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VOLUME 113, ISSUE 131 DTH PHOTOS/JULIA BARKER Members of the Ambassadors Choir of Chapel Hill listen to the welcoming address before their performance at the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP and the Ministerial Alliance Annual Martin Luther King Service at the First Baptist Church on Monday. A KING’S REWARD COMMUNITY EVENTS SEEK TO KEEP MESSAGE ALIVE BY KATHRYN ROWLAND AND JESSICA SCHONBERG STAFF WRITERS Chapel Hill, a town that was honoring Martin Luther King Jr. with a holiday before the federal government fol lowed suit, paused Monday to observe the legacy of the civil rights hero. A variety of events through out the Triangle allowed a diverse cross section of com munity members to embody King’s message. The Daily Tar Heel caught up with participants on their varying journeys to honor King. From the University In a scene resembling a 1960s rally, a crowd grew in front of the Franklin Street Post Office on Monday morning to hear side walk speakers call for peace and equality. Just as the 1960s Civil Rights Movement blossomed nationally under the leadership of King, the 23rd annual community cel ebration swelled in numbers as the morn ing passed. Parfait Gasana, a UNC freshman from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., was on a mission to cele brate the life of a man who motivated him. It was his first time attending an event to honor King, and he said it was a learn ing experience. Rivalry pushed aside to reach hoop dream BY KELLY GIEDRAITIS STAFF WRITER It was one for the record books this weekend, as Duke topped Carolina 3,688 to 3,444. After more than 57 hours, of play, the Duke-Carolina Student Basketball Marathon set the record for the longest basketball game, pending certification from Guinness World Records. Although final margin of victory of 244 points seems insurmountable, it is roughly equivalent to a five-point spread in a game in which each team scores in the 80s. Tired and fatigued, the 24 players involved and organizers stressed that the real winners were the children at Hoop Dreams Basketball Academy. The marathon raised $60,000 for the organization, which helps children with life-threatening illnesses develop socially and physically. “I feel amazing,” said UNC player David announcement RUN FOR STUDENT OFFICE The UNC Board of Elections will hold a com pulsory candidate's meeting for the February campus elections at 5:45 p.m. today in the Union Cabaret. All candidates interested in running for any of the offices must attend. Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Slip Satlu Sar Meri MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY jr N } SBUBBr } j_\ Paul Caldwell, president of the usher board at first Baptist Church, greets people and guides them to seats before the start of the service. “I got to see how people can organize together, and now I know more about some of the pressing issues,” he said. Gasana, who intends to work as a youth counselor at a social service agency, said he was inspired by King’s determination and willpower to help people. “We have to target the young people to stop the generational effects,” he said. UNC Hospitals employee Christerlena Singh expressed similar concerns. “A lot of work still needs to be done for the younger generation,” Singh said. “I don’t think they understand what (King) stood for.” The event brought myriad groups together from sign-touting students and campus leaders to a group of ladies with a musical message who called themselves Baker after the game ended Monday at 6 p.m. and the children demonstrated their own basketball skills for the players. “I’d do it again tomorrow to see the smiles on these kids’ faces.” UNC basketball coach Roy Williams stopped by Monday morning to cheer on PHOTO STORY Check inside for images from this weekend's historic game PAGE 6 ships during the three-day long game. “At first it was really competitive, and now it’s not,” Duke junior Kaylene Lewek said at about the 42-hour mark. “We’re all friends now.