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tuesday, december 7, 2010

Construction, coming right up J-School

didn’t
Approximately 800
square feet outside of see it
coming
the House of Dogs on
the Pit side.
approx. 72 Seats

After Cook’s resignation,

Closure of northeast dining
room on ground level (Lenoir
Mainstreet) for the spring
semester, January 2011 to May
2011.
Top of Lenoir CLOSED from May
9, 2011 to Aug. 14, 2011.
Possible disruption to individual
formats in retail (Lenoir
Mainstreet) and Top of Lenoir
after Spring Break 2011.
Construction would be staged to
cause as little disruption to
operations as possible.
Students crowd around tables at Lenoir Dining Hall for dinner on Monday night.
Changes starting over Winter Break are aimed at reducing overcrowding problems.
Lenoir to lose 150 seats due to renovations; Union to start phase 1 of updates in fall 2011
By Jordan h. Walker
staff writer
Students frustrated with crowds in Lenoir Dining Hall
might be in for a surprise when they return for the spring
semester: The bottom floor will be without 150 seats.
It’s part of the larger plan to add about 200 additional
seats to the top of the heavily trafficked dining hall, in an
effort to alleviate overcrowding.
But to account for increased overcrowding that the
construction might cause, two heated tents will be placed
around Lenoir — one at the front and another on the side
facing Wilson Library — to compensate for lost space.
At the Top of Lenoir, the back wall behind the condi-
ments station, near the Grill, will be removed and the
floor space will be expanded.
Lenoir’s $5 million in renovation costs is part of a $6.5
million effort to renovate the dining hall and the Student
Union, said Scott Myers, director of food and vending.
He said that the tents will be removed in May, and
construction will finish by mid-August. By then, there
should be a net gain of about 50 seats inside Lenoir, and
UNC will be looking for outside seating options.
dth/erin hull
The plan will require builders to drill into the basement
and add support beams for the extension. And Myers said
students, if they are lucky, might be able to view the proj-
ect from the comfort of their seats upstairs.
The top of Lenoir will look drastically different after
construction is finished, including an extended salad bar
and the addition of servers at the Bistro.
In fall 2011, the basement of the Student Union will
close for the first phase of its much-debated, much-dis-
cussed $1.5 million renovations.
“Phase one is building the entire building up to code
and will begin in fall 2011 and adding new food services
where the print shop is already,” said Don Luse, director
of the Carolina Union, referring to the Wendy’s restaurant
that will eventually face South Road.
A contract has yet to be signed between Aramark, the
food service provider for the University, and Wendy’s. The
University has already approved the proposed Wendy’s.
Students will still be able to walk through the building
to reach the upper level. But once construction begins,
the study area and Union Cabaret will be closed.
“Though I’m not impacted by the study area being
Approximately 1,000
square feet on the
northwest corner. TENT B
approx. 96 Seats
TENT A
SOURCE: Scott Myers, Director of Food and Vending Services
DTH/CHRIS ALTON AND RYAN KURTZMAN
closed, the (Union) Cabaret being closed will be an incon-
venience for a lot of groups,” said Clare Shaffer, a fresh-
man who has performed in the Union Cabaret and is a
member of a student drama organization.
Luse said the University is working to procure alter-
nate spaces for student groups to use while the Union
Cabaret is closed. He said those spaces have yet to be
determined by University officials.
The second phase of the Union renovation will be sent
to a student referendum Feb. 8.
“We believe that if students see and understand what
we’re proposing, that they’ll support it,” Luse said.
Dining Services will give away food Sunday at noon for
students interested in hearing about the project.
Freshman Chris Bradfield said the renovations could
push students to his normal studying area.
“I usually study in front of Alpine (Bagel Cafe),”
Bradfield said. “So it might get crowded upstairs if the
studying area in the basement is closed.”
Contact the University Editor
at university@dailytarheel.com.
school moves forward
by C. Ryan Barber
University Editor
Before the “inappropriate behavior” with a
student that led to his November resignation,
Monty Cook had everything the UNC School
of Journalism and Mass Communication
was looking for.
Appearing at his alma
mater in September 2009
and again in the spring,
he left an impression with
faculty, proving himself
an innovator poised to
“shake things up” and
enact cutting-edge mea-
sures necessary to breathe Former lecturer
life into a struggling jour- Monty Cook
nalism industry. resigned from
But Andy Bechtel had his post in
concerns. November.
An editing professor in
the school, Bechtel said he questioned the
cuts Cook oversaw as senior vice president
and editor of The Baltimore Sun. Having
worked as a copy editor for the (Raleigh)
News & Observer before joining the UNC’s
faculty, Bechtel wondered if Cook’s target-
ing of copy editors in those layoffs reflected
a lack of value for the editing process.
And so, Bechtel asked some tough ques-
tions during Cook’s on-campus interview
for executive producer of the Reese Felts
Digital News Project.
“He answered those questions to my sat-
isfaction, saying that it was not his choice
to do that,” Bechtel said.
But because of hiring legislation and
common decency, Bechtel and other search
committee members said they could not
have delved into Cook’s personal life even if
they wanted to. And a review of Cook’s refer-
ences, both on- and off-résumé, left no cause
for concern regarding his non-professional
life and no warning for sexually explicit text
messages that warranted a two-week leave
and a recommendation from Jean Folkerts,
the school’s dean, for his termination.
“As it turned out, he had some extra
baggage that came along with that that we
weren’t aware of,” said professor Charlie
Tuggle, a search committee member. “In
retrospect, do I wish we had a redo? Sure.”
In a 911 call obtained by The Daily Tar
See cook, Page 5

Ross working toward smooth transition UNC president-elect

by tarini parti
state & national editor
In less than a month, UNC-
system President-elect Thomas
Ross will end his four month tran-
sition period and take office.
On Jan. 1, Ross, who currently
serves as president of Davidson
College, will inherit a University
system facing unprecedented bud-
get cuts and proposals for steep
tuition increases.
Already, he has more on his
plate than past presidents, and
unlike many of those leaders, his
transition period has been spent
juggling two roles instead of just
focusing on getting to know the
UNC system.
A president-elect’s involve-
ment during the transition period
has varied depending on his or her
prior work commitments, said Joni
Worthington, spokeswoman for
the UNC system.
“Obviously if you’re the key
leader of a university, it is expected
and customary for you to provide
adequate time for a replacement,”
Worthington said.
Past president-elects, including
President Erskine Bowles, have
used this time period to visit the
different UNC-system campuses,
meet administrators and under-
stand the problems and pending
policies.
But Ross’ commitment to
Davidson has kept him from being
actively involved.
“He has been very much dedi-
cated to wrapping up his work
at Davidson,” Worthington said.
“Personal involvement in meetings
has been limited.”
However, he has had phone con-
versations with Bowles, chancel-
lors and staff to stay updated.
“They’ve been working to make
sure it’s a smooth transition and
that the work of the University
doesn’t miss a beat in the process,”
she said.
Before former UNC-system
President Molly Broad took office
in 1997, she was in a similar posi-
tion as Ross.
She was still working for the
California State University system
and flew to North Carolina several
times to visit campuses, but did
not have enough time to be actively
involved, Worthington said.
The role president-elects play
during the transition period does
not necessarily give them an advan-
See preparing, Page 5
UNC Presidents: past, Present and future forecasts budget cuts
by Estes Gould
staff writer
The Daily Tar Heel talked
to UNC-system President-elect
Thomas Ross, who will take office
Jan 1. Ross discussed his opinions
on tuition, budget cuts and his pri-
orities for the system.
DTH: What do you think of
the new Four Year Tuition Plan
approved by the UNC-system
Board of Governors?
dth file/bj Dworak Thomas Ross: I read it, and
I think it is something I will sup-
port. If the Board of Governors has
approved it, then that is my policy.
DTH: Do you agree with Erskine
Bowles’ low-tuition model?
TR: I think that we need to do
everything possible to comply with
the constitution, which requires
that higher education be afford-
able and practical for students. But
now the question is: What’s going
to be practical in the future?
dth file/bj Dworak
None of us want to see the
excellence of the university decline,
Thomas Ross (bottom left) follows past UNC presidents: Erskine Bowles so we have to balance tuition and
(above), Frank Porter Graham (upper right), Gordon Gray (right middle), state support.
J. Harris Purks (right bottom), William Clyde Friday (middle top), C.D. DTH: Why did you take the
Spangler Jr. (middle center), and Molly Corbett Broad (middle bottom). job?
TR: It was the most difficult deci-
sion of my life. I love (Davidson). It
was really difficult for me person-
ally to leave.
But I feel an obligation, a
responsibility to serve. This is a
calling or a responsibility or duty to
serve, and I think that there are a
lot of people who think I can help.
And I very much want to try and do
whatever I can.
I’m not some kind of miracle
worker who’s going to come and
change all this in a few weeks or
months or years, but I am some-
body who’s going to work really
hard.
I’m all about student involve-
ment, and I will look for ways to be
more involved with students. There’s
a lot I’m giving up personally.
It’s a big challenge, but it’s a
very important job for the state.
The state needs this university and
needs it to be strong.
But the personal side of things
is moving away from your grand-
kid, from something you know
and love to something you love but
don’t know if you’re going to enjoy
See ross Q&A, Page 5

