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defense Saturday, including T.A.
McLendon's game-deciding fumble.
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N.C. State RB T.A. McLendon (44) fumbles on third-and-goal at the UNC 1 -yard line, which was recovered by UNC's Kareen Taylor (27) to seal the Tar Heel victory Saturday at Kenan Stadium.
MCLENDON FUMBLE SEALS UNC'S UPSET VICTORY AGAINST WOLFPACK
BY JACOB KARABELL
SPORTS EDITOR
An ocean of blue, elated and
incredulous, oscillated on
the Kenan Stadium turf.
A sea of red stood stag
nant in the stadium’s southeastern
comer, stunned and bewildered.
But those waves of blue would
have ebbed dejectedly out of the
stadium if a controversial goal-line
series hadn’t preserved a 30-24
North Carolina victory Saturday, a
game that might have turned the
tide on the Tar Heels’ season.
“(The players) are a very resil
ient group,” said UNC coach John
Bunting. “Are we the best football
team? Are we even an average foot
ball team right now? Probably not.
But we certainly try hard, and we
might get better. We might surprise
some people.”
UNC’s defense certainly surprised
N.C. State at the goal line with time
dwindling in the fourth quarter.
After NCSU rushed for 299 yards
in the game’s first 59 minutes and
30 seconds, Coach Chuck Amato
put his team’s fate in the hands of
power back TA. McLendon.
On first-and-goal at the 6-yard
line, a gang of Tar Heel tacklers
SEE FOOTBALL, PAGE 5
Bush and Kerry deadlocked after 2nd debate
BY EMMA BURGIN
STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR
The two men vying for the
White House were on familiar ter
ritory after Friday’s second presi
dential debate: even ground.
About 44 percent of registered
voters said Kerry won the debate,
while 41 percent claimed that Bush
was the winner, according to an
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577 yards of total offense by the
Wolfpack, the most given up by UNC
all season while allowing just 2 TDs.
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North Carolina coach John Bunting (center) acknowledges the school's alma mater following his team's 30-24 win
Saturday. The victory was the team's third of the season, already eclipsing the Tar Heels' 2-win total from a year ago.
ABC News poll released Friday.
Those numbers are more even
than those released after the first
presidential debate. A Sept. 30
ABC News poll stated that only 36
percent of registered voters said
Bush won and 45 percent sided
with Kerry.
On Friday, President Bush and
Democratic nominee John Kerry
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answered 13 questions from the
audience that allowed them to spar
on everything from Iraq to tax cuts
to abortion.
Kerry got the first question and
found himself defending his record
to an audience member who asked
him about being “wishy-washy.”
“The president has presided
over the economy where we’ve lost
12 career yards tallied by fullback
Madison Hedgecock prior to the
game, in which he amassed 67 yards.
1.6 million jobs,” he said. “The first
president in 72 years to lose jobs.
I have a plan to put people back to
work. That's not wishy-washy.”
Kerry said his plan would close
loopholes that encourage companies
to seek low-wage labor overseas.
But Bush hit back hard, point
ing out Kerry’s inconsistent vot
ing record on the war in Iraq and
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Hedgecock steps
in as a tailback
in place of
Ronnie McGill
PAGE 5
Young players,
boistrous crowd
play major role
in stunning win
PAGE 12
North Carolina
field hockey
loses Ist game
of season to No.
2 Wake Forest
PAGE 12
Florida A&M's
unusual style
throws UNC
volleyball for loss
PAGE 12
Martin Ureta
ends tournament
8-under, leads
UNC to victory
PAGE 12
the president’s SB7 billion request
for reconstruction. “I can see why
people at your workplace think he
changes positions a lot. Because he
does. He said he voted ... against
(the SB7 billion) right before he
voted for it.”
While the candidates allowed
SEE DEBATE, PAGE 5
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Allred
chosen
to fill
office
Calabria makes
secretary decision
BY DAN GRINDER
STAFF WRITER
Student Body President Matt
Calabria named sophomore James
Allred as the new student body
secretary Sunday, ending a three
week search for the post.
Calabria tapped Allred, a
Morehead Scholar and an execu
tive assistant to Calabria, to replace
out-going secretary Bernard
Holloway, who resigned Sept. 19
because of family concerns.
Allred pos
sessed an atti
tude that set
him apart from
the other highly
qualified candi
dates, Calabria
said.
“He’s passion
ate about being
an ambassador
to the student
body,” he said.
“That’s essen
tially the job of
the secretary.”
Sophomore
James Allred
has been
named student
body secretary.
Allred said his main goal is to
serve as a spokesman for student
government.
“I really want to make sure that
the student body in general knows
about all of the opportunities that
exist for them in student govern
ment,” he said.
Allred was chosen from a
group of five applicants vying for
the position the most qualified
group to date, officials said.
A selection committee com
posed of student government
officials narrowed the group to
three after a thorough review of
the applications and personal
interviews with each applicant.
Calabria then chose Allred from
that group.
Student Congress still must
approve the nomination at its
SEE SECRETARY, PAGE 5
2 system
schools
may see
binding
BOG might offset
budget shortfalls
BY KAVITA PILLAI
ASSISTANT STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR
Two UNC-system schools could
receive millions of extra dollars every
year to offset historical shortfalls in
their budgets, system officials say.
The UNC-system Board of
Governors discussed a proposal
Thursday to annually furnish about
$7 million to UNC-Wilmington
and $1 million to Appalachian State
University, two schools officials say
are significantly underfunded.
BOG member Jim Phillips, chair
man of the Budget and Finance
Committee, said the enrollment
funding model that examines the
system schools’ budgets is not to
blame for the funding shortfall.
“We looked at the enrollment
funding model and came away con
cluding that it was working the way
it was supposed to work,” he said.
The board’s recommendation is
an attempt to fix a problem that
has existed for years.
Phillips said the N.C. General
SEE BOG, PAGE 5
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