VOLUME 114, ISSUE 14
Cosby tabbed for summer show
BY BRIAN HUDSON
NEWS EDITOR
Having friends in high places will
do the damdest things.
Comedian Bill Cosby has volun
teered to perform in a Memorial Hall
benefit concert to help raise money
for a grant to honor retired journal
ism professor Chuck Stone.
The show is set for June 10, and
tickets likely will range from $25 to at
least $250, said Tom Bowers, interim
dean of the School of Journalism and
Mass Communication.
Comedian Bill
Cosby will
return to UNC
for a show at
Memorial Hall.
HEELS MARCH ON
BY DANIEL MALLOY
SENIOR WRITER
NASHVILLE, Tenn. lvory Latta
looked like she was about to get into a
fight.
Yes, the same Ivory Latta whose smile
lights up any TV screen and who usu
ally has the word “bubbly” attached to
her name was bleeding from her nose
after a hard foul by Vanderbilt’s Caroline
Williams, and the two exchanged words.
What was once a 20-point North
Carolina lead had been cut to three and
the Memorial Gymnasium crowd was in
hysterics along with a fiesty Latta, who
said Williams had dished out punishment
after the whistle.
Both players
picked up technical
fouls, but it was UNC
that used the incident
as a spark.
“I think that was a
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UNC 89
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turning point in the game for us,” Latta
said. “It kind of boosted our team up, and
after that we just tried to take it away.”
Latta hit her free throws amid a
chorus of boos Erlana Larkins hit a
jumper, Alex Miller nailed a pair of 3s,
and all of a sudden the lead was 10.
The top-seeded Tar Heels ended up
with an 89-70 victory to advance to the
Sweet 16 in Cleveland, where they will
face the winner of today’s Purdue-UCLA
matchup.
The margin of victory was only one
point less than UNC’s easy win against
the Commodores in December, but
make no mistake about it this one
was a dogfight.
Though for a half, it seemed like it
would be another laugher.
UNC shot better than 50 percent from
the floor in the opening stanza, includ
ing 7-of-10 from 3-point land.
They led by 14 at the break, but No.
8-seeded Vanderbilt (21-11) started the
second half with a 14-3 run before the
double technical.
“We came out flat,” said Larkins, who
had 22 points and 10 rebounds. “I don’t
GUIDING LIGHT
BY BRIAN MACPHERSON
SENIOR WRITER
It was finished the possession, the half,
the game, the four-year career in which
; David Noel had risen from football star to
basketball walk-on to inspirational leader of
an inspirational team.
But Noel wasn’t finished. With hulking
forward Jai Lewis primed for a fast-break
dunk that would seal George Mason’s upset
of No. 3 seed North Carolina, Noel dove
through the air and blasted the ball into
the first row.
Yes, the block only postponed the Tar
Heels’ exit from the NCAA Tournament. But
it was only the unrelenting hustle, poise and
leadership of the team’s senior leader to
say nothing of his pinpoint shooting that
kept North Carolina in the game until the
final seconds.
“I don’t think we laid it all out like David
did,” says guard Marcus Ginyard. “This was
his last game, and he gave his body, he gave
his soul to this team. We feel like we let him
down.”
But the suddenness of a season-ending
loss makes for a short-term perspective.
It will be only if this season’s talented
freshman class —and the even more talent-
SEE HEART, PAGE 5
CORRECTION
Due to a reporting error,
Monday’s front-page article
“Allred taps officers” misstates
the number of applications
received for top student gov
ernment posts. One applica
tion was received for treasurer
and four for secretary.
The Daily Tar Heel apolo
gizes for the error.
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Bowers said he was unsure when
tickets would become available.
Cosby volunteered his comedic ser
vices for the show after Bowers con
tacted him in January, initially to ask
if he would donate to the Chuck Stone
Citizen of the World Award.
But Cosby, who has been friends
with Stone for decades, instead
expressed an interest in taking a more
active role in raising money for the
grant, Bowers said.
“He said he’d prefer instead of
giving a contribution he’d prefer to
know exactly what it was.”
Larkins herself had a bleeding leg after
the game to match Latta’s knee and nose.
“Their legs were bleeding, but they
are proud of those scars,” said UNC
coach Sylvia Hatchell.
“In practice this morning we were
knocking each other out,” said Camille
Little. “We’re used to it.”
But UNC (31-1) especially Latta
isn’t used to technicals. The star point
guard said she couldn’t remember the
last time she got one.
“I always realize I got to keep my
cool,” she said.
Latta kept it with a minute and 10
seconds to go when she was hacked by
Jennifer Risper to stop the clock. Latta
turned away from Risper and jogged
over to the sideline, biting her lip. She
calmly sank the two free throws to make
a game-high 27 points.
She came out of the game after the free
throws to scattered boos from a 5,051-
strong Commodore crowd that failed to
rattle the Tar Heels, who are now 17-0
away from home. Vanderbilt suffered its
first loss in 16 NCAA Tournament games
it has played in Nashville.
“We actually have played better on the
road than at home,” Hatchell said.
