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4 MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2004 DHS provides money to locals BY KATHRYN ROEBUCK STAFF WRITER Local emergency preparedness officials met with representatives from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Friday to celebrate its first birthday and determine ways to provide local officials with the resources to fight terrorism. Michael Brown, DHS undersec retary for emergency preparedness and response, attended die round table discussion. He and other department officials are visiting 11 sections of the country to discuss possible changes for the 2005 fis cal year. “We want to get all members together in one room and talk about what we can do differently to be more effective,” said DHS spokesman Marty Bahamonde. The federal government has been generous with funding dur ing the past few years, but could implement different methods to give localities more control over the money, said Ken Taylor, direc tor of the N.C. Division of Emergency Management. “Locally, there’s been the largest influx of funding in North Carolina ever,” he said. “We’ve received $lO6 million plus to North Carolina, a large commitment of resources from the federal government.” “We appreciate all of the money, but in order to help us prepare for an incident of terrorism at all, it is important to be open to allow us to decide.” Beginning in the 2004 fiscal year, the DHS deemed local gov ernments better suited to deter mine where the money should go. “We wanted Brown to see that this is a process that has been working for us from the begin ning,” Taylor said. “But now we 'pectfcvUtup /4utAe*ttic... M Low-Fat Frozen Yogurt Lwtst much, much more! ] Experience the pinnacle of Peanut Butter possibilities nKK? 4fc9B at Tl* Pump! 13J the Vlg PlplpPf Downtown U gSj Chapel Hill T ANMO fW KBggySgSJ 106 W. 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Board applications and more information available at the Union Desk Contact Claire Anderson , Union President- Select 2004-05, at clairean@email.unc.edu. have a lot of unspent money, and we hope that they will allow us to use this where we need it.” Bahamonde said the heart of the discussion was teaching locali ties to understand the limitations of federal grants and how to get around roadblocks. “We were experiencing difficul ties with many of the counties because they were each applying for the same grants,” he said. “We want them to understand that they can each apply for different grants and share die materials that they get” Taylor said since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, local offi cials have had better relationships about funding. “We all get along, the fire department, police department and sheriff’s department, because we know that a lot has to be done quickly” he said. “This helps if we have the ability to distribute our own funding.” Bahamonde said that after the undersecretaries have visited all of the areas, they will then meet in Washington, D.C. to discuss their findings. "We think that we’ve had a good start since our beginning one year ago,” he said. “Now we’re going to focus on what’s better for the future and for the 2005 fiscal year.” Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@u7ic.edu. (iUjp la% ©ar Mwl P.O. Box 3257, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 Elyse Ashbum, Editor, 962-4086 Advertising & Business, 962-1163 News, Features, Sports, 962-0245 One copy per person; additional copies may be purchased at The Daily Tar Heel for $25 each. 02004 DTK Publishing Corp. All rights reserved ‘Roses’ grapples with family tensions BY BECCA MOORE STAFF WRITER Time away from home can do a lot to change a person. In “The Subject Was Roses,” the latest production by the Play Makers Repertory Company, young Timmy Cleary (played by Brandon Michael Smith) finds this out the hard way after returning to the Bronx after serving a stint in World War 11. His return is celebrated by his parents John and Nettie (J.R. Home and Tandy Cronyn). They both think their son’s presence back in the home could be the missing piece to the puzzle of their dissolving marriage. Nettie always had supported Timmy and placed great faith in her son’s future, as any mother would. John is more skeptical and sug gests that “if someone’s going to be famous, they usually drop some clues by the time they’re 21!” It takes some time for Timmy to get acclimated to normal life again, and it’s slightly uncomfortable for him to rekindle close bonds with his mother. Smith does an excellent job of portraying the awkward earnest ness of a young 20-something who’s trying to make his parents proud. When Timmy is bonding with his father and discussing the war, Frustrating ‘Goat’ mixes self-pity, promotion BY PHILIP MCFEE ASSISTANT ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Here’s how it goes. Literally. There’s this new memoir. It’s called “Goat.” It’s written by Brad Land, a disenfranchised twenty-something who got an M.FA. from UNC-Wilmington. It’s about violence. Fraternities. Brad Land’s recovery from a bru tal attack and his journey to Clemson University to pledge his brother’s frat. It’s loyalty. It’s love. Other things. The