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FROM THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL
S.C. promising for
Baptist Huckabee
(AP) Propelled in lowa
by evangelicals' support, Mike
Huckabee is trying for a repeat
victory in South Carolina, where
religion is woven even more
tightly into the fabric of life.
As in lowa, where he won the
Republican caucuses, the cash
strapped Huckabee is relying on
pastors to help get out the vote.
A win in the Jan. 19 primary
would keep Huckabee in strong
contention for the Republican
presidential nomination, no mat
ter how he does in the Michigan
voting that comes first
No endorsement
from Richardson
SANTA FE (AP) - New
Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson
ended his long-shot bid for the
Democratic presidential nomi
nation Thursday after poor fin
ishes in the first two contests in
lowa and New Hampshire.
He praised all of his
Democratic rivals but endorsed
no one. He encouraged voters to
“take a long and thoughtful look“
and elect one of them president
Richardson was never able
to become a top-tier contender,
trailing well behind Obama,
Clinton and Edwards.
RESEARCH
FROM PAGE 1
other diseases, we're trying to fix
the cells."
JamBOTS!
The lab recently received a $2.7
million grant from DARPA, the
research branch of the Pentagon,
to pursue a project in robotics.
DeSimone and his team are
attempting to prove that a col
lection of the particles, manufac
tured through PRINT, can jam
and unjam under different external
conditions and controls.
This means they can disassemble
to form entirely new or unrecogniz
able forms from their original form.
Researchers will work with
robotics researchers in hopes of
creating a prototype robot.
Ideally, they are trying to devel
op a prototype that can move like a
worm, flow under a door and reas
semble on the other side.
“We're responsible for develop
ing proof of concept,’ DeSimone
GUN CONTROL
FROM PAGE 1
incompetent or dangerous.
She said her store has a college
age customer base, particularly
with some student organizations
at N.C. State University.
Randy Young of the UNC
Department of Public Safety said
that although this particular aspect
of gun control wasn’t a focus before
Va. Tech, the University was consid
ering increasing campus security
measures before the shootings in
Blacksburg.
“I think that a lot of recommen
dations made by the task force are
initiatives that are being enacted
by many universities, and UNC is
one of them," he said.
Contact the State & National
Editor at stntdesk@ unc.edu.
COMMISSION
FROM PAGE 1
mission's suggestions ‘Maintain
and increase the quality of a UNC
education," for example that
promises to be an arduous under
taking.
There are some relatively spe
cific steps outlined in the report,
such as providing clearer infor
mation to high school guidance
counselors.
How much involvement can
a university system have in K-12
education? How can UNC affect
the slide in male college enroll
ment? Can colleges increase
online classes and open satellite
campuses without sacrificing their
core mission?
All of that is on the table as the
board begins to formulate a response
to the commission report
“This is a big ship. To move it
one degree or another is really
hard," UNC-system President
Erskine Bowles said, referring to
the 17-campus system.
Bowles and his staff have set an
ambitious timetable for such a dif
ficult course change.
The board is set to deliberate
on a response plan by May, with
the first recommendations taking
effect in January 2009-
Contact the State & National
Editor at gtntdegk@unc.edu.
Election dispute in Kenya moves
toward international mediation
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -
Former U.N. Secretary-General
Kofi Annan agreed Thursday to
take over talks to end the deadly
turmoil linked to Kenya's presi
dential election, after days of
international pressure resulted in
nothing more than a fresh round
of accusations from both sides.
The Dec. 27 election returned
President Mwai Kibaki to power
for another five-year term, with his
opponent, Raila Odinga, coming in
a dose second after a vote tally that
foreign observers say was rigged.
More than 500 people have been
killed in the ensuing violence.
Colombian rebels
free two hostages
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP)
Colombian rebels freed two
women held hostage for more
than five years, handing them over
Thursday to Venezuelan officials
who flew them to Caracas where
a triumphant President Hugo
Chavez awaited.
Colombian President Alvaro
Uribe authorized Venezuela to
lead the rescue mission despite a
bitter clash with Chavez over his
involvement in Colombia's half
century-old guerrilla conflict.
The Caracas-based Telesur
network showed the two women
smiling as they were freed by
rebels in fatigues.
said. ‘Basically, we’re showing that
it can work."
Fake blood
Another project the lab has been
working on is the creation of syn
thetic blood for medical purposes.
They have created particles
that mimic the size and shape of
blood cells, with slightly different
properties.
Through experiments performed
in the lab, researchers found that
more pliable materials can circu
late longer in the bloodstream.
Unlike normal blood cells, which
become stiff over time and filter out
of the body, the manufactured par
ticles can retain their flexibility for
much longer and stay in the body
longer.
“The next question is can we
load these cells with hemoglobin
to treat people?" DeSimone said.
Production and efficiency
The lab also is working on ways to
improve photovoltaic cells to make
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Both sides continued trad
ing blame for the political dead
lock. According to the govern
ment, Kibaki “offered dialogue,"
but Odinga was not responsive.
Odinga. meanwhile, said Kibaki
refused to sign an agreement to
establish an interim coalition gov
ernment and conduct an inquiry
into the Electoral Commission of
Kenya.
Annan will not arrive in Nairobi
to take over the talks before Jan.
