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Shr Saily Sar Uprl CAMPUS BRIEFS UNC names new head of the pharmacogenomks center UNC recently named Janelle M. Hoskins as the director of the UNC Institute for Pharmacogenomics's new molecular genomics facility. The facility provides project design, data analysis, technology selection and genotyping. Hoskins has a degree in phar macology from the University of Sydney, Australia. She works with metabolizing enzymes and devel oping drug transporters. UNC Hospitals seek ONA samples for research registry UNC Hospitals are recruiting students to establish a DNA registry to help researchers study how gene variances affect disease risks. This study is in partnership with the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the Department of Health and Human Services. The registry, known as the Environmental Polymorphisms Registry, aims to have 20,000 sam ples. Participants receive S2O. For more information, visit dir. niehs.nih.gov/direpr. Committee asks for student input on teaching awards The Student Undergraduate Teaching and Staff Awards commit tee is collecting nominations for the 2008 teaching and staff awards. These awanis are funded, nomi nated and selected by undergradu ate students only. Nominations must be made by undergraduates. There are awards for teaching assistants, professors and staff. Cash prizes of SI,OOO for staff and TAs and $5,000 for professors also accompany the awards. Nominations are due by midnight Feb. 15. Students can visit studen torgs.unc.edu/suta for more infor mation or to make a nomination. Crime discussion postponed; no rescheduled time set yet Organizers postponed a discus sion about crime and the death penalty that was scheduled for Thursday night. Susan Estrich and Barry Scheck were the panelists. Estrich’s illness was the cause of the postponement. Scheck is a lawyer and founder of the Innocence Project. Estrich is an author and syndicated col umnist. The project is facilitated by Carolina Performing Arts. The group has not set a date for a rescheduled discussion. CITY BRIEFS Chapel Hill Crime Stoppers information available online The Chapel Hill-Carrboro-UNC Crime Stoppers is now accessible online. The new Web site, available at www.crimestoppers-chcunc.org. includes information about the program, as well as wanted per sons, unsolved crimes and a link to pass along information. Individuals with tips on unsolved crimes or wanted people can still call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 942-7515. STATE BRIEFS N.C. Republican candidates for governor hold debate RALEIGH - The four Republican candidates for North Carolina's governorship participat ed Thursday in a debate sponsored by WRAL News, discussing their credentials and their approaches to the states most pressing issues. Sen. Fred Smith, R-Johnston; Attorney Bill Graham; former N.C. Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr; and Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory all said in the debate that change must come but differed on where to start and how to follow through. Visit www.dailvtarheel.com for the foil story. NATION BRIEFS South Carolina Republican primary still wide open According to the latest polling data collected by Real Clear Politics, John McCain leads with 28.4 percent of the vote, followed closely by Mike Huckabee with 24 percent University of South Carolina political science professor Robert Oldendick said McCain’s lead is not large enough to assume victory because a large number of voters remain undecided. The Daily Gamecock, the USC student newspaper, endorsed Ron Paul, but USC political science pro fessor Laura Woliver said McCain is also popular among young voters. ‘I think they are intrigued by McCain," she said, predicting a •pretty good’ turnout of student voters for Saturdays primary. See The Daily Tar Heel’s Tuesday edition for on -the-ground coverage from primary night in Columbia. From stqff and wire reports Leaders look to mend fences Meetings to help plan united goals MEGHAN PRICHARD STAFF WRITER Student government's executive branch and Student Congress had their share of disagreements last semester. Interaction began on friendly terms at the beginning of their tenures, but relations quickly deteriorated after Student Body President Eve Carson vetoed one of Congress' bills. But the two branches came together Wednesday to try to over come their differences and combine forces to address student issues, such as blue books and grading scales. "We have a responsibility to get feedback from the students and advocate on their behalf," Student “One thing the team really will miss is just that sort of presence and confidence ... that they have this guy who just doesn’t get heat.” cameron lewis, SENIOR BACK. ON SHERARD '- v ''7 V V | / v| DTH/AIUE MUHIN Senior defender and captain of the UNC men's soccer team Andre Sherard, a three-time all-conference and all-region pick, will see how he fares in the MLS draft at 2 p.m. today. Sherard was one of 54 seniors invited to the MLS Combine last weekend. THE TRAITS OF A GAMER AFTER FOUR YEARS, SENIOR MOVES ON BY RACHEL ULLRICH SENIOR WRITER Andre Sherard knows the ins and outs of the McCaskill Soccer Center. He knows where every light switch is. He knows the codes to the locker rooms' doors. He knows that the shoot 'em up arcade game works during the season, even though it's turned off in January ’cause the team “play it all the time." And he should know, because he's spent much of the four years he's spent at North Carolina in it or on