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VOLUME 113, ISSUE 14 MCA A 4r\^ ROUND 2 ■ w / 'um MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMFNT liHP LW 92 lowa Stats fiS SWEET VICTORY ' Wgf W -vi*” iHJiSpETEfc "^ T ™ t? *,Y. t ’s’s|*^Js| alMpy JMWmP** m*■ \~ ti jlplSp;:' ,iS&'->r THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/DAVID J. PHILLIP North Carolina's Marvin Williams (24) reaches for possession over lowa State's Jared Homan during the first half of the UNC's second round 92-65 win in the NCAA Syracuse Regional. BY BEN COUCH senior writer CHARLOTTE lowa State entered Sunday’s game believing that if it played the same game that allowed the team to win 11 of it last 14 games, it could press and run North Carolina off the court. By halftime, the Cyclones’ Will Blalock and Curtis Stinson were taking their time bringing the ball up the court, desperately trying to slow down a game that was running away from them. UNC routed the Cyclones, 92-65, to advance to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 for the first time since 2000. The Tar Heels (29-4) toasted lowa State with a 19-2 half spanning run, extending a three-point lead to 20 before cruising to a 27-point win. By the end of the game, North Carolina had blown past the Cyclones (19-12), keyed by Raymond Felton’s relentless fast break. SEE TOURNAMENT, PAGE 6 Freshman hits his stride late in year BY BRIAN MACPHERSON SENIOR WRITER CHARLOTTE Photographers don’t ordinarily expect to find players diving over them, desperately trying anything to retain possession of the ball in a 34-point game in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. But they’ll have to cut Marvin Williams a little slack. He’s a freshman he might not know ONLINE Photos from the ACC Tournament Carrboro farmer's market kicks off Students meditate on Darfur crisis Serving the students and the University community since 1893 SHir latlu 3ar Hrrl any better. What Williams does know, however, is the game of basket ball, and he proved it once again with two sensational games in the tournament’s opening weekend. The 6-foot-9 forward scored 20 points and snagged eight rebounds against an overwhelmed Oakland squad in North Carolina’s SEE WILLIAMS, PAGE 6 Workers take on collective bargaining Schools discuss legislative desires Find more stories at wvm.dthonline.com. www.dthoxiline.com jji R % i afe jl? 3^ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/RICK HAVNER North Carolina's Sean May dunks against lowa State during the second half of the Tar Heels' victory. May scored 24 points to help UNC move to the Sweet 16. 1 I • c £u- HrW PLAY A PART HELP CHOOSE THE NEXT DTH EDITOR Selection committee applications are due March 28. Stop by Suite 2409 of the Student Union to get one. MONDAY, MARCH 21, 2005 Board passes hike in cost BY ERIC JOHNSON ASSISTANT STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR The UNC-system’s governing body quickly approved tuition hikes last week for out-of-state and graduate students at 12 campuses, along with a range of student fee increases. UNC-Chapel Hill will see increases next year of S7OO for nonresident undergraduates, as well as graduate tuition hikes of S2OO for residents and $950 for nonresidents. Student fees also will be upped by a total of $155.50. The decision likely will come as a relief to campus officials across the UNC system who have looked to campus-initiated hikes to fund university priorities. The Board of Governors voted last month against any increases to in-state undergraduate tuition —a SEE TUITION, PAGE 6 System to feel budget crunch BY ERIC JOHNSON ASSISTANT STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR University leaders learned Friday that they are facing severe reductions in state education funding cuts they will have little power to influence under budget guidelines issued last week. With North Carolina facing a fis cal shortfall of more than $1 billion, Senate leaders have asked the appro priations committee on education to trim almost $245 million in funding to public schools, community col leges and the UNC system. “The target is for all of educa tion, not just universities,” said Sen. Richard Stevens, R-Wake, a member of the committee. But instructions issued Friday to the UNC-system Office of the SEE BUDGET, PAGE 6 BY THE NUMBERS 24 team high points by Sean May 15 rebounds, a career high for Marvin Williams 0 shots made from the field by Jawad Williams MARCH TO SYRACUSE SWEET RETURN UNC reached its Ist Sweet 16 since 2000 DOUBLE TROUBLE May recorded his 14th double-double APPEARANCES UNC reaches regional play for the 18th time in its last 23 tries OTHER NCAA RESULTS Mississippi St 55 Duke 63 N.C. State 65 Connecticut 62 Georgia Tech 54 Louisville 76 INSIDE Brackets of the men's and women's tournaments PAGES 8 AND 9 WAR IN IRAQ Memorial gatherings span U.S. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - Anti-war activists marched in the streets of American cities big and small Saturday, stopping traffic and lying down alongside flag-draped cardboard coffins to mark the sec ond anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq. Some of the demonstrators were arrested in New York as they demanded that U.S. troops be brought home. “This country was founded by acts of civil disobedience,” said SEE IRAQ, PAGE 6 TODAY Mostly sunny, H 63, L 37 TUESDAY P.M. rain, H 57, L 47 WEDNESDAY T-storms, H 63, L 43 Molly Broad, president of the UNC system, said budget cuts will have severe effects on the 16 campuses. Q
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