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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2007
O'BRIEN
FROM PAGE 3
O’Brien said, that helped to shape
how he perceives the world.
“If you’re interested in the world
as it is, you’ll be a historian,” he
said. “But I’m more concerned with
the world as it could have been or
should have been.”
And these concerns have
become a part of his everyday life.
He spends most of his day writing
and consistently stays up until 3
a.m. reading.
“Even at night when I’m doing
things with my family, my charac
ters and dialogue are biting at me,”
he said.
And O’Brien’s books are prod
ucts of his constant attention to all
things literary.
His second novel, “Going
After Cacciato,” garnered him the
National Book Award, and several
of his other works have gained sim
ilar acclaim, including his seminal
Vietnam memoir, “The Things
They Carried,” which now is taught
in many high-school and college
classrooms across the nation.
But O’Brien emphasized that
personal fame and satisfaction are
not his prime goal.
“The purpose isn’t therapeutic,”
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The Carolina Center
for Jewish Studies
presents
The Archaeology
oe Qumran
AND THE
Dead Sea Scrolls
Kaplan-Brauer Lecture on the Contribution
of Judaism to Civilization
A review of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls
and the excavations of the site of Qumran. Magness
will examine how archaeological remains and
information from the scrolls shed light on the
lifestyle and beliefs of an ancient Jewish sect.
H Kenan Distinguished Professor for
Teaching Excellence in Early
Judaism, UNC-Chapel Hill
COLLEGE OF
ARTS & SCIENCES
he said. “It’s about creating a good
piece of art.”
That is why UNC picked O’Brien
as the Morgan Writer-in-Residence
in the first place, said Susan Irons,
the program’s coordinator.
“Hearing him is a unique oppor
tunity that we didn’t want to miss,”
she said.
Irons said O’Brien is a perfect rep
resentation of the overall goal of the
program, which Allen and Musette
Morgan began in 1993 as a venue for
a writer to spend a week on campus
offering critiques to students and
sharing his or her own work.
“The way the Morgans envi
sioned it was to give our students
the best access they can get to great
writing,” Irons said.
And Irons said she believes the
list of former Morgan Writers
in-Residence figures such as
Joan Didion and former U.S. Poet
Laureate Robert Hass is evi
dence that O’Brien’s presence will
make for an extraordinary event.
And that is exactly what O’Brien
might want to hear.
“It has to do with probabilities,”
he said. “A good story, for me, is
made from the extraordinary'.”
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From Page Three
MUSICIANS
FROM PAGE 3
Loudermilk downplayed his
own successes and joked about
how he was more laid back than
the traveling Hamilton.
“I wanted to stay home with the
family,” Loudermilk said. “There’s
nothing wrong with being com
fortable and happy.”
But Loudermilk also went on to
work with acclaimed artists, writ
ing songs for Stonewall Jackson
and, more recently, Norah Jones.
“There’s two layers of show
business,” Loudermilk explained
to the audience. “There’s the kind
that produces it and there’s the
kind that brings it to the public.”
And Loudermilk and Hamilton
each brought their talents to both
the public and students as they
sang hits written by Loudermilk,
such as “Tobacco Road” and “Break
My Mind.”
Hamilton was joined on gui
tar by his son George Hamilton
V, while Loudermilk was accom
panied by son Mike Loudermilk.
Each of their sons also has experi
ence in the music industry, and the
HARWOOD
FROM PAGE 3
environmental approach has been
used at UNC before.
“We had Jim Banning come and
do an environmental assessment,”
Luse said. Banning is well known
in the field of campus ecology and
is frequently called upon to analyze
university environments.
Harwood said he is seeking
the position because he wants to
work on a traditional university
campus.
“The potential is here for great
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country duo made a point of call
ing out all their family members
that were in the audience.
“Introducing family is part of a
traditional country performance,"
said music professor Jocelyn Neal,
who served as event moderator
and required her “Introduction to
Country Music" class to attend.
