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the helm of his bar, the co-owner day shoppers could feel a pinch in ing spaces that will be lost with the
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Dave Kitzmiller, 74, said he they received a zoning compliance “We’re also in the process of final-
came out of retirement from his permit from the Town of Chapel izing some signage that will go up SOURCE: GOOGLE MAPS
home in Nova Scotia to manage Hill after weeks of delays. within the next week or so,” Gibson DTH/LENNON DODSON
He’s Not Here after he nearly Closure of a section of town- said. The signs will show shoppers,
decided to close the bar. dth/victoria stilwell owned Parking Lot 5, where the visitors and students where the private and public parking spaces.
“Until a few months ago, I was Dave Kitzmiller, co-owner of He’s Not Here, stands by a new mural in its development will be located, is parking has been relocated. Eighteen units of affordable hous-
seriously considering and had beer garden. The Franklin Street bar changed management in November. set to take effect Dec. 15, said The 140 West development com- ing dedicated to the Community
intended to close He’s Not Here town engineer Jay Gibson. The bines public, commercial and living Home Trust are also included in the
December 1,” said Kitzmiller, who ager and bartender Mark Burnett, attorney. lot is located at the intersection of spaces with the goal of recharging development’s number of units.
shares ownership of the bar with a familiar face for those who fre- Kitzmiller said he stepped into Franklin and Church streets. the downtown atmosphere. The approved construction plan
Hillsborough resident Michael quent the bar. the management role after the Full closure of the lot will take The structure will stand eight allows for closing a section of Church
Troy. “I didn’t sign my lease. I Burnett said he was fired Nov. bar’s finances continued to spiral place on Jan. 3, around the same stories tall at its highest point and Street for about 12 to 15 months, a
told my landlord, ‘I’m going to be 3 after spending 33 years at He’s downward, which he credited to time construction will begin on the contain 140 units of upscale con- shorter period of time than the origi-
gone.’” Not. new development. dominiums, 26,000 square feet of
Kitzmiller replaced former man- He said he has since hired an See he’s not here, Page 5 “One of the things we’ve been ground-level retail space and 337 See 140 west, Page 5
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NOV. 23, 1925 … SEXIST DIALOGUE will be closing at 5:30 p.m. FINAL SPRINT It’s November.
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K. Smith and the Carnegie offensive painting on recognition of Thanksgiving women’s cross country
and a break from classes.
Foundation of New York, the the side of a Pit cube, The paper will not be pub- team finished 14th in Wednesday’s weather
University renovated Feminist Students lished during the break. the NCAA, with Kendra
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Service schedule changes have contributed to the time it had passed on Nov. 2. — money or following doctors’ instructions.
takes the county to respond to 911 that Emergency Services Director “But that takes money for bro- Bernadette Pelissier, Orange
for Thanksgiving holiday county commissioner, on emergency
calls, leaving officials concerned Frank Montes de Oca said would chures and for personnel to get out
about what the loss of a potential have gone to increased training, there,” Montes de Oca said. services needs with an aging population
Most municipal offices will be
closed Thursday and Friday in revenue stream could mean for staff and equipment. And although the number of But, he said, there is still not
observance of Thanksgiving. As a already strained resources. Montes de Oca said his depart- calls to emergency services has enough funding or staff at the
result, the following changes will Orange County Emergency ment was counting on the fund- increased in the past five years, the county level for the department to North Carolina
be made to the service schedule: Services officials discovered in the ing from the tax to help lower the department’s ambulances and per- work as efficiently as it could.
-There will be no residential trash spring that their average response response time to 12 minutes. sonnel have not, said South Orange Montes de Oca said the depart- now 25th in polls
collection Thursday or Friday. time was 17 minutes — five min- “But we understand that the vot- Rescue Squad Chief Matthew ment hopes to add 35 to 40 posi-
-There will be no commercial utes longer than their goal, said ers spoke, and we respect that, and Mauzy. tions to help ease the increas-
Bernadette Pelissier, vice-chairwom- we’ll deal with it,” he said. The rescue squad, which is ing demand, but these additions by Mark Thompson
trash collection Thursday. ASsistant Sports Editor
-There will be no curbside recy- an of the Boards of Commissioners. Pelissier said the stress on EMS manned by an all-volunteer staff, depend on future funding.
