VOLUME 113, ISSUE 129 Bowles off and running 3 FROM BROAD ERA WONT REMAIN IN ADMINISTRATION BY KAVITA HLLAI SIAUa NATOHAI EWTOR New UNC-system president Eiskine Bowks h*s been in office not even two weeks, but most My he has hit the ground running. Board of Governors Chairman Brad Wilson said today's commit tee mee tings and meet ing of the ftdl board likely will be business as usual, despite having anew face at the table. But Bowies will be leading the university system without three JK iH m wL M ■■ jiyL BhL Jjf % J W W ' WBL ■ j I s %| Junior Dan Burke (left) battles team coach Dan Londo: j tor the ball during Wednesday nights roller hockey team tryout at the recently opened Rams Head Fitness Center. In the past, the team has had to practice at the Carolina Sportsplex, but the club team's Board looks to fill in blank IY TED STRONG SENIOR WRITER As of 3 p.m. Wednesday, the last day to apply to become the newest Carrboro alderman, 12 individuals had submitted appli cations. When the aldermen sit down to peruse the forms and inter view the applicants, they will be looking for one thing above all: someone open to teamwork though not necessarily some one who agrees with every one of the current board members’ Dropping the ball on ‘resolutions’ IY JULIE TURKEWITZ stawwwrw 'lYey Campbell, a Junior from Gastonia, ended 2005 by enjoy ing a few glasses of bubbly with fVienda. But after the ball dropped, Campbell vowed that in 2006 he would trade in his champagne glass for anew pair of gym snorts. He resolved not to spend this semester in the same way as the last Jumping over the ranee at Lucyk Restaurant, 114 Henderson 8t„ to bypass the bouncers. Instead, he niatts to cut back on drinking and go to the gym three days a week. Hundreds of University stu dents will Join Campbell this SEE RESOLUTIONS, PAGE 4 CORRECTION Due to a reporting error, a Wednesday fYont-page story, "Bill threatens students’ wal lets,'' state* that officials say that a budget reconciliation bill, if signed into law, would cost the average student $5,800 more In Interest payments. The fig ure is based only on the House budget bill. The Daily Ikr Heel apologises fbr the error. Setting the students and the University community since 1893 ®hr ioily Star Urrl top members of the General Administration staff. Jeff Davies, vice president for finance, has served in various posi tions in General Administration since 1985. He will leave his posi tion to head business affairs at UNC-Greensboro. Cindy Lawson, vice president for communications and strategy development, will take a position at UNC-Wilmington. Both positions are effective March 1. ROLLOUT positions. "They have to be able to go beyond their own political base and serve everyone," said Alderman Jacquelyn Gist. Gist said that means a sound understanding of the community as a whole is essential. “You can’t govern a place that you don't know or that you only know one part of," she said. But Alderman Joal Hall Broun wasn't ready to say Carrboro expe rience is a must. Instead, she wants an appli T i • ' * ■. i t • ’S - W I DTH/I.OGAN PRICE Randali Crutchfield exercises In the Student Recreation Center on Tuesday as part of his resolution to lift weights three times a week. online | dftilytarhwl.com PROJECT RUNS OFFLINE Federal agency qlves TTA proposal low rating MO' PROBLEMS? Council prepares to discuss budget for fiscal year 2006-07 UP IN AIR Recent lawsuit might put stop to North Carolina's lottery planning www.dailytarliMl.coni In addition. Gretchen Bataille. who had been serving as both senior vice president of academic affairs and interim chancellor at N.C. School of the Arts, stepped down at the end of December to focus on her chancellor duties. The School of the Arts is in the process of finding anew chancel lor. but Bataille said it is prema ture to say whether she would accept a permanent position. Charlie Mercer, chairman of the personnel and tenure com president, Kevin Hill, said the new sports court at Rams Head is more convenient. “We're just gonna use (this court) to play pickup and have a good time," he said. The roller hockey club participates in the Southeastern Collegiate Roller Hockey League and is accepting new players. cant with "a willingness to work," though she did name one specific view: "Affordable housing is a big thing," she said. Mayor Mark Chilton, whose vacated alderman position the applicants are vying for, said that long experience in Carrboro isn’t a must, noting that he him self has only lived in the town for five years. But he did say an appreciation SEE CANDIDATES, PAGE 5 ■M, Mi mittve, said he expects Bowles to address the group today about fill ing the vacancies. Wilson said personnel chang es with anew president are not unusual. He