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With the release of Sprint's Samsung Instinct, experts still have mixed reviews on its status as an iPhone killer. The Daily Tar Heel lets you decide.
Baseball Super Regionals Listen in as sports editor Powell Latimer and managing editor Jamie Williams reflect on the team's chances at the College World Series.Video and editing by Rachel Ullrich
Board positions now open for Downtown Partnership The Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership Board of Directors announced open board positions for the 2008-2009 fiscal year. Available positions include one three-year at-large position and one two-year downtown business owner position. Both are appointed by the Chapel Hill Town Council. The board will also fill one one-year, one two-year and one three-year at-large positions. The positions' terms will begin July 1. Chapel Hill hats and other memorabilia on sale now
N.C. General Assembly goes back to work for 2 weeks The North Carolina General Assembly reconvened for its short session Tuesday. Legislators will spend the session working on the state budget. Experts expect there to be few other weighty issues discussed in this session in order to ensure that the budget is dealt with. Gov. Mike Easley announced his own budget Monday. UNC Board of Governors presents perennial awards The UNC Board of Governors selected 17 of its most outstanding faculty to receive the 14th Annual Awards for Excellence in Teaching.
Daily Tar Heel Editor-in-chief Allison Nichols talked with Chancellor-elect Holden Thorp on Tuesday in his South Building office. Nichols, who had heard that Thorp won the adult division of a Rubik's Cube competition when he was 17, tested the future chancellor on his speed. He finished the puzzle in less than seven minutes, protesting his "rustiness" all the while. Nichols remains unable to solve the durn thing. DTH: What do you see as the biggest issues for the University in the coming years? HT: Well, I think the good news is that James Moeser has provided both a tough act to follow and a great place to start. The University's in great shape; we've got great people on our leadership team . . So the good news for me is that I'm not needing to fix some gigantic problem. I think the biggest challenge facing me is the same one that faced me on Wednesday when I was dean of Arts & Sciences and not the chancellor-elect, and that is to maintain and even improve the academic atmosphere for our students and faculty in terms of the academic quality, while at the same time responding to the interest that we have from the people of North Carolina . . I'm only interested in serving more students if we're going to be able to maintain or improve the character and academic quality of the education that people are going to get. DTH: Well, I've seen the numbers you've seen about enrollment, and that seems to be the balancing act that we need to think about. Where do you see Carolina going? Do you see a drastic change or growth in enrollment in the future? HT: Well I think it's too early to tell. We're still in the process of trying to figure out how much we can grow without compromising doing things the way we want to. So until I've got a concrete plan for how we're going to do that, I'm not ready to say how we're going to grow one way or the other. DTH: What about tuition? When Chancellor Moeser came in he had a record at Nebraska that we could compare to and an idea of what he felt. What are your thoughts about tuition predictability at UNC? Just recently in the past few years we have the plan that (UNC-system President) Erskine Bowles has spearheaded to have the 6.5 percent cap on tuition for in-state students and undergraduate students, but so far not really a concrete plan for out-of-state students or graduate students. HT: Right, so I think we'll look at tuition and the important thing is to figure out a concrete plan for what we would do with the increases, so that we have a plan ahead of when we make the increases, if we do. Right, so if I were able to tell you we're going to make these increases, this is what they are, and this is why it's going to improve your situation, very specifically, then we might be able to have a more open dialogue about what makes sense. DTH: It sounds like what you're talking about is really similar to something that was a huge pet project of former Student Body President Eve Carson - the expense report. So is that something that you're looking to really put some force behind in the coming year? HT: If the students agree that the challenge that we all need to work on is maintaining or improving the academic quality of your University, while we're at the same time under pressure from the state to do things for them, then we need to work together to come up with an integrated plan for how that would all work. Some pieces of that are going to cost money and we have several ways we can get that, and I'm going to work hard to boost all the other ways, so if we've identified the objective then we can work together on what that might look like and how we would go about doing it. I don't know Eve's specific expense report plan, but it sounds like we're on the same wavelength. DTH: And another huge part of maintaining quality is faculty retention. What plans do you have for that? HT: We've been successful in the College (of Arts and Sciences). . I think what we did in the college was we worked really hard to increase faculty salaries, and we have a system in place where the chairs and associate deans are really attuned to what's going on out there in the market and when our people are in it - and we try to get them out. So we've been able to improve the numbers dramatically. DTH: Well, as one of UNC's rising stars for several years, you must have been courted by other universities at some point in time. HT: Mm-hm, mm-hm. DTH: Now you've been on both sides