Pelissier said this high response North Carolina’s men’s basket-
cling collection Thursday, and resources is largely a result of the provides “surge coverage” when all “We’re still working internally
time has made EMS a priority for ball team left for the Puerto Rico
the day’s routes will be collected county’s aging population. of the county’s ambulances are tied among our staff to determine bud-
county commissioners. Tip-Off tournament last week
Saturday. “You have to look at what is your up in addition to supplying ambu- get needs,” he said. “When we get
“Even last year in a very tight playing with a confidence that
-The Orange County Landfill population base,” she said. “It’s not lances and EMTs to the area three into the budget season, we’ll pre-
budget, when we actually decreased resembled past teams coached by
will be closed Thursday and will just the number of the people. It’s nights a week, Mauzy said. pare some documents for (commis-
our budget, we did give additional Roy Williams.
re-open the Friday at 7 a.m. the needs of people. “Our intent is to add more sioners).”
funds to emergency management UNC had beaten its two oppo-
-The Orange County Solid Waste “If you had a community that resources onto the road, and it is
because of the situation with the nents by an average of 29 points,
Convenience Centers will be closed was all 25-year-olds you’d have certainly more economical to have Contact the City Editor
response time,” she said. and the Tar Heels were one of the
Thursday and will re-open Friday much a smaller need.” volunteers to do it,” Mauzy said. at citydesk@unc.edu.
top teams in the tournament.
at 7 a.m. But following two upset losses to
-The Office and Maintenance Minnesota and Vanderbilt, the No.
Division of housing will be closed 25 Tar Heels returned from Puerto
BUSTY
Thursday and Friday. For emergen- Rico more concerned. It was a
cy maintenance services, residents shock to the system, but Williams
can call (919) 968-2855. spoke calmly about his team’s cur-
-The Chapel Hill Public Library rent problems.
CUBE
will be closed Thursday and Friday. “We’ve all got to be concerned
-The town parking office will be that we play better, have more dis-
closed Thursday and Friday. Street cipline about what we’re trying to
parking meters and town-owned do, have more intensity,” he said. “I
DRAWS
lots and the Wallace Deck will be mean we’re concerned, there’s no
free Thursday. Regular enforce- question.”
ment of all parking will resume on But for that to happen, UNC
Saturday. (2-2) must adjust a number of
-The Chapel Hill Parks and
IRE
things.
Recreation Department adminis- For starters, Harrison Barnes,
trative office on Plant Road will be who Williams said was unfairly
closed Thursday and Friday. given a preseason All-America
-The Orange Water and Sewer title, must play better. In the last
Authority offices will be closed two games — both losses — the
Thursday and Friday.
Campus talks about freshman has gone 4-for-24 from
the field.
Town Council places 60-day
moratorium on library plans
‘rape culture’ sparked But Williams didn’t attribute
his slow start to a desire to do too
much on his own.
Chapel Hill Town Council mem- By Sara Gregory “I get the sense he’s not doing
bers decided to impose a 60-day Senior writer
enough,” he said. “Sometimes you
moratorium on the expansion It was hard not to stare: The woman’s have to lose yourself into the game.
project for the public library after a breasts were so large she made Barbie look You can’t be trying to be perfect. You
local development offered to house downright small-busted. can’t be concerned about what you
the facility. The men on the ice hockey team who as an individual are accomplishing.
During the 60 days, Town painted her on the side of a cube in the Pit And I think we’ve got a whole team
Manger Roger Stancil will “flesh knew she’d draw attention. full of that scenario right now….
out” the details for the move to That was sort of the point, they say. Few What everybody’s got to focus on
give council members a better feel know about their team, and fewer still know of is, ‘We’ve got to do this.’”
of what the project would entail. the tournament that honors their late coach. Williams said UNC spent the
“Sixty days is very ambitious,” In retrospect, they realize the painted first three weeks of practice playing
he said. “I’m thinking in 60 days woman, and the invitation below her (“Come against the junior varsity basketball
we could have negotiated with watch us score”) was bound to attract all the team in order to prevent potential
Madison-Marquette with the basics wrong kinds of attention. injuries to starters.
of what the deal would be and we “We figured we’d get an interesting reac- Because of that, he said the team
would provide information to the tion,” said senior John Thompson, one of had to adjust to increased competi-
council.” the team’s vice presidents. “But we definitely tion, but that he will still take the
The Chapel Hill Public Library weren’t trying to offend anyone.” tradeoff to not risk an early injury.
was scheduled to begin operating “Disgusted” was how senior Robyn North Carolina’s 38 turnovers in
out of University Mall in December Levine described feeling after walking home the past two games, which Williams
as part of a temporary relocation, and seeing the cube Wednesday night. credited in part to an overall lack
but the mall’s owners offered to For Levine, the ice hockey team’s cube of experience, are certainly an area
represented “part of a larger problem” on dth/jessie lowe
house the facility permanently in UNC would like to improve.
