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VOLUME 116, ISSUE 80 features | pages FREEDOM SINGS A multimedia performance at Memorial Hall on Thursday celebrates songs that were banned, censored or part of a call for social change. state | page 11 DEGREES RECOGNIZED N.C. Central University is still deciding what to do with students who were enrolled in an unauthorized satellite campus in Atlanta. city | page 11 NOODLES & CO A restaurant officially opens at 214 W. Franklin St on Saturday that specializes in American, Mediterranean and Asian pasta. online PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE State & National Editor Ariel Zirulnick is liveblogging the first debate between John McCain and Barack Obama. Visit blogs.dailytarheel.com. online | dailytarheel.com POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS Anew Wilson Library exhibit displays campaign memorabilia. BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION A Carrboro woman turns 95 years old today. STUDENT GOVERNMENT The Association of Student Governments meets Saturday. this day in history SEPT. 26,1990 Administrators consider banning smoking in all : campus buildings. Some professors speak out against the ban because they smoke only in their offices. * Today’s weather jfek Rainy H 66, L 63 : Saturday weather WhfW Rainy H 71, L 64 : index police log 2 calendar 2 crossword 9 nation/world 9 opinion 12 Serving the students and the University community since 1893 ohr latlu Star MM Public health school renamed BY ELISABETH GILBERT STAFF WRITER When UNC’s School of Public Health takes its new name today, it will be the first public health school in the United States to include the word “global” in its name. This is the latest milestone in the school’s 50-year mission to serve both North Carolina and the world. “We are the envy of other schools who wish they had been first,” said Peggy Bentley, the school’s associate dean for global health. The school will now be known as the Dennis and Joan Gillings School of Global Public Health, prompted by a SSO million gift the Gillingses gave in February 2007, the largest single pledge in University history. Dennis Gillings was a professor in the School of Public Health from 1971 to 1988, WHERE THE HEART IS IIIIMM lllßi'l "k IMPIIW—III" PI mMh L mJw \mmr- / 1 . sL '*■ %Ik - 4*/ iff if jit'. I 1 Vw9Hßh>| jL • ,/ . jr fL ml 'p ' '* Tlv . £ ? ?■■ |||j DTH/CAMERON MOSELEY School of Nursing Associate Dean Sonda Oppewal checks Cathy Harris' blood pressure at the second annual Project Homeless Connect in Orange County. The event was sponsored by community leaders who provide a variety of services to the local homeless community. Project connects the homeless to resources BY VICTORIA STILWELL STAFF WRITER Amanda Abbott and Shawn Maines have a special connection. Thursday was Abbott’s second time attend ing Project Homeless Connect at the Hargraves Community Center on Roberson Street “I came last year, and Shawn was my guide, too,” said Abbott, who is homeless. “I was so nervous. I was a wreck.” Maines, who volunteered as a service escort, accompanied Abbott again Thursday. “She kind of latched on, and we stayed together the entire time,” he said. “We were a dynamic duo.” Now in its second year, Homeless Connect is part of a countywide effort to eliminate homelessness. “It’s really for people who are experiencing homelessness and for people who are at risk of Heels try for Miami win streak BY POWELL LATIMER ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR In 2007, North Carolina was coming off a close-fought 17-10 loss to Virginia Tech. Up next on the slate was Miami. Sound familiar? While the quirk of schedul ing does not imply that another result like last year’s 33-27 victory is imminent for UNC, it is worth noting that the Tar Heels have had their fair share of success against the Hurricanes. Of the three expansion teams the ACC added in 2004 and 2005, North Carolina has a winning record against only Miami. . The Tar Heels are 6-5 all-time against the Hurricanes, including two wins in the past four years. Wins against Boston College and Virginia Tech have proven harder to come by UNC is 2-2 all-time with BC and 9-15-6 against Va. Tech —but the Tar Heels seem to have Miami’s num ber more so than most. www.dailytarheel.com and founded Quintiles Transnational Corp., a pharmaceutical services com pany based in Research Triangle Park, in 1982. He said in a statement that he and his wife were prompted to make the dona tion by their long-standing involvement with the school and their commitment to its mission. “We are honored that our gift is being recognized this way,” Dennis Gillings said in the statement. “We hope the renaming event will prompt other indi viduals to contribute to this and other educational institutions, for they repre sent our future.” As for the “global” aspect of the name, administrators said they see it as an announcement of a focus the school has maintained since the 19505, rather than a shift in priorities. “What we’re doing is staking a claim experiencing homelessness,” said Jamie Rohe, coordinator of Project Homeless Connect Participants received a hot meal and free services such as haircuts, podiatry check-ups, dental care and housing information. Empowerment Inc. offered information on renting affordable apartments and houses. “The main thing is