VOLUME 115, ISSUE 10
Allred vetoes Congress’ funding cap
Speaker disappointed, points to compromise
BY ERIN ZUREICK
UNIVERSITY EDITOR
Student Body President James Allred
issued two vetoes Wednesday, rejecting
legislation that would place caps on bind
ing for campus concerts and speakers.
The vetoes come in response to two bills
that were passed by Student Congress on
Feb. 21. The first bill would cap the funds
that Congress doles out for campus speak
ers at $6,000. The second would limit
funds given for concerts to SIO,OOO.
Allred said he refused the legislation
in part because it could damage the abil
ity of student groups to attract the big
The expansion of the ACC to 12 schools in 2005 sent a ripple effect through athletics. Fans have seen
the impact on the ACC Men's Basketball Tournament via location, donor giving and ticket availability.
TOURNAMENT'S SCOPE EXPANDS
New schools feed
into ticket crunch
FROM THE INVESTIGATIVE TEAM
Clemson fans attending the
opening tipoff today of the ACC
Men’s Basketball Tournament
will have given at least $46,250
annually to their athletic boost
ers just for the option to purchase
tickets.
UNC fans trekking all the way
from Chapel Hill will have jour
neyed almost 680 miles to the
Sunshine State for the debut of
the tournament, which runs from
today to Sunday in Tampa.
And some of the Carolina blue
clad ticket holders shelled out at
least $85,000 in donations to the
Rams Club for ticket consider
ation.
As the ACC expanded from nine
to 12 teams in the last few years,
tournament tickets have become
harder to come by.
This year a book of tournament
tickets cost $363 and gives entry
to all 11 games, but aside from stu
dents, die-hard fans must donate
thousands of dollars to be placed
in the running for seats.
Some big donors don’t get just
any seats they are up for court
side seats, said Barry Lawing, who
has been teaching History of ACC
Basketball at Forsyth Technical
Community College in Winston-
Salem for four years.
“It’s hard for athletic depart
ments to turn a blind eye to
someone who’s going to give them
$100,000,” Lawing said.
“Schools have figured out more
creative ways to elicit big donors.”
Students earn festival spot
Will show films at
storied Full Frame
BY BENNETT CAMPBELL
STAFF WRITER
On an almost nightly basis,
nearly every major news network
takes a look at one statistic: the
number of American soldiers
killed in the Iraq War.
But four UNC students decided to
take an intimate look at the conflict,
and that view won them first place
in this year’s Student Documentary
Shorts Competition on Wednesday
night, sponsored by the Carolina
Union Activities Board.
Seniors Natalie Palmer, Sean
vonLembke, Hans Vogel and CUAB
Film and Public Figures Chairman
Andrew Carlberg earned a spot
Wednesday in the highly regarded
Full Frame Film Festival for their
documentary, “Men in the Arena.”
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name speakers and performers necessary
to draw large numbers.
“I think that putting that sort of cap
discourages student organizations from
working together and collaborating on
events that serve many students at a
time,” Allred said.
The vetoes mark the second and third of
Allred’s tenure, his first being a rejection of
legislation limiting student government’s
access to basketball tickets. His predeces
sor, Seth Dearmin, issued no vetoes.
Congress Speaker Luke Farley, the
author of the legislation, said he is disap
pointed that the bills were rejected, par-
ONUNE:
Find out how many student
tickets each school sold and
how much donors shelled out
before heading to Tampa.
Donors dig deep for tickets
A majority of the tickets to the
ACC tournament are allocated to
universities’ booster club mem
bers.
Donors at each school are ranked
on priority point systems, which
take into account criteria such as
annual giving, total lifetime giving
and years of booster membership.
Members of Duke’s Iron Dukes
club are ranked on a donation
based point system to decide
eligibility for ACC tickets, said
Jack Winters, director of the Iron
Dukes.
This year each school is allotted
1,700 tickets, except for Boston
College, which received two-thirds
that amount, 1,133 tickets. This is
Boston College’s second year as a
member of the ACC. Next year the
school will receive a full allotment
of tournament tickets.
Previously, in July 2004, Miami
and Virginia Tech joined the ACC
conference.
Where the pie used to be cut
nine ways, it’s now sliced in 12.
In addition, tickets have declined
because of smaller tournament
arepas.
This year’s tournament venue,
the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa,
seats about 20,500 3,000 fewer
than the Greensboro Coliseum,
which hosted the tournament last
year and many past years.
With more schools competing
2007 Student
Documentary
Shorts Competition
"Chu Prayad" by senior Joseph
Marra and junior Habib Yazdi
(6 mins.)
"Men in the Arena" by
seniors Natalie Palmer, Sean
vonLembke, Andrew Carlberg and
Hans Vogel (15 mins.)
"Van Mujeres" by sophomores
Jennifer Carpenter and Emre
Ciiem (4 mins.)
"Wholesome Foods"by
senior Julia Marden (6 mins.)
The festival, set for April 12 to 15
and held in Durham each year since
its 1998 founding, is considered by
many to be one of the premiere doc-
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ticularly because he had discussed the leg
islation with Allred prior to their passage.
Farley said that he compromised in
order to draft bills that he thought would
pass Congress and be signed by Allred.
