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VOLUME 114, ISSUE 47 UNC fares well in House budget Proposal funds priorities for N.C. schools BY STEPHEN MOORE STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR RALEIGH Class sizes could stay small, course sections could stay on students’ schedules and professors could make enough money to stay at state schools if the numbers in the lat est legislative budget proposal wind up vv, '.; r: _ .., f . •' Keith Anderson (right), a member of the Catawba Cherokee tribe of Native Americans, struts his stuff at Saturday’s Native American Festival and Pow Wow in Hillsborough. Anderson said he’s participated in various Native Former student leader is named BOG chairman BY STEPHEN MOORE STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR . Jim Phillips comes to the helm of the UNC system’s policy-making body during a time of dramatic transformation among the system’s leadership. Voted in as the new chairman of the Board of Governors on June 9, Phillips is a major part of the reshuffling within the university’s leadership that has come with recently installed system President Erskine Bowles. Asa 1979 graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, a BREAKING DOWN THE BRACKETS: TAKING A LOOK AT THE TAR HEELS AND THEIR 7 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES FOES BY BRANDON STATON SPORTS EDITOR The ACC is well-represented, to say the least, in this year’s NCAA College World Series. North Carolina will make its first trip to Omaha, Neb., in 17 years. There, the Tar Heels will find plenty of teams familiar with NCAA baseball’s biggest stage. Clemson faces Georgia Tech at 1 p.m. Friday. They and UNC’s first opponent, Cal State Fullerton, will join the Tar Heels in Bracket One— UNC’s game is at 6 p.m. In Bracket 2 of the CWS, Rice will face Georgia at 1 p.m. Saturday, fol lowed by OSU vs. Miami at 6 p.m. Each bracket is double-elimination. The winners of each bracket meet for a best-of-three championship series. Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu. Online I dailytarheel.com FIELD OF DREAMS' UNC's second-day picks in the MLB draft eye the big leagues MORE FUN THAN SIM CITY Town moves closer to finding anew manager START THE CONVERSATION The DTH summer blog is alive and kicking ®l)p iailu oar Mrri becoming law. The state House’s proposed budget, released early this week, hinds all of the UNC system’s top priorities. That means hill funding for enroll ment growth and financial aid, as well as wage increases for staff and faulty. It also means none of the cuts to “dis- FRIENDS OF A FEATHER former Chapel Hill student body president, a member of the BOG since 1997 and a two time chairman of the board’s budget and finance committee, Phillips brings a wide assortment of skills to the table. And he will need them as he negotiates the intricate challenges of tuition and enroll ment growth, along with the increasing need for qualified teachers and nurses across the state. “We’ve got to go back and think strategical- SEE BOG, PAGE 4 STRENGTHS The number I—as in the ranking Clemson got I ■HHQSp| STRENGTHS Offense. Ga. Tech is an offensive powerhouse. rom NCAA tournament selection committee. This team is good. | Cos They're No. 3in the nation in scoring at nearly nine runs per game. K . WEAKNESSES There aren't many. If the Tigers can survive Ga. VS S HBRaHH WEAKNESSES Defense. The Yellow Jackets have good not CLEMSON Tech's offense, look for them to be around jn the end, as usual. B great, pitching. That means that their iffy defense will get tested. STRENGTHS Starting pitching. Despite Daniel Bard's struggles in STRENGTHS Starting pitching. East Coasters might not realize m f- A the Super Regional, UNC has the best one-two tandem in the NCAA. that Cal State Fullerton has the best team ERA in the country. WEAKNESSES Defense. Each play gets a little more importartt VS WEAKNESSES Strength of schedule. The Titans have struggled every round putting UNC's defense under the microscope. when posed with significant opposition. Everybody is good now. A K STRENGTHS Consistency. Rice has the best winning percentage in STRENGTHS Offense. The Bulldogs score enough to cover for V ear more w ' ns any team in the tourney. shaky pitching. They’re No. 26 in the NCAA in slugging percentage. £ WEAKNESSES Not too many holes here. The Owls don't turn VS $ WEAKNESSES Eddie Degerman. Georgia has to face the Temple many double plays, though, which are known to shift momentum. ace in Game 1. He is 13-1 with a 1.81 ERA and 158 K's this year. I STRENGTHS Top of the order. The Beavers have the No. 1 run STRENGTHS Miami is a very even team but doesn't do anything scorer in the NCAA in Cole Gillespie he'll jump on pitchers early. 