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(Fhr Baiiy oar iirrl Event puts spotlight on sex trafficking Womens Center stresses local impact BY CHIARA AUSTIN STAff WRITER Senior Rebecca Earley was introduced to the issue of sex traf ficking in a women's studies class she took last year. “I think that collectively we should be fighting for the rights of women," Earley said. 'lt’s not just about one individual; this world is about millions of people that are still acting as slaves." Earley was one of dozens of stu dents who stopped by the front of Wilson Library on Monday to learn more about sex trafficking in their own backyard. Monday's event, Slavery Still Exists, was meant to give students an opportunity to learn how an international issue translates into a local problem. “We’re trying to focus both on the international and local crisis that is sexual trafficking. Most people think about it as happen ing far away, you know. Eastern Europe or Asia," said Pam Lach. conference coordinator for Carolina Women's Center. But Lach said the U.S. is one of the places into which people fre North Carolina baseball wins wookond tourney BASEBALL Fresh off of a tournament victory at Winthrop’s Coca-Cola Classic, the North Carolina baseball team returns to Cary today for its second ’home’ game of the year. And UNC hopes for it to go better than its first. in its initial game at USA Baseball National Training Complex on Feb. 26, freshman pitcher Matt Harvey tossed 4.2 innings of shutout ball and shuck out eight but the Tar Heels fell at the hands of Old Dominion, 8-6. But UNC has rebounded since the defeat winning four straight and the Coca s*-' * Kyle Seager had 10 RBIs and four multi hit games this weekend. Cola Classic to compile aT-lrecord. The offensive firepower of sopho mores Kyle Seager and Dustin Ackley have been instrumental to those wins. Seager notched four straight multi-hit games and amassed 10 RBI during the weekend, upping his team-high total to 14 for the year. Ackley the reigning National Freshman of the Year, has now hit safely in 12 straight games, including the final four last year. He is batting .500 and is second on the team with 10 RBI. ’The two of them pretty much carried us this week,’ UNC coach Mike Fox said. ’Kyle had a terrific weekend and drove in a lot of runs. Good grammar gets its day BY ANDREW DUNN FEATURES EDITOR When sophomore Ben Thompson is listening to a story, he won't hesitate to interrupt it in the name of grammar. “If they say, ‘Sally and me went to the movies,' I'll stop them and say, ‘Sally and I.’ It can be at the most crucial part of the story, but I will stop it and fix it," he said. “Dude, I hate when people mis use grammar." Today, magicians of the modi fiers and geniuses of the gerunds can take heart, for it is National Grammar Day. Sponsored by the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar and the Microsoft Encarta ency clopedia, the day is intended to honor the English language and to emphasize the importance of proper syntax. “If we don’t respect and honor the rules of English, we lose our ability to communicate clearly and well," the day’s official Web site states. “In short, we invite mayhem, misery, madness and inevitably even more bad things that start with letters other than M." How to celebrate? The grammar society recommends spreading the gospel of grammar. “If you see a sign with a cata strophic apostrophe, send a kind note to the storekeeper," the Web site states. “If your local newscaster says, ‘Between you and I,’ set him straight with a friendly e-mail." Also suggested are grammar potluck dinners, serving high-fiber foods. They’re good for the colon. But some students at UNC take their grammar a bit more seriously. quently are trafficked. In preparation for the Combating Sex Trafficking conference to be held at the Friday Center in April, officials from the Carolina Women’s Center organized the on-campus Slavery Still Exists campaign. The aim of the conference in April is to educate the community about how to combat sex traffick ing, she said. “The idea is to create a grass roots effort against trafficking," said senior Megan Hamilton, the intern who organized the event. The campaign is part of the Polaris Project, a national and international anti-trafficking group. Students who stopped by the booth Monday read sex traffick ing statistics and had their pic tures taken holding signs that said things such as “Slavery still exists (here)." One of the signs students could choose to hold in their pic tures said “In August 2006, three brothels using trafficking were closed in Durham, N.C. Stop traf ficking." The Durham brothels mentioned And Dusty, just typical Dusty, he just gets a lot of base hits. Those two were a force offensively.’ A trend that has helped the Tar Heels of late is their ability to get on the scoreboard early. In the last three games, UNC has put up eight first inning runs, and has held on to win each time. *1 like to get off to a good start, and it just kind of forces the other team to play from behind," Fox said. ’lt changes their strategy offensively.' UNC will need this to continue, as well as get another solid outing from Harvey today, as it plays host to an ailing William & Mary squad at 2:30 pm. UNC is 12-1 in foe series, and the Tribe lost two of its last three to drop to 7-2. ’lt couldn't go much worse," Fox said of the return to Cary. *We didn't play very well against ODU, and the errors came back to hurt us, but hopefully we'll play a lot better against William & Mary.