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VOLUME 113, ISSUE 28 Online tickets may be on horizon PLAN WOULD ELIMINATE SATURDAY MORNING DISTRIBUTION BY DANIEL WILKES STAFF WRITER When next year’s basketball sea son rolls around, students could be printing tickets to the big game from their laptops. And while their ability to get tickets still might hinge on a lot tery, they could forget about baby blue bracelets or getting Krispy Kreme doughnuts before daybreak ip | * : ' Y | GfrJl i * f 4 j ■ i • ***%■ i** j W 1 <%. f TpM j.iflF ... a _ fpfc ,♦' ’ •“ L v DTH PHOTOS/RICKY LEUNG Above: Barbie Morgan hula-hoops at the fourth annual UNC Relay for Life in Eddie Smith Field House, near Fetzer Field, on Friday. Her husband, Wes Morgan, is a cancer survivor. The relay raised about $119,000, surpassing last year's sum by $45,000. Below: Rachel Rosenberg jump ropes during the relay. RELAY STAYS ON TRACK Utk jLi, JMRfcr* r jtt Tktfr Lewis Black, others to highlight festival BY BECCA MOORE ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR It isn’t easy being funny. But students at UNC with aspi rations of inducing side-splitting laughter can get a little help from the pros this week. The Carolina Comedy Festival, which starts today and runs through Sunday, will offer a number of events for students, including free shows and workshops. The festival was organized by the Carolina Union Activities Board. The spotlight show, “Lewis Black and Friends,” will run at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Union Auditorium. The event has already sold out. Black, who graduated from the University in 1970, performed here in spring and fall 2002. He also gave a show at the Heelarious Comedy Festival in spring 2003. “We’re very excited about the festival, and we’re happy that Lewis really wanted to be a part of it,” said Claire Anderson, president of the Carolina Union Activities Board. Those without tickets to Saturday’s show still will be able to INSIDE YO-HO-VOTE FOR ME 'Pirate Captain' seems poised to steer the student body at N.C. State for the next school year PAGE 3 Serving the students and the University community since 1893 alir Sathj (Ear Rrrl T on a frosty Saturday morning. Officials from the Department of Athletics and student government are considering a variety of reforms to the basketball ticket distribution process. Putting at least part of the system online and eliminating weekend bracelet checks seems to be a popular idea. Clint Gwaltney, assistant ath letic director for the Smith Center BY STACEY CARLESS STAFF WRITER Stadium lights blared, music streamed across campus and hundreds of participants could be seen walking around Fetzer Field as the fourth annual Relay for Life at UNC hit full swing. Friday’s event brought more than 900 community members and stu dents together to help fight cancer through fund raising and education. Participants raised more than $119,000 to donate to local hospitals and to fund cancer research 545,000 more than last year’s total and the most the UNC Relay for Life has ever raised. “This magnifies the passion people have in the community and on cam pus to fight cancer and to unite for take part in the festival, including workshops with Black. On Friday and Saturday, there will be a handful of free workshops for students—three hosted by Lewis Black, one with writers from humor publication The Onion, one with a former UNC student who now writes for “Chappelle’s Show” and one with Jen Nails, an award-win ning improv comedy coach. Students must regis ter to attend these work shops by Real Funny A look into the Carolina Comedy Festival Wednesday. Sign-up information is available in the Student Union. On Thursday, Peter Koechley and Joe Garden, two writers for The Onion, will talk with students. Clint Neill, chairman of the SEE COMEDY, PAGE 4 INSIDE CAUGHT IN THE ACT Local police get snazzy digital cameras in their vehicles PAGE 5 www.dthonliite.coin and ticket operations, said he is researching various options for online ticket distribution that could be in place as soon as next season. In the best-case scenario, he said, students “will be able to print tickets out at home on a regular laser printer.” The process would involve Student Central, though officials have yet to hammer out specific plans. the cause,” said Amber Alford, event chairwoman. The University’s Relay for Life is part of a national event sponsored by the American Cancer Society that began 20 years ago. But the registered participants, vol unteers and supporters said they cre ated a diverse community, unique to UNC, that united to help find a cure. “That was one of our goals this year,” Alford said. “We wanted to show that cancer is something that we all have to fight together.” The event’s participants split into teams of fund-raisers for the 24-hour event. One member from each team must circle the track at all times. The teams are the heart of the event, “Experiencing the championship was indescribable. I had tears in my eyes.” milton cooke , 69-YEAR-OLD UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE From ’57 to ’OS, he’s seen winners BY SARAH SCHWARZ STAFF WRITER Strolling through the Pit in a Carolina blue sweater and