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Williams undergoes successful surgery
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Coach Roy Williams underwent a successful surgeryWednesday morning to remove a tumor from his kidney.
By Micl Lnnn
Senior Writer
Dexter Strickland and the NorthCarolina basketball team heard the newsnot long before the rest of the nation did.Coach Roy Williams called a surprisemeeting at 10 p.m. Tuesday in the SmithCenter locker room to announce he would be undergoing surgery Wednesday morningto remove a tumor from his right kidney.By all accounts, that surgery was a suc-cessful one. Surgeon Eric Wallen said in a UNC release that he fully expects Williamsto be able to coach this season and beyond.But despite that seemingly positiveresult, the news was still sobering.“It was heartbreaking for me,” Stricklandsaid. “Me being here for four years, and meand his relationship together, I look at himas a father figure, not just a coach.“So him telling me the heartbreakingnews was emotional for me. Last night, Iprayed for him.” Williams underwent a robotic partialnephrectomy to remove the tumor, andit is not yet known whether the tumor iscancerous.Doctors discovered the tumor during a physical earlier this month, according tothe release. Wallen said Williams might also havea second surgery in October to remove a tumor from his left kidney, which couldkeep him from practice.But the expectation is that Williams will be able to coach at the start of the season.“I don’t think it’s going to be very disrup-tive at all,” assistant coach Steve Robinsonsaid. “I think you go through an adjust-ment phase right now based on just themagnitude of what it is and the magnitudeof Roy Williams and the University of North Carolina program.”Robinson maintained that he and therest of the coaching staff are confident intheir abilities to run the team day-to-day in Williams’ absence.But no one has been singled out asan interim leader. “I think all of us are incharge,” Robinson said. “We’ve all got our
Looking past landfills
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Kermit Williamson (middle), environmental services superintendent, talks to local officials Jim Ward, Cathy Wilson and Richard Seiz (leftto right) about the Asheboro Transfer Station’s facility and consolidation operations at a site visit Wednesday. Town officials from Chapel Hill andCarrboro traveled to Asheboro to see thewaste transfer station site (seen above).
By Clsy Dulny
City Editor
Standing among a pile of StyrofoamCook-Out cups, empty laundry detergent bottles and cereal boxes, members of theChapel Hill Town Council looked towardthe future of trash collection Wednesday.“We need to get ourselves out of thelandfill mindset,” said Town council- woman Penny Rich.Early Wednesday morning, town offi-cials from Chapel Hill and Carrboro trav-eled the 70 miles to Asheboro to tour thecity’s waste transfer station site. A waste transfer station serves as anintermediary between waste collectionand final disposal in a landfill — and thecouncil is discussing building their own waste transfer station in Chapel Hill.For more than 40 years, OrangeCounty has been searching for a long-term solution for its trash.In 1972, a landfill was opened in theRogers Road neighborhood, with thepromise that it would only be open for10 years. After a series of extensions, county officials set a new closing date inFebruary — June 30, 2013. And as theclosing date draws near, local officials areexploring options for waste disposal.“The problem with Rogers Road isthat no one really looked into the future,”Rich said.
