VOLUME 113, ISSUE 122
Looking for signs of need
Fee could see another hike
Despite the $9 million advertising contract with Wachovia,
officials still are asking for a SSO student fee hike to help
pay for athletic facility renovations and coaches' salaries.
2004-05 athletic revenue $49 million
profit last year going to reserve $387,784
total reserve with profit" Stl million
during the next 8 years $9,1 million
proposed SSO athletic fee hike
to provide additional funds $1.2 million
preliminary summary of
Carmichael renovations* $lO-12 million
'estimate given three years ago
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Name
change
remains
divisive
On first birthday,
battle lines persist
BY KAYLA CARRICK
STAFF WRITER
Controversy still travels down
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard,
formerly Airport Road, one
year after the Chapel Hill Town
Council unanimously voted for
the name change and ended an
11-month debate.
The street formally was dubbed
its new title last May on the 45th
anniversary of King’s visit to
Chapel Hill, but it was on Dec. 6,
2004 that the council received a
standing ovation for its decision
to proceed with the renaming.
Not everyone, however, has
been happy with the change.
“I still call it Airport Road,” said
resident Stuart Solomon, who
spoke against the plan last year.
“I didn’t like the way it was done;
how it was forced. I thought Martin
Luther King Jr. was great, but there
are better ways to honor him.”
Though the widespread rheto
ric that existed one year ago has
simmered, many residents still
support their original opposition
to the change.
Business owners affected by
the renaming had to order new
business cards and letterheads,
in addition to other expenses.
“They told me the road was
changing to Martin Luther King
Jr. Boulevard, so I switched my
business’s address to the side
street, East Longview Street,” said
Bruce Johnson, owner of Johnson’s
Garage and one of the few mem-
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Seeking better treatment of child care
University groups
want more access
BY STEPHANIE NEWTON
STAFF WRITER
“What do you think?” Dana
Headley asked.
“A snowman or a reindeer?”
As parents arrived to retrieve
their children, the associate direc
tor of the University Child Care
Center affixed seasonal stickers
to the heavy winter coats and
rain slickers of those leaving with
refrigerator-worthy paintings and
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Athletics looks to justify funding hikes
BY NATE HUBBARD
STAFF WRITER
The Wachovia signs are displayed clearly
in the Smith Center, but the results of the
deal are still coming into focus.
In the wake of a multimillion dollar cor
porate advertisement contract that brings
much-needed funds to the athletic depart
ment, officials still plan to push for a student
athletic fee raise of SSO and an unnamed
second corporate signage sponsor.
“The signage alone does not take care
of everything,” said Martina Ballen, senior
associate director of athletics for business
and finance.
Despite recent criticism of the fee
increase, Ballen said the athletic depart
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Tar Heel Ivory Latta celebrates after a score in the first half of the Tar Heel’s 77-54 romp of the
Huskies at the Hartford Civic Center. The energetic guard went for 21 points and five assists.
princess crowns in tow.
Managed by Victoiy Village Day
Care Center Inc., the center serves
parents who work or study at the
University or UNC Hospitals.
Maintaining a healthy fam
ily-work balance has become a
hot-button issue for those seeking
University child care support.
“The (Graduate and Professional
Student Federation) is definitely
looking to expand affordable child
care options around campus,” said
Mike Brady, GPSF president, a
father as of February. “It’s not near
ly large enough to serve all of the
people that need to use the facility,”
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ment does not go to the students without
careful consideration of alternatives.
In the 2004-05 fiscal year the athletic
department brought in more than $49 mil
lion, turning a profit of $387,784, according
to the U.S. Department of Education.
The athletic department allocates its
profits into a rainy-day fund.
“If we have a bad year... we have to have
a reserve we can draw on,” Ballen said.
The unallocated reserve will be about
$1.6 million when the latest profit is includ
ed, she said.
When additional funds are needed,
Ballen said athletics officials are wary of
SEE FUNDING NEED, PAGE 6
“It’s not nearly large enough to serve all
of the people that need to use the facility.
