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BY ERIC JOHNSON
SENIOR WRITER
The UNC system’s governing
body will take a key step this
week toward adopting a land
mark tuition framework, even
though consideration of the pol
icy itself has been pushed back.
The Board of Governors’
tuition policy task force had
planned to meet today to con
sider a broad change in the
board’s approach to campus
based tuition, but approval of a
new policy has been delayed to
allow time for system President
Erskine Bowles to study the
issue.
Bowles assumed office in
January and requested time to
consult more fully with cam
pus officials before making any
changes to the existing policy.
But the board is moving
ahead in examining a revised
slate of peer institutions for
each system sehool.
The updated peer lists will be
a major component of the new
tuition policy, which likely will
SEE PEER SCHOOLS, PAGE 9
PARALLEL PLAYERS TO POST UP
BY JACOB KARABELL
SENIOR WRITER
It might be easy to confuse
Crystal Langhorne and Erlana
Larkins from their biographies
and statistics.
The post players, both once
listed at 6-foot-2, roomed togeth
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BY COLIN CAMPBELL
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University administrators tapped
Bernadette Gray-Little, dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences, to serve
as the next provost.
She will replace Robert Shelton
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American Game.
In their first college seasons at
Maryland and North Carolina,
respectively, they combined to
win the ACC Rookie of the Week
award nine times Langhorne’s
five to Larkins’ four. They also
were the leading post scorers on
their teams, averaging better than
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when he steps down at the end of
June to become president of the
University of Arizona system.
Gray-little, who previously served
as executive associate provost under
Shelton from 2001 to 2004, will
be the first black person and first
woman to serve in the post.
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Freshman Robert Sackmann and junior Patrick Link
rehearse a dream sequence Wednesday evening in
the Center for Dramatic Art. The two are part of
Lab! Theatre’s upcoming performance of “Equus,” which
opens Friday. In the production, Link plays the lead char-
15 points per game in conference
play as freshmen.
But this year, UNC remeasured
Larkins’ height at 6-foot-l, officially
making Langhorne an inch taller
than her Tar Heel counterpart.
And a similarly small margin is
all that has separated the two play
ers’ on-court play, with Langhorne
also owning that edge. Larkins will
have an opportunity to fight for
that inch at 7 p.m. today when the
undefeated No. 1 Tar Heels host
the No. 6 Terrapins at Carmichael
Auditorium.
“Crystal, I’m ready for you,” a
laughing Larkins says.
Last year, however, Larkins and
her teammates were unprepared
for Maryland’s physical play at
College Park. Langhorne scored 23
points and tallied 14 rebounds while
Larkins, defensively stymied by
Langhorne and Maryland forward
Jade Perry, converted just three field
goals en route to 13 points.
The Tar Heels as a whole fared
little better than Larkins, falling
behind early and losing 92-77.
Langhorne went on to win the con
ference’s rookie of the year award
handily as the only player in the
ACC to average a double-double.
Even though Larkins fell a bit
short of her ex-roommate numeri
cally last Season, the similarities
in their games became even more
apparent when they played togeth
er on the USA Under-19 squad,
which cruised to a gold medal at
the world championships in July.
“They’re both very versatile in
that they can shoot the 15-foot
high post shot, they can both put it
on the ground and score and both
As provost Gray-Little will serve
as the chief academic officer and will
oversee UNC’s fund allocation pro
cess and major academic hires.
Chancellor James Moeser
announced the decision during a spe
cial meeting of the general faculty.
“Surprise is not a strong enough
word,” Gray-Little said in reaction to
her appointment.
After Shelton’s move to Arizona
was announced last month, Moeser
said the University would install an
DREAM TEAM
acquire a double team down on the
low block,” says U-19 coach Gail
Goestenkors, who also has coached
against both players at Duke.
Both players started for
Goestenkors on the U-19 team
and finished the championship
shooting almost 80 percent from
the field. And while Langhorne
again trumped
Larkins to
win the USA
Basketball
Female Athlete
of the Year
award, the play
ers learned a lot
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about each other both on and off
the court.
They described each other’s per
sonalities as “funny” and pointed
out parallels in their games from
an underrated mid-range jumper
to a knack for rebounding.
“(Larkins is) a really easy play
er to play with,” Langhorne says.
“She’s very unselfish. She’s a great
rebounder, so when you have some
one else that rebounds well it takes
a lot off of you. She can score, she
can defend she can do it all.”
In addition to the similar facets
of their on-court games, both play
ers shared leadership responsibili
ties on the U-19 team, serving as
two of its tri-captains along with
Stanford’s Candice Wiggins.
Larkins initially struggled
with the responsibility, although
she adjusted to her role after the
team’s coaches discussed the situ
ation with her privately.
“I like to scream and yell, but you
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2006
interim provost to serve until a per
manent replacement could be found.
But in what was described as a
unanimous decision, those charged
with selecting an interim provost
opted to bypass that step.
Moeser said the idea to appoint
Gray-Little to the position was sug
gested immediately during a meeting
last week with the vice chancellors to
discuss hiring options.
SEE GRAY-LITTLE, PAGE 9
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Moeser’s response
leaves some irked
Hill wants Carolina North answers
BY BRIANNA BISHOP
CITY EDITOR
The University’s latest plan
ning committee for Carolina
North has reignited lingering
concerns among members of
the community about develop
ing the proposed satellite cam
pus.
Chancellor James Moeser
released a response Tuesday to
a letter from Chapel Hill mayor
Kevin Foy regarding the new
committee and other questions
relating to the satellite campus’s
development.
In his letter, Moeser said,
among other things, that the
University recognizes the town’s
zoning authority.
“The University enters this
process in good faith and with
the recognition and understand
ing that the town of Chapel Hill
has zoning authority over the
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him during halftime of a game.
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Bernadette
Gray-Little
will assume
office July 1.
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Carolina North property within
its boundaries,” he states in the
letter.
Despite Moeser’s answers,
concerns about the University’s
plans remain.
“He states that yeah, the
property lies within our zon-
ing authority,
but he doesn’t
state whether
they intend
to abide by
it, so that’s
of some con
cern to me,”
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He referred to the University’s
answer as a “nonresponse” to
the mayor’s question about
oversight. i
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