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CAMPUS BRIEFS
Three to be honored by the
N.C. Journalism Hall of Fame
Journalism professor Phil Meyer
and the late James Davis will be
inducted into the N.C. Journalism
Hall of Fame on Sunday.
Davis brought the printing
press to North Carolina in 1749
and was responsible for print
ing the state's first book, maga
zine and newspaper. UNC's
School of Journalism and Mass
Communication has a scholarship
in Davis’ name for N.C. journal
ism students.
Meyer joined the journal
ism school staff in 1981 and is
known for his books, “Precision
Journalism'' and “The Vanishing
Newspaper."
Susan Credle, executive vice
president and executive creative
director at the BBDO advertising
agency in New York, and UNC
alumna, also will be honored with
the Next Generation Leadership
Award.
Credle has been the driving force
behind establishing the M&Ms
spokescandies.
Campus Y group honored
with two monetary awards
Project HEAL, a Campus Y
group, was selected as the winner
of the SIO,OOO Davis Projects for
Peace Award and a SI,OOO MTV
iThink Youth Venture Grant.
The money will go toward
funding Project HEAL's summer
program in Ghana. Nine of the
organization’s members will travel
to Africa to talk about health issues
and to help establish a library
located near a local hospital, while
working with local leaders and
community members.
NCSU student senate raises
money for Carson memorial
The N.C. State University
Student Senate has raised more
than SI,OOO to benefit the Eve
Marie Carson Memorial Fund.
N.C. State representatives will
present the money to UNC's stu
dent government at a date that has
yet to be set.
The Senate will continue to take
donations until March 28, but
any donations that come in afier
the deadline will be passed on to
UNC.
Forum set to bring together
campus arts organizations
The second Student Arts Forum
of the semester, held by the arts
advocacy committee of student
government, will take place at 8
p.m. today in the Franklin Porter
Graham Lounge in the Student
Union.
Past forums have included dis
cussions about rehearsal space and
publicity for arts organizations on
campus.
The forum is open to all stu
dents interested in participating
in the University’s arts commu
nity.
CITY BRIEFS
University Lake opens for
summer recreation season
University Lake reopened for
the season Saturday for boating,
fishing, picnicking and sunbath
ing.
In honor of the late Lightning
Brown, a community activist and
former Orange Water and Sewer
Authority member, boat rental and
lake-use fees were waived for the
first day.
OWASA’s reservoirs were at
59-3 percent of their capacity as of
Thursday.
Cane Creek Reservoir remains
closed because of water levels that
are 11 feet, 4 inches below full.
OWASA said access to the boating
area is too steep to be safe for resi
dents to use.
University Lake is open from
6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays
through Mondays and for the
Memorial Day, July 4 and Labor
Day holidays. The season runs
until Nov. 9.
Hillsborough gets donation
of sculpted metal bike rack
Hillsborough's first bike rack
is available for residents after
a donation from the Carolina
Tarwheels.
The new metal bike rack is
located at 150 E. King St. at the
Alexander Dickson House and
Hillsborough/Orange County
Visitors’ Center. The bike rack
features a sculpted bicycle climb
ing a hill.
The Carolina Tarwheels Bicycle
Club is a group of bicycle enthu
siasts who participate in social
rides in Orange. Durham, Wake,
Alamance and Chatham coun
ties.
The group hosts an annual
rural heritage bike festival in
August that begins in downtown
Hillsborough.
From staff and wire reports
Clinton visits Cary, Charlotte
Helps launch wife’s N.C. campaign
BY DEVIN ROONEY
AND ARIEL ZIRULNICK
ASSISTANT STATE & NATIONAL EDITORS
CARY Former President Bill
Clinton's appearances Friday in
Charlotte and Cary signaled the
launch of Hillary Clinton’s cam
paign in North Carolina.
The state’s May 6 primary is
more than a month away, but
both campaigns are already heav
ily invested in the state. Barack
Obama made his first N.C. cam
paign appearances last week in
Charlotte and Fayetteville.