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Located about a mile from the center of town, the Asheboro transfer station isn’tmuch more than an 80 feet by 80 feet alu-minium building and a few trash trucks. Wendy Simmons, solid waste servicessuperintendent for Chapel Hill, said thetown chose to tour the Asheboro facility because of its comparable size. Asheboro and Chapel Hill both pro-duce about 14,500 tons of solid wasteeach year.“This is about the size of the facility we’ve imagined,” Simmons said.The station — usually staffed by one
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Staff Writer
In an era of continuous budgetcuts, campus arts organizations havemade strides to become more self-sufficient, taking on larger budgetsand projects.Compared to last year, Carolina Performing Arts, PlayMakersRepertory Company and the Ackland Art Museum have anywhere from $1million to tens of thousands of dol-lars more in their budgets this year.CPA’s budget grew from $5 mil-lion to $6 million.“Two-thirds of that we raised onour own,” said Executive Director of the Arts Emil Kang. “We’ve had to become more and more self-suffi-cient as the years go on.”UNC provides one-third of CPA’s budget, which pays the salaries of the CPA staff.The remaining two-thirds comesfrom ticket sales and donations, mostof which go toward performance fees.The centerpiece of the 2012-13CPA season, “The Rite of Spring at100,” the centennial celebration of Igor Stravinsky’s influential ballet, is budgeted for $3 million.Kang said CPA commissioned 11new performances this year, raisingthe season’s value.“When you commission a work, you actually invest in the creation of a piece,” he said. “These shows aregetting started at UNC.”PlayMakers is also taking on a larger season with its productionof “Cabaret.” The company did notproduce any musicals last year, so itdidn’t need to pay for music direc-tors, choreographers or musicians.PlayMakers’ budget this year is$2.4 million, up from last year’s $2.1million.The company received a $100,000 grant from the NationalEndowment for the Arts — the sameamount for last year’s “Henry” plays.This is the largest grant NEA award-ed this year in the country.The grant supports PlayMakers’rotating repertory of “A Raisin in theSun” and “Clybourne Park,” poolinginto the main budget, said HannahGrannemann, PlayMakers’ manag-ing director.“What we really do is create a budget for the whole year,” she said.
Grants and fundraisingprovide funds for addi-tional performances.Roy Williams had a tumorremoved from his right kidney.Local officials tour wastetransfer site amidst talks of building the town’s own.
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Trusteesask Thorp to stay
The Board of Trustees also named aninterim fundraising director.
By Nicl Cmpt
University Editor
The chorus of voices calling on Holden Thorpto stay on as chancellor grew significantly louder Wednesday, with the University’s Board of Trusteesoffering its own unanimous appeal.Support for Thorp emerged quickly after hisMonday announcement he would step down follow-ing two years of grappling with one of the largestacademic scandals in UNC history. At a Tuesday meeting of the general faculty,members voted overwhelmingly to ask UNC-systemPresident Thomas Ross to decline Thorp’s resigna-tion, though Thorp told faculty he still plans to stepdown. At Wednesday’s emergency meeting of the Boardof Trustees, members said Thorp was not on thephone when they drafted the formal resolution anddo not know what his reaction will be since he wastraveling Wednesday.But Thorp did call into the meeting at the begin-ning and continued on the line for some of it, which was held mostly in closed session.“This is Holden,” a voice echoed from the phone inthe middle of a long table.“This is South Building,” responded SallieShuping-Russell as members of the board erupted inlaughter. Shuping-Russell is chairwoman of the bud-get, finance and audit committee of the board.The board’s emergency meeting was called to dis-cuss “personnel matters,” which ended in membersconfirming a new appointment — the interim vicechancellor for advancement.The position was left vacant after Matt Kupecresigned when an investigation was launched intohis use of University travel funds alongside TamiHansbrough, a major gifts officer. Hansbrough,mother of former basketball star Tyler Hansbrough,resigned two days later.Julia Sprunt Grumbles, who helped co-found theCarolina Women’s Leadership Council and was a member of the steering committee for one of UNC’slargest fundraising campaigns, will now take theposition, at least while the search is conducted forKupec’s permanent replacement.Grumbles, a UNC alumna, was the most seniorranking woman at Turner Broadcasting where sheserved as corporate vice president before coming toChapel Hill in 2006.
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“I just slowly cooked it, and Iended up cooking her for four days.”— David Viens, a chef on trial for themurder of his wife, explaining why officerscouldn’t find her body. After she suffocated to death in 2009, he submerged her body in a 55-gallon drum of boiling water. Good luck making pasta ever again.
