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Volume 123, Issue 27

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

A HOSTILE SCHOOLHOUSE

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DTH STAFF

North Carolina is one of 29 states that does not include sexual orientation and gender identity in its workplace non-discrimination laws. Teachers say that makes it hard to hide their identity at work.

LGBT teachers face obstacles in a profession where acceptance is complicated

By Danny Nett
Senior Writer

A Christmas dinner surrounded by a new

fianc and close friends is the last place one
would expect to hear bad news.
When Lonnie Billard, a former teacher at
Charlotte Catholic High School, made a fleeting comment in December about substituting
for a fellow teachers class after the break,
there was an unusual pause.
She goes, Well, um, erm. And I said,
What, have I been fired? And she said yes.
While national public opinion continues
to shift in favor of more rights for lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender individuals,
some say the teaching profession remains
less accepting of LGBT teachers. And North
Carolina is one of 29 states that does not
include sexual orientation and gender identity
in its workplace non-discrimination laws.
Billard said he and his partner have been
openly gay for years and he never had a negative
experience at school prior to his dismissal at the
end of 2014. He said parents and others in the
community often referred gay students to him to

help with their experiences something he no

longer has the opportunity to do.
We are the only minority in the U.S. that
can be fired for being exactly who we are. We
can be denied employment. We can be denied
access to restaurants, he said. The more you
have gay people speak out, the quicker these
things will change.
Earlier in December, Billard had announced
on Facebook his decision to marry his partner, Rich, following the overturning of North
Carolinas gay marriage ban in October. The
couple has been together for 13 years.
Charlotte Catholic is a private school
overseen by the Roman Catholic Diocese of
Charlotte and Billard said his announcement
got back to a particularly conservative priest in
the community. Less than a week before he was
supposed to go in for work, Billard received a
call from an assistant principal.
So he calls me and says that Im no longer
allowed to teach because of what I shared with
my friends on Facebook, Billard said. I have
never been more hurt I lost the kids. I lost a
reason to get up and do something every day.
(They) said I was in violation of Catholic

law, and therefore I could not continue to

teach which is, pardon my language, but is
total bullshit, he said.
He said the decision to dismiss him came
from the diocese, but diocese spokesman David
Hains said the decision came from the school.
(Upon employment) he promised in writing not to oppose the teaching of the Catholic
Church, Hains said. In announcing his
upcoming same-sex marriage, he was opposing that teaching essentially he was breaking that promise.
Hains said that because Billard was not a
full-time teacher, he wasnt fired; the decision was made not to use him as a substitute
anymore. He said similar decisions have been
made in the past including with unmarried
couples living together.
For Billard, the decision to be vocal about
his identity and professional situation was an
easy one but thats not the case for all of the
states LGBT educators.
One public high school teacher, who has
worked in the Triangle area for more than 30
years, asked to remain anonymous because he
feels his position in the community might be

compromised if he comes out.

Ive lived a lot of my life wondering if people
have had suspicions one way or another, he said.
I went everywhere by myself, and that was a lot
of years it was hard. But I wanted to teach, I
wanted to coach so I kept my mouth shut.
He said he felt parents and others in the
conservative area would be uncomfortable
with a gay man mentoring their children.
I think you pay more personal costs the
more private you are, he said. But I was willing to accept some limitations because I really
wanted to do this job.
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools policy
states that it prohibits discrimination based on
sexual orientation. Orange County Schools do
not include sexual orientation or gender identity in their employee non-discrimination policies, while Chatham County Schools include
both in their harassment policy but not explicitly in their non-discrimination policy.
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, Chatham
County Schools and Orange County Schools
could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

SEE LGBT TEACHERS, PAGE 6

Suite-style dorm on hold Thrill City will close

its doors in May
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Construction costs for Costs prohibit plan for new residence hall
Construction plans were canceled when projected costs nearly doubled. The
the proposed dorm residence hall would have opened in 2017 and featured apartment-style rooms.
have skyrocketed.
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By Kerry Lengyel
Assistant City Editor

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proposed
building
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The cost of rent from students who would have lived in
the building would not have
been enough to subsidize
the rising construction costs,
Bradley said.
Rarely when we build a
building does the student
rent cover the cost of the
building. In this case, of the
$37 million that the project
escalated to, we would have
had to have $18 million of
that from debt, he said.
Pranikoff said its highly
possible that an outside
donor could choose to fund
the rest of the project in
the future with the promise

Thrill City, a Chapel Hill-based clothing

brand, will soon be selling the last of its original merchandise to the community that provided the inspiration for its various designs.
Its store, located at 422A W. Franklin St.,
will be closing its doors in May.
UNC alumnus Ryan Cocca started Thrill
City with a design based on UNC basketball player Kendall Marshall. Four years
later, Thrill City has grown to be featured
on national TV and in multiple newspapers

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UNC has scrapped its plans

to build a new apartmentstyle residence hall on South
Campus.
The new residence hall
would have been located on
Ridge Road between SASB
North and Rams Head Deck,
said Rick Bradley, associate director of Housing and
Residential Education.
The cancellation of the
construction plans for the
building, which was set to
open in 2017, came as a result
of a major spike in the projects
cost, said Sam Pranikoff, a student adviser for the project.
I think it was the fact that
we expected more money than
we actually had, and going
through the planning process
I can tell you that we made
every conscious effort to cut
costs, he said.
Bradley said the cost of the
construction nearly doubled
since its proposal about two
years ago.
It escalated from the start
of the project, (which) was
$21.3 million, then by the
time we pulled the plug, it was
$37.4 million.

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The store will host a final block

party to sell its merchandise.

and magazines.
Its grown from our dorm room to Franklin
Street, Cocca said. Its a mixed-emotion thing
its not an entirely sad thing.
The store is known for its fun clothing
items, frequently adorned with pithy references to UNC basketball.
Rohan Smith, UNC alumnus and co-owner of Thrill City, jumped on board with the
business two years ago after meeting Cocca
in a journalism class.
Thrill City has been kind of our baby,
Smith said. Ryan started it, and he was a
large part of what it was, and since then its
just been for the two of us and the culture
weve created.

SEE THRILL CITY, PAGE 6

DTH/KRISTI WALKER

Lawsuit awards $14,935 to students

I can tell you that

we made every
conscious effort to
cut the costs.

Court orders refunds to renters

whose deposits were withheld.

Sam Pranikoff,
project student adviser

By Zoe Schaver

that the currently unnamed

building would be named
after that person.
Theres a whole naming
committee here, and its an
interesting process. You can
take a few different routes,

SEE NEW DORM, PAGE 6

Assistant City Editor

Refunds totaling $14,935 will be returned to

27 prior tenants of a Chapel Hill landlord who
illegally withheld security deposits, an Orange
County superior court judge ruled Monday.
Judge Allen Baddour entered a judgment
and permanent injunction against James
Ware Kelley and his firm, Ware Investments
LLC, ordering them to pay the refunds as well

Shake it till the moon becomes the sun.

