4 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2008 Ethnic violence disrupts Kibera relief Date to return still uncertain BY REBECCA PUTTERMAN ASSISTANT STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR In hopes of dispelling ethnis. tensions in Kibera, aid encouraged the youth of this <um of Nairobi, Kenya, to cast aside their differences to play >tu multi ethnic soccer teams. Yet the very ethnic tension that the nongovernmental organization Carolina For Kibera was hoping to calm came to a head last week as Kenya's tribes clashed violently in protest of the December election results, forcing even peace-keeping efforts to shut down. The two main ethnic tribes of Kenya were pitted against each other in elections that were alleg edly rigged in favor of presidential incumbent Mwai Kibaki's histori cally wealthy tribe, the Kikuyu. After the initial outburst whole villages in the Kibera slum were reduced to charred ruins. "We have a situation where swaths of Kibera have been burned to the ground and hundreds of fami lies have been displaced," said Emily Pierce, vice president for develop ment and former volunteer at CFK. "And a lot of youth members of CFK’s program have been affected by the burning and the lack of food, and they’ve lost everything." In the midst of week-long violence that, according to the Associated Press, has left more than 500 people dead and 255,000 displaced, CFKs soccer program, clinic and reproduc tive health and women's rights center had to shut their doors. "Immediately after the elections on Dec. 27, we got a report that they just ft't like something was FERRELL SHOW FROM PAGE 1 Kat Schmermund, who gradu ated in 2007, is returning to UNC from Washington D.C., along with other alumni for the event and said she plans to meet up with friends who are svH students at the show. “The tickets are pretty pricey, especially considering that I'm going to be up in the nosebleed section." she said. “I would think the price could be cheaper consid ering how many people they can jam into the Smith Center, but May 20tHrGraduates!! Apply to be a Carolina College Adviser Full-time position helping low-income high school students find their way to college UNC-Chapel Hill’s Carolina College Advising Corps (CCAC) seeks new Carolina graduates to serve as college advisers in low income high schoois across North Carolina. CCAC advisers will serve within two high schools, and will perform the following primary functions: • Provide one-on-one admissions and financial aid advice to any student or family seeking assistance. • Organize group events that encourage students and their families to consider, plan for, and apply to colleges. • Establish productive working relationships with principals, counselors, and teachers in each assigned high school. • Assist in the assessment and long-term sustainability of the program. Paid Position _ •. Application deadline: IHftMWI3tiOH January 15,2008 / SeSSiOll See job listing at / careers.unc.edu • ThlirSClßy, JanUSTy 10 (log in &go to jobs) : 5:30 p.m. • Jackson Hall • Office of Undergraduate ; To learn more, contact: *• Admissions Wendy Jebens CCAC Project Coordinator *•. # *** Office of Undergraduate Admissions ## *** wjebens@unc.edu *•••••••••* 843-6155 I jjm- nl E I m m , c Jr 2k ' ' ' wf COURTESY Of LAURA WILLIAMSON Senior Laura Williamson, a Carolina for Kibera program officer, volunteered in Kibera last summer. Ethnic violence and looting following the elections in December caused CFK to shut down its clinics and programs. going to happen," Pierce said. CFK is only closed temporarily and has opened an emergency food service for the program's youth who have been displaced by the vio lence. Though Kibera is an impover ished area that struggles with eth nic tensions. Kenya typically is not a site of ethnic violence in Africa. “Usually Kenyans are the ones taking in refugees from Somalia and elsewhere, and now Kenyans are the refugees, ’ said Laura there was no way I was going to miss out on this." Schmermund said she's not sure what to expect from the perfor mance since Ferrell doesn’t usually do stand-up. “I’m excited because I know it’s going to be outlandish and hilari ous," she said. “I love Will Ferrell and quote his movies so much that my Will Ferrell imitation voice has often snuck into my regular speech: it's sort of embarrassing." Contact the Arts Editor at artsdesk@ utic.edu. Williamson, a UNC senior and CFK program officer. “It’s turned what people know about the coun try and their lives on its head." Optimistic that its programs will reopen within the coming months. CFK is going