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I can see no way out but through.ROBERT FROST
126 YEARS OF SERVING UNC STUDENTS AND THE UNIVERSITYWEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 VOLUME 127, ISSUE 34
By Charlie McGeeDirector of Investigations
Sophomore De’Ivyion Drew was sitting in a lecture on Aug. 20, the
first day of classes, when a text alert informed her that four members of a Confederate group were armed at the entrance of UNC’s campus.
Drew, a member of Black Congress and an affiliate of activist group Defend UNC, lost focus on her class. She became concerned for her own safety, glancing out the window and wondering if the group, which
included two men openly carrying guns, was getting closer.
Since community demonstrators toppled Silent Sam in August 2018, the Heirs To The Confederacy have become a famil iar face among various out-of-town groups traveling to Chapel Hill with the stated purpose of advocating for the Confederate monument’s return
to campus. Days after an armed appearance on campus by the Heirs last March, interim Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz announced plans for a new Campus Safety Commission meant “to take a broader look at all aspects of community safety.”
But UNC has faced a variety of criticisms over its role in Silent Sam-related conflicts, one being that its
Alert Carolina system hasn’t informed the community of such events.
The text that pinged Drew, who is one of two student members on Guskiewicz’s safety commission, about the Heirs’ most recent visit to Chapel Hill didn’t come from the University’s alert system.
SEE ALERTS, PAGE 6
Red-cockaded woodpeckers have been endangered since 1970.
‘UNC Anti-Racist Alerts’ notify students of Confederates on campus
Over 60 North Carolina species lose federal protections
By David SaffSenior Writer
The Trump administration issued a number of changes earlier this month to the Endangered Species Act in a move that many believe will weaken its effects.
Since 1973, the ESA has succeeded in saving 99 percent of species from extinction, but one of the most controversial revisions to the act involves removing protections for threatened species.
North Carolina is home to 61 federally endangered and threatened species. Some of North Carolina’s species under threat of extinction include the bald eagle, the red-cockaded woodpecker and the loggerhead turtle.
According to U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services, threatened species are species
likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
Sierra Weaver, senior attorney at the Southern Environmental Law Center, said this change will drastically affect threatened species.
“We have always just extended the same protections endangered species get to threatened species,” Weaver said. “What this change does is it says we’re not going to protect threatened species the same way.”
This change in protection, she said, can lead to a never-ending cycle of species entering and exiting the endangered species categorization.
“Right as that species is starting to recover, as soon you can get it from endangered to threatened, you remove all the protections and mostly what you will see is that species is going to end up right back in that endangered bucket because it lost all of its protections,” she said.
Also included in this list and often forgotten are mussels. Julie Moore, a recent retiree from the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, said these animals often reflect what is occurring in the surrounding water and land.
“The mussels are indicative of a larger problem,” she said.
Mussels are key factors in determining water quality, Moore said. Many of these mussels became rare due to the amount of agriculture in North Carolina and the amount of sediment in streams.
Manley Fuller, vice president of conservation policy at the North Carolina Wildlife Federation, shared this sentiment.
“Often times species loss, or extinction, on a more localized level, is a consequence of human change to the environment,” he said. “Species loss is not in a vacuum, and it’s a reflection of what’s going on with other environmental issues.”
Fuller referenced the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker, another N.C. species that gives an indication of its surrounding environment.
“These listed species are emblematic of their native habitats, which go
beyond just the bird itself,” Fuller said.The revisions to the act also
change the conditions in which species are deemed endangered or threatened. Now economic factors, such as resources used to maintain population levels as well as potential natural resource extraction, are also considered alongside biological ones.
“(A species) should be listed whether it has a great economic impact or not,” Fuller said.
This could mean trouble for species that require resources to just remain on the endangered list, like the red-cockaded woodpecker, Moore said. If these species were moved to the threatened list, they could lose all of this support.
Fuller said he was also concerned with revisions that appear to disregard species under threat of climate change.
“The term ‘foreseeable future’ was considered by a number of people as a red flag because it’s kind of ambiguous, and they felt like that would be used by the agency to not consider species that are probably going to be affected
by climate change,” he said.Weaver said it is now the
responsibility of the citizens of North Carolina to protect species facing new threats due to the Trump administration’s revisions and to make sure their voices are included in decision making going forward.
“The most important thing for people to do is to stay up to date on what’s happening in their areas,” Weaver said.
Moore has another method for dealing with the now less effective ESA. Since a majority of endangered species are on privately owned land, she said the only way to protect them is to incentivize the landowners.
“If we ask them as a public service to look after something like a rare species, that’s at a cost to that landowner,” she said. “May be big, may be little, but if we, the public, think that’s important, we should be able to put a value on that.”
