VOLUME 116, ISSUE 56 * SportS | page 6 PRACTICE HOW YOU PLAY The Tar Heels plan to use a "mock game" at Saturday's practice to prepare for a real game environment, including having coaches in the press box. university | page 4 KNOW WHERE FEES GO The student fee audit committee plans to examine the finances of campus groups that receive student fees. The committee met Thursday. photo | page 2 PHOTOS OF THE WEEK View a selection of the week's best photos every Friday starting today. features | page 3 MILLIONS OF MEALS * Thousands of N.C. college students will pack up meals this weekend to be sent to school lunch programs in impoverished areas oversees. Stop Hunger Now sponsors the program. online | daifytarheel.com GOP BARBEQUE Young Republicans mingle with older GOP members. ARTS Musical acts jam into the night on Weaver Street. this day in history AUG. 22.1985 The Interfratemity Council plans making the final week of its three-and-a-half week Rush process alcohol-free to phase out drinking during recruitment. Today’s weather ! : /\ Mostly sunny H 86, L 65 Saturday weather , :v Mostly sunny H 86, L 65 index police log ;..2 calendar 2 sports 6 crossword 9 edit...... ....:.. ...10 Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Elie laxly (Far Mrri Junior scholarship to launch Merit-based award in Carson’s name BY MARYANN BARONE STAFF WRITER This spring, one University junior will be the inaugural recipient of the Eve Marie Carson Scholarship, created in honor of the former student body president. The scholarship will be award ed to a junior based on merit. “I think it’s a wonderful way to honor Eve and her leadership, at Carolina,” said Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Margaret GOP MEMBERS TAILGATE p '' 4 JjETjfißfg DTH/LISA PEPIN N.C. House of Representatives District 33 candidate Paul Terrell 111 loads a plate full of barbecue Thursday night at the "Low Country Boii" fundraising event sponsored by the Young Republicans. Events aim to capture interest of youth vote BY DEVIN ROONEY ASSISTANT STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR RALEIGH Leaders of the Wake County Young Republicans say that most people under estimate youth support for the GOP. They’re trying to energize their peers in an election year where the spotlight on the youth vote has been focused on Democrats and the sweeping mobilization of young liberals. Part of that is showing youth the party’s diver sity, said Jonathan Bandy, executive director of the Wake County Young Republicans. “We’re not the party that everyone thinks we are,” he said, adding that many youth members are more progressive Qian old guard Republicans. In one effort to reach out, long-standing and emerging leaders are turning to the Internet and a new brand of campaign event to bring out a group Historian search under way BY MEGHAN PRICHARD STAFF WRITER One important aspect of the Histories and Mysteries of Carolina tour was missing Tuesday. Paul Kapp, who contributed a wealth of knowledge to the tour as the University’s first campus historic preservation manager, left UNC this summer. Kapp took a position at the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign as an associ ate professor of historic preserva tion. i Paul Kapp retired as UNC’s historian this summer and is now at Illinois. He said that while his job at UNC was extremely gratify ing, he also knew it was time to move on. In Illinois he will be able to move into more of an educator role. “I set goals for myself and I succeeded beyond my wildest dreams," Kapp said. “Then I asked myself, “What would I like to do now?’” www.dailytarheel.com Jablonski. The scholarship committee does not yet know how large the award will be or for how many years it will be awarded. A meeting was held Thursday for those interested in helping promote, run or raise funds for the scholarship. Another meeting will be held Wednesday. The idea of a junior-year schol arship was part of Carson’s plat form as student body president. DTH ONLINE Video l oo of the CU” GOP gathering on Thursday. of Wake County Young Republicans. Thursday, Republicans young and old gathered around barbecue, wine and a keg to promote GOP candidates at the Wake group’s annual fundraiser. N.C. Young Republicans is aiming to inspire political activism with its third annual tailgating contest. The contest entails hosting Republican themed tailgates throughout the football season, with a prize for the best showing. People are more comfortable discussing politics in an open, honest way at casual gatherings like football games and concerts, where tailgates are typically held, said Dave Reynolds, former Wake SEE GOP, PAGE 5 Smsm ' //// / / / / / 71 DTH/SARAH BOWMAN Professor of African Studies Tim McMillan informs a group of students about the segregation of plots at the cemetery located on campus. Anna Wu, University architect and director of facilities planning at UNC said Kapp has skills in both architecture and preservation. “He has a great eye, and I think he helped us both with o'ur old resources as well as our new ones. He was able to look at the big pic ture as well as the fine details.” Kapp planned this year’s renova tion of Old East and Old West, as well as past renovations of the Paxil Green Theatre, the Campus Y and Starting a scholarship for juniors was a priority for former Student Body President Eve Carson. Her original plan was to name the scholarship in honor of former Chancellor James Moeser for his service to the University. The scholarship will now be given in remembrance of Carson, who was killed in March. thit has not typically been a high-profile base for the party. They are drawing on the popularity of MySpace, Facebook and You Tube among youth to capture their interest and recruit them, said Brannon Lambert, chairman