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CAMPUS BRIEFS
Recording artist Hay to take
stage at Memorial Hall
The Carolina Union Activities
Board announced this week that
recording artist Colin Hay is
scheduled to perform April 23 at
Memorial Hall.
Hay, the former frontman for
Men at Work, produced solo mate
rial for the “Garden State” and
“Scrubs” soundtracks.
Tickets for students, priced at
$5, will be available Thursday at
the Memorial Hall box office.
Tickets for the general public,
priced at $lO, will be available
April 18.
CITY BRIEFS
Administrators to discuss
redistributing newspaper
Administrators at Smith Middle
School will meet Friday to discuss
whether a student newspaper con
fiscated March 23 should be redis
tributed to students, the Student
Press Law Center announced on
its Web site Monday.
David Lyons, assistant princi
pal at Smith, halted distribution of
the newspaper, The Cyclone Scoop,
because of an article about an
assault that occurred on a school
bus involving a student.
The administration has not
issued a formal response to the
incident because it happened the
day before Spring Break, but it has
said that the newspaper was con
fiscated to protect the students’
confidentiality.
Smith Principal Valerie
Reinhardt has said that if admin
istrators find that confidentiality
was not breached, the paper could
be distributed.
The fiasco has caused other
school newspapers to seek clarity
in their own policies on censorship
and editorial content.
See Thursday’s Daily Tar Heel for
the full story.
STATE & NATION
Massachusetts passes bill
to require health insurance
BOSTON Lawmakers
approved a bill Tuesday that would
make Massachusetts the first state
to require that all of its citizens have
some form of health insurance.
The plan would use a combi
nation of financial incentives and
penalties to expand access to health
care during the next three years
and extend coverage to the state’s
estimated 500,000 uninsured.
The measure would require busi
nesses that do not offer insurance to
pay a $295 annual fee per employee
and does not call for new taxes.
The cost was put at $316 million
in the first year, and more than a $1
billion by the third year.
WORLD BRIEFS
Job protests in Paris streets
marred by violence, rioting
PARIS Riotingyouths swarmed
across a downtown Paris plaza, rip
ping up street signs and park bench
es and hurling stones and chunks of
pavement at police at the end of the
largest of massive but mostly peace
ful protests Tuesday across France
against anew jobs law.
Riot police fired tear gas and
rubber pellets and made repeated
charges into the crowds of several
hundred youths at Place d’ltalie on
the Left Bank.
The clashes came as more than
1 million people poured into the
streets across the country, includ
ing 84,000 in Paris, according to
police. Union organizers put the
figure in the capital at 700,000
—and 3 million nationwide.
SPORTS BRIEFS
Second winningest North
Carolina baseball coach dies
Former North Carolina baseball
coach Walter Rabb, 91, passed away
Tuesday. During his 31-year tenure
at UNC, Rabb led the Tar Heels to
a 540-358-9 record, giving him the
second most wins in school history.
He also led the Tar Heels to four
regular season ACC championships
between 1960 and 1969 includ
ing a perfect 14-0 conference
record in 1964.
NCAA president decries Duke
lacrosse players' behavior
BOSTON NCAA president
Myles Brand said behavior at a
Duke men’s lacrosse team party
last month was inappropriate,
regardless of whether the reported
rape of an exotic dancer results in
criminal charges.
Brand said that no assumptions
about guilt or innocence should
be made before the case runs its
course.
Brand also said he thought Duke
President Richard Brodhead was
correct in suspending the lacrosse
team’s season until file university
learns more about the incident.
From staff and wire reports
Planning board OKs duplex ban
Council members to review May 15
BY BRIANNA BISHOP
CITY EDITOR
Pine Knolls resident Ted Parrish
says his neighborhood is on the
“tipping point” of being overrun
by student renters.
To keep families in the histori
cally black community, Parrish and
fellow neighbors are asking for sev
eral preventative steps to be taken,
including a duplex ban.
Tuesday, they received some
of the support they need to give
weight to that request the
Chapel Hill planning board voted
5-2 in favor of the ban.
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Members and alumni of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity Inc. gather in front of the Bell Tower on Saturday in celebration of the UNC chapter's
30th anniversary. This year is the 100th anniversary of the nationwide fraternity, which is the oldest black fraternity in the country.
A BROTHERHOOD
OF MEN
BY ERICA RAFFERTY
STAFF WRITER
Not everyone can say he is a frater
nity brother with Martin Luther King Jr.,
Thurgood Marshall and Jesse Owens.
Then again, not everyone is a member
of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate
Greek letter fraternity created for African
Americans.
The 100-year-old fraternity, founded
at Cornell University, was established to
cement the bonds of brotherhood among
black students.
UNC’s chapter, composed of 14 members,
celebrated its 30th year on campus this past
weekend.
