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CORRECTION
Due to a reporting error,
Tuesday’s pg. 3 article “Election
spending uneven" incorrectly
identified the second-highest
spender in November's Chapel
Hill Town Council race. Council
member Bill Strom spent
$6,497-38. The Daily Tar Heel
apologizes for the error.
CAMPUS BRIEFS
Deadline for the chancellor's
excellence awards extended
The deadline for the
Chancellor's Awards for
Excellence in Student Activities
and Leadership has been extend
ed until 5 p.m. Feb. 15.
Some awards are designated for
seniors and others for juniors.
The online application can be
found at www.unc.edu/chancel
lorsawards/nom.html.
For more information contact
Tammy Lambert at 966-3128.
CAA to receive more sizes of
annual “Beat Duke" shirts
The Carolina Athletic
Association is selling ‘Beat Duke"
T-shirts in the Pit in anticipation
of the UNC-Duke game at 9 p.m.
today in the Smith Center.
Shirts will be on sale in the Pit
for $lO. CAA officials said they
will receive size small T-shirts by
today.
CITY BRIEFS
Women's basketball coach
wasn't given warning ticket
Chapel Hill police Lt. Kevin
Gunter today denied a report in
the (Raleigh) News and Observer
that UNC women's basketball
coach Sylvia Hatchell was given
a warning ticket by Chapel Hill
police as she and her team cele
brated their victory over Duke by
throwing toilet paper into trees
on Franklin Street near Sutton's
Drug Store.
“There was no warning ticket
issued to the coach," Gunter said.
“The officers got out and just
instructed them that they needed
to stop."
He said the police officers then
told the team to try and undo some
of the damage.
“Obviously the stuff in the trees
they couldn’t get to, but they did
try to clean it up."
Aldermen will hold hearing
on Carrboro's taco trucks
The Catrboro Board of
Aldermen agreed Tuesday to have
staff work on an ordinance change
to allow the town's taco trucks to
reopen.
After the town received an
anonymous complaint, the taco
trucks that park throughout
Carrboro were forced to suspend
sales. They were found to be in
violation of a zoning ordinance
that prevents the use of a vehicle
to sell food.
Residents, as well as several
board members, have expressed
their disappointment with the shut
down.
No date was set for the possible
ordinance change, but the board
agreed to have a public hearing to
hear from residents.
Visit www.dailytarheel.com for
the full story.
Historic Battle Lane home
for sale, seeking renovations
A part of Chapel Hill’s history is
up for grabs as the Edward Kidder
Graham House is up for sale.
The 100-year old house, located
at 115 Battle Lane in the Franklin-
Rosemary Historic District, was
condemned in January after a tree
fell into the house.
Preservation North Carolina
wants to sell the house in order
to restore and preserve a part of
Chapel Hill that has significant
historic value. The group has six
months to sell before other mea
sures will be taken.
The location was home to UNC
alumnus, professor and president
Edward Kidder Graham, as well as
his cousin Frank Porter Graham,
whose name dawns the Student
Union’s entrance.
Visit www.daihtarheel.com for
the full story.
STATE BRIEFS
Justice Bob Orr supporter
wins tickets to Duke game
Jeanette Parott of Kinston won
two tickets to the UNC-Duke
basketball game today courtesy
of Justice Bob Orr, a Republican
candidate for N.C. governor.
Parott and her guest will also
receive dinner with Orr before
the game.
Orr’s campaign gave its sup
porters one chance to win for
each $25 donated. The campaign
is also offering a chance to win
two tickets to Cameron Indoor
Stadium to watch the second
matchup.
From ttaff and wire reports
Mardi Gras party raises cash
Proceeds go to New Orleans relief
BY ANASA HICKS
STAFF WRITER
Most people know how to get
Mardi Gras beads at a party, and
it’s not by purchasing them.
But at East End Martini Bar
on Franklin Street Tuesday night,
members of UNC’s Extended
Disaster Relief sold the purple,
green and gold beads, three for one
dollar. The proceeds will be sent to
the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana.
EDR’s partner group in the city.
Senior Laura Williamson, co
chairwoman of EDR, said the group
decided to have a Mardi Gras fund
raiser to create a fun way for people
to help New Orleans residents.
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forum, '2OOB Bounce SBP Smackdown," held in Hamilton Hall. After a series of comedic competitions, Hill was chosen as the winner.
GETTING DOWN TSP DIRTY
BY ABBY FARSON
STAFF WRITER
Between the strip teases, hip thrusting, food
races and condoms, it was an unusual night for
the student body president hopefuls.
