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VOLUME 114, ISSUE 133 Officials create Duke tickets plan BY ELISABETH GILBERT STAFF WRITER As the big game draws nearer, the process of scoring a pair of the most coveted objects on campus UNC-Duke basketball tickets still is in development. Officials are working on the dis tribution system in an attempt to ensure that only students graduat ing in 2007 will be able to get tick ets, said Clint Gwaltney, associate athletic director for tickets and Smith Center operations. “We’re going to do our best that we can to accommodate those that register,” Gwaltney said. More than 13,000 students had Satellite plan gets guideline Carolina North group nears end BY JEN SHURNEY STAFF WRITER The committee charged with examining the University’s proposed satellite campus saw the culmination of months of work Thursday, though some concerns still remain. The Leadership Advisory Committee met to finalize the development principles and over all report for Carolina North, the research campus to be located one and a half miles from UNC. The committee consists of 24 members including University pro fessors, Chapel Hill and Carrboro officials and the chairman of the committee, law professor and for mer Chapel Hill Mayor Ken Broun. The committee’s goal for the meeting was to adjust the language of the final document, clarify any lingering issues and improve under standing about the development. The most controversial topic k — 7 1 9 DTH/DAVID ENARSON Raymond Whitley discusses how staying at the Inter-Faith Council shelter has provided an improved atmosphere and the opportunity to find a job. Report paints picture of nation’s homeless Seeks to inspire solutions to issue BY ROBIN BURK STAFF WRITER Raymond Whitley is a grand parent who moved to Chapel Hill from Durham because it seemed quieter and more settled, and like about 11,000 other N.C. residents, he is homeless. According to a report released this month by the National Alliance to End Homelessness, about 744,313 homeless people announcement WRITE. EDIT. DESIGN. Interested in working for the award-winning Daily Tar Heel? Stop by our interest meeting 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Union 3413. Serving the students and the University community since 1893 01rr Stttlu ®ar Mrrl registered for the Duke lottery as of last month, said Rachel High, president of the Carolina Athletic Association, which is handling the distribution. But Gwaltney said just 6,000 student tickets are available for the March 4 game. Students must register online for the lottery by Feb. 11 to be eli gible to receive tickets. Winners of the first distri bution will be notified Feb. 14. They will have until Feb. 18 to confirm, and the winners of the second distribution will be noti fied Feb. 20. Students who don’t get lucky discussed at the meeting was the proposal on housing. After about an hour spent on the issue, Broun said the report would include the proposals from the University, Carrboro and Chapel Hill, indicating that although there was agreement on general issues, specifics still were undetermined. “There was lengthy and fruitful discussion on the housing consid eration, but there was no consen sus on the three topics introduced,” he said. Although the number of resi dences to be constructed and their rates were undecided, the commit tee did agree on a plan for the new schools required. “The University will provide school sites for a FirstSchool and for an additional school,” Broun said. Other heavily discussed topics included the environmental prin ciples and effect of Carolina North on the natural areas labeled as envi ronmentally significant. Douglas Crawford-Brown, direc- SEE COMMITTEE, PAGE 5 lived in the United States in January 2005. The tally was the first nation wide count of homeless popula tions since 1996, when surveys of homeless service providers indlicat ed a homeless population between 444,000 and 842,000. 