RIHANNA

as $96,000 in civil penalties and $12,000 in

court costs, according to a press release from
N.C. Attorney General Roy Coopers office.
The firm is also barred from collecting
security deposits in the future.
Security deposits protect landlords from
tenants, but they should give them back if
the tenants havent done anything wrong,
Cooper said in the release.
Kelley said in an email that he believes
Cooper is targeting him because of his work
investigating mortgage fraud.
Its the most likely reason Roy Cooper

SEE LANDLORD, PAGE 6

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From staff and wire reports

ts a match made in heaven. American fast food heaven. Joel Burger

and Ashley King are getting married in July. They have known each
other since fifth grade, and friends called them Burger-King. But this
story gets even cuter. Burger King, the company, heard about their
engagement and decided to pay for all marriage expenses and provide gifts
to the couple. The couple also announced their engagement with a picture
of them standing next to a Burger King sign. Even Pinterest couldnt have
concocted something this great. Lets hope that Burger King also caters their
reception. Moral of the story: Change your name to part of a company name
and then choose your mate based on whether his or her name makes it complete. You get an extra 10 points if its a company that makes food or alcohol.
QUOTED. He was making slobbering
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A man in Florida talking about how
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Easter candy. Apparently, the bear was
feeling very left out after he didnt get a
visit from the Easter bunny.

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WomenNCs Local to Global

symposium: Fellows from UNC,
Duke, N.C. State University and
Meredith College will discuss the
role of women in the world and
the results of the Commission
on the Status of Women conference. The event is free and open
to the public.
Time: 5:45 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Location: FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela
Auditorium
Confronting the Dark Side of
Smart Cities: Torin Monahan
will discuss the downside of
smart cities that use technologies to solve urban problems.

The event is free and open to

the public.
Time: 12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
Location: Hickerson House,
Conference Room
How to Find a Summer Job:
University Career Services is hosting a session to provide resources
on how to find a summer job doing something relevant to your
field of study. The event is free
and open to all UNC students.
Time: 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Hanes Hall, room
239b
2015 Carolina Global Photography Exhibition Opening
Reception: This reception will

celebrate the opening of the

Carolina Global Photography Exhibition. The exhibit will feature
travel photos from UNC students, alumni, staff and faculty.
Winners of the photography
competition will be recognized
during the reception. The event
is free and open to the public.
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Location: FedEx Global Education Center
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violence included a photo that incorrectly identified the student passing out T-shirts in the Pit.
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mily Harper (left) and David Culhane play

Quidditch, the sport from the Harry Potter
books, on Tuesday afternoon on Ehringhaus
field. Carolina Quidditch began in 2010 and is open
to anyone who is interested in playing the sport.

POLICE LOG
Someone damaged property between Merritt Mill
Road and Smith Level Road at
12:33 a.m. Sunday, according
to Chapel Hill police reports.
The person damaged the
rear passenger door of a
vehicle, valued at $300, while
under the influence of a narcotic, reports state.

police reports.

Someone reported larceny at a pharmacy at 1218

Raleigh Road at noon Sunday,
according to Chapel Hill
police reports.
The person stole an iPhone,
valued at $300, reports state.

Someone attempted to
commit larceny at Starbucks
at 103 E. Franklin St. at 9:27
p.m. Monday, according to
Chapel Hill police reports.
The person attempted to
steal a tip jar, reports state.

Someone reported loud

music on the 300 block
of Estes Drive at 11 p.m.
Saturday, according to Chapel
Hill police reports.
Someone attempted to
use someone elses credit card
at a restaurant at 109 S. Estes
Drive at 7:30 p.m. Sunday,
according to Chapel Hill

Someone shoplifted from

a Food Lion at 1720 Fordham
Blvd. at 3:18 p.m. Monday,
according to Chapel Hill
police reports.
The person stole a bottle
of wine, valued at $13.95,
reports state.

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LIVE AT UNCS
MEMORIAL HALL

HER BRITANNIC MAJESTYS CONSUL GENERAL FOR THE

SOUTHEAST JEREMY PILMORE-BEDFORD

for an informational meeting on the

Marshall Scholarship Program

to be held at the
GENOME SCIENCES BUILDING, ROOM G200

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

5:15 pm
UNC students and faculty interested in learning
more about the Marshall Scholarship Program and
study abroad opportunities in the UK are
encouraged to attend.
UNC faculty members joining the Consul General
for his presentation include Professor Leinbaugh,
OBE, a Marshall Scholar, former chair of the
Marshall Scholarship Selection Committee at the
British Consulate General, former President of the
Association of Marshall Scholars, and Cultural
Attach for the AMS, and Professor Jane Hawkins,
a Marshall Scholar now serving on the Atlanta
Selection Committee.
For more information on the Marshall Scholarship:
http://www.marshallscholarship.org/
For more information on The British Consulte-General in Atlanta:
https://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations/britishconsulte-general-atlanta
This event is sponsored by the Office of Distinguished Scholarships
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Carolina
Scholars Program. For further information please contact
UNCs Office of Distinguished Scholarships.

THE WORLD

COMES
HERE.
SEE IT WITH YOUR OWN EYES.
APR &
CPA
ARTIST

MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY

Described by The Washington Post as one of the seven wonders of the artistic
universe, the Martha Graham Dance Company returns to Memorial Hall with
an array of works that includes choreographer Nacho Duatos new work Rust,
commissioned by CPA, as well as masterpieces by Graham.

APR
CPA
ARTIST

MITSUKO UCHIDA, piano

DOROTHEA RSCHMANN, soprano

Be there for this rare Triangle appearance

by all-stars pianist Mitsuko Uchida and soprano
Dorothea Rschmann as they collaborate on a
recital program of love songs by Schumann and
Berg. Uchidas performances are always must-see
events. Save yourself a trip their next stop is
Carnegie Hall.

APR
CPA
ARTIST

WENDY WHELAN
Restless Creature

For her inaugural independent project, Restless

Creature, Wendy Whelan chose four young
dancer-choreographers Abraham, Beamish,
Brooks and Cerrudo to create a duet for themselves
and Whelan. This is the freshest of cutting-edge
modern dance, performed by the industrys current
and rising stars.

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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

ATHLETIC-ACADEMIC SCANDAL

Presidency changes hands Working group

on ethics still
yet to form

New student
officers were
sworn in on
Tuesday night

UNC said it would start the working

group after the Wainstein report.

By Acy Jackson
Staff Writer

Houston Summers was sworn in as student

body president in a Tuesday ceremony culminating in a rendition of the alma mater and a
reception featuring meatballs and fruit salad.
Im incredibly humbled and honored to
be here, its a fantastic opportunity and Im
so excited for this opportunity proceeding
Andrew (Powell), Summers said.
Inaugurations for positions, including
senior class officers and the 97th Student
Congress, were followed by a hopeful address
by Summers, looking to the year ahead.
This is our window of opportunity
to make positive change, to ensure that
Carolina remains a national leader in the
classroom, on the field at play and in the
community, Summers said.
Chancellor Carol Folt gave closing
remarks, congratulating the new administration and thanking the departing one.
I feel very proud of both our former and
our future student leaders for the empathy
that I also see, Folt said.
She focused on the courage it takes to disagree with friends and make hard decisions.
At the reception, the Unions Great
Hall lobby filled with members of Student
Congress, the families and friends of incoming officers and the new officers chatting
and shaking hands.
Summers said, even though he is a little
nervous for the new challenges of his elected office, he is also extremely excited to get
started and make his mark on the campus.
Im excited to serve our students and
Im excited to have an open door and Im
excited to learn and try to speak on behalf
of as many students as I can and give them
a chance to speak for themselves, he said.
Summers said he understands there are
numerous issues and hopes to get a jump on
some of the problems important to students.
I think we want to start with the lowhanging fruit, he said. Just to name a
couple, obviously Saunders is a big issue
that everyones talking about and I am fortunately going to get the vote on that.
Summers also mentioned gender-neutral
bathrooms and making sure UNC was open
and inclusive.
With Summers feeling confident in the
upcoming year, outgoing student body
president Andrew Powell said he is leaving
the office in good hands.
They were really meticulous about
building a strong team. I think every single
position, they have someone who can do
great things, Powell said.
The incoming senior class officers, Ying
Lin and Brent McKnight, are also geared up

By Megan Morris
Staff Writer

DTH/JUSTIN PRYOR
Junior Houston Summers takes his oath of office, becoming student body president for the
2015-16 academic year on Tuesday. Rachel Gogal (right) was sworn in as his vice president.

to start work for next year.