Candidates Kristin Hill, Logan Liles and J.J.
Raynor danced, ate and joked their way through
Bounce Magazine's annual forum, hosted
Tuesday night in Hamilton Hall.
“It's vital that the student body knows who
can hump the air the best," said Sam Morgan,
Bounce editor-in-chief. “This really defines the
student body president."
More than 100 students attended the 2008
Bounce SBP Smackdown, an evening that
allowed the candidates to display their skills in
ad-libbing and crowd-pleasing.
The candidates endured a variety of comedic
trials and were evaluated based on audience
applause or on the whim of Morgan, the master
of ceremonies.
In the event called “Explain Yourself," candi
Hill motivated by altruism
BY DAVID GILMORE
STAFF WRITER
Kristin Hill thinks a leader must
have the desire to help others with
out regard for personal gain.
That’s not to say that she doesn’t
have other leadership characteris
tics friends and advisers say she
has more than enough.
But what motivates her to be the
next student body president, she
says, is a combination of selfless
ness and a desire to help others no
matter the cost
“I don’t know how much I will
get from it personally, but there’s
satisfaction from helping someone
else, and that’s what motivates me,"
Hill said. “I’ll work myself to death
for other students.’
Hill, an advertising major, was
raised in Charlotte and attended
South Mecklenburg High School,
playing basketball and participat
ing in other student activities.
She also was elected as class presi
dent her freshman, sophomore and
junior years, and she was chosen stu
dent body president her senior year.
This is what she was bom for,”
said Lindsay Ash, one of Hill’s cam
paign managers who has known her
since sixth grade and been involved
in her previous campaigns. “Kristin's
always been ... driven; she’s always
been a leader."
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ably New Orleans thing," she said.
“People are still aware of the prob
lems there, but we don’t always
want to be a downer."
Senior Cara Shih has not been
to New Orleans since Hurricane
Katrina. But she said the cause was
important, and she came to East End
to support her friends in EDR.
“1 think a lot of people have for
gotten about New Orleans, espe
cially with the elections and every
thing else going on," she said.
“Instead of Mardi Gras just being
a fun time and a time to drink, now
it’s a time to remember what New
Orleans still has."
Senior Brooke Riley, the chair
woman of EDR's events and fund-
dates were shown a doctored photograph of them
selves in a compromising situation that included
Liles cheering at a Duke game and Raynor pole
dancing, and they were then asked to provide a
persuasive explanation for their behavior.
During the “Candidate Q&A." Bounce staff
planted in the audience asked the candidates a
range of questions.
One question asked the candidates to name
who they would vote for if they could not vote
for themselves.
Raynor said she would vote for Tyler
Hansbrough as a write-in, Liles said Howard
Dean, and Hill said she would not vote at all.
The candidates also were given a chance to
woo the audience.
Raynor brought up three male students, who
proceeded to dance until they were down to their
boxers.
“Bigger is better, and size does matter," Raynor
SEE BOUNCE. PAGE 5
■
Read a profile
of candidate
Logan Liles
on Thursday.
Liles says he
prioritizes
student input.
Read a profile
of candidate
JJ. Raynor on
Friday. Raynor
promises to
fight for
students.
At UNC Hill worked with the
Freshman Focus Council, first as a
co-coordinator and then as an advis
er. She also works as executive assis
tant to the Student Body Secretary
Mac Mollison and is a member of the
Black Student Movement
Hill’s run for student body
president is based on her desire to
become a voice for students.
"It’s students working for stu
dents, which is what student gov
ernment should be about" Hill said.
And to do that she is willing to lis
ten to her peers. "She wants people to
come up and talk to her," said Meggic
Staffiera, a campaign manager. "No
matter who you are and what you
raising committee, has been on one
relief trip to New Orleans and two to
Biloxi, Miss., where she adopted her
two dogs. Biloxi and Mississippi.
The people in New Orleans were
incredible and really resilient" she
said. “They were incredibly welcom
ing of our student group."
The group that Riley went with
stayed in Chalmette, La., a small
town about seven minutes outside
New'Orleans. She said that two years
after the storm, parts of the town are
still completely deserted.
“It was just really saddening to
see that there was so much work to
be done after the storm," she said.
Williamson had a similar expe
rience when she went to New
Orleans over Fall Break.
“We went to the French Quarter,
which has been entirely rebuilt.
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Kristin Hill, one of three candidates
running for student body president
says she will work "to death' for
other students if elected.
want you can find a place to make
change under her leadership."
Continuing that goal of commu
nicating with students is Hills main
aim if she becomes president.