* COMPILED BY MIKE EHRUCM [softball The UNC softball team is hoping today's return to Chapel Hill will reju venate its bats as well as its spirit after a difficult weekend road trip. The Tar Heels, who have won seven games by the mercy rule and broken the team record for scoring twice already this season, will look to break out of a recent offensive slumber when they take on South Carolina in Chapel Hill at 4 pm. today. North Carolina couldn't muster much offense during last weekend's Leadoff Classic Tournament in 7 don't nay it to be superior. ...At this age there is so much opportunity. We need to know how to speak intelligently." STEPHANIE SMITH, SOPHOMORE Sophomore Stephanie Smith said she became dedicated to prop er English during her junior year of high school. She is particularly bothered by errors with “lie” and “lav" but enjoys parsing the differences between “who" and “whom." Now, Smith said, she has trained herself to pay attention to grammatical errors in her friends' speech and corrects them when necessary. “I don’t say it to be superior or anything; I say it to help them," Smith said. “At this age there is so much opportunity. We need to know how to speak intelligently." She said she has converted her best friend and housemate, sophomore Elena Beidler, into a grammar aficionado. “We talk about grammar all the time now," Smith said. ftEGAL. CINEMAS TIMBERLYNE 6 933-8600 in the sign employed Latina women who did not speak any English and who were instantly deported once discovered. Hamilton said this is a classic sign of trafficking. There were busts in both Raleigh and Charlotte in the past few years, she said. “There are aspects of North Carolina that make it vulnerable and attractive to traffickers," Lach said. She said some of these aspects could be military presence. Interstate 95, Interstate 85 and the fact that North Carolina is on the coast The FBI estimates that 23 per cent of all people trafficked into the U.S. end up in the South. Lach said. She added that because of the hidden nature of trafficking, it is hard to get accurate numbers. The Carolina Women’s Center also will sponsor a free screening this month of the film “Trade," Lach said. “We’re really just trying to inspire students to do something, not just to learn about it, but to then take that knowledge and then turn it into*action.“ Contact the University Editor at udeskfa unc.edu. Columbus, Ga. The team managed to score just nine runs in foe five games, six of which came during Saturday's win against Nebraska. UNC finished foe weekend at 2-3, bringing their season record to 15-6 overall. Luckily for foe Tar Heels, foe UNC pitchers have done a good job keep ing their opponent’s bats equally as cold. Sophomore Danielle Spauking registered a combined 28 strikeouts in complete games against lorn and Illinois State. Two days after shutting out lowa 1 -0, Spaulding got off to a rough start against the Red Birds on Sunday allowing two firet-mnmg runs. She even tually settled in and retired 10 consecutive bat ters during one stretch. Spaulding, though on the short end ofa 2-0 decision, finished foe gamewifoa career-high 16 strikeouts and A Danielle Spaulding had 28 strikeouts in two weekend games. contributed offensively by drawing two walks In addition to their home match up today with South Carolina, UNC will battle UNC-Greensboro twice on the road Wednesday at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. last season, foe Tar Heels defeated foe Gamecocks 1 -0 in their only meeting and were forced to cancel both scheduled games against UNC-G. COMPILED BY JOHN DOUGHERTY She added that grammar errors are not hard to fix, if people would just start learning basic grammar principles and noticing the errors in their speech. "It’s so effortless once you learn the fundamentals," she said. “It becomes a habit." But UNC English professor Connie Elbe was not quite so extreme. “I am not certain that formal training in grammar is necessary, or even important," Elbe wrote in an e-mail. ‘I do think that the precise, clear and careful use of language is important. Insofar as the effec tive use of the language requires attention to grammatical struc ture, to that extent grammar is important." Contact the Features Editor atfeatures@ unc.edu. Take 15/501 South towards Httsboro Eatt Markat St / Southf n Village SEMI-PRO i .U)6-H&4OM:IWaO VANTAGE POINT® 1:10-3:105:10730*40 SPIOEWfICXOffIOiCIESS 12:45-250*55-715*25 JUMPER® .HJ0255500720W5 DEFINITELY, MAYBE ffl 1:154157:05935 I mmk) loio< r i| SEATimj News ,\\\^ Iff /, /’ a y? DTH/EIYSSA SHARP Senior Megan Hamilton photographs freshman Lydia Lewallen as she poses Monday with a sign protesting sex trafficking. The photos are a part of the Carolina Women's Center's 'Slavery Still Exists" campaign. State trying to decrease plant mercury emissions BY ERIC PAINTER STAff WRITER Duke Energy and the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources have been working hand-in-hand on a plan that will attempt to lower mercury emissions and increase energy out put at the Cliffside coal-fired power plant located about 50 miles west of Charlotte. “We are now able to begin con struction on the four-year project