VOLUME 116, ISSUE 52
university | page 9
FALL FEST
Officers from the Department
of Public Safety control the
crowd that filled South Road
on Sunday to learn about
student organizations.
about US | pages 20, 21
MEET THE NEWSROOM
...and the editorial board.
Learn about the student
leaders and our goals. Hear
from the editor-in-chief, opinion
editor and public editor.
features |,pageio
HINTON JAMES WALK
Alumni recreate Hinton
James' walk from the beach
to UNC, arriving at the Old
Well after two weeks of
travel.
City | page 9
DRUNKEN DRIVING
Tennis player Chris Kearney
was charged with drunken
driving after hitting two
pedestrians early Sunday.
online I dailytarheeLcom
FALL FEST VIDEO Watch
Chancellor Thorp's music
show and other highlights.
IMAGES FROM CHINA
View photos from a student's
trip of a lifetime.
WORK FOR US Visit the
recruitment page to learn
how to join the staff.
this day in history
Aug. 18,2002
Students finish moving into
Hinton James North, Morrison
South, Craige North and
Ehringhaus South. Total
construction cost $47 million.
Monday weather
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sunny
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Tuesday weather
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index
police log 2
calendar 2
sports 26
games 12
obituaries 11
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BIG STORIES OF THE YEAR CREATE
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many questions that need to be answered. to pages listed below for stories that contrib-
What direction will new Chancellor Holden ute partial answers to the ever-evolving sketch.
Thorp lead the University? Since the murder of Getting the complete picture is an ongoing pro
last year’s student body president, are we safe in cess that will continue this year as our decisions are
our community? How will the economy affect the ultimately etched into our future.
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will further steps on the job and how to stay students and
define the PAGE 3 safe top many town residents
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DTH ILLUSTRATION BY MOLLY JAMISON
Carson case details trickle in
State will seek
death sentence
BY MAX ROSE
CITY EDITOR
Eve Carson worked early into
the morning of March 5, visible
from Friendly Lane through a
window with raised blinds.
She told her roommates that
she was staying home to prepare
papers for school.
Carson, one of the most high
profile and beloved students on
campus, seemed an unlikely vic
tim in a town that has few random
shootings.
But as the prosecutor has laid
out the alleged events and many
SEE CARSON, PAGE 5
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Demario Atwater, a suspect in Eve Carson's death, is led from the
courtroom after hearing that prosecutors can seek the death penalty.
Details of teenager’s
death still uncertain
BY DAVE PEARSON
ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR
Several fail-safes were unable to
prevent the death of a Chapel Hill
High School student Tuesday.
Atlas Fraley, 17, had a physical
completed two
weeks before.
He com
plained of
headaches and
cramps dur
ing and after a
Tuesday morn
ing football
scrimmage. ’
He called
911 at 1:45
p.m. and asked
for intravenous
OBITUARY
Malinda Fraley
says 17-year
old son was her
"best friend."
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call for help.
MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2008
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Rising senior
Atlas Fraley
played football
for Chapel Hill
High School as
an offensive
lineman.
fluids for what he thought Was
dehydration.
“My body is hurting all over,”
he said to the emergency dis
patch.
Yet when his parents came
home at approximately 6:30
p.m., they found Fraley dead on
the floor.
SEE FRALEY, PAGE 5