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eighteenth national champion- e-mail addresses.
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n A 29-year-old man was
charged with indecent exposure
and trespassing at 3:34 p.m.
Friday at East Chapel Hill High
School at 500 Weaver Dairy Road,
according to Chapel Hill police
reports.
Brian Eugene McLaughlin was
arrested by a student resource offi-
cer, reports state.
He was taken to Orange County
Jail in lieu of a $500 bond, reports
state.
n Someone punched another
person in the face with his or her
fist at 2:35 a.m. Sunday at 157 E.
Franklin St., according to Chapel
Hill police reports.
n Someone slashed two tires
on a black 2002 Mercedes-Benz
C230 Kompressor Sport Coupe
between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Friday
at Mill Creek Condominiums at
702 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.,
according to Chapel Hill police
reports.
Damage to the tires was valued
a $150, reports state.
n Someone broke into a blue
2006 Ford Escape between 9
p.m. Thursday and 12:57 p.m.
Friday at 799 Bolinwood Drive,
according to Chapel Hill police
reports.
Damage to the vehicle was
worth $250, reports state.
n Someone concealed steaks in
her bookbag between 2:50 p.m.
and 3 p.m. Friday at the Food
Lion at 1129 Weaver Dairy Road,
according to Chapel Hill police
reports.
The steaks were worth $80,
reports state.
n Someone was walking down
a street with a gun at 2:46 p.m.
Friday at 1495 Ephesus Church
Road, according to Chapel Hill
police reports.
No gunshots were reported,
reports state.
n A 34-year-old Liberty man
was charged with misdemeanor
hit and run and exceeding safe
speed at 11:30 p.m. Sunday at
828 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.,
according to Chapel Hill police
reports.
Brian Patrick Gallagher was
cited and released, reports state.

