4 THURSDAY. JUNE 19. ‘JOOh PROJECT GRADUATION ||f K. -. A '. A DTH / STEPHANIE NIEVES eccnt graduates Lakisha Copeland and Eric Haqx-r race down an inflatable slide at Project Graduation on June 14. Project Graduation is an all-night, drug- and alcohol -free celebration for Chapel Hill-Carrboro graduating seniors. The event runs from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. the night after graduation in the Student Union. Students from Chapel Hill and East Chapel Hill high schools come together to celebrate the end of their high school careers. NBA DRAFT FROM PAGE 1 ly before 5 p.m. Monday, when North Carolina announced that three play - ers TV Lawson. Wayne Ellington and Danny Green had removed their names from the NBA Draft." the Atlanta Journal-Constitutions Mark Bradley opined. “Demand on airline tickets from Raleigh-Durham to Detroit for next April may experience a dra matic spike in the weeks ahead." the Fayetteville Observer predicted. The end of a three-month waiting in the weeds brings a lot of hope to this Tar 1 led team and its supporters —but also a good deal of pressure. The trio of Lawson. Ellington and Green entered their names into the NBA Draft pool in April but did not hire agents, leaving open the possi bility of their return. The deadline to withdraw was 5 p.m. June 16. All three Tar Heels attended the pre-draft camp in Orlando last month and spent the next several weeks participating in individual workouts with several NBA teams. 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"I feel strongly that all of these young men will eventually lx- NBA play ers. The timing was just not exactly right at this point." Lawson was perhaps the biggest surprise to withdraw, as many had predicted him to be taken with the Denver Nuggets' 20th pick. “The process of'testing the waters’ has given me valuable information about my draft status, and I have decided it would bo better to return to school." he said in the release. Lawson was reportedly the last to decide to return to school and told reporters June 15 he was about “60-40" to stay in the draft. But now, with the three would be NBA-ers. the national MVP and one of the country’s best benches back in Chapel Hill next year —and a bitter loss to Kansas fresh in the minds of play ers and fans maybe the experts are right, and the Tar Heels will be packing their bags for Detroit come April. Contact the Sport s Editor at s/>orts(ii unc.edu. ELIMINATION FROM PAGE 1 well and pitch well they 're such : a dangerous team." All the more dangerous is the fact that UNC’s starter for the day will be freshman Matt Harvey j who hasn't pitched since the first ; game of the Cary Regional on May | 30. In that game Harvey pitched only three innings. No wonder Fox is slightly ner ! vous. It also doesn’t help that senior j reliever Rob Wooten pitched three innings Tuesday and likely could be ; limited Thursday. That leaves red | shirt freshman Colin Bates as the ; top reliever behind Harvey, since | Brian Moran has pitched both | games so far and looked shaky. For a team that boasts the most | experience in all of this year’s College World Series, that's an ; awfully green pitching staff lined up for Thursday . The Tar Heels also ' could turn to seldom-used reliever Tyler Trice or sometimes closer Tim Federowicz for relief help. But North Carolina's pitching 1 woes aside, their lineup is still mak- 20 FR BOXBOMB MAX INDIAN. OSO 28 MOSHE & HIM tea* Zooey OPTIMO. 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B Buy tickets orvdnel 0 wwwetacom B For phone orders. ca 919967-6053 News State budget process begins to close up shop Lawmakers aim for July 1 end date BY DEVIN ROONEY STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR The state budget negotiation process is nearing its final steps, and the N.C. Senate is expected to vote today or Friday on its version of the budget. But some state senators felt the process was rushed, including N.C. Sen. Elbe Kinnaird, D-Orange. “It was a compressed sched ule. We've never worked this fast." she said. Kinnaird said she felt reducing the budget drafting process from a three-month to two-month delib eration might have induced the Senate to cut comers. She also said the shorter process meant longer hours for legislative staff. “One of the repercussions of the compression of the schedule is that staff is working 12.14 hours a day, six days a week,” she said. "1 know that were losing staff who feel that's not a reasonable work schedule." Despite the rush, N.C. Sen. Tony Rand. D-Cumberland. senate ing contact with the ball exception ally well. For the second night in a row Tuesday, UNC logged double-digit hits, and, despite their inability to convert those hits into runs, the Tar Heels still flashed that potential as Chad Flack finally found some semblance of a groove, going 2-for -4 with an RBI. And there is the fact that UNC has beaten LSU once before already in this tournament. But LSU has proven this season that they are kings of the eome from-behind victory. Their late-game rally against Rice on Tuesday marked the 30th time this season that the Tigers have come from behind to win. and the fourth time this season that a ninth-inning comeback has saved the team. “They’re never out of a game, as you saw today." Fox said. “If we’re fortunate enough to get into a situ ation late where we gotta close the game out, you gotta get all 27 outs against them, for sure." Contact the Sports Editor at si>ort.s(a unc.edu. majority leader, said he's satisfied with the budget so far. “There are things in it that I would change if I was king, but you have to look at it as an entirety," Rand said. “You have to look at all of it, and 1 think all in all it repre sents a good picture of where North Carolina's priorities should be." The budget proposal as it stands includes the same pay raise for state employees proposed by the N.C. House —a 2.75 percent