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VOLUME 117, ISSUE 154

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thursday, february 18, 2010

diversions| page 5
ALWAYS ON KEE
Jerry Kee’s recording studio
inside his Mebane home
might not look like much,
but his studios have been
hotbeds for local artists for
more than 20 years.

city| page 4
CASTING THEIR VOTES
County commissioners trying
to increase voter turnout are
considering funding an early
voting site at Carrboro Town dth/margaret cheatham williams

Hall that has been closed. UNC heavyweight wrestler Ziad Haddad orders “the usual” at Franklin Street Pizza & Pasta: a garden salad, penne with pink basil sauce, a slice of Sicilian pizza and a Philly cheesesteak.

Grapplin’
By Mark Thompson
assistant Sports Editor
People love and respect a man who rises from the
ashes.
Ziad Haddad first heard those words from his uncle fol-

with his
lowing his freshman year. They reverberated in his head
like a challenge, but one he wasn’t used to.
Less than a year later, those words are his story.
A former high school national champion, Haddad fell
into the fire of academic ineligibility at the end of his red-
shirt freshman campaign. Now the Pennsylvania native is

grades
back on the mat, riding a four-match win streak and ranked
No. 21 in the nation after regaining it.

university | page 3 Developing a champion

Haddad was born a competitor. Three brothers, one sis-
READY TO DANCE ter and countless games of Monopoly. It isn’t what’s written courtesy of thomas ferguson sr.
UNC Dance Marathon
organizers took pies to the
Wrestler gets another shot See haddad, Page 13
Haddad overcame a 0.6 GPA last year to become eligible for this
season. The redshirt freshman is riding a four-match win streak.

face in the Pit on Wednesday

in an effort to raise money
for the N.C. Children’s
HOW TO WIN THE FAUX-LYMPICS
Hospital. The annual BY Courtney Brown, staff writer
For many Olympic athletes, the road to Vancouver started But even if you’re less athletically gifted, you can play like
24-hour dance event at a young age and required hours of training, because an Olympian. Or at least play games that loosely resemble
begins Friday night. only one in the world could win the gold. Olympic games. Gather a group of willing competitors and
That means it’s too late for most of you to compete. see who rises to the challenge.

The Biathalon Figure Skating The Luge

arts | page 11
A NATURAL GIFT
Dale Morgan and other local
artists can be found outside
many days, painting,
drawing and photographing
the natural world that
surrounds Chapel Hill.
Olympic biathlon competi-
tors race skis to shooting
ranges, where they use
rifles to shoot targets. The
biathlon represents all
the fun of racing with the
added challenge of marks-
manship. Get the same thrill
even when there’s no snow.
What you need: Water
guns and roller blades
How to play: Race
through campus on roller
dth/lauren Mccay
blades from the Old Well to
Student Body President-elect Hogan Medlin stands in the Pit on
Wednesday afternoon, a day after winning the runoff election.
the Dean Smith Center, all
while shooting every blue
light emergency post along
Forget the triple axle and the death spiral. It’s all about The real luge races require
confidence. As long as you have the right look and one participants to sled down ice
signature move, everybody will think you’re a more hills at high speeds. So send
talented skater than you actually are. your drinks down a shot luge
What you need: Ice skates, extravagant costume with — it provides all the excite-
ment of extreme speeds,
lots of fringe and glitter.
minus the sleds.
How to play: Travel to a nearby ice rink, like the
What you need: Enough
Triangle Sportsplex in Hillsborough, and pull a two-foot
liquor to supply all willing
spin. You wind up and push off to one direction, using the
momentum to spin in place. Keep one foot turned in and participants older than 21 and
never look down. an ice luge mold, available at
many novelty stores.
How to win the gold: Make sure to bring a posse of
How to play: A few days
people who can’t skate as well as you.
before the event, pour cold
Curling water into the luge mold and
let freeze until it turns to ice.
Though Olympic curling is played on ice, the Pit works just

