VOLUME 116, ISSUE 114
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
North Carolina's wins this
weekend show that the post
presence for the Tar Heels might
not be a big problem, despite
graduating two key players.
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TEAM EMBARKS
The UNC Sailing Club traveled
to Bald Head Island as part of
anew partnership that allows
the students to take retreats
and use sailboats.
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JASON RAY
The family of former UNC
mascot Jason Ray has created
a scholarship to help
undergraduate business
students study abroad.
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QUICK FIRE RESPONSE
The Chapel Hill Fire Department
responded to a fire at 421
Deming Road within four
minutes and saved the home
from burning to the ground.
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SPORTS SLIDE SHOW
View photos from the foot-,
ball and basketball games.
HANNAHLEE VIDEO
Watch behind-the-scenes
footage from the play.
STATE SOLAR PANELS
Duke Energy suggests a SSO
million plan for solar panels.
this day in history
NOV. 17,1856...
Francis Preston Venable,
University president from 1900
to 1913, was born in Prince
Edward County, Virginia, at the
family's Longwood home.
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Student charged in embezzlement
BY ANDREW DUNN
UNIVERSITY EDITOR
A former UNC Student
Television station manager has
been arrested on felony charges of
embezzlement from the student
operated program.
Ernest Joseph Gilbert, 21, is
accused of taking audio and video
equipment while serving as sta
tion manager last year. This year
he was a staff member of The
Daily Tar Heel.
Gilbert turned himself in to UNC
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Point guard Ty Lawson registered five assists and two steals Saturday, along with two 3-pointers his only
converted field goals on the day. Lawson also was the only Tar Heel perfect on free throws, going 6-for-6.
Tar Heels hold on for lopsided win
BY POWELL LATIMER
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
As season openers go, No. 1
North Carolina’s 86-71 victory
against Penn got a little awk
ward.
First of all, the man in the mid
dle for the Tar Heels was a for
ward from the Midwest named
lyler.
But instead of the No. 50 that
has become a Smith Center staple
for the last three years, it was the
No. 44 of freshman Tyler Zeller,
who filled in for the injured Tyler
Hansbrough.
Zeller certainly seemed to be
channelling aspects of his elder
as he led UNC with 18 points.
Also making things a little
UNC freshmen excel in post play Saturday
BY DANIEL PRICE
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
With Tyler Hansbrough out of
the lineup. Saturday, Tar Heel vet
eran Deon Thompson stepped up
to score 17 points and grab seven
rebounds, but it was a couple of
rookies who stole the show in the
paint.
The Tar Heel freshmen duo of
Ed Davis and Tyler Zeller com
bined to score 28 points on 8-of
-12 shooting.
“That was one of our emphases
in practice this week, telling the big
guys to post up to make the guards
want to throw you the ball,” senior
guard Bobby Frasor said.
“And once we got comfortable
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police at 8:15 a.m. on Nov. 7. He was
released on $30,000 bond.
He will appear in court Dec. 12.
STV receives about $50,000
per year in student fees, making
it one of the highest-funded orga
nizations on campus.
Current station manager Eric
Ellington said he discovered dis
crepancies in last year’s financial
accounting while he was creating
this year’s budget.
He would not say what exactly
the discrepancies were.
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Penn. 71
UNC 86
unusual was the fact that Penn,
overmatched on paper, turned out
to be a scrappy bunch of dead-eye
shooters.
The Quakers even managed to
close to within 10 points with just
five minutes remaining in the game
following four straight blown pos
sessions by UNC.
“We had some mentail lapses
defensively, and they started to make
a comeback,” Danny Green said.
“Penn is a good team. They came
back like any good team would.”
While upset dreams started to
form for the unranked Quakers,
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North Carolina freshman Ed Davis registered a double-double —lO
points, 14 rebounds —and one block in his first collegiate game.
Ellington said he first called
Gilbert to ask him about the mis
matches. Ellington said Gilbert
told him then that he didn’t know
what Ellington was talking about.
Ellington said Gilbert later confessed
to certain actions.