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Campus briefs
Elections hearing, optional
candidates meeting tonight
Today is a busy day for the Board
of Elections.
First, the board will host a hear-
ing that will determine whether
junior Rick Ingram and Student
Body Secretary Ian Lee have bro-
ken election law by campaigning
for student body president.
Ingram filed a complaint against
Lee to the board on Nov. 28. In
the complaint, he accused Lee of
sending out e-mails expressing his
intention to run for student body
president.
Title VI, Article IV, Section 408
of the Student Code prohibits the
student body secretary from partic-
ipating in campaigns for positions
in student government.
The board chose to launch an
investigation of Ingram’s claims.
It also decided to investigate
Ingram after a member of the
board received an e-mail solicit-
ing involvement in Ingram’s cam-
paign.
Both Ingram and Lee will pres-
ent arguments in the Board of
Elections office tonight at 6:30
p.m.
Chairman of the Board of
Elections Andrew Phillips said he
encourages all interested students
to attend the hearing.
The board will also host an
optional candidates meeting for
individuals looking to run for
any position that is elected in the
spring.
It will be held at 8 p.m. in Room
3206A of the Student Union.
All students looking to run in
the spring elections are encouraged
to attend.
UNC student government
launches blog for students
UNC student government will
be launching a blog to better com-
municate with students, faculty
and town members and to reach
out to them and inform them
about what the various branches
are up to.
The blog’s organizers plan to
start releasing weekly updates in
January. Visit http://studgov.web.
unc.edu/ for more.
City briefs
New Jordan Lake ordinance
instituted within Chapel Hill
New restrictions regarding
maintenance or development of
land adjacent to streams have been
implemented within Chapel Hill.
In an effort to clean up Jordan
Lake, a polluted drinking water
supply reservoir, North Carolina
has required that all local gov-
ernments within the Jordan Lake
Watershed adopt ordinances,
policies and procedures based on
a model to protect and preserve
existing stream buffers.
The Jordan Watershed Riparian
Buffer Protection Ordinance
became effective Monday as a sec-
tion within Chapel Hill’s Land Use
Management Ordinance.
The new stream buffer require-
ments will affect maintenance and
development within the 50-foot
buffer along Jordan Lake stream.
For further information, devel-
opers are encouraged to attend
information sessions Wednesday
from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. and Dec. 15
at the Chapel Hill Public Library to
introduce the new ordinance and
discuss requirements.
CHCCS provides update on
current budget situation
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
Schools has released three com-
munication projects in an effort to
keep the community informed on
the budget constraints the district
faces for the 2011-12 school year.
The documents include a nar-
rated PowerPoint presentation, an
online survey and a webinar.
Those interested in learning
more can visit the www.chccs.k12.
nc.us.
County commissioners
rethink dental clinic move
Although the consolidation of
two county dental and health clin-
ics was projected to save taxpayer
money, new estimates are showing
otherwise.
The Board of Orange County
Commissioners originally approved
the Whitted Building Health and
Dental Clinic Project at its Sept.
21 meeting, estimating the project
would save the county more than
$100,000.
But after discussing the pro- Orange County residents attended
posed floor plan of the new site a public input meeting last week,
Monday night, the board was sur- Orange Water and Sewer Authority
is emphasizing that its forest man-
prised to find out the project is now
projected to cost taxpayers $1.47 agement plan is not based on
million. potential financial gain.
“When I read the assessment I
was rather taken aback,” commis- and cutting for about 1,900 acres
sioner Bernadette Pelissier said. of forestland across 17 properties
“This needs to come back to us has resulted in controversy among
with a lot more information.” residents who question how it will
Visit dailytarheel.com to read affect water quality.
more.
phases and will be a work in prog-
-From staff and wire reports ress, said David Halley, owner of
Top News tuesday, december 7, 2010 3
Final grades moving online New
virus
ConnectCarolina should be ‘simple’ without hiccups, though. Professors
teaching classes with multiple sec-
Other members of the testing
committee said the new system is
tions will need to add grades to easy for even the technologically-
infects
By Davis Wilbur “Paper submission was pretty the roster for each individual sec- challenged to use.
Staff writer easy; this new system looks like it’ll tion, as will those entering grades “It’s a lot more straightforward
Last semester, students experi- be pretty simple as well,” said one for courses that are cross-listed in than I expected,” said Andy Andrea,
enced ConnectCarolina for the first teaching assistant at a demonstra- multiple departments. a committee member.
laptops
time during registration. tion hosted Monday by the regis- Max Beckman-Harned, co- Members of the committee
This semester, students, faculty trar’s office. The demonstration was chairman of the technology and also praised the system for letting
and staff will have another first- lead by Chris Derickson, assistant web services committee of student teaching assistants submit grades,
time experience with the system provost and University registrar. government, which tested the new even though professors still have to
when professors submit grades “I know this is a big change,” system, said that while the move approve all grades.
electronically. he told more than 100 professors, won’t bring drastic changes for “It’s good that communication
Before ConnectCarolina, instruc- teaching assistants and adminis-
tors submitted grades in paper form trators gathered in Greenlaw Hall.
students, it’s an important step for
the University.
between TAs and professors has
been made easier,” said Ben Hawks,
Brings influx of
to the registrar, who would then
input grades into Student Central
“But grading is still grading.”
Faculty will still have 72 hours
“It’s a web page for your grades,
not too shocking,” he said. “But I’m
committee co-chairman.
The registrar’s office will wait
students to ITS
for students to access online. after their classes’ final exams fin- just excited that grading is finally until Dec. 14 to post the first round
Now Student Central is out of ish to officially submit grades. They
By AARON MOORE
going electronic.” of grades on ConnectCarolina, but Staff writer
the picture and the process is more will see students’ final grades on the Before ConnectCarolina, eventually grades will be posted as As the weather gets colder, the
direct, although not entirely paper- faculty center of ConnectCarolina Derickson said, his office had to quickly as 15 minutes after the reg- flu isn’t the only virus going around
less. Professors still have to submit and can use drop-down menus enter grades twice to confirm accu- istrar approves them. campus.
paper forms if a grade needs to be next to students’ names to select racy, and professors had to rely on Students with UNC-issued
changed, or if a student receives a a grade. University mail or couriers to send Contact the University Editor
Carolina Computing Initiative
grade of incomplete. The new system might not be grades to the registrar. at university@dailytarheel.com.
laptops are among Windows users
experiencing hard drives infected
by a new virus.
KEEP “I was knocked out. I don’t even remember the last
The virus, which poses as a
defragmentation reminder, has
couple of steps before I made contact with the defender.” caused a spike in the number of
complaints fielded by Information
YOUR
Darius Lipford, unc football player Technology Services, said Matt
Howell, manager of walk-in ser-
vices for the department.
He said the department is busier
HEAD
than usual but is equipped to han-
dle the problem.
“There’s really not a whole lot to
it,” Howell said. “People are bring-
UP
ing it in, and we’re doing the best
we can in terms of getting them
removed and computers back to
people.”
Guskiewicz leads in Howell said because of the inex-
act and occasionally incorrect diag-
concussion research noses given by users, the number of
students who have been affected by
the virus is uncertain.
by MEgan walsh But he said the total number of
Assistant Sports Editor loaner laptops supplied to students
North Carolina’s offensive linemen know is up, which he blamed on the out-
a thing or two about protection. break of the virus.
But as the football team’s front wall blocks Brandon Ballance, a student
opponents from scrambling toward quar- assistant for ITS, said they noticed
terback T.J. Yates, there’s a sports-medicine the problem Sunday and Monday.
scientist behind the scenes building his own “It seems like a whole lot of peo-
kind of protection for UNC’s student-ath- ple have it,” Ballance said. “A lot
letes, found by sensors hidden in the layers of people came in Sunday. It was
of 60 football helmets. pretty significant.”
For Kevin Guskiewicz, department chair The virus typically poses as a
of UNC’s Exercise and Sports Science pro- message telling users they need to
defragment their computers, but
gram, football players are key research
