by Corinne White
staff writer
For each step of a half-mile journey, local middle schoolstudents walked in the shoes of Sudanese children.Sixth-grade students from McDougle Middle Schoolwalked the distance from the school to Hank AndersonIII Community Park in Carrboro to collect water in rec-ognition of Tuesday’s World Water Day, a United Nationsday dedicated to water issues.The program’s goal was to teach through experienceabout access to clean water in the United States comparedwith Sudan.“I didn’t know the water would be this dirty,” studentClaire Howes said. “It smells really bad.”The half-mile distance was trivial compared to the eighthours many Sudanese children spend walking to get watereach day, sixth-grade social studies teacher Katie Gulledgesaid.“It’s interesting that some of them wanted to sit downalready (after a short walk),” she said.Back in the classroom, students practiced filtrationtechniques and calculated how much water is used in basichousehold processes.“I feel lucky that I have all this drinkable water,” studentBianca Silva said.The students have spent the year exploring the plight of clean water access in Sudan and have dedicated the weekof March 21 for a school-wide global education projectcalled “Learning Without Borders.”“Hopefully it will have taught them that not everythingcomes as easy as they have it,” parent Gretchen Heizer said.The school is raising money for the nonprofit organiza-tion Water for Sudan to build a well in a Sudanese village.“The Sudan has a fraction of the water we do,” studentJaron Rosenberg said. “It’s good to put a well in the villageso they don’t have to walk so much.”As part of the week, students read the book “A LongWalk to Water,” a fictionalized account of the life story of Sudanese civil war refugee Salva Dut.“I liked tracking his journey through Sudan and how itimpacted his life,” student Graham Jones said.School project coordinator Jami Burns said the stu-dents were inspired by the life story of Dut, the founderand president of the water nonprofit.“The story was really sad but really sort of amazing,”student Juliet Coen said. “It really sort of snapped reality into focus.”Student Rachel Dean said female students especially related to the need for clean water because many Sudanesegirls have to collect water instead of attending school.The well the school aims to pay for would help to solvethe problem for girls in at least one village.“We take everything in America for granted,” Rachel
by Claire MCneilland Kaitlyn Knepp
staff writers
In the quiet college town of ChapelHill, on-campus parking rates forfaculty could easily be mistakenfor those at a school in a bustlingmetropolis.The culprit: a sliding scale thatassigns permit prices based on a pro-fessor’s salary. The system has drivenpermit prices to an average of $1,233in 2009-10, an astronomic level com-pared to the University’s peers, butvery much in line with what profes-sors pay at Harvard University and theUniversity of California-Los Angeles.Without state funding, the receipt-funded Department of Public Safety has looked to faculty to shoulder theburden of transit costs.“None of that’s free,” said DeanPenny, a Kimley-Horn and Associatesconsultant hired by DPS who con-ducted a study comparing UNC’srates to those at other schools.“Someone has to pay for that.”Since the system was introducedin 2003, that someone has been thefaculty member.But today, the Board of Trustees willhear a proposal for a five-year plan thataims to combat increasing operationalcosts — and share the burden of fees
by Claire MCneill
staff writer
Citing the state’s dire economicstraits, the University’s facilitiesservices department decided toremove a compressed scheduleoption that allowed 70 buildingservices employees the opportuni-ty to squeeze a 40-hour work weekinto four days.To make the minimum expectedcut of 5 percent for the 2011-12 fis-cal year, the department plans toeliminate 10 vacant positions andreturn building services employeesto the standardized five-day workweek of three years ago.Brandon Thomas, communica-tions director for facilities servic-es, said the schedule change willensure the most efficient servicesto campus from all shops withinbuilding services.“It just provides better cover-age for the University,” he said.