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LUXURY GOODS
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what they want.
Maitland expressed concern for
newer businesses, because people
aren’t out wandering around looking
to treat themselves to something.
To respond to the problems in
the economy, Minata Jewelers is
buying conservatively and offering
the best prices that they are able to
offer, Kornberg said.
All local businesses, not only
those that sell luxury items, are
affected and are responding in
similar ways, she said.
But other high-end merchants
said they have not made any
changes in the way they conduct
their business.
TRAINERS
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Stephanie Knott, spokeswom
an for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
Schools, said there is someone at
each of the district’s high schools
with the responsibility of an ath
letic trainer.
Chapel Hill High School and
East Chapel Hill High School have
certified athletic trainers on cam
pus, Knott said.
But Chapel Hill High’s athletic
trainer, Ben Reed, doubles as a
teacher at the school during the day.
Officials at East Chapel Hill High
could not be reached for comment.
Carrboro High School has a
third-level first responder who
responds when emergency services
are needed but does not work full
time, Knott said.
Donna Williams, director of stu
dent services for the Orange County
Schools superintendent office,
said both Orange High School and
Cedar Ridge High School have an
athletic trainer, but they are not
nationally certified.
Guskiewicz, however, said that an
athletic trainer who is not certified
is not qualified for the position.
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“We always hope for business
that’s better than the day before,”
said Pam Patterson of Fine
Feathers, a boutique in University
Square, adding that the store has
not seen big effects from the eco
nomic climate.
Patterson also said it is most
important to establish and main
tain relationships with customers.
“Those kinds of relationships stick
with you through time,” she said.
Although business continues to
go well for the time being, mer
chants are concerned that there
might be a decline in the fall sea
son, Black said. Some effects have
yet to be seen, he said.
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priate title that they are claiming
to hold and very misleading when
they don’t have the proper creden
tials,” he said.
While many faculty members
see good intentions with hiring
trainers who are not full-time
teachers, they argue that a teEicher
who doubles as an athletic trainer
is more practical.
“They don’t have anything to
do during the day,” said Jim King,
a teacher and athletic trainer at
Orange High. “They’d be twiddling
their thumbs.”
King teaches sports medicine
and physical education at Orange
High. He says interaction with the
students and the instruction of the
material is a good sharpener for his
trainer skills.
“At the high school level, I don’t
know if we’re going to see them be
able to afford something like that,”
he said.
Nationwide, the starting pay
for the job is $35,000 to $40,000
a year, Guskiewicz said. If the
Athletic Association adopts the
recommendations, board mem
bers will push for the legislation to
allow for some state funding to pay
for salaries, Guskiewicz said.
But if schools are unable to
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NICKS
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Those were bold statements
when UNC had its full complement
of players, and doubly so now, after
injuries to starting quarterback T. J.
Yates and to Tate. But Nicks doesn’t
back off his preseason claims.
“We’re definitely looking at it the
same way,” Nicks said. “(Injuries are)
just a part of football. Guys go down,
guys gotta step up. A football team is
not made up of one or two players on
the team, it’s 40 or more.”
In fact, while Tate has garnered
the highlight reels, Nicks has been
racking up his own stats.
Nicks holds the UNC career
record with eight games of
more than 100 receiving yards.
appropriate funds for a full-time
athletic trainer, seven high-contact
sports may have to be removed
from the schools’ roster.
“It may come to that,” Guskiewicz
said. “They may be forced to dis
continue those high-risk sports.”
April Ross, athletic director
at Carrboro High, says the prob
lem is not that trainers are part
time.
“We’ve had a certified trainer in
the past,” she said. “Our current per
son is doing a fantastic job however
our situation is that it’s part-time.”
The school system is investi
gating Fraley’s case. When Fraley
called emergency services, he com
plained of dehydration.
However, Hayes doesn’t think
Reed’s dual responsibilities affect
ed his ability to help Fraley.
“As far as I’m concerned, Mr. Reed
did everything he could that day.”
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Statistically speaking, he is the
best wide receiver in the ACC, with
almost 200 more yards than his
closest competition.
His quarterback certainly
seems to know that. In the past
three games, Cameron Sexton
has thrown to Nicks 23 times for
17 completions. With all his other
receivers, Sexton is 21-45.
“Cam, he relies on me to make
big plays on third down,” Nicks
said. “So I just got to make plays.”
Sexton and injured starter Yates
both speak about Nicks with the
same borderline reverence.
“The only thing that’s going to
stop him is maybe quadruple cov
erage,” Sexton said Monday, after
Nicks reeled in nine of his throws
the prior weekend against Notre
Dame. “I mean, I really feel like that
he can find a way to get open.”
The reason? Nicks loves contact.
While not the biggest receiver,
Nicks doesn’t hesitate to get down
and maybe a little dirty with defend
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his back with three straight catches
against Notre Dame, twice Nicks
pushed off the cornerback to cre
ate some space.
“I just wanted to march us down
field. ... I was just so antsy about it,
you know?” Nicks said, seeming to
relish even the memory of competi
tion. “I just really wasn’t thinking
about it that much, I just wanted
to keep making plays.”
Once he gets the ball, Nicks has
another and more lethal weapon
to keep defenders at bay: a nasty
stiff-arm. His arms are so long that
some smaller cornerbacks can’t
even reach his shoulder.
“The stiff-arm has always kind
of stuck with me since high school,”
Nicks said. “It’s just natural. It’s like
second nature to me.”
The result is that Nicks rarely hits
the ground after first contact, if at
all. Most cornerbacks —and plenty
of safeties just aren’t big or strong
enough to bring him down.
And don’t think Nicks doesn’t
know it. On the field, he doesn’t
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shimmy or juke as Tate does. In
fact, Nicks doesn’t change his route
at all. If someone’s in his way, Nicks
goes over or through him.
“I can show you five catches in
practice that he’ll catch a 15-yard
catch and he’ll run 60, 70 yards to
get to the end zone,” Davis said.
“And there’s no mystery to why
he plays the way he does, he works
hard.”
Case in point against
Connecticut, Sexton threw to Nicks
despite a perfectly positioned cor
nerback ready to make a intercep
tion. Instead of the turnover, Nicks
reached over and snagged the ball
out of the defender’s grasp, and
then ran upfield —as if the cor
nerback wasn’t even there.
While Nicks might be athletic
enough to make defenders appear
invisible, he can rest assured that
he’ll be the biggest blip on their
radars from now on.
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