VOLUME 114, ISSUE 2
Local athletes recognized
CHAPEL HILL STANDOUTS WELCOMED TO HALL OF FAME
BY CHASE BECK
STAFF WRITER
With only one minute left in
a tight Lincoln High School bas
ketball game, Robert Davis Sr. had
control of the ball.
“We had a close basketball
game, and with my speed I was
able to chase the player down the
court and steal the ball. I came out
of nowhere,” he said. “The guys
picked me up and put me on top
of their shoulders.”
Moments such as this one
earned Davis and five other local
high school graduates entrance
to the Chapel Hill-Lincoln High
School Athletic Hall of Fame. They
will be inducted 3 p.m. Saturday
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Teacher Susan Trabka reads the story of Harriet Tubman on Thursday to 10-year-old patient George Kupit during his daily school session at the
N.C. Children's Hospital School. She is one of 16 staff members who help approximately 50 patients continue with education during their stays.
HOSPITALS SEEK STEADY
DOSE OF LEARNING
BY JULIE TURKEWITZ
STAFF WRITER
This week George Kupit visited
the N.C. Children’s Hospital for
the fifth time since September.
Fifty-five miles from Oakwood
Elementary School in Yanceyville
and Mr. Helms, his second-grade
teacher, doctors are treating George
for an infection in the catheter tube
that normally funnels nutrients into
his 10-year-old body.
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Junior Teresa Lee dances Thursday in an intermediate class led by
Lauren Grant of the Mark Morris Dance Group in the Women's Gym.
CORRECTION
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the Thursday front-page story
“Fraternity could get the boot
in ’O7” incorrectly states that
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Each athlete was selected because
of his athletic prowess, leadership
and citizenship, stated Ronnie
Hayes, director of the Chapel Hill
High School department of athlet
ics, in a press release.
Half of the Hall of Fame induct
ees are graduates of Lincoln High,
the town’s predominately black
high school before integration.
For Lincoln High graduate
Fred Battle, the induction of
alumni from the segregated high
school is bittersweet. “I thought
the achievement we made was
lost after we integrated the school
system,” he said.
“A lot of the artifacts that we
But because of the Hospital
School, funded and run by Chapel
Hill-Carrboro City Schools and
UNC Hospitals, George’s education
can continue during treatment.
In a classroom in the Hospital
School on Tuesday morning,
George kneels on nubbly multi
colored carpet the kind found
only in elementary schools —and
adds another spelling word to his
cardboard “word wall.”
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Date: Saturday
Location: Chapel Hill High School
commons area
had won were lost because they
were making room for the Chapel
Hill High School trophies. They
threw away some that had been
won by Lincoln.”
Battle, who graduated from
Lincoln High in 1962 and is presi
dent of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro
branch of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People, played on two state cham
pionship teams while at Lincoln.
“I’m learning new words,” he
says.
In terms of facilities, George is
attending one of the most estab
lished hospital schools in the state,
principal Flicka Bateman says.
The school contains more than
a dozen classrooms and is run by a
15-teacher team that caters to each
of the 2,000 pajama-clad students
who pass through its colorfully
painted halls each year.
BY MORGAN ELLIS
STAFF WRITER
One of the nation’s most accom
plished modern-dance groups is
doing more than performing at the
University this
weekend.
Members of the
Mark Morris Dance
Group, which will
grace the Memorial
Hall stage 8 p.m.
today as part of the
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Carolina Performing Arts Series, led
two master classes Thursday for UNC
dance students.
Students had the opportunity to
dance alongside world-class perform
ers during the classes in the Women’s
SEE MARK MORRIS, PAGE 5
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THE HILLS ARE ALIVE
The sixth annual "Living
History Day" will be held
Saturday in Hillsborough.
British Gen. Cornwallis
occupied the town in 1781.
“It’s always an honor; it’s
always good recognition to be
considered amongst the best that
participated in your sports,” he
said of his pending induction. “It
is very exciting.”
Edward “Jackie” Battle, a 1953
Lincoln graduate, is being induct
ed, as well.
Edward Battle is remembered
for scoring 49 points in one bas
ketball game. He was voted Most
Outstanding Player in his class.
He attended N.C. Agricultural
& Technical State University on
a basketball scholarship for two
years before being drafted into the
SEE INDUCTION, PAGE 5
Resources from the district and
the hospital allow George to receive
one-on-one instruction from the
same teacher, Susan Trabka, each
time he visits the hospital.
“Once she figured him out,
they’ve been doing quite well,” says
George’s mother, Sharon Kupit. “It
keeps continuity.”
Maintaining a connection
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ONE-SIDED VOLLEY
The UNC women's tennis
team rolled over in-state rival
N.C. State, 6-1, on Thursday.
The Tar Heels swept the
doubles matches.
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Harmonyx, an a cappella group, recaptures the soul
of Southern hymns in a performance Thursday
during the University’s second annual Black
History Month lecture at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center
for Black Culture and History. See page 5 for the fall story.
Participants
gear up for
day of dancing
BY SAPNA MAHESHWARI
STAFF WRITER
Dance till you drop or at least
stay on your feet for 24 hours.
Dancers and moralers alike
are preparing for the Dance
Marathon, which will begin at 7
p.m. today and run through 7 p.m.
Saturday.
“I’ve been trying to get some
extra rest at night,” says sopho
more Kelly Smith, who will be
dancing for her second year.
“I’m kind of nervous because I
know what’s coming this time, but
I’m more excited, definitely.”
Freshman Josh Diamonstein
says he is excited about the Dance
Marathon but not very nervous.
“I’m just going to go to sleep
after class tomorrow, which ends at
3,” he says. “I know I’m just gonna
be really tired. I’ll go to sleep early
the next night, so I’ll be fine.”
Senior Carr Harkrader of
Burlington will be a moraler for
his second year, after participating
as a dancer his sophomore year.
“We have different themes for
each shift,” he explains. “I have to
prepare clothes and costumes for
each of (the dancers).”
Moralers, like dancers, will
spend tomorrow preparing.
“I do kind of have to chill out
tomorrow before I start my shift.
If I went in like any other day, it’d
tire me out.
“Basically, I mean, that’s our
job (and) one of the goals I set for
myself, to make the dancers feel
better,” he adds.
“Also, to be the best-looking
moraler.”
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today in history
FEB. 24,1956...
Members of UNC's all-male
student body attend a dance
in Woollen Gym with 100
women who were brought in
from Averett College.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2006
Dance Marathon
breakdown
VOLUNTEERS
number of
M m ■% volunteers
mm m mJP working
4hourlong shifts, about 30
minutes on each from 4 p.m.
Friday to 8 p.m. Saturday
B B number of committees
I that work on Dance
■ ■ Marathon year-round
FOOD SPONSORS
B Number of food
I donors Bojangles is
■ the main sponsor
FUN PRIZES
1 Apple iPod Nano will be
given away as a prize
to the top fundraiser
2 tickets to Memorial
Hall will be given away
as prizes
4 tickets to a Durham Bulls
game will be given away
as prizes
2 tickets to the Maryland
basketball game will be
given away as prizes
MORE COVERAGE
► The Daily Tar Heel will follow
this group of participants during
the marathon. See Monday's issue
for their stories.
weather
O Sunny
H 58, L 33
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police log 2
calendar 2
crossword 5
edit 7
sports 9