9R Bj to really stand out other than playing consistent defense. WEAKNESSES Rest of the lineup. Asa team, OSU barely hit , 5 BHL WEAKNESSES Wins. The Hurricanes have fewer than anyone more than • 300 - The y’ ll see the pitching they have all year. e | se j n Omaha. It suggests that consistency could be an issue. WEEKLY SUMMER ISSUE Serving the students and the University community since 1893 www.dailytarheel.com cretionary spending” that UNC-Chapel Hill leaders dread because they force the University to offer fewer course sections and larger classes. In combination with the state Senate’s proposed budget, which also includes full funding for system priorities, the document has system leaders crowing. “Overall, it is a great budget that is not that different from the Senate’s,” said Peter Hans, a member of the system’s American events for nine years to celebrate his heritage. The festival, put on by the Occaneechi Saponi Tribal Association, was a two-day affair —one of many in Hillsborough. The town’s annual Hog Day will be held Friday and Saturday in the downtown area. campus I page 2 C-TOPS RETURNS Incoming freshmen grace campus with their presence —and try not to get lost amid all the construction at the University. Board of Governors, during last week’s board meeting. Rob Nelson, UNC-system vice presi dent for finance, reiterated the senti ment, noting that this is the first time in the past hve years that the system has not suffered cuts. “We’re very pleased that they budgeted money for enrollment growth, financial SEE BUDGET, PAGE 4 Three Tar Heels track down titles Men turn in best performance since ’96 BY STEPHEN LARGEN STAFF WRITER UNC athletes Laura Gerraughty, Justin Ryncavage and Vikas Gowda all won national titles at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championsips last week in Sacramento. In the process, all three cemented their place as some of the greatest individual performers the North Carolina track and field program has ever had. The coup marked the first time that State | page 3 LOANS: WHAT TO DO? Heard recently about consolidating those student loans? Find out what all the fuss is about, and figure out what you should do. dth file Photo three Tar Heels won individual titles in the same meet. In the team competitions, the UNC men tied for a ninth-place finish with 26 points, their best performance at the competition since 1996. The Tar Heel women finished in a tie for 14th with 18 points. Gowda and Gerraughty, quite the prolific tandem for the last four years, finished their UNC careers with a bang. Gowda, who became the first Tar Heel man to win a national title in arts I page 8 SHORT CUTS The 9th Hi Mom! Film Festival, a local event that focuses on short films, will be held this weekend in various venues around the area. THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 2006 Pit driver to appear in court Tuesday Taheri-Azar condemns lawyer, UNC Muslims BY GRAY CALDWELL CITY EDITOR More than three months after driving a rented SUV through the Pit and striking nine people, Mohammad Taheri-Azar will appear in court Tuesday. Taheri-Azar will appear for the first time in Orange County Superior Court and will be represented by public defender James Williams, despite his desire stated in letters to The Daily Tar Heel to represent himself. “It’s not uncommon for some criminal defen dants to want to represent themselves,” said Durham attorney Butch Williams, adding that it is not neces sarily a good decision. “I have never seen anybody represent them selves and get exoner- Mohammad Taheri-Azar says he plans to plead not guilty. ated,” he said. Taheri-Azar wrote in one of his letters to the DTH that he plans to plead “not guilty” on Tuesday, despite repeatedly admitting to committing the act and feeling no remorse about it. “Due to my religious motivation for the attack, I feel no remorse and am proud to have carried it out in service of and obedi ence of Allah,” he wrote. Butch Williams said that if Taheri-Azar pleads “not guilty,” it will allow a jury of his peers to decide exactly what “guilty” means. “You don’t know whether he’s going to try and use an extravagant defense,” he said, SEE TAHERI-AZAR, PAGE 4 Vikas Gowda took home the NCAA title for the discus hurling it 198 feet, 8 inches to win by 3 feet. three years, won the discus with a throw of 198 feet, 8 inches Friday night to win by 3 feet. He finished his career as a five time All-American and as the school record holder in the discus and shot SEE TRACK. PAGE 4 weather ♦Sunny H 86,161 index calendar . 2 briefs 3 crossword 6 arts 8,9 editorial 10
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