The case was then handed over
to the Honor Court, the Student
Activities Fund Office and the police.
All STV members were informed of
the situation, but were instructed
not to talk about it to the media
Gilbert declined to comment on
North Carolina mustered enough
fire to put Penn down and gain
some separation, quickly extend
ing its lead back to 15 and holding
it there for the rest of the game.
UNC struggled shooting early,
and no one had more trouble find
ing the hoop than shooting guard
Wayne Ellington.
Usually the team’s best marks
man from deep, Ellington put
plenty of dents in the rim with a
5-for-15 shooting performance,
including 2-for-7 from beyond the
arc. He even struggled from the
foul line, going just l-for-3.
“Ray Charles could see that’s not
very good,” coach Roy Williams said
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the specifics of the case, but said
he is working with the investigat
ing authorities.
“I’m being 100 percent coopera
tive with STV and the police,” he
said.
STV is celebrating its 25th anni
versary and has recently revamped
its studio.
“It’s sad that this had to happen
at a moment when there are a lot
of positive changes going on with
the station,” Ellington said.
He said that he doesn’t know to
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Raleigh resident Laurie Peterson chants “Yes, we can!" with
other protesters outside the governor's mansion Saturday. 1
N.C. turns out
against Prop 8
BY GREG SMITH
ASSISTANT STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR
RALEIGH - More than
1,400 people braved Saturday
afternoon’s rainstorm to take
part in what organizers said was
the largest rally for gay rights in
state history.
The rally, held simultaneously
in seven other N.C. cities and in all
50 states, protested Proposition
8, an amendment to California’s
constitution passed Nov. 4 that
banned same-sex marriage.
The rally was held in front of
the Halifax Mall and was fol
lowed by a short march around
downtown Raleigh.
Participants marched with
signs and chanted slogans in
support of same-sex marriage.
“No longer will we ask for per
mission to love or permission to
marry. It is our time to ask for
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Runners walk to the starting line on Cameron Avenue for the
start of the Eve Carson Memorial 5k on Saturday morning.
Carson 5k raises
more than S23K
BY MARY WITHERS
STAFF WRITER
Runners said they could feel
Eve Carson’s presence at the
Memorial 5k for Education
on Saturday morning, held in
honor of the former student
body president
About 1,000 people wound
their way across campus, rais
ing nearly $23,500 to benefit
the Eve Marie Carson Memorial
Fund, First Book and Clyde
Erwin Elementary School.
“Eve’s spirit was definitely
motivating me,” sophomore
Hannah Friedman said. “It
brought such a good energy to
campus. It’s for a good cause;
it’s a really good way to remem
ber Eve; and it’s a good way to
start the day.”
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what extent the discrepancies are
directly related to embezzlement,
but that more protective measures
would be put in place.
“We’re implementing as many
measures as possible to make sure
that everything stays accounted for,”
he said. “We’re doing our best to con
tinue moving forward as a station.”
Assistant University Editor
Kevin Kiley contributed reporting.
Contact the University Editor
at udesk@unc.edu.
equal marriage rights,” said
Chapel Hil resident Tom Greene,
an organizer of the event “This is
the new civil rights movement”
The Supreme Court of
California ruled earlier this year
that same-sex marriage was legal
in the state, but Proposition 8
will override that
The passing of Proposition 8
and numerous other same-sex
marriage bans throughout the
country has ignited a debate
in the N.C. LGBT community
on how aggressively to pursue
same-sex marriage rights in the
state.
Gay rights advocacy group
Equality North Carolina thinks
anti-discrimination and anti
bullying legislation is likely to
pass before same-sex marriage
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dents discuss their reasons
for participating in the sk.
The event, sponsored by Pi
Beta Phi sorority and Phi Delta
Theta fraternity, had the largest
turnout of any previous 5k event
held in Chapel Hill, organizers
said.
It was also the first one
allowed to run through Polk
Place, finishing in front of South
Building.
“I think it’s a tribute to Eve for
this many people to come out,”
said Sallie Wallace, who helped
organize the event. “It was her
legacy that attracted people to
the event”
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