Were looking forward to bringing parts
of our platform into actual existence like
Senior Day, the Joy Prom and then putting
on other social service events for our class of
2016, McKnight said.
Powell explained that if the University

stays together, it can stay strong.

Im sure that next year will bring a whole
new set of challenges but, as I said, I think
that Carolinas character is such that we can
weather any storm.

After the Wainstein report was released in

October, the University introduced several initiatives to address the wrongdoings it revealed.
One of those initiatives was a working group to
recommend how to oversee UNCs commitment to
integrity and compliance with all regulations.
But the working group, though under active
consideration, has yet to be formed.
Plans for developing the working group are
ongoing, Mike McFarland, director of University
Relations said in an email. The chancellor and
her cabinet have discussed expected outcomes
from the ethics and integrity working group in
order to charter and initiate action.
The University will make information on the
development of the group public once its initial
structure has been completed, McFarland said.
Geoffrey Sayre-McCord, interim director of
UNCs Parr Center for Ethics, said a proposal for
the group has been prepared for Folts review.
I believe it is undergoing revisions now,
Sayre-McCord said in an email.
He said its important to have clear, consolidated,
confidential channels for people to raise concerns.
More generally, I believe having a working
group think about how the University might best
support, encourage and protect integrity across the
board is very worth doing, Sayre-McCord said.
The group might resemble the Faculty Athletics
Committees new review process for concerns specifically involving student-athletes and academics,
said Joy Renner, committee chairwoman.
She said when someone reports a concern, it will
be investigated, and a conclusion will be delivered
to the individual who initially reported the concern.
It makes sure that every question that gets
asked gets the attention it should and that it gets
fully vetted, she said.
Renner said she developed plans to pilot such a
process prior to the Wainstein reports release.
Its important to have a mechanism so if someone feels, Is this right? Is this in keeping with the
University? they have a place to go ask that question, she said.
Anyone within the University community can
report, Renner said.
Renner acknowledged that developing a working group of this nature for the entire University
will take more time and planning.
Because of what we have done with the FAC
so far in piloting our program I see even more
so the value of having this type of process where
you take a question, its consistently evaluated, it
involves multiple people across different areas so
you make sure you dont miss a perspective, and
then theres a formal reporting out, she said.

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Feminists, artists unite for Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

Hanes Art Center hosted
the event to edit articles
on women in art.
By Jun Chou
Staff Writer

Wikipedia got a little more herstory in its database Tuesday.

The Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon,
hosted by the Art and Museum
Library and Information Student
Society allowed people to add or
improve Wikipedia articles on
women in art. Tuesdays edit-a-thon
took place in the Sloane Art Library
of Hanes Art Center.
The movement began last year
and this years Art+Feminism Edita-thon took place at the Museum of
Modern Art in New York on March
7, the day before International
Womens Day. With over 1,500 participants in more than 17 countries,
the event resulted in the creation of
400 new Wikipedia pages and the
revision of 500 existing articles.
A 2011 Wikimedia survey found

that less than 13 percent of its

contributors are female, which
has translated to a gender bias in
Wikipedia articles according to
Heather Gendron, the head of the
Sloane Art Library.
You would think with this whole
new tool out there to document our
history, that we would have learned
that womens voices need to be
heard and their history documented, Gendron said.
The event focused on female
artists, specifically from North
Carolina, including UNC faculty
who are also visual artists.
I see these women as not only
important to our local history,
but many of them are prominent
regionally, nationally, even globally, Gendron said. Its important
that we have documentation of
their legacy.
Kim Henze, president of the
Art and Museum Library and
Information Student Society,
said events like this are necessary
because of the growing dependency
on quick, online sources.
Wikipedia is becoming an

increasingly important repository

of shared knowledge, Henze said.
Our goal is to make sure that the
information they get is both good
and full.
No specialized knowledge was
required as a prerequisite to attending the edit-a-thon, which was open
to the public.
Editing Wikipedia seems like
such a small thing, but then you
read about the huge fights people
have had about editing Wikipedia
pages and you realize it does have
an effect on the wider world, said JJ
Bauer, the visual resources curator
for UNCs art department.
Bauer said the workshop was a
way to help people be proactive in
social issues both on and offline.
These conversations are happening in person but also online and
you need to be a productive part of
that conversation, Bauer said.
While women and gender studies
have made such important strides in
the academic world, we are still having to work very hard to get women
artists recognized, have their work
more accessible and their lives and

DTH/KATY MURRAY
Laura Fogarty participates in the Wikipedia Art+Feminism Edit-A-Thon, hosted
by the Art and Museum Library and Information Student Society on Tuesday.

careers more accessible.

Gendron said she sees these
events as useful tools for inspiring
more female voices to contribute to
the online history.

Its a matter of getting the word

out and giving people the training to
feel motivated and empowered.
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Rae Sremmurd contracts released for CUAB spring concert

The hip-hop duo will perform an
outdoor concert on Saturday.
By Sarah Vassello
Assistant Arts & Culture Editor

The Carolina Union Activities Board is

spending $30,000 plus the cost of hotel
accommodations, ground transportation and
technical performance requirements to bring
Carolina Jubilee headliners Rae Sremmurd to
UNC on Saturday.
According to the official contract between
CUAB and the artists, Rae Sremmurd requested that the sound system volume be very high
during the performance.
It is essential for the set that the music
is loud at almost dangerous levels, the
contract states.
The contract was released to The Daily Tar
Heel on Monday; the contract for Well$ has
not yet been released.

CUAB President Gabe Chess said in a previous interview that the budget for the spring
concert was between $40,000 and $50,000,
which includes both performers talent and
stage and lighting costs.
The Gloriana and Earl Sweatshirt
Homecoming concerts cost CUAB $50,000,
including the same technical costs. In 2013,
CUAB paid $90,000 for Homecoming headliners Wale and Ace Hood.
Four single king rooms and two double
rooms in first-class or five-star hotels with
24-hour room service were requested in Rae
Sremmurds contract.
CUAB will also provide a Sprinter Van
with a manager-approved driver for ground
transportation.
Rae Sremmurd also requested specific
accommodations for their dressing room at
the venue: It must comfortably hold six people
with a couch, chairs, a fan, a clothing iron,
an ironing board, a rolling clothes rack, a CD
player and one full-length mirror.