ESPN broadcaster Stuart Scott and Elson
Floyd, the University of Missouri-system
president, are among the UNC chapter’s
most renowned members.
Pillai looks to continue
newspaper’s excellence
BY BETHANY BLACK
STAFF WRITER
When Kavita Pillai started at
The Daily Tar Heel her freshman
year, she looked up to the editors
and viewed their accomplish
ments as an almost unattainable
goal.
“I remember how I looked up to
(Editor) Elyse
Ashburn, and
then I actually
ended up liv
ing with her
last year,” said
Pillai, the State
& National edi-
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tor.
Now a candidate to be next
year’s editor, Filial is the one whom
the newspaper’s staff members say
they look up to.
“Kavita’s very strong, very deter
mined, and she knows what she
wants,” said Erin France, an assis
tant State & National editor.
Pillai will interview Saturday
against Managing Editor Joseph
Schwartz for the post..
A junior journalism major,
Pillai said she chose UNC in
part due to the reputation of the
DTH.
“When I got here, I went to Fall
Top News
Chairwoman Ruby Sinreich and
board member Tom Jensen cast the
dissenting votes.
The recommendation was one of
several that will go before the Chapel
Hill Town Council when it discusses
creating a neighborhood conserva
tion district for Pine Knolls.
A conservation district creates
standards meant to preserve an
area’s character through special
zoning ordinances. In addition
to Pine Knolls, four Chapel Hill
neighborhoods are looking to
become conservation districts.
“I can support everything in
More than 180 professionals have joined
the UNC chapter, known as Mu Zeta.
Jarrod Jenkins, the chapter’s president,
says his fraternity is a traditional organiza
tion that holds true to the values of educa
tion and political consciousness.
“I feel as though the organization means
to me the face of change in society without
necessarily changing ideals,” he says.
On its anniversary Alpha hosted “Greek
Freak,” a step show in which contestants
battled for the Greek Freak 2006 Champion
title.
A host of alumni also returned to UNC to
celebrate the anniversary.
“To be an Alpha is still a great honor,”
says Chuck Stone, former Alpha faculty
adviser and former Walter Spearman pro
fessor in the School of Journalism and Mass
Communication.
Fest and got an application,” she
said. “I got the e-mail, and I was
ecstatic.”
The Memphis, Tenn., native
worked as a staff writer, then as
an assistant editor. Pillai said her
experience with state and nation
al issues will provide her with a
unique perspective as editor.
“I can look at an issue and
know whether or not that can
apply in a larger context,” she said.
“Something that’s happening in
Student Congress might be hap
pening in U.S. Congress.”
Pillai said her focus for next year
is on stability and continuity.
“The DTH has undergone tre
mendous change this year, and it’s
been for the better,” she said. “But
we also need to slow it down a bit
and do it deliberately. We need to
keep readers in mind every step of
the way.”
Pillai also said she wants to clari
fy the distinction between the news
and editorial sides of the paper.
“We need complete and utter
objectivity on the news side,” she
said. “The roles have been blurred
because they are not clearly
defined.”
SEE PILLAI, PAGE 7
this proposal except for the duplex
ban,” said Jensen, a University
senior.
Banning future construction of
duplexes and other measures such
as limiting the bedroom to bath-
room ratio are
seen as a way
to keep the stu
dent residents
and other rent
ers out.
But Pine
Knolls residents
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More about
the standards
for creating a
conservation
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who support the ban simply say
that it is a necessary step to pre
serve the neighborhood firom too
much development.
“If you don’t ban the duplexes,
Stone says Alpha’s history book boasts
many famous men.
“if you read the table of contents, it’s like a
who’s who in black America,” he says.
Jenkins says the fraternity has a close
relationship with its alumni, adding that
both the financial support and advice they
provide are invaluable.
Christopher Riddick, Alpha alumnus
of the class of 2000 and Cobb community
coordinator, says he is proud of the recent
accomplishments of Alpha’s chapter.
“I just noticed the guys are really very
active there’s more diversity in the sense
of what people are involved in with extracur
ricular activities,” he says.
Alpha’s primary aims, which Jenkins
says have been the same since the frater-
SEE ALPHA, PAGE 7
Schwartz seeks to fill
journalistic appetite
BY BETHANY BLACK
STAFF WRITER
Most students attending fresh
man orientation worry about
making friends and the correct
pronunciation of Dey Hall. Joseph
Schwartz worried about making
deadline.
“I remember leaving C-TOPS
because I had
a deadline that
night,” said
Schwartz, a
junior Chapel
Hill native who
began writing
for The Daily
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Tar Heel the summer before his
freshman year.
Schwartz’s resident status
enabled him to write for the DTH
before classes even began. So it
comes as no surprise that Schwartz
emphasizes the importance of rec
ognizing the greater Chapel Hill
community as he vies to be next
year’s editor.