23 percent of the homeless popu lation experiences chronic homeless ness, according to the report People in this category are homeless repeat edly or for long periods of time. “Most of the people who are homeless are only homeless for a SEE HOMELESS, PAGE 5 inside EXPENSIVE EDIFICE City schools looks at new school building costs, PAGE 4 GOOD NEIGHBORS Residents agree to Habitat development plan, PAGE 6 FINAL FOUR Breaking down the NFL matchups and UNC pro players, PAGE 9 www.daiiytarheel.com | on the first two rounds might have additional chances. High said issues such as the number of lot teries and redistributions, as well as what to do with leftover tickets, still are being resolved. Unlike previous lotteries, this one will be designed to allow only seniors and graduate students who will graduate this year to receive tickets, officials said. Gwaltney said officials in charge of the distribution process received a list of eligible students from the Office of the University Registrar. Upperclassmen who registered for the ticket distribution were ' - & .fa vj£- | PTO IRHrMBM. wBUmImW 1 H IHm EL BAND Political science professor Donald Searing tried to beat the cold with a hot drink from The Daily Grind. The little snowman was not so lucky, as he was dangerously allergic to anything hot. The National Weather Service is predicting that the Triangle could see a repeat of Thursday's wintry weather as soon as Sunday night when they expect lows in the 20s and a 40 percent chance of precipitation. BABY, IT IS COLD OUTSIDE DTH/BETH ELY Students and teachers left their footprints (above) in the slushy snow Thursday morning as they traipsed through campus. Sophomore Caleb Rudow (right) runs for cover from a blistering barrage of snowballs dished out by fellow sophomore Casey Davis. The spontaneous snowball fight, delighted onlookers in the Pit, who enjoyed the one inch of snowfall that Orange County received. Though the winter weather offered a nice diversion, University classes continued as scheduled. Departments seek to fill faculty need Struggle to keep up with peers BY AMANDA YOUNGER STAFF WRITER An old debate is resurfac ing as the search continues for new faculty throughout the University. About 60 new faculty mem bers are expected to be wel comed to the College of Arts sent one of two e-mails either one confirming that the student is registered as graduating in 2007 and is eligible to receive tickets, or one stating that the student is not listed as graduating. Students not listed as seniors who think they should be must stop by the Smith Center ticket office, in person, with verification of their graduation status from either the registrar or the chairman of their department. It’s not to an underclassman’s advantage to try to fake it, as all who enter the graduating distribu tion this year may not enter next year’s graduating distribution, WINTRY MIX 2007 and Sciences next semester, said Madeline Levine, interim dean of the college. And while that number is larger than in past years, faculty salaries remain an obstacle to attracting hires, officials say. “It’s a very competitive mar ketplace, and so part of why we can recruit really good people is because UNC is known to be a major, leading university,” Levine said. Recruiting efforts are in sports | page 7 TOTAL DOMINATION The UNC women's basketball team destroys Ga. Tech at home Thursday holding the Yellow Jackets to below 20 percent shooting in a 78-31 blowout. regardless of whether they actually graduate this year. The deadline for students to establish senior status for the dis tribution is Feb. 9, two days before lottery registration for the game ends. Students also have the option of withdrawing themselves from the lottery by e-mailing tickets @unc. edu. Good news for ticket hunters 3O students have withdrawn their lottery entries so far, High said. Contact the University Desk at udesk@unc.edu. DTH/DANIEL BAND full swing with more than 80 searches being conducted through advertisements, news letters and e-mail lists, Levine said. Most search commit tees are given only about four months to advertise. “What new faculty bring is a fresh perspective on teaching and what the college should be like,” she said. “They bring tre mendous energy and enthusi asm.” Because the financial deci this day in history JAN. 19,1946... The limit on women entering the University is set at 125 for the year. All 750 out-of-state applicants and some N.C. women are sent letters of refusal. FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 2007 Important dates Feb. 9 Deadline to confirm senior status Feb. 11 Deadline to enter lottery for Duke tickets Feb. 14 Winners of first-round lottery announced Feb. 18 Ticket confirmation date for first lottery Feb. 20 Second-chance lottery TBA Additional lotteries, if needed. March 4 Game day sions do not lie with the aca demic departments themselves, private donations sometimes are incorporated into the packages presented to prospective hires to sweeten the deal. Levine said that while not fre quent, refusals of employment offers sometimes can be attrib uted to unsatisfactory faculty salaries. The average pay for a pro- SEE FACULTY, PAGE 5 weather . * Windy * H 53, L 27 index police log i calendar 2 games 5 sports 7 opinion 10
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