style: a mix of fragments and musings interjected into the narrative. Disjointed. Or Fragmented. Or charmingly dis jointed and fragmented. Testing. Another in a long line of jaded, Qotne celebrate the opening of our new 20-bed salon! tSetm 968-3377 MWUttf m. Open 7 days a week 3 Tans for $3 II” Sunless Airbrush ! •—inj \ Tanning $5 Off • Spray on tan St ' UmU t l * j 139 Rams Plaza Shopping Center ATTHE Wit'S HEAD BOOKSHOP ON TUESDAY, MARCH 2nd AT 3:30 p.m. News THEATERREVIEW THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES PLAYMAKERS REPERTORY COMPANY SATURDAY, FEB. 28 Smith cleanly delivers recaps of his war duties. He’s not a war hero; he’s just a normal guy who did what he was asked for his country, and Smith conveys this with con vincing simplicity. The entire family is like this, as they’re not amazing people who have accomplished fantastic things. They’re just normal people. Frank D. Gilroy wrote these characters in a way that everyday people could identify with because they have realistic problems, and the entire cast does a wonderful job of portraying the personal tensions. Home plays a true-to-life role of the father and husband who has been questioning if he’s taken the right path in his life. There’s obvious discontent in his marriage, but the reasons cannot be acutely pinpointed. John is a hardworking charac ter, yet he’s silently struggling with his unmet life ambitions. Home portrays this underlying self-con sciousness with ease and invokes sympathy from the audience. 200-page pseudo-postmodem lit erary entries by young authors. This is “Goat.” The beast, the burden, the book. Here’s a sentence: “It’s like rip ples on a pond, opaque heat moving from the center and then his heart speeds and the hairs on his forearm and neck stand like soldiers.” Here’s another: “I nod.” And you’ll nod. Nod knowing that what you’re reading is like a weak mix between Ernest Hemingway and David Foster Wallace with all the booze and pre tensions intact. It’s not a fraternity expose, he says. He means it. It isn’t. “Goat” is a compelling, if infuri ating portrait of a young man and & m i ' j. ■ gg| COURTESY OF PLAYMAKERS REPERTORY COMPANY/JON GARDINER Brandon Michael Smith (left) plays Timmy Cleary and Tandy Cronyn plays Nettie Cleary in the Play Makers production of "The Subject Was Roses." Cronyn is incredibly empathet ic as Nettie, who has spent her whole life caring for those around her but still feels disconnected. She’s confused by John sometimes and can’t seem to figure out exact ly what he wants. She’s disillu sioned when Timmy comes home, and he’s matured. • Nettie wants Timmy to grow up, but it’s difficult for her to accept that change, and Cronyn successfully carries many scenes where she’s BOOKREVIEW BRAD LAND GOAT the pressures he faces. And the strength required not to give in. Although a painful subject, it reads choppy, hasfy. Readers might remember Chuck Palahniuk. After fighting a friend, Land writes: “I do this because it makes me forget. Because the pain is real. Because it’s in my gut and not behind my eyes.” It’s tough to call the true events of one’s life contrived, but as mem oirs go, this one smacks of reliable “underground” elements. Like the best annoyances, the story has promise. And it foils short. The reasons: Land’s young. The subject is difficult, and he has an inside perspective, making it hard to be objective. Or clear. To reflect on life when the author is still young Are ifcM SEPICUS b(SMt a FUN Seinior qer? 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If you have any questions, e-mail the Senior Class President, Jovian Irvin at jovtaniOemail.unc.edu, or Senior Class VP, Becca Frucht at rfruchtOemail.unc.edu. ooOOQ /pP’H'A fMI university of north Carolina at chapel-hill Apply now for the 2004-2005 RHA Executive Board •Vice President •Treasurer •Secretary •National Communications Coordinator •External Affairs Executive Assistant •Internal Affairs Executive Assistant No experience necessary Great leadership opportunity Applications are available in the RHA office (Union 3512 C) or online at www.unc.edu/rha Deadline for applicants is Friday, March 5 at S:OOPM iailtj ©or Heri coping with this struggle to adapt. The striking suggestion of “The Subject Was Roses” is that honest communication is essential for all relationships. Effort needs to be made by all parties in a family in order to find out what drives the people you love and what they really need from you. It’s as simple as that. Contact theA&E Editor at artsdesk@unc.edu. IF YOU GO Date: Tuesday Time: 3:30 p.m. Location: Bull's Head Bookshop is difficult. Especially when the sub ject is so graphic. And moving. A convoluted style can convey manic energy or confusion. Sometimes. Here, it detracts from the strength of the work. Something was there. Was. Most writers spawn a memoir after a slew of novels. His style would lend itself well to fiction, but biography comes off labored. It’s thick. Built for fiction. But that’s Land’s memoir. It never quite finds home. Never bal ances. Take it or leave it. It’s strange. But it could be the kind of thing that gets your goat. Contact theA&E Editor at artsdesk@unc.edu.
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