It is essential for the set that the music is loud at almost

dangerous levels.
Rae Sremmurd contract for CUAB spring concert,
released on Monday

The dressing room must contain 12 bottles

of Fiji Water; 24 assorted orange, pineapple
and cranberry juices; 24 chicken wings with
ranch dressing; 12 cans of Red Bull; eight new
white hand towels; Carmex lip balm; deodorant, brownies; an assorted fruit platter for five
people; and new forks, spoons, napkins and
plates sufficient for five people.
Due to a University policy that states alcohol cannot be purchased with student funds,
the University denied Sremmurds request
for two bottles of Ace of Spades champagne,
two bottles of Moet Chandon champagne, one
bottle of Hennessy and one 750 mL bottle of
Peach Ciroc.
CUAB also denied Sremmurds request for

two spicy crunch Doritos tacos from Taco Bell

for unknown reasons.
Chess said his goal with these concerts
is to provide the best experience possible
for students, for as low a cost as possible.
At $5 each, 1,800 tickets sold out by 6 p.m.
on March 27, approximately four days after
their release.
I think students would also love festivals
and bigger and bigger events, he said.
I think some of the things that students
expect from CUAB are unfortunately not right
now things we can afford to do, but I hope
CUAB continues to grow.
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Search for Ross successor takes shape

By Sarah Brown
State & National Editor

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UNC-system President Tom Ross will remain in office until at least Jan. 3, 2016, or until a new president is in place. The policy governing the presidential search process will be revised in February.

The months-long process to

replace UNC-system President
Tom Ross is guaranteed to be
closely watched across the state
and will likely begin within
the next few weeks.
The UNC-system Board
of Governors will vote this
week during a meeting at East
Carolina University to confirm
members of the three committees that will tap a new leader
for the 17-campus system. The
boards nominating committee took recommendations for
the groups during a four-hour
public meeting in Charlotte on
Thursday.
The board forced Ross
to resign in January, a decision criticized by faculty,
students and others in the
higher education world, all
of whom accused the board
of playing politics. Ross is a
Democrat, while the board
which is appointed by the
N.C. General Assembly is
mostly Republican.
Ross will remain in office
until at least Jan. 3, 2016
or until a new president is
named, whichever is later.
The policy governing the
presidential search process was
revised in February. Though
there are three committees,
the search committee which
consists solely of Board of
Governors members now
presides over the entire process, and its members serve on
each of the other committees.
Board members Ann
Goodnight and Joan

Stocks smell sweet for Bojangles

The company
announced plans to
go public Monday.
By Grant Masini
Staff Writer

As students enjoy flaky,

delectable Bojangles Inc.
southern biscuits in the Pit
today, the fast-food chain
continues to prepare for its
initial public offering after
announcing Monday that it
will go public.
Founded in 1977, Bojangles
has been private for nearly
40 years. Starting with one
store in Charlotte, the chain
has expanded to more than
600 locations across 10 states,
Washington, D.C. and overseas in Honduras.
When a company goes
public and makes an IPO, it
believes it has convinced inves-

tors that the company has

enough potential growth to
warrant significant investment.
According to documents filed
with the Securities Exchange
Commission, Bojangles hopes
to raise $100 million through
its stock offerings.
Students and faculty
around UNCs campus indicated they dont particularly
care whether the company
is privately owned or publicly traded, as long as the
Famous Chicken n Biscuits
are still available.
Once you go public, its
up to the buyers, said Randy
Myer, a professor at the UNC
Kenan-Flagler Business
School. Going public is like
betting on the stock market.
It all depends on market
interest and whether the brokers have done their job.
Kasey Norton, a UNC
freshman, said while she
would not personally invest in

At UNCG graduate school,

you can reinvent yourself.
Thats what Im doing.
MELVIN HERRING

PhD Student, Human Development and Family Studies

the company, she is a huge fan

of the chain.
I especially like how they
offer Cajun options, she said.
Bojangles seems to have a
large fan base in its home state
and the surrounding area. In
recent years, it has appeared
on lists such as Forbes 12 Best
Franchises to Own.
But with recent growth and
success, the company likely
feels that its the right time to
make the IPO leap.
Companies are asking for
a vote of confidence from their
investors when they make an
IPO, said Paolo Fulghieri, also
a professor at Kenan-Flagler.
And if the investors dont
trust the product, they wont
purchase the shares.
Bojangles brand is certainly popular in the southeast U.S., where most of their
stores are concentrated and
its Southern food is most
appealing. It remains to be

seen whether success as a

public company will encourage the chain to expand into
other areas of the country.
The company says its fresh
food, served conveniently and
affordably, puts them a step
above their competition in the
crowded fast-food industry.
Bojangles earns $650,000 per
restaurant per year on food
served before 11 a.m.
Bojangles is one of the
things I miss most about
North Carolina, said Nicole
Bauer, a freshman at the
University of Minnesota who
spent her middle and high
school years in the Raleigh
area before moving back
north for college. Id certainly buy stock in the company.
With earnings of $1 billion
in fiscal year 2014, Bojangles
has reason to believe itll be
successful.
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MacNeill, two of the seven

women on the 34-member
board, were nominated to be
co-chairwomen of the search
committee during Thursdays
meeting in Charlotte.
The search committee was
also expanded from nine to
11 members despite recent
comments from board members that committees should be
smaller to promote efficiency.
Chancellors, faculty and
students will participate in
the search through the leadership statement committee.
Its proposed roster includes
the search committee plus 30
other members one of them
is UNC Chancellor Carol Folt.
The committee will hold
public hearings across the state
and use the information to
craft a job description for the
UNC-system president, which
will then be voted on by the
Board of Governors. Its work
should be completed fairly
quickly, said Stephen Leonard,
chairman of the UNC-system
Faculty Assembly and a UNC
political science professor.
Alex Parker, the outgoing Association of Student
Governments president, had
lobbied for a student seat on
the search committee but was
denied. Parker and UNCCharlotte junior Davonte Belle
are the two proposed student
members of the leadership
statement committee. Belle
was elected in March as ASGs
senior vice president for the
2015-16 academic year.
Im pretty disappointed,
Parker said. I really felt
like it was in everyones best

interests to have the student

member of the board serve on
search committee.
It was a logical request,
Parker said, since at least one
student serves on every chancellor selection committee.
But he thinks the boards decision came down to experience.
I dont think they really
valued the students position
on the board, he said. They
kind of see the student as
lacking experience, whereas
I see the student as having a
fresh perspective.
Leonard, one of the three
proposed faculty members on
the leadership statement committee along with David Green
from N.C. Central University
and Spoma Jovanovic from
UNC-Greensboro, said there
isnt currently a specific timeline for the hearings to begin.
Though many students
wont be on campus during
May and June, when the
public hearings are likely
to take place, Parker said
hes committed to getting
students as involved in the
search as possible.
Green, a law professor at
NCCU, said he thinks the
process particularly the
hearings will ensure that
the diverse needs and views
of all 17 campuses are heard
throughout the search.
Its so early that I dont
know what to expect, he said.
But as I work through the
process Ill be working with
faculty to make sure that the
faculty perspective is heard.
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UNC recruits
for diversity on
Decision Day
High school students
visited UNC to help
their college choice.
By Sarah Kaylan Butler
Staff Writer

