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VOLUME 113, ISSUE 135 Town blitzed on game day UNIVERSITY, NFL GAMES DRAW RAUCOUS CROWD TO DOWNTOWN BY KELLY GIEDRAITIS STAFF WRITER As kickoff and tipoff almost coincided Sunday night for the Carolina Panthers and the UNC Tar Heels, open seats in Franklin Street eateries disappeared quickly and servers rushed to make more frequent trips to the bar. Decked out in Carolina Panthers jerseys, UNC sophomore Brooks Wilson and N.C. State sophomore Erinique Longsworth arrived early Sunday night to get seats at Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar. Later in the night UNC gradu ate students Annie Poskozim and Joseph Nienaber struggled to find seats in the sea of fans, and Wilson and Longsworth offered the pair seats at their table. “We just required that they cheered for the Panthers,” Wilson said. “And that wasn’t a problem.” By the kickoff of the Carolina Panthers game, more than 260 people had crammed into the 265- person capacity sports bar to sup port the North Carolina teams. Some concentrated on the foot ball game, and others watched the basketball game, but most made attempts to take in both. UNC graduate student Dawne Howard attempted to play a trivia game while watching both the football and basketball games. “I gave up on the trivia,” she said a few minutes into both games. “I can’t concentrate on all three at the same time.” When Panthers fans let out a triumphant whoop as the Seattle Seahawks’ quarterback was sacked, Howard and her friends who were watching the basket ball game quickly shifted their attention. Although Buffalo Wild Wings attempted to balance both games among its 30 screens, both the larger projection screens and the speakers aired the football game. Other businesses on Franklin Street also gave preference to the Panthers as they played for the NFC Championship, but most made attempts to show the two games evenly. “Unless there is a massive upheaval, we’re going to have the football game on the speaker,” said Rutland Tyler, an owner of Linda’s Bar and Grill. He said three of the bar’s tele visions would show the Panthers SEE GAME DAY, PAGE 5 Grant to improve in-class dialogue Faculty Council reviews initiative BY NATE HUBBARD STAFF WRITER Professors were presented with anew way to approach sensitive topics in the classroom Friday at the Faculty Council meeting. Known as the Difficult Dialogues Initiative, the proposal will be par tially funded beginning in March by a SIOO,OOO grant obtained from die Ford Foundation. Judith Wegner, chairwoman of the faculty and Daily Tar Heel guest columnist, said the goal of the initiative is to find balanced ways to discuss controversial issues in an academic forum. Many have come to scrutinize the University’s ability to preserve both open discourse and respectful discussion in the classroom. Critics pointed to recent summer reading selections such as Michael Sells’ “Approaching the Qur’an” as CORRECTION Due to a reporting error, a Friday front-page article, “Bedrock of fight remains same,” misstates when Ernest Green visited UNC senior Erika Barrera’s high school. Green came to Barrera’s school in 2000 when she was a sophomore. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the error. Serving the students and the University community since 1893 (She Hatty oar Mrrl :Mjf MmF' ■ Hi, Sb^t? DTH/RICKY LEUNG UNC graduate student Dawne Howard of the School of Information and Library Science watches the Carolina Panthers game at Buffalo Wild Wings Grill and Bar on Sunday. BW3 and other Franklin Street staples were overrun with fans hungry for finger food and victory. Gams day in Chapel Hill 100-block Franklin Street establishments showed the games 9 TVs on average at each of the downtown eateries 260 number of people who came to BW3 to watch the games evidence of a campus slant against conservative viewpoints. “We have an obligation to go at this stuff, and it’s not easy,” Wegner said during the meeting. The issue of academic free speech came to a head in 2004 when a UNC lecturer chastised a student by e-mail for his in-class comments opposing homosexuality. Administrators announced that the lecturer would remain at UNC, and the ensuing outcry spurred an investigation by the U.S. Department of Education, which ultimately found that UNC responded appropriately. The National Issues Forums Network, a group that provides training materials and discussion guides for difficult issues, will be helping to launch the program at UNC. At the council meeting, Margaret Holt, a consultant with the network, presented a DVD about approach ing the issue of immigration. SEE DIALOGUE, PAGE 5 bloggin’ | daiKtarheel.com A DRINK FROM THE WELL Updates from Arizona on Provost Robert Shelton THE ORANGE REPORTA review of the debate on merging area school systems TELLING STORIES A breakdown of who should be nominated for an Oscar www.dailytarheel.coni The business of fanaticism Sports success yields sizeable profits BY KRISTIN PRATT STAFF WRITER While town-gown issues can often be complicated, neither the town nor the University has problems with their town-jersey relationship. Local businesses rely on Tar Heel teams to bring customers to Chapel Hill, and the school depends on local businesses for Olympic-team sponsorships. Days such as Sunday when both the Carolina Panthers and UNC men’s basketball team brought droves of fans to Franklin Street aren’t the only times when local businesses profit from athletics. “I think that the local businesses recognize that our events, more than any other event in the city, brings in visitors and dollars,” says IN CASE OF EMERGENCY EMS students ready to answer call BY KIRSTEN BEATTIE STAFF WRITER Imagine this: Instead of going to bars, relaxing at home or hang ing out with your friends on the weekend, you could save lives. For members of the Campus