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MONDAY, APRIL 5, 2004
Funding may end
school tradition
UNC might not host championships
BY ERIN GIBSON
STAFF WRITER
A 90-year tradition at UNC
might end in June if the North
Carolina High School Athletic
Association does not receive the
necessary funding for champi
onship games.
In 1913, UNC invited the state’s
high schools to its campus and ath
letic facilities for championship
games as a part of its extension
program on a budget of S2OO.
While high school athletic
departments have grown and the
necessary finances have changed,
the tradition of playing champi
onship games at UNC has stayed
alive.
But in recent years the associa
tion, a nonprofit organization, has
fallen short of meeting its financial
needs for events held in Chapel
Hill.
Funding is provided by the town
of Chapel Hill, the Chapel Hill-
Carrboro Chamber of Commerce
and private corporations.
Karen DeHart, the association’s
director of development, said
many cities have sports commis
sions that can provide more
money, but Chapel Hill does not.
“We are getting about a third of the
$75,000 we need,” she said.
To compensate for the lack in
funding, the high school associa
tion has been forced to use money
generated from ticket sales to cover
costs.
This money is intended to be
split between the University and
the high school association, which
in turn provides for high school
athletics on the state level.
DeHart said the NCHSAA is
asking the town of Chapel Hill to
double its financial support to
$20,000.
The association presented the
proposal to the Chapel Hill Town
Council on March 24 in a public
forum on the budget.
Representatives then were asked
to meet with Mayor Kevin Foy and
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Town Manager Cal Horton on
April 6 for further discussions.
“The council members
expressed interest in working with
(NCHSAA) to raise additional
funds,” Horton said.
DeHart is optimistic about get
ting desired support from Chapel
Hill because of the economic ben
efits it reaps as the host town.
An informal economic study
performed by the association
shows an estimated $7 million was
brought to Chapel Hill between
1998 and 2003 as a result of the
championships.
The UNC Department of
Economics was commissioned to
do a formal study on the impact
from the 2003 football champi
onship games. The study suggest
ed a $355,000 economic boost
from the one-day event.
NCHSAA previously has con
fronted the town about its financial
problems, but to no avail.
“I think people are really listen
ing now,” DeHart said. “There
seems to be more positive energy
this time around.”
About one-fourth of the high
school championships are held at
UNC, including those in basket
ball, football, indoor track, tennis
and swimming and diving.
DeHart said other events have
been moved to Raleigh and
Winston-Salem for economic rea
sons and facility availability.
She said that both of these cities
are able to provide ample financial
support through their sports com
missions.
“The University is already let
ting us have access to their facili
ties,” said DeHart. “There isn’t
much more they can do.”
She said they like working with
UNC and enjoy being here, but
unless there is a change, collabora
tion will not be possible in the
future.
Contact the City Editor
at citydesk@unc.edu.
News
Brotherly ire, love color ‘West’
BY KATE LORD
STAFF WRITER
Palatable in its comedic sense,
Martin McDonagh’s “The
Lonesome West” represents sib
ling rivalry with peerless preci
sion.
Irish stereotypes, murderous
actions and a compulsive packrat
take a backseat to an overarching
theme of reparation in this amus
ing interpretation by Wordshed
Productions, which continues
April 8 through 10.
Chronicling the aftermath
resulting from the death of Valene
and Coleman’s father, the play
develops humorously as the broth
ers put the pieces of their troubled
relationship back together.
Valene, played by Matthew
Spangler, obsessively collects fig
urines of saints and marks all of his
belongings with a capital ‘V’ to
ensure that his brother Coleman
knows exactly what does not
belong to him.
Spangler portrays the ever-so
annoying brother well, toeing the
line of hammy acting, he plays an
excellent second fiddle to Chris
Chiron’s Coleman.
Chiron’s portrayal of Coleman is
reminiscent of a drunken, not-so
friendly Sam from “The Lord of
the Rings.”
Violence at anti-U.S. protests kills at least 20
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NAJAF, Iraq Supporters of
an anti-U.S. Shiite Muslim cleric
waged violent demonstrations in
four Iraqi cities Sunday, punctuat
ed by a gun battle at the Spanish
garrison near this Shiite holy city
that killed at least 20 people,
including two coalition soldiers: an
American and a Salvadoran.