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. www.dailytafheei.com focused on specific issues,” she said. “Dedication is increasing people’s aware ness, and as people become aware they also become active.” She said membership in organizations such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the local branch of which sponsored the event, is a good way to further the cause the other 364 days of the year. Ushering in equality After the march when the benches of First Baptist Church were packed with eager ears, Paul Caldwell paused from his duties SEE KING DAY, PAGE 4 the players, but he could not resist hand ing out some coaching advice to UNC’s team. Despite the intense rivalry between the schools, the players said they developed friend- DTH/GALEN CLARKE Tar Heel fans hold up signs in honor of Coach Sylvia Hatchell's 700th victory during her illustrious coaching career as UNC beat N.C. State on Sunday. city | w 7 OFF THE BEATEN PATH The Triangle Transit Authority will celebrate today the improved bus route between Chapel Hill and Hillsborough, featuring shorter travel time. the “Raging Grannies.” As they marched down Franklin Street, the crowd sang “This Little Light of Mine” and chanted for increased equality and jus tice. Lucy Lewis, assistant direc tor of the Campus Y, who said she has marched every year since 1988, said the event has changed in style and in size, but that this year saw a larger number of student partici pants. “In the beginning it tend ed to be just a celebration and rededjcation, but in the last few years they’ve really Milestone win for Hatchell No. 4 Tar Heels take down Wolfpack, remain undefeated national | page y NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT As flu season wears on with nine documented cases of the illness in North Carolina, area health locations are running out of vaccines. Area roadways a tangled web Money woes muddy ownership picture Editor’s note: The Daily Tar Heel will begin publishing in-depth, spot light packages the first publication date of each week. BY STEPHANIE NEWTON ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR Apparently, Robert Frost has never been to Chapel Hill. As easy as it sounds to take the road less traveled, University and town offi cials are finding it difficult to map out such thoroughfares amid the glut of con struction and local roadway complexity. In a matter of minutes area motorists cut across private, University, town and state-owned roads, making uniformity and funding hard feats. “You’ve got the roads to take the traf fic through, and then you’ve got the roads to service the buildings within the town limits,” said Paula Gee Davis, map ping manager for facilities planning and construction at the University. “The state is more concerned with distributing traffic from town to town, rather than serving things within the town,” she said. With construction booming, a bal ancing act exists between the N.C. Department of Transportation’s objec tive to get motorists from place to place and the town’s interest in serving local events that attract traffic such as the University and hospital systems alone. “It’s important to our agency to main- v vA —| 3 3**"*%. \\ f SOURCE: TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL today in history JAN. 17,1947... A Department of Radio is created by a faculty vote of 53 to 45. The department will offer training in program planning, writing and production. TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2006 tain one roadway system,” said Kumar Neppalli, traffic engineer for the town of Chapel Hill, citing U.S. 15-501. If two different agencies maintained U.S. 15-501, the town would own the roadway section that’s within local lim its, and the state would claim the portion that exits Chapel Hill, Neppalli said. This dichotomy of responsibility coupled with a lack of overall funding is why the town has opted not to take up the state’s call for localities to own state roads, Neppalli said. While the state qualifies for the funding needed to optimally maintain these road ways, Neppalli said the town is unhappy with the money received on its end. SEE ROADS, PAGE 4 When there's something wrong on the local roads, who you gonna call? NCDOT Roads: (336) 570-6833 Chuck Edwards, Orange Country Rep Town: (sl-9) 968-2796 Bill Letteri, Public Works Dept Director University: (919) 962-2069 Kirk Pelland, UNC Grounds Service Director DTH/KURT GENTRY BY JACOB KARABELL SENIOR WRITER RALEIGH Of Coach Sylvia Hatchell’s 699 wins before Sunday, there were many that were prettier. There were many when her team shot greater than 32 percent. There were many when her leading scorer converted more than two WOMEN'S BASKETBALL UNC 65 N.C. State 53 field goals in the game. And there were many when her team sported an assist-to-turnover ratio better than 9-to-21. Despite those flaws on the stat sheet, after the game Hatchell displayed a grin and was adorned with a bouquet of flowers. Victory 700, in which North Carolina prevailed 65- 53 against N.C. State at Reynolds Coliseum, not only enshrined Hatchell in the record books but preserved an undefeated season SEE HATCHELL, PAGE 4 weather Ob Windy index police log 2 calendar 2 edit 8 crossword 10 sports 14
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