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aying for a divorce is so 2011.MaritalAffair.co.uk — an affair website in the U.K. — spon-sored the Win a Divorce competition, which gave entrants the chance to win money to help cover legal fees incurred while going through the divorce process.The managing director of the site said the contest helps free peoplefrom the expensive divorce process. It was created after a 2006 survey said the Brits spend about $3,000 USD on divorce legal fees. Winner Hayley Wakenshaw was one of nearly 200 entrants in thecontest. She and her ex were together for 20 years and married for four.Hearing that she won made her laugh for an hour.More importantly: What is an affair site, and why does it exist?
Battle o the divorcees
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Someone damaged prop-erty at 1110 E. Franklin St. at12:57 p.m. Tuesday, accord-ing to Chapel Hill policereports.The person made tiremarks on the yard, reportsstate. Damage to the weedsand grass was valued at $1,reports state.
Someone broke andentered a residence at 1749Dobbins Drive at 4:15 a.m.Tuesday, according to ChapelHill police reports.The person removed thescreen from a window, reportsstate. Someone had an alcohol violation at 148 E. Franklin St.at 5 p.m. Tuesday, according to Chapel Hill police reports.The person had an opencontainer and was blocking the sidewalk, police reportsstate.
Someone attempted tosteal deodorant at 108 E.Franklin St. at 12:53 p.m.
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Someone stole an iPhoneat 201 Rock Haven Road between 12:30 p.m. and 12:45p.m. Monday, according toCarrboro police reports.The person tracked thephone to several apart-ment complexes in OrangeCounty, but it then moved toan unknown location, policereports state.Three men trespassedat 112 W. Main St. at 12:18p.m. Tuesday, according toCarrboro police reports.Police trespassed two of themen from the animal hospitaland issued one of the men a citation for second degree tres-passing, police reports state.
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By Maggie Conner
Staff Writer
Rufus Edmisten is a UNC alumnus who served as deputychief counsel to the SenateWatergate Committee, which waschaired by then-Sen. Sam Ervin, D-N.C., in 1973-74. Edmisten will visit Wilson Library today to present his papers from the Watergate scan-dal to the Southern Historical Collection.The documents will includethe original subpoena that Edmisten served to President Richard Nixon for the Watergatetapes, as well as Edmisten’s per-sonal archives.
Daiy Tar Hee:
What role did youhave in the Watergate hearings?
Rufus Edmisten:
I was working with Sam Ervin, and I was his per-sonal driver and confidante. He hadseen me do work on the Separationof Powers Committee. We werestudying a lot of the abuses thatoccurred in the executive branch of government, like the army spyingon civilians.It was a time where it was hardfor people to believe we were talk-ing about a president doing all sortsof crazy things like ordering break-ins and asking how much it wouldcost to pay people off who workedin the Watergate building … whichseems pretty unbelievable today but back in those days they were doingatrocious things.The Senate Watergate Committeekind of brought it to life.
DTH:
So you served the subpoena to President Nixon. Is that correct?
RE:
I certainly did.
DTH:
Can you describe what that was like?
RE:
Oh my goodness, I willnever forget it — it is the day I willremember the most.