“You can’t ever look at a group of
students and say, This is what they
SEE HILL, PAGE 5
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2008
and the Lower Ninth Ward, which
has been razed," she said.
“It’s interesting to see how rebuild
ing correlates to economic class and
how the higher income groups have
gotten a lot more attention."
Crawdaddy’s Cajun Cafe in
Carrboro hosted a Cajun band
Tuesday. The restaurant gave away
T-shirts, beads and decorated masks
in celebration of Mardi Gras.
The owner, Tony Sustaita, said the
meaning of Mardi Gras has definitely
changed since Hurricane Katrina.
"Mardi Gras showed that the
people of New Orleans can perse
vere,” he said. “If anything, I think
Mardi Gras is more of a celebration
today than it was before Katrina.*
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at citydesk(a> unc.edu.
Forum endorsements
Kristin Hill • 3
► Di-Phi
► Young Democrats
► College Republicans
Logan Liles • 2
► Out-of-State Student Assocation
► Chispa
JJ. Raynor - 0
Attend the forum today:
► Black Student Movement;
5:30 pm., Upendo Room in
Student and Academic Services
Buildings
SBP hopefuls prep
for new chancellor
Want leader who
understands UNC
BY MEGHAN PRICHARD
STAR WRITER
As the chancellor search com
mittee narrows down its list of can
didates, another set of candidates
is planning for the new chancellors
arrival.
Student body president hopefuls
Kristin Hill, Logan Liles and J.J.
Raynor each have their own ideas
about how they want to acquaint the
next chancellor with the University
when he or she comes July 1.
All are concerned with ensuring
that the next chancellor under
stands UNC and the importance
of being accessible to students.
Liles included anew chancel
lor orientation in his platform. “At
some point in a relationship, a girl
will probably say that she needs to
train her boyfriend. Well, we have to
train our new chancellor."
The orientation would include a
campus tour, a meeting with vari
ous student leaders, performances
from student groups and informa
tion about student concerns.
Finalist
looks to
connect
school
Abbeduto also
stresses diversity
BY MEGAN HANNAY
STAFF WRITER
Leonard Abbeduto said he
hopes to run a world-class school,
with diversity and collaboration, to
serve as a community resource.
As one of three candidates,
Abbeduto, professor of educational
psychology at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. gave his pitch
Tuesday for the vacant dean position
of the UNC School of Education.
Abbeduto said an education
school should “expect excellence
in research, teaching and service,"
and he described a synergy among
these aspects.
“I really think that as you pursue
excellence in any of these areas, it
improves the other areas," Abbeduto
said to the more than 40 faculty,
staff and students in attendance.
He also said
a world-class
school should
be diverse in its
demographics, as
well as its teach
ing methods.
Citing a recent
study, Abbeduto
said that today,
teachers are
academically
stronger than 10
years ago. But
the racial, socio-
Leonard
Abbeduto
is from the
University of
Wisconsin.
logical and gender makeup largely
remains the same.
Abbeduto suggested using new
recruitment methods to develop a
more diverse group of students.
He also said an education school
should focus on a wide range of
research and development proj
ects* not just the “sexy" topics.
Rather than focus on one major
strength, the school should promote
all its projects, Abbeduto explained.
Audience members said they
generally were pleased with his
presentation.
“I felt like he answered ques
tions very correctly and complete
ly,” said Lucy Williams, program
coordinator for Carolina Teachers'
Connection, an alumni-graduate
linking program from the school.
‘I think addressing research,
teaching and service equally is
important for this university."
Abbeduto said the new dean
should implement structures to give
faculty, staff and students greater
say in the dealings of the school.
This school needs a full-time
dean," he said, adding that deans
need to contribute as individuals.
An education school, Abbeduto
said, also should place a priority on
“financial assistance to students at
all levels" and invest in junior fac
ulty to serve the community.
“Schools are the point at which
we change society,’ he said.
The search for anew dean began
after former dean Tom James took
a position at Columbia University
in April.
SEE DEAN SEARCH, PAGE 5
CONTINUING
COVERAGE:
Analysis of five issues
in the candidates'
platforms
THURSDAY:
Limited campus space
Hill and Raynor also said they
want to give the chancellor a full
tour of the campus. "We want to
present Carolina as we want to
keep Carolina," Raynor said.
Both Liles and Raynor are on the
student advisory committee to the
chancellor search committee, which
conducted three forums to solicit
input about what the new chancel
lor should be.
The two candidates contributed
to a report that was presented to
the Board of Trustees, which then
compiled these recommendations.
The three candidates said they
hope to have a chancellor who will
SEE CHANCELLOR, PAGE 5
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