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ahr Daily ear Hrrl TRKfest connects the dots Music fest also features local vendors BY JAMIE WILLIAMS SENIOR WRITER Not even a last minute line up change could keep Durham’s Megafaun from honoring its commitment to play TRKfest on Saturday afternoon in Pittsboro. Sans its regular drummer, who will be replaced by duo Midtown Dickens, the band will be taking the stage as a sort of Bull City super group this weekend. It’s that sort of camaraderie that singer/guitarist Phil Cook said makes this area perfect for an all day music festival. “Every time we are out on tour we talk about how cool the Triangle is, how nice all the people are.” And that's the sort of community that Trekky Records co-founder UNC places high in Lombardi Ranking BY ASHLEY BENNETT STAFF WRITER UNC has added another pres tigious award to the list of honors with the recognition of its high place in the Lombardi Ranking. Chancellor James Moeser said in a statement that the Lombardi Ranking “is just one more indi cation of the University’s current strong competitive position on the national scene." Moeser announced in the Board of Trustees meeting on May 22 that the University placed in the top 25 public universities on each of the award's nine measures an achievement only made by six other public universities in the nation. The Lombardi Ranking is award ed by Arizona State University, Students take on UNC Tomorrow Campus asks for Latino outreach center BY MIA MOORE STATE WRITER As the University continues to respond to UNC Tomorrow, an ini tiative that examines how the UNC system plans to respond to issues facing the state during the next 20 years, student leaders are begin ning to look closely for results. Since 2007, faculty members and students have met to deter mine what role UNC will play in the initiative. One result is two projects that will be carried out by student gov ernment. “My big thing about the entire initiative is that I want to produce actual results," said Chris Belhom, executive assistant to Student Body President J.J. Raynor. "I want tangible projects and results that hopefully the University and students will really start to work on in the next years." Raynor appointed Belhorn to oversee student government’s part of the UNC Tomorrow project. Belhom has taken the past year Service held in memory of law student Friends, teachers honor Lisa Moran BY KATIE ANDERSON STAFF WRITER The UNC law school commu nity gathered Tuesday in Graham Kenan Courtroom, in Van Hecke- Wettach Hall, to mourn the loss of friend and law student Lisa Carolyn Moran. Moran, an international student from Paisley, Scotland, was killed May 15 when she was hit by a bus while crossing Manning Drive. About 30 people joined together at a memorial service hosted by the UNC School of Law. “There is grief and there’s sad ness intermixed in the memory of someone with such great promise." said Jack Boger, dean of the law school, who led the service. The service started with a slide show featuring pictures of Moran traveling and spending time with friends. The song “Don’t Look Back in Anger" by Oasis accompanied the slide show, followed by "Caledonia" as performed by Amy MacDonald. Elizabeth James, who spoke at the sexually active? get tested correct & consistent up to 80% of risks of untreated infections testing is condom use does not women infected include: infertility, chronic pelvic as simple as prevent STDs with chlamydia pain, ectopic (tubal) pregnancy, giving a urine 100% of the time have no symptoms & pe,vic inflammatory disease sample •free • confidential • safe • easy • in Chapel Hill call 919.942.7318 to schedule your free gonorrhea & chlamydia test Pregnancy Support Services "431 W. Franklin StSuite 23? Chapel Hill. NC Martin Anderson wanted the first TRKfest to celebrate. "We really want people to know about all of the cool things that are happening in this area, so we’ll have local vendors and artists els well as local bands." Anderson said getting the com munity involved was a goal of the festival, which will take place Saturday starting at 2 p.m. and run until after midnight. Even the site for the festival, Pittsboro's Piedmont Biofuels, was selected on the basis of its positive community and environmental impact. “All of us at Trekky are really concerned with environmental issues, and Piedmont Biofuels has lots of organic farmers Edong with. where John Lombardi, former University of Florida president, runs The Center for Measuring University Performance. The Center evaluates Lombardi Ranking candidates based on research funding, endowment assets, private giving, national academy members, faculty awards, doctorates granted, postdoctoral appointees and SAT/ACT range. “The Lombardi Rankings are significant... because they’re based on objective criteria not on peo ple’s opinions of the University," said Stephen Farmer, director of admissions. “They’ve reflected the University’s really incredible strength in a number of important areas." Farmer said that it does not to question and research what UNC’s students consider to be the most pressing issues facing the future of the University and state. The overwhelming response from the student body indicated the need for a Latino Center on campus and a public service database. Belhom said the Latino Center will be a resource for Latinos for academic and outreach purposes. He said student government