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Ulir Daily Uur Hrrl School festival has international flair BY EVAN ROSE STAFF WRIIER Man- Scroggs Elementary School was full of yodels, Bollywood sound tracks and shouts of, “You look very German!" on Thursday. On any other night this might have been cause for confusion, but at the school's fourth annual mul ticultural fair, it was nothing out of the ordinary. “We invite families to come and share stories about their cultures," said Karen Jeremiah, the schools media coordinator and the orga nizer of the event. “It’s a time for students to shine." The school prides itself on its diversity. Principal Grace Repass estimates that 139 of the 680 stu dents at Scroggs are from outside of the United States. Throughout hallways organized by continent, tables were filled with food, flags and posters from 19 different countries by students' families from those countries. Students received small paper passports when they entered the fair at a checkpoint that Jeremiah described as “a kind of simulated Ellis Island." From there, they were free to wander. There was a cricket bat and framed picture of Gandhi in India along with some sweet-smelling curry. France had a few bottles of red wine, which remained corked, chocolate crepes and baguettes. For elementary student Lydia Middlesworth, the night was defi nitely about food. “1 like Korea. No, wait, Switzerland," she explained as a kimono-clad classmate rushed by. Why? ■They’re giving out choco late there. I like India too. They've got good food." Then she was off to Japan to fold some origami. Dong Woo Lee, a South Korean THE LOWDOWN ON SUNDAY'S GAME Wake Forest vs. Ijykwjp No. 3 North Carolina • Smith Center, 6:30 p.m. Broadcast: FSN (16-8, 6-5 ACC) Radio: 1360 WCHL (25-2,10-2 ACC) MEN'S BASKETBALL HEAD-TO-HEAD WFU’s Jeff Teague averages 12 .8 points a game but has scored at least 17 in five of Backcourt the last six. He also has been ACC Rookie VKXjrfc of the Week three times, so he's certainly running on all cylinders. Edge: Wake ' * Besides Tyler Hansbrough's 32 points, UNC turned away NCSU despite limited produc- FrontCOUrt tion from the other big men. Wake's Chas McFarland has a height advantage, but he'll have his work cut out for him. Edge: UNC Forward Jamie Skeen had 10 points off the bench in WFU's upset against Duke But Bench with so many injuries plaguing the Tar Heel-, as of late, the UNC bench needs to rise to a new level consistently. Edge: Even W The Deacs are coming off a big W at home but haven't seen any competition since Intangibles UNC will be gearing up for a tough matchup as the team looks to maintain its spot atop the conference standings Edge: UNC The Bottom Line —North Carolina 95, Wake Forest 77 COMPILED BY NICOLE LUKOSIUS FERRELL FROM PAGE 1 arts editor for OSITs student news paper, The Lantern, Ferrell surprised audiences at his school by taking the stage as Ron Burgundy, his popular character from 2004s “Anchorman* and by performing with OSU President E. Gordon Gee. At each of the tour’s previous stops, members of the audience were selected to participate in “Ask Will Anything," a segment where actress Andrea Savage moderates questions from the audience for Ferrell. Stevens says she has high expec tations for today’s performance DROUGHT FROM PAGE 1 “The typical single family resi dential household averaged about 6,000 gallons of water per month before 2002, and since the drought in 2002, the average has been about 5,500 per month," he said. Marcoplos said the current drought has similar characteristics. “It is just another year when we didn't recharge the reservoir dur ing the winter," Marcoplos said. He said the only difference this time around is that OWASA is better prepared while other jurisdictions look like they are finally getting it Rain helped to end the 2002 drought, but it’s unclear when this one might end. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting an ongoing drought with some improvement “We don’t know how it's going to end,” Marcoplos said. “It’s unchart ed territory." • Contact the City Editor at dtydetk@unc.edu. * ' i/ j| DTH/SHARON LEVINE Five-year-old Kazuhiro Kuwahara folds origami at the 4th annual Mary Scroggs Elementary School international festival Thursday. journalist who has been in North Carolina for six months, played a hacks sack-like game with visitors to his table. "America is a melting pot," he said. ‘So the children have to know the whole world." Other Korean families members distributed gimhap, a sushi-like dish, and kimehi. a type of fer mented vegetable. Over in Europe by the entrance, Ayse Belger dished out rice and Tlirkish delight from behind her table as her son raved about Hungary. For her, the event was an oppor tunity to make foreign families more comfortable. “Everybody’s homesick." she said. She also noted the importance of exposing students to other c ultures. "We're always exposed to American culture," Belger said, "fvnme of these kids are never going to see these countries. This is their only way." Contact the City Editor at citydesk <S unc.edu. because of the caliber of Ferrell’s acts on television and in feature films. “It's going to be a lot of fun," she said. “There's a lot of weird stuff going on in Will Ferrell's head, but it’s great weird stuff." Contact the Arts Editor at artsdeskfa unc.edu. PfRFDRUINGHJHHHJH A unique combination of African and American dance .. jfaffiWF • •* / ■iTiuta r _ llr ' ' 1 • 1 ’ u-t- ***■ Arts News COACH FROM PAGE 1 now, where this program is. At the beginning of the year, they picked us 11th in the league. Just between us in this locker room, this is what we should try to do prove the naysayers wrong." The Demon Deacon starters for much of the season have been two freshmen and three sophomores —a three-guard lineup that has allowed WFU to utilize its speed to flummox opponents, the most recent example being Duke. The backcourt tandem of fresh man Jeff Teague and sophomore Ishmael Smith has been the cata lyst so far this season. Gaudio