subjects in the study of sport-related head when they try to run the defrag-
trauma — just one of his projects as the mentation, their programs shut
down, Howell said.
head of one of the nation’s leading concus-
“It’s basically like a lot of fake
sion programs.
antivirus ones that come up these
“We’re a sport-crazy society, and I think
days,” Howell said. “It kind of
that’s a good thing,” he said. “Just as exercise
comes and says, ‘There’s a problem
and sport scientists, we bear the responsibil-
with your hard drive, you need to
ity to help improve the safety of sport.”
get this resolved, pay us money and
Guskiewicz implemented the study’s
we’ll fix it for you.’”
plan with UNC’s football team six years ago
Fixing it is a fairly simple matter
with the permission of former coach John
of wiping the infected computer’s
Bunting. It has continued and expanded with
hard drive and operating system to
the arrival of Butch Davis, who Guskiewicz
remove the virus, he said.
says uses the program’s emphasis on safety
“It took about 45 minutes to
as a recruiting tool.
get in and out,” said senior Alex
The helmets’ sensors, known as acceler-
Patterson, whose computer got the
ometers, send data that measures the magni-
virus. “The actual backing up didn’t
tude, location and frequency of each impact
take that long.”
sustained during games and practices to a
Students with the virus also
machine collecting the information — except dth/duncan culbreth
don’t need to worry about perma-
for the hits that matter most in endangering Kevin Guskiewicz runs a series of balance and orientation tests on Tyler Moore, a
nently losing all of their data.
a young athlete’s brain. junior from Denver, on Monday. Moore had injured his head the previous week.
“There’s manual ways of trouble-
Hits that register forces more than a set
shooting the virus, it’s just not the
threshold, often around 100 G-forces, send For Lipford, that clinical application has national media coverage and praise for
preferred method,” Howell said.
alerts straight to the pager at the hip of UNC saved him a lot of pain and a lot of missed Guskiewicz’s active pursuit of change in the
“For CCI customers, what we’re
football’s head athletic trainer Scott Trulock game time after he sustained a concussion way sports deal with concussions.
actually able to do is back up their
to trigger extra attention on the field and in while playing in the third game of the season That media coverage also hits home with
data locally here and put data back
Guskiewicz’s research. against Rutgers. Guskiewicz, who has become one of the
on the machine afterwards.”
“The hard thing about concussions is that “We were running down on the kickoff nation’s go-to concussion experts. Not only
Howell said when new viruses
the symptoms are similar to a lot of other and I had a head-to-head collision with a has he been featured in The New York Times
emerge, ITS always sees a reaction
things,” Trulock said. “You can be feeling dis- player on the other team,” Lipford said. “I and CNN, but Guskiewicz also once consid-
oriented and even nauseous and it might be was knocked out. I don’t even remember the ered abandoning his work as an athletic like the one observed Sunday and
heat illness, you might be dehydrated. The last couple of steps before I made contact trainer to join the media full time. Monday.
sensors, in a lot of cases, help us rule out a with the defender.” After graduating from West Chester, “Anytime you have a new virus,
concussion and help us focus on what might Sidelined for at least a week, Lipford met Guskiewicz split his time between working security companies aren’t going to
be affecting them.” with Guskiewicz and Trulock on how to at a sports medicine clinic and writing for have protection in place, so there’s
Working with Trulock, Guskiewicz returns change his approach in multiple situations on the Philadelphia Inquirer. The journalism always that window of opportunity
to his own roots in athletic training to com- the field. By the time UNC played Clemson minor was awaiting a call from Columbia (for the virus),” he said.
bine the study’s data with UNC’s game two weeks later, he was back in the game and University’s Graduate School of Journalism.
film to alter the way players like freshman making his blocks with life-saving technique But when opportunity did call, it wasn’t from Contact the University Editor
linebacker and special teams player Darius changes. the media. at university@dailytarheel.com.
Lipford make their blocks. For the benefit of “(Guskiewicz) will indicate to me, just in “I ended up getting an offer to go work
the players’ brains, Guskiewicz and Trulock looking at the data, of the person we need with the Pittsburgh Steelers,” Guskiewicz
say heads-up is the way to go. to follow up on, and then I’ll be the one to said. “I was from western Pennsylvania and
About the virus
“After they’ve had a concussion we can say, actually follow up with them and then follow realized it was the opportunity of a lifetime The virus poses as a message
‘Well look at this. This is what went wrong up with the coaches,” Trulock said. — that sort of decided my path. But I often telling users to defragment their
here,’” Guskiewicz said. “‘You’ve been doing “You hear all the time about great research wonder what would’ve happened had I gone computers. When they run the
this the past month, and we’ve gone back being done, but if you don’t put that into the journalism route.” defragmentation, their programs
and looked at all of your impacts and you’re practice and have an effect on people’s lives, Thankfully for the brains of millions of shut down and their hard drives
lowering your head. Those hits sustain the what’s it worth?” have to be wiped clean to
remove all traces of the virus.
highest impacts.’” For this reason, UNC has been gaining See concussions, Page 9
Residents debate forest management methods
Unsure of e≠ects on water quality If the land is left unattended, it
could develop problems like beetle
exceeds cost over time, they will use
the revenue to replace and improve
adjacent land.”
After the timber is harvested,
infestations, wildfires, debris and its water and sewer systems. Halley said the wood will be bid on
by Chelsey Dulaney True North Forestry Management wind damage, said Orange County Pat Gallerelli, who lives adjacent by timber buyers and sent to places
staff writer “The objective that we’ve stated is Ranger Jake Pressley. to the Jordan Lake property, said like lumber or pine-pulp mills.
After more than 100 concerned to protect water quality in the long “It boils down to whether you he thinks OWASA does have the “If we take a responsible
term,” said OWASA Sustainability want to have a healthy forest or a proper management of its forest approach to this and work with
Manager Patrick Davis. stagnant forest with little wildlife property as its first priority. professionals, it seems like it will
Davis said OWASA is currently growth,” Pressley said. “My understanding is that be a win-win for all of us,” he said.
developing a model of expected Davis said he thinks some people OWASA isn’t looking to make prof- Along with water quality man-
costs and revenues for this plan, have gotten the wrong idea about it on this,” he said. “But the logging agement, Davis said OWASA seeks
which he expects will be available why his company is planning to company certainly isn’t working for to enhance forest conditions to
The plan that proposes thinning in January. harvest the timber. free.” promote diversity in wildlife and
Halley said income is a part of “OWASA is a public non-profit Gallerelli said he supports tree species.
sustainable forest management. agency that is essentially owned by OWASA’s plan but is concerned Almost 500 acres of the forest
“It wouldn’t make sense if we the citizens of Orange County,” he about how clear-cutting will affect land will not be cut because it is
did this and didn’t make money,” said. “Staff will not make bonus- the land’s appearance. protected as a riparian forest buf-
he said. “If anything they’re doing es off the money we make from “It does look ugly right after fer, which serves as a water filter.
The plan will be conducted in it for the right reason. this.” they do it,” he said. “At the end of
“They’re trying to be good stew- Davis said if OWASA does gain the day, I would like to see a big- Contact the City Editor
ards of their lands.” revenue from harvesting timber that ger buffer around the streams and at city@dailytarheel.com.
4 tuesday, december 7, 2010 The Daily Tar Heel
The Daily Tar Heel
Health centers seek approval NPR host finds
by Cassie McLean
staff writer
UNC Health Care and Novant
Health are both in the running to
receive approval for new expansion
projects.
The health care companies
applied for certificates of need in
November under the N.C. Division
of Health Service Regulation.
The certificate lends state
approval for expansion or renova-
tion projects.
UNC Hospitals is hoping to
receive a certificate for a new lin-
ear accelerator, a piece of radiation
therapy equipment that is used to
treat cancer.
DJ Zerman, associate director
cook
from page 1
Heel, the Duke University profes-
sor who reported the “suspicious
condition” at Carroll Hall that
brought the scandal to light indi-
cates that a Duke student aimed to
confront Cook.
The professor identifies the
Duke student listed in the Nov. 12
Department of Public Safety incident
report as the boyfriend of Cook’s stu-
