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VOLUME 113, ISSUE 153 ONLINE POLLS* ' Town administration Do you think the current town administration is anti-University? Go to: www.dailytarheel.com Student Elections Poll results: Do you plan to vote in student elections? yes 72% no 28% This poll is not scientific and reflects the opinions of only those who have chosen to participate. The results do not represent the opinions of Internet users in general, not the public as a whole. Most of the signs and hollering candidates vanished from the Pit and campus walkways following Tuesday’s elections results, though a few vestiges stayed namely, the remain ing senior class officer candidates. Meg Petersen and Eric Schmidt Student election turnout takes a dive BY BRIAN HUDSON NEWS EDITOR “Fewer” might be the best word for this year’s elections. Fewer can didates, fewer runoff elections and most strikingly, fewer voters. In lUesda/s race 6,025 students cast a ballot, less than a quarter of the student body. Many of the candidates in the competitive races attributed the waning interest to the same thing —a lack of connection with their respective constituencies. This year’s student body presi dent candidates, James Allred and Bernard Holloway, said both before ROUTINES FLOOR RIVALS BY KRISTIN PRATT STAFF WRITER Powerful, skillful and entertaining routines that win not only high marks from judges but wild crowd approval fuel North Carolina gymnastics. The Tar Heels sit at 10-5, a mark that reflects the strength of their rou tines, especially on the floor. “Our objective with all our floor routines and beam routines is to have a creative quality... that captures the attention of the people watching,” says Coach Derek Galvin. Galvin says that the team is con stantly trying to add more difficulty to its routines, but that any decision to add challenging skills is a collabora- SEE ROUTINES, PAGE 9 online | dailytarhed.com NOT ACHIEVING MUCH Schools officials to discuss minority achievement GOOD BUSINESS MOVE Push for online MBA programs stalls at UNC ARTS BLOG Are they? Or aren't they? World awaits word on Tom Kat future Serving the students and the University community since 1893 ®1tp Saily (Ear Itel I tt TTTT10T Battleground for tolerance BY ADAM RODMAN ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR Senior Dalmar Hussein clearly remembers his thoughts when entering UNC in 2002. “I lived in'New York City at the time, and you can imagine the kind of atmosphere,” says Hussein, a Muslim international student from Ethiopia. UNC assigned “Approaching the Qu’ran: The Early Revelations” as summer reading freshman year for and after the election that they were dissatisfied with the amount of attention devoted to the forums. During the final days of the elec tion, the candidates spent most evenings competing with each other for groups’ endorsements in the forums. It prevented both from campaigning in dorms an optimal way to reach voters not involved in a student group. Allred said he believes turnout would have been higher if it weren’t for the attention to forums. “If there was anything I could do differently, it would be to reduce the influence of student groups and Gymnastics floor routine scoring criteria Specific artistry faults > Inability to express idea (theme) of the music through movements > Insufficient variation in rhythm > Insufficient artistry of presentation throughout the exercise including: • creative choreography • personal style • inappropriate gesture or mimic not corresponding to the music or movement www.dailytarheel.com the class 0f2006 to a flurry of nation al criticism and a lawsuit alleging that the choice violated the separa tion between church and state. For Hussein the text showed the school’s commitment to diversity and offered a chance for real dia logue about his faith from the very first day of his college career. “Looking back to the Quran read ings, especially since I thought this was the South, in North Carolina, OVERSHADOWED were out Wednesday afternoon campaigning again in the Pit, prepar ing for Tuesday’s runoff contest with Doug Weiss and Juelle McDonald. Because no candidate won a simple majority in Tuesday’s elections, the candidate duos will be out looking for extra votes until polls reopen. focus on meeting students individ ually —one on one,” Allred said. He recalled that at the elec tion’s start depart ing Student Body President Seth Dearmin advised the candidates to focus more on INSIDE Congress membership shaken up PAGE 3 ONLINE Problems reported with voting system students and less on forums. Come next year he’ll likely be giving the same advice. “I hope that we’ll find a way to coordinate better or combine some of the forums.” Compositional deductions >• One sided use of elements > Insufficient versatile use of the floor area Specific execution deductions > Concentration pause prior to acrobatic series (more than two seconds) > Excessive preparation for a dance element > Missing synchronization of movement with musical beat at the end of the exercise dive | page 5-8 THE 8008 TUBE Network executives debate television viewership patterns. While most still find TV a private exercise, some shows are being marketed for groups. everyone I encountered