Spring Sports - UNC Golfers Anticipate Challenging Season

With a little luck and a few things done differently, the North Carolina women's golf team would have made it to the NCAA championships at the end of the 2000 season.Instead the team placed third in the ACC and 17th in the NCAA Eastern Regionals to cap off a season of steady improvement.Although this season began much the same as the last, UNC coach Sally Austin hopes her team's story will have a different ending this May.Once again, the Tar Heels improved constantly throughout the fall.

Students Gather, Light Candles to Protest Nike

The snow and freezing rain did not stop the students who walked out of their classes Thursday to protest alleged poor labor conditions in a Nike Corp. contracted factory in Mexico.Members of the Students for Economic Justice, as well as other labor-conscious students, gathered at noon at South Building in the latest of their continued efforts against Nike."Nike has not been responsible for any positive action in this situation," said senior SEJ member Kea Parker.SEJ is specifically angry with the situation in the Kukdong factory in Puebla, Mexico.

UNC Gives FSU `Old-Fashioned Whipping'

The 21,652 fans who packed the Smith Center on Thursday night hardly seemed interested that Florida State's Adrian Crawford had just drilled a 3-pointer with 3:59 left.Instead, the sellout crowd had its eyes focused on the four big screen televisions showing replays of Julius Peppers' alley-oop dunk 13 seconds earlier.Second-ranked North Carolina was well on its way to a 95-67 victory against the Seminoles, and Crawford's shot was -- at best -- trivial. Those who saw Crawford's make knew it cut UNC's lead to 25 points.

Spring Sports - Haus Faces `Issue' in Inexperienced Defense

Take a minute, look at the North Carolina lacrosse team, and absorb the irony.If you want to understand this team, follow the irony, because it'll take you to the heart of the 2001 edition Tar Heels.Let's start with the not-so-subtle.John Haus, the first-year head coach and UNC alumnus, is a renowned defensive specialist. He was a defenseman when he played and he was defensive coordinator at Johns Hopkins. Simply, defense is his specialty.What does Haus inherit at UNC?The most inexperienced defensive unit Chapel Hill has seen in years.

Spring Sports - Rebuilding Tradition

These were glory days for the Tar Heel lacrosse program. And John Haus was there.He was a four-year starter on close defense for the Tar Heels from 1980 to '83. Now he's been handed the responsibility of rekindling the fire that once burned so brightly within the program."There was a lot of excitement, and we were very successful," Haus said. "And, obviously, the key to having people come out and watch you is if you're successful and you win games. And we were.

Festival Jazzes Up UNC Campus

Where it might have been a 30-second ditty, the 2001 Carolina Jazz Festival has become a mammoth, 27-bar solo.Before, the festival usually totaled about 10 events, but, by its 24th year, the festival has almost doubled.

BOT Hears Developers' UNC Plans

The UNC Board of Trustees heard a presentation from consultants Thursday on developments in the proposed campus Master Plan.Chancellor James Moeser said at the Master Plan Committee meeting that the University's plan for long-term growth is "under major timing deadlines," due to a housing squeeze on South Campus.Moeser also said new family housing needs to be built soon to replace Odum Village before it surpasses its life expectancy.

Chancellor Urges Students to Take Part in Dance Marathon

TO THE EDITOR:I am pleased to lend my support to the UNC Dance Marathon and to encourage Carolina students to get involved in this worthy cause. The Feb. 23-24 fundraiser directly benefits the families of the children who received care in the N.C. Children's Hospital.

Dilbert 02/23/01

Easley Proposes Tougher Laws For State HMOs

A health care plan Gov. Mike Easley unveiled Tuesday that promises to protect patients' rights is receiving broad support from Democrats and Republicans in the N.C. General Assembly.

Spring Sports - UNC Eyes Championships

The new North Carolina men's lacrosse poster for the 2001 season recently caught women's lacrosse coach Jenny Slingluff Levy's eye.The poster shows something she wants. Slingluff Levy looked in awe at the tradition the poster encapsulated in the team's highlights. The men's team began its winning tradition in 1981.

