VOLUME 113, ISSUE 146
SPECIAL COVERAGE OF DUKE GAME
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Jordan Boyst oeft) and Heather Frazier, seniors, gather
balloons to put on display Monday evening at Johnny
T-Shirt on Franklin Street. Although the store had not
yet seen a boost in business, owners expect more shoppers to
buy merchandise before today’s 7 p.m. men’s basketball game
A WES-SIZED STORY
Diminutive walk-on defies expectations
BY BRIAN MACPHERSON
SENIOR WRITER
He’s down in a defensive stance,
his fists clutching his shorts, his eyes
focused not on his opponent but on the
ball. He’s lying in wait, poised to pounce
at the first sign of movement.
Combined with his quickness and his
years of experience, that intensity makes
Wes Miller quite a pingpong player.
Oh, sure, he’s a good basketball player,
too. But since the UNC basketball team
traded its pool cues for a pingpong table
in the locker room, Miller has seized the
opportunity to dominate the team’s off
court battles.
There’s a good reason for his single
minded intensity, too. The way the Tar
Heels play pingpong, any player who
loses two consecutive points must lift
up his shirt and give his opponent a
free shot.
“You can’t give up two points in a row,
or you’ll have welts all over your chest,”
says guard Bobby Frasor. “That’s fun.”
Unrelenting focus is particularly
important when tangling with fresh
man Tyler Hansbrough, the team’s most
ferocious personality both on and off the
court.
“It gets real intense, especially if
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you’re playing with Tyler,” Miller says.
“He likes to hurt you. That’s the way we
feel, that real men should play pingpong
because pain is involved.”
But the junior hasn’t spent much
time at the pingpong table of late, pre
ferring instead to inflict pain on the Tar
Heels’ opponents with the daggers he
delivers from 3-point range.
In the five games since he became a
starter, Miller has averaged 9-8 points
per game on 50-percent shooting from
behind the arc —and the Tar Heels
have won four times.
“He’s a kid who’s worked his tail off,”
says UNC coach Roy Williams. “God
blessed him with a tremendous amount
of desire. He may not have blessed him
with size, but he blessed him with a tre
mendous amount of desire.”
Miller consistently measures between
5-foot-10 3/4 and 5-foot-11, well below
typical for a Division I basketball player.
He raised more than a few eyebrows in
high school when he announced his goal
of playing in college at the highest level.
“My size, in high school, is very nor
mal and average, but when I talked
about my aspirations, people would
SEE MILLER, PAGE 7
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After abnormally warm
weather and high heating
bills dominated January gas
companies and meteorologists
expect a cooling-off period.
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STUDENTS BATTLE ELEMENTS
FOR A SEAT NEAR THE ACTION
BY MEGHAN DAVIS
FEATURES EDITOR
As three people watched, the
UNC men’s basketball team made
shot after shot.
The onlookers clapped, then
peeled their faces from the win
dows of the Smith Center and
climbed back into their tent.
One last frozen night separated
a small village of campers from
their place of glory in the risers
cheering on the Tar Heels against
the Duke Blue Devils.
Seniors Kezia Surin, Erin
Kimsey and Mathilde Sabourin
spent Monday afternoon watching
against Duke in the Smith Center. “Tomorrow will be a hectic
day.... It will be a fun day,” said Frazier, assistant manager at
the downtown mainstay. “It’s one of the best days of the year
to work at a Carolina store. And we’re definitely ready to beat
Duke.” Visit www.dailytarheel.com for the full story.
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North Carolina guard Wes Miller (22) has evolved
from a walk-on to a shooting threat in his five starts.
the team practice during their shift
in line for 10 fellow tentmates.
“Our benevolent, elected dicta
tor Andy (Fuller) set the sched
ule,” Kimsey said.
The first tents went up Saturday
as fans cleared the Smith Center
after a win against Clemson.
Groups of as many as 19 people
drew numbers for spots in line at
7 p.m., according to the Carolina
Athletic Association’s rules.
“We set up a power supply for
the campers, and they can use
camping tools like lamps,” CAA
SEE UNC CAMP, PAGE 5
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BUILDING FOR FUTURE
The 21st annual Emerging
Issues function kicks off in
Raleigh, continuing today.