increase or $l,lOO, whichever is greater. Easley asked for a 1.5 percent raise, plus a SI,OOO one-time bonus. The Senate and House also agreed on keeping the average pay raise for school teachers at 3 per cent, as opposed to Gov. Flaslev's 7 percent raise. The Senate also funded the UNC system to cover growing enrollment and spared it an across-the-board $lB million cut. Kinnaird said she supports fund ing the UNC system but advocated for more funding for the commu nity college system. PLANS FROM PAGE 1 reason for the purchase was to meet the pressure for University growth in the coming years. Officials haven't indicated any plans for changes to Granville Towers, which they will also own when the sale closes. They say they will continue to honor leases for both Granville and University Square. After UNC takes control of the buildings, Granville Towers will be run by the Housing & Residential Education department. Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Chris Payne said that he has always seen Granville Towers as an integral partner with UNC and that a plan will rely on a more thor ough evaluation of the space and the needs of the University . “The key is going to be in devel oping a master plan for the future long-term needs of the property ," he said, and pointed out that the master plan for the entire campus is currently under review'. “The master planning process has to evolve so that there can be some GUN CONTROL FROM PAGE 1 issued June 9. Cooper convened the panel that shared its findings with Senate Judiciary committee. The bill would require that people who are involuntary com mitted are entered into a national database used in the gun permit application process. The change would bring the state in line with a federal provision that prohibits the involuntarily commit ted from buying or having guns. Although the legislation would prevent the involuntarily commit ted from legally buying guns, it also allows people who are no longer deemed dangerous to appeal the gun ban to the courts. If a judge finds that the person has recovered and a psychiatrist or quali fied psychologist agrees, the right to bear arms could be restored. Despite North Carolina's reputa tion for having strict gun laws, the state has fallen behind neighboring states in registering people who are ineligible to buy guns. Since the registry started in 1998, North Carolina has registered 466 people. Virginia has registered 80,000 people in that time. Opponents of the bill have said that it is unfair to people who were involuntarily committed but are not dangerous to the public because they would also be put on the registry, effectively losing the OBJWKRV fiWfifta9lM6B'327B VV“r* ' al® 1 OPEN LATE l-'f 77ft ’ hours A tfcLU Mon-Wed: 4pm-3am 306A W. Franklin St. r * >m - 3 30 * m _ Fn & Sat: 11am-3:3oani OWr 85* M Sun: 1 tam-2em 12 ” I WACXY WEEKDAYS 12-POKEYSTIX ~ -TTTT - lOBUFFALO WINGS MLB SB-IKB • QUBIT 1 5 PEPPERONI ROLLS ■ _ - to boneless wings I*BBll -ITBR MQU 1 2 CINNAMON SWIRL LIME Mm any SSSSti!tSSJS:SS . tnweroaaus ggiiT.sa I I *7.99 gga sagas WAGON WHEEL GUMBY COMBO "^ssSr® sajghWs uu3 *16.99 L " ADO IQ- DESSERT 54. Uhr Daily (Ear Hrrl “The community college is the level where all the work we do at the university level interfaces with the business world," she said. “I think its important that we start fully funding that." In addition to the increased funding for the university system, the Senate reduced the funding cuts for mental health that the House proposed. The Senate only cut $36 million from the community support pro grams area of the mental health sys tem. The House cut $65 million. After the Senate finishes the last two reads of its proposal, it will vote, and the budget will go to a conference between the two leg islative bodies. After the conference, where bud get leaders can make final changes to the proposal, it will return to the N.C. General Assembly and each body can vote on the budget but make no further changes. Lawmakers want to complete the budgeting process before the new fiscal year begins July 1. Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk(a unc.edu. “The key is going to be in developing a muster plan for the future long-term needs of the property.” CHRIS PAYNE, unc stuoent affairs conversations with the members of the town and members of the com munity to see what really is the best solution long-term," Payne said. But with a full year remaining until the deadline for the sale’s com pletion, University officials are in no hurry to make predictions on what specific plans UNC has for either Granville or the Square, though for some, any difference is good. “I'm optimistic," council mem ber Mark Kleinschmidt said. “I know that under former ownership University Square was not going to ever change." Senior Writer Sara Gregory contributed reporting. Contact the University Editor at udesk@ unc.edu. “Stopping those with severe mental illnesses from having guns makes sense. 9 ' ROY COOPER, NC ATTORNEY GENERAL right to buy a gun. But Rand said that he thinks allowing people who were involun tarily committed to own firearms is especially dangerous because if they commit a violent crime they would have a ready excuse. “It seems to me that they’d have a perfect defense, that they were not responsible for their actions.’ N.C. Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, D- Orange, said she also felt the leg islation was an important step for public safety in the state. “I think it’s very important that we recognize that there are people who are a danger to themselves and others," she said. Kinnaird said that the legisla ture tried to pass similar measures in the past but that the first bill was opposed by advocates for the mentally ill. “The mental health community was not happy with the solutions we came up with. They felt that it was stigmatizing and penaliz ing.’ Contact the State & National Editor at stntdeskQ unc.edu.