Gerrard Hall. “He had the ability to relate positively to everyone,” said Bruce Runberg, associate vice chancellor for facilities planning and con struction. “He was good at bring ing a consensus together for tough issues.” Kapp also contributed to the UNC General Alumni Association sponsored Histories and Mysteries SEE HISTORIAN, PAGE 5 “1t ... honor(s) student leadership that emerges while students are at Carolina MARGARET JABLONSKI, vice chancellor for student affairs “I think it’s very true to her orig inal intention,” said Andy Woods, student director of the Eve Marie Carson Scholarship. Woods said he and Carson dis cussed how there were not a lot of merit scholarships based on stu dents’ time at UNC. He said they also spoke of how it is hard to show leadership before junior year. Halloween crowd brings business, risk BY EMILY STEPHENSON ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR Keeping Franklin Street safe on Halloween matters as much as the money for some down town business owners. “The bottom line is .we do better business on that night,” said Pete Dorrance, a member of the Chapel Hill Restaurant Group that owns Spanky’s Restaurant & Bar on East Franklin Street. But he said that large crowds downtown can be dangerous and that he sometimes feels uncomfortable working at Spanky’s late into the night of the festivities. “At some point, it prob ably becomes unmanageable,” Dorrance said. “It’s kind of tee tering on that line.” Town officials, including Mayor Kevin Foy, hope to answer annual security concerns down town by downsizing the tradi tional event, which regularly attracts about 80,000 people. Meg McGurk, assistant director of the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership, said downtown businesses might react differently to the proposed restrictions. “It’s really a mixed bag,” she said. “Restaurants and bars do see a much larger crowd on Halloween days and evenings.” “But there are a lot of con cerns about traffic and safety later in the evening that cause a lot of businesses to close earlier in the day.” The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce is sur veying its members and expects to have information in mid- September of bxisiness attitudes towards restrictions. McGurk said some restaurant and bar owners particularly SBP, trustee team up for year-long study BY KEVIN KILEY ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR Student Body President J.J. Raynor and Trustee John Ellison have begun a study aimed at solving enrollment growth, fac ulty retirement and recruitment problems. Their report and recommen dations are due to the Board of Trustees in May. “We want to focus on the one to two things that this University can do to make it better tomorrow than it is today,” Ellison said. The project was born at former Chancellor James Moeser’s going away dinner, where he addressed the major problems the University was facing. • Roger Perry, chairman of the Board of Trustees, and Chancellor Holden Thorp charged Ellijson and Raynor with soliciting input from the University community and com piling recommendations for how to improve UNC. “We’ve pretty much left it to them to set their own process,” Perry said. “We just want them to report in every now and then.” One of Raynor’s hopes for the FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2008 The scholarship will also pay for a summer program between the recipient’s junior and senior year. Applicants will be asked to describe what they would do with the summer money. “The summer is meant for self development,” said Emir Sandhu, SEE SCHOLARSHIP, PAGE 5 those in the midst of festivities on East Franklin Street likely would oppose crowd restric tions because of potential profit losses. But she said she thinks some owners of retail shops, hair salons and other businesses would have a different outlook because closing early means they lose money on Halloween. And downtown restaurants and bars don’t all benefit from the costumed extravaganza Chapel Hill Restaurant Group also owns 411 West, which is not in the midst of Halloween fes tivities and closes early. Robert Poitras, owner and operator of Carolina Brewery on West Franklin Street, said his restaurant also closes early on Halloween. But while the event alters the area’s normal business hours, he said safety issues also concern him. “Over time, I worry about the magnitude of so many people,” Poitras said. “I support anything that’s going to make our town safe.” Officials have discussed implementing a curfew, charg ing an entrance fee and closing bars early to keep people away from Franklin Street. The Apple Chill festival was cancelled in 2006 after three people were injured in two shootings. “I’m wondering how long the town can keep doing (Halloween),” Dorrance said. “It’s sort of hard for the town to control who comes to this event. You kind of wait for the other shoe to drop at some point.” Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. m IB Student Body President J.J. Raynor hopes the resulting report will tackle big UNC issues. 4 study is to establish a tuition predictability model for UNC, a major goal of Raynor and past student body presidents. “Knowing what’s going to hap pen in coming years with tuition is dependant on where we are and where we are going,” Raynor said. “And this can help with knowing that.” Ellison and Raynor began the process by meeting with admin istrators almost all day Tuesday. They have meetings scheduled for next Hiesday, Wednesday and Thursday as well. Right now they are focusing on the best way to solicit input, including designing a Web site and hosting open forums. Raynor and Ellison said they want to have dates set for. open forums by October. SEE AUDIT, PAGE 5

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