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THURSDAY, MARCH 27. 2008
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Host and former Nickelodeon star Kel Mitchell talks to the crowd at
Memorial Hall, treating the audience to his most famous impressions.
HIP-HOP SHOW
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TV and always thought lie was real
ly funny. I thought it would be cool
to see a well-known person from
my childhood. - Patterson said.
Mitchell rapped along with
the music as a break dancing duo
brought the crowd to its feet while
waiting for the judges' announce
ment of the winning teams.
“We're about to do this like
‘American Idol. - We re going to
make it dramatic." Mitchell said.
And slowly, as characteristic of
the popular TV show. Mitchell pro
nounced Underground Legend/
the winners of a $">00 first prize.
The Underground Legend/'s
performance brought the crowd to
its feet with a ninja fighting dance,
which opened with the theme song
to "Spongeßob Square Pants."
“They did their thing." Mitehell
said after Underground Lcgendz.'s
performance. “They have sound
effects and what not," he said, pro
ceeding to imitate robot noises
used in the number.
UNC's Misconception Dance
Company brought a theatrical
dance to the stage, beginning its set
with ayounggirl reading a bedtime
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story about the best hip-hop dance
team in the world.
Misconception Dance Company’s
dramatic choreography landed
them second place in the competi
tion. Their UNC companions and
defending champion, the OPEYO!
Dancers, came in fourth.
Clad in pastel-colored shirts and
shorts, OPEYO! put on an angelic
|>erformance featuring songs such as
Rihanna's “Don’t Stop the Music."
At the conclusion of the
evening, the newly crowned
Underground Legendz jumped
across the stage in happiness,
clutching their trophy.
Joining hands together, they
declared their dominance until
next year, chanting “U! L!"
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BASKETBALL
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Cougars went overseas to haul
in 6-foot-10 Aron Baynes from
Australia.
Somehow this mix-and-match
combination bought into the
Bennett philosophy defense 24/7
I and an offense based on patience
! and open looks.
The Cougars have become the
! ultimate style team, winning games
by forcing their opponents to adjust
j to them and averaging 67 points a
j game while giving up a mere 56.1
I— second best in the country.
“On the defensive end. they guard
you,* Williams said in Charlotte on
: Wednesday. “You don’t get an easy
j shot. There’s a lot of teams that
j their defense is really strong for the
first pass and the second pass or the
third pass, then all of the sudden it
starts breaking down. I think each
time Washington State is prepared
to guard you for 35 seconds."
But wTiile the Cougars are dif
ferent from most teams, tonight’s
game will accentuate those features
even more.
UNC comes in averaging 89.9
points a game while the Cougars
THE LOWDOWN ON TONIGHT'S GAME
No. 4 Washington State vs.
Bn No. 1 North Carolina
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HEAD-TO-HEAD
Guards are Washington State's strength, but
Kyle Weaver and Derrick Low don't have
Back court the pure talent of Ty Lawson and Wayne
Ellington. The UNC duo has been making the
most of that talent lately, too. Edge: UNC
An ominous sign for Wazzu: it’s only playing
its opponents even on the boards. UNC is
Frontcourt out rebounding teams by almost 12 Deon
Thompson has picked it up, and it’s never
easy to stop Tyler Hansbrough. Edge: UNC
Watch the tape from UNC’s win against
Arkansas to see just how far Quentin
Bench Thomas and Alep Stepheson have come.
Danny Green hasn't found his groove lately.
but watch out when It happens Edge: UNC
This game features the ultimate in contrast
ing styles. No way Wazzu lets UNC rip off 100
Intangibles points, but they need to find ways to score
enough. While the Cougars have nothing to
lose, UNC is too determined Edge: UNC
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give up 56.1 —a 34 point differ
ence to be reconciled on the hard
wood between a coach who loves to
control the pace and another who
thrives on a wicked speed up and
down the court.
“The only thing I can probably
relate to (UNC’s scoring) is UCLA,"
Low said Monday. “I don’t know if
UCIA scores as much as they do,
but they definitely have the same
type of athletes and players that
North Carolina does. They get a
lot of transition baskets."
And while the Cougars ponder
how to slow down UNC’s vaunted
fast break and the ever-improving
health ofTy Lawson, the Tar Heels
might be forced to win a game
where they don’t completely dictate
the pace —a problem they haven’t
faced too much this season.
“I like to win in the 80s and 90s,
but to be the team and reach the
dreams that we have, be the team
that we want to be, you’ve gotta be
able to win at somebody else’s dif
ferent tempo." Williams said.
“It can't be your own comfort
zone all the time."
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BLUE LIGHTS
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Additionally, one was hidden
behind a tree, and one couldn't be
touched because construction closed
off the area around the li^iL
The women’s affairs committee
of student government brought
many of those same concerns to
DPS's attention three years ago.
‘We met with (the women’s
affairs committee) and looked at
it," Cannon said. “1 have yet to date
to get a concern from someone in
the (DPS) office that they weren’t
able to readily recognize one."
But from a distance, many of the
yellowed lights blend in with street
lighting, making it hard to deter
mine whether one is a call box.
“It makes it harder because you
have a lot of other yellow lights,"
freshman Janki Patel said. "When
you're in an emergency you prob
ably need something that can jump
out at you."
And because other call boxes
are visible from only 13 of the blue
lights, it’s nearly impossible to see
where to run to next
Increased visibility is why the
lights are supposed to be blue, said
John Laetz, manager of Electric
Distribution Systems, which is
responsible for upkeep of the lights.