Former U.S. Secretary of the
Treasury Paul O'Neill speaks.
Protests come
in many colors
BY WHITNEY KISLING
STAFF WRITER
If you’ve seen the movie “PCU,”
you know how college student
protests generally are portrayed
big signs bearing slogans, stu
dent leaders screaming into mega
phones and a group of onlookers
chanting.
But student groups at UNC
use an array of protesting meth
ods, ranging from the Hollywood
version to real-life letter-writing
campaigns and meetings with
University officials.
“I think the most important
thing is honest communication
and a willingness to listen,” said
Student Body Vice President
Adrian Johnston, chairman of the
student advisory committee to the
chancellor, which has been a forum
for various students’ interests.
Concerned students recently
deployed this strategy with a peti
tion opposing changes to the hous
ing recontracting process.
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Biotech industry
provides outlet
BY SAMUEL LAU
STAFF WRITER
Connie Stiltner thought she
would work at Nortel Networks
forever.
An employee with the commu
nications company since 1997, she
said she was aware of the massive
layoffs that began at the company
in 2001.
Still, she found herself in shock
when her pink slip arrived in
September 2002.
“I was walking out the door
thinking, ‘Oh my God, what am I
going to do?’” she recalled.
Stiltner’s answer lay in the field
of biotechnology —one of the fast
est growing industries both state
and nationwide.
North Carolina is home to top
ranking biotechnology industries
in the areas of contract research
organizations, agricultural bio
technology research, biomanufac
turing and pharmaceutical manu
facturing. In response to the large
Chipotle could be latest
in local Mexican market
KAYLA CARRICK
STAFF WRITER
Burrito enthusiasts soon might
have anew eatery to add to a long
list of Mexican-style restaurants in
the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area.
The national chain Chipotle has
asked Chapel Hill town staff to
approve plans to move in to Vis Art
Video’s former location at 301 W.
Franklin St.
“We have a long history of being
near college campuses,” said Chris
Arnold, Chipotle spokesman. “Our
first store was adjacent to the
University of Denver. ... College
kids are core customers.”
He added that the eatery has
locations at the University of
Kansas, the University of Califomia-
Berkeley and New York University.
today in history
FEB. 7,1989...
About 3,000 students, faculty
and staff receive mandatory
vaccinations in Woollen Gym
after officials confirm a case
of red measles at UNC.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2006
CHANCELLOR'S OPEN HOUSE
Time: 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Date: Today
Location: Graham Memorial
Lounge
Sophomore Elisabeth Pascale
helped get the petition rolling by
spreading the word on Facebook.
com, a social networking Web site.
She also discussed her concerns
with Rick Bradley, an assistant direc
tor for the Department of Housing
and Residential Education.
“I would agree to meet with any
student who had questions they
wanted answered,” Bradley said.
Students and housing officials
say the proposed changes to the
recontracting process were altered
as a result of the petition.
“I think that when you’re protest
ing against something, you really
want to show the people you’re pro-
SEE PROTEST, PAGE 5
Coming soon:
Candidate
platforms
Check Wednesday’s
DTH for a synthesis of
candidate goals and
platform points
North Carolina rankings in
US. biotechnology industry
in contract research
organizations
in agricultural
biotechnology research
in biomanufacturing
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SOURCE: NCCCS BIONETWORK
amount of new jobs these indus
tries demand, the state is coordi
nating efforts between community
colleges to train students for jobs
in biotechnology.
BioNetwork, aN.C. Community
College system initiative, encour
ages such growth by providing
training, curriculum and equip-
SEE BIOTECH, PAGE 5
The Chapel Hill Chipotle loca
tion, if approved, will be the first to
set up shop in North Carolina, but it
certainly isn’t the first of its kind.
Chapel Hill and Carrboro are
home to many restaurants with
Mexican cuisine, including Cosmic
Cantina, Bandido’s Mexican Cafe,
Qdoba Mexican Grill, El Rodeo
Mexican Restaurant and Patio
Loco —a list that covers only
Franklin Street venues.
According to the Web site of the
Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership
—a group that monitors local
business the town is looking to
diversify business, though some
say there are growing similarities
in the town’s restaurant style.
SEE CHIPOTLE, PAGE 5
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