dent employee, who is identified as
the “victim of a power relationship.”
A red flag
If any warning arose, it was an
unsigned e-mail addressed to 25
faculty on May 31.
An anonymous author claimed his
wife had an affair with Cook, offering
an explicit Gmail chat as proof.
It raised a red flag for some. And
it “hit home” for Bechtel, who said
he was going through a divorce at
the time.
“I’m still glad that we hired you,
and I think that you are a good per-
son,” Bechtel wrote to Cook.
He said Cook never responded.
But Bechtel delivered a monition
as well, answering the plea in the
e-mail for the faculty to encourage
Cook, who is married with children,
to avoid extramarital relationships.
“I don’t know the details of your
situation,” he added, “but I hope
that all involved can step back and
re-establish the boundaries that are
necessary for marriages to survive.”
Folkerts said she contacted the
University General Counsel in
response to the e-mail. But journal-
ism professor and search commit-
preparing
from page 1
tage, said former UNC-system
President Bill Friday, who had been
serving as an assistant to the presi-
dent before he took office.
“I just moved from one desk to
another,” Friday said. “But once you
sit down in the chair, it’s quite dif-
ferent. You’re at the end of the line
when it comes to decision-making.”
UNC-system Board of Governors
members said they were not wor-
ried about Ross’ lack of direct
involvement.
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of planning for UNC Health Care,
said hospital officials are optimistic
about receiving a certificate, but it’s
hard to say how many people the
equipment would benefit.
“We’re hopeful,” she said of the
anticipated response.
Novant Health has plans to build
an outpatient center in Chapel Hill
off Europa Drive.
Novant Health representative
Katie Gillespie wrote in an e-mail
that the company’s physician part-
ners felt the community needed
a surgery center and encouraged
Novant Health to file the applica-
tion.
Gillespie said features of the pro-
posed outpatient center include two
tee member Leroy Towns said the
e-mail was ultimately dismissed as
a personal matter.
“When you sit back and look
at it, what do you do with that?”
Towns said. “If everybody at UNC
who had an affair were fired, I’m
sure that we would be short of fac-
ulty, staff and administration.”
The seven-member committee
charged with recommending a can-
didate to the faculty selected Cook
unanimously. Before Cook formally
joined the faculty on April 1, faculty
approved the recommendation by a
vote of 29-6, with two abstaining.
Moving forward
In the aftermath of Cook’s res-
ignation, the journalism school
decided not to offer the News Desk
class that was linked to reesenews.
org and taught by Cook. Don
Wittekind, the chairman of the
search committee that led to Cook’s
hiring, stepped into Cook’s role as
executive producer of the website,
which is funded through a $4.1
million grant, the largest in the
school’s 101-year history, from the
estate of alumnus Reese Felts.
Rebecca Putterman, the website’s
managing editor, said Cook’s resig-
nation was a brief distraction that
the staff has since overcome.
“After a couple of days of decom-
pressing and working together get-
ting past it, we were able to move on
pretty quickly,” she said. “We had a
content plan that didn’t change. Our
deadlines didn’t change.
“We got back to our work.”
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all regions of the state with previ-
ous jobs he has held,” said Steve
Bowden, a member of the board.
“I have no reservations about him
hitting the ground running.”
James Holshouser, who has
served on the board since 1981,
said transitions are always chal-
lenging times, but Ross has made
a considerable effort to get to know
the system.
“(Ross’) probably coming in fac-
ing the toughest challenge of any
president since the 1930s,” he said.
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outpatient general surgery operat-
ing rooms, pre- and post-anesthesia
recovery areas, sterile processing
services on site, one non-surgical
procedure room and all associated
ancillary and support services.
The projected cost of the Novant
project is more than $5 million, she
said.
“We have submitted a strong
application and are hopeful we will
be awarded the certificate of need,”
Gillespie said.
If approved, Gillespie said the
outpatient center is anticipated to
open Jan. 1, 2013, and the company
expects the center to make a profit
by its third year.
Certificate of Need Analyst
ross Q&A
from page 1
as much.
DTH: Is your family moving
with you to Chapel Hill?
TR: My daughter and her hus-
band are in Charlotte. My wife and
I are coming and my dog, Sophie.
DTH: How much have you been
communicating with the Board of
Governors and administrators?
TR: I’m still trying to do this job
at Davidson, so very little in terms
of tasks.
We’ve been in touch with e-mails,
etc. I’m using whatever spare time
I have to read and learn where the
university is.
I’m not interacting a lot but
we’ve talked.
DTH: Do you have a length of
time you think you want to remain
in office?
TR: I could be here until I retire.
I wasn’t looking for a job.
I feel in some ways the timing
wasn’t perfect. I could have accom-
plished more (at Davidson), but
timing isn’t up to us.
DTH: How will you deal with any
further budget cuts to the system?
TR: I am definitely expecting
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began reviewing the applications
Wednesday and both hospitals
should have a definitive answer by
the end of April.
Marques said the hospitals will
have to show that there is a need
for the improvements both within
the hospital and the community
and that the addition will be finan-
cially feasible.
As to whether the hospitals’
requests will be approved, Marques
said, “Every case is a case of its own.
“ T here’s no cookie c utter
approach.”
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bigger budget cuts.
In a matter of a few years, we’ve
gone from $22 to $19 billion, and
we’re looking at another $3.5 bil-
lion being cut — $22 to $16 bil-
lion in a span of five years is very
dramatic, and that will have wide-
ranging implications for the uni-
versity and the government.
It’s hard to forecast. There could
be substantial layoffs — from 800
to 1,700 layoffs.
DTH: What are your priorities
for the UNC system as president?
TR: It’s about steering the uni-
versity to continued excellence.
I understand the complexity
of our current situation and the
dire situation our budget is in. But
I’m also somebody who will look
beyond this because we will come
out of this.
It might be tougher and longer
than usual, but we will come out
the other end and I hope we will
be well-positioned to move the uni-
versity forward.
I also hope to maintain strong
faculty and the support services
for the students, enhance those
services in some ways.
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Michele Norris
speaks at UNC
By Chloe Pinner
Staff Writer
Michele Norris tried to create
an impersonal chronicle of race in
America, but she couldn’t escape
her own family’s stories.
“I like to say I found the ‘I’ in his-
tory,” she said.
Norris spoke Monday about the
full circle she made during the writ-
ing of her new book, “The Grace of
Silence.”
Instead of writing an imperson-
al book of essays on race, as she
originally intended, Norris — the
first black female host at National
Public Radio — began to uncover
the secrets of her own family his-
tory and the unspoken stories that
shaped who she became.
About 50 people, including
self-proclaimed news junkies and
NPR nerds, came out to hear the
journalist and host of “All Things
Considered” speak in Carroll Hall.
English professor Randall Kenan
gave a gushing introduction.
“Her honey tones, her intelli-
gence and her quick wit are a joy
to behold,” he told the audience
before Norris regaled them with
personal anecdotes.
Her interest in her family’s past
was sparked by the story that her
grandmother, a well-educated,
churchgoing woman, worked as
an itinerant Aunt Jemima charac-
ter in the 1940s and ‘50s, dressing
up as a slave woman and teaching
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Her family had hidden this story
and was shamed by it, yet Norris
dug deeper.
“There is grace in silence, but
there is such great power in words,”
she said.
She found newspaper articles
that proved her grandmother had
taken a job that could have been
denigrating and turned it around,
using her position to be an ambas-
sador of the black race.
After this secret was unveiled,
more stories kept pouring out and
Norris was unable to ignore them.
Senior Anita Rao, a women’s
studies major, said Norris’ personal
angle was enlightening and enter-
taining.
“I was really excited to hear her
speak,” she said. “I find it really
interesting to hear about big the-
matic issues from a personal per-
spective — it adds a new layer to
the conversation.
“When we talk about race it’s
easy to fall back on generalizations,
but she focused on specifics and
used instances of discrimination
against her own family to bring to
light these issues.”
Norris ended the talk reiterating
the power of knowing one’s past. As
someone whose entire career has
been based in telling stories, she
said her roots are in stories that
were never told.
“I was shaped by things (my fam-
ily) never talked about,” she said.
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The Daily Tar Heel News tuesday, december 7, 2010 7