“I think the focus has really
turned to us, and 1 think people are
finally realizing that North Carolina
is really essential for either candi
date," said Amanda Vaughn, direc
tor of Heels for Hillary at UNC.
Both candidates have paid close
SPRING, BUT NOT
RAIN, IS IN THE AIR
Nursery gives tips
on what to plant
BY KENNETRA IRBY
STAFF WRITER
The vibrant pink blossoms of
the saucer magnolia foretold the
last frost of the winter. Across the
gravel driveway the sweet breath
of spring spread its white blos
soms, signaling the changing
season.
“You have to utilize your
space with things that bloom in
sequence," said Laurie Lawson,
retail manager of Niche Gardens
on Dawson Road.
By touring Niche Gardens and
seeking the advice of its staff, vis
itors can learn how to choose the
right plant for the right place.
Though only five people attend
ed the free tour of the garden
Saturday morning, several bus
loads of garden clubs are sched
uled to tour the nursery in April.
The complimentary tours begin at
10 a.m. each Saturday.
Plants native to the Southeast
are made to cope with heat. For
this reason. Niche Gardens spe
cializes in plants that will with
stand harsh conditions such as
the area’s continuing drought,
Lawson said.
“Drought-tolerant plants will let
you know who they are by habit,"
she said.
Some plants, such as the soap
weed, a type of yucca, have tough,
fibrous leaves. These leaves help
the plant retain water and with
stand heat. The fuzzy grayish
green leaves of plants like catnip
indicate their succulence. This
quality also allows the plant to
retain water.
A plant's root system is another
way to gauge a plant's drought tol
erance.
“There’s a whole little under
ground universe," Lawson said.
Some drought-tolerant plants
tend to have far-reaching root
systems, allowing them to draw
water from deep within the
SEE GARDEN TOUR, PAGE 7
Student fee helps
campus go green
BY LINDSAY RUEBENS
STAFF WRITFR
Students are the inspirational
and financial driving forces behind
UNC’s campus effort to go green
all made possible through the
renewable energy fee.
The UNC Renewable Energy-
Special Projects Committee, which
has collected $8 annually from stu
dent fees since
fall 2004,
helps deter
mine how the
fee revenues
are spent.
As both a
Knowhow
to use your
student fees
Today: renewable
energy
student government committee
and a student advocacy group, the
committee consists of five under
graduates, two graduate students
and another nonvoting graduate
student
Cindy Shea, director of the
Sustainability Office, has been a
formal adviser of the committee
since it formed in 2003.
The committee receives about
$190,000 per year, and it’s mak
ing strides toward a more sustain
able UNC campus.
The students determine how to
allocate the green energy fee," Shea
Top News
attention to the issues that most
concern North Carolinians.
In Charlotte, Bill Clinton spoke
at Stonewall Jackson VFW Post
No. 1160 to a crow-d of about 80,
mostly veterans and their family
members. He tailored his speech
to the mainly- military audience by
focusing on the war in Iraq and the
economy.
His speech at the Cary Senior
Center reflected the broader
swath of the electorate present
although he elaborated most
on the economy and health care,
he also touched on green develop
ment, college affordability and the
war in Iraq.
About 500 people were in atten
dance in Cary, representing all age
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Lauri Lawson, retail manager and horticulturalist of Niche Gardens, teaches about the benefits of
having drought resistant plants likeWulfenii Spurge or the “Dr. Seuss Plant" on a tour Sunday.
“It’s almost to the
point where well
have to start
turn ing projects
down”
ALANA WILSON, respc cochairwoman
said. "As advisers, we assist students
to assess the feasibility and desir
ability of the various projects.”
The renovation of Morrison
Residence Hall was the impetus
for the committee’s creation.
Instead of razing the dormi
tory, students proposed that
Morrison be made environmen
tally friendly.
“It’s not something the University
was able to fund upfront, and that’s
how the student initiative came
about,” said Alana Wilson, com
mittee co-chairwoman.
