faudhn Pierre. “None of them
have gone without their flaws.”
The issue of communication
among student government, stu
dent groups and the University
administration splits the can
didates into two camps. Some
lauded the efforts of the current
administration while others
believed former Student Body
President Jen Daum established
better relationships.
“If there was anything you
could say about Jen Daum, it was
that she was accessible,” candidate
Matt Liles said.
Candidate Matt Calabria said
increased communication with
student groups is needed to avoid
controversies such as the Summer
Reading Program. “Student gov
ernment in past years, in general,
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work with community colleges
and secondary schools “in a
seamless way.” He said he sup
ports tuition hikes when neces
sary.
“I think it’s proper to increase
out-of-state tuition to make it
more in line with other peer
institutions,” he said. “But we
haVe a commitment to keeping
in-state tuition as low as possi-
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