Women's Tennis

Student Gives Time To Inmates' Lives

HILLSBOROUGH - Eight men sit in an oval of desks in a small room. Their figures dwarf the blue, yellow and red plastic chairs and undersized wooden desk tops. A green chalkboard dominates one wall, while posters of nature scenes mark the others. The bright images of leaves and flowers and outside light pouring through windows should lift the occupants' spirits, but for the group gathered here, it is a tough task. Every Tuesday and Thursday, Paul Lee enters the room with the hope of reaching this goal.

Orange County Participation Reflects Heightened Interest

Of all local parties, the Reform Party showed perhaps the greatest democratic spirit Tuesday with perfect attendance of voters at the polls. All of the party's registered voters cast ballots on Election Day. All two of them. But the high proportional turnout among the Reformers was indicative of heightened interest across the board in this year's election. According to the Orange County Board of Elections, about 54 percent of registered voters cast ballots, as opposed to 46 percent in 1996, making for long lines at many polling places. Mary Andrews, a Chapel Hill resident

Halloween Crowd Dresses Up, Gets Down to Moby's Beats

The dance floor was packed with hundreds of scantily clad writhing bodies. It was Halloween, and the Ritz had come alive with the electro-groove of the man who calls himself Moby. Green glow-sticks wove through the air in schizophrenic figure-eights and the girl with dragonfly wings beside me was shaking everything she had for everything it was worth.

Mediocre `Bagger Vance' Nothing Legendary

Robert Redford's latest film, "The Legend of Bagger Vance," is definitely best described with one word - melodramatic. The movie, based on a Steven Pressfield novel, turns the game of golf into a metaphor for life. Rannulph Junuh (Matt Damon) is at the top of his golf game and has just won the hand of the beautiful and wealthy Adele (Charlize Theron) when he's drafted into the Army.

Finance ChairmanResponds to CriticismToward Student Congress

As Finance Committee chairman, I would like to respond to the plethora of articles regarding Student Congress and the way in which we allocate funds. The first article ("Student Congress Grapples With Financial Strain," Oct. 30) remains fairly on target. The one problem I have with this article is whom The Daily Tar Heel chose to contact in this story. Why in the world was Student Body Secretary Michael Woods queried in regard to financial matters?

Battle for Low-Power FM Radio Pits FCC Against Broadcasters

Ever stop to think about why the FM dial tunes to a homogenous parade of top 40, country, urban and rock stations, with - if you're lucky - a National Public Radio or college station thrown in? The Federal Communications Commission thinks FM radio can offer more.

Democrats Retain Grip in State House

When the smoke cleared Tuesday night, the Democrats managed to retain their grip on the North Carolina General Assembly - albeit barely in the House. In the upcoming legislative session the Democrats will still hold a comfortable majority in the N.C. Senate, occupying 35 out of 50 seats. But there will be a much slimmer majority in the N.C. House, where Republicans picked up four seats, bringing their total to 58 to the Democrats' 62. The slim majority in the House will present challenges to the Democrats, said UNC political science Professor Thad Beyle.

Carrieri, Bolowich Receive League's Top Honors

The North Carolina men's soccer team picked up a slew of awards from the ACC on Wednesday. Junior forward Chris Carrieri earned the top honor when he was named ACC Player of the Year. Carrieri leads the conference and the nation in scoring average (3.16 points per game) and goals per game (1.26). Carrieri spearheaded an All-ACC first team that also featured UNC defender Danny Jackson.

Moore Treasures Chance to Contribute

Democrat Richard Moore didn't end up needing any additional votes Tuesday in his run to become North Carolina's state treasurer. If he had, a member of the North Carolina football team with the same name wouldn't have been much help. UNC sophomore Richard Moore filled out an absentee ballot for his home state of Tennessee, but he said he wouldn't have voted for his namesake in North Carolina. "Nah, definitely not," Moore said. "I'm a very strong Republican from Tennessee.