High school senior Waverlea

Brown said she knew she made
the right decision by choosing UNC when she attended
Decision Day on Tuesday.
Brown, a prospective
student from Goldsboro,
said she was shocked to see
people of so many different
races represented.
As soon as I got here, when
I was standing in line to register, I told my mom I was
like, its a lot of different ethnicities, and there are all these
different people here, Brown
said. I have several people that
I know that go here and they
just love it.
The Office of Diversity
and Multicultural Affairs
hosted Decision Day on
Tuesday for prospective
UNC minority students.
Angel Washington, the
on-campus coordinator
for the Minority Student
Recruitment Committee, said
Decision Day is just one way
that the committee exposes
potential students to UNC.
Decision Day is for
students who have been
admitted to the University,
Washington said. We try to
get them to come (to UNC).
Brown said her hometown
is small and homogeneous.
Carolina is way different
from my hometown, Brown
said. I go to, I guess you
would say, an all-black high
school so theres not much
diversity there.
Brown said she will be
attending UNC in the fall.
When I first knew about
Carolina, I knew it was probably predominately white, but
then again, it had people from
all around the world Ive
been decided before I even
got accepted, she said.
Christopher Faison, coordinator of minority male
engagement, said once there
is more information about
who is coming to UNC and
why they are choosing to
attend, he will be able to focus
on recruitment strategies.
Fewer than 100 incoming
students in the class of 2017,
out of nearly 4,000, identified
as black men.
Increased conversation
about race at UNC has followed the debate over renaming Saunders Hall and the
polarizing killings of Michael

Students are savvy

at understanding
that this issue is not
just a UNC issue.
Christopher Faison,
minority male engagement director

Brown and Eric Garner in

Ferguson, Mo., and Staten
Island, N.Y., respectively.
To help create a safe place
for students to talk about
racial issues, the University
created the Carolina
Conversations series in March.
Junior Merrick Osborne,
co-chairman of Diversity and
Inclusiveness in Collegiate
Environments, said the first
event made him want to
help raise awareness of racial
unrest in the country.
Leaders of student organizations have hoped to use
Carolina Conversations to
encourage collaboration within and across racial groups.
I want to continue to
engage with these different
groups, Osborne said. Id
like to see more tangible
results going forward.
Faison said, for now, students and student programs
are the best recruitment tools.
I feel like, to be honest,
students kind of lead a lot of
attention about issues, he
said. I think that just speaks
to the student activism that
UNC has become known for
Students are savvy at understanding that this issue is not
just a UNC issue or a North
Carolina issue.
Faison said he is most excited that colleagues outside of
diverse communities have been
receptive to working with him.
He said Honors Carolina,
University Career Services,
the Carolina Center for
Public Service and Academic
Advising are not specifically
diversity-focused programs,
but they have helped make
UNC a welcoming place.
Faison said to attract black
men who are drawn to historically black universities, UNC
must be more welcoming in
actions instead of words.
I think the first thing is if
people that work here be it
faculty or staff or administrators if we just really make it
a priority and our business to
make underrepresented males
and black males in particular
feel like they belong here, I
think that goes a long way
thats the case for lots of marginalized groups, as well, he
said.
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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Data skews black history, expert says

Tuesdays speaker
discussed the
protests in Ferguson.
By Mona Bazzaz
Staff Writer

History repeats itself is

how the saying goes.
For Khalil Gibran
Muhammad, this is a defining
reason that racism is still prevalent in modern-day America.
Muhammad, director of
the Schomburg Center for
Research in Black Culture,
spoke Tuesday night about
why racism persists in the
U.S. 50 years after the peak of
the civil rights movement.
The event, the 11th annual
African-American History
Month lecture, was originally
scheduled for February but
was rescheduled for April due
to complications with snow.
Muhammad spoke about
racial stereotypes and police
violence regarding the events
that occurred in Ferguson,
Missouri and other cities across
the nation. He said racism
stems from racial disparity.
There is a liberal idea that
the nation has solved racial
problems, Muhammad said.
However, he said, this can
be inaccurate.
We are having the exact
same debate we had 100 years
ago regarding race and crime,
Muhammad said. The history
that we remember and that we
teach is that every generation
is better than the last.
Muhammad is the author
of The Condemnation of
Blackness: Race, Crime,
and the Making of Modern
Urban America. He said the
events in Ferguson were not
an exceptional case but an
example of what is occurring

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Khalil Gibran Muhammad, the director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, speaks at the African-American History Month program keynote lecture.

across the nation.

Why are we so committed
to deciding whether police
violence was legitimate based
on the character of a single
individual? Muhammad said.
He said misrepresentation
of data, such as the statistic
that 93 percent of black murders are committed by other
blacks, is largely to blame for

why racism is still prominent.

Data got us into this mess.
Data is not going to get us out
of this, Muhammad said. It is
our ideological commitments
to production of certain kinds
of data that make Ferguson
exceptionalism the history
of Southern exceptionalism,
which again is Americas history and the story of now.

Morgan Tate, a sophomore

advertising major, attended
the lecture to get credit
for one of her classes. She
thought the event was beneficial for everyone to attend
because its important to be a
part of this conversation.
Its a timely conversation
that students especially need
to be a part of so that we can

be more sensitive to the race

issues that are so prevalent in
society today, Tate said.
Anne Prendergast, a freshman exercise and sport science major, also attended the
lecture for one of her classes.
I didnt really know what
this lecture would be about,
and obviously he is a really
smart man and made some

awesome points that get you

thinking, Prendergast said.
It is definitely important
for people to be discussing this
topic, because conversation
is how you get people to be
motivated to do something as
opposed to being passive about
the information they receive.
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Caeine in coee protects against skin cancer

A new study by UNC
researchers studied
477,000 people.
By Katie Kilmartin
Staff Writer

Students can now drink

coffee with the confidence
that they arent completely
hurting their bodies with a
caffeine addiction.
An investigation by the
National Institute of Health
and the American Association
of Retired Peoples discovered
caffeinated coffee is associated with a decrease in malignant melanoma, a form of
skin cancer.
Protection against skin
cancer increased when participants drank one to four cups
of coffee on a daily basis.
The survey studied
477,000 people.
Stephen Hursting, a UNC
nutrition professor, was part
of a study involving coffee

and cancer, and found drinking coffee also protects people

against liver cancer.
Hursting said chlorogenic
acid, an antioxidant, and cafestol, an anti-inflammatory,
found in coffee beans may
decrease skin cancer and liver
cancer among alcoholics.
Students should be careful in the sun to avoid skin
cancer, and they should be
confident that they can drink
coffee and it wont increase
their risk and it could have
beneficial effects, he said.
Hursting said if students
want to prevent skin cancer
they should look for moles, be
careful in the sun and not rely
on coffee for protection.
We want to be clear that
the harmful effects of excess
sun exposure are much
stronger than the preventative effects of drinking coffee, he said.
The study found that caffeine only offers protection
against malignant melanoma.
Senior Ece Taner said she

drinks a minimum of two

cups of coffee a day and is
going to tell her friends about
the newfound benefits of
drinking coffee.
Whenever I do go in the
sun, I make sure I have some
kind of protection and wear
sunglasses, she said.
Taner said she used to go
to the tanning bed, but she
stopped going three years ago
because she began to understand the negative effects it
can have.
Three years ago, I was
really concerned about beauty
and the superficial things and
how you always want to look
tan and great, but its not the
most important thing in the
world, she said. I am just
trying to be more conscious of
everything I do and limit the
risks that are already high.
If people do not like coffee, Hursting said drinking
tea may have comparable
compounds, but recommends
avoiding sugary drinks.
There is no magic one

University begins to
advertise dean opening
A group is reviewing
candidates for
Karen Gils position.
By Victoria Mirian
Staff Writer