She said the comedic banter the
duo engaged in throughout their
performance was a recreation of
the standard country performance
seen years ago, when artists would
start telling jokes in the middle of
a song.
“They’ve already been at the
peak of their career,” Neal said.
“They're more interested in con
necting with fans.”
The lecture was part of a sort of
homecoming for Loudermilk and
Hamilton, who will perform at the
University Baptist Church tonight
to support Habitat for Humanity.
“This is like coming home for us
musically,” Hamilton said. “Music
is a glorious gift it’s a bridge
builder in a land of walls.”
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“If the students are
strong enough to
push back, they
can change the
environment.”
DEAN HARWOOD, CANDIDATE
things,” he said. “I like the chal
lenge of that.”
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HOUSING
FROM PAGE 3
signed up for Ram’s Village since
the application was made avail
able,” he said. “I expect that by the
time the application closes there
will be a significant amount of
demand.”
Carmichael will be the next
dorm to undergo renovation,
closing for the fall. Discussions
regarding the future of Whitehead
Residence Hall, which eventu
ally will be expanded as part of the
Carolina Inn, still are being held,
Bradley said.
No matter what decision is
made, Whitehead will be open for
the fall semester, Bradley said.
The new styles of living offered
by Morrison and Ram Village are
a part of the housing department’s
efforts to accommodate the living
preferences of different students,
Bradley said.
“We are trying to expand the
FINANCE
FROM PAGE 3
and former competitor Nick
Neptune were allowed an addi
tional SIOO to their budgets since
they were involved in a runoff elec
tion. Carson spent $68.45 during
her final week of campaigning.
Neptune came in second and
spent the second most on his cam
paign, with a total of $398.32, just
$lB.lO of which was used for the
runoff.
The numbers reflect all expen
ditures, which include everything
from plywood and footballs to
labor and election fines.
Student Body President James
Allred said limits prevent the can
didate who spends the most from
having an unfair advantage in the
election.
“It’s what makes campaigns
about the issues,” he said.
Allred said small budgets ensure
that every penny counts and force
candidates to come up with unique
ways to communicate their ideas to
students.
According to Title VI of the
Student Code, which governs cam
pus elections, candidates whose
names appear on the ballot can be
reimbursed from the student activ
ity fund for what they spent during
their campaigns except for fines.
Student body president candidate
Jon Kite, however, decided not to
take the reimbursement for his cam
paign. He spent $372.22 on various
items, including sls on a one-man
billboard shaped like a kite.
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portfolio of what we have to offer
students, so that we have something
that meets everyone’s lifestyle.”
Students said they are looking
to change dorms for many reasons.
Freshman pharmacy major Portia
Purvis, who resides in Hinton
James Residence Hall, said she
wants to move to a dorm that is
closer to her classes.
“I like Hinton James because it
is a nice environment with a lot of
people, but it is too far away from
classes and different activities on
campus,” she said. “I’m planning on
moving to mid-campus next year.”
Other students, such as junior
English major MyAn Le, plan on
living in the same rooms again.
“I’ve lived in Manly since fresh
man year, and UNC pays for my
housing, so I’ve never found a
reason to move off-campus or to
another dorm.”
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“I thought that was
a contribution for
the University....
It was not an issue
for me.”
JON KITE, FORMER SBP CANDIDATE
“I thought that was a contribution
for the University,” Kite said. “I don’t
know how many people do this, but
it was not an issue for me.”
Some of the candidates spent
part of their budgets on Facebook.
com advertisements which run
from $5 to S3O per day.
Doug Whitfield, former candi
date for Graduate and Professional
Student Federation president,
spent $l2O on these advertise
ments —a large amount of money
considering Whitfield only spent
$153.55 on his campaign.
“Lots of people use Facebook,
so that’s why I spent money there,”
he said. “Low work, high visibility
seems simple to me.”
But GPSF President Lauren
Anderson, who will take office again
April 3, didn’t spend any money on
her re-election campaign.
She said she thinks campaigning
by talking to people personally is
most effective.
“I didn’t work on boards or fliers
because they seemed so wasteful to
me.”
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