Competitors Show Spirit at Unity Games

Plenty of enthusiasm marked the third annual Unity Games as students from a variety of different backgrounds came together Friday for a day of athletic competition. Stereo speakers filled Fetzer Gym A with songs like M.C. Hammer's "Can't Touch This" as the 100 members of 10 teams each donned a T-shirt and socks featuring their team's color. Students from many organizations including the Black Student Movement, Sangam, student government, the Residence Hall Association, Carolina Athletic Association and Sigma Chi fraternity came out to participate.

Demonstrators Rally for Fairness in Presidential Elections

By Brook Corwin Staff Writer Republicans and Democrats marched along Franklin Street and through campus Saturday afternoon rallying for a single cause - fairness and democracy in the undecided presidential election. But their definitions of such democracy and their methods of rallying differed greatly. Coinciding with more than 100 similar rallies nationwide, about 30 students and local residents convened in the Pit to begin what was billed as a "Rally for Democracy" by the Young Democrats, who organized the event. Most of the participants carried signs advocating a recount o

Support U.S. Democracy in the Pit

Christopher Brook I watched the elections returns Nov. 7 with a sense of awe. From 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., I was glued to the TV watching the seesaw race between Vice President Al Gore and Texas Gov. George W. Bush. By the time I went to bed, the margin separating Gore and Bush from the presidency stood at a paltry 1,700 votes in the state of Florida. In those early morning hours, and in the days immediately following, I na

UNC's Trip to Appalachian State Marks Many Firsts

Matt Doherty, a relatively young man by coaching standards, is part of a new breed. Doherty has joined the likes of Michigan State's Tom Izzo and Florida's Billy Donovan in a youth movement that has made distinguishing a coach from his players increasingly difficult. This movement has also trickled down to some of the most successful mid-major programs in the country. Winthrop's Gregg Marshall and Tulsa's Buzz Peterson, who have already faced North Carolina, are both younger than the 38-year-old Doherty.

Tar Heels Race to Lead On 1st Day of Nike Cup

The North Carolina men's and women's swimming and diving teams took the lead after the first day of the Nike Cup at Koury Natatorium. The No. 9 UNC women won all five events Thursday night to jump out with 335 points. Virginia Tech is second (123 points), and 12 teams have scored overall. The No. 23 UNC men's team leads the field with 284 points. Pittsburgh is second (207), and LSU is third (136). Junior Kevin Erndl led the charge. He tied the school record in the 50-yard freestyle when he won in 20.06 seconds. UNC's women won both relays Thursday.

Cunningham Aims To Push Education

A former UNC student body president elected to the N.C. Senate last week said he will use his new post to support K-12 and higher education. Senator-elect Cal Cunningham, UNC student body president from 1995-1996, was elected Nov. 7 to the Senate from the the 23rd District, which includes parts of Davidson and Iredell counties in western North Carolina. Cunningham will replace Sen. Jim Phillips, D-Davidson, who served for four years. But Republican officials say Cunningham should never have run because he did not live in District 23. Dan Gurley, N.C.

BOT Talks Of Growth, Tuition

Trustees approved tuition increases and discussed Master Plan blueprints at the Board of Trustees meetings Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning. The BOT approved large tuition increases for five of UNC's professional schools Wednesday, and the matter will now be put before the Board of Governors, which will meet in January. Chancellor James Moeser articulated the need for the increases to the board members at Thursday's meeting.

In the Wake

It all began in the early 1970s, when energy giant Carolina Power & Light Co.

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Open Meetings Shouldn't Need Media Nudge

Now that the University and Chapel Hill town-gown relations committee has decided to open its meetings, residents and students will get the openness they deserve. I'm reluctant to praise the committee members just yet, though. Of course, no matter what the members' motivation for opening them was, the fact that they will be open is a positive result. But it's alarming that it took so much media pressure for members to decide the committee's meetings should be open. And now that they've decided they should, their decision seems to be a reluctant one.

UNC Needs Freestanding `GCC'

The month before Thanksgiving Break stinks. The past four weeks have been nothing but midterm exams, group projects, research papers and internship applications. I know you guys are all in the same boat. However, this academic craziness is directly responsible for the decline in the quality of my recent columns. At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if the editor forced me to resign. In fact, I'm kind of expecting him to do just that. I even have my farewell address prepared: "Understand this. I am not a quitter.

3 Suspects Rob Wachovia, Customer

Chapel Hill police are still investigating an armed robbery that occurred at Wachovia Bank on 101 Bank Drive in the Timberlyne shopping center. Reports state that three subjects entered the bank at 3:40 p.m. Wednesday.

Executions Lead Activist to Campaign

Capital punishment made Robert Meeropol an orphan at the age of 6. And in his lecture "Fatally Flawed: The Death Penalty From the Rosenbergs to Mumia Abu-Jamal," Meeropol was able to offer a deeply personal perspective to the ongoing debate over the death penalty. Meeropol's parents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, were convicted in 1951 and executed in 1953, during the height of anti-communist sentiments in the United States, for charges of espionage and attempting to transmit the secrets behind the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union.

The North Carolina offense hasn't thrown for a TD in UNC Aims to Get Off Ground at Duke

Game and time: North Carolina at Duke. Kickoff is at noon. Site: Wallace Wade Stadium. TV/radio: The game will be televised regionally on JP Sports. The Tar Heel Sports Network will provide live radio coverage; its flagship station is WCHL 1360-AM. Records: UNC is 5-5, 2-5 in the ACC. Duke is 0-10, 0-7. Series: UNC leads 48-34-4. Personnel update: UNC - LB Merceda Perry (ankle), RB Rufus Brown (shoulder) and CB Anthony Anderson (shoulder) are out.

Plant Neighbors Eye Expansion With Caution, Concern

With the possible on-site expansion of a nearby nuclear plant forthcoming, residents say they are less concerned with potential safety hazards than with the expansion itself. The expansion would fulfill Carolina Power & Light Co.'s desire to open two existing cooling pools to store spent fuel, making the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant home to the largest amount of nuclear waste in the country. CP&L's plan would not entail physical expansion, at least for now, and many residents say they have learned to coexist with the plant. But some, such as Woodrow Goodwin, say they are concern

Democrats Nominate State House, Senate Leaders

RALEIGH - In an expected move by N.C.

Trainers Treat Blood, Sweat, Tears

As a student athletic trainer, senior Anne Styers knows all too well what it is like to be compared to the team water girl.

UNC Faculty Delve Into Electoral Process

Political and legal jargon mixed with light humor filled the George Watts Hill Alumni Center on Wednesday evening as University and community members voiced their opinions about the 2000 presidential election and the electoral process as a whole. A panel consisting of several UNC educators - School of Law Dean Gene Nichol, law professors Buckner Melton and Melissa Saunders and political science Professor George Rabinowitz -held the forum in a town-hall-style format.

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Mlyn Pilots UNC, Duke Scholarship

A scholarship program aimed at uniting two rival universities has a dynamic new director. Eric Mlyn, currently the director of the Burch Programs and assistant director of the Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence, began as director of the Robertson Scholars Program on Wednesday. The program, funded by a $24 million grant from UNC alumnus Julian H. Robertson, Jr. and his wife Josie, will sponsor about 30 Duke University and UNC students per year, allowing them to take classes at both schools.