Medlin preps for

the way with a water gun.
this day in black Whoever has the fastest
history time and shoots the most
Once the track is ready, each
as well as a venue to demonstrate precision and accuracy.
What you need: A broom for every player and 10
team places a shot glass
under a luge path. Official
soccer balls “referees” pour shots at the

FEB. 18, 1688 …
The Quakers of Germantown,
Pa., pass the first formal
antislavery resolution. The
Society of Friends said
slavery was in opposition of
Christianity and human rights.
upcoming year
targets wins.
How to win the
gold: Avoid causing any
collateral damage. Add
five seconds to the time
Will tackle tuition, other issues for every civilian hit. Add
10 seconds if the person
BY Andy Thomason retaliates.
Staff writer
At the beginning of his first day as Student Body President-
elect, Hogan Medlin was reminded of the his new and improved
top of the track, and teams
How to play: Divide into two teams. The first player
stands behind one of the trees and carefully rolls the ball wait for the alcohol to flow
through the Pit and as close to the other tree as possible, down the luge and into their
waiting shot glass.
with teammates sweeping leaves and dirt in front of the
ball to control it. Each team gets 10 shots, and whichever
team gets the ball closest to the tree on average wins.
How to win the gold:
Everyone who acts responsibly
is a winner by the end of the
How to win the gold: Get the Pit preacher to join
your team. night.

Today’s weather
status at UNC.
“I woke up this morning to like, 87 e-mails,” he said.
Most were congratulatory, but several were from former UNC
Nursing home probes drug reports
student body presidents with advice for the junior on how to pre- By Sarah Frier “We don’t see anything yet that is investigation after a nursing home
Blissful pare himself for next year, he said. City editor criminal in nature,” Assistant Police complaint is standard.
H 47, L 27 During this almost two-month transition until his April 13 A Chapel Hill nursing home is Chief Bob Overton said. “In any facility, if something
inauguration, Medlin, who defeated fellow junior Shruti Shah in conducting an internal investiga- The state division that regulates happens out of the ordinar y
the runoff election Tuesday with 61 percent of the vote, said he will tion in response to residents testing nursing homes generally investi- that’s out of the welfare of their
Friday’s weather spend time with Student Body President Jasmin Jones to discuss positive for opiate drugs they were gates all complaints, but it has a residents, it’s prudent for them to
her experience as president. not prescribed. policy not to announce the start of conduct an investigation,” Jones
Paradisaical Along with talking with eliminated student body president can- The N.C. Department of Health an investigation, health department said.
H 52, L 29 didates about their ideas and deciding which of Jones’ projects he and Human Services received spokesman Jim Jones said. The nursing home, which has 140
will continue, Medlin said he will look for insight on what might reports from both UNC Hospitals Britthaven called regulators beds, was designated by the U.S.
be the University’s most pressing issue next year — tuition. and Britthaven, the nursing home Tuesday morning to report the Department of Health and Human
index The 2010-11 school year will likely see a more intense budget at 1716 Legion Road, about the overmedication, according to a Services before this incident as hav-
police log ......................... 2 process than past years, with trustees calling for larger tuition over-medication. statement from Jeff Horton, act- ing a history of persistent poor qual-
calendar ........................... 2 increases and a continuing state budget crunch. Chapel Hill police met with ing director of the N.C. Division of ity of care and ranked with one out
nation/world . .................. 4 As a result, Medlin’s role in the talks could take on even more Britthaven officials Wednesday and Health Service Regulation. of five stars.
crossword ...................... 13 prominence, as he will have to represent students’ interests concluded that they would not con- Britthaven was busy with the An October 2008 inspection
opinion .......................... 14 through a series of potentially heated talks. duct an investigation unless crimi- investigation Wednesday and did found that the facility failed to pro-
nal activity is revealed in a health not return multiple requests for an
See medlin, Page 13 department investigation. interview. Jones said an internal See NURSING HOME, Page 13