By Eric Garcia
Staff Writer
As student political groups seek to boost turnout and membership before this fall’s elections, the UNCCollege Republicans wield a signifi-cant cash advantage.For today’s debate between FoxBusiness Network host John Stosseland former Vermont governorand 2004 presidential candidateHoward Dean, the group is aided by the Young America’s Foundation.The foundation, which is partially funding the debate, is a right-lean-ing group dedicated to promotingconservatism on college campuses.It began working with UNC CollegeRepublicans in 1996.The groups have collaborated before to bring prominent speakers tocampus, such as former Republicanpresidential candidate Herman Cainearlier this year and former George W.Bush adviser Karl Rove in 2010.“The Young America’s Foundationhas been a fantastic partner forthe College Republicans over the years, and they continue to be,” saidGarrett Jacobs, chairman of theUniversity’s College Republicans.“(They’ve) been a huge asset forhelping us get speakers, and also anadditional source of funding.” According to its website, the Young America’s Foundation, which was started in 1969, was foundedat Vanderbilt University to providestudents with conservative ideaslacking from their education.Since then, the foundation has worked largely to help bring conser- vative leaders to speak on campuses.Other events organized by the foundation include formerRepublican presidential candidateSteve Forbes’ talk at Yale University today and an event with conserva-tive columnist Star Parker at UNCMonday, in conjunction with theCarolina Liberty Foundation.Patrick Coyle, vice president of YAF, said the University benefitsfrom more speaking events sincestudents are exposed to new ideas.Today’s debate costs more than$40,000 and is partially funded by $12,500 from the UNC CollegeRepublicans, which came fromspeaker fees allocated by StudentCongress. The foundation is coveringthe remaining cost of the event.The UNC Young Democrats hadalso initially planned to cosponsorthe event. But Austin Gilmore, presi-dent of the group, said it was unableto provide the necessary $10,000.Gilmore said the YoungDemocrats rely primarily on fund-ing from Student Congress, addingthat the group doesn’t have as largeof an alumni funding base as itsRepublican counterpart.“The Young Democrats doesn’thave the same kind of PAC-fundedsupport that assists the CollegeRepublicans in linking up and solic-iting donations from rich alumni,”he said. As the presidential campaigncomes down to the wire in NorthCarolina, Gilmore said he hopes thatmore representatives from the Obama campaign will come to campus — buthe added that the speakers wouldneed to be funded by the campaign.
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The student officers for the 2012-13 DTH Media Corporation board of directors were elected Tuesday.Meredith Clark, a third-yearPh.D. student in journalism andmass communication, was electedpresident.The DTH board governs the busi-ness operations of The Daily TarHeel and dailytarheel.com.The board is responsible forfinancial decisions and administer-ing the annual editor selection pro-cess — but not daily content deci-sions, which fall to the editors.
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By Lynsay Williams
Staff Writer
UNC Pop-Tarts have been hittingthe toasters as fast as they’ve beenhitting the shelves.The Pop-Tarts debuted in UNCStudent Stores on the morning of Aug. 31 and have been selling non-stop since, leading to an unexpect-ed shortage of the tasty treats.The initial order of 1,440 boxesof the Tar Heel Berry-flavoredpastries were put on the shelvesof the Student Stores and Pit Stopthe Friday before the first footballgame.By the end of the weekend, theshelves were empty, said JohnGorsuch, director of UNC StudentStores.“It’s pretty amazing how this hascaught the UNC students’ and TarHeel fans’ imaginations,” Gorsuchsaid.Gorsuch estimated that an aver-age of 100 t0 200 boxes of Pop-Tarts are flying off the University’sshelves every day.To the surprise of Student Storesmanagement, they were able to geta second and larger shipment of almost 6,000 more boxes.More than 700 of those boxeshave already been sold since Friday, when they were put out, said Ron Wood, the snack unit manager forStudent Stores.Gorsuch predicted that the store will run out within two weeks, andit doesn’t look like anymore will beavailable in the future — at leastnot this school year.“We’re not sure if (Kellogg’s) isgoing to do it next year,” Wood said.“With the tremendous response we’re getting, if I could get more,I’m sure I could sell more pallets,”he said. Wood said that some peopleare already buying the pastries forChristmas presents.UNC Pop-Tarts are also availableat local Walmart stores. A repre-sentative from the Hillsborough Walmart reported that the Pop-Tarts have been selling well, andcustomers have been excited.UNC is one of only five uni- versities in the country to have
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First lady Michelle Obama speaks at N.C. Central University in Durham on Wednesday about re-electing President Barack Obama for the 2012 election.