Broadway, comedy National and World News

Obama’s visit to NC town focuses
N&W

combine for Pauper

by Katherine Proctor
staff writer
Broadway is coming to UNC.
As the first show of the new year
for student musical group Pauper
Players, “Broadway Melodies 2011”
will also function as the company’s
last in the Union Cabaret.
“Broadway Melodies 2011” will
feature three student-written short
musicals, each focusing on a piece
of pop culture.
The three sets will incorporate
established Broadway composi-
tions with lyrics adapted to the sub-
ject material. Quentin Tarantino,
“Glee” and “Mean Girls” will all be
parodied in the production.
“The musical selection is defi-
nitely skewed toward shows with
which I’m familiar,” said Wendy
Hua, writer and director of “Mean
Girls: The Musical.”
“Sometimes you end up toying
with the same line of lyrics for a
while to find the perfect words to
substitute,” Hua said.
Ben Boecker, executive produc-
tion director for Pauper, said the
show — which runs Feb. 4 through
Feb. 8 — is not as big a production
as the company’s main perfor-
mances.
“With this show, we’re not real-
ly going for the flash and bang of
our other productions,” he said.
“It’s a comedy show, and it’s really
funny. We don’t need to spice it
up.”
“Broadway Melodies 2011” will
end its run as the Cabaret closes for
renovations. This leaves Pauper’s
spring production of “All Shook
Up” without a home.
During their 21 years on cam-
pus, Pauper has usually performed
in the Playmakers Theatre.
The company was forced to
move its performances to the Union
Cabaret when the Playmakers
Theatre closed four years ago.
Renovations to the space were
planned, but budget constraints
prevented the building from
reopening until this November.
With the Cabaret’s imminent
closure due to planned renovations
to the Union, the company faces a
challenge in finding space for its
future performances.
“The cost of Historic Playmakers
has increased significantly since
Know more on
today’s top story: on economy and downplays politics
Traffic was blocked until 2 WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — economic competition from such
p.m. on streets in Winston- President Barack Obama down- countries as China, Korea and
its renovation,” said Elissa Rumer,
played politics Monday in a visit India.
executive business director for Salem for President Obama’s
arrival and departure http:// to North Carolina, emphasizing Monday’s visit was Obama’s
Pauper Players. “It’s just out of our
bit.ly/fdfKf0 (via The Winston- the need for Republicans and first to North Carolina since the
price range.”
Salem Journal) Democrats to work together and Democrats took a beating in the
Boecker said some possible loca-
View Obama’s speech on the testing talking points for his re- midterm elections. It was an indi-
tions include the ArtsCenter in
economy at http://bit.ly/hmt- election campaign. cation that he plans to mount
Carrboro and Gerrard Hall at the
5Vh (via The Star News) “I believe right now there are big- another major effort in North
University.
Obama visited Nor th ger issues at stake for our country Carolina in 2012. Obama was the
Olivia Myrick, executive direc-
Carolina, a state that voted for than politics,” Obama told a small first Democrat to carry the state
tor of publicity for the company,
a democratic president for the gathering at Forsyth Technical since Jimmy Carter in 1976.
said they are looking for grants to
first time since Jimmy Carter Community College. “These issues “He could have gone to a lot of
help expand the groups popular-
in 1976, on Monday http://usat. call on us to respond not as parti- places to make his point,” said Dan
ity.
ly/flaerN (via The Oval) sans but as Americans.” Besse, a Winston-Salem alder-
“Our goal is to seek out grants
View a statement from Obama warned of a new man.
from within the UNC community
White House officials on why “Sputnik moment,” and said the But Obama also tried to give
so that we can give the resources
Obama visited North Carolina United States is in danger of being the event a nonpolitical flavor,
directly back to the University as
http://bit.ly/fx9Ghn (via The left behind in the sciences and with Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C.,
we look toward new performance
Greensboro News and Record) technology just as it seemed in flying down with him on Air Force
venues,” she said.
the 1950s when the Soviet Union One, along with Rep. Brad Miller,
In lieu of finding a new loca-
Go to http://www.dai- was the first to launch a satellite D-N.C. Among those who greeted
tion, Pauper hopes their audience
into orbit. He urged Democrats the president were Democratic
will grow throughout the rest of the lytarheel.com/index.php/
and Republicans to put aside their Gov. Bev Perdue, Democratic
season. section/state to discuss partisan differences and focus on Sen. Kay Hagan and Democratic
“There’s so much talent in the Obama’s visit to N.C. preparing the country for foreign Rep. Mel Watt.
UNC arts community,” Myrick
said.
“It’s so vibrant, and people
should tap into it more.”
Contact the Arts Editor
at arts@dailytarheel.com.

