(Ehr Satly oar Hrri SCHOLARS FROM PAGE t must pay out-of-state tuition. The system is considering whether to push for a change in policy that would allow undocu mented immigrants to enroll with in-state tuition, but such a change would be controversial the N.C. General Assembly considered a bill last session that would have forbid den such a policy. SLJ founder and faculty sponsor Peter Kaufman, a UNC religious studies professor, will be leaving to take a post at the University of Richmond, which has agreed that any SLI high school graduates will be eligible for university financial aid. regardless of citizenship. “Somebody's got to take a step, and the University of Richmond was bold enough to do it," Kaufman said, adding that he hopes to expand SLI to Richmond and to continue working with any SLI graduates that come there. Richmonds private status gives it greater flexibility on the issue, said Joseph Kent, interim provost “We wanted to be supportive of any initiative that provides sup port for any underrepresented group on our campus and put those students in a place where they can learn.' That same degree of financial CLIMATE FROM PAGE 1 Carnival in the Great Hall of the Student Union. Several UNC professors will comprise the Climate Change Faculty Panel, which will be open for discussion on various topics. “I will be talking specifically about ... the significance of gla cial earthquakes and the possible disintegration of Greenland’s ice sheet, which could cause 21 feet of sea level to rise globally," said UNC geology professor Jose Rial, who does research about global warm ing in the Arctic. Focus the Nation committees at Duke University and N.C. State University are also raising aware ness for the environment today. Along with the teach-in. Dukes Environmental Sustainability Coordinator Tavey McDaniel Capps has planned a three-mile bike ride around the campus to support alter native transportation. N.C. State’s committee will spend today promoting voter par ticipation for the U.S. presidential ™£SiS&a,E!edjSe to save energy- m The Safe Zone Ally program is a symbol of this University's efforts to increase awareness mid acceptance of the diverse gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQJ community and their allies. Thank you to all of yoo who help make UNC a more welcoming place for people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions! Come join us at the 2008 Aliy Week events. Thursday 1731 5-7 pm Friday 2/1 12-2 pm Co-sponsored by: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,Transgender, and GLBT-SA Queer Center glbtsa@unc.edu SASB North, Suite 3226 www.unc.edu/glbtsa Phone:9l9-843-5376 . F: 919-843-9778 Interact** Thter Carolina E-mail: lgbtq@unc.edu hnpj/an^grfwahh.unc.edufltc lgbtq.unc.edu For more information about Safe Zone or Ally Week events contact Danny DePuy at depayfemaiLuacedu XScholars Latino Initiative) doesn't serve a purpose if we get (the students) into college and they cant go.” RONALD BILBAO, unc sophomore, covenant schcxar and su volunteer support is difficult to achieve at UNC, given policy that prohibits private or public funding for SLJ scholarships. The program only receives funding for its operating costs, said Ronald Bilbao, a UNC sophomore and SLI volunteer. To alleviate its funding crunch, the program is competing for a $50,000 grant from Parade magazine that would help fund scholarships for undocumented SLI students. The four charities in the global causes category of the competition with the most $lO online donations will win the grant SLI, which is cur rently ranked in the top 10, has until noon today to collect donations. “SLI doesn't serve a purpose if we get (the students) into college and they can't go," Bilbao said. UNC sophomore Lauren Teegarden, SLI s director of devel opment, said the state is losing out. “By not allowing these kids the funding to achieve higher educa tion in North Carolina, we’re los ing what could be an impactful and important resource." SLJ is not actively lobbying UNC “This event is the beginning. Students are going to hear about this issue for the rest of their adult lives.” MARC ALPERIN, DEPARTMENT OF MARINE SCIENCES PROFESSOR water in the environment. While Focus the Nation is nonpar tisan. it was strategically scheduled to take place before the presidential primaries. A goal of the initiative is to make climate change a forefront issue in the 2008 election. Kemp said she wants UNCs Focus the Nation committee, which now RAMBO (R) • ID REOD (155435)735 MEET THE SPARTAKS (PG-1J) (y425)725 UNTRACEAKE (R| • 10 REQO (140420)720 CLOVERRELD (PG-13) (145415)740 27 DRESSES (PC-1 J) (135410)715 BUCKET UT(RO-U) (150430)730 ASty WecQ Wing Women II: What Would You Do? Stone Center Auditorium Ally Reception Catered Reception Class of2ooo Lounge From Page One to change its policy, but the group wants to raise awareness. Kaufman said the UNC admin istration has done all it can within the parameters of state law to help increase access for disadvantaged populations. UNC aims to make college accessible to low-income students through the Carolina Covenant, but the program cannot offer fund ing to undocumented immigrants. “We’ve made that commitment to accessibility and affordability to everyone. We were the first ones to say that," said Bilbao, a Carolina Covenant scholar. “Now the issue's become: What about these undoc umented students?’ In Virginia all public and private universities decide for themselves how to handle tuition for undocu mented students. Four of the 15 public universities do not check applicants' citizenship status. Citizenship status is a question on the UNC freshman application. Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@ unc.edu. sports 25 members, to become an officially recognized student group. “This event is the beginning," Alperin said. ‘Students are going to hear about this issue for the rest of their adult lives." Contact the Features Editor atfeatures@unc.edu. Take 15/SOl South towarth Pitnboro Exit Mark at St. / South*™ Villa?. UNTRACEASLfK 1:1WflW:1M:l RAMBO l mmxMm.a, V DRESSES M 1204:157f1W30 THE BUCKET LIST (hj _.im4W<x>-7:iM35 MAD MOREY Sfl CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR K 505 S&wte EDWARDS FROM PAGE I staff would not comment. “John Edwards is speaking for himseff" she said. Edwards won 30 percent of the vote in the lowa caucus but failed to gain more than 20 percent of the vote in any of the subsequent contests. He labored to gain media atten tion in light of Clinton and Obama's high-powered campaigns. “What really makes me angry BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 1 their legs back 'cause it’s a marathon that we’re trying to run here." Searching for a time in his coach ing career when his team has had an eight-day break during conference play, Williams found nothing. “I don’t know that I’ve ever had one," he stud. Any Hu- Heel rust will need to be brtished off quickly especially at point guard. Boston College brings Tyrese Rice and his 20 points per game into a stellar matchup against iy Lawson. “I really believe it’s his team," Williams said of Rice. “And I believe he plays like it, acts like it, talks like it, walks like it" Marcus Ginyard played AAU bas ketball with both Rice and Lawson though that was about eight years ago —and said that Lawson is undoubt edly fester but that Rice’s determina K DON’T MISS THIS WEEK’S i I UNION FREE MOVIES I • • • Admission with UNC Student One Card • • • jE Thursday. January 31 fi 8 B:OOpm...HEIMA 8 Friday. February 1 B 8 7:OOpm...CONTROL B 8 9:30pm...1NT0 THE WILD B 8 Saturday. 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Presented by: ; Northwestern Mutual JHiK * Financial Network-Charlotte gßpi" Carolina Condrey Group A Lrlebmtmg 1 Northwestern Mutual H FINANCIAL NETWORK* Of CfmtfX StrwrWgTrj the quiet company THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2008 is the media portrayal ... before any voting got under way it was perceived to be a two-person race between Barack and Hillary," Cstrter said. *1 think sometimes people are going for style over substance." Carter added. “He didn't have the star appeal that the others did." While Carter said he wasn’t ready to hear Edwards endorse anyone, others said they felt short changed by that decision. “I was disappointed he didn’t endorse anyone," said Erin Daniel, tion can lift him to another level. “I just hope that TV takes this as a personal challenge," Ginyard said. “I want him to really push." And in the paint for Boston College lurks 6-foot-ll senior TVrelle Blair, the conference's top shot block er (4.3 blocks per game) by a mile. “You have to coach guys how to play against a shot blocker,” Williams said. “Most guys think you go in there and you double and triple pump ... (but) the toughest block is when a guy takes it right at your face." After tonight's game, the Tar Heels won’t get an extended break for the next month which might not be bad. “1 was dying after the Maryland game, but you know what hap pened?" Williams said. “We played another one." Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu. a Chapel Hill resident and Obama supporter who watched Edwards' announcement as she ate lunch at Town Hall Grill near Edwards' headquarters. *1 think we haven't known which way he was splitting the vote," she said. “TTiatH be interesting to see." 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