Friday meeting. college campuses where women’s bodies are The UNC club ice hockey team has received criticism for their Pit cube promotion of last
“Nobody likes to admit it, but
Visit dailytarheel.com for the full objectified and such behavior is tolerated. weekend’s ice hockey tournament with a painting of a large-breasted woman with the guys, we are an unbelievably young
story. “It wasn’t particularly surprising,” she said. invitation, “watch us score.” A day later, the image was painted over by the team. team,” Williams said. “Young teams
“It was just a really obvious manifestation.” are going to make mistakes … I
OC Commissioners discuss Later that night, Levine and members of gized and corrected the wrong,” Salvadore can’t coach them to pass and catch.
Feminist Students United talked about how said. “We also wanted to make clear that our If they can’t pass and catch by the
development ordinance to respond. Their goal was to point out why intentions were not to support rape culture. In time they get here, we’ve got major
the cube had offended them, and why they no way do we support or condone that at all.” problems.”
The Board of Orange County
saw it as part of a larger problem. Since Thursday, the two groups’ lead- Five of UNC’s six leading scorers
Commissioners moved for an
“Just saying ‘that’s sexist’ with no other ers have been in talks with one another. are freshmen or sophomores, as are
updated timetable for reviewing an
context wouldn’t have been the most con- Ice hockey team members plan to attend a six of the 10 players averaging more
ordinance that aims to compact six
structive,” Levine said. Feminist Students United meeting and are than 10 minutes a game.
county land-use documents into
Thursday, the group took to the cubes, looking into One Act, a one-hour class on But at some point, that too will
a single cohesive one at Monday
painting the adjoining side. With giant preventing interpersonal violence. no longer be a fallback for UNC.
night’s meeting.
orange arrows, they directed attention to The ice hockey team realizes now how “I’m gonna put more pressure
Board Chairwoman Valerie
“sexism around the corner” and declared offensive the cube was, Salvadore said. on them, by-god you’ve got to play
Foushee said she believes that
that “this is what rape culture looks like.” “We really did not know what rape cul- better,” Williams said. “You’ve got
the time line for the Unified
Kyle Salvadore learned from a friend what ture exactly was before,” he said. to play like you did in the first ten
Development Ordinance originally
the feminist group was painting. Salvadore, Incidents like this happen all the time, minutes of the second half last
outlined should be amended to
a junior and an ice hockey team vice presi- but talking about it publicly helps prevent night. You know this is not sev-
give both commissioners and the dth/jessie lowe
dent, rushed to the Pit to see it for himself. it in the future, Levine said. enth-grade little-league bitty-ball.
Orange County Planning Board A day after the UNC club ice hockey team
Within minutes, he painted over the busty “It did start a larger conversation.” You knew what it was going to be
more time to review the ordi- painted a cube in the Pit, the Feminist
woman and sent an e-mail apologizing to when you got here.”
nance.
leaders of Feminist Students United. Contact the University Editor Students United Organization had painted a
“We want to get this time line
“We just want to make sure that we apolo- at udesk@unc.edu. response on the adjacent side of the cube. Contact the Sports Editor
figured out by the end of the fiscal
year,” Foushee said. “It is clear to at sports@unc.edu.
us that once we start on our budget
by kristen MCavoy were covertly moved from the busi- the year,” Griffin said.
staff writer ness school to obscure locations. In response to Griffin’s editorial,
Hundreds of copies of the N.C. A month later, a second instance NCCU Associate Provost Debbie
Central University student newspa- occurred after an article titled Thomas e-mailed the students and
per have been found either moved “Sociability Shortage in Sociology” faculty.
without permission or trashed. was published. The story detailed “Attempts to suppress unpleas-
After Campus Echo, the stu- an incident in a teacher’s sociology ant news are offensive and con-
dent-led newspaper, released two class in which the paper reports she trary to everything we stand for
controversial stories in October called a student racist. at our university, where the free
and November, there were several According to the article, the exchange of information should
incidences of illicit moving and issue led to a student’s dismissal. not be impeded,” Thomas said in
trashing of copies in bulk. Hundreds of copies of the paper the e-mail.