said National and World News FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL McCain defends questioned honor WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) John McCain sought to mini mize damage to his man-of character image and his presi dential hopes Thursday, vigor ously denying and denouncing a newspaper report suggesting an improper relationship with a female lobbyist. "It’s not true," the likely Republican nominee said of the report that implied a romantic link with telecommunicatioas lob byist Vicki Iseman and suggested McCain pushed legislation that would have benefited her clients. Citizens abroad vote for Obama WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) Barack Obama won the Democrats Abroad global prima ry in results announced Thursday, giving him 11 straight victories in the race for the Democratic presi dential nomination. Obama won the primary in which Democrats living abroad voted by Internet mail and in per son. according to the Democrats Abroad, an organization under the national party. Clinton has not won a nominat ing contest since Super Tuesday, more than two weeks ago. ★ ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ l RAMISES j TRYOUTS MfM j * Have you ever wished you could ★ * be a Carolina Athletics' 7 ★ * Do you to ★ * the Tar Heels and bring joy * * to fans of all ages? If so, L. * * you might be a perfect fit * as Rameses, the beloved J £ Carolina Mascot. An interest meeting will be held February 22nd in the ★ £ multipurpose room of the Union at £ 4:oopm. I IfN i CofmC U A pAlt ( J H + * Hii tpeeiAl t>A4iti*H. fltafr ★ ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ the two aren’t as talented as NBA phenom and former Wake Forest star Chris Paul, but the new coach sounded confident in thinking the two could beat the NBA All-Star endline to endline in a race. "When Skip was here he would always say. The older I get, the fast er I want to play,” Gaudio said. “He would love coaching these two guys. He brought Ish along his freshman year, and he recruited Jeff. They’re very, very fast with the ball." WFU brings its speed to the Smith Center on Sunday to face No. 3 North Carolina. UNC coach Roy Williams said at a news conference Tuesday that he has immense respect for Gaudio, who also has been a head coach at Army and Loyola (Md.). Serbs attack U.S. Embassy in protest of Kosovo independence declaration BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) Serb rioters broke into the U.S. Embassy and set fire to an office Thursday, and police clashed with protesters outside after a large demonstration against Kosovo's declaration of independence. The embassy said a charred body was found in the embassy after the attack. “It was found at the part of the building set on fire by the protesters," embassy spokeswoman Rian Harris said. She said all embassy staffers were accounted for; Belgrade’s Pink TV said the body appeared Al-sadr cease-fire might continue BAGHDAD (AP) - Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has decided whether to extend his Mahdi Army’s cease-fire, and sent the message in sealed envelopes to be opened at the beginning of Friday's sermons, one of his officials said. Although the content of the message, delivered Thursday to 200 loyal clerics around Iraq, was not known, there were strong indications from officials in his organization that the anti- U.S. firebrand would extend the six-month cessation of what had been /in undeclared war against the U.S. military since 2004. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2008 “Dino has been fantastic,” he said. “I think not even ... having anything to do with games won or games lost. I mean, how can you be put in a tougher situation? “And one that's personally more difficult for him than anybody because that was his best friend in the whole world. So 1 really admire him for the way he's handled the team, yes, but even more so the whole scenario * With both UNC and the Demon Deacons coming off big wins and WFU battling for postseason posi tioning, it could be a tight battle. And Gaudio is no stranger to the competitiveness of conference play. “In terms of the ACC, you don’t have to tell anybody in this league to be that of a rioter. Masked attackers broke into the U.S. compound, which was closed at the time, just after 7 p.m. and tried to throw furni ture from an office. They set fire to the office and flames shot up the side of the building. Serbia's President Boris Tadic, on an official visit to Romania, appealed for calm and urged the protesters to stop the attacks and move awav from the streets. Tadic said that violence was "damaging” Serbia's efforts to defend Kosovo, which declared its independence from Belgrade on Sunday. Pakistan forges civilian coalition ISLAMABAD. Pakistan (AP) Pakistan's two main opposi tion parties announced Thursday they would form anew govern ment together, but skirted the issue of pushing for the ouster of President Pervez Musharraf. The agreement between the secular groups, which tussled over power for a decade before Musharraf seized control in a 1999 coup, marks an important step toward a civilian government after years of military rule. Musharraf, a key ally of the U.S. in its war on terror, said he has no intention of resigning and will sene out his five-year term. that anybody could beat anybody; on a given night." he said. 4 Contact the Sports Editor at sports(a . unc.edu. THE 10TH ANNUAL UNC DANCE MARATHON IS THIS WEEKEND! COME SUPPORT YOUR FRIENDS AND CAROLINA FAMILY WHO ARE DANCING. NDRALING. VOLUNTEERING DR PERFORMING IN THE MARATHUN! THE MARATHDN WILL BEGIN AT 7F.M.. FRIDAY. FEB. Q2ND AND LAST UNTIL 7F.M SATURDAY, FEB. S3RD IN FETZER GYM UN SOUTH ROAD! COME SEE WHAT ALL THE EXCITEMENT IS ABOUT. THE 10TH ANNUAL UNC DANCE; MARATHON IS! GOING TD BE OUT OF THIS WORLD AND YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND! HUNDREDS WILL BE DANCING AND THOUSANDS WILL BE HELPED... WHERE WILL YOU BE? 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