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 8 tuesday, december 7, 2010
Towns waiting, wishing for Google fiber
by Katie Barbee
staff writer
With the holidays approaching,
Chapel Hill and Carrboro residents
are hoping they receive the gift of a
new high-speed Internet network.
Google announced plans in
February to select a small number
of locations nationwide to test a
new fiber network, which the com-
pany claims will be more than 100
times faster than what most resi-
dents currently use.
Google spokesman Dan Martin
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Announcements
NOTICE TO ALL DTH CUSTOMERS
Deadlines are NOON one business day prior
to publication for classified ads. We publish
Monday thru Friday when classes are in ses-
sion. A university holiday is a DTH holiday too
(i.e. this affects deadlines). We reserve the
right to reject, edit, or reclassify any ad. Ac-
ceptance of ad copy or prepayment does not
imply agreement to publish an ad. You may
stop your ad at any time, but NO REFUNDS or
credits for stopped ads will be provided. No
advertising for housing or employment, in ac-
cordance with federal law, can state a prefer-
ence based on sex, race, creed, color, religion,
national origin, handicap, marital status.
Child Care Wanted
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said the company is close to com-
pleting their selection process and
will announce the trial locations by
the end of the year.
Martin said the new Internet
speeds will be delivered via a 1
gigabit per second, fiber-to-the-
home connection.
Chapel Hill and Carrboro are
among approximately 1,100 com-
munities that have applied to
become home to the new network.
“We’re interested in deploying
our network efficiently and quick-
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to identify interested communities
that will work with us to achieve
this goal.”
Martin said Google will iden-
tify “one or more” communities in
which the trial network will reach
at least 50,000 people and as many
as 500,000 people.
C h a p e l Hi l l May o r Ma r k
Kleinschmidt said he is hopeful
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Google could demonstrate some
success quickly,” he said. “There was
a lot of community and University
support for the application and a
great deal of enthusiasm for the
effort.”
Chapel Hill resident Brian
Russell created a Facebook group
following Google’s announcement
to garner support for the fiber. The
page has recruited nearly 1,900
members since its creation.
Russell said schools and librar-
ies in particular could benefit from
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“Fiber speeds could make it
possible to do so much more,” he
said, “like high-quality, two-way
video and guaranteed high speeds
to individual classrooms and stu-
dents.”
Russell also said the local econ-
omy could prosper with the help of
Google’s fiber.
“The biggest need of businesses
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could help local businesses greatly
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expand their markets by allowing
them to sell to the world.”
Kleinschmidt said regardless
of Google’s decision, he thinks
the town’s active support will fuel
future advancements.
“Even if we don’t ultimately
receive the attention from Google, I
think it helps move our community
forward to the day where we can
provide that type of technology.”
Contact the City Editor
at city@dailytarheel.com.
Deadlines
Lost & Found Sublets
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FEMALES LOOKING FOR roommates for next ApARTMENT SUBLET: Fully furnished
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1BR/1BA apartment available January 1st to
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Online taxes could help state

E-commerce lost NC $162 million
by Estes Gould
staff writer
In the wake of a $3.5 billion
budget shortfall, the state govern-
ment is looking for ways to boost
revenue — and online sales taxes
could be one way to do it.
The state has lost nearly $162
million in taxes from e-commerce
sales this year, according to a
University of Tennessee study.
Like many other states, North
Carolina is hoping to rectify that
loss through legislation or through
the courts.
Many online companies do
not pay state and local sales taxes
because law requires a corporation
to have physical presence in a state
in order to be taxed. Companies
like Amazon, which don’t have
offices located in the state, don’t
pay sales taxes.
“Our current structure is driven
by the economy of 50 or 60 years
ago,” said Scott Daugherty, N.C.
commissioner for small business.
The revenue lost in e-commerce
sales and use taxes this year is an
estimated $8.6 billion nationally,
according to the study.
Online retail sales are expected
to rise from $3 trillion this year to
$4 trillion in 2012.
By that time, the study projects
national lost sales tax revenue to
reach $11.4 billion.
“I think the problem is very sig-
nificant in terms of dollars, espe-
cially now, when just about every
state is experiencing a huge bud-
get shortfall,” said Donald Bruce,
co-author of the study and associ-
ate professor of economics at the
University of Tennessee.
A bill in the U.S. Congress, the
Main Street Fairness Act, proposes
a solution to the debate. It would
determine if a firm has enough
sales activity in a state to qualify to
be taxed, Bruce said.
This comes at a time when N.C.
sales tax revenues already show
double-digit growth rates, accord-
ing to a report by the Rockefeller
Institute.
The N.C. Department of Revenue
claims the budget shortfall did not
spur the concern for online sales
taxes, said Beth Stevenson, spokes-
“The problem is very significant …
especially now, when just about every state
is experiencing a huge budget shortfall.”
Donald Bruce, University of Tennessee professor, co-author of study
woman for the department.
“This isn’t anything new,” she
said. “This is an issue of fairness
and equity to small businesses.”
Because internet companies are
exempt from sales taxes, small and
local businesses that do pay them
are at a competitive disadvantage.
“If it’s not directly damaging
small businesses, it’s clearly limit-
ing their opportunity for growth,”
Daugherty said.
Kenneth Lay, former Revenue
Secretary, kick-started the effort to
collect from internet companies.
Ne go t i at i o n s w i t h o n l i n e
retailers resulted in the Internet
Transactions Resolution Program,
which Lay announced in April of
this year.
Under the program, companies
that agree to collect sales taxes for
the state will not be liable for any
taxes or penalties in the past.
After Lay requested informa-
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athletes around the world, that