Fewer than 100 people have

applied to replace Karen Gil as
dean of the College of Arts and
Sciences since she announced
her resignation in November.
Search committee chairman and Executive Vice
Provost Ronald Strauss said
the University has just begun
to advertise the position, but
has been collecting names of
potential candidates from faculty members.
It depends what youd call
a lot of applicants weve got
a lot of names, Strauss said.
The committee will hold
preliminary interviews of
applicants in mid-June. The
first round of screenings will be
completed by mid-July, after
which Strauss hopes to narrow
the search to five finalists.
The search committees 15
members come from within
the University, including
department chairs, administrators and two students.
UNC hired national
search firm Russell Reynolds

Associates to help identify

candidates.
I trust them, but I dont
believe that you should hand
the search over to an outside
entity, Strauss said. I do
think the campus needs a
direct, frequent interface with
the search firm.
Strauss said he holds
forums with College of Arts
and Sciences department
chairs and encourages search
committee members to hear
what faculty members are
looking for in the new dean.
Its important that they
want to talk about it even
before names are really
brought up that our faculty
and our administrators are
involved in this process are
engaged, he said.
Strauss said common concerns include faculty recruitment and retention.
We need somebody here
who believes strongly in the
complete mission of a college of arts and sciences and
understands that there is no
reason why Carolinas College
of Arts and Sciences should
not be the preeminent college of arts and sciences, said
Chris Clemens, chairman of
the Department of Physics
and Astronomy.
Gil will step down from her

position in May after serving

six years as dean to resume
teaching in the Department
of Psychology.
I always thought I would
serve five years, so serving
this extra year has been fun,
Gil said. Ive really enjoyed
working with our new chancellor and our new provost,
and Im just eager to return to
my research and teaching.
Strauss said finalists will
be brought to campus in
September, where they will
be able to interact fully with
students and faculty.
Jim Dean, executive vice
chancellor and provost, will
decide if Gil will serve as
interim dean early in the 201516 school year until the new
administrator is installed.
Im certainly committed to
ensuring a smooth transition
and helping in any way I can,
Gil said.
Strauss did not reveal
potential candidates or how
many names have been
brought up in the search.
The people who are candidates have good jobs and we
wouldnt want to damage their
current positions by declaring
their candidacies until they
become finalists, he said.
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thing to do. Will coffee

prevent cancer? No. Will
it slightly reduce the risk?
Maybe, and thats the signal, he said. Cancer is too
complex for one food item to
fix it.
Junior Christine Malarkey
said she prevents skin cancer by wearing SPF 15 on
her face everyday and wears
at least SPF 45 when she is
in the sun for long periods
of time.
I probably wont drink
more coffee (to prevent skin
cancer), but Ill feel okay with
drinking my one cup, she
said.
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The Chapel Hill Police

Department is hosting Be
A Responsible Server, or
B.A.R.S., training April 20
from 7 to 9 p.m.
The free training is for
employees at bars or restaurants that sell or serve alcohol. It will include education
on dealing with selling to
underage or intoxicated people, fraudulent identifications
and other Alcoholic Beverage
Control laws and regulations.
The event will also include
information for helping bar
staff recognize the warning
signs of drug-facilitated sexual
assault and how to intervene.

The anonymous teacher

said that the time he put into
work rather than his personal
life made him a more dedicated teacher, but he hopes
future educators wont have
to make that choice.
A bill filed Thursday in
the N.C. General Assembly
would add sexual orientation and gender identity to
the states workplace nondiscrimination law including a requirement for school
districts to adopt similar policies, said Chris Sgro, executive director of LGBT advocacy group Equality N.C.
Nearly two dozen
Democratic lawmakers are
sponsors of the proposal,
though similar bills have been
voted down in the legislature
during the past few years.
It is breaking barriers.
But when you break barriers, sometimes theres a lot
of broken pieces and things
that dont get fixed immediately, the anonymous
teacher said. And I dont
really consider myself a barrier breaker.
He said his experience with
students in recent years makes
him hopeful that the stigmas
against gay people, particularly in education, are going to
end with his generation.
I think kids today tend
to be a lot more comfortable
with themselves. Its up to
us as adults to catch up with
them and I think in some
ways we are.

he said.
Bradley said the new residence halls construction was
supposed to come around the
same time as the closing of
other student housing options.
The plan to build this
building was connected to the
fact that Odum Village will
not be used for student housing beyond the next academic
year, he said.
Freshman Catie Armstrong
said the addition of more
super suites on campus would
have been a welcome change
because of the gap between
how many students want
them and how few there are.
Also a big draw for super
suites was then your dorm
becomes the social hub for
friends because everyone
wants to come for the common area, she said.
They make these decisions
then take them back kind of
last minute, which I think is
kind of annoying.
The cancellation of the
new residence hall construction shouldnt pose an issue
for accommodating students,
Bradley said.
We have more empty
spaces right now than Odum
Villages total bed capacity
is, so we do not anticipate a
problem, he said.
Pranikoff is confident the
plan isnt cancelled for good.
Its a good location. I
think it will happen in the
future, he said. Its not an
if. Its a when.

The two said they had been

speaking about closing since
the beginning of the year. One
reason behind this decision
is the fact that Smith is originally from London, and his
visa expires in July.
I have to go back to
London, so we were thinking
of different ways and if we
were going to sell the business,
find another partner for the
business or just close, he said.
Cocca said he had talked
about other options, but
decided they were too risky.
Carlos Tovar, previous
store manager, said Cocca
and Smith have accomplished
great things.
Thrill City might be closing for good, but we all just
have to remember that creativity and progression only
come from within us, he said.
Thrill City will host its
final block party on May 2,
where there will be disc jockeys, prizes and its last line of
products for sale.
Cocca said his next move
is to continue work on a
Kickstarter campaign for a furniture company called Nugget
Comfort, which he said has
become his full-time job. It was
tough to keep working at Thrill
City part time.
Life is changing and were
moving on to new things
you shouldnt be complacent,
Cocca said. Weve been doing
this for a while, and Im excited about doing something
completely different.

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is attacking me, he said.

Protecting big corporations
that are campaign contributors instead of representing
citizens.
Its been widely speculated
that Cooper will run for governor in 2016.
Noelle Talley, spokeswoman for the N.C. Department
of Justice, said the office cannot be sure how long it will
take for tenants to receive
the refunds, since Kelley filed
for bankruptcy in Colorado
in 2013.
Its tied up in bankruptcy
court, so what our office will
be doing next is going to bankruptcy court to try to collect
on the judgment, she said.
Talley said Kelley and his
firm withheld tenants security deposits after their leases
ended and did not provide
tenants with written records
describing the reasons the
deposits had been withheld.
According to the press
release, Kelley also placed
tenants deposits in personal
checking accounts rather
than trust funds or insurance
bonds as North Carolina law
requires. Furthermore, Kelley
did not comply with a court
order to turn over records
identifying the tenants who
were owed money.
Cooper filed a lawsuit
against Kelley in 2013. The
tenants are owed refunds
ranging from $350 to $1,410
and were identified through
complaints to Carolina
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making sure rules for the
deposit are outlined in the
lease and checking for damage to the property before the
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The Daily Tar Heel

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

BASEBALL: NORTH CAROLINA 9, COASTAL CAROLINA 3

Adam Pate powers Tar Heels to victory

By Joey DeVito
Assistant Online Editor

DTH/BEN LEWIS
North Carolina designated hitter Adam Pate (2) slides into home for one of his three runs Tuesday.