plans to create a task force next year to evaluate the possible implementa tion of the center. Its purpose would be to serve as an on-campus resource and outreach center similar to the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History, a freestanding building that primarily serves the needs of African-American students. The other program, a public ser vice database done in conjunction with University administrators, will be the next big project for stu dent government in the coming months. “The public service database is event, shared that Oasis was one of Moran’s favorite bands, and “Don’t Look Back in Anger" was one of her favorite songs. The slide show was replayed to conclude the service, followed by a reception. “Her father said she was never in her life more happy than she was in the last semester in Chapel Hill," Boger said. He said Moran's parents plan to donate a bench to the Coker Arboretum to honor their daugh ter’s memory. The couple spent many hours seeking solace in the arboretum during the weekend following her death. Boger said more information about how the public can contrib ute to the bench and its mainte nance will be available in the near future. “I’m so excited about the bench," said Andrea Trotta, Moran’s room mate. “I think that’s a beautiful idea." Following remarks by Boger, Director of International Programs Bev Sizemore shared her memories of Moran. “Lisa was an intelligent, beauti ful young woman,” Sizemore said. “A part of Lisa's soul is still with us obviously, focusing on biofuels," Anderson said. Jonny Tunnell, of Trekky band The Never, said the community feel even went into the planning, as band members and those involved with the label divided into vari ous committees to plan different aspects of the afternoon. “We split off to work on different things. We’ve got people w-orking on food and things like that. I’ll be working on the stage all day, mak ing sure everything sounds good." But Tunnell should save his energy, as The Never will be head lining the fest. And with the impressive lineup it follows, including eight bands from the Trekky roster and heavyweights Megafaun and The Bowerbirds, Tunnell’s band needs to deliver. “1 actually feel a lot of pressure. A lot of the bands that are playing “Students apply for complicated reasons. Typically its not one thing by itself that pushes a student to apply.” STEPHEN FARMER, DIRECTOR Of ADMISSIONS hurt UNC to get good press and to be recognized as an outstanding school. But he said it is difficult to tell whether or not such a ranking will make a difference in a student's decision to apply. “Students apply for complicated reasons," Farmer said. “TYpically it’s not one thing by itself that pushes a student to apply or not to apply." He added that he feels there su-c many students whose families cer tainly pay attention to rankings. a place where students could bet ter find volunteer opportunities," Belhorn said. The Carolina Center for Public Service, in conjunction with stu dent government’s executive branch, has taken the lead on the implementation of the project. Progress already has been made on the database, Raynor said. Student government has applied for a grant to move forward with the project and should be notified in mid July as to the result of its application. “I am really hopeful that these projects will create a strong rela tionship between the Carolina community and the state as a whole,” Raynor said. She and Belhorn both said the programs will be a great benefit to both state and local communities. “I think a lot of the need of the state will help the University communicate better to address a lot of the areas that the University already needs to be addressing," Belhorn said. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. in Chapel Hill and will always be so." Moran's friends and classmates had the opportunity to share their thoughts and reminisce about the time they spent with her. Many spoke of the regret they felt in not taking the opportunity to get to know her better. TYotta recalled her apprehen sions about being assigned a room mate to share her Odum Village apartment. “1 fell in love with her the second 1 met her," TYotta said. "She was a breath of fresh air in my life. I had forgotten how much fun it is to come home to a friend. “She really touched my life, and I know- she touched a lot of people’s." Other friends shared their sto ries as well, remembering her for an outgoing personality and dis tinctive Scottish brogue. “She always made me laugh," said Jon Gonzalez, a friend of Moran. “1 know people always say things like that at times like this, but she legitimately made me smile every time I saw her." Contact the University Editor at udesJcfai unc.edu. News are some of my favorite bands." But Tunnell acknowledged that keeping concert-goers occupied and interested during a full day in the sun was a huge consideration in the planning process. “The whole idea is not to just go out and watch some bands we know a big aspect is people just hanging out," he said. “So we’ll have plenty- of food and stuff. I’m pretty excited about the coffee SEick race.’ This sort of event is relatively rare in the area, something that has Cook excited about its potential. “There are so many artists that make this area as cool as it is. and this is just the type of event that connects the dots between people and builds pride in the area." Contact Jamie Williams at jamesweQiemail.unc.edu Eric Morgan, a senior majoring in business administration, said that University rankings definite ly played a role in his decision to apply. “I knew I wanted to be a busi ness major, and UNC has one of the top ranked business schools in the nation, which influenced me to go here," he said. Scott Maynor, a senior majoring in international studies, agreed, saying that he made his decision to apply after reading that the University was ranked best value by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine. On the other hand, Christina Mills, a junior majoring in envi ronmental studies, said she didn't remember any rankings in particu lar that influenced her decision to attend UNC. “I just knew of their reputation to provide such a good education," Mills said. 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N B R I aTn|W I l l TTaTm IjHl s a cTkJb New principal to lead Central toward change BY ANDREW CUMMINGS STATE WRITER Clara Daniels, 2008 Principal of the Year for Orange County Schools, has been chosen to lead Central Elementary School in Hillsborough for the upcoming school year. Daniels said in a press release that she is looking forward to serv ing at Central. “This is a wonderful opportu nity and I am very excited about sharing my experiences in early literacy with the students and staff at Central Elementary- School," she said. Daniels has spent 30 years in the public school system and has had several differ ent positions, began her administra tiv* career in Currituck ■ Clara Daniels will be the new principal of Central Elementary. County as principal of Mayock Elementary School. “Her first principal job was with elementary," Michael Gilbert, pub lic information officer for Orange County schools, said. “She really wanted to get back on the elemen tary level." Daniels, currently principal of A.L. Stanback Middle School, will assume command of the ele mentary school that has been a source of controversy during the past year. Central has the district’s high est number of students in the free and reduced lunch program, compared to nearby Hillsborough Elementary School, which has the lowest. School board members tried to remedy that in April by mandat ing that all incoming HES stu dents who are zoned for Central or Efland-Cheeks elementary schools, but still desire to attend HES, have a low socioeconomic status or have a sibling at the school. 24 Spy Mata 25 Letters written anew 27 Stratford's nver 28 Peach center 30 Green stone 31 Cup brims 32 Give for now 33 Work period 34 Bits of wordplay 35 Dirt 36 Of the whole 37 Kind of seal 38 Parisian Mrs 41 Gossips ens 60 Duck hunter's lure 61 Planted 62 Ernie of golf DOWN 1 pink (delight) 2 Beloved of Aphrodite 3 Packing a wallop 4 Hot tubs 5 Assn 6 Commit perjury 7 Despot Amin 8 Actor Quaid 9 Eggs on 10 Price 11 Second self 12 Damage 13 Snoop 18 Place-kicking prop 19 Put on 23 Just might IMIIM I I I I tfl Ift ~ —hH ■■ * 24 K _ ■■pT" Hj 7 ”” “"’"”■■■*l 4 ——■MrJP - , ■jIT” to ' —— . - - , ' sP ™ B ar wP~ — THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2008 “I’m sure she will do very well here. She is a visionary.” SHEILA MCDONALD, FORMER CES PRINCIPAL Gilbert said conversations about the principal change began a cou ple of months prior to the May 5 announcement of Central’s new principEil. Daniels will be replacing Sheila McDonald, who will be heading up the district’s Positive Behavior Support Initiative for the Exceptional Children divi sion. Gilbert said every school dis trict across the state is now required to have a director for the program, which McDonald said is designed to help improve student performance and reduce behav ioral problems of students with disabilities. “Sheila was a natural fit with her experience," Gilbert said. McDonald has a master’s degree in special education and worked as the EC coordinator before tak ing over at Central. McDonald said she is very excit ed about the career change because she will “still be working with stu dents in a positive way." She said she has high expecta tions for the students and for her own performance. “If we can change the behavior, it will improve student perfor mance and morale," McDonald said. “I believe it w-ill create leaders in the schools. It is already in the students, it is just try ing to get out." She said she is also excited about Daniels coming in to take over at Central. “I’m sure she will do very w-ell here," she said. “She is a visionary. I’m sure she’ll have a blast." Contact the City Editor at citydesk.unc.edu. The wheels on the bus Anew proposed bus route will connect campus and Carrboro in the P2P model. See pg. 6 for story. Gang issues addressed N.C. General Assembly approves new legislation to combat rising * gang violence. See pg. 3 for story . Faithful service Steve Scroggs retires from Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. See pg. S for story . Boys of Summer The UNC baseball team will host an NCAA regional in Cary. See Front page for story . Honoring heroes Carrboro residents celebrate Memorial Day with afternoon fes tivities. See pg. 4 for story. .cuooa Tntxxw IMi Smoa. me IKgnrMM 42 Turn into 43 Ceremony 44 Embellishes 46 Former Bronco QB 47 Losing tic-tac-toe line 46 Brit fliers 50 Director Preminger 51 Nourish 52 Used to possess 53 One for Paulette 54 SHO rival 55 Tiff 56 Garden of Eden resi dent 9
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