the field behind it. His presence as captain and the stalwart of the backline of the UNC men’s soccer team Is undeniable. A three-time all-conference and all-region pick. Sherard this year was a pre-season All- America and a nominee for the Hermann Trophy and the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award. But if you ask him, he’ll tell you that at first he was just trying "not to step on any toes." Installations use interaction Audiences become performers in play BY JESS THOM SENIOR WRITER When visitors enter the Studio Six Theater in Swain Hall, they will see a dozen wedding dresses hang ing from the ceiling but no actors. This weekend s performance of "Suspension/Belief" is an instal lation piece without actors, and instead of sitting down and watch ing the show, audiences will par ticipate in the interactive produc tion. “Suspension/Belief' is co produced by UNC's Wordshed Productions and Untimely Productions. ‘lt’s like a play that has been broken up so the audience becomes performers," said Cameron Ayres, a doctoral student in the Department of Communication Studies who created one of the show’s two installations. Ayres said the primary idea behind his portion of‘Suspension/ Belier 1 was to question the institu tion of marriage. Audience members might find it hard to avoid the subject when they enter the theater through a veil-like curtain and see suspended dresses. Top News Body Vice President Mike Tarrant said. *lt just makes more sense when we are working together." The two groups, which rarely met in the fall, plan to meet a few times per month this semester. One shared goal is to resume providing students with free testing materials. This semester Student Stores began charging 15 cents per blue book and 8 cents per scantron. causing unrest in the student body. “When it gets to exam time, this process of purchasing testing materi als won't be efficient at all. Students will be luting up before exams," said Tim Nichols, Congress speaker pro tern. “We need to get this fixed before students actually have to buy blue books and scantrons." The other football Andre Sherard was bom to be a football player. His father, Reginald Sherard, is a Hall of-Famer at Winston-Salem State University and a member of two of its conference cham pionship teams. When his two older siblings shunned his father’s choice "their mother said it was too much contact," Reginald added Andre followed suit. “You don't break your neck in this foot ball," Andre said with a laugh. And his sport proved well chosen when he was nine and growing up in Mississippi, he was playing with a U-12 club team. "When I was like eight, I was practicing with my brother’s teams. I thought I was real good because I was keeping up a little bit with them, so I thought maybe I could do well with this," Andre said. A card will be placed under each hanging dress to instruct visitors about what to do at each station. Multimedia, such as videos, will also be incorporated. ‘lt's a chance to play around with the images of marriage," Ayres said. ‘lt almost functions like a game board it’s a lot more complicated than most of my installations." Ayres said he chose to use 12 dresses for many reasons, includ ing ideas relating to the 12 symbols of astrology and the months of the year. Most of Ayres' dresses were obtained from thrift stores. He also uses his mother’s and grandmoth er’s wedding dresses. “Marriage definitely isn’t what it was 50 or 100 years ago," he said Annissa Clarke, a doctoral stu dent in performance studies in the Department of Communication Studies, also created an installation piece for “Suspension/Belief Although Ayres and Clarke creat ed their work individually, each piece will be displayed on the same stage and will share similar themes. “This kind of work is almost like a fun house— it’s more about the Student Body President Eve Carson's veto in September sparked conflict between the two branches. Nichols and other student gov ernment members will meet today with John Jones, director of Student Stores, to discuss the new charges. The executive branch and Congress also agreed that they will fight against the Faculty Council's renewed push to adopt the Achievement Index, which would be paired with a student's GPA to determine performance. The AI is different from a GPA because it considers grade dispari ties that often occur across courses By the time he was playing in North Carolina in high school. Sherard attracted the attention of UNC head coach Elmar Bolovvich. “What struck us was his competitiveness on the field his athleticism, the will to win," Bolowich said. “That's what stuck out when we watched him play at a youth level." Double threat For a defensive leader who left with a single point on his college career. Sherard saw the back of the net more than a few times during the three years he spent at Greenville’s JH Rose High School. “Actually, when he was there, they won the conference for three years. They hadn't done that for several years," Reginald said. Andre had 84 goals his junior year and was the leading scorer. “Yeah, I know how to play offense." Andre said, laughing. “I played offense before I did club, actually, so it wasn't new to me." SEE SHERARD. PAGE 11 ATTEND THE PERFORMANCE Time: Continuous admission, 6 pm. to 9 pm. today through Saturday; 2 pm. to 5 pm. Sunday Location: Studio 6 theater, Swain Hall Info: www.unc.edu/wordshed individual," Clarke said. “People do what they want in the space we’ve provided." Clarke's display features wind chimes and trees with leaves made of ribbon. “We