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6 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2005 Master plan sessions attract few on campus BY KATHY CHO STAFF WRITER Students were conspicuous in their absence at the University’s public forums to discuss possible updates to the Master Plan. TWo meetings were held Thursday afternoon and evening on campus. While about 25 people attended the first event, the undergraduate turn out appeared to consist of one, said Jason Baker, a candidate for Chapel Hill Town Council. Baker said the low student turn out was not a surprise but still a disappointment. “Students have as much a vested interest in the long term development of the University as anyone else,” he said. The organizers might not have advertised enough to students and student government could have done more to encourage involve ment, Baker said. One proposed change to the Master Plan that could impact stu dents is the cancellation of anew residence hall in the northeast part of campus in favor of open space. Baker said he wanted to be assured of the University’s com mitment to its “anew bed for every head” slogan. Students were a larger presence in the evening. “I would commend the University from the viewpoint (of sustainability),” said Nathan Poslusny, a senior environmental science and biology major and mem ber of the renewable energy special project committee, which was repre sented by about 6 students. He said more bike paths, walk ing paths and open space left a positive impression on him. LIST FROM PAGE 1 University of Pittsburgh had the highest tuition rate, at $10,736 for in-state undergraduates dur ing the 2005-06 school year. The lowest tuition rate for a 12-credit hour schedule is at the University of Florida, which totals $2,474.88 per year. UNC-CH’s tuition rate for 2005-06 stands at $3,205.00, the second lowest of the group. Shelton said that some of the changes were beneficial but that many others deserve further dis cussion. “I think the original list is a good list, so we don’t need a wholesale change.” Officials at other system schools said their updated catalogs of peers THE Daily Crossword By Dick Rovig of animals 55 Clinton's canal 56 Tubeless tires 58 Repast 59 Intuit 60 Fix text 61 Walden, i.e. 62 Alpine air 63 Gels DOWN 1 Mowgli's elephant goad 2 "Death Be Not Proud" poet 3 Take up 4 Says by heart 5 Toady 6 Shivering fits 7 Exalted national poet 8 Fleur-de- 9 Way in 10 Dish stewed in wine ACROSS 1 Purim month 5 Aesop's creation 10 Old World duck 14 Connecting point 15 Anew 16 A. 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ADMISSION WITH VALID UNC OneCard ■BsSJH Visit 'larHcclßluc.com for more info and updates Poslusny also said he had expect ed to see more students than just his organization. “That’s a part we could do better,” said Linda Convissor, the University’s director of local relations. University officials sent out e-mail notices to student government and groups such as the Residence Hall Association, she said, and one pro fessor will bring an entire class of students at noon Friday to the meet ing in Union 2518 as a class activity. “It’s exciting to have students here,” she said. “We had a really good student group working with us (for the Master Plan of 2001).” Nonstudent participants focused on parking issues and the proposed widening of Mason Farm Road. At the first meeting many audi ence members had comments on parking. “There are already not enough spaces in the park-and-ride lots,” said Dave Laudicina, who lives north of Chapel Hill “If you can’t get a spot between 8 (a.m.) and 8:30 (a.m.), how are you going to get to work?” Many of the roughly 25 people at the later forum were residents. Mason Farm residents asked about the proposed road expansion, UNC’s plans for buying property in the area and such a move’s effect on the character of the neighborhood. Anna Wu, director of facilities planning, said the road alterations aren’t certain. “Planning a road is a long process. It may take 10 years or more. So that’s where we are, year zero of 10 or more.” Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. also merited further debate. “Most of them are peers that have been on our peer list for a long time,” said Karen Helm, director of university planning and analysis at N.C. State University. “There are a few that we are interested in discussing further with the Office of the President.” System officials said the final list probably will not be approved by the BOG until early 2006. But BOG member Hannah Gage said this is hindering the work of the system’s tuition policy task force, of which she is co-chairwoman. “It’s been somewhat of a frustra tion for us ... because we’re trying to determine if a campus’s public peers creates a good framework for tuition,” she said. “We can’t make that decision until we see the final 11 Memory improvement 36 Oats or barley system 37 Post-mortem 12 Nuremberg conclusion 41 Lares'partners 13 Blue dye 44 Beat 18 Leg joint 45 " la Douce" 22 Followed a curved path 47 Area of expertise 24 Virile 48 Induce 26 Wilkes- ,PA 49 Leave out in elocution 28 Dove calls 50 On the up and up 29 Litter's littlest 51 Cobbler's tools 30 Anjou or Bartlett 52 Day-to-day worker 31 Welk's beat starter 53 Hydrox rival 32 Jellyfish, e.g. 54 Repair 33 Shop tool 57 'The Matrix" role 1 2 3 4 6 7 18 |9—HlO 11 12 13 ~ ilii * ■B' 7 '' ~ _ ia - PO ■■pi 22 23 ' “ ■BH ■■2s ““"■■26 ““■■?7~" 28 29 35 H 36 37 “~"^H , 38~ 39 Hb4G “ 42 "“"“■■■44 45 “““■^■■■■l H 14 - 47 "" 49 50 51 52 53 ■■s4 55 ■■s6“ 57 ‘ “ ' ' ““"■■■6o mu Saturday Volleyball vs. Miami @ 3:00 pm Carmichael Auditorium Men's Soccer vs. Virgina Tech @ 7:00 pm Fetzer Field Field Hockey vs. Boston College @ 1:00 pm Henry Stadium Women's Rowing vs. Duke & West Virginia Lake Michie, Bahama, NC All Day News PUBLIC SERVICE FROM PAGE 1 could not fulfill,” he said. “It’s a tricky balance.” The ability to connect At present, the center is trying to augment what Blanchard views as “not an exhaustive list.” “Everybody is really stretched with time and resources,” said Elaine Tola, program officer for the center. “Getting the projects into the database has been one of our greatest challenges.” A work in progress, the center’s online database documenting ser vice projects across the state draws information from department press releases and newsletters, Tola said. Seen in the eyes of the state gov ernment as a “connecting” organiza tion, the center is performing effec tively to funnel and track the efforts of groups under its umbrella. “Enabler organizations on col lege campuses are terrific,” said Will Lindsay, executive director of the N.C. Commission on Volunteerism and Public Service. “They help other organizations do their jobs better.” The center does not create ser vice projects under its own name; its primary responsibility is to give WALKER FROM PAGE 1 an of the town planning board, echoed that sentiment. Citing Rutherfurd’s plan to join the technology committee, Sinreich, who also nins local polit ical blog OrangePolitics.org, said advisory boards were better ways for some people to be involved. “I wish more people would rec ognize which way is appropriate for them,” she said. Rutherfurd said he still hopes to group of peers.” Joan Lorden, provost for UNC- Charlotte, said peer lists should consider a university’s goals. “You’ve got to have the right institutions on there that represent not just where you are, but where you ought to be in the future.” Shelton, in a letter discussing the ongoing debate about appropriate peers, suggested including the cat egoiy of “aspirational peers.” Princeton, Yale and Stanford were three that he suggested. “Clearly you would hope that the campuses and the Office of the President would reach a point where they all feel good,” Gage said. “I hope that’s the conclusion here.” Contact the State Esf National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. (C)2005 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved. Sunday Women's Soccer vs. Duke @ 2:00 pm Fetzer Field voice to projects that would other wise go unnoticed. “That’s a pretty large task,” Lindsay said. “It’s so much more efficient to call one central loca tion on campus.” But Blanchard said she is cautious to detract from the autonomy of the many service dabblings on campus that sustain their own presence. “We are certainly not trying to crowd everything under one label or roof,” she said. “I think at Carolina there’s a tra dition of, ‘lf something happens, let’s act,’” she added, noting the outpour ing of Hurricane Katrina relief. “Students are action-oriented.” The state and beyond As the University continues to build new roofs, such as that which soon will cover the Global Education Center, a world view is in check. “You can’t care deeply about the people of North Carolina without being involved globally,” Brooks said. “I don’t believe for one second that a global outlook is taking any thing away from the University’s 200-plus-year commitment to state service.” “Engaged support” lies at the heart of the center’s efforts to gamer help push the effort to link up parts of town to the Internet. “I look forward to the day not too far from now when the residents, including students, of Chapel Hill appreciate the value of wireless Internet access.” Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. DRUGS FROM PAGE 1 the North Carolina campus. “We didn’t have any issues with it, so there was no need to mess around with it,” said Marissa May, an outfielder on the softball team. “It was going to be clear-cut.” Procedures related to the use of other banned substances such as marijuana and amphetamines also are changed in the new policy. Previously, the first positive test resulted in the notification of the parents of the offender, counsel ing, rehabilitation and follow-up testing. A second positive resulted in the automatic cancellation of the student-athlete’s eligibility. The new policy places an increased emphasis on education, counseling and rehabilitation. An offending student-athlete will sign a “performance contract” detailing the consequences of the positive test. The contract not only will forbid the use of the banned substance, it will address the underlying causes of the drug use. “Someone who’s tested positive is not just dealing with that issue,” Baddour said. “There maybe other complications involved.” A contract would be developed for each individual case. If the drug use could be traced to depression, for example, a physi cian would prescribe a treatment in which the student-athlete would be required to participate. “Stress, anxiety, depression all these things can lead to substance abuse,” Baddour said. The timing of the announce ment it comes nearly a year to the day after three football players were arrested for marijuana pos session might lead one to believe that the new policy is nothing more than a reaction to that episode. “This has never been about that incident,” Baddour said firmly. And the harshest penalties remain reserved for the users of perfomance enhancing anabolic steroids. “That isn’t going to happen acci dentally,” said Jack Evans, the fac ulty athletics representative. Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu. local, national and global networks of communication, Blanchard said. Citing what she believes is the center’s best example, Blanchard spoke of the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and its work in Eastern North Carolina for more than 10 years. “They have a kind of relation ship in which that kind of partici pation can take place,” she said. Economic development, educa tion and health care are the top three issues on the minds of North Carolinians, Blanchard said, not ing the similar global attention to such areas of service-based focus. Hoping to contribute to an engaged study of these issues are more than 60 state counties and 40 majors represented by the cen- MCCANTS FROM PAGE 1 ward Kevin Garnett, who was playing on the opposing team. “Rookie wanna play a lot.” Playing a lot has been a given for McCants since he first picked up a basketball. At Erwin High School, at New Hampton Prep, even at UNC, he was the center of attention. In his first game as a Tar Heel he scored 28 points. How’s that for an entrance. But you won’t see McCants scor ing 28 points for the Timberwolves. That’s Garnett’s job. McCants is not expected, or needed, to be a significant contributor this year for a franchise that has been a peren nial playoff contender. Contrast that with his fellow Tar Heel National Champions: Raymond Felton and Sean May are the centerpiece of the Bobcats’ media blitz, and Marvin Williams is seen as the future of the Hawks. That leaves McCants, the 14th pick and last of the four taken in the NBA Draft, in unfamiliar territory. And he doesn’t seem to mind. “It’s not really about battling for minutes, it’s about being part of another team,” McCants said. “I’m a rookie, so I’m going to have to earn my time.” Hold on, isn’t this the kid who’s been labeled as a me-first egoma niac? The knock on McCants during his sometimes tumultuous UNC career was a poor attitude, but Kevin McHale doesn’t buy it. Minnesota’s vice president of basketball operations doesn’t believe that just because McCants has acted a little sullen and a little selfish means he will cause chem istry problems. It’s the reason McHale was so excited on draft night when McCants slipped all the way to No. 14. “All the stuff that guys call peo ple malcontents now, I would have been a hell of a malcontent,” said McHale, a Hall of Fame forward and three-time NBA Champion with the Boston Celtics. “I like to win, so I’d say, ‘Give me the ball, get the hell out of my way and I’ll get two (points).’ But I guess that’s politically incorrect now.” The former North Carolina swingman hasn’t shaken his unsavory image just yet, however thanks in part to his willingness to challenge the press. Case in point: Monday’s media day. McCants was asked if he would have to adjust his play, considering that new coach Dwane Casey has a defense-first philosophy. “We did play defense at North Carolina,” McCants sarcastically replied, staring down his inquisi tor. “So it’s not like we didn’t.” But occasional displays of petu lance are child’s play in a league that’s home to Allen “Practice?” Iverson and Ron Brawl-test. McCants’ comments that com pared playing at North Carolina to prison might have caused a stir last fall, but Garnett did him one better during the first round of the 2004 playoffs. Before Game Seven against the Denver Nuggets, Garnett told reporters that he was DESPERATE? find food inside of great bites coming Wednesday, October 12 ®hp lattg (Tar Uppl ter’s fall semester troupe of Public Service Scholars, Blanchard said. Collectively, the participants com plete tens of thousands of service hours every year. Unlike other universities that have public service sectors that gen erate projects rather than commu nicate what’s already in existence, UNC is unique in that the Triangle has been steeped in proactive mea sures ever since the University was founded, Brooks said. For Blanchard, the feeling is mutual. “Some people say that public service is in your blood,” she said. “I think service is in the water of the Old Well.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. planning on bringing his M-l6s and grenade launchers to the game. Of course, you can get away with that when your career average is 20 points and 11 rebounds a game. Garnett has served as mentor to McCants so far, and the rookie said the opportunity to play with the eight-time All-Star and 2004 MVP is a major advantage to play ing for the Timberwolves. “I felt like this was the best situ ation for me, as far as coming into a team that had been to the play offs,” McCants said. “And playing with a veteran like Kevin Garnett, who’s the best player in the league, that can definitely show me a lot.” The mentor-student relation ship was clear Tuesday, as Garnett pulled McCants aside to dem onstrate moves that could create space for his jumper. McCants said the two have bonded off the court as well. “We’ve had a lot of heart-to-heart discussions,” McCants said. “He’s been great about letting me know the little things I’m doing wrong.” One big thing McCants needs to work on even if he did do it at Carolina is defense. Casey raved about McCants’ offensive prow ess, but the coach’s main priority is transforming the Wolves into a defensive squad. And with veter ans Wally Szczerbiak and Trenton Hassell ahead of him at shooting guard, McCants faces an uphill battle for minutes. “McCants is going to be a great player in this league but he has a lot to learn,” Casey said. “Especially on the defensive end of the floor.” Plus, McCants missed the Timberwolves’ summer league season —a key proving ground for young players —with myriad inju ries, including a strained hamstring, a turned ankle and an ailing groin. “Rashad’s been a little banged up, so we haven’t gotten a chance to see a lot of what he’s capable of doing,” Szczerbiak said. “But obviously he’s a real talent, a good skills player, and I think he’s going to help us a lot.” McCants, who said he’s now 95- percent healthy, is ready for the challenge. Though he’s looking to defer to the team’s veterans, he still intends to average 10 points and six boards a game. No NBA player shorter than 6-foot-7 averaged that many rebounds last season. McCants is listed at 6-foot-4. In addition to those goals, McCants established himself Tuesday as the most vocal player on the team besides Garnett, of course. During the scrimmage he was constantly picking up his team mates and trash-talking even occasionally at Garnett’s expense. But all that cockiness and swag ger plays a lot better in the NBA than it did in college. “I think Rash ad can be a little moody and selfish —and that’s OK,” McHale said. “Some of the great thoroughbreds will bite your hand if you come in the stall.” And you can bet McCants will be chomping on the bit all year. After all, this rookie wanna play a lot Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.
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