For North Carolina designated hitter Adam Pate, the

107th time was the charm.
Pate, not usually thought of
as a power hitter, hit his first
home run in his 107th career
at-bat to highlight a strong
performance in the Tar Heels
9-3 victory over No. 24 Coastal
Carolina on Tuesday evening.
I was just glad it went
out, Pate said. Im just glad
I didnt pop it up to be honest
with you. Im not a big home
run hitter, but it was really
cool. It was a really special
moment.
The sophomore finished
3-for-4 with three runs, a
RBI, a stolen base and two
walks.
Hes just a joy to coach,
said Coach Mike Fox. He
plays hard and encourages
his teammates. I need more
like him. Obviously its just a
big thrill to see guys like that
have a good night and have
success.
Pate started the game with
a leadoff double. A single by
Tyler Ramirez would bring
Pate sliding into home to give
the Tar Heels a 1-0 lead in the
first inning.
Early in the game it was a
back-and-forth duel, with the
Tar Heels taking and surrendering multiple leads.
We had a lot of runners
in scoring position, Fox said.
Thats our weakness right

now were just not as good

as we need to be with runners
in scoring position.
The Tar Heels had a
few opportunities to separate themselves from the
Chanticleers, but couldnt
capitalize on opportunities
early, leaving the bases loaded
in the fourth and the fifth.
But with a 4-3 lead in the
sixth inning, Pate got back
to doing what he does best:
getting on base. His on-base
percentage is .470.
Hes a real dirtbag kind
of guy, which helps our
team especially at the top of
the lineup getting on base,
Ramirez said. It really helps
out Skye (Bolt), Landon
(Lassiter) and me trying to
get him in somehow. One
of the three of us usually, if
he gets on base, has a good
chance of bringing him in.
Its nice having him at the top
getting on base for us.
Pate opened the sixth

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inning with a single and

quickly stole second base,
before a Bolt single brought
Pate home for the third time.
Bolt would score one batter
later on a single by Lassiter,
giving the Tar Heels a 6-3
lead.
But the Tar Heels werent
done there. They tacked
on three more runs in the
bottom of the eighth, with
Lassiter, Ramirez and Joe
Dudek all scoring.
This time they did it without Pates help something
they look to often.
He is the leader of our
team, theres no ifs, ands or
buts about it, Fox said. Hes
one of our toughest players
mentally and physically.
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Aldermen extend permit for

Carrboro solar community
By Bridget Dye
Staff Writer

Four years after its initial approval, a proposed

solar housing development
in Carrboro has received
another extension on its conditional use permit, though
construction on the development has not yet begun.
The Carrboro Board of
Aldermen voted Tuesday to
extend the permit for the
Veridia Solar Community, a
proposed sustainable housing development that would
replace existing mobile homes
on Fayetteville Road.
The permit was set to
expire April 26 of this year
but will now expire on April
26, 2016.
The permit has been previously extended at least twice.
The Board of Aldermen
originally approved the
development in 2011, but
construction on the complex
never got off the ground.
According to the boards
resolution, it extended the
conditional use permit
because David Bell, a partner
for the development, has
proceeded with due diligence and is acting in good
faith and that conditions of
the development have not
changed enough to warrant a
new application.
Bell said after the 2011
approval it was necessary for
him to buy out his partner
George Overholt, and that
the ongoing delay in construction is due to his search
for a new financial and
developmental partner.
Were not under the time
constraint to pull the trigger
very quickly because of the
work Ive done, Bell said.
Bell said the developers
goals for the project have
slightly changed since the
permit was last extended
they now plan to make the
housing more affordable than
originally proposed.
The cost of solar has gone
down 80 percent since we
priced it initially, Bell said.
Bell said the development
aims to use innovative, constructive methodology in its
construction.
He said he is looking at
emerging technology and
determining how long it will
be until the new technology
is available on the market,
which would include more
automated construction
technology.
Bell said the overall vision
for the development is to be
able to create something sustainable and affordable that
also looks like something
people would expect, rather
than the more eccentriclooking existing models.

The development also

aims to reduce upfront costs
through technologies that
have emerged through time,
he said, and will support
long-term savings for water
and utilities.
This could be a model to
inspire development, not just
in Carrboro, but nationally,

said Alderman Sammy Slade.

The board was supportive
of the initiative the development was taking to provide
affordable housing in the
area. Affordability is an
issue the board has focused
on this year after several
area apartment complexes
stopped accepting Section 8

vouchers.
Wed like you to consider us as a partner as were
thinking of how to further
support affordable housing,
Slade said.
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source
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By Daniel Pinelli, pinelli@live.unc.edu

Ah, yes, thank you for reminding me that I

live in the bible belt where apparently religious texts are valid basis for secular law.
Dominic Mercurio, on proposed state laws giving religious exemptions

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

Rae Sremmurd, in its contract for playing at UNC this semester

Clark Cunningham

ne of UNCs greatest
assets is its status as
a world-class public
research university. This status, however, has been threatened by proposed Senate Bill
593, which would require that
all professors teach a minimum of eight class courses per
academic year, significantly
more than the current average
of 2.5 courses per term for tenured professors at UNC.
While the bill has many
flaws, its most egregious
mistake is that it would completely backfire in its aim to
improve education at state
universities. By threatening
professors abilities to conduct
research and mentor students,
the quality of instruction at
UNC would suffer greatly if
this bill were passed, especially
in the natural sciences.
One of the main sentiments
driving the proposal of this bill
is that professors are not teaching enough and that mandating
more class time would increase
interactions between students
and professors. This line of
reasoning fails to appreciate a
fundamental fact of research
universities the best teaching
and learning occur outside of
the classroom.
In the natural sciences,
students who have conducted
lab research will tell you they
learned more there than in any
class. I, for one, would not be
half the student I am today if
not for the guidance of my faculty mentor.
But mentoring is time-consuming, and a higher course
load for professors would
mean less time available for
this critical function. SB 593 is
a dangerous response to a nonexistent problem: If professors
were given credit for the time
they spent mentoring students,
eight courses per semester
would be a laughable reduction in their teaching responsibilities in most cases.
Beyond their roles as mentors, professors who conduct
research at the cutting edge of
their fields bring unique benefits to the classroom. Drawing
from their research experiences, professors in the natural sciences can teach students about
current scientific literature and
discuss knowledge that wont
make it to textbooks for years.
By imposing unrealistic
classroom expectations that
would divorce professors from
their research, SB 593 would
hinder the teaching of higherlevel thinking that is critical
to the development of the next
generation of scientists.
Finally, when it comes to
conducting research, SB 593
would put professors at a competitive disadvantage within
their fields or push them to
seek opportunities elsewhere.
At a university already
plagued by low faculty retention and budget austerity, this
would virtually guarantee a
brain-drain of the most talented professors and students.
What is at stake here is no
less than the academic asphyxiation of one of the states most
productive regions.
The goal of increasing the
quality of education received
at public universities is commendable. But this bill would
have the entirely opposite
effect SB 593 would slay the
geese who lay the golden eggs
our university depends on,
leaving students to clean up
the mess.