were interested in questions of belief and ideas about identity, love, hope and faith and what they mean in relation to each other," she said. Both Clarke and Ayres have previ ous experience with installation piec es, and Ayres said he {dans to take his marriage piece beyond UNC. It was the unusual premise of the performance that drew Clarke to work in this medium. “I like working in this way," Clarke said. ‘I feel like you can ask more abstract questions, and you can make it more about the audi ence and less about me telling you what I think." Contact the Arts Editor at artsdesk@unc.edu. Congress Speaker Tyler Younts hopes to smooth tensions with the executive branch. and departments. The index takes into account the actual number of As that teachers give to their students, meaning a class that grants only three As would have a different index than a similar class that grants 20 As. Nichols said the system could hurt students' chances when apply ing to graduate school. “If the University system as a whole doesn't take this up, then SEE TENSIONS. PAGE 11 Software lets officials track student athletes BY OLIVIA BOWLER STAFF WRITER Anew software program released last week gives coaches and athletic departments the ability to monitor the Facebook pages of their student athletes. The software, called YOUDiligence and developed by GlobalNl, is adver tised as a tool to help institutions supervise their student-athletes' social networking pages. GlobalNl CEO Bryan Rich stated in an e-mail that student athletes, who are subject to high media expo sure, could unknowingly be associ ating themselves with information that could damage their careers. “It's important that it’s not char acterized as an invasive technolo gy," he said in an interview, stress ing that the program was meant to be a safeguard for users. However, some legal experts have raised concerns that YOUDiligence might violate ath- _ letes’ First Amendment rights. Some coaches already monitor their players’ Facebook pages, said Larry Gallo, UNC senior associate athletic director. “We tell them things that deal with alcohol and underage drink FRIDAY, JANUARY’ 18, 2008 Defense lab stirs heated debate UNC officials decry ‘paranoia’ BY ERIC JOHNSON SENIOR WRITER The UNC system is readying for a public relations tuz-of-war over a proposed biodefeme lab in Granville County. The University system has been a key- player in lobbying to bring the federal research facility, which will focus on combating agricultur al diseases, to North Carolina. UNC has worked alongside a consortium of local officials and pri vate companies to convince the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to select the Granville County site from among four other national finalists, touting the research oppor tunities and economic benefits of the high-security lab. That campaign was taking place largely below the public radar until a recent outcry from several envi ronmental groups. “I don’t think this facility is ever going to happen." said Janet Marsh, executive director of the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League. “How anyone can trust the Department of Homeland Security, with its record of incompetence, I have no idea." So far. in community meetings and news coverage of the pro posed lab known officially- as the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility trust has emerged as the central issue. UNC officials, led by Dr. Warwick Arden at N.C. State University, have stressed that the lab will not work on high-risk human pathogens. They have also highlighted the impressive safety record at federal research facilities. “I have a young family, and 1 would be delighted to live next to this facility," Arden said during a public hearing last September. For opponents of the lab, those assurances amount to little more than wishfol thinking. Marsh summed up the feelings of many opponents by questioning the true purpose of the facility. “We are very concerned that this is a bioweapons lab proposal," she said. "An outbreak is a very- night marish scenario." Marsh said UNC officials and other lab supporters are being naive in trusting the federal gov ernment. “They are seeing dollar signs when they should be asking questions." University officials have expressed frustration at what they see as deliberate misinformation by the lab’s opponents. Arden called some of the allega tions about the facility “a little on the paranoid side," insisting that pathogen research is a far cry from bioweapons development. “This politics of fear, these scare tactics, are having an impact on the general public." Arden said. “That's really unfortunate." Increasingly vocal opposition is already having a political impact. SEE BIODEFENSE, PAGE 11 uTo be a member of an athletic team is a privilege , not a God-given right.” LARRY GALLO, unc senior associate ATHLETIC DIRECTOR ing, profanity and vulgarity (should be removed),’ he said. “You just have to use common sense.’ Gallo said that the athletics department is aware of the new software but that he does not think it’s necessary. “I hope it would never come to that," he said. Karen Shelton, the UNC field hockey head coach, said she has a Facebook page and is friends with all of her players, so if something inappropriate comes up she can ask them to remove it. Shelton said she is concerned about possibly career-destroying information being easily accessible to the public. ‘We’re not out there being Facebook police. We’re just trying SEE ATHLETES, PAGE 11 3
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