Women's Tennis

Local Charities Need Holiday Help

With its trademark red kettles and an army of volunteer bell ringers, the Salvation Army is one of several local charities hoping to finance an array of outreach programs despite the weakened economy. The Salvation Army relies on community support during the holiday season to provide food, clothes, shelter and gifts to those in need. For these organizations, the holidays are generally a time of increased giving by community members in the holiday spirit.

Head Football Coach Stresses the Importance Of This Saturday's Game

TO THE EDITOR: This Saturday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. the Tar Heels play SMU at Kenan Stadium. This is the football game that was rescheduled in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attack on our country. This is also a very important game for our football program, and we need your support in Kenan on Saturday. We must beat SMU to win our seventh game and become bowl eligible. Our players have worked for this opportunity for 12 months. We want to send our seniors out on a winning note in their final game in Kenan Stadium.

Ensemble Searches For Fitting Home

The 68 instruments that comprise an Indonesian gamelan ensemble survived three months at sea, traveling by boat from the island of Java to a far-removed new home in Chapel Hill. Now the gamelan is on the move again -- there just aren't many spaces at UNC that requires a 25-person ensemble to play it and that occupies 460 square feet while in use. "You can't park your car at this University, how can you possibly park a gamelan?" asked Sarah Weiss, the ensemble's leader and a professor in the Department of Music.

Grade Inflation Makes Marks at Harvard

The findings of a report released last week by Harvard University stating that grade inflation is a problem at the institution are similar to the findings of a report released by UNC professors last year stating that the problem exists at UNC. According to the report, half of all grades awarded to Harvard undergraduates are A's or A-'s. The report adds that the humanities have the biggest problem with grade inflation, with A's and A-'s making up almost two-thirds of grades awarded in small humanities classes.

Men's Soccer Dominates Towson, Advances

It took the North Carolina men's soccer team some time Sunday to get used to a slippery, rain-soaked Fetzer Field in a second-round NCAA Tournament game against Towson. The Tigers wished the Tar Heels had never gained their footing. Junior Ryan Kneipper scored two goals and added an assist as the seventh-seeded Tar Heels defeated Towson 3-0 and advanced to the round of 16 in the NCAA Men's College Cup. The Tar Heels next face American, which upset Wake Forest 3-0.

Tigers Can't Stave Off Kneipper's Air Attack

When forward Ryan Kneipper is on, the North Carolina men's soccer team's offense is especially potent. Granted, UNC dominated Towson to such a degree that it probably could have won the 3-0 contest Sunday even without Kneipper scoring. But his two goals certainly helped the Tar Heels' effort to advance in the NCAA Men's College Cup. And he also reminded the Tigers -- and his own teammates -- that he can score on headers when goalkeepers don't even think he'll make contact with the ball.

Kudzu 11/26/01

Then vs. Now: Anti-War Protests

A recent swarm of anti-war protests at college campuses nationwide has many historians noting similarities between the response to U.S. attacks in Afghanistan and responses to the Vietnam War. Students -- both at UNC and nationwide -- have vocally expressed their disapproval of the United States' actions through teach-ins and other protests. The University of California-Berkeley held a conference earlier this month titled California Students Against the War, which was attended by more than 600 people.

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Tar Heels Top Eagles, Win Winthrop Classic

ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Sophomore center Candace Sutton scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the North Carolina women's basketball team to an 84-43 win against Winthrop on Saturday in the Winthrop Lady Eagle Classic. The win came a day after UNC defeated Howard 117-57. The Tar Heels improved to 5-1 on the season. North Carolina senior guard Nikki Teasley was named Most Valuable Player of the event, joining Sutton and junior guard Coretta Brown on the five-member All-Tournament Team.

Elimination of Student Resident Parking Spaces 'Slap in the Face'

TO THE EDITOR: The elimination of student resident parking spaces is an unfortunate slap in the face for students at Carolina, as our worth is placed below that of faculty and staff. It has always been my understanding that a University embodies freedom -- freedom of thought, action and movement. At UNC, our freedom of movement is being infringed upon. Of 14,558 spaces, 480 belong to student residents, which is a pathetic 3 percent.