forward with recruit ing volunteers for the summer. “I think that there’s an oppor tunity here for some of the great students that we have at UNC and from Duke to make a significant impact in the lives of people who have been destroyed by this vio- HOUSING FROM PAGE 1 said. The next formal step for the foundation is its presentation to the Chapel Hill Town Council in March. Didow said that alternative plans haven't been finalized but that they should be completed by late February. For some, such as Wesley Student President William McKinney, the new building cannot come fast enough. , * , , News lence," Pierce said. Though refugees have yet to return and aid groups have described the violence as sporadic, Peter Ogego, the Kenyan ambas sador to the U.S., expressed confi dence that the country will stabilize both politically and socially . “Schools will open next week," he said. “Things are getting back to normal." Contact the State U National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. McKinney said the structure, w hich is beginning to show its age, lacks the outreach capacity that the new building promises. “Everyone else already has a community that fits them, like foreign language or substance free," McKinney said. “There's a need for a community based on faith." Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. LATTA FROM PAGE 1 * crowd on her way off the court. “I had a great career here," Latta said. ‘I had a lot of ups, I had a lot of downs, and when 1 think about that we went to three ACC championships, two Final Fours. Just not even all the basketball just being here is a great h0n0r.... I miss everything about Carolina." And the UNC community assured her a lofty place in history with her second halftime honor, the Patterson Medal, the program's most presti gious award. Given since 1924 in memory of John Durand Patterson, the award recognizes athletic excel lence both on and off the field. “There's so much that I learned here," Latta said. “I just learned to be a better person. Just be a better person and play with a lot of heart, a lot of passion. Just being in the Carolina atmosphere, it does some- mmm- CHEAP USED BOOKS! Check with us before buying n m u book! TUrlx-el Book Store 119 E Franklin St. (next to Varsity Theatre) www.tarheel.rom • <9i0)9e002l (actu "+mt„ 8W63 f '1 love ye! . /BIGWO'RD^.com! / This is my 2nd .£ /semester using it and [ once again I saved 1 OVER S2OO on my booKs'"tegg ' ‘‘ \ Johanna from w| \ University of fl (saves about praiscagg iRa ttßWttree raw per textbook Winn ibHhbw pircßllfl VS. retail on ave) NH PRIMARY FROM RAGE 1 of the state's non-partisan issue: keeping its primary first The walls of his office, covered in pictures and murals, tell the stories of past campaigns. Ronald Reagan holds an ‘I (Heart) New Hampshire" sweater in ’B4. Bill Clinton, bright eyed in ’92, runs bingo for senior citizens. A myriad of others bowl, swim and snowmobile their way towards the presidency. Challenging the candidates There’s only one real key to doing well in the New Hampshire primaries, Gardner says: “Let vot ers here take part in events and test the candidates, as they’ do over quite a lengthy period of time I observed that process through out the week, watching the last of the undecided voters challenge candidates. At an ‘Ask Mitt Anything" rally in Derry, a middle-aged man hunches over the microphone and challeng es former Gov. Mitt Romney’s treat ment of “the undocumented’ in the Irish community. “When you sit down tonight Gov. Romney, will you do me a favor?" he asks in a heavy Irish lilt. “Just remember that they’re human." Romney stands patiently and allows the man to continue. “Have you no shame in the way you've talked about our citizens?" the man asks. By now the crowd of Romney supporters has had enough. “Sit. Down," a woman says as if scolding a pre-adolescent. The crowd follows with angry shouts: “Shut up!" and “They’re illegal!" It seems that for many the decid ing process is over dissent will no longer be tolerated at these rallies. The media takeover “The time period we're in now, this isn’t the way the real New Hampshire primary is," Gardner says. He lauds New Hampshire's pat ented one-on-one politics, called retail politics, because they force candidates to talk to real people. But now, large packs of press dom inate the scene. In the weeks before the voting, the media are an invasive species here, a organism all their own. At a John McCain event, I tread “What she didfor womens basketball ...is just unbelievable. Because she's such a small package , hut yet she's got so much energy SYLVIA