Newspaper theft is considered were taken from two buildings and Griffin said the paper would
a crime. trashed in a dumpster on the uni- continue to write about controver-
The offenders have not been versity’s campus. sial issues in a professional manner
identified because, according to Ashley Griffin, the newspaper’s despite the resistance.
administrators, campus security editor-in-chief who wrote the arti- Bruce dePyssler, the newspaper’s
cameras do not overlook the news- cle about the sociology class issue, adviser, said this has been the first
paper boxes in the buildings where responded to the incident with an such incident to happen in the 10
the papers were moved. editorial expressing her disappoint- years he has worked at the paper.
In early October, the newspa- ment in her fellow students. Both dePyssler and Griffin
per published “Business School Griffin also encouraged the said they did not feel their First
Blues”— an article about the dis- school to issue a public statement Amendment rights had been
missal of the NCCU business to condemn the actions taken infringed upon by these acts.
school dean. against the newspaper.
After publication, boxes con- “I was very upset because these Contact the State & National
taining issues of the school’s paper dth/erin hull
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were two of our biggest stories of Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.
aladin Muhammad, a UE 150 organizer, talks about North Carolina labor laws and
how they affect the UNC worker organization in Hamilton Hall on Monday night.
Students and Workers Unite for a Better Carolina met in Hamilton to discuss labor
Immerse yourself in history, laws and relations. Muhammad urged students to empathize with the workers and
to learn to identify with them. To read the full story, visit dailytarheel.com.
Spanish or Chinese –
without leaving campus!
Language Immersion Programs in Spanish and Chinese will be offered at UNC-
Chapel Hill in summer 2011. Students will take language classes and extend
their language learning through cultural and social activities. Both immersion
programs will be offered in first summer session May 10 – June 14, 2011.
In the Spanish program, students will earn six credits for SPAN 111. In the
Chinese program, students will earn credit for a language class, CHIN 101, and
a culture class, CHIN 150.
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and director of diversity and multicultural affairs, discuss the history of African-
Americans at UNC at a diversity seminar on Monday in the Upendo Lounge in the Student
and Academic Services Building. To read the full story, visit dailytarheel.com.
Permission granted
Chapel Hill gave the 140 West
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2 0 1 0 - 2 0 1 1 S E A S O N
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Sarah Frier
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
The Daily Tar Heel EDITOR, 962-4086
Frier@email.unc.edu
EDITorial BOARD members
humble
dismisses the concerns of the
TO THE EDITOR: soda tax opposition as those
I would like to take this oppor- of the, “you guessed it,” soda
pie?
tunity to publicly apologize about companies, who think the tax
a painting that promoted a UNC would be bad for business. This
hockey tournament. is a valid concern, given that
The tournament is an annual the soft drink industry employs
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UNC hosted event that honors over 180,000 workers, and that
he media has overly sensa- James Sapikowski, a UNC coach the universal consensus among
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from your college bubble, let me the team we are all very sorry for which contains more sugar than
suggest giving thanks for a sadly tudents walking through turn those statements into con- Painting over offensive mes-
the people who were offended. Coke).
disappearing generation that the Pit last week might structive conversation. sages, as is the practice with
Another justification
embodied being humble, inde- have noticed a cube It would have been really the NC State free expression Kyle Salvadore employed by Ms. Dugan is the
pendent and basically American. painted by the men’s club ice easy for members of Feminist tunnel, doesn’t make them Junior lowering of healthcare costs.
Charles Munger is the busi- hockey team. The cube adver- Students United to sabotage go away. Messages need to be Exercise and Sport Science The kicker is, according to a
ness partner of investment guru tised the team’s participation the hockey advertisement by delivered to be discussed. An 2008 study published in PLoS
Warren Buffet. At 86 years old, in a tournament and featured painting over it. Outrageous offensive message cannot dis- Medicine, obesity preven-
having grown up through the Enough: Criticism of UNC
a drawing of a busty woman imagery doesn’t always evoke credit itself if it is censored. football team over the top tion does not lower healthcare
Great Depression to now be worth costs, it raises them. Non-lethal
and the tag line, “Come watch a measured response. It didn’t take long for the
an estimated $2 billion, he is also TO THE EDITOR: diseases are far more expensive
blunt, wise and pragmatic — the us score.” But by painting their own hockey team to apologize for
M e m b e r s o f Fe m i n i s t c ube, Feminis t Students the cube and offer to take steps After months of open-mind- than lethal, obesity-related dis-
sort of person you wish was a poli- ed patience, I have canceled eases.