Meadowmont: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

No town can fight the smart growth it says it wants like Chapel Hill can.Meadowmont, a mixed-use community a few miles from campus off N.C. 54, is scheduled to be completed and opened in three years, but it already looks as though residents (at least the ones who live in Chapel Hill now) won't know what to do with it.As a mixed-use area, Meadowmont's planning is not consistent with Chapel Hill's 1986 Comprehensive Plan, which called for the preservation of the rural N.C. 54 entranceway.

Spring Sports - Big Things Expected From Freshman Golfers

The loss of two All-Americans. The potential of having two freshmen in the starting lineup. A disappointing fall campaign. Tough competition awaiting in the ACC.Combine these factors, and the 2001 spring season has all the makings of a proverbial "rebuilding" year for North Carolina's men's golfers. There's just one problem. They don't want to wait until next year.Last spring, North Carolina struggled, failing to win a single tournament. But the team peaked at the right time.

N.C. State's Lewis Earns Milestone

RALEIGH - N.C. State women's basketball players hoisted senior Tynesha Lewis up on their shoulders following their victory against North Carolina on Wednesday.Senior night in Reynolds Coliseum belonged to her. Lewis posted her second triple-double to propel the No. 19 Wolfpack past the Tar Heels -- a feat that no other man or woman has accomplished at N.C. State. "To go without one for over 50 years in men's basketball and 25 years in women's - it's an incredible feat," Wolfpack coach Kay Yow said.

Spring Sports - Baseball Looks at Rebuilding Year in 2001

Sure, their uniforms and caps look like North Carolina's.And, yes, the scoreboard at Boshamer Stadium does say that the home team is the Tar Heels.But for those who payed any attention to the baseball team during its 46-17 season a year ago, most of those guys wearing home white look like impostors.Even though the Tar Heels started out the 2001 campaign 5-2, one all-important question still lingers:Who are these guys??"That's just the nature of Division I baseball, losing players to the draft, losing junior pitchers," UNC coach Mike Fox said.

Spring Sports - Tar Heels Aim for Another NCAA Berth

They don't play on Wimbledon's grass courts or the clay of Roland Garros.But the North Carolina women's tennis team has performed well on the less hallowed collegiate courts in its opening matches of the season.The Tar Heels, ranked No. 22 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, boast a 6-1 record that includes victories against No. 34 Kentucky, No. 27 Illinois and No. 20 Northwestern.No. 11 Notre Dame handed the Tar Heels their lone loss Feb.

Re-election Certain in CAA Race

The re-election for Carolina Athletic Association president remains slated for Tuesday after candidate Reid Chaney filed a motion to withdraw his request for more time to appeal the re-election.Chaney's counsels submitted a motion to the Student Supreme Court on Wednesday, asking for an extension of the deadline to file an appeal of the Board of Elections' call for a re-election.According to the Student Code, an appeal must be filed within 72 hours of the Board of Elections' decision -- a deadline that expired at midnight Wednesday."We think that this could draw out longer than t

System Schools Wrestle for Funds

There are five of them.Five universities that form part of the UNC system -- yet are different from the rest.They have been part of the UNC system for 30 years, yet have struggled to attract funding while schools like UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State University have thrived.They are Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, N.C. Agricultural & Technical University, N.C.

Project Showcases Artists, Scientists

A dusty, dingy toy cart sits behind the glass of a showcase in the John and June Allcott Undergraduate Gallery. The title next to the piece is simply "Entropy."A few feet to the left is a tilted red chair in a pile of flour, below a slanted mantle, over which is a framed glass pane with the word, "see" printed over and over on it. The accompanying statement briefly explains general concepts of theoretical high energy physics.The pieces are two of the seven works showcased in the first exhibit of the Synthesis Project, which opened Feb.

Raleigh Work Officals To Install Trafic Cameras

A rise in traffic accidents spurned Raleigh City Council members to pass a measure unanimously that would place cameras on traffic lights to photograph the license plates of cars running red lights.Benson Kirkman, Public Works Committee chairman, said the cameras will act as a regulator."We want to put the cameras in the really bad spots (of Raleigh)," Kirkman said.