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UNC Dynasty Facing Tough Tests

As unpredictable as sports can often be, one fact almost always can be counted on: The mighty eventually fall. It happened to the Boston Celtics. It happened to the New York Yankees a couple of times. And it could be starting to happen to the North Carolina women's soccer team. UNC, which has won 15 NCAA championships in the tournament's 18-year history, lost three ACC games this season.

APPLES Marks Decade With Message, Party

Assisting People in Planning Learning Experiences in Service celebrated its 10-year anniversary Wednesday on Polk Place, handing out free cake and lollipops along with a message of service and learning. "We wanted to open up the 10-year party to the whole campus," said APPLES service-learning program President Ann Quarles.

Jesse Helms' HoldupOf Judge's AppointmentHurts North Carolina

What does Jesse Helms have against North Carolina? For more than a year, Helms has blocked the appointment of N.C. Appeals Court Judge James Wynn to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Helms' stance does a disservice not only to Judge Wynn, but to all North Carolinians. The court - which has a vacancy because of the passing of Judge Murnaghan of Maryland - oversees federal cases in five states. Although North Carolina is the largest state in the 4th Circuit, no one from this state serves on the court. This situation is not only unfair to our state - it is against the law.

`Best in Show' Wins With Guest's Ensemble Cast, Dogs

Neurotic "parents" of pampered pups are placed in a stressful competition to win "Best in Show" in director Christopher Guest's new movie mockumentary. Guest decided to make a movie about dogs and their stressed owners after taking a trip to a park with his own dogs. The cast of "Best in Show" was given a five-day crash course in how to work with the dogs in a professional and show-like manner. With the same actors and format as one of Guest's previous movies, "Waiting for Guffman," the caliber of improv acting is hard to parallel.

Islamic Week's Events Help Inform, Inspire

Students and faculty passing by the Pit on Tuesday afternoon were greeted by a colorful presentation of posters and displays explaining some aspects of a religion not too many people on campus know about. The Muslim Student Association is sponsoring Islamic Awareness Week, which began Tuesday and ends Thursday. The organization is detailing a different aspect of the religion each afternoon in the Pit from noon until 2 p.m. Tuesday's topic of discussion was the Holy Quran, what Muslims consider to be the revealed word of God.

Shelton, Field Hockey Wary of Golden Flashes

Today the North Carolina field hockey team will get its first look at Kent State, its opponent Saturday in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The team doesn't know a whole lot about Kent State. "There was a massacre there in the seventies," forward Holly Huff offered.

`No Decision 2000:' The Aftermath

Did you hear the good news about Florida?" says one smart aleck. "No." replies the other. "The orange grove harvest will be huge this year!" This terribly corny joke and others of like could be heard throughout political victory parties around the nation last night. At 8:30 p.m., I was in my Raleigh hotel room when they made the announcement that Florida was going to fall into Al Gore's column. I was on the phone with my father at 9:30 p.m. when they announced Florida was back in the toss-up column. And I was back in my room at 2:30 a.m.

Congressional Power Depends On President

Republicans retained their grip on power Tuesday night in both the Senate and House of Representatives, but political pundits say the impact of the next U.S. Congress depends on who wins the still-contested presidency. In the Senate, Democrats picked up three seats from the GOP, giving them a total of 49 and leaving the Republicans with 50 seats.

Rational Discrimination'Still Racist, Dangerous And Must Be Eradicated

I am fascinated by Craig Warner's claim that "rational discrimination is not the same as racism," and how he would define or draw the lines around "rational discrimination." Following from Craig's cabdriver example, it would be "rational discrimination" for restaurants and hotels all over New York to ban black men from entering because of the black crime rate in New York City. And there's nothing racist about that (as long as the owners don't think that blacks are inherently inferior)?

Banner for UNC-Duke Competition Missing

The rivalry that has marked the relationship between UNC and Duke University was manifested Tuesday night in the disappearance of the 20-foot-wide Carlyle Cup banner. Art Chansky, associate general manager of Tar Heel Sports Marketing, said the banner was stolen about 8 p.m. Tuesday from Koury Natatorium during the men's and women's swimming match between the two universities. "We need it back," Chansky said.