loafers, Milton Cooke looks the part of any average UNC student only his gray hair sets him apart. After two years at UNC, he took a break from school in 1955 and just barely missed the Tar Heels’ first-ever NCAA basketball championship in 1957. That break lasted almost 50 years. “I had to wait 48 years to come back for the championship,” said Cooke, who is now a senior set to graduate in December with a bachelor’s degree in international studies. At 69 years old, he is the self-proclaimed oldest undergraduate on campus. “Experiencing the championship was inde scribable. I had tears in my eyes,” said Cooke, who watched the championship game last week in the Smith Center with 9,500 other fans and rushed to Franklin Street to celebrate afterward. But there was no bonfire jumping for Cooke, who said he had enough of the party scene in the 19505. Even attending a football game then was a for mal affair; it wasn’t uncommon for students to cheer in a three-piece suit, he said. SEE HOOPS, PAGE 4 39 That’s good news for Domenick Grasso, chairman of Student Congress’ Rules and Judiciary Committee, who forwarded a num ber of proposed changes to student government’s student ticket review board in early March. The online distribution plan Grasso suggested is similar to Gwaltney’s but would allow stu dents to claim tickets in person Alford said. Eighty registered this year. Children ran with footballs Friday and students continuously walked the track alongside older participants who sold drinks to profit the cause. “We do this every year. We do it in honor of my daughter who is a breast cancer survivor,” said Bev Foster, a Chapel Hill resident who sold drinks outside Eddie Smith Field House. “We’ve got a team, and we help to fund raise. The old folks like me will go home soon and then we will be back at (6 a.m. Saturday).” When rain began to fall about 8:45 p.m. Friday, umbrellas popped open and raincoats appeared, but partici- SEE RELAY, PAGE 4 t Pyi gift; DTH/ISAAC SANDLIN UNC senior Milton Cooke sits on his scooter Friday afternoon. After taking a break from school in 1955, Cooke will graduate next December with a degree in international studies. SPOUTS NO MERE MORTAL CAN RESIST Softball team wins 1 -0 thriller, defeating Va. Tech on a clutch sixth-inning single PAGE 11 during normal ticket office hours. He said the process would help level an uneven playing field. “The Saturday morning distri bution limits people they may not be in town, or have jobs, or be graduate students who don’t live in Chapel Hill,” Grasso said. Asa Congress member earlier this year, Grasso took the Carolina Athletic Association to the Student Supreme Court, alleging that the student organization doled out more tickets for its members to Tuck will lead DTH in ’OS-06 City Desk editor praised for communication, past work BY NATALIE HAMMEL STAFF WRITER Midway through his sophomore year, Ryan Tuck realized that he wanted to take on the role of editor in chief at The Daily Tar Heel. Saturday, his goal was realized when a 10-person panel of community members and DTH staff repre sentatives selected the Walkersville, Md., native as the 139th editor of the DTH. Dick, this year’s city desk editor and a junior journalism and politi cal science double major, said he was glad he didn’t have to stand in the shoes of the committee mem bers deciding between him and University editor Emily Steel. “I told them in my closing remarks, ‘I don’t envy you,’” he said. “Emily Steel is a fantastic can didate. ... Either way, The Daily Tar Heel isn’t going to go under.” Chris Coletta, the paper’s man aging editor, said both Tuck and Steel were extremely well-qualified to tackle the responsibility of being editor. “Especially this year, they’ve kicked it up and had well-run desks,” he said. Committee member James Allred, former student body secretary, said the panel was impressed with Tuck’s sense of duty to his readers. “He seemed to have a great understanding of who his readers are, understanding that the scope of the paper extends beyond just the University campus,” he said. Allred said Dick told the committee during his hour long interview, “I can never miss an assignment because I know if I don’t show up, 40,000 people suffer.” Also impressive to the committee was Dick’s work at the City Desk, which Chapel Hill planning director Roger Waldon recently praised as the best local city coverage he’s seen in 22 years. Coletta said Dick has done a good job of connecting with people this year. “To be able to connect, especial- SEE EDITOR, PAGE 4 WEATHER TODAY Mostly sunny, H 76, L 49 TUESDAY Showers, H 54, L 46 WEDNESDAY Showers, H 55, L 44 MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2005 each game than is allowed in the Student Code. And, like most UNC students, he’s also got a plan to get rid of the “wine and-cheese” stereotypes often associ ated with the Smith Center. Grasso’s plan would create gen eral admission student sections, including one on the lower level of UNC’s basketball arena. That would enable students to sit with their friends more easily, he said. SEE TICKETS, PAGE 4 Junior Ryan Tuck impressed the committee with his sense of duty. a
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