15, his office in Geneva said. If
his predecessor's experience was
any indication, Annan will have a
frustrating task ahead.
Suicide bomb in
Pakistan kills 24
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) A
suicide bomber blew himself up
among police deployed outside
a court in eastern Pakistan on
Thursday, killing at least 24 peo
ple and wounding more than 70.
The blast was the latest in a
wave of attacks targeting politi
cians and security' forces ahead of
Feb. 18 parliamentary elections.
There was no claim of responsi
bility, but suspicion will likely fall
on Taliban and al-Qaida.
Musharraf condemned the
attack and reiterated his resolve
“to continue the fight against
terrorism and extremism and
not to be deterred by such acts."
more efficient solar-power devices.
By using the light-scattering prop
erties of the nanoparticles, which can
act like a prism, they are attempting
to make organic solar panels.
Like many other projects at
UNC, DeSimone’s research and
PRINT have produced a spin-off
company named Liquidia, which
was founded by DeSimone and
three of the students vital in the
development of PRINT.
Based in the Research Triangle
Park. Liquidia is attempting to
scale up the development of the
nanoparticles to mass production
and create a clean environment
where the company can manufac
ture pharmaceuticals.
DeSimone said he hopes to
advance this technology further to
confront even larger problems.
'Hopefully, in 10 years, well be
in a streamlined mode where we’ll
be able to continue to make a big
difference on both third- and first -
world problems."
Contact the University Editor
at udesk@unc.edu.
News
Visiting Tar Heels KO Hokies
BY POWELL LATIMER
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
BLACKSBURG, Va. - As
Virginia Tech’s women's basketball
team blared loud music and artifi
cial fog filled the air for their grand
entrance, the North Carolina wom
en's basketball team stood around
the foul line and calmly drained
foul shot after foul shot
Such was the story of UNCs 79-
59 victory against Va. Tech: The
Hokies threw
everything
they had at the
Tar Heels, but
nothing could
WOMEN'S
BASKETBALL
UNC 79
Va. Tech 59
stop UNC from
coolly dropping balls through the
basket.
Va. Tech opened the game with
quick precision passing to shred
through the UNC pressure defense,
and North Carolina found itself in
a dogfight.
Down for much of the half, the
Tar Heels couldn't slow the Hokie
offense down with their trapping
defense. Sure-handed guards
Brittany Cook, Lindsay Biggs and
Laura Haskins found the holes and
seams for easy assists, and UNC
found itself trailing and the home
crowd on its feet.
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In stepped Rashanda McCants.
UNC’s stone-cold scorer. With
seven seconds left in the first half,
McCants took the ball from Cetera
DeGraffenreid at the top of the key
and, without so much as a blink,
buried a 3-point dagger right into
the heart of Va. Tech to even the
score.
It was a blow that the Hokies
would not recover from. After
throwing their best punches
against the Tar Heels, Va. Tech
could not maintain the same inten
sity that it had in the first half and
sputtered down the stretch as UNC
used a 12-0 run in the second half
to break the game open and put the
Hokies away.
“Well, that gave us some
momentum,’ UNC head coach
Sylvia Hatchell said. “I told them
at halftime, it’s 0-0, now we have to
go out there and play 20 minutes of
Carolina basketball."
That is exactly what UNC pro
ceeded to give a clinic on in the sec
ond half. McCants dumped in 20
points for the night l3 after the
break —and Erlana Larkins again
showed what she could do with one
arm, recording her second-straight
double-double with 22 points and
10 rebounds in spite of a broken
hand and bulks' padding.
“Yeah, it hurts," Larkins said
after the game. “But I’m a senior,
so I just have to play through it, I
guess."
The Tar Heels also managed
to lock down the Hokies. In the
second half, it seemed as if there
were three UNC hands in the
face of every Va. Tech shooter.
The Hokies only made eight
shots in the second half, shoot
ing 25.8 percent and logging only
22 points. Compare that with 37
first-half points, and that equals
an increase in defensive inten
sity.
“Yeah, that was the halftime
speech," McCants said with a coy
smile after the game.
Hatchell also was careful to note
that she was less than enthusiastic
about her team's performance to
open the game.
“We did not play well," she said.
“I think that was probably the
worst half we've played all year’
UNC made its living down in
the low post again, as 56 of its 79
points came in the paint. In addi
tion to Larkins' stellar night, senior
Latoya Pringle also recorded 12
points and 10 rebounds.
Va. Tech received a boost from
freshman Andrea Barbour, play
ing with a shoulder injury. Barbour
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UNC forward Rashanda McCants
shoots over Va. Tech's Lindsay Biggs
in the first half of UNC's 79-59 win
Wednesday night in Blacksburg. Va.
only played 14 minutes but logged
11 points nonetheless.
However, the true star for the
Hokies was Cook, who tore apart
the UNC defense in the first
period, scoring nine points in the
opening 20 minutes with crafty
passes and a dead-eye jump shot.
However, as a testament to UNC's
increased defensive pressure.
Cook was held to just four in the
second half
Another bright spot for the Tar
Heels was freshman guard Italee
Lucas. After frequently struggling
in some games early in the season,
Lucas took over the game late in
the second half, ending the game
with nine points on 4-6 shooting.
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