The text alert system has gained 950 subscribers since
launching on Aug. 20.
Red wolves are one of the world’s most endangered species.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICENorth Carolina supports the most known sites for the dwarf wedgemussel.
New Trump administration changes to the Endangered
Species Act threaten wildlife.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
PHOTO COURTESY OF JIM HANULA, U.S. FOREST SERVICE
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Cedar Ridge begins year with incorrect class schedulesBy Alice Bennet
Senior Writer
Students preparing to begin school at Cedar Ridge High School were in for a surprise when they received schedules in the mail — unwanted classes, empty blocks and overcrowded rooms were standard.
Dorothy O’Neill, a parent of a student at the Hillsborough school, said she was outraged by the scheduling errors. By the first day of classes on Aug. 26, her son, a first-year, was missing classes. Lisa Dumain, another parent, said her son was registered for Advanced Placement classes that he had no interest in taking.
Students received a revised schedule at Cedar Ridge’s open house on Friday, Aug. 23, three days before the first day of class. Though schedules were different, they were still wrong.
Dumain said she tried to meet with counselors, but her request was denied. O’Neill said a counselor closed the door on her, preventing her from entering the office.
Jason Johnson, Orange County executive director of schools, sent an email to Cedar Ridge parents after the open house, apologizing to students and families for the stress caused by the scheduling errors.
“It has become apparent in order to correct individual student schedules there needs to be major adjustments made to the master schedule,” Johnson said in the email.
Johnson said district and school staff would work to correct the master schedule, responsible for defining class periods, over the weekend, but the schedules handed to students on the first day of class were still incorrect.
The Daily Tar Heel reached out to Seth Stephens, chief communications
officer for Orange County Schools, but he did not respond to a request for comment in time for publication.
For the first day of classes, while the school was working on resolving the conflicts, O’Neill said her child went to the gym for empty class periods, playing games and watching movies.
Meanwhile, Cedar Ridge principal Intisar Hamidullah sent voicemails to parents reassuring them that the scheduling conflicts would be quickly resolved. O’Neill said she wasn’t satisfied with the principal’s calls.
“According to her, in her voicemails to the parents which just make the parents madder because we know it’s not true, it’s all fine, but it’s not,” O’Neill said.
Though parents said scheduling errors have occurred at Cedar Ridge before, Dumain and O’Neill insisted that the impact of this year’s issues extend beyond what
has happened in the past.“Everybody always expects, ‘Oh
we’re going to have something screwed up, we’re going to have to go get our schedule changed and get that worked out,’” Dumain said. “This year was just a disaster.”
Though most of the scheduling issues have now been corrected, some parents blame Hamidullah for the flawed master schedule and are demanding change in the school’s administration. Parents recently created a Facebook group to discuss what they believe to be broader issues at Cedar Ridge.
“We need new leadership,” O’Neill said. “Somehow, the other high school in the district doesn’t have these types of problems. We know it can be done.”
DTH FILE/ HARPER SWINGJasper Christie, a first-year computer science major, rides their unicycle during a break between classes in front of Murphy Hall on Monday, Feb. 25, 2019.
By Macy MeyerStaff Writer
Last year, the UNC community got to know first-year student Jasper Christie who rode a unicycle everywhere around campus.
This fall semester, Christie is back on campus as a sophomore majoring in computer science, but is missing one important thing — their unicycle.
Despite using a bike lock, Christie said their unicycle was stolen this past summer while it was parked at a bike rack on Franklin Street. After weeks of posting on social media and looking for the unicycle around surrounding communities, Christie said their unicycle has still not resurfaced.
“At this point, I don’t see myself getting it back,” Christie said. “It’s gone, and I don’t think I’m going to be seeing it again.”
But all is not lost. Friends and UNC staff have been diligent these past few months by helping Christie search for the missing unicycle and, more recently, raising funds to help them purchase a replacement.
Christie, who serves as a COMP 110 teaching assistant, said they informed fellow TAs at a meeting about the missing unicycle. They said colleagues
were so upset they convinced Christie to create a GoFundMe page for a replacement unicycle.
Kr is Jordan, an ass i s tant professor in the computer science department, and other members of the department have already donated to the page.
“I really like unicycling everywhere and I feel like it’s been a really big part of my experience at UNC,” Christie said. “It feels really weird to just be walking everywhere now.”
The GoFundMe page has already reached and surpassed its maximum goal after circulating on Facebook for just a few days, Christie said.
“The fact that it’s gone significantly over the goal amount means that I’m going to buy potentially a bigger unicycle or more accessories, but it’s all going to go toward the unicycle,” Christie said.
UNC students El la Car ter and Austin Tyner, both friends of Christie, agreed that Jasper not having their unicycle makes campus culture feel less complete.