people are look ing for housing,” said Timberly Cheek, an Empowerment employee. “A lot of people just don’t know about what’s out there for them.” Orange County’s Ten Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness focuses on long peri ods of homelessness sometimes accompanied with substance abuse or disability. The plan aims to help people like Abbott. She said she’s been homeless for about six years, but she stays with friends when she can. She also said that she has a history of crack cocaine abuse and has bipolar disorder but that she’s four months clean, since she got her puppy, Sushi. “I realized I had to get clean when Sushi ran out of food, and I chose to buy crack WATCH THE GAME Time: Noon Saturday TV: ESPN2 Radio: WCHL 1360 AM; WRDU 106.1 FM For example, in program his tory, North Carolina has only once beaten a team ranked in the AP top five. That game was UNC’s 31-28 victory against Miami in 2004. Throw into the mix the fact that Miami coach Randy Shannon both played for and then coached under Butch Davis when Davis was at Miami, and things really start to get interesting. Davis is quick to discount the idea that playing Miami, especial ly in Dolphin Stadium, is anything special. “Miami’s the opponent,” he said. “We played them last year, and we’re just going back down there and playing them again. I’ve only SEE MIAMI, PAGE 9 ATTEND THE NAMING CEREMONY Time: 11 a.m. today Location: Atrium of the Michael Hooker Research Center Info: www.sph.unc.edu to a territory that we’ve long been in, but frankly, perhaps less recognized than some of the wealthier private schools,” said Barbara Rimer, dean of the School of Public Health. “What we’re doing is articulating a growing recognition that all public health is really global public health.” Bentley said many of the issues faculty and students at the school are working with are concerns both within North Carolina and worldwide, adding that health solutions developed for use SEE PUBLIC HEALTH, PAGE 9 instead of dog food,” she said. Students, senior citizens, local agencies and churches came to the event to help. Mark Holt, of Touch of Class Studios in Hillsborough, cut hair for the second year. “I saw a lot of happy faces walk out of here,” Holt said. Rohe said there were about 190 attendants this year, a 50-percent increase from last year’s numbers. She said there were about 200 vol unteers, but she’d like to see more involvement from UNC students and organizations. “It’s a real opportunity for everyone in the community to get involved in a concrete way,” she said. “It gives you a feeling for the scope of the problem.” Abbott said she enjoyed the event, but life isn’t always so easy. “It feels like purgatory, stuck between heaven and hell,” she said. “Sometimes you have good days and sometimes you have really bad days.” Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. DTH FILE PHOTO UNC and Miami have played each other close in recent years, going 2-2 since the Hurricanes joined the ACC in 2003. Last year the Tar Heels ended up on top 33-27. DTHfKAITUN MCKEOWN Graduate students Yasmin Cole-Lewis and Ebun Odeneye attend the Global Health Fair on Tuesday. Open Eye Cafe opens eyes to coffee tasting BY NICK ANDERSEN STAFF WRITER When appreciating a fine cup of coffee, it’s not rude to slurp a little. When he’s tasting with the professionals, slurps are all that Scott Conary hears. Conary, owner of the Open Eye Cafe and Carrboro Coffee Company, is offering monthly classes to teach local residents the art of coffee growing, roast ing and tasting. Thursday’s class was Coffee Tasting 101. “People like the way coffee tastes, but they often want to know what it is they drink and how it got there,” Conary said. In an intimate gathering Thursday night, Conary taught locals to first sniff the coffee with an open mouth, then throw it to the back of the throat and SEE OPEN EYE PAGE 9 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2008 BOT hears of size issues UNC’s growth causes concerns BY MATTHEW PRICE AND KEVIN KILEY ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITORS The Board ofTrustees expressed concerns Thursday regarding the enrollment projection of 5,000 more UNC-Chapel Hill students during the next decade. Increased enrollment could ultimately decrease the quality of a UNC education and the number of highly qualified students who enroll, according to a presenta tion by the Art & Science Group, a higher-education consulting firm. Board members said the dis cussion should weigh the benefits of growth with the possible set backs. Trustee Rusty Carter said the University might serve the state better by retaining quality and not growing. “I think we’re going to have to push back and say we have a higher calling than adding 600 students a year,” Carter said. “Somebody, the board maybe, is going to have to stand up and say, ‘This doesn’t work for Chapel Hill. This growth thing doesn’t work.’” The presentation discussed the effect of enrollment growth on the number of accepted applicants who come to the University. Rick Hesel, a principal with Art & Science, said enrollment growth could cause the percep- SEE TRUSTEES, PAGE 9 * 53 m m DTH/ANIKA ANAND Bee Barth sips a cup of speciality coffee at a coffee tasting lesson hosted by Scott Conary, the owner of Open Eye Cafe in Carrboro.
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