tician. Well worth your time, there Students United took offense to United enhanced the debate to make up for it.
the cube. They painted anoth- in a meaningful way. Offensive Events like this are why pub- my subscription to the News &
is an interview with him on Yahoo Observer. Sunday’s editorial cas- David Deerson
Finance (“Charlie Munger on er side of it, expressing their messages are a voice against lic forums exist. Outreach Coordinator
tigating Chancellor Thorp has so
Communism, Botox, and Goldbug opinions about the derogatory themselves. Last week’s cube incident many inaccuracies and inappro- College Libertarians
Jerks”) in which he shares some nature of the hockey team’s Calling attention to it rather was a victory for the First priate accusations that I can no
of the tough, humbling love more advertisement. than covering it up allowed the Amendment.
people need to hear and live, sort
longer tolerate the anti-Carolina Four Loko is a dangerous
The strategy the leaders of community to have a thought- It is encouraging to see stu- bias that has fueled the News &
of a G-rated version of the father drink, right to be banned
Feminist Students United used ful debate. dents act in ways that show Obsessor’s coverage of our foot-
in the “Sh*t My Dad Says” blog. to deal with the advertisement This is how protests should respect for and understanding ball program. TO THE EDITOR:
I will concede that today, it is No, broad support for Butch The letter “Personal decisions
tougher to be humble, to appreci-
they found offensive helped to be done. of public debate.
Davis is not based on the team’s should guide Four Loko debate”
ate the true needs in life. Still, record. (Nov. 17) advocates the freedom
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No, our high standards in ath- drink (consuming five or more
But there is no reason we hen is a tuition cap The provision creates a moral advantage of this provision letics have not been harmed. drinks in two hours), is the high-
shouldn’t be truly as humble as not a cap? Answer: hazard which threatens the this year, which provides some No, neither Holden Thorp est among 18- to 20-year-olds. A
those who went through the Great when it doesn’t limit long-term character of North temporary reassurance. nor Dick Baddour have failed to UMD-SPH study showed that col-
Depression and had threatened
tuition increase proposals in Carolina higher education. But “extenuating circumstanc- acknowledge the gravity of the lege youth who mix energy drinks
their basic needs for survival — situation. with alcohol are three times more
food, water and shelter — and not the UNC system. And it hinders financial es” are unlikely to be difficult for
On the face of it, the revised planning by students and a campus to prove, given the No, the Kenan Stadium likely to binge drink than those
just their basic needs for conve- expansion is not a private retreat who don’t mix.
nience and a high quality of life. Four-Year Tuition Plan for the their families because tuition flexible criteria for assessment
UNC system maintains the 6.5 becomes less predictable. by the Board of Governors. for our sports boosters. The caffeine in Four Loko pre-
Even into his 90s, my grand- No, it has not been a winless vents the body from passing out
father had a Great Depression percent cap on resident tuition There will always be cir- UNC-system tuition is
season in Chapel Hill: our foot- as a defense mechanism against
mindset — some might call it increases. cumstances which force raises already a long way away from ball program’s coaches, players, alcohol poisoning, enabling
“stinginess” — that I am thankful We certainly approve of the beyond normal constraints. This the original aim of the consti- and staff have handled adversity consumers to drink more alco-
is in me. He would go so far as to cap: It’s a reflection of the state’s past summer, students were hit tution to provide the benefits and maintained an impressive hol. The decision to binge drink
tear out the parts of napkins he mandate, laid out in North with an unexpected $750 tuition of higher education “free of record, and their diligent perfor- is more than a matter of inde-
used, saving the still-clean por- Carolina’s constitution, to offer increase by the legislature. expense” as far as possible. mance has the strong support of pendent choice — it is a leading
tions for future use. Food never a UNC education to state resi- But a firm tuition cap on Formalizing the process for their fellow athletes, fellow stu- public health disaster for college
went to waste; someone ate it dents, and Carolina faculty, staff, students.
and stored the calories.
dents as cheaply as possible. UNC-system requests forces major increases by campuses is
But it’s undermined by the campuses to do their utmost to a step in the wrong direction: and alumni. Wednesday’s letter noted the
What I admire most about experiential value of a mom let-
older generations — and what added provision which allows maintain the state’s promise to There is no need to give uni-
campuses to plan higher increas- residents and keep tuition low. versity campuses the power to Steve Reznick ting her child put his/her hand
allowed them to be so humble — Chair on the burner. But would any
is their independence and drive to es if they can justify “extenuating UNC administrators tell formally seek out extraordinary
Faculty Athletics Committee caring mom allow her child to
get something done themselves. It circumstances.” us they don’t intend to take increases. try heroin to “learn a lesson”?