“If someone is on four (10-hourshifts), it means that person won’tbe there on a Monday or Friday,typically.”He said having the workers pres-ent for eight-hour shifts five days aweek ensures that all special skillsare available when needed.Van Dobson, executive direc-tor for facilities services and chief facilities officer, said the change isintended to cut the 10 positionswithout sacrificing performance.“It’s for efficiency’s sake, toeliminate positions and bringmore force back to a standard workschedule,” Dobson said.Today, Dobson said supervisorswill meet with employees to discussthe upcoming change. Neither of the two employees contacted werewilling to comment on the record.Dobson, who said he has already held several meetings for employ-ees, added that the plan will remainintact unless he learns something atthe meeting he didn’t already know.“The further you go, the deeperyou cut, the harder it is to findthings that don’t affect the cus-tomer or the employee,” he said.Thomas said employees havealready offered feedback.“I think they’re going to do whatthey have to do and be professionalabout it and get the job done,” hesaid.Workers responded to the ini-tial memorandum with a notice of their own that argued service levelsare satisfactory with the four-day work schedule.Their memorandum raisesconcerns that employees on com-pressed schedules might suffer theimpact of paying for a fifth day of child care or losing an extra day ata second job when the change isimplemented.“We believe that moving toeight-hour days entirely is unneces-sary, unproductive, inefficient andunduly punitive to us from a finan-cial standpoint,” the memorandumread, arguing that the compressedschedule boosts morale and reten-tion — and reduces commutingtime and absenteeism.Edd Lovette, director of build-ing services, drafted a letter inresponse, assuring employees thatthe change was his only remainingoption.“I have exhausted other practi-
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Although UNC won a free con-cert with hip-hop legend SnoopDogg, facility use guidelines pro-hibiting commercial events may force the concert off-campus, orga-nizers said.The contest — part of a promo-tional push for Electronic Arts’video game “Bulletstorm” — sawmore than 35,000 people voteon Facebook, said EA CampusRepresentative Tyler Bronzino, aUNC senior.The concert, which Bronzinosaid is valued at about $500,000,would be free for UNC students.But the University’s facilities usepolicy specifically prohibits nonaf-filiated groups from using campusspace for commercial promotion.“The use of state property to selland promote a product is an issue,”said Tony Patterson, senior associ-ate director of the Student Union.EA Campus — a marketing divi-sion of Redwood City, Calif.-basedvideo game giant Electronic Arts— is not an officially recognizedstudent organization and as such,is subject to a different set of eventplanning guidelines, said DonLuse, Carolina Union Director.But EA Campus has operated atUNC in the past, Bronzino said.“I mean, EA is a corporation, butwe’ve gotten permission from UNCbefore to hold events,” Bronzinosaid.The sheer size of the proposedSnoop Dogg concert would requirea different planning process, Lusesaid.“Normally, outside groups aren’tbringing in large concerts like this,”said Nate Lerner, events planningmanager for the Student Union.“I’m not sure if it’s even possible.”Bronzino and his coordinator,Summer Bradley, the director of the EA Campus Rep program,have contacted the Carolina UnionActivities Board for help in plan-ning the concert, CUAB presidentTyler Mills said.As CUAB plans its annual end of the year celebration, it was thoughtthat the Snoop Dogg concert couldbe combined with whatever con-certs and events CUAB develops,Bronzino said.Bradley did not return calls forcomment.The organization is waiting tohear from the University if theevent will be approved. LaurenSacks, the Union’s assistant direc-tor of student learning, said thatCUAB expects to hear a responsefrom the University today.“It will be interesting to see if theUniversity is receptive to this,” Millssaid. “It’s a violent video game andgiven Snoop Dogg’s violent past anddrug use, I don’t know how it will goover with the University.”But Bronzino is confident thatthe concert will happen, he said.If the concert cannot be held oncampus, it would somewhere in theimmediate area that would still befree for UNC students, he said.“I’d hate for the event to nothappen,” Bronzino said. “We’re try-ing to everything by the books andprovide a free concert for UNC.”
