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UNC’s Ivory Latta (12) crosses up Blue Devil Wanisha Smith
(23) during Monday's game. Latta was named the Tournament
MVP after scoring 26 points and dishing out seven assists.
Hate, marriage items draw vocal crowd
Council approves
’OS legislative list
BY DAN SCHWIND
SENIOR WRITER
Few times in recent memory has
a Chapel Hill Town Council meet
ing motivated so many to attend.
The council unanimously
approved its 2005 legislative
agenda Monday night in front of
a crowd so large that it required
additional viewing rooms to avoid
fire code violations.
Most of those in attendance came
out to voice their opinions on three
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items proposed by council member
Mark Kleinschmidt, focusing on his
effort to repeal the state’s recognition
of the Defense of Marriage Act.
Such a repeal would allow
municipalities within the state to
acknowledge same-sex marriages
legally conducted in jurisdictions
that allow them.
In addition to lobbying for the
repeal, Kleinschmidt also advanced
an agenda item opposing a proposed
state constitutional amendment
defining marriage as “the union of
one man and one woman.”
He also supported adding sexual
orientation to the state’s laws that
cover hate-based crimes.
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BY JACOB KARABELL
SENIOR WRITER
s last year’s North Carolina wom
en’s basketball team watched Duke
celebrate its fifth straight ACC
Tournament championship, then-
A
freshman point guard Ivory Latta looked over
at her coach.
“We’re going to get us one next year,” Latta
said.
After defeating the Blue
Devils for the third time
this season, Latta’s proph
ecy became a reality. No. 4
North Carolina topped No.
5 Duke 88-67 in the ACC
Tournament championship
game at the Greensboro
Coliseum on Monday, a sur
prisingly easy victory that
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BASKETBALL
Duke 67
UNC 88
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Atkinson and
Little rebound
with strong
performances.
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gave UNC its first ACC Tournament title
since 1998.
Latta lived up to her end of the promise
from a year ago, scoring 26 points and earn
ing the tournament’s Most Valuable Player
award.
But the Tar Heel win would not have hap
pened without the team’s rebounding. Duke,
Many people took the time
to emphasize their support for
Kleinschmidt’s proposals.
Chapel Hill resident Paul Lindsay
said he supports the proposals
because he thinks it is important
to extend marriage benefits to the
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgen
der community.
“I think that marriage is a great
institution,” he said. “I believe that
it’s only fair for the benefits of mar
riage to be available to everyone.”
Chapel Hill resident Margaret
Chesson supported the inclusion
of sexual orientation in the hate
crimes statute, saying she believed
that fighting violence is something
n
GREENSBORO
which out-rebounded Maryland by 13 in its
semifinal victory Sunday, corralled just 37
rebounds to UNC’s 53.
La’Tangela Atkinson and Erlana Larkins
brought down 12 and 10 rebounds, respec
tively, effectively neutralizing 6-foot-7 Duke
center Alison Bales. Larkins also added a
tournament-high 16 points.
“As far as the rebounding aspect, height
doesn’t really matter as long as you box out,”
Larkins said. “As far as scoring, the whole
week of practice, we just concentrated on
faking before we shoot. And Alison and the
other big players went for a lot of the fakes,
and I was able to score.”
Entering the game, Duke (28-4) could have
been considered the favorite, even though
North Carolina (27-3) held the top seed. The
Blue Devils demolished their first two oppo
nents by an average of 43.5 points per game,
while the Tar Heels had to crawl back from
deficits in the final five minutes to defeat both
Miami and Virginia during the weekend.
And early Monday, Duke looked
ready to take control, establishing a 15-
7 lead because of ACC Player of the Year
SEE DUKE, PAGE 4
all parties can agree on.
“I don’t understand everything,”
she said. “But civil rights-wise, I
think you should support the hate
crimes legislation.”
But opponents of the legislation
said that hatred of the LGBT com
munity is not their motivation.
“Our founding fathers they
believed in Jesus Christ and they
believed in the love of God,” said
Hazen Ham, spokesman for
Christian rights group Called 2
Action. “They weren’t haters.”
Instead, several said they believe
the legislation clashes with their
SEE LEGISLATION, PAGE 4
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Cameron Bailey-Pridham (right) and Heather Debethizy, juniors, show their
support for the Chapel Hill Town Council's proposals on same-sex marriage.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2005
Bill
would
affect
BOG
Students want a
say on key board
BY VICTORIA WILSON
STAFF WRITER
The passing of a proposed bill in
the N.C. Senate could allow a stu
dent to directly affect issues includ
ing tuition rates and enrollment
policies.
The legisla
tion, sponsored
by Sen. Ellie
Kinnaird, D-
Orange, propos
es that the stu
dent member
on the UNC
system’s Board
of Governors
have the same
voting right
as appointed
members.
A seat cur-
]
N.C. Sen.
Ellie Kinnaird
is sponsoring a
bill to increase
student voice.
rently is reserved for the presi
dent of the Association of Student
Governments or a delegate to sit on
committees and to join talks.
SEE VOTE, PAGE 4
Wilson
project
sees full
support
BY TED STRONG
ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR
The Chapel Hill Town Council
gave approval Monday night for a
149-unit, mixed-use development
that has faced almost four months
of review, along with criticism
from nearby residents.
Council members voted unani
mously to grant the Wilson
Assemblage, which will be con
structed off U.S. 15-501 near Sage
Road, a special-use permit the
go-ahead to pursue construction.
One key to the deal’s approval,
on the heels of four public hear
ings, was an agreement the devel
oper, Crosland Inc., struck with
the Orange Community Housing
and Land TVust.
Under the terms of the deal, the
trust has the option to purchase the
low-income component of the proj
ect in 15 years at a preferential rate.
“I think it’s a good thing that the
housing will be affordable ... for
ever once we own it,” said Robert
Dowling, executive director of the
SEE WILSON, PAGE 4
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