N.C. Anti-Tobacco Funding Ranks 47th in Nation

North Carolina ranks 47th in the nation for funding tobacco prevention and cessation programs, according to a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study also stated that North Carolina has the 12th highest death rate from tobacco use in the nation. The study recommends that a minimum of 6 percent of all tobacco settlement funds be used on tobacco prevention or cessation programs. North Carolina is to receive a settlement of more than $161 million in 2001 from a lawsuit filed by several states against large tobacco corporations in 1999.

Triangle's Latino Population Grows, Builds Community

Marcio Antonio Sanchez is watching people dancing from the bar at El Chilango in Carrboro. He comes to the restaurant every Friday night for cultural events like Latin dancing and bluegrass music night. Sanchez came to Durham 15 years ago when a friend said he would be able to find a good job in the Triangle. He is just one of many in a wave of Latino newcomers to North Carolina U.S. Census information indicates that the Latino population in Orange County grew from 1,279 to 4,342 between 1990 and 2000 -- a 239 percent increase.

Students Support War Less Than Public

About 79 percent of U.S. college undergraduates support air strikes in Afghanistan, and 68 percent favor using ground troops, according to recent nationwide survey of college students. The survey, which was conducted by Harvard University's Institute of Politics, also found that the percentage of students who trust the federal government almost doubled in the past year -- up from 36 percent in 2000 to 60 percent. Trust for the armed forces was even stronger -- 75 percent of students said they trust the military to "do the right thing."

The Right to Be Heard, No Matter What

Fred Hashagen and Michael Woods are right. David Horowitz is coming to UNC on Wednesday. But they are wrong to say that Horowitz's presence here will be "harmful and divisive." I don't agree with Horowitz's views, and, like Woods and Hashagen, his column on reparations that ran in The Daily Tar Heel last April made my skin crawl. But this is not a time to protest but to listen to the man for yourselves.

Officials: Qatar, Mexico Programs Won't Overlap

UNC officials say a two-year-old exchange program between the UNC system and Monterrey Tech campuses in Mexico in no way undercuts the need for a satellite business school in Qatar. Although both programs aim to bring UNC-Chapel Hill an increasingly global perspective, officials say the Monterrey program would not overlap with a proposed UNC-CH business school in the small Middle Eastern nation of Qatar.

Attorney General Sends Lawsuit to Federal Court

A lawsuit challenging recently drawn state district lines could be headed to federal court. N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper ordered last week that the case be moved from a N.C. Superior Court in Johnston County -- where the case was originally filed -- to a U.S. District Court in Greenville. If the case stays in federal court, it will be heard by a three-judge panel. Attorneys for the plaintiffs -- several of the state's prominent Republicans -- have asked a U.S. District Court judge to send the case back to a state court.

UNC Junior Plans Peach Bowl Excursion for 800 Students

If the UNC football team is invited to the Peach Bowl, students with UNC spirit will be able to ride to Atlanta for the game thanks to a program engineered by a UNC junior. Burgess Foster has secured hotel rooms, luxury busing and 800 tickets to the Dec. 31 Peach Bowl for his program, Ride With Carolina Spirit. The cost will be $199.99 per package, with 2 percent of the proceeds going to a charity, which organizers said probably will be the Sonja H. Stone Black Cultural Center. Tickets will go on sale Wednesday at the Carolina Union Box Office.

Walker Bails Out Tar Heels, Again

Any seasoned soccer fan knows that scoring opportunities are few and far between in the game of soccer. North Carolina midfielder Jordan Walker seems particularly picky about which shots she capitalizes on. The sophomore has snuck three goals into opponents' nets this season. But these weren't just any three goals. All three were game-winners.

Basketball's Early Woes Will Fade

OK, North Carolina men's basketball fans: Take a deep breath and calm down. It will be all right. Yes, the 2001-02 season has gotten off to the one of the worst starts in North Carolina's storied history, but there is plenty of time for Matt Doherty's crew to right the ship. Here are the numbers: UNC averaged 34.4 percent shooting from the floor and 23.8 percent from behind the arc. Kris Lang leads the Tar Heels with 12 points a game, while Jason Capel is pulling down the most rebounds, 11 per game. UNC is turning the ball over 18 times a night while earning 14.5 assists.