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by brooke Pryor
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In any baseball game, adjusting to theopponent is key, and in the fifth inning of Tuesday night’s 14-2 victory against UNC-Wilmington, that’s exactly what NorthCarolina did.The inning saw four pitching changesin an effort to combat UNC-Wilmington’sstrong hitting. The twoteams combined to send15 pitchers to the moundin the game.“We got a lot of guysout of the bullpen to pitch, which is whatwe want to do midweek. A lot of peoplemight wonder what we’re doing,” UNC(19-3) coach Mike Fox said. “But when wecome out of the weekend and we’ve usedour weekend starters, we’ve got guys thathaven’t pitched.”The Seahawks attempted to baffle theTar Heels with a wide range of pitchers,including 5-foot-8 submarine pitcherAndrew Harnage and 6-foot-10 right-handed pitcher Jack Lane.Yet no number of UNC-W adjustmentscould slow UNC’s bats.“You just check your pitching chart andsee what they got warming up and take itfrom there,” North Carolina outfielder SethBaldwin said. “You watch what guys havedone at bat before if you aren’t leading off,and that’s just how we approach it.”Baldwin got things started for the TarHeels with a home run in the bottom of thethird, sailing the ball over the right-fieldfence.An inning later, Jesse Wierzbicki hit asacrifice fly to right, allowing Jacob Stallingsto score the second run of the game.The rest of the game highlighted the hit-ting abilities of the Tar Heels, as the teamamassed seven of their ten hits in the lastfive innings.Colin Moran led the way for the Tar Heelswith six RBIs, including his two-run homerun in the fifth frame that brought homeLevi Michael.“I just saw the ball pretty well and put aswing on it,” Moran said. “I thought I mighthave a chance.”Yet not all runs were scored off RBIs, asBen Bunting scored all the way from firston a stolen base and two UNC-W errors inthe sixth inning.Errors plagued both teams as UNC endedwith four. Three of these came during asloppy fifth inning that resulted in UNC-W’s only two runs.“We were sloppy in that one inning,” Foxsaid. “We’ve got pitchers that are throwingthe ball away at first and then a wild pitch …if you just don’t look at that one half-inning,we played alright.”Michael was helped off the field in thesixth frame after going down on a sprint tosecond base after Brian Holberton sent theball cruising away from the plate.Team spokesperson Dave Schmidt saidMichael rolled his ankle and is day-to-day.
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Dexter Strickland consistently has the toughest job on the defen-sive end of the basketball court.North Carolina’s sophomoreshooting guard has the assignmentof checking the opposing team’sbest guard, who is sometimes theopponent’s top scorer.But for his hard-nosed defenseon good players, Strickland doesn’tget the recognition like some of histeammates.“Nobody thinks they can chasehim down from behind,” UNCcoach Roy Williams said at a newsconference Tuesday. “Nobody enjoys guarding him. Nobody enjoys trying to stop him when hetakes it to the basket.“They understand that he hasn’tgotten the accolades and honorsthat everybody else has, yet they understand how important he’sbeen to our team.”In UNC’s Sweet 16 match againstMarquette on Friday, Stricklandmay cover Golden Eagles guardDarius Johnson-Odom, who aver-ages a team-high 16 points pergame.“Even the last game (againstWashington), we had IsaiahThomas we were really concernedabout and put Dexter on himand Kendall (Marshall) on their2-man,” Williams said.“It’s hard because sometimeswe’re asking him to chase guysaround screens like crazy and thenext game we’re telling him he’sgot to stay in front of the basketballwhen a guy is quick as lightning.”Although a freshman, Marshallsaid he can see improvements inStrickland’s game from last yearand can count on his backcourtteammate.“I think he’s an X factor,”Marshall said. “A lot of thingsDexter does doesn’t show up onthe stat sheet. He keeps gettingthese tough matchups but he goesup there and competes for 40 min-utes.”Prior to his 13 points againstWashington on Sunday, Stricklandhad not scored in double figuressince the N.C. State game on Feb.23. He averages 7.4 points andmore than two assists per game.He suffered a knee injury againstFlorida State in early February,but he kept it under wraps untilWilliams told the media last week.Williams said he would have sur-gery after the season, but Stricklandsaid nothing is certain.“I haven’t decided yet,”Strickland said. “The way it’s feel-ing now I don’t think I should getit. It’s treating me well. Right nowI don’t have soreness at all.”Strickland still took flight onseveral occasions late in the seasonwhile suffering the knee injury —most notably his dunk over Duke’sKyle Singler in the ACC tourna-ment championship game that wascalled a charge.“He had two magnificent playsin the championship game of theACC that were unfortunate calls,”Williams said.“Everybody looks at them laterand says, ‘Hmm, that kid didn’tget the benefit of the doubt.’ He’sreally done some good things andI think the other players appreci-ate it, too.”