MIKE BRADY, GPSF PRESIDENT, ON VICTORY VILLAGE CHILD-CARE CENTER
he said of Victory Village.
The GPSF has discussed the
issue with Provost Robert Shelton,
and further communication is still
on the horizon, Brady said.
One suggestion looks at Carolina
North, UNC’s planned satellite
campus, as a possible site of a cen
ter similar to Victory Village.
“That would be a pretty prime
location,” Brady said.
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BALL KEEPS TRUCKIN'
Recently closed Temple
Ball Art Gallery moves its
Jerry Garcia art exhibit to the
Carrboro Arts Center, to be
displayed until Dec. 30.
He has said that a center near
park-and-ride lots, versus on-cam
pus, would be ideal because of the
effects of the University parking
crunch.
Since 1998, Victory Village,
located near the Friday Center,
has hosted children ranging from
infant age to 5 year olds. The cen-
SEE CHILD CARE, PAGE 6
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WILL NOT SUCCUMB
NYU graduate assistants vow
to stay on strike from their
responsibilities until
Wednesday, continuing an
almost month-long saga.
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BY JACOB KARABELL
SENIOR WRITER
HARTFORD, Conn. When
the North Carolina women’s bas
ketball team jogged back onto the
court for the final warmup, each
player was donning the hood of
her brand new sweatshirt.
As the Connecticut crowd began
to jump up and
down in anticipa
tion of the open
ing tip, several of
the UNC players
were laughing and
jumping along with
the crowd.
The No. 7 Tar
Heels did not seem
intimidated by the
Huskies’ champi
onship tradition
or the boisterous
crowd, and they
didn’t play intimi
dated either. After
riding hot shoot
ing to an early
lead, No. 8 UConn
could not close the
gap —and UNC
shocked the world
of women’s basket
ball with a 77-54
blowout victory
at the Hartford
Civic Center on
Monday.
“I was like,
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shot missed by UNC's
La'Tangela Atkinson in
nine attempts.
10:40
minutes Connecticut
went without a
basket in first half.
20
years since UConn
has lost at home by
this large a margin.
‘Wow, run clock, run,’” said UNC
coach Sylvia Hatchell. “I wanted
to get it over. I’m surprised at the
score to tell you the truth.”
The loss was the biggest home
loss in the 20-season Geno
Auriemma era for the Huskies
(6-1), and amazingly it could have
been worse.
The Tar Heels (8-0) led by as
many as 33 before the margin
closed in the final minutes.
Early on, it looked like the game
was going to play out like the neck
and-neck showdown that the com-
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Maggie Shealy, 4, (right) shows off her temporary tattoo to her mom,
Jane Shealy, on Monday afternoon at the Victory Village Day Care Center.
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IT'S YOURS. TAKE IT
The Orange County Board of
Commissioners put to rest
the exhaustive process of
final approvals for the final
purchase of the Sportsplex.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2005
parable rankings indicated. But, in
fact, the game transpired similarly
to the Tar Heels’ 71-47 romp against
South Florida in Carmichael
Auditorium on Friday.
Just as USF endured a lengthy
field goal drought in the first half,
UConn failed to net a field goal
between the 17:24 and 6:44 mark
Monday. During
that time, the Tar
Heels turned a
one-point deficit
into a 17-point
advantage.
But with the
crowd yearning
to get back in the
game, the Huskies
did make a run
as the first half
wound down. The
home team played
off UNC’s misses
and turned them
into fast-break
opportunities,
and a layup by
Ann Strother cut
the Tar Heel lead
to 12 forcing
Hatchell to call a
timeout.
“At the timeout,
Coach told us we
were taking bad
shots,” said point
guard Ivory Latta.
“I had to get
everybody settled down and just
tell them, ‘Look, we just have to
take good shots and settle down
and everything will start coming
back to us.’ And that’s what we
did in the second half we just
jumped on them.”
The lead never dwindled to less
than 12 again, and UNC opened
the second half on a 21-5 run
without Latta even scoring a point.
Suddenly, the margin had reached
levels of the absurd against a
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