The blue color can yellow with
age and deterioration, he said.
Laetz said that EDS does inspect
the call box lights regularly, adding
that while the company currently
only does demand maintenance
- fixing things that are broken -
it is restructuring to provide more
preventative maintenance.
“If something happens to it we go
out and fix it," he said.
A changing role
UNC's first call boxes were placed
in the 1980s. One trend seen nation
wide, though, is the decreased use
of blue lights as cell phones have
become more available.
“It makes more sense to call 911
(on a cell phone) and keep moving."
said Mibelli, who was chairman of
the safety and security committee
when it began looking at off-cam
pus call boxes.
Steve Carlton, a senior officer
in crime prevention at N.C. State
University, said that police can
track most cell phone callers to
within 6 feet of where a call is made
thanks to GPS technology.
Carlton said NCSU tells students
that having a cell phone often is
just as good as having a blue light
Despite the decreasing role that
emergency call boxes play, Maj.
Gloria Graham said Duke University
isn’t looking to stop adding lights.
“Not all of our students have cell
phones," she said. “We have not
stopped putting them in."
At UNC, the number of students
who use the call boxes also is small.
“It’s very little, from what I’ve
been given from dispatch," Cannon
said. “I know' that they’re not used
frequently."
Even when they aren’t used,
many still believe the lights play a
significant role in deterring crime.
Part of that comes from the
comfort of knowing the boxes are
there if needed.
And crime reports from DPS since
January 2005 show fewer reported
crimes in areas where there are more
blue lights.
“I continue to believe that call
boxes have a deterrent effect on
crime," former Student Body
President James Allred said in an
e-mail. His administration got the
ball rolling on adding off-campus
call boxes.
Away from campus
Although the visibility and acces
sibility of call boxes is inconsistent on
campus, many students still say they
feel safer there than off campus.
“I feel like on campus is really
well lit," sophomore Eleanor Cooper
said. “Off campus, not so much."
Cooper will be living off campus
for the first time next year and said
lighting is a concern, especially in
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ca mpus is really
well lit. Off campus,
not so much."
ELEANOR COOPER, sophomore
areas along Rosemary and North
Columbia streets.
Liz Parham, director of the Chapel
Hill Downtown Partnership, said
lighting plays a significant role in
how safe people consider an area
“If you're in more of a well-lit
area it's perceived to be a safer area
whether it is or not," Parham said.
In 1993. additional lighting
was recommended for much of
the downtown area as part of the
town’s Streetscape design plans.
Changes made since then include
replacing lights on East Franklin
Street with higher-watt bulbs and
installing additional light poles on
the 100 blocks of East Franklin and
North Columbia streets, as well as
parts of West Franklin Street.
Student government's push for
pedestrian lighting and off-campus
call boxes began before Carson took
office and aimed at making students
living off campus feel safer.
“The idea of off-campus blue
lights was largely student-driven."
Allred said. “I pushed the idea
based on the suggestions and affir
mation of students."
Student government looked at
reports showing areas with high
student populations and overlapped
them with crime density reports to
find the best locations to place the
call boxes.
Additional funds also were set
aside for street-level lighting.
“It was our goal that by increas
ing street-level lighting you're also
going to reduce crime in the first
place... so there wouldn’t be a need
for more call boxes," Mibelli said.
Since the September council
meeting, town staff have been in
discussions with residents, Duke
Energy and student government
about the logistics of placing the
off-campus call boxes.
The town will host a forum April
8 for residents of the areas where the
lights were recommended.
Growing pains
But adding the call boxes off
campus was a long process that
highlights the challenges of expand
ing the number of blue lights.
“One of the things to understand
is that it’s not as easy as saying, Tvet’s
add a light post here.” Mibelli said.
The call boxes are managed by
three entities DPS, EDS anil
Information Technology Services.
DPS responds to activated call
boxes. EDS maintains the strobe
lights and ITS oversees the com
munication lines that link the call
boxes with DPS. It takes all three
working together to decide where
to place new blue lights.
Some said the oversight of the
blue lights should be streamlined.
“It does not make sense for three
departments to share responsibil
ity," Allred said.
Anyone can suggest locations
for new call boxes through DPS,
but limited funding means not all
requests are granted, Carmon said.
Some funding comes from individ
ual departments.
“If there are additional needs
then it's generally the job of the
requesting school or department
to look for or provide the funding
for that request,” Carmon said.
The cost of anew box ranges from
$5,000 to SIO,OOO, in addition to
installation costs and recurring elec
tricity and phone charges.
“In terms of adding blue lights,
the dilemma comes with efficient
spending of student fees," Mibelli
said. “Those decisions aren’t black
and white.
“There's only so much you can
do for a campus this size."
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OWASA
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your bill increases,” Grant said.
She said students living off cam
pus who are responsible for their
own water bills likely feel the same
effects as homeowners.
But she said the type of respon
sibility they feel is different. They
don't have long-term worries
unless they plan on living in the
area in the future.
The University's main long
term plan to conserve water is its
reclaimed water project. When
completed in January 2009, cool
ing towers at the University and
UNC Hospitals will use highly
treated wastewater, pumped from
the Mason Farm Wastewater
Treatment Plant, instead of potable
drinking water, Dußose said.
But in the short term all resi
dents face the effects.
“We all have responsibility to
conserve, both residents and stu
dents," Morgan said.
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