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Hoping to lure foodies withlocal produce, gourmet chocolateand wine tastings, Hillsboroughbegan a new tour program thisweekend.Taste Carolina GourmetFood Tours held its first tour inHillsborough on Saturday, vis-iting the Eno River FarmersMarket, the Wooden Nickel,Matthew’s Chocolates, Cup A Joe,Hillsborough Wine Company andPanciuto.Hillsborough Mayor TomStevens said the tours are an excel-lent way to expand the town’s tour-ism sector.“We’re finding more and morepeople are coming to Hillsboroughbecause of the food,” he said. “I justknow that it will add to the over-all vitality of the economy and thetown.”For $41 a person, the tour allowsgroups of about 12 to visit five toeight local restaurants for tastingsand a chance to observe the foodservice process or ask chefs abouttheir work.Taste Carolina Gourmet FoodTours co-founder Lesley Strackssaid by going to area markets,tourists see how restaurants uselocally-grown ingredients in theirkitchens.“We’re hoping that people wholive in the Triangle, but don’t knowHillsborough, come and see it,” shesaid.The program also provides toursin downtown Durham, Raleigh,Chapel Hill and Carrboro.Patty Griffin, director of com-munications for the Chapel Hill-Orange County Visitor’s Bureau,said the county relies heavily ontourism, which brought in $135million to the area in 2009.Although Chapel Hill brings insignificantly more tourists thanHillsborough because of its ties toUNC, Stracks said the towns donot compete.“It’s not so much about compe-tition, but cooperation,” she said.“They all maintain the similargoal to bring people to the OrangeCounty district while competingwith other areas.”As another way to promotetourism, Hillsborough has a 1percent tax on prepared foodand beverage services. Revenuefrom the tax, which brought in$40,000 last year, is dividedbetween the town’s tourism cen-ter and local events like the annu-al Celebration of the AutomobileCar Show.Griffin said the county visi-tor’s center has an annual bud-get of $975,000, which is thendivided between the three towns.Hillsborough receives approxi-mately $70,000 to promote itstourism sector.Stevens said the town is creat-ing a trail that goes through themajor historical and natural land-marks to attract visitors.“What you’ ll find inHillsborough is primarily a smalltown experience, but it has a very distinctive history,” he said.Chapel Hill Mayor MarkKleinschmidt said he supportsHillsborough’s attempts to widenits tourist appeal.“Chapel Hill, Hillsborough andCarrboro have a synergistic rela-tionship when it comes to tour-ism,” he said. “When one does well,the others do well.”
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At the last meeting of the cur-rent Student Congress’ financecommittee, Dakota Williams tookhis last chance as student body treasurer to make a portion of theStudent Code easier to read.Williams presented the com-mittee a bill to revise Title V of the Student Code on Tuesday. Thecommittee voted to pass the bill tothe rules and judiciary committee,which will meet later this week.Williams said the title is difficultfor many student organizations tounderstand because of its lengthand lack of transparency.Title V establishes how studentorganizations apply for fundingfrom Student Congress as wellas the stipends given to studentgovernment officers. At 25 pages,it makes up almost a sixth of thelength of the Student Code.“I hate how many groups I’veseen fail to get funding becausethey missed an important detail ordeadline,” he said.Williams’ revision seeks to cleanup and reorganize the information,making the rules easier to read,he said. The bill will also cut thelength of Title V roughly in half,resulting in a 10-page document.Williams said he hopes a cleanersection will lead to more applica-tions for funds.“Really anyone can pick it up,understand it and read it,” he said.One of the biggest revisionsmade by Williams involves achange to the annual budget.Instead of having a single appro-priation distribution period forstudent organizations, the bill callsfor separate periods for the fall andspring semesters.Having separate appropriationperiods per semester will make iteasier for groups to schedule eventsearly in the school year, he said.“It saves a lot of time and ener-gy,” Williams said. “I think this isreally for the better.”Some committee membersobjected to the change, worryingthat it was too sharp a departurefrom the current document. Butafter Williams further explained thebenefits of having two appropria-tion periods each year, the commit-tee voted to accept the change.“It makes it easier. It’s more con-cise. It makes it easier to inventory,”said Chelsea Miller, chairwoman of the finance committee.“Dakota is on to something,”committee member StephenDavid Brown added. “In theory, itwill help groups plan their eventsbetter.”Another change in the bill was theaddition of an unpaid deputy studentbody treasurer, a position Williamssaid was necessary to help take onsome of the treasurer’s workload.“It’s really just an accountant,”he said. “It still should be a jobeven if it’s not paid.”Though committee membersargued over a few of the details of the bill, they agreed the revisions tothe title were necessary.“The idea here is to make thecode more clear and rewrite Title V,”said Alex Mills, speaker of StudentCongress. “If we don’t pass this, thenext Student Congress will have todeal with the word vomit of the cur-rent Title V.”
