VOLUME 114, ISSUE 91
N.C. State Fair to open gates today
BY LINDSEY NAYLOR
ASSISTANT STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR
The N.C. State Fairgrounds will
open this morning to the public,
kicking off the state’s 10-day cel
ebration of agricultural heritage
and deep-fried food.
North Carolinians are expected
to arrive in
droves for
the opening
weekend to
enjoy fair
weather and
family fun.
By the
time the fair
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closes its doors Oct. 22, organiz
ers hope to have welcomed about
800,000 visitors.
Fair spokesman Brian Long
said workers were scrambling to
get rides and exhibits up and run
ning for opening day, and the effort
seems to have paid off.
“When you’re dealing with the
state fair, you go, go, go, go, go!” he
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GPSF President Lauren Anderson and Student Body President James Allred proceed to Memorial Hall for University Day ceremonies Thursday.
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“Come Friday at 8 o’clock when
the gates open, we’ll be ready.”
This year’s attractions include
everything from tractor pulls and
demolition derbies to pickle-eat
ing contests and a “karaoke bob
ble-head” game called Dancing
Heads.
Steve Troxler, commis
sioner of the N.C. Department
of Agriculture and Consumer
Services, said some peren
nial favorites are the old-timey
Heritage Circle, Paul Bunyan
Lumberjacks Show and the
nightly concerts offered at Dorton
Arena.
“That’s great entertainment,” he
said.
“Where can you go for a bud
get of $6 and have this in front of
you?”
Last year the fair grossed $9.8
million in revenue from all sourc
es, including games and ticket
sales.
Players eager for season s first big dance
BY SERGIO TOVAR
STAFF WRITER
Sophomore forward Tyler
Hansbrough claims that he is by far the
best dancer on the UNC men’s basket
ball team.
“My dancing skills are unbelievable,”
said Hansbrough, last year’s ACC fresh
man of the year.
“They will be the best since the
Michael Jackson era.”
Those dance moves, along with the
skills of both the men’s and women’s
basketball teams, will be on display
during tonight’s Late Night with Roy,
starting at 7 p.m. in the Smith Center.
Senior guard Dewey Burke said fans
will not be disappointed.
“We’re bringing sexy back,” he said.
Late Night with Roy marks the offi
cial start of basketball season the
first time teams nationwide can prac
tice. Doors open at 6 p.m.
The event will start hours earlier
than in years past because of a change
in NCAA rules.
“By allowing it to be early, it makes
it more family-oriented,” said Rick
Steinbacher, associate athletics direc
tor of marketing and promotions for
the Department of Athletics.
The event will include dances and
skits, as well as scrimmages by both the
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Steven Ristick arranges stuffed animal prizes at his game booth at
the fair grounds Thursday. Workers are eager to great the public.
Weather permitting, 2006
should be another high-revenue
year, Long said.
Darin Figurskey, meteorologist
with the National Weather Service
in Raleigh, said temperature highs
are expected to be five to 10 degrees
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Sophomores Danny Green (left) and Mike Copeland get down to the Jackson 5
during last year's Late Night with Roy. Players promise a similar showing tonight.
men’s and women’s basketball teams.
“Every coach really loves this time
period ... I want fans to laugh and be
excited about basketball,” said Roy
Williams, head coach of the men’s
team.
Williams said he does not like
to know what his players are doing
beforehand so he cannot be blamed
for anything they do.
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lower than average.
He added that by midmoming
the sun should help to warm day
time fair-goers.
“I think the biggest issue will be
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“I’m excited... we’ll get to show our
dancing and acting skills,” said sopho
more Bobby Frasor.
One of the best things about Late
Night is the element of surprise,
Steinbacher said, adding that tonight’s
lineup of events is under wraps.
“People have no idea about what
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COOKING UP SAFETY
Fire department officials use
Fire Prevention Week to raise
awareness about the most
common source of home fires
the kitchen.
Event an annual
rite of passage
Still holds true
to fanning roots
BY LAURA OLENIACZ
SENIOR WRITER
Step off the platform at Raleigh
Union Station into 1853.
After a year on the farm with
only your family, the Carolina-blue
sky and your crop, you’re ready to
enter the busy crowd of 4,000
people.
Now you’re at the N.C. State
Fair. You’ll sleep under a wagon.
See a vaudeville show. Enter a live
stock competition. Play a game of
CAMPUS HONORS
TAR HEEL SPIRIT
BY WHITNEY KISLING
ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR
Generations of UNC students have
walked by the Old Well and drank its
water. Thursday the historic land
mark saw some returning faces.
Alumni and faculty gathered
around the well to begin the proces
sion to Memorial Hall for the start
of University Day —a celebration of
UNC’s 213th birthday.
The juxtaposition of senior marshals
adorned with Carolina-blue sashes and
UNC leaders dressed in their academic
regalia helped demonstrate the day’s
message remembering the past and
looking to the future.
“I love what this University stands
for,” said keynote speaker Erskine
Bowles, president of the UNC system.
“It is proudly a public university.
“This campus is a university of the
people.”
More than 500 people filled the
hall including familiar faces such as
former UNC Chancellor Paul Hardin
and former UNC-system Presidents
Molly Broad and Bill Friday.
The audience heard from Chancellor
James Moeser, who emphasized the
University’s new virtual museum Web
site during his speech. The site details
this day in history
OCT. 13,1944...
The University's Civil Air Patrol
Squadron is inaugurated when
300 students from UNC and
Chapel Hill High School turn out
for enrollment.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2006
chance or sleight of hand.
One hundred and fifty-three
years old, the fair which kicks
off at 8 a.m. today was the year’s
most exciting social event in its
time.
“Life on the farm was drab,” said
Paul Blankinship, state fair histo
rian. Crowds flocked to the event
just for its social aspect.
But it wasn’t always just fun and
games.
“It started out as a way to share
information and techniques and
tips with the farming community,”
said Brian Long, director of the
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UNC-system President Erskine Bowles
delivers the keynote speech to honor
the University’s 213th birthday in
Memorial Hall on Thursday.
all aspects of the oldest public univer
sity in the nation.
“This virtual museum tells our
entire history, with the blunt, histori
cal truth of slavery,” he said.
“This is this University at its very
best being truthful, honest about
our past.”
The site, which can be accessed at
SEE UNIVERSITY DAY, PAGE 5
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