of that bargaining table. Does that help you in your approach? HT: The big thing that maybe we haven't thought about as much is . personal circumstances are a huge factor, too. . If you look at the folks that we've lost this year, a few of them have been in cases where people have improved their academic circumstances, but mostly they've been because people wanted to do an administrative job that we didn't have here or because their spouse never got a job around here and they got two jobs somewhere else or something like that. So there's always going to be a certain amount of that. DTH: How would you characterize yourself as a leader? HT: I like to spend a lot of time digging into and getting information about what the issues are. . As we face other issues I think what we'll see is that I'll do a whole lot of homework on what we're facing, and I think people really appreciate that. I'll be asking a lot of questions. DTH: Could you rank the following roles as you see them in order of importance to being chancellor? Spokesman, administrator, fundraiser, scholar. HT: OK, I'd say administrator is No. 1. We've got to keep the team working together. Scholar is No. 2. This is an academic institution and academics are our forefront. Spokesperson is No. 3, and fundraiser is No. 4. So, that's not necessarily the fraction of time I would put on those things, but that's the right level, the right order, of importance. DTH: You've mentioned today, and also I've heard you say before, how the team you have in place is one of the biggest strengths that Chancellor Moeser has left you with, but historically I think a new chancellor has brought some restructuring in South. By the fall semester of 2002, Moeser had only two of eight vice chancellors who'd been there in August 2000. Do you anticipate a similar restructure, and, if so, would that derail your ability to hit the ground running? HT: I don't anticipate any huge changes right out of the blocks, because, as I said, I think James has built an incredibly strong team. I also think that as we begin to work together, many of us may sense that there's an alternative that could come in changing roles or it could come in just other kinds of structural changes in the way we do things. I suspect some of those things will happen but when we meet in July it'll be the same set of people that met in June, and we'll start working together and see how it goes. DTH: So what are your summer plans? I know last summer you went to China. HT: Thankfully, my family and I planned a trip to Europe for June, which we're going to take. I'm glad we didn't plan it for July. I'm going to take a little vacation for a couple weeks before this all gets cranked up. And then, once July comes, it'll be time to get to work. DTH: How do your kids feel about having to move across town? HT: Well, my son seems really excited. My daughter is waiting to see how everything shakes out. I think he's so excited about his new basketball tickets that it doesn't really matter what else happens. And he seems to really enjoy being famous. With her, I can't really tell. I think she's probably enjoying it, but - DTH: With reservations. HT: With reservations. I think she likes having her picture in the paper, but I can't really tell. DTH: Well, what about the band? HT: We're going to have to find another bass player if we're going to keep going. When it was in the (Raleigh News & Observer) that we're looking for a bass player, we actually heard from a couple people. So maybe we can find somebody and keep going. It's hard to imagine - we have such a close bond between those of us that are in it - it's hard to imagine that we wouldn't do something. Miss (Terri) Houston and I will play music somewhere, I can tell you that. Contact Editor-in-chief Allison Nichols at nallison@email.unc.edu.
Doctor's work on AIDS brings reward, recognition Myron S. Cohen, a UNC doctor, won the prestigious O. Max Gardner award from the UNC Board of Governors for his work in advancing HIV research, treatment and prevention in countries around the world. He and his colleagues have built and sustained research and medical training projects in resource-poor countries such as Malawi, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa and Russia, as well as the United States. The 2008 award was accompanied by a $20,000 cash prize.
Senate Bill 849 Title: Board of Governors Student Member May Vote Summary: Allows the student who is president of the Association of Student Governments to vote as part of the UNC-system Board of Governors. Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, D-Orange, said she has introduced this bill six times. "Students are, after all, what the universities are all about," she said. "It is a training ground for students."
Early voting for the May 6 primary started April 17. Voters will pick candidates in local, state and national races. Early voting is available at four locations, including the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, through May 3: Robert and Pearl Seymour Senior Center: Monday through Thursday, noon to 8 p.m. until May 1 and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 3; Carrboro Town Hall: weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. until May 2 and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 3;
In some ways one year is so short, a whirlwind of thoughts and events and change that's a little too much to absorb. And yet at the same time, there is continuity to this community, so each year that passes and each person who passes through it builds upon our communal identity. One truly special person taught us both those lessons this year. Now we push forward, whether we've absorbed the year or not, ever mindful that one person can effect change. But no matter what we encounter next year or the next, our individual experiences are always shaping the Carolina family that defines us, too.