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Due to a reporting error,Tuesday’s front page story “Decadesafter rejection, 74-year-old joinsZeta Beta Tau” misstated the titlesof Michael Black and Wes Wollard.They are not the current presidentand vice president, respectively, of the ZBT chapter at UNC.Due to an editing error, Tuesday’spage “Show spins Catholic mass”incorrectly stated Sean McKeithan’stitle. He is the coordinator of com-munications and marketing atCarolina Performing Arts.The Daily Tar Heel apologizesfor the errors.
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Stanford University’s WoodsInstitute for Environment hasnamed Greg Characklis, an associ-ate professor of environmental sci-ences and engineering at UNC, a2011 Leopold Leadership Fellow.Characklis came to UNC in2001, and his research focuses onplanning water supply and treat-ment strategies. He works withcommunities in North Carolinaand elsewhere to examine how they can mitigate drought risk. He is inSwitzerland working on projectsrelated to improving water resourcemanagement in Switzerland.The Leopold proogram selects 20academic environmental research-ers as fellows annually and providesthem with leadership and communi-cations training. The aim is to trainresearchers to engage with policy makers, journalists, business leadersand communities facing sustainabil-ity and environmental decisions.Fellows are chosen based ontheir qualifications as research-ers, leadership ability and interestin communicating with audiencesoutside of an academic setting.Each fellow participates in twoweeklong training sessions.
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The College of Arts and Scienceshas an open position for a full-timemultimedia intern.The internship is a one-yearpaid editorial position in the col-lege’s communications office.The intern will produce videosand multimedia presentations forweb and other media, take photosfor news stories and publications,and assist with special events.Class of 2011 graduates withdegrees in journalism, public rela-tions, communications, video pro-duction, web design and manage-ment or news reporting, writing orediting are preferred.The intern will begin workingthis summer and will receive a full-time stipend. Applications are dueApril 15. Applicants should send aresume, cover letter, work samplesand three references to the college’scommunications office.
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The Order of the Golden Fleecewill hold its Tapping and InductionCeremony at 5 p.m. Thursday inthe Forest Theatre.The Order of the Golden Fleeceis considered the highest honorary society at the University. The soci-ety’s goal is to resolve University problems and improve campus life.New inductees are unaware of the ceremony and will first learn of their induction Thursday evening.
CiTy Briefs
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The April 14 meeting of theChapel Hill-Carrboro City SchoolsBoard of Education meeting hasbeen re-purposed. It was originally planned as a regular meeting, butwill now be used for a board devel-opment session. The meeting will beheld at the Lincoln Center at 7 p.m.
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More than 20 Orange County residents voiced their opinions onthe proposed location of a Carrborolibrary branch at a public hearingTuesday night.With the bulk of the oppositionfor the 210 Hillsborough Road sitecoming from surrounding neigh-borhood residents, the CarrboroBoard of Aldermen requested moreinformation on how the library could impact local traffic flowsbefore the board makes its deci-sion April 19.While Town Manager SteveStewart said the staff would try their best to fulfill these requests,but the few weeks before the nextmeeting don’t leave them muchtime for thorough analysis.“Asking for specific traffic impactsprobably can’t be done,” he said. “Thetown doesn’t have money set asidefor such a detailed site analysis.”
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