“I’m disappointed that even after doing
that... it still gets vetoed,” he said.
Allred said that while he attended a bud
get work session before the bills passed, he
never explicitly promised his support.
Congress can override the vetoes with a
two-thirds vote at its next meeting, which
is scheduled for March 20. According to
procedure, the override votes will take
place without additional discussion.
At the February meeting, the bill to
limit speaker funds passed 11-4, and the
bill to limit concert ftmds passed 9-5.
Distance to ACC Men's Basketball Tournament increases
The ACC Men's Basketball Tournament will be held in Tampa for the first time in the history of the 54-year-old
tournament. As the ACC has expanded from seven charter members to a 12-school conference, teams are
traveling farther to tournament venues. Last year the tournament was only 52.6 miles away from UNC.
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% ACC university • Charlotte (2008)
Greensboro (2010) • Tampa, Fla. (2007)
• Atlanta (2009) UNC
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in the ACC, donors clamor to be
among the biggest givers so they
aren’t left out of the tournament
action.
UNC’s Athletics Director Dick
Baddour said donors, in turn,
give more money to their athletics
booster clubs. Boosters fund athlet
ics scholarships, capital improve
ments and compensation.
“You know, part of this whole
concept of a tough ticket to the
ACC Tournament also helps you
drive contributions so that you
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Sophomore Jennifer Carpenter talks to competitors at the contest Despite
losing, the self-prodaimed "Full Frame geek" will get to present her film.
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The legislation originally was drafted in
response to what Congress termed a bud
get crunch. The body is responsible for dis
tributing the student activity fee to campus
groups, and low funds prompted represen
tatives to examine funding methods.
Despite the fact that the legislation was
not signed by Allred, Congress operated
under informal limits when it met this
can maintain your status to get
ACC Tournament tickets,” said
Baddour, who will be attending
the tournament.
“But having said that, it’s also
helpful from time to time to be
able to offer it to a giving level
that hasn’t been offered tickets in
the past.”
Next year, when Charlotte hosts
the tournament, the amount of
money N.C. State donors must give
to be considered for tournament
tickets likely will rise because of
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Student Body
President James
Allred blocked a
bill Wednesday that
would have set a limit
on student funding for
speakers and concerts.
weekend for its annual budget weekend.
The Carolina Athletic Association’s
request for $20,000 to go toward a
Homecoming concert was rejected, and
the group was given SIO,OOO.
Only two speakers were allotted funds
exceeding $6,000 Eve Ensler, author
of “The Vagina Monologues” and former
Sen. Zell Miller, D-Ga.
Farley said that these allocations still
are within the spirit of the bill because
they allow for exceptions if at least two
thirds of Congress members believe the
speaker cap should be exceeded, as was
the case in these situations.
A third limit still is up for discussion.
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the even smaller venue, said Bobby
Purcell, executive director of the
Wolfpack Club at N.C. State.
The Charlotte Bobcats Arena
only seats 20,200, which is
3,300 fewer than the Greensboro
Coliseum.
Purcell projects that N.C. State
booster members will need to have
given $250,000 in lifetime dona
tions to be considered for tickets to
the 2008 tournament. In 2004, a
SEE TOURNAMENT, PAGE 4
Senior speech
now a concert
Class leaders still
in contract talks
BY KELLY GIEDRAITIS
ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR
This year’s Senior Celebration
will have anew tune.
Instead of inviting a senior class
speaker, this year’s class officers
have opted to bring musical acts.
“It’s going to be Carolina
esque,” Senior Class President
Meg Petersen said, declining to
name the performers because of
contractual issues.
“We really want this to be the
best of Carolina looking back.”
Petersen said that officials are
working to bring two different acts
to campus for the event but that
this day in history
MARCH 8,1934...
A vandal takes more than SBOO in
clothing, jewelry and cash from four
fraternity houses. Witnesses saw a
man flee the scene, but he was not
immediately caught.
THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2007
May 8,1953
Seven charter
members Clemson,
Duke, Maryland, North
Carolina, South Carolina
and Wake Forest
withdraw from the
Southern Conference and
convene in Greensboro
to form their own
conference later
dubbed the ACC.
June 14,1953
Seven members meet in
Raleigh, where a set of
bylaws is adopted and
the name becomes
officially the Atlantic
Coast Conference.
Dec. 4,1953
The conference officially
admits Virginia.
June 30,1971
South Carolina becomes
the first and only school
to withdraw from the
ACC.
April 3,1978
Georgia Tech admitted
to ACC; (withdrew from
Southeastern Conference
in January of 1964).
July 1,1991
Florida State joins ACC.
July 1,2004
Miami and Virginia Tech
leave the Big East to join
the ACC, which sought
football schools.
July 1,2005
Boston College joins ACC.
Senior Class
President Meg
Petersen said
a concert will
encourage
seniors to
interact more.
details haven’t been solidified.
The traditional senior class
speaker was scrapped because offi
cials thought a musical performance
would encourage more interaction
among seniors, she said.
“Going to a speaker isn’t a cel
ebratory event,” she said. “We real
ly want to take the celebration to
another level.”
The senior class will spend
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