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Edwards’ stellar play
earns him award, start
Sophomore LB has 'statement game'
BY BRIAN MACPHERSON
SENIOR WRITER
As the ball deflected off the
hands of North Carolina defen
sive end Melik Brown, it quickly
became apparent the ball wasn’t
going to find its intended receiver.
Linebacker Larry Edwards cut
in front of N.C. State tailback TA.
McLendon and snatched the ball
out of the air with nothing but
green ahead of him.
A flying tackle by Wolfpack wide
receiver Richard Washington at the
3-yard line saved a touchdown, but
UNC quarterback Darian Durant
found Jon Hamlett in the end zone
on the very next play.
“I know that I had an opportu
nity in front of me, and I just took
advantage of it,” said Edwards, who
made his first start of the season.
“I was just like, ‘Got to make a big
play,’ and I had the opportunity
to be blessed. One came to me, so
things came out for the better.”
A game-turning interception in
the fourth quarter, a fumble recov
ery in the third and general havoc
wreaked from start to finish it all
added up to ACC Defensive Back of
the Week honors.
“This was a statement game for
me,” Edwards said. “It was like my
coming back. I feel like I just have
Report outlines area goals
BY SAM SHEPARD
STAFF WRITER
Chapel Hill and Carrboro are
familiar with change.
But a report issued recently by a
county task force says the area has
more to do to protect its future.
Led by former N.C. Sen. Howard
Lee, the Council on a Sustainable
Community was formed in August
2003 by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro
Chamber of Commerce to examine
the state of the area’s economy and
promote social and environmental
health.
Its plan, presented Oct. 5 to the
Carrboro Board of Aldermen and
Monday to the Chapel Hill Town
Council, includes eight steps the
towns can take for the area to
become more self-sufficient.
“I think the concept of this coun
cil is of primary importance,” said
Alderman Diana McDuffee when
the report was received by the
board.
Among the document’s sugges
tions are building mixed-use devel
opments; encouraging businesses
to practice fair economic, social
and environmental practices; fos
tering learning opportunities for
everyone in the area; and ensuring
that residents can have “meaning
ful jobs” close to their homes.
Colleges may ease transfer process
BY BROOKE ERICSON
STAFF WRITER
Students in community colleges
could find it easier to pursue fur
ther education as colleges across
the state increase recruiting efforts
from two-year institutions.
“We have a large number of stu
dents that transfer, and the num
ber is increasing every year,” said
Wanda White, director of student
development services for the N.C.
Community College System.
She said there are more opportu
nities to join four-year institutions
because of articulation agreements.
“Once students receive an asso
ciates of art or associates of science
degree, they can enter a four-year
college at the junior level,” White
said. “This is a lot more economical
for the students.”
N.C. Central University is one
school in the UNC system that
recently took steps to actively recruit
students from two-year programs.
“We are trying to constantly
increase community college stu
dents’ enrollment in our university”
said Janice Harper, interim assis
tant vice chancellor at N.C. Central.
“Here, students will receive schol
arships, easy access to registrations
and a smooth transition.”
She said transfer students are
excited, focused and know what
their goals kre.
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to build on this and step my game
up to a different level.”
The sophomore had appeared
primed for a break-through sea
son after an 89-tackle freshman
campaign.
But a lackluster offseason left
Edwards overweight and bur
ied in the depth chart in the Tar
Heels’ first five games. He entered
Saturday’s game with just 19 tack
les on the season, good for seventh
on the team.
As Coach John Bunting grew
progressively dissatisfied with
his linebackers, though, Edwards
seized his opportunity.
The weak-side linebacker
learned Wednesday that he would
be starting Saturday’s game ahead
of junior Mahlon Carey.
Carey was second on the team
with 32 tackles entering the game,
but Edwajds claimed the starting
job with a strong week of practice.
“It was time to give him a chance
to play,” Bunting said. “He earned
the right to play because he prac
ticed well.”
Along with the interception and
fumble recovery, Edwards finished
the game with eight tackles.
Two of those stops came on N.C.
State’s final drive.
He stopped Wolfpack halfback
These and other suggestions
address the social, environmental
and economic concerns of county
leaders.
“The report is a product of lots
of hours by community leaders,”
said Charlie Fisher, vice chairman
of the council.
James Carnahan, a member of
the committee and owner of Matrix
Design, said the report deals with
issues that affect the entire com
munity.
“We are at the beginning of an
era of transition,” he said.
The report, which has been in
the making since last fall, details
the long-term goals of the commu
nity. But many steps already have
been taken toward its realization.
David Stancil, director of
the county’s Environment
and Resource Conservation
Department, has helped create
several initiatives that protect the
county’s natural resources.
The Lands Legacy program,
which Stancil heads, was created
four years ago to acquire preser
vation areas, parks and farmland.
The program has been able to pro
tect more than 2,000 acres of land
in Orange County since it began.
On a long-term scale, the
department has a goal of acquiring
“Community college students are
older individuals and are interest
ed in getting their degrees,” Harper
said. “They often have families,
jobs or both and are generally very
mature and focused.”
She added that financial pro
grams created to help community
college transfer students would not
interfere with those aiding four
year college students.
“Community college students
can apply for scholarships of their
own,” Harper said. “Nothing will
hinder or take away from four-year
college students.”
She also said the school is work
ing to create a more definitive out
line of general college requirements.
This would benefit all students but
is meant to have a more significant
effect on transfer students.