HATCHEU, UNC BASKETBALL COACH thing to you." After concluding her career at UNC in 2007, Latta was drafted 11th overall by the Detroit Shock and is now playing for Elitzur Maclaren Holon, a club in Israel. But she still keeps up with the current Tar HeeLs and was glad to be on hand Saturday to witness the 99-78 win. Midway through the first half, Cetera DeGraffenreid, the heir apparent to Latta’s point guard position, cut through the Georgia Tech defense, spun and drained an acrobatic layup while getting fouled. Latta smiled, showing approval from an unusual place in the second row. “I played with her three years, (Thf Qailq (Ear Brri timidly around the boom mikes and shoulder cameras to get a bet ter view of the senator. I notice "flicker Carlson, his tan ning-booth orange gleam stand ing out against the winter-pale background. People approach the MSNBC anchor for pictures, temporarily forgetting the stump speech of the presidential hopeful. At the Democratic Party’s 100 Club Dinner set in the Hampshire Dome with fancy white table cloths over AstroTiirf the media sit in a cordoned-off sec tion. Mingling with dinner guests is highly discouraged. Veterans and volunteers Ron Paul minutemen, drums and flags in hand, march down Main Street in Concord. In a near by coffee shop I meet Daniel Carr, a previously unregistered 20-year old up from Central City, Penn. “Maybe Ron Paul will endorse a third party if he’s not elected for Republican," he tells me. “Otherwise I would probably just skip politics and get out of H." On the other end of the spec trum there’s Betty Hall, a Dennis Kucinich supporter who says she got hooked on working at cam paign canvassing for Gen. Dwight Eisenhower in 1952. When I ask her if Kucinich has a chance despite the polls, she tells me that anything can happen in New Hampshire. Too much? Before I set off for home, I sit in my car and listen to the Paul and Kucinich supporters chanting at the intersection behind me. A guy a little older than myself crosses the street and looks up at the throng of supporters. “Get. A. Life," he mutters to himself, mock ing the rhythm of their chants. It's a telling moment a reminder that even in New Hampshire, at the heart of it all, there are a few who want little to do with the great American horse race. For others, it’s all about the fight Chet Rogers, a McCain supporter from Hollis, says he’s only engaged in politics every four years. “I like good contests, good sport ing events, and this is a lot like that like North Carolina and Duke." Contact the State Cf National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. and throughout the course of the years you don’t pay attention to stuff that she does,’ said a nos talgic Erlana Larkins. 'But when you really sit down and look at the things she’s done for the team, it’s just amazing." Now, with a spot reserved in the Carmichael Auditorium raf ters, Latta can look down on the next generation of Tar Heels, even while she is off taking over Israel, as she puts it. “Carolina comes first no matter what.” Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu. CUSS GIFT FROM PAGE 1 “There’s 700 options for people to choose from,' she said. ‘Also, I would be disappointed if someone said this makes them war)'.’ So far the senior class campaign has raised a total of $11,515.56, given by 71 seniors. But only seven of the 71 students have earmarked their money to go toward CFK, said Scott Ragland, director of communications in the Office of University Advancement Last year at this time, the cam paign had received only 46 dona tions, Shores said. That’s not sur prising, though, as most campaigns pick up toward the end. Senior Lauren Miller said that the donation campaign itself is a good idea but that not many seniors know about the effort. ‘I think this might affect the way people donate,' Miller said. Shores said class officers haven’t emphasized the campaign much yet “People don't want to think that they’re graduating,’ she said. ‘Until this semester, we don’t emphasize the campaign.’ After 2006, administrators advised the senior class not to give physical gifts to the University. The Class of 2007 voted to donate funds to Carolina Covenant, which makes it possible for students of poor fam ilies to graduate debt-free. Barcott said the senior class’ selection of CFK as its primary charity should be highlighted because of the organization’s mis sion in the country’s current state. “This makes it even more rele vant needs are more pronounced now.’ Contact the University Editor cU udesk(ai unc.edu.

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