“It really brightens my day to see Jasper and their unicycle everywhere,” Carter said. “It’s such a big part of their identity, and I love them for it. I really miss having the unicycle around.”
Tyner said she was surprised Christie’s unicycle was stolen because it is such a unique means of transportation. She said she was excited, however, to hear that they
Funds raised for stolen unicycleMore than $300 was raised
to replace a student’s signature transportation.
will soon be able to purchase a new unicycle because it is such a big part of their identity.
“Jasper and their unicycle is like peanut butter and jelly,” Carter said. “They brighten my day as a pair.
Jasper is a wonderful person and their unicycle is part of what makes them so wonderful.”
Correction: The article, “Readmission process simplified to survey,” on page five of the Aug. 28 issue of The Daily Tar Heel used incorrect pronouns for a source. The article has been updated online to reflect the source’s preferred pronouns. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for this error.
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UNC’s Reckoning
“Correction: the identity politics summer reading list.”Gordon Trenchard in response to “Editorial board’s favorite summer reads”
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KVETCHING BOARD
On Aug. 24, one week after moving back to UNC for my sophomore year, a KKK rally took place in Hillsborough. These demonstrators stood outside of the Orange County Courthouse, some in white robes, bearing signs in support of the KKK and Confederate ideals.
As I read more about the rally, one phrase on their signs stood out, “Yesterday, Today, Forever!” Images from history classes flashed in my mind, but this was no history lecture. It was 2019. History suddenly became present.
This semester, I am taking two classes in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Reckoning: Race, Memory and Reimagining the Public University initiative. According to their website, the initiative seeks to “support student learning and discussions about heritage, race, post-conflict legacies, politics of remembrance and contemporary projects of reconciliation.”
Entering UNC as a first-year in the fall of 2018, I was quickly introduced to the complicated history of the University. Silent Sam came down on the night before my first day of classes. The ensuing rallies, protests and dialogues surrounding race and the history of UNC encouraged me to learn more about Chapel Hill and its past. The Reckoning initiative was a perfect place to start.
In my courses, we have covered material about the American South and the earliest years of the University. We have also learned about the different native populations that existed here and how UNC has benefitted from selling enslaved people and native land.
After only two weeks of classes this semester, I’ve learned how this University has landed in its current situation. I have been exposed to stories and truths I never knew that have helped me contextualize this place.
The Reckoning initiative is not only good for learning more history, but its true value also lies in how the courses help students of UNC understand the present. The racism and exclusion that has existed in Chapel Hill, Orange County and North Carolina is not something that existed only in the past.
It is present and still informs life here. The old, black and white photos of KKK rallies I see in my lectures are not ancient artifacts, but part of a larger story that continues today. The rally in Hillsborough is yet another example of this legacy.
Looking into the past and having difficult conversations about this University is how UNC can heal and move forward. But first, the students, faculty, administration and other stakeholders of this institution need to know how we got here. Also, they need to actively want to improve this place.
Ignoring problems and leaving history in the past solves nothing. Instead, it continues the dangerous legacies of exclusion that laid the foundation of racial tension on, and the racist tendencies of, this campus. Learning more about this place and its history is the first step. These issues may seem too broad or permanent, but we have to start somewhere.
I’m proud that UNC has taken action with the Reckoning initiative. I am equally proud of and excited for the students taking the classes. It’s on us to seek the truth, deal with and act on it. Only then can we create the future of this University that we want to see.
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Could the DTH opinion twitter be any more snarky? Serious question,
I’d like to see it snarkier.
Smh at the people who leave their ringer on and have phone sounds activated just so you can hear all of
their social activity.
When people park at the pump while they go into the gas station to get stuff
I don’t understand frat men
To the people who sing EVERY word of “Act Up” by City Girls at parties...including the one y’all KNOW you’re
not supposd to sing.
People who don’t know how to order at 1.5.0. in BOL
Couples who hold hands while walking between classes and shout pet names at one another. Could you
just not?
To all of the straight women who obviously watched Queer Eye over the summer, if I hear one more “yassss
kween” I’m snatching your wig.
Please pick your head up from your phone while walking between classes. If one more first-year on Twitter cuts me off I’m asserting my senior
privilege and bulldozing them
It’s literally impossible to drive on Hillsborough St between 4:30 and
6:00 p.m. SOMEBODY FIX IT.
My professor is trying wayyy too hard to be relatable and I’ve never wanted
a dry lecture so badly in my life
Hot Girl Summer is...almost over?
Anyone else ever get nervous while opening their web browser for a PollEverywhere in class? Asking for
a friend...
Sorority rush is still going on
Classes aren’t fucking cancelled yet and it’s about to rain
There