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VOLUME 112, ISSUE 146 Jpottwe, j jjmt V. ||b ; | m ■ jlVm jjfe'MßffßrniM mk .• |r(gi .&• fl|HI m 1 iw jn^9| ■Hrjt i- —~ -**-• • - jjBBBm • ■ Mm Jf ,dßßfclMrffr ,-.‘j-rr \' g mw . . # - jP^p^gj DTH PHOTOS/LAURA MORTON Duke forward Shavlik Randolph (42) raises his arms in triumph with Lee Melchionni (13) after the Blue Devils' 71 -70 defeat of North Carolina at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Wednesday. The Tar Heels have not had a victory in Durham since Feb. 1,2001. Candidates fight their shock BY DANIEL WILKES STAFF WRITER Many students were awe-struck Wednesday after no candidate received a majority of votes in the two-ticket race for senior class president and vice president. “We were really astonished,” said Heather Sidden, chairwoman of the Board of Elections, calling the results an “unprecedented occurrence.” “It was close all day long, and we wor ried about no candidate getting the major ity* she said. Both campaigns will receive $75 in additional funding as they vie for the support of rising seniors before Tuesday’s runoff election. Madison Perry and Whit Walker, can didates for senior class president and vice president, respectively, said Wednesday that they are enthusiastic about their sec ond wave of campaigning. Walker was especially visible, Wednesday, dancing in the Pit and yell ing campaign slogans at passers-by. Perry said that his campaign will con sist of increasingly noisy and animated “attention grabbers” but that he under stands the “line between making jokes of ourselves and showing enthusiasm.” Bobby Whisnant, Perry’s competition .Jml. Candidate Madison Perry plans a more energetic and vocal campaign. Candidate Bobby Whisnant Jr. tries to solidify his voting base. ONLINE ONLINE An alternate opinion on Leigh's “Vera Drake" Blues documentary garners critic's approval Find these and more stories at www.dthonline.com. Serving the students and the University community since 1893 ®hr Body ®ar Meri TURNED OVER www.dthoxtlme.com duke jSI ?yL 71 ##7o __ for senior class president, said that he was shocked and perplexed by the elec tion results but that he’s relieved that he and vice presidential candidate Jenny Peddycord are still in the race. Whisnant said his campaign did the best it could during the first round but that the problem was voter turnout. “We’ve had a very, very good strategy,” Whisnant said. “The downside is we had many supporters that did not vote because they were overconfident that we’d win.” Perry and Walker received 915 votes for office, just one more than Whisnant and Peddycord’s 914. Sixteen write-in votes in the competition left neither campaign with a majority. Whisnant said he plans to focus on encouraging supporters to vote and maintaining a visible presence on cam pus. “We’re definitely going to do it big Monday and Tuesday,” he said. Former student body presidential can didate Tom Jensen endorsed the Whisnant ticket Tuesday. “I think that Bobby and Jenny repre sent the diversity of the senior class and have really good ideas for bringing people together for a high -quality senior year,” SEE SENIOR CLASS, PAGE 13 Hopefuls step up final campaigns BY KATIE CLINE STAFF WRITER Students walking past the Pit on Wednesday could have forgotten that the University is at the peak of campaigns for student body president. The throngs of supporters, wav ing signs and shouting platform promises were nowhere to be seen the day after election results came in. But Seke Ballard and Seth Dearmin the two remaining candidates for student body presi dent plan to push their efforts into full force today. The duo have another week of full-time campaigning planned before the student body once again votes for its president in next week’s runoff election. “We’ve got quite a bit of ground to cover,” said Justin Wade, Ballard’s campaign manager. “We have to be super-aggressive.” None of the four initial candi dates succeeded in garnering a majority of votes in Tuesday’s elec tion, mandating a runoff election and adding another week on the GO TO HELL DOOK DUKE: STILL THE BEST We apologize for this bet-induced statement. We'll never again drink a fifth of Jack before wagering. BY DANIEL BLANK SENIOR WRITER DURHAM North Carolina had made all the stops and enough of its shots that it found itself I ‘ with a chance to beat Duke after facing a late nine-point deficit. Coming out of a timeout with 18.2 seconds left, the question for the Tar Heels was who would take the final shot. Would it be Rashad McCants, who struggled all game but has made a career off nailing big shots? Would it be Raymond Felton, who almost single-handedly willed UNC back into the game? Or would it be Sean May, who car ried the Tar Heels throughout with 23 SEE BASKETBALL, PAGE 13 May’s toils fall short for UNC BY BEN COUCH SENIOR WRITER DURHAM Sean May stood in a cramped cor ner of the visitor’s locker room at Cameron Indoor Stadium with a sea of tape recorders shoved in front of his face. Peppered with question after question regarding UNC’s play against Duke and the aftereffects of a dispiriting 71-70 loss, May kept returning to a single theme: rebounding. He was referring to the fact that his team needs to regroup, refocus and beat No. 19 Connecticut in Hartford on Sunday, but his word choice was appropriate. In a valiant effort —one that UNC coach Roy Williams termed “phenomenal” May ripped down 18 rebounds and scored 23 points, both game highs. “In that environment, 18 points and 23 rebounds, that’s impressive,” Roy Williams said. “We would’ve got our tails kicked by 40 without Sean.” SEE MAY, PAGE 13 campaign trail. Dearmin, who received 40 per cent of the votes Tuesday, said he was excited about finishing on top during the first election. “I think we’ve been successful across the board,” he said. “We just need to keep connecting with people on a personal level.” Although more students voted this year than in the last two years, Dearmin said his focus now is on encouraging students to get out and vote in the runoff. Ballard, who received 27 per cent of the votes, said members of his staff scheduled a meeting Wednesday night to discuss new aspects of their strategy. “I am confident in our ability to mobilize our base,” he said. “We just need to be out there as much as possible.” While about 250 people sub scribe to Ballard’s mailing list, about 40 actively work on his campaign. Dearmin has about 320 members on his mailing list and about 50 active campaign ers. “We will focus our efforts on W Gift 1 Mall TODAY Partly cloudy, H 52, L 27 FRIDAY Sunny, H 50, L 27 SATURDAY Sunny, H 55, L 28 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2005 jg ■ • - V mm mm ■ "SL |r \ ■ -sKL- i mKBBH “18 points and 23 rehounds. ...We would’ve gotten our tails kicked by 40 without (May).” ROY WILLIAMS, UNC COACH ■ Seke Ballard and Seth Dearmin will compete for voters in the coming week before they face off Tuesday in the runoff election for the post of student body president. word of mouth,” Wade said. Wade said the campaign now is looking to win the support of groups that endorsed former can didate Tom Jensen, who received six endorsements during the origi nal campaign. “We can improve on our collabo ration with other groups,” he said. Former student body president candidate Leigha Blackwell threw her support behind Dearmin after learning the results Tuesday. Jensen said he would not endorse either of the remaining candi- SEE CAMPAIGN, PAGE 13 v\
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