“When you go through environments
like this, it makes you tough.”
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do a concert.”
Cosby last spoke at the University
in 2003 when he delivered the
Commencement address.
After a speaking appearance at
Memorial Hall in fall 2001, senior
class officials asked Cosby to return
for Commencement.
Stone said he thought it appropri
ate for Cosby, whose philanthropical
efforts are well-known, to help raise
money for the grant.
“We’ve been friends for years and
years,” he said. “He really is a citizen
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ALL TOGETHER NOW
University administrators take
their laundry list of projects in
queue before the community
leadership council, briefly
discussing Carolina North.
of the world.”
Stone’s grant would be awarded
to students seeking to travel abroad,
“where he or she could learn the les
sons Chuck took from his experiences
in India, Egypt, Lebanon and other
countries,” Bowers stated in a letter
sent to Stone’s former students seek
ing donations.
He cited $50,000 as a potential
fundraising benchmark.
After the award money is raised, it
SEE COSBY, PAGE 5
Memorial Hall unveils
schedule for next season
BY JIM WALSH
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
The largest performance venue on
campus has anew lineup, anew tick
eting scheme and anew Web site.
The schedule for the 2006-07
Carolina Performing Arts Series
at Memorial Hall was announced
today, marking the venue’s second
offering since it reopened after
renovations last year.
The lineup boasts more than 38
performances with artists from across
the country and around the world.
Grammy Award-winning Texas
singer and songwriter Lyle Lovett
will kick off - the new series with an
opening gala Sept. 15.
“What is fantastic about this
coming season is we’re not only
sustaining the excellence and the
caliber of the artists, but in some
cases we’re also exceeding them,”
said Emil Kang, the University’s
executive director for the arts.
SEE SCHEDULE, PAGE 5
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CHECK ONE, TWO
An on-campus open mic
series kicks off tonight at the
Stone Center, with plans to
continue into next year. The
event is open to the public.
TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2006
Event
held
to give
closure
Students ‘reclaim’
Pit with bluegrass
BY WHITNEY KISLING
STAFF WRITER
More than just the usual lunch
crowd livened the Pit on Monday
—one band, one student body presi
dent and four video cameras invited
passers-by to linger.
Student Body President Seth
Dearmin spoke and bluegrass band
Run of the Mill performed at an
event that sought to unite the cam
pus after alumnus Mohammed
Taheri-azar drove a Jeep through the
Pit on March 3.
Dearmin kicked off the event by
explaining that the purpose of the
celebration was to bring the cam
pus together and proceed toward
recovery. “We’re here to do just that
move on,” he said.
“All of us have our own opinions,”
he said. “We’ve all dealt with this in
different ways.”
Dearmin told the crowd that the
attack which Taheri-azar has
said was to avenge the treatment of
Muslims around the world should
be learned from and not forgotten.
He asked for a moment of silence
and instructed the audience of several
hundred to “think about the Carolina
spirit that binds us together,” just as
the Bell Tower chimed at noon.
Dearmin said he was satisfied by
the turnout and believed that the event
successfully united the campus.
“Today in a lot of ways is our way of
saying, ‘This is our space,’” he said.
While some said Monday’s cel
ebration united the campus, other
members of the campus community
say debate also is necessary to the
recovery process.
“I think it’s important to look at
every issue from every angle,” freshman
Jessica Smith said, underscoring the
importance of continued dialogue.
The celebration came after a dem
onstration held March 6 that called
on the community to label Taheri
azar’s actions as terrorism.
Trey Williams, a 2004 alumnus
SEE CELEBRATION, PAGE 5
Memorial Hall 2006-07 schedule highlights
More information is available at:
www.carolinaperformingarts.org
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
Opening Gala with
Lyle Lovett
Friday, Sept. 15,8 p.m.
Carolina Ballet: "Nutcracker”
Friday, Dec. 1,8 p.m.; Saturday,
Dec. 2, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; Sunday,
Dec. 3,2 p.m.
The Cleveland Orchestra
and Miguel Harth-Bedoya,
guest conductor
Sunday, March 18,7:30 p.m.
Wynton Marsalis and the
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
Sunday, March 25,7:30 p.m.
Alvin Ailey American
Dance Theater
Friday, April 13,8 p.m. and
Saturday, April 14,8 p.m.
today in history
MARCH 21,1959...
The campus reacts to news
that five fraternities are pe
nalized for involvement
in a Feb. 15 hearse- and
piano-burning incident.
NORTH CAROLINA JAZZ
REPERTORY ORCHESTRA
Swingin' with Satch and more
with guest trumpet soloist
Byron Stripling
Friday, Oct. 13,8 p.m.
Holiday Jazz Blizzard
Saturday, Dec. 9,8 p.m.
Jammin' at the Reno: Count
Basie and Kansas City Swing
Thursday, March 1,7:30 p.m.
The King By George: Benny
Goodman, George Gershwin
and the Making of American
Musical Traditions
Friday, May 4,8 p.m.
MUSIC ON THE HILL SERIES
Concerts by the faculty, students
and friends of the UNC music
department with various
performances running
September through April.
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