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By Vinayak Balasubramanian
Staff Writer
DURHAM — Thousands of enthusias-tic students and local residents gathered Wednesday at N.C. Central University to hearMichelle Obama make the case for her hus- band’s re-election.Despite the politicalundertones in her speech,the first lady sought toportray President Barack Obama from a personalangle — echoing a themefrom her Sept. 4 speech at the DemocraticNational Convention in Charlotte. As many as 3,100 people gathered in theMcDougald-McLendon Gymnasium at NCCU,filling it to capacity.The event — which was sponsored by Obama for America — was one of twospeeches that the first lady gave to studentson Wednesday. Obama later spoke at EastCarolina University.Obama told attendees of the personal strug-gles and moral lessons she and the presidentfaced growing up, what motivated them andhow this has influenced the president’s world view.“Like so many families in this country,our families weren’t asking for much. They didn’t begrudge anyone else’s success,” shesaid.“They simply believed in that fundamen-tal American promise that even if you don’tstart out with much, if you work hard and do what you’re supposed to do, then you should be able to build a decent life for yourself andan even better life for your kids,” Obama said.The first lady also reminded audience mem- bers of the struggles she and the presidentfaced in paying for college.“When it comes to student debt, believeme, Barack and I, we’ve been there,” she said.“He never could have attended college withoutfinancial aid.”Speaking before Obama, U.S. Rep. DavidPrice, D-N.C., mentioned to students that thepresident’s higher education policies helpedpay for about 16,000 N.C. veterans and250,000 N.C. students to attend college.The speech received a positive reaction fromthe audience, many of whom said they weremoved.Jacqueline Futrell, an adult basic educa-tion teacher at Durham Technical Community College, personally accompanied one of herdeaf students to the event.“I told her that since she was able to get a ticket, that I would personally bring her withme, to make sure that the interpreters werehere and everything, so that she could alsoenjoy hearing Mrs. Obama as well,” she said.Tania Irwin, a sophomore education majorat NCCU, said she nearly cried when she got toshake the first lady’s hand.“She is my idol, and I was just so inspired by her words.”
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Junior Jordan Barham buys UNC Pop-Tarts from Student Stores for her aunt.
school-themed Pop-Tarts — TheUniversity of Arkansas, University of Florida, University of Georgia and University of Michigan werealso approached by Kellogg’s.Senior Jordan Barcus said thateven though she hasn’t purchasedany, she thinks the Pop-Tarts withthe UNC logo are cute.“It’s convenient and a good way to show your support,” she said.In the almost four weeks thatthe Pop-Tarts have been available,Student Stores has sold more than2,000 boxes between the two ship-ments.“I think it was the right productat the right time, with the rightsymbol on it,” Gorsuch said.“Pop-Tarts are a staple for collegestudents, so with the UNC symbolprinted on the side, they taste bet-ter.”
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It was a very electrifying day.The whole country was riveted on Watergate because there was nosuch thing as Internet or cable TV — the three main networks werethe only TV channels, and they car-ried the Watergate hearings every day, not the soap operas.That was the first time a commit-tee of the Congress had subpoenaedthe president — you just didn’t dothat.So obviously I made the requestof the Senate to serve the subpoena.Human nature leads us to do somethings some times that we know will be historic.So I remember I was escorteddown there. There are a lot of pic-tures. It looks like they were takingme to jail. And when I finally got there, it was at the old executive buildingright beside the White House. Wehad called ahead to let them know we were coming and to receive us was the president’s counsel.So I served the subpoena andthey went and made copies … I brought the copies back, and it wasthe strangest thing — about five years ago my wife was rummagingthrough some boxes in the attic thatsaid “Watergate” and found thatsubpoena — well, it was the original.From that time on, I knew thatthe subpoena was going to go tothe University of North Carolina atChapel Hill’s Southern (Historical)Collection. That’s where it belonged.Do you think I would give it toDuke (University)? That’s whereNixon went to law school.
DTH:
Do you have anything else you would like to add?
RE:
I am just very happy aboutCarolina, and this is something thatI can do that leaves a lasting impact.
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