that is estimated to create 1,600 new jobs and SIOO million in employee payroll upon completion in North Carolina," said Marilyn Lineberger, a Duke Energy spokeswoman. In 2012, Duke Energy will retire four older coal units as part of the terms of the permit to begin con struction that were finalized in January. Once the Environmental Protection Agency made a decision in 2005 to regulate mercury released from power plants for the first time, states had the choice to either adopt the national guidelines or make their own requirements more stringent. “In response, the N.C. Environmental Commission felt the Sudoku •" • gcUTICS By The Mepham Group t 2007 The Mepham Group Distributed by Tribune Media Services All rights reserved Ll: BSBH Complete the grid _______________________ so each row. column O ~J c and 3-by-3 box (in ° [ , ’ . ; bold borders) con -5 a a tains every digit Ito | | I I 9 For strategies on s—. how to solve Sudoku. 4 5 6 o,9uk ——\ 1 1 Solution to 3 2 9 8 1 4 Monday’s puzzle _ - —|6 7 2J 5 3 B|4 1 9 3 1 9 85946137 2 — 143927685 4Q2156 8 9 7 3 4 ijj73B 2 5 4 1 9 6 7 1 3 96 4 7 13 52 8 j ■ j 521876943 1 | C Q 487395261 1 a 3 9 6 1 4 2 8 5 7 THE Daily Crossword Edited by Wayne Robert Williams ACROSS 1 Pluck 5 Periods 9 Garlic-basil sauce 14 Gernreich of fashion 15 Book before Nehemiah 16 Effective use 17 Aid in a felony 18 To a phrase 19 Yearned 20 Howie Mandel's choice? 23 Fencing sword 24 Some antibodies 28 Nice guy. he's not 31 China location 33 "To be or to be" 34 Nice goodbye 35 Signaled 36 Raison d 1 37 Doris Day's choice? 40 Engendered 41 Final Four org 42 Of punish ment 43 ” the ram parts.. ’ 44 Track shape 45 Almost not 46 Conductor Toscanini 48 1976-80 Wimbledon champion 49 Halloweener's choice? 55 Sticking stuff PIOI EMb AIMI T £ S T kip' s o l|7]d e bßr o O M I E R 7 H EIR E S alm OMENTA a DI I [A N .B A. £ 0_ N. lEpBO JL A it G A H E A DNBHtTc UINS N E E flrle NC H TlojA S TBS S S loTrTbpNc'U bHHn ~c o f s p Ii need to make their state's standards higher than the national require ments," DENR spokesman Tom Mather said. Duke Energy plans to reduce mercury emissions by 90 percent at the Cliffside plant, which means the plant will have stricter guidelines than older plants in the state. “The emission standards set by the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources are done on a case-bv case basis,” Mather said. He said the expectations for power plants in North Carolina dif fer from plant to plant because no two power plants are the same. “Many of the power plants were built many years ago and have different capabilities, and even though technology may exist to reduce mercury emissions further, it may not be feasible in certain cir cumstances." Mather added that the tech nology exists to block nearly all mercury emissions from coal-fired plants hut that mandating such low levels of mercury output would not be feasible. Previous studies on mercury 58 Sibilant sound 59 Vocalist Fitzgerald 60 Higher one of two 61 Cosmetics ingredient 62 Biblical twin 63 Inclined to weep 64 Hanks and Brokaw 65 Bird abode DOWN 1 Alum 2 Local yokel 3 Brainchild 4 Real estate paper 5 Court judgment 6 Allotrope of oxygen 7 Small combo 8 Novelist George 9 Juicy tropical fruit 10 Bad deeds 11 Antonio 12 Equal score 13 On its last legs 21 Poppy product 22 Slur over 25 Mean 26 Typical 27 Hard like metal 28 Cash of Panama 29 Worshiper 30 Shunt 31 Of the ear 32 Actress Ward 35 Zany Imogene 36 Undying 36 Closing stanza var mm *> IHT - ~■■sT" ~ Hlflll 1111111 TUESDAY, MARCH 4. 2008 done in part by researchers from the U niversity of R< ichester were the rea son for the EPAs 2005 decision. Gary Myers, a professor of neurology and pediatrics at the University of Rochester, said the decision was based on a study he was involved in. "The research that the FDA based its 2005 mercury standards on showed that high amounts of mer cury adversely impacts motor func tioning in humans." Myers said. It causes damage to the devel opment of the nervous system, and the developing human fetus is extremely sensitive to it, he added. Marc Serre. a UNC professor of environmental sciences and engi neering, said he is applying for funding to continue a study investi gating the source of mercury emis sions and the level of the substance found near power plants. He said the study will help determine how much the plants contribute to the problem of mer cury emissions. Contact the State C National Editor at stntdesk(a unc.edu. Lowdown on the game UNC men's basketball takes on Florida State at 8 p.m. at the Smith Center. See pg. 4 for predictions. Money man UNC Health Care selects an internal candidate, John Lewis, to be CFO. Go online for story . Misconduct hearing A legislative panel may rule today on Rep. Thomas Wright’s alleged misuse of funds. See pg. 3 for story. Presenting to peers Students and faculty will showcase their work at University Research Day. Sec pg. 5 for story . Spring comes to Kenan UNC football holds its first spring practice to get ready for next year. Set” pg. I for story . (02006 Tnfcurw Mecka Serve** Inc A* nghts r*wrv*o 39 Separate 44 Solar-system mobile 45 Hold your ! 47 Pronounce 48 Human chest 50 Confab 51 Metric weight, briefly 52 If all _ fails 53 Lamenfer s comment 54 Like a drumhead 55 Set down 56 Learn like a monkey 57 Hot tub 7
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