Emergency Medical Services, that is a weekly reality. As part of the South Orange Rescue Squad, volunteers take turns spending their Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. putting their emergency medical technician training to use as they serve the campus and surrounding area. Chris Scull, a graduate student in pathology and EMS Operations captain with the South Orange Rescue Squad, said some nights are busier than others. “A lot of people think it’s really fast paced, and it is —but some times it’s not,” Scull said. The number of calls varies throughout the year, he said. “It depends on whether the students are here.” The squad also provides ser Dick Baddour, University athletics director. For local businesses, their prox imity to the teams equates to profit, especially on game days. “We have a great opportunity for business every game day” says Robert Poitras, owner of Carolina Brewery. Two important factors that con tribute to game-day business are which University teams are playing and the times of the games. Overall, UNC football games in the late afternoon prove to be the most profitable for local business es. The times of the football games shape sales because the games draw high numbers of customers to the area during the afternoon. Don Pinney, co-owner of Sutton’s Drug Store, says noon football vices for high school and UNC sporting events. Jordan Coates, a junior at UNC and EMS Operations lieu tenant, came up with the idea for a campus EMS at UNC. Trained as an EMT in high school, Coates wanted to continue his service in college. He approached the University in spring 2004 about starting a campus EMS unit. Because the University was concerned about liability, Coates said, the squad ultimately became part of the South Orange Rescue Squad. The campus EMS began its service in September 2005. Matthew Mauzy, chief of the South Orange Rescue Squad, esti mates the unit has responded to 70 calls since its inception, both on campus and locally. Campus EMS operates from a base in an Odum Village apart ment provided by the University. Mauzy said the campus EMS squad has had a strong relation ship with the University since the unit was founded. “It’s been very positive all city I page 7 TOUGH TO DIGEST Bob and Joan Krueger are selling Great Harvest Bread Cos. because the stress of operating the business has become too much too bear. games aren’t good for businesses because they allow so little time for shopping. “For a 12 o’clock game, people arrive around 11 am.,” Pinney says. “They have 30 minutes... before they head over to the stadium, and, after the game ends, people usually leave. “For a 3 o’clock game, people have time to shop before and after the game,” Pinney says. People are more likely to stay in town and make a weekend of a foot ball event if it begins at a later time, he says. That extended stay means more revenue for the town. John Hudson, co-owner of Carolina Pride Sportswear, says that the length of the season can also affect retail sales. “The longer a season goes, there’s more emphasis on the team, and SEE DOWNTOWN, PAGE 5 pf jjtL ; DTH/JUUA BARKER Graduate student Chris Scull (left) and junior Jordan Coates of Campus EMS take a patient to UNC Hospitals in response to a call Saturday. around,” he said. Part of the process for the campus EMS included offering an EMT training course. Coates approached Durham Technical Community College, and the first satellite course was held in Chapel Hill in fall 2004. Student demand for the course has been high, Coates said. “Each class has 120 applica tions for 35 spots,” he said, “and today in history JAN. 23,1991 ... Student Congress passes a resolution by a four-vote margin supporting a smoking ban effective in all campus academic buildings. MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2006 Wynne targets campus support Delegates criticize ASG for disconnect BY ERIC JOHNSON SENIOR WRITER CHARLOTTE Responding to criticism that the UNC-system Association of Student Governments has been unfocused and ineffective, ASG President Zack Wynne called Saturday for a fresh start and a strong finish for the new semester. He acknowledged that failures of leadership have hampered the ASG’s efforts to build support during the last several months, but called on delegates to do their part by com mitting more fully to the organiza tion. “I need you to be very blunt and very honest,” he told the group during its week end meeting at UNC-Charlotte. “I want to know what we can do to make this semes ter end on a good note.” ASG President Zack Wynne is focusing on putting the past behind him. Delegates from all 16 UNC-system campuses including 13 student body presidents responded with a litany of complaints and suggestions, covering everything from frustration with the casual dress code to prob leins with the structure of the group’ji monthly meetings. Much of the conversation centered on the need for greater professional ism and improved communication. Delegates complained that they often have little knowledge of what the association’s leadership is planning. “It’s crazy that I have to find out the president of my committee resigned by reading it in the newspaper,” said Dominique Keaton, a delegate from Western Carolina University who serves as vice chairwoman of the legislative affairs committee. The vice president for legislative affairs, Ginny Franks, resigned last SEE ASG, PAGE 5 each (applicant) understands the time commitment involved.” The commitment is intensive, Scull said. While many applicants intend to major in medicine, only those who truly are committed make it. “If you’re a pre-med student, you have a pretty heavy course load, so that’s something we stress SEE EMS, PAGE 5 weather dfeTk Showers H 60, L 35 index police log 2 calendar 2 edit 8 crossword 10 sports 14
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