Thanks to these fees, Morrison
has solar panels on its roof and
there are plans to install an energy
consumption monitoring system,
Wilson said. Installation is slated
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Former President Bill Clinton speaks Friday in Cary. He also traveled to
Charlotte to stump for his wife, presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton.
Women s week theme is activism
Organizers plan
multiple events
BY MARY COLE ALLEN
STAFF WRITER
Girl power will reign over UNC’s
campus for at least the next five
days as campus groups celebrate
Women's Week.
In past years there typically has
been one theme for the week, but
this year the Carolina Women’s
Center decided to do something
different, said Ashley Fogle, asso
ciate director of the center.
“The over
arching theme is
activism," Fogle
said. “But each
day is arranged
around a type of
activism."
In an effort to
women's
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reach out to as many UNC women
as possible, the week is jam-packed
with events, ranging from speakers
to T-shirt painting to concerts.
“I am very excited about the fact
that we have multiple events going
on every day instead of just one big
keynote event," Fogle said.
One of the biggest and most
well-known events is Take Back the
Night Project Dinah will co-sponsor
the 11th annual march Wednesday
Women's Week events
with the women's center.
Take Back the Night gets bet
ter every year," said Emily Dunn of
Project Dinah. The march will be
really- fun and empowering."
Marchers will gather on the
steps of Wilson Library and walk
around campus to raise awareness
of sexual assault.
The rally first appeared in the
United States 32 years ago as a pro-
MONDAY, MARCH 24. 2008
Group
fights
drug
promos
Students lobby
for new protocols
BY ALICE MILLER
| STAFF WRITER
Most doctors' offices are full of
drug company advertisements.
Whether their names are plas
tered on the clock in the waiting
room, on the pen borrowed from
the front desk or on a coffee cup
in a nurse’s hand, drug company
paraphernalia is everywhere.
PharmFree. an organization
of the American Medical Student
Association, is working to eliminate
those- drug names from doctors' offic
es. The group has chapters across the
nation. including one at UNC.
Members hope that by getting
rid of the names, they will end the
influences pharmaceutical compa
nies can have on doctors.
“I want to help restore the sanctity
of patient relationships hy getting
conflicts of interests out of medicine."
said Anthony Fleg, the national coor
dinator for PharmFree and a fourth
year medical student at UNC.
Receiving gifts from pharmaceu
tical companies. Fleg said, might
j influence how doctors prescribe
: medication, creating conflicts in
trust between doctors and patients.
“No matter how big it is, you art
more likely to feel that you have to
repay that person," Fleg said.
The UNC chapter of PharmFree
has urged the School of Medicine
to join dozens of other medical
schools in creating a protocol for
how to handle drug companies.
In 2004. none of the about 140
medical schools in the United
j States had a policy dealing with
pharmaceutical company relation
ships. Now about 40 schools have
or are in the process of creating
j one, Fleg said, and UNC’s School
j of Medicine is one of the institu-
I tions now drafting a policy.
“Our job as doctors is to do the
j best for our patients, and if we art
being influenced by subfactors, we
j should try to remove those subfac
■ tors." said, Etta Pisano, vice dean of
| academic affairs for the School of
j Medicine and part of the committee
J working on the policy .
The policy should be completed
within a few months. Pisano said.
Part of the PharmFree goal is to
have medical students sign a pledge
| now. in an effort to change the next
generation of doctors’ behaviors.
Signing the pledge means stu
| dents won’t take gifts from drug
companies and will use unbiased
sources of information about dif
ferent drugs. Thus pledge still allows
them to accept free samples of drugs
that benefit their patients.
Mia Yang, the new UNC
PharmFree coordinator, is in her
first year of medical school, but she
already has experienced the influ
ence of pharmaceutical companies
on the medical community.
Yang said she remembers a dinner
that a physician put on for his stu
dents for educational purposes. At
SEE COMPANIES, PAGE 7
test to women's fears of walking the
streets alone at night.
In the aftermath of the murder of
Student Body President Em-Carson,
women's sense of safety on campus is
an Issue many are talking about.
Project Dinah also has planned
a self-defense workshop that is free
for female students, and the senior
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