VOLUME 116, ISSUE 24 A DREAM MATCHUP UNC-KANSAS SHOWDOWN A TREAT FOR HOOPS PURISTS BV GREGG FOUND SENIOR WRITER Roy Williams, when asked Tuesday to describe what he sees in Kansas's team, named three of its biggest strengths. “Their fourth strength," Williams said, “is they have no weaknesses.” Williams faces the daunting task this week of preparing North Carolina to play against one of the most domi nant, most versatile and most balanced teams in the country. But Kansas coach Bill Self faces the exact same task. “I guess we could be the underdogs because we're the fourth No. INSIDE Check out the DTH's prediction for Saturday's game. PAGE 4 1 seed," Self said in Monday's news conference. “But 1 really think in this situation, there's not much dif ference between any of the teams from a performance standpoint." Such is the clash of the titans Saturday, a battle of two unstop pable forces where pinpointing an advantage here or a disadvantage there is tough to do. And it's a matchup that bas ketball historians salivate about North Carolina is the second winningest program in the his tory of college basketball (behind Kentucky). Kansas is third. But the showdown would be scintillating even without the history, just because of the way both teams have steamrolled so many opponents this season. Kansas is beating its foes by 19.4 points, on average, good Friends cheer Heels in homemade ‘Alamo’ -% , ' jg||v HI L DTH/JUUFT SPERLING McKenzie Sumner, Josh Navey and John Linkous sit in the Alamo, a fort that they built out of sheets and duct tape for the Final Four. Floyd not interested in UNC’s top job Despite ties, WSU head staying put BY WHITNEY KISLING UNIVERSITY EDITOR Elson Floyd, president of Washington State University, has declined an offer to be a candidate for UNC’s next chancellor. “It was sort of tough. It was a unique opportunity to go back to UNC,” he told The Seattle Times. “But I'm fulfilling my commitment here —and doing so gleefully." Although the search has been kept extremely secret, several mem bers of the UNC community outside of the search committee have men tioned Floyd’s name as one of the top candidates for the position. “I would have been surprised if he online | dailvtarhwl.uom CITY Glen Lennox residents meet with developers to discuss neighborhood plans. ARTS ESTEEM plans an open mic night for 7 p.m. today at Campus Y. SPORTS The No. 15 women's tennis team beat rival N.C. State Thursday. Serving the students and the University community since 1893 01fp Daily ®ar Jtwl GAME TIME: About 8:47 p.m. BROADCAST: CBS RADIO: WCHL WATCH THE GAME AT THE SMITH CENTER: Viewing party schedule of events Saturday ► 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.: Basketball museum open ► 5 p.m.: Entrance A opens for UNC students, faculty and staff (with valid One Card) ► 5:30 p.m.: Entrance A opens for general public ► Concessions and Final Four mer chandise will be on sale for first in the country. North Carolina? It’s winning by 16.9 points, for third place. “They can play slow; they can play fast," Williams said of the Jayhawks. “They can defend. They can shoot it inside; they can shoot it outside. I'm just really, really impressed by 'em." If anything, the Jayhawks' balance makes them tough to stop. Seven different players have led the team in scoring and seven different players have led the team in rebounding. In fact, none of the Jayhawks landed on the AP All-Big 12 first-team mostly because they siphoned votes from each other. Three of them Darrell Arthur. Mario Chalmers and Brandon Rush were named to the sec ond team. “They have a lot of great play ers, good inside and outside pres ence," TYler Hansbmugh said. While some teams, when game planning for UNC, start SEE UNC-KANSAS. PAGE 4 wasn’t a candidate," said Bill Friday, former UNC-system president who worked with Floyd, also a UNC alumnus, when he was an adminis trator within the system. “This day in age, when there's such a shortage of really experienced people, it's not unusual for candi dates to withdraw their names." Connie Niva, chairwoman of the Washington State University Board of Regents, said Floyd told the board in confidence that he had been approached by UNC and had declined the offer. “Dr. Floyd is very committed to WSU, and we were not concerned that he was going to leave because sports section FINAL FOUR IN-DEPTH For more information and analysis of this year's historic Final Four, pick up a special edi tion of Sport Saturday this week- j end before the tournament. www.dailytarheei.com WE r 1 -j* -*• - m : I DTH FILE/DAVID ENARSON The Tar Heels are returning to the Final Four after failing to reach the past two. Waiting for the Tar Heels in San Antonio will be the Kansas Jayhawks. KU advanced to the final Four after defeating Davidson. BY SARAH FRIER SENIOR WRITER A patchwork tent of seven Carolina-themed bedsheets hangs from the ceiling fan in the living room. Light blue pillow- cases, secured with duct tape, fill the holes. It’s four mattresses long and one couch thick. They call it "The Alamo." “Since we can’t go there, we brought the game here," said senior Matt Ellis, one of the six students who has been sleeping in the fort since UNC's men's bas ketball team beat the University of Louisville on Saturday. “We re trying to keep it up till Elson Floyd was mentioned as a potential candidate because of past work within the UNC system. he has committed to us and he’s happy at WSU," she