wasn’t the case. As Guskiewicz
earned his master’s degree from
Pittsburgh while working on the
field for the Steelers, it was run-
ning back and current ESPN ana-
lyst Merril Hoge’s multiple head
traumas that sparked what would
become Guskiewicz’s life work.
“After having a concussion in a
game, he was driving and couldn’t
find his way home, couldn’t have a
conversation with his kids or his
wife,” Guskiewicz said. “There was
living proof in Merril Hoge that
this was a problem.”
His short time in the NFL was
enough to spark Guskiewicz’s inter-
est in the mismanagement of con-
cussions, as well as their treatment,
prevention and long-term effects.
Intent on fixing the problems
he witnessed firsthand with Hoge
and his teammates, Guskiewicz
landed his first post-doctorate job
at UNC. From there, he’s written
his own path.
Now on the NFL’s head, neck
and spine committee and the
NCAA’s concussion committee,
proof in ( former
NFL player) Merril
Hoge that this was
a problem.”
Kevin guskiewicz, exss chair
Guskiewicz could have an even
larger role in shaping the future of
football — not just at UNC, but for
the game as a whole.
The chair of a subcommittee on
rule changes and helmet safety,
Guskiewicz has been asked to look
at suggestions ranging from elimi-
nating helmets during practices to
removing kickoffs from the game
altogether to limit the growing
numbers of life-altering injuries.
He adds to his time spent at UNC
by studying concussions’ effects
on retired NFL players, conduct-
ing research and teaching at both
the undergraduate and graduate
levels.
But when it comes to Guskiewicz,
the lives of four growing athletes
are the ones that matter most. As
the father of four, Guskiewicz’s role
Tar Heels Da’Norris Searcy and Quinton Coples converge to deliver a
crushing hit to Virginia Tech’s Ryan Williams in the Nov. 13 contest.
as a family man, like that of his job
for UNC athletics, always comes
back to protection.
“Everyday when we come home,
on the way back from practice or at
the dinner table, I always want to
know what you learned in school
first and then what you learned on
the football field,” Guskiewicz said.
“Somewhere in that conversation,
though, the question always comes
up: ‘Did you keep your head up?’”
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10 tuesday, december 7, 2010
The Daily Tar Heel
Established 1893,
117 years
of editorial freedom
Perry Tsai
Sexual Health Columnist
Second year medical student from
New Orleans, La.
E-mail: Perrytsai@gmail.com
I can’t
fake this
feeling
anymore
I
t is well-accepted that
women can and do fake
orgasms. Meg Ryan did her
part in establishing this fact for
all of posterity with her delighted
delicatessen delivery in 1989’s
“When Harry Met Sally.”
But what about the guys?
When it comes to orgasm, are
men also lying while laying?
Charlene Muehlenhard and
Sheena Shippee at the University
of Kansas sought to address
this very question. According to
their survey of 180 male and 101
female college students (mostly
white and heterosexual) in this
month’s Journal of Sex Research,
25 percent of men and 50 per-
cent of women reported having
“pretended” orgasm, usually dur-
ing penile-vaginal intercourse.
So how were they faking? Both
male and female participants
reported bodily or vocal acting,
or simply stopping and reporting
afterwards to their partner that
they had climaxed. One male
pretended he “caught” the ejacu-
late in his hand; others discarded
or hid the condom used.
And why? Most participants
said that their partner had initi-
ated sex when they were tired or
not in the mood, orgasm was tak-
ing too long or seemed unlikely,
or they wanted the sex to end.
Differentially, more women
described faking so that their
partner could then orgasm for
the sex to end. Also, more women
reported a partner who lacked
skill but wanted to avoid hurting
his feelings or to make him feel
good about himself.
These results reflect a few of
our sexual assumptions. Virginia
Braun of the University of
Auckland described a heterosex-
ual script: During intercourse the
woman orgasms, then the man
orgasms, then sex is over.
While the script prioritizes a
woman’s orgasm, it puts pressure
on her to climax during inter-
course (which is actually difficult
for many women), and it denotes
the man’s orgasm as the comple-
tion of sex.
Additionally, we cling to a
Masters and Johnson model of
sexual response, which outlines
a linear, biological pathway from
arousal to orgasm to resolution.
Our “fantasy model of sex,”
from Bernie Zilbergeld, equates
sex with intercourse and orgasm,
and holds men up as perpetual
sex machines responsible for the
woman’s orgasm.
These assumptions can explain
why many women fake orgasm,
specifically before their male
partner climaxes and sometimes
to spare hurt feelings. It can also
explain why men fake orgasm in
order to end sex.
It’s not my place to say wheth-
er faking orgasms is right or
wrong. Fake orgasms can be sexy
and affirming for the partner, or
they can smooth over an awk-
ward situation.
Yet if we want more honest,
more fulfilling sex, we’re going
to have to get rid of these unreal
expectations. We don’t orgasm
every time we have sex, especially
not according to a script and not
always during intercourse.
According to Basson’s newer
non-linear model of sexual
response, orgasm does not need
to be the end-goal of sex. Sex
without intercourse or without
orgasm can still be emotionally
and physically satisfying.
But if we do want to climax,
sometimes we will have to guide
our partner or take our orgasm
into our own hands.
And yes, I mean that literally.
Wednesday:
Opinion Editor Cameron Parker
reflects on the year.
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EDITORIAL CARTOON
Solve health system disputes
UNC should address WakeMed accusations soon
T
wo health systems located
one county apart could
not possibly have more
divergent views than UNC
Health Care and WakeMed. And
if the providers do not work out
their differences soon, it’s the
well-being of the local health
system that stands to suffer.
Adversarial relations between
the two health care providers
will only be a distraction from
both systems’ ability to fulfill
their social commitments to the
most vulnerable population: the
least advantaged.
Yet WakeMed CEO Bill
Atkinson is on the war path to
expose what he believes is “pred-
atory” behavior by UNC Health
Care in the Wake County health
care market.
There’s a long litany of griev-
ances which the systems are in
nearly complete disagreement.
Private problems
More than money at stake in shifting funding model
G
ov. Bev Perdue said
recently that public
universities should seek
more private funding to offset
the impending huge cuts to
state appropriations.
On its face, her plan makes
sense. The state is going to
have to make substantial cuts
in order to balance this year’s
budget. One way UNC could
deal with those cuts is to seek
funding from other sources like
private donors.
However, state appropria-
tions largely fund employee
salaries and buildings, while
donors prefer to give most of
their money to research, schol-
arships and special initiatives.
In the words of UNC-system
Here to stay
A mosque in Chapel Hill is more than just a prayer space
E
fforts to establish a
mosque are good for our
community ­— and not
just the Muslim members.
If the name is anything to go
by, there have been Christian
churches in Chapel Hill for as
long as the town has existed.
These buildings are more
than places of worship: They
are a permanent manifestation
of the values and identities of
this community.
Islam is unquestionably a part
of Chapel Hill today. On cam-
pus, there is a thriving Muslim
Students’ Association, as well
as a number of highly regarded
Muslim faculty members.
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By Laurel Holden, lholden@email.unc.edu
WakeMed says Rex Health
Care, a private provider bought
by UNC, now has an ambigu-
ous financial status. UNC says
it is a private nonprofit.
WakeMed officials said that
UNC is not properly calculat-
ing its uncompensated care.
UNC says it employs a widely-
used formula.
WakeMed officials also said
that UNC is affiliating with
profitable physician’s prac-
tices, leaving indigent care an
increasing burden borne by
WakeMed. UNC says it does
plenty of charity care in the
Wake County market.
WakeMed belie ves the
reimbursement formulas for
Medicaid and Medicare favor
UNC. UNC believes that in
practice, WakeMed is compen-
sated competitively.
Most importantly, WakeMed
Board of Governor’s member
John Davis, “They don’t like to
give money so that people can
be paid a salary.”
So when Perdue says public
schools should focus on get-
ting more money from private
sources, she essentially sug-
gests fundamentally altering
the relationship between the
state and the public university
system.
It would certainly signal a
paradigm shift in the state’s
understood commitment to
higher education.
Of course the UNC-system
schools would try to raise
money for salaries if they had
to, but that would be an uphill
battle. Schools would almost
And Muslims contribute
to the town of Chapel Hill
through successful businesses
and community participation.
Yet Chapel Hill has lacked a
mosque or Islamic center.
It’s not that prayer is impos-
sible at present: Muslim stu-
dents can compete for space in
the Union, pray alone or drive to
other mosques in the Triangle.
But the inconveniences there
are obvious, and without a per-
manent home, it’s harder to
bring the Muslim community
together.
Mosques are more than just
prayer spaces. They serve as cen-
ters for social and educational
Sam Jacobson
Mark Laichena
Maggie Zellner
believes that UNC’s records
would vindicate its allegations,
and it has submitted public
information requests for them.
“It’s very large in scope,
and it’s going to be some time
to look at the things they are
asking us to provide, many of
which are public,” said Karen
McCall, vice president of public
affairs and marketing.
But the statement belies the
accessibility of the information
that UNC is trying to portray.
Just because it’s public doesn’t
mean it’s easy to find or digest.
At this time, there is no rea-
son to believe that UNC is not
working to clear its name with
WakeMed. But it must take
these allegations seriously.
The public interest will
hardly be served if, after 35
years of cooperation, antipa-
thy becomes the new norm.
certainly have to raise tuition
substantially to cover the
costs.
The N.C. Constitution says
that “as far as practicable” pub-
lic higher education should be
free. The state has long since
abandoned the “free” part; but
UNC-Chapel Hill consistently
ranks high for its academic
value.
We get it. With a state bud-
get hole of $3.5 billion, fund-
ing public universities isn’t as
“practicable” as it used to be.
B u t b e f o r e l aw m a ke r s
throw around the idea of ask-
ing schools to adopt a private
funding model, they should
consider the broader implica-
tions of their statements.
activities, as well as powerful
religious and cultural symbols.
And it’s not just for Muslims:
A mosque will be a base from
which Muslims can reach out
to other segments of the com-
munity, to invite in and educate
them ­­— in a role similar to the
UNC Hillel.
And a physical structure will
show that Islam is in Chapel Hill
for the long haul.
There are financial hurdles
for the Muslim community in
establishing a mosque, just like
any other religious endeavor.
But their success will be good
for the whole community, and
will reflect our common future.
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“If everybody at UNC who had an
a≠air were fired, I’m sure that we
would be short of faculty, sta≠ and
administration.”
Leroy Towns, journalism professor, on monty cook
Featured online reader comment:
“The freezer in the tornado thing
is pretty ribald if you have your
decoder ring set to ‘double
entendre’.”
KGB, on the quote File
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Kvetches slowing progress
toward gender-neutrality
TO THE EDITOR:
Every time I open the DTH,
I find misogynistic comments
and articles that annihilate the
advances we made as women at
UNC and bring us back to the
pre-UNC gender-neutral lan-
guage policy era.
Thank you to all these women
and men who stood up, and
without hiding behind anonym-
ity, spoke up for gender equality
in their letters.
Now, on Friday, we regressed
again, this time in the kvetching
board.
I often find the kvetching
board funny, but this time it was
filled with hatred. The submitter
wrote: “Last week’s cube inci-
dent was only half a victory for
free speech,” and another sub-
mitter wrote: “To the women of
UNC: Please quit sleeping with
the basketball team until they
start winning. They need some
motivation.”
Angry kvetch submitters, you
need to stop using free speech
as a way to justify hate speech.
Oppressing women should not
be promoted in the name of free
speech.
Regarding your second com-
ment, UNC students are not dis-
posable sexual objects.
Now DTH — are you a blog
or a real paper? Anonymity in
online comments, editorials and
kvetches creates a forum that
promotes polarizing comments,
insults and discrimination. It
gives a voice to people who are
not ready to live with the conse-
quences of their words.
Laurence Deschamps-
Laporte
Senior
International Studies
US drilling ban a victory
for the Atlantic Ocean
TO THE EDITOR:
The beginning of the month
proved to be a great victory for
our oceans with the Obama
administration’s announcement
of placing a seven-year ban on
Atlantic coast drilling.
By reversing course and learn-
ing from the mistakes of the BP
drilling disaster, we can make
sure our beaches and coastal
areas are protected.
But we must use this opportu-
nity to look at developing clean
energy off our coasts. As a stu-
dent at UNC-Chapel Hill I am
proud of the work our University
has done to research the poten-
tial for offshore wind.
Our state has some of the
best resources for offshore wind
among Atlantic coast states.
The studies show we could
get over 100% of our electricity
from offshore wind, replacing all
of our fossil fuel usage.
Obama’s decision was an
important first step in protecting
against the dangers of offshore
drilling.
We should now look at creat-
ing a permanent ban on offshore
drilling and urge our legislators
to take up this task.
But we also must focus on
what we can do to power the
21st century, and make North
Carolina a leader in offshore
wind instead of a follower.
Ann Morrissey
Public Policy and
International Studies
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Rape culture is more than
just the act of rape itself
TO THE EDITOR:
As a former staff member in
a rape crisis center and a soci-
ologist who studies interper-
sonal violence, I’m dismayed by
Michele Martin’s (“Overuse of
word ‘rape’ undermines impor-
tance,” Dec. 2) misunderstanding
of the concept of “rape culture.”
She criticizes Andrew Tamayo’s
characterization of comments
in the quote file as indicative of
“rape culture,” specifically “equat-
ing a girlfriend’s value with her
willingness to perform frequent
oral sex.” Martin writes: “the
comparison between two will-
ing partners and forced sexual
assault (is) erroneous.”
Martin mistakenly equates the
act of rape (forced sexual assault)
with the concept of a rape cul-
ture. Rape culture includes acts
of rape, but it is much more than
that. A rape culture is a set of
beliefs that encourages men’s sex-
ual aggression and supports vio-
lence against women. As Emilie
Buchwald, Pamela Fletcher
and Martha Roth wrote in their
(1993) book, “Transforming a
Rape Culture,” “it is a society in
which violence is seen as sexy and
sexuality as violent.” Mainstream
heterosexual pornography is but
one example.
Reducing women’s value to
their willingness to perform
“frequent oral sex” — rather
than the consensual act of oral
sex itself — is part of the rape
culture because it objectifies
women and equates their worth
with their sexual service to men.
Such beliefs do not cause rape,
but they are supportive of men’s
systematic targeting of women
for acts of violence.
Matthew Ezzell, Ph.D.
Class of ’99
A cappella groups find it
difficult to fund service
TO THE EDITOR:
Ironic. That is how I would
describe the article “UNC a cap-
pella groups rely on money for
CDs, concerts” (Dec. 1). The
piece focused on the substantial
amounts of money that it costs to
do a cappella effectively. I know
this all too well to be true. I have
been the treasurer of Cadence,
one of the unmentioned a cap-
pella groups, for four years.
There is not much funding to
be found from student govern-
ment because of the sheer num-
ber of organizations asking for
money. And as nice as it would be
to receive funding from an orga-
nization like the GAA, Cadence
has never had that luxury. So
emerges my frustration.
If the groups mentioned in
the DTH are among the most
funded groups, why not publicize
those that are not so fortunate.
Cadence, like Psalm 100, prides
itself on being a community ser-
vice oriented group that focuses
on singing for charitable events.
We like being able to share our
music with those that are not
able to pay for it. And with a
new CD project underway, we
find ourselves working tirelessly
to raise the necessary funding.
So thanks a lot, DTH, for the
support, but I guess we’ll have
to make it on our own.
Lisa Martin
Cadence All-Female A
Cappella
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