“For me, informing the com
munity is informing my next-door
neighbors,” he said.
Schwartz will interview Saturday
against State & National Editor
Kavita Pillai for the post.
A journalism major and DTH
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2006
you’re going to invite developers who
are going to come in and rape what
little land is left,” Parrish said.
The Pine Knolls duplex ban, if
approved, would not be the first in
Chapel Hill. A townwide ban was
in place from 2002 until 2004.
The Northside neighborhood,
which became a conservation
district in 2001, also employs a
duplex ban.
One of the arguments driving the
planning board’s approval was that
the conservation districts should be
consistent with one another, and
Pine Knolls and Northside have
many shared characteristics.
“I’m looking for consistency in
our logic,” board member Timothy
managing editor, Schwartz said
his desire to inform his neigh
bors kept drawing him back to the
newsroom.
“I have this addiction to knowing
what’s in the paper the day before,”
said Schwartz, who has previously
served as a University, City and
State & National editor. “1 hate to
be surprised by it.” v
Chris Roush, a journalism pro
fessor who has taught Schwartz
in two classes, echoed the senti
ment. “The one thing that really
stands out to me is how quiet and
reserved he is until we talk about
something he’s passionate about,”
he said. “When it comes to journal
ism, this is something he’s passion
ate about.”
Schwartz said his goals for next
year reflect his knowledge of the
community that the DTH serves.
“We’re dealing with a commu
nity that is very on-the-go,” he said.
“In between classes, they want to
know, ‘What’s going on with my
tuition? What concert can I go to
this weekend?’”
As editor, Schwartz said he
wants readers to quickly get the
information they need. He also
SEE SCHWARTZ, PAGE 7
Dempsey said. “If some of the situa
tions are the same with long-estab
lished traditional neighborhoods ...
I don’t understand what’s changed
about our logic.”
The planning board tabled dis
cussion on the boundaries of the
conservation district until its April
18 meeting. Several developments
within Pine Knolls, including the
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
central office, are seeking exemp
tion from the district.
The council will consider the
Pine Knolls conservation district
at a May 15 public hearing.
Contact the City Editor
at citydesk@unc.edu.
Judas
gospel
to debut
on TV
Professor has
hand in project
BY DEBORAH NEFFA
STAFF WRITER
One of the most vilified Biblical
figures finally might be getting the
chance to tell his side of the story.
The Gospel of Judas Iscariot,
the infamous apostle who betrayed
Jesus, was discovered in Egypt
about three decades ago and will
be exposed this week for the first
time in more than 1,500 years.
National Geographic will hold
a press conference Thursday in
Washington, D.C., to discuss the
discovery and authenticity of the
artifact and will unveil the manu
script’s text in a television special
Sunday.
The special will premiere at 8
p.m. on the National Geographic
Channel.
Among the experts hired to ana-
lyze the manu
script is UNC’s
religious stud
ies professor
and author Bart
Ehrman. He and
others involved
in the project
have declined
to comment on
specifics until
the press confer
ence.
To analyze the
ancient docu-
Professor Bart
Ehrman calls
the diary the
most important
find of this age.
ments, National Geographic is
collaborating with Mario Roberti’s
Maecenas Foundation for Ancient
Art, the Waitt Institute for
Historical Discovery and a team of
international experts.
“I believe (Ehrman) had a role
in authenticating it,” said Jared
Anderson, Ehrman’s research
assistant and a doctoral student
at UNC’s graduate religion pro
gram.
Anderson said the discovery of
the manuscript was greatly signifi
cant to Ehrman. “He said, ‘This is
the most important archeological
find of my lifetime.’”
The gospel could change the
perceptions of Christians and turn
Judas’ disgraced image into that of
a hero, Anderson said.
Many theologians and phi
losophers have pondered the role
Judas played in the events laid
out in the Bible, and they ques
tion why such a crucial figure was
condemned.
“I do think scholars will agree
that it will change the study of
Christianity in a significant way,”
he said. “It is a very, very big
deal.”
James Robinson, an early-
Christianity expert, said in a Feb.
27 Time magazine article that
the manuscript, which was sup
pressed by “the orthodox church,”
is the alleged fifth-century ver
sion of the gospel and is written
in Coptic, an Egyptian Christian
language.
After being excavated in Egypt
as part of a collection of ancient
papyrus documents, the gospel
appeared on the antiquities mar
ket in 1983 at a price of $3 million,
Robinson told Time.
Time magazine reported that
the manuscript now is with the
Maecenas Foundation. In 2004
the process of reassembling
and translating the manuscript
began.
National Geographic will reveal
key translated sections from the
script, trace the recent authenti
cation process and provide details
contained within the document in
the documentary special.
Contact the News Editor
at udesk @unc.edu.
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