“We want to really outline their
plan for them so they can get their
college degree in a very timely
manner,” Harper said.
N.C. Central is not the only col
lege stepping up its programs in
transfer recruiting.
“Community college transfers
are one area that Fayetteville State
University is trying to target in
order to increase membership,”
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Tramain Hall with a big hit at his
own 14-yard line to force a third
and-6 situation.
He came back two plays later
and combined with cornerback
Jacoby Watkins to stop McLendon
at the 4-yard line, setting up the
N.C. State tailback’s controversial
rush that ended just shy of the
North Carolina goal line.
For all of Edwards’ big plays,
though, it was his technique that
impressed his coach the most.
“Larry played good at the point
of attack,” Bunting said. “He had
most of his reads down, and he
played with his hands, which is so
important as a linebacker.”
But if Edwards is to establish
himself as a consistent impact
player, he’ll have to continue the
progress he showed Saturday.
“Each week, I have to step my
game up to the next level,” he said.
“I have to build from this statement
game.”
And with the corps of lineback
ers depleted by the indefinite sus
pension of middle linebacker Fred
Sparkman, Edwards likely will
start again this week.
“Based on his performance, yes,
(he will start),” Bunting said. “But
he has to go out there and practice
well again.”
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10 percent, or 25,000 acres, of the
county land by 2011, Stancil said.
The report also cites a need for
healthier forms of transportation
to reduce reliance on individual
vehicles and promote cleaner air.
It specifically touts Chapel Hill
Transit’s fare-free busing, which
began in 2002 with support from
the town and the University. Mary
Lou Kuschatka, town transporta
tion director, said yearly ridership
has gone from 3 million people to
5 million since then.
In order to further improve
the program, the report suggests,
the town should work with other
municipalities and the General
Assembly to get funding for more
routes. It also should work with
the Triangle Transit Authority to
improve transportation between
the area’s major urban centers.
The sustainability council has
recommended that local officials
discuss its report in further detail
and implement steps toward creat
ing a sustainable community.
It also has suggested hosting
a round-table discussion to track
the progress of reaching sustain
ability.
Contact the City Editor
at citydesk@unc.edu.
said Jeff Womble, director of public
relations at FSU.
And Brenda Holcombe, associ
ate director of student admissions
at Western Carolina University,
said transfer students from two
year programs increased by 52.6
percent this year.
“We’ve gone a step beyond the
normal articulation agreements
and set up specific programs for
transfers,” she said.
UNC-Chapel Hill also is tak
ing steps to increase enrollment
of community college transfer stu
dents. Rebecca Egbert, assistant
director of admissions, said recruit
ing students from community col
lege is one of the University’s high
est priorities.
By allowing more students to
further their education, she said
the state is increasing the number
of people with college degrees.
“We are here to attract the best
and brightest around, even if that
includes transfers.”
Contact the State 69 National
Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.
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Campuses prone to ID theft
BY NATALIE HAMMEL
STAFF WRITER
Identity theft is a rampant
problem that has become the fast
est-growing financial crime in
the country, according to the U.S.
Department of Justice.
The N.C. Department of Justice
Web site states that about 286,000
North Carolinians are victims of
identity theft each year, and victims
typically spend an average of SBOO
and 175 hours over a 23-month peri
od to clean up their credit and erase
SIB,OOO in fraudulent charges.
During the last two months,
there have been 12 break-ins in pro
fessional offices, some resulting in
hard-drive theft, that could enable
identity thieves, according to The
Chapel Hill News. Padgett Business
Services is the latest victim to report
a missing hard drive containing
Social Security numbers.
For college students, their casual
practices with privacy and money
matters make them perfect targets
for identity theft, according to the
California-based Identity Theft
Resource Center.
The rate of instances on college
campuses surpassed the 80 percent
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public from 2002 to 2003.
“College students tend to be tun
nel-visioned,” says Linda Foley, co
executive director of the ITRC.
Many universities use Social
Security numbers as student identi
fication numbers and grades or class
lists often are posted by these num
bers, making students easy access for
anyone wishing to steal an identity.
Jay Foley, co-executive director
at ITRC, students also are more
willing to fill out a credit card
application at a football game,
where the application could easily
be stolen or bought.
“Unless students have astute
parents, they typically don’t under
stand credit,” he said.
Jay Foley said additional pre
ventative measures can be taken at
college campuses.
“Every dorm should have, per stu
dent, a safe or locking device to hold
stuff that could cause great havoc,”
he said. “You have no clue what your
roommate is doing in your room
when you’re not there. You need
the ability to protect your valuable
information and your laptop.”
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with investigations at the Chapel
Hill Police Department, said he
knows a lot of students who have
had their identities stolen.
“People will take mail out of mail
boxes and use that information to
apply for credit cards,” Carden said.
“Grind up all your mail.”
Carden said typical identity theft
cases involve laptops or company
desktops being stolen. “People can
download hard drives filled with
personal information and sell that
information two or three different
times,” he said.
Identity theft is sometimes dif
ficult to prosecute because it can be
done online and across state juris
diction boundaries.
“Is a person going to fly out to
California to testify against a per
son? Probably not,” Carden said.
The ITRC currently is working on
legislation to protect consumers.
“We need better communication
between credit industries and gov
ernment industries,” Linda Foley
said. “We are already talking to a
couple senators about legislation.”
Contact the State National
Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.
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