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Dearmin
details
successes
BY BRIAN HUDSON
NEWS EDITOR
In one of his last tasks as student body
president, Seth Dearmin presented the
March Report to Student Congress on
Tuesday night.
The 55-page document recounts
the accomplishments of the execu
tive branch during the past term and
through omission admits those goals
that fell by the wayside.
The March Report
details the accom
plishments that
Dearmin hopes will
become his legacy,
such as the develop
ment of the online
calendar system,
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He vacates office Tuesday.
Tuition and predictability
During the campaign Dearmin said
he would lobby to make tuition more
predictable, so students could plan for
future hikes.
While the Board of Trustees —of
which Dearmin is a member raised
undergraduate tuition $250 for resi
dents and $l,lOO for nonresidents,
Dearmin made headway in establishing
tuition predictability in future talks.
SEE MARCH REPORT, PAGE 7
DUKE LACROSSE
SEASON ON HOLD
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DURHAM Duke University
officials have announced that the
men’s lacrosse team will suspend all
future games until further progress
is made on charges of gang-rape
against members of the team.
“Sports have their time and
place, but when issues of this
gravity are in question, it is not the
time to be playing games,” Duke
President Richard Brodhead said
at a press conference late Tbesday.
This course of action, while
supported by Brodhead, was
requested by the lacrosse team in
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Jessica Sell and LaToya Pringle celebrate after the Tar Heels held on to beat the Tennessee Lady Vols, 75-63, on Tuesday,
advancing to UNC's second Final Four. Many players contributed to the decisive victory against Pat Summitt's team.
BY DANIEL MALLOY
SENIOR WRITER
CLEVELAND What was once a 16-
point North Carolina lead had been slashed
to six when Ivory Latta stood dribbling at the
top of the key, the shot dock winding down.
She looked toward the bench, and Coach
Sylvia Hatchell motioned for her to pull the
ball out and reset. Latta took the ball about
two steps beyond the 3-point line, paused
for effect, and launched the dagger that
slew Tennessee.
“I thought that they were going to come
out and play defense on me, but they didn’t,”
she said. “So I took the shot.”
As NBA superstar Leßron James looked
a statement released Tuesday by
the team captains.
The situation stems from a
March 13 party at 610 N. Buchanan
Blvd. A black woman hired as an
exotic dancer reported that men
at the party shouted racial slurs at
her and another dancer, and that
three of the men raped her.
Three team captains lived in
the house where the alleged rape
occurred but have since moved.
The team, ranked No. 2 at
the time, forfeited their past
two games because of admitted
SEE DUKE LACROSSE, PAGE 7
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MIXING IT UP Aldermen extend public
hearing on new zoning behind Brewer Lane
SWEET SUCCESS Child cancer patient
kick-starts lemonade stand fundraisers
RIGHT TO LIFE Carolina Students for
Life memorializes abortions with roses
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on wearing a shirt with a Carolina blue
streak across the middle Latta, who fin
ished with 20 points and nine assists, took
over the final three-and-a-half minutes of
the game to give No. 1 UNC a 75-63 win
and a ticket to the Final Four.
On the next possession, the newly mint
ed first-team All-American pulled a cross
over even James would envy, leaving Alexis
Hombuckle looking for an ankle brace as
she fed a wide-open Erlana Larkins for an
easy deuce.
She added six free throws in the final
minute to seal the win.
SEE FINAL FOUR, PAGE 7
Congress OKs all but one nomination
BY MAC MOLLISON
STAFF WRITER
Representatives made waves
Tuesday night by rejecting a high
level judicial nominee in the final
meeting of the 87th session of
Student Congress.
Mark Ihnat had been chosen
instead of one other candidate in
an Honor Court election to become
the next Honor Court chairman.
He also had been granted
approval by a committee com
prising officers of all branches of
student government before being
tapped by departing Student Body
President Seth Dearmin.
But Congress members sunk
the nomination, at least for the
time being, when eight members
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supporting the bid failed to gar
ner a two-thirds majority against
seven opposing members.
Members expect Ihnat’s nomi
nation to resurface in the 88th ses
sion, which will convene April 6.
The vote came to a head auto
matically when time allocated for
the divisive debate ran out.
The faction in favor of the nom
ination was voted down when it
tried to hear additional testimony
from John Deans, the departing
Honor Court chairman.
Passions flared as Deans shout
ed above Speaker Luke Farley,
who eventually was able to restore
order and bring the decisive vote
SEE APPOINTMENTS, PAGE 7
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Page 11: More about the
win against Tennessee
Online: More photos from
Tuesday's Elite 8 win
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John Deans (right) stands before Student Congress with Mark Ihnat,
who failed to receive the body's approval as Honor Court chairman.
today in history
MARCH 29,1949...
President Frank Porter
Graham leaves UNC for
Washington, D.C., where he is
sworn in as North Carolina's
new junior senator.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2006
Honor
at core
ofUNC
Why honor?
Myself and other members of UNC’s
Honor System hear this question in vari
ous forms: Why do we have an Honor
Code at UNC? Why is it so important
to promote honor and integrity? Why
should the Honor Code matter to the
typical UNC student, one who might
never find himself or herself facing
Honor Court charges?
During my time at UNC, I have
become acutely aware of the way in which
our Honor Code permeates campus and
contributes to the spirit that is so vibrant
and important to our community.
It is the atmosphere of integrity, trust
and respect that the Honor Code helps
to develop that allows students and fac-
ulty to expect honesty
in academic work and
permits members of
the University com
munity to contribute
varying opinions and
to hear the views of
others.
Honor is at
the heart of the
University’s commit
ment to public service
and also provides sup
port when the campus
deals with tragedies
such as those we have
experienced in recent
weeks.
I realize that most
GUEST
COLUMNIST
Shelly Schaaf
is the Honor
System outreach
coordinator
Next week:
Seth Dearmin
people would not say
that they are honest in their work, commit
themselves to public service or support
others during difficult times as a result
of our Honor Code. We do these things
because of our own values and because
of a culture that exists here that promotes
and supports honorable action.
But that culture is rooted in the tradi
tion of our Honor Code.
We promote honor and integrity at
UNC because development of these
qualities is vital to our participation in
society. We live in a world in which peo
ple are increasingly challenged by ethical
dilemmas in political decisions, busi
ness transactions and personal choices,
among other areas.
Our Honor Code is important
because, in the same way that it helps to
guide our decision making during our
college years as we take exams or write
papers, it helps to inform the decisions
we make in the future. And this makes
the Code relevant to the vast majority
of students.
The Honor Code is further relevant
because of the value that it lends to a
University degree.
In a panel Monday night about honor
at UNC, Professor John Stewart said
people should derive happiness from
honestly achieved successes, from know
ing that “you did it and you did it in an
honorable way.”
A UNC degree is recognition of just
that: You worked hard at a challenging
SEE HONOR, PAGE 7
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