Two LG flat screen TVs, valued at $850 each, were reported stolen at 2:26 p.m. Tuesday from the Sheraton Hotel located at 1 Europa Drive, according to Chapel Hill police reports. Larceny was reported at 2:06 p.m. Tuesday at Chapel Hill Sportswear at 133 E. Franklin St. after 15 UNC hats, valued at $300, and 5 UNC T-shirts, valued at $90, were reported stolen, according to Chapel Hill Police reports. The T-shirts were recovered.
Hammer No More the Fingers 1) Who do you think you are? We're Hammer. Who the hell are you? 2) Would my parents approve of your music? No, but your grandparents would. Boo yah! 3) If you could be any animal, what would you be and why? Space Cheetah. No wind resistance. 4) Will Bret Michaels ever find true love? If true love is a gold diggin' hoochie momma, then yes. Yes, he will. Poison forever! 5) What rules everything around you? Future Kings of Nowhere.
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten 4 stars The opening moments of "Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten" show an image of The Clash frontman in the studio, headphones on, waiting for his cue. In a voiceover, a producer asks Strummer what title he would like to have presented with his name, to which he replies: "I'd like you to write 'Punk Rock Warlord.'" In this touching and intriguing documentary, director Julien Temple looks at the life of the voice behind hits such as "Rock the Casbah" and "London Calling."
Bombadil A Buzz, A Buzz Lyrical Folk 4 stars Call it snobbery, but I wouldn't consider tales of British anchoresses or archaic deciphers told through the likes of a minor J.R.R. Tolkien character my cup of tea. But perhaps it is the eloquence with which Bombadil has woven similar accounts that has sweetened my bitter, preconceived kettle of notions that songs of these sorts are somehow uninspired. Even a narrative about a heartbroken sap who's resorted to cutting himself ("Johnny") sounds toe-tappingly magnificent on A Buzz, A Buzz.
Staff writer Benn Wineka was assigned the task of encapsulating the meaning and relevance of an increasingly visible avant-garde music community in the Triangle. This seemingly Herculean task was made easier when the following e-mail exchange with area musician Jenks Miller did the work for him. Diversions: How would you describe experimental music as a genre? Jenks Miller: I don't think experimental music can be considered a genre; the term more accurately describes an approach to the creation of music than it does a classifiable genre or sound.
Album From the Vaults Superchunk - No Pocky For Kitty: The 1991 sophomore effort from Chapel Hill's indie icons is the band's most consistently exceptional long-player. Chock full of frantic anthems like "Punch Me Harder," No Pocky For Kitty is an untouchable 12-track delight. Movie Rental Pick: "Election": The 1999 dramedy starring Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon and Chris Klein, jabs all the nuances of teenage, umm, politics. Something Random: Vote early: Go be all civically dutiful and stuff - or Diddy might kill you. Events:
Bombadil might share its name with a lesser-known "Lord of the Rings" character, but the eclectic band's engaging on-stage antics and rising-star status are far from fictional. After a lunchtime set at Chapel Hill High School, the entire group sat down with staff writer Edwin Arnaudin to talk about Tolkien, cinema love and nose flutes. Diversions: I have to know, how into Tolkien are you guys? Daniel Michalak: We are not into Tolkien. I guess we're not against Tolkien, we just - none of us have read the books.
Men's lacrosse seeks redemption in ACC Tournament Ending the regular season with a successful 8-4 overall record, including a win against reigning NCAA champion Johns Hopkins, might be enough for some lacrosse teams. As far as North Carolina senior midfielder Nick Tintle can tell, however, that's not good enough for this team. Now the North Carolina men's lacrosse team will carry that attitude to the ACC Lacrosse Championship in Charlottesville, Va., - and a first-round matchup against Duke.
Three people employed by Dedicated Turnaround were arrested Monday for selling magazine subscriptions without a permit, according to Chapel Hill police reports. Leonard Nelson Avery III, 22, of Clayton, and Vandeara Shawnta Faulkner, 20, of Durham, were arrested at 509 Perry Creek Drive, reports state. Rodney Louis Frederick, 42, of Charlotte, was arrested at 2:46 p.m. at Sweeten Creek Road and Toynbee Place, according to reports. All three face misdemeanor charges of soliciting without a permit, according to reports.
An Efland man was arrested for marijuana possession at 3 a.m. Sunday at South Columbia Street, according to Chapel Hill police reports. Brandon Dustin Alwood, 25, faces misdemeanor charges for marijuana possession and an expired registration, reports state. Police seized 6 grams of marijuana, reports state. Alwood is scheduled to appear in court June 1, according to reports. Shoplifting was reported at 8:43 p.m. Saturday from a Blockbuster at 1848 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., according to Chapel Hill police reports.