The Daily Tar Heel

EDITORIAL

One final charge

Graduation
shouldnt add to
financial burdens.

s a university that
boasts about being
one of the nations
most economically diverse
colleges, UNC could be
doing more to address the
cost of graduation regalia,
which can be prohibitive
for students from lowerincome backgrounds.
The University should
be responsible for ensuring no student has to
worry about standing
out from the crowd for
reasons of undue cost on
their proudest day.
This might include purchasing the regalia from

private companies in bulk

and itemizing the individuals cost along with other
tuition costs.
This would allow for
economically disadvantaged students to use
financial aid money to
cover the cost. UNC
should also be wary of the
further price discrimination within the differing
cap and gown packages
and should request a single-offering package for all
seniors from graduation
and regalia companies.
The cost of a deluxe
package with a stole is
currently $89.99 compared to a more genericlooking regalia package
of $59.99.
Seniors who, prudent-

ly, refuse to pay $30 of

an added cost for a stole
will feel a natural and
intended feeling of lesser
prestige due to the ritualistic occasion.
All students who receive
a diploma earn a public
ceremony hosted by their
home school. But costly
regalia packages are subtly disruptive to such a
deserved honor.
It should not be the
norm that every graduating senior must pay a $60
to $90 hidden cost to celebrate their achievements.
It is the duty of the
University to celebrate its
students achievements
by protecting them from
this unwarranted pressure to spend.

EDITORIAL

Citizens right to review

The public should
be able to hold
police accountable.

proposal making
its way through the
General Assembly
would give citizen review
boards the power to subpoena witnesses and compel the production of evidence as they investigate
police misconduct.
Currently, the citizen
review boards in many
towns across the state
only have the power to
review the documents
provided through internal investigations of law
enforcement officers. This
creates an obvious conflict
of interest because it pro-

hibits these investigating

bodies from seeking out
additional information.
House Bill 193 would
also give these review
boards access to the
personnel files of the
police officers in question
and any other material
deemed necessary to complete the investigation.
The proposal empowers communities across
North Carolina to investigate complaints against
law enforcement officers
outside the scope of the
police departments own
internal investigation.
The proposal also
mandates that the findings and decisions of all
citizen review boards be
public records meaning

residents would have more

insight into the goings-on
in their police departments.
This academic year,
people have spoken
through riots and protests
associated with the Black
Lives Matter movement.
They have demanded more
transparency from their
governments and more
oversight of their police
departments. Lawmakers
in North Carolina should
heed these demands.
Transparency and
oversight are not partisan
issues. Legislators from
both sides of the aisle
should support this bill,
which would give constituents the power to dutifully investigate instances
of police misconduct.

The Burn Book

On Wednesdays, we wear the truth

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WHOPPER

On our way to fact-check a

letter on todays page, we
found ourselves looking
for minutes on Student
Congress website. Last
fall, when we asked why
the website hadnt been
updated since April 2013,
Student Congress leaders
promised they had delegated someone to fix this.
And indeed, Student Congress has a new website.
While its committees seem
to be posting minutes
regularly, the Full Congress
has published minutes
from just two meetings this
session, and the Student
Code hasnt been updated
since June. Your best bet
for Student Congress news
is probably to ask to get on
their listserv.

Jay Zs new streaming

service, Tidal, is being
promoted as a high-quality
application that shifts the
power in the music industry into the hands of artists.
While Tidal will deliver
the audiophile-friendly
sound quality promised, its
business character is more
limited than promoted.
Tidal might give a hefty
boost to artists, but only
the few of them who
are powerful enough to
command a share of the
company. Most of these, like
Kanye West and Madonna,
came up through the major
label system. This service
is interesting, but there is
little hope it will upend the
music industry.

After the Duke mens

basketball team won the
national championship
Monday night, rumors
circulated that Duke might
now be good or generally
well-liked. Not so.
In a very real survey
conducted yesterday, 55
percent of respondents
said they remained of the
opinion that Duke was still
the worst, while 44 percent said they felt strongly
that Duke can go straight
to hell. The remaining
percent, which comprised
friends and family of
Dukes basketball players,
said they had outwardly
supported the team but
otherwise believed Duke
to be the source of all evil
in this world.

TO THE EDITOR:
This week Student
Congress will elect a new
speaker of congress. In
deciding who to elect,
Student Congress should
choose a leader who
puts advocacy and positive relationships at the
forefront of their agenda,
which is why I urge them
to consider electing David
Joyner as their next
speaker.
David is one of the most
experienced representatives in congress who has
served as chairman of the
Oversight and Advocacy
committee, and he introduced and passed legislation to provide additional
HIV treatment and counseling to survivors of sexual
assault.
During the election for
student body president,
David was able to look
past our political differences to recognize that
many of the issues that
impact student life are
nonpartisan.
In his work, David has
always strived to build a
consensus when working
with those who have different ideas from his own.
David will be a leader by
doing outreach to the entire
campus community, and
he will balance legislative
authority while collaborating with the other branches
of student government.
It is time that students
see the potential for congress to be more than the
place that student organizations come for funding. The administrative
skills, the interpersonal
skills and the relationships Davids experience
has given him make him
the most qualified choice
for speaker of Student
Congress.
Kathryn Walker
Senior
Journalism and Political
Science

White supremacy is a
global and local evil
TO THE EDITOR:
On April 1, Duke
students found a noose
hanging from a tree on
their campus. The racially
charged symbol of violence remains potent in
a region responsible for
the extrajudicial killings
of nearly 3,500 AfricanAmericans between 1882
and 1968.
On March 18, UVa. honors student Martese Johnson
suffered a brutal beating
at the hands of police in
Charlottesville, Virginia.
In January, an extremist
group in northern Nigeria
massacred up to 2,000
civilians, while media
attention focused on the
20 victims of Paris Charlie
Hebdo attacks.
In the Democratic
Republic of the Congo
(DRC), investigators uncovered over 400 bodies earlier this month, likely murdered during government

crackdowns on peaceful
protests. English-language
media did not report the
discovery until days later.
In South Africa, students
at the University of Cape
Town advocate for the
removal of landmarks honoring colonial figureheads,
as students at UNC continue a 15-year fight demanding accountability for a
legacy of violent racism.
What do these events
have in common? In an
increasingly interconnected
world, the West can
look with pride upon the
spread of the internet and
democracy. We can follow
with amusement the globalization of Coca-Cola and
Beyonce.
But we also must take
ownership of the international consequences of an
ideology of racial inequality that continues to inform
the present.
While institutional
racism does not operate
identically in Cape Town
or Chapel Hill, in Durham
or Kinshasa, the scourge
of white supremacy continues to define the lived
experiences of black lives
across the globe.
Danielle Allyn
Senior
Global studies, sociology

Bishops column had

no campus relevance
TO THE EDITOR:
The Daily Tar Heel
should not have published
Ishmael Bishops column on
April 1.
Ignoring the topic of
race, ignoring Bishops constantly criticized column
and ignoring the previous disputes surrounding
him, that column alone
contained little relevance
expected from this newspaper and intentionally
ostracized the majority of
the DTHs audience.
I am referring to two
lines in particular. Bishop
directly states that he never
intended to write for white
people, which is inflammatory in its own right. It
also states that offended
readers should claim their
prize of ignorance and hate
at the door.
Bishop clearly tells his
white audience that they
are irrelevant, and he has
received negative criticism
from all others for comparing his personal situation to
Trayvon Martin. This gives
every reader a right to complain, and I hope this does
not reflect the views of the
DTH on whole.
The article had no relevance to current events and
lacked all forms of support
from its readers. Boiled
down, this article is purely
Bishops point of view, experience and complaints; it
has nothing to do with any
aspect of UNC.
The DTH is simply not
a space for its writers to
complain about personal
issues. Combined with the
anger-fueled hate comments, I really expect better from the DTHs choice
in columns next time.
Zachary Overdorf
Senior
Communications studies

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