said. There has been no specific reason cited for Floyd's rejection, which he told the board about in late March, though one of the biggest challenges in finding UNC's next chancellor is creating a competitive salary . Chancellor James Moeser, now in his eighth year at UNC, makes about $390,000 plus benefits and perks, such as a house. The BS' -HUPWBb'V je IP* ■' DTH FILE/DAVID ENARSON Monday," senior Josh Navey said. “It’s a good luck charm." The Alamo fort inspired by the Alamodome in San Antonio where the final basketball games will be played this year, was crafted in spontaneous celebration after the team’s Elite Eight victory. “Everybody brought their individual childhood expertise," senior John Linkous said. The roommates originally laid out mattresses for extra seating while w-atching games. And then the Alamo was built, using sheets, “those clips that go on chip bags, duct tape and will power" junior McKenzie Sumner said. On Wednesday night, to cel 80th percentile salary of UNC’s peer institutions' presidents is 5455.000. But Floyd, who has been at Washington State since 2006, makes about $650,000. Floyd, now in his early 50s, also was considered during the 2000 chancellor search, which ultimately led to Moeser’s hiring. Although Floyd was not selected, Jim Peacock, a member of the 2000 search committee, said he was well qualified for the position. “The sense was that he would potentially be an excellent can didate but that this was an early point in his life and his career for this job," he said. In 2005 Floyd w-as also noted as SEE FLOYD, PAGE 4 sports | page 7 SPRING FOOTBALL Fans can get their first look at the Tar Heels at 1 p.m. Saturday at Kenan Stadium when the team plays it Spring Showcase. There is no charge for admission. DTH FIIE/AlllE MUUIN ebrate the halfway point between the Louisville game and the Final Four Kansas matchup, the group had an Alamo party in the fort. “We’re really just trying to raise awareness," Sumner joked. “Because there are all these peo ple on campus who don’t know we re in the Final Four." UNC guard J.B. Tanner even visited the fort before departing for Texas. The roommates plan to watch the game on a TV set that one of them won shooting free throws at Late Night With Roy last year. Until then they’re preparing. Every night after ESPN’s SEE ALAMO, PAGE 4 Raynor prioritizes tuition discussions BY BRIAN AUSTIN STAFF WRITER J.J. Raynor will be the student responsible for dealing with what is perhaps the most contentious issue on campus tuition. The newly elected student body president has made it a goal to per suade the Board of Trustees to Analyzing i • IJ. Raynor's platform; \ one /think nt a time see her perspective on tuition talks. Her substantive plan has yet to emerge, but she outlined her approach during her campaign. Past student body presidents have this dav in history APRIL 4,1944... Nanane Porcher, the first woman to become stage manager at Play Makers and first undergraduate to receive a fellowship, plays the roleofakitten in a play. FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2008 Town readies for big game Police plan for at least 10,000 BY JESSICA STRINGER STAFF WRITER When UNC won the NCAA Tournament in 2005, revelers at Bub O'Malley's on Rosemary Street tried to steal the bathroom doors, owner James Rippe said. Several people were burned by celebratory bonfires on Franklin Street, Chapel Hill police Lt. Kevin Gunter said. This year business owners and police are busy gearing up for large crowds on Franklin Street in anticipation of a Saturday night Final Four win. Gunter said he expects 10,000 to 12,000 people on Franklin Street on Saturday and. should the Heels advance, 50,000 on Monday night. On a celebration night 380 officers from other counties and tow-ns will join forces with SEE CELEBRATION. PAGE 4 Here's what to expect if crowds rush Franklin Street: Street Closings No vehicular traffic will be allowed in the closed area. There will also be limited access to the residential areas immediately around the central business district: ► Franklin Street from Raleigh Street to Mallette Street ► Columbia Street from Cameron Avenue to Rosemary Street Parking ► Parking meters on the 100 block of East Franklin Street, all of Henderson Street and North Columbia Street will be bagged for no parking starting at 3:30 p.m. ► Vehicles parked on the 100 block of East Franklin Street Henderson Street and North Columbia Street will be towed starting at 7 p.m. ► When the streets close, vehicles parked in these North and South alleys will not have access to the street to leave. Alcohol ► No alcoholic beverages will be allowed in the closed area. ► Bars and restaurants that sell alcohol have been asked to restrict all servings to paper or plastic cups to keep glass out of the area. All bulk sales should be in cans. focused almost solely on balancing in-state and out-of-state increases or on tuition predictability. Usually they make their cases to die Board ofTrustees with personal or student speeches at the voting meeting. Raynor says she wants to bring the trustees quantitative analysis of the burden of tuition as it falls on the middle class, a plank that is summed up in one question: ‘To what extent are we forcing middle-income students out of Carolina?" For the 2008-09 year, in-state tuition will not increase while out- SEE TUITION, PAGE 4 weather T-Storms H 77,164 index police log 2 calendar 2 sports 7 games 11 opinion 12