at the discus sion was very respectful,” he says. “It was a good way to introduce me to the school.” Four years later, in his last year at UNC, the dialogue continues. Last fall The Daily Tar Heel pub lished a controversial column sup porting racial profiling, and one week ago the paper published a cartoon SEE CAMPUS, PAGE 9 Holloway also said he was disap pointed that the race did not focus enough attention on the student body as a whole. Although he did not attribute his loss to it specifically, Holloway said he wishes he had ignored UNC’s political blogosphere. Several student leaders, including top members of Student Congress, operated blogs in which they com mented on the election and at times were critical of the campaigns. Much of the Internet chatter dis cussed Holloway’s forced resignation SEE AFTEREFFECTS, PAGE 9 Dearmin approaches final days BY KATIE HOFFMANN ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR Duck. Duck. Gone. Student Body President Seth Dearmin became a lame duck Tuesday night when James Allred garnered enough votes to be his successor. With just more than a month until the end of his term, Dearmin said his goals are two fold: guiding Allred through a smooth transition and checking off remaining platform planks. “I want to make sure I can put my final stamp on my term, but I also need to help James,” Dearmin said. “Us spending the next six weeks just thinking of ourselves sports | page 11 ATTACK OF THE MULE Led by Tyler Hansbrough's record-setting 40 points, the Tar Heels storm out of the halftime locker room and hold on to beat Ga. Tech, 82-75. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2006 ATTEND THE VIGIL. FORUM Date: Today Time: 6:15, 6:45 p.m. Location: the Pit, Union Auditorium. < DTH/GILLIAN BOLSOVER Where are all the people? Campus elections drew a low percentage of eligible voters, with overall at its lowest level since 2000. Graduate students largely ignored the GPSF election. 2006 6,025 22.1% 2005 7,264 28.0% 2004 6,901 27.4% 2003 6,000** 24.1% 2002 6,076 24.8% 2001 5,800** 24.5% 2000 3,763 16.1% 'Based on fall enrollment numbers "Based on unoffical estimates SOURCE: DTH ARCHIVES, OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR Seth Dearmin looks to end the year by finishing out several major projects. will only hinder student govern ment next year,” he said. But he said he will try to push through his platform planks and other events until Allred’s April 4 inauguration. Dearmin said he has been thumbing through his platform and sitting down with his com mittees to prioritize what can be done during the rest of his term. today in history FEB. 16,1965... UNC officials grant James Gardner's request to hold an on-campus protest in regard to alleged racial discrimination in fraternity constitutions. Seeking: engaged campus Public service. Public engagement. Public university. Service learning. Social compact. What do these words mean to you? Have you: ■ Worked with students (or teach ers) on assignments or class projects that require understanding, research and writing about a problem facing the public at large, a community here or elsewhere, or members of a dis advantaged group? ■ Engaged in research and then written and dissemi nated findings in ways that will reach members of the pub lic, communities, gov ernment or nonprofit leaders who could tap key insights to address pressing needs? ■ Advised or con sulted with commu nity leaders on a topic relevant to the issues they face or topics you’re endeavoring to understand? ■ Involved resi- ■ GUEST COLUMNIST Judith Wegner is the chairwoman of the faculty. Next week: Pat Evans dents, professionals and other external constituencies in workshops or other educational programming? ■ Collaborated in a sustained way with laypersons or professionals outside the academy in shaping participatory research that addresses community needs? ■ Imagined ways in which faculty and students could act together to improve K-12 education, the public’s health or the economic well-being of people and com munities in North Carolina and beyond? These are some approaches that fac ulty, students and staff who are part of an engaged university can use to make a dif ference for the better beyond our walls. Should engagement be thought of as volunteer work, something to be done in our spare time? Or should it instead be understood as part of the marrow of our enterprise, something that should be rec- SEE WEGNER, PAGE 9 521 5.0% 501 4.8% 541 5.3% 482 4.8% 730 7.6% 205 2.2% 210** 2.3% DTH/BOBBY SWEATT He is attempting to complete his promise to establish sopho more and junior class officers, who would be elected in a special election this spring. Dearmin said between the freshmen focus council and the senior class officers, students in the middle two classes are under represented. Student government officials said they are working to fine tune the officers’ roles. “We want to make sure their position isn’t too broadly defined where they don’t feel they have anything to latch onto,” said Mark Laabs, Dearmin’s chief of staff. “But we also don’t want their SEE LAME DUCK, PAGE 9 weather Sunny V*r H 70, L 49 index police log 2 calendar 2 crossword 8 sports 11 edit 12
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