added that Bowles has been meeting with Davies and others to get up to speed as quickly as possible. "One thing we've learned is hek a tireless worker and has a big appetite for lots of information SEE BOWIES, PAGE 4 dthßaanoonsmith THE BOTTOM LINE Waveland couple recharges lifelines BY ERIC JOHNSON SENIOR WRITER WAVELAND. Miss. - The Brooks home occupies a prime spot in town, sitting right at the end of Coleman Avenue Waveland’s equivalent of Main Street about a half-mile from the beach. Set behind the railroad tracks, which historically served as a final buffer against any storm surge, the Brooks home was considered safe. It wasn’t in a flood zone. In Just a few hours, with the family riding out the storm upstairs and seven feet of water churning downstairs, Hurricane Katrina shattered any illusion of safety. "We were stupid to stay," said Judi Brooks, looking around her washed-out living room. “And we were lucky.” But the family had much more to worry about than their ruined home. The floodwater reached far enough inland to inundate the family's three businesses —a mortgage company, an insurance agency and the family restaurant. Katrina had spared their lives, but not their livelihood. "We didn’t know whether to get the house together and work on the businesses, or get the busi nesses together and hope that we would have enough time to SpOrtS | page II EYES ON THE PRIZE After Tuesday's slow-starting, turnover-plagued game, Coach Roy Williams says he wants more consistent play from his team. Hoping to net game record BY KELLY GIEDRAITIS STAFF WRIHR No timeouts. No halftime. Just 58 hours of pure, unadulterated Duke-Carolina basketball. Students from UNO and Duke University will team up this week end in the Duke-Carolina Basketball Marathon, which if successful will break the Guinness World Record for the longest basketball game. TVentv -tour players will take the floor at 8 a.m. Saturday in Fetzer Gym. They plan to continue play ing until fi p.m. Monday, which would break the standing record of 30 hours and 12 minutes. After hearing rumors that a pre vious basketball marathon cur rently under review by Guinness officials could set the record, the students decided to set a goal tor almost double tire previous time. “We want to smash tire record *.nd go all out," said UNC junior Antonia Logue, a publicity co chairwoman for the event. The event will raise money for Hoop Dreams Basketball Academy, a nonprofit organiza tion that works with children with life-threatening illnesses. Players and their “fan clubs" collected donations in an eflort to reach the event’s SBO,OOO goal. If the rivalry isn’t enticing enough, a few other big names potentially could draw attention. John Edwards, director of the UNC Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity, is scheduled to toss the game's opening tip-off Spalding, the world’s largest basketball equipment brand, has agreed to sponsor the event. Players will use a Never Flat ball, the newest Spalding model, for the entire game. Organizers estimate the ball will be bounced more than 100,000 times if the game goes the distance. Courtside air mattresses donat ed for the event will allow players to sleep while they’re not playing. UNC senior David Baker, a political science and Spanish dou ble mqjnr, said he and his teammates have been training (or tlie even* ■MB' JESmtm fyjt > fr * w JmHmß Mm Igj DTH/RICKY LEUNG Judi Brooks arrives home from work. Just starting to clean up was an emotional challenge. “This was my pride and joy,” she said of her house. regroup," Judi said. “We decided the priority was to get some income coming in. You can’t survive with- out it." And so, largely setting their home aside, the Brookses took on a task that would prove more signifi cant to the recovery of the town and of the family. PHGTO STORY The Brookses look to help restore life to Waveland, |ag< • Official referees and medical personnel must be present at all times, > Fouls are reset after two hours. A player fouled out during die two-hour period cannot return to the game. ► A player who is injured cannot continue to play or return to the game. > The entire game must be filmed for documentary purposes. “What would you ensure?" Tommy Brooks asked, sitting in the tent that now houses his mort gage and insurance companies. “The golden egg, or the goose that laid the golden egg?" Flooded expectations Tommy knows what it feels like to start from scratch. He lost everything after Hurricane Camille in 1969 and was forced to file for bankruptcy in 1995 when the youngest of his four sons, Brett, became seriously ill. Even so, Katrina was a shock. SEE RECOVERY, PAGE 4 weather /*♦ Partly Cloudy H 67, L 47 index police log 2 calendar 2 crossword 9 sports 11 edit 12