is a humble mindset that is being We are talking about sub-
lost in today’s generations. Tool Soda tax is regressive,
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soft drink consumption has developed until age 24). Should
convenience, we can lose our inde- he Town of Chapel Hill an organization to advocate for tation workers and supervisors
stayed relatively stable over the we simply stand back and allow
pendence and ability to do what was perfectly just in its those who might otherwise feel could all be engaged in a racially students to fry their brains?
same time period (beginning at
we might need to when a situation recent firing of two sani- disenfranchised. motivated conspiracy to victim- less than 50 gallons per-capita Seemingly asinine or not,
presents itself without convenient tation workers for failing to do But in the interest of pre- ize these men is ludicrous. preventing excessive under-
in 1990, peaking at about 55 in
technology present. It might be their jobs and repeatedly show- serving the credibility of such Out of respect for the age drinking is beneficial to
1997, and back down to under 50
something as simple as needing to ing aggression toward their an organization, leaders of the NAACP, these men should take the health of future decision
in 2008).
know how to drive a manual trans- coworkers, their supervisors Chapel Hill NAACP should be responsibility for their wrongs makers and our country as a
Of course, a diet heavy in
mission, or how to fix or upgrade
and town residents. more, well, discriminate in their rather than risk the credibility soda will help contribute to an whole.
the inner workings of your house. When Benjamin Franklin
If anything, evidence sug- choice of causes. In the case of of an organization that is try- overweight lifestyle, but so will
Trends like “helicopter parent- said “an ounce of prevention
gests that the town should have the two sanitation workers, ing to help them. poor food choice, big portions,
ing” have gone so far that children is worth a pound of cure,” he
fired these men long ago. And by there is ample evidence that And out of respect for itself and lack of exercise. Perhaps
can’t even play in their neighbor- sure knew what he was talking
acting as advocates for two men the men failed to perform the and its founding aims, the we should levy a fee every time
hoods on their own. The trend about.
someone goes a day without at
today is to prevent problems by who are clearly in the wrong, duties of their job. NAACP should stop taking up
least 30 minutes of exercise.
whatever means necessary rather the National Association for The memoranda notifying causes without a more thorough Should we mandate federally Rachel Holtzman
than to allow kids to be indepen- the Advancement of Colored the men of their termination vetting of their legitimacy. It only Freshman
approved diets and daily calis-
dent, experience problems and People is diminishing its own offered a litany of transgres- harms the organization’s other Undecided
thenics?
deal with them on their own. credibility and giving ammuni- sions reported by a variety of valid complaints and questions
Society has evolved but can’t tion to those who accuse it of sources over an extended period when the concrete examples it
leave behind its foundation of being reactionary. of time. The idea that such an tries to use illustrate how these SPEAK OUT department and phone number.
self-reliance. Independence is ➤ Edit: The DTH edits for space,
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that generation is still around to JOin us: The Daily Tar Heel is hiring for the spring semester. ➤ Sign and date: No more than
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Be thankful for the foundation We’re looking for about eight columnists who will produce hard-hitting, insightful, well-written and well-researched Rosemary Street.
columns with local relevance centered around a theme of their own choosing on a biweekly basis. ➤ Students: Include your year,
of knowledge they created. Show it major and phone number. ➤ E-mail: to dthedit@gmail.com
and humble yourself by learning it We’re looking for about eight to 10 board members who will write unsigned editorials on behalf of the DTH. Members ➤ Send: to P.O. Box 3257, Chapel
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yourself. It worked for them. must attend a one-hour meeting on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday each week to brainstorm and pitch ideas. Each board Hill, N.C., 27515.
member can expect to write several editorials a week.
Monday: We’re looking for cartoonists who will produce creative, original editorial cartoons weekly. Submit three work samples to apply. EDITOR’S NOTE: Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily represent the opinions
Columns will pick back up after the of The Daily Tar Heel or its staff. Editorials reflect the opinions of The Daily Tar Heel edito-
Please visit 151 E. Rosemary Street or www.DailyTarHeel.com under “Opinion” for an application.
rial board. The board consists of eight board members, the associate opinion editor, the
break starting with Hinson Neville. Applications are due at 5 p.m. Dec. 8. Contact Opinion Editor Cameron Parker at cdp@unc.edu with questions. opinion editor and the editor.