VOLUME 114, ISSUE 73
UNC inks The Roots for Homecoming
Leaders: Second
concert in works
BY HARRY KAPLOWITZ
ARTS EDITOR
Reaching their decision weeks
earlier than in years past, the
Carolina Athletic Association
announced Monday that The
Roots will perform this year’s
Homecoming concert.
The seminal Philadelphia hip
hop group was tapped to perform at
8 p.m. on Nov. 4 at Memorial Hall,
CAA President Rachel High said.
• Student tickets, priced at sls,
could be available as soon as one
week before Fall Break, High said.
Tickets for the general public will
go on sale for S3O one week before
the concert.
The band is being paid $40,000
plus yet-to-be-determined techni
cal costs for their show, High said.
“We knew they appealed to a
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redirects students
BY BETHANY BLACK
STAFF WRITER
Alpine Bagel isn’t the only
place inside the Student Union
with lines anymore.
The temporary closing of the
Wachovia in the Josephus A.
Daniels Building, which also
houses Student Stores, has dis
placed both the bank’s ATM and
its representatives. An ATM now
serves students inside the Pit-level
doors of the Student Union.
Wachovia officials said the
branch is slated to reopen in
January in time for the beginning
of the spring semester.
Officials said the branch’s Aug.
29th closure was a result of the
construction plan for Student
Stores.
“The final phase of construc
tion was to work on the main level
of the bookstore, and as a result
we had to close the branch,” said
Temple Richardson, Wachovia’s
campus card relationship man
ager.
Richardson said Wachovia
officials don’t plan any major
Changes for the reopening.
“It will resemble what was
there before, but we’re going to
try to utilize the space better,” she
said.
- “There might be some new fix
tures,” she added, “but the ATM
will be there, and there will be a
banker.”
To assist students until the
reopening, Wachovia officials
remain available for students’
banking needs.
“The representatives have
temporarily relocated to the One
Card office,” Richardson said.
Students can seek assistance
there from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday through Friday for gen
eral banking concerns.
The One Card office is located
-on the lower level of Student
Stores off of South Road.
“We’re trying to be as conve
nient as we can for students who
want to link their One Card to
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pretty broad audience,” she said.
“I think it appeals to a much wider
audience than Common or John
Legend"
CAA and the Carolina Union
Activities Board, which funds part of
the concert, recently were met with
criticism because of the homogeny of
their choice of acts in the past two
years, the Homecoming concert has
featured hip-hop or R&B artists.
While The Roots continues
that trend, CUAB President Erika
Stallings said the concert has a lot
more to offer students.
“I’ve just told some people, and
they’ve all been really excited,”
she said. “I think students will be
excited, and it’s a show that I think
people should go to even if they’ve
never heard them.”
The Homecoming committee has
additional money left over from its
$60,000 budget, and they are hop
ing to book a second act for a fol
low-up concert, which Homecoming
committee co-chairman Pablo
PUTTING NEEDS ON PAPER
BY KEVIN KILEY
STAFF WRITER
In a tiny basement squeezed'
between Memorial and Phillips
halls sits UNC’s Writing Center.
The center, located in the
Phillips Annex, has seen increas
ing demand booking nearly all
of its daily appointments and hir
ing anew full-time staff member.
Each week the center offers 168
appointments for students. Ttrtors
had about 4,000 on-site appoint
ments last year, with about 600 stu
dents seeking assistance online.
The staff addition is a response
to the growing number of students
with English as a Second Language
who use the center’s services. Gigi
Taylor is the new. ESL specialist
Taylor, whose background is in
ESL and coaching writers, was hired
to help the center work more effec
tively with immigrant, international
and exchange students.
Taylor also develops resources,
plans workshops and helps faculty
understand the challenges of writ
ing in a second language.
Kim Abels, director of the cen
ter, said about 15 to 20 percent of
the students who seek assistance
from the center speak English as
their second language.
So far this year, the center has
seen students with various first
languages hailing from parts of
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Nickel Creek to grace stage
BY MORGAN ELLIS
ASSISTANT ARTS EDITOR
Nickel Creek’s grass is blue. But upon hearing
the band’s multifaceted music, its grass could be
any color.
The experimental bluegrass act will play to a
sold-out Memorial Hall crowd tonight at 7:30 p.m.
as part of the Carolina Performing Arts Series.
The Mammals, a group from New York that
blends rock and Appalachian music, is scheduled to
open for the band.
Nickel Creek, a trio of twenty-something vir
tuosos from California, marries bluegrass with
elements of alternative, indie rock and pop music,
earning the band a significant following.
“They arrived on the national scene at the same
time audiences were interested in bluegrass,” said
Jocelyn Neal, a music professor who focuses on
country music.
Neal said at the time of its arrival, Nickel Creek
presented the “perfect solution” to audiences inter
ested in bluegrass but not wanting to hear a stag
nant brand of that genre.
As experimental as one might perceive Nickel
Creek’s music, Neal points out the band actually
follows in the bluegrass tradition.
“I would think in many peoples’ minds that blue
grass is traditional music,” she said.
But she points to bluegrass musicians such as
B4la Fleck, who turned banjo playing inside out.
“He was doing wildly adventurous things,” she
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Friedmann said would be specific to
the rock or indie rock genre.
High also is optimistic that a
second show will be booked.
“We are highly looking into
the possibility of having a second
Memorial Hail show of a different
genre,” she said. “It’ll be after The
Roots’ show, but it will actually be
during Homecoming week and
only for students.”
High and Stallings said The
Roots expressed interest in com
ing to Chapel Hill before an offer
was extended.
“They really wanted to come here
as well, which we knew would make
it much more of a high-quality show,”
High said. “But we wanted to wait
and see if other high-quality acts
weren’t going to be able to make it”
High listed Mos Def, Lupe
Fiasco, O.A.R. and the Red Hot
Chili Peppers as possible acts, but
each dissolved when price and avail-
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appointment. The center, which sits in Phillips Annex, has seen a recent spike in demand from students looking to hone their words.
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COURTESY OF CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS
Nickel Creek, a trio of bluegrass musicians, is set to
perform today in front of a sold-out Memorial Hall.
said. “Bluegrass tradition has always allowed for
innovators and experimentation.”
; Organizers felt the mix of youth, musicianship and
experimentation would cater to a younger audience,
“What drew us to booking them was that we
thought students would like it,” said Emil Kang,
executive director for the arts.
And indeed, student tickets went quickly, selling
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COURTESY OF THE ROOTS
Hip-hop act The Roots will perform this year's Homecoming concert on
Nov. 4 at Memorial Hall. The group will receive $40,000 for the show.
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WHAT A LOAD OFF
Last year's student leaders
are enjoying their time out of
office taking cross-country trips,
entering medical school and
spending time with family.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2006
UNC Olympic teams
get exposure via Web
Live video stream of games available
BY KRISTIN PRATT
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
This year, you can make it to
the game as long as you can make
it to a computer.
On Friday the ACC launched
anew, live video streaming fea
ture in conjunction with Raycom
Sports, Lincoln Financial Sports
and Turner Broadcasting
System.
About 500 Olympic sport
ing events will be broadcast this
school year through a Turner
broadband network called ACC
Select at www.accselect.com.
“No one’s ever tried this type
of scale,” said David Rudolph,
the senior vice president of new
product development at Himer.
“(The ACC) has been a good
and easy conference for us to
work with,” he said. “UNC has
been really easy to work with,
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Homecoming under the
CAA and CUAB -
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Venue: Alumni Hall
Artist fee: $5,000
Total cost: SIO,OOO
Ticket price: $5
Attendance: 750
Announcement date: Oct. 6
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Venue: Memorial Hall
Artist fee: $40,000
Total cost $50,000
Ticket price: sls
Attendance: 1,300
Announcement date: Oct. 4
The Roots
Venue: Memorial Hall
Artist fee: $40,000
Total cost: Undetermined
Ticket price: sls for students, S3O
for general public
acc Select
What is it?
Anew live video streaming pro
gram for all ACC Olympic sports.
Access is available through a
broadband network called ACC
Select at www.accselect.com.
How much is it?
Watching a live game costs
$3.99 per event. An all-access
monthly pass costs $5.99 at
an introductory rate. A free all
access 15-day trial is available.
How many games is UNC
showing?
So far, 34 home fall games are
scheduled. Once the winter and
spring sports schedules are set,
more UNC home games will be
added to the overall webcasting
schedule.
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