The U.S. military Sunday
reported that two Marines were
killed in a separate “enemy action”
in Anbar province, raising the toll
of U.S. service members killed in
Iraq to more than 600.
Protesters also clashed with
Italian and British forces in other
cities in a broad, violent challenge
to the U.S.-led coalition, raising
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The Oscar Madison of the pair,
he steals the show as the frustrated
and vengeful brother.
Chiron’s scowls and eyes that
bug out in anger are reason
enough to come see the show.
“The Lonesome West” revolves
around the brothers’ dysfunction
al and emotionally stunted rela
tionship.
Their childlike fights range from
potato chip crushing to wrestling,
to firing off barbed insults at one
another, such as the amazingly
tactful affront, “Your sex appeal
wouldn’t buy the phlegm off a dead
frog.”
Although the play does include
somewhat offensive Irish and
Catholic stereotypes, it has
redeeming value in its overall mes
sage of forgiveness.
The theme is conveyed as Father
Welsh, a priest suffering from a cri
sis of faith due to his unruly parish,
leads the pair toward their recon
ciliation.
John Murphy portrays the cler
gyman with just the right mix of
questions about its ability to stabi
lize Iraq ahead of a scheduled June
30 handover of power to Iraqis.
With less than three months left
before then, the U.S. occupation
administrator appointed an Iraqi
defense minister and chief of
national intelligence.
“These organizations will give
Iraqis the means to defend their
country against terrorists and
insurgents,” L. Paul Bremer said at
a press conference.
About three miles outside Najaf,
supporters of anti-American cleric
Muqtada al-Sadr opened fire on
the Spanish garrison during a
street protest that drew about
5,000 people. The protesters were
angry about the arrest of the cler-
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Leads Matt Spangler and Chris Chiron are Valene and Coleman Connor
in Wordshed Productions enjoyable staging of "The Lonesome West."
exasperation and confidence,
becoming an unexpected voice of
reason as the story unfolds.
While the acting in this produc
tion is not quite professional cal
iber, it’s believable and entertain
ing.
Wordshed downplayed the con
troversial aspects of the play well,
allowing the moral of peacefiil fra
temalism to speak for itself.
The audience leaves the theater
ic’s aide, said the Spanish Defense
Ministry in Madrid.
The attackers opened fire at
about noon, said Cmdr. Carlos
Herradon, a spokesman for the
Spanish headquarters in nearby
Diwaniyah.
The Spanish and Salvadoran
soldiers inside the garrison fired
back, and assailants later
regrouped in three clusters outside
the base as the shooting continued
for several hours.
Two soldiers, a Salvadoran and
an American, died and nine other
soldiers were wounded, the
Spanish defense ministry said. No
other details were available.
More than 200 people were
wounded, said Falah Mohammed,
director of the Najaf health depart
ment. El Salvador’s defense minis
ter said several Salvadoran soldiers
were wounded.
The death toll of at least 20
included two Iraqi soldiers who
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thinking not about the ever-flow
ing poteen, but about the underly
ing similarities between Valene
and Coleman.
With a resulting feeling of
familial appreciation, as well as a
few chuckles, Wordshed’s produc
tion of “The Lonesome West” is
certainly worth seeing.
Contact theA&E Editor
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nesses said.
Spain has 1,300 troops sta
tioned in Iraq, and the Central
American contingent is of a similar
size. The Salvadorans are under
Spanish command as part of an
international brigade that includes
troops from Central America.
Multiple train bombings in
Madrid last month that killed 191
people have been blamed on al-
Qaida-linked terrorists, who said
they were punishing Spain for its
alliance with the United States in
Iraq and Afghanistan.
Spain’s new government, elect
ed just days after the March 11
train bombings, has promised to
make good on its pre-election
promise to withdraw all Spanish
troops from Iraq unless command
for peacekeeping is turned over to
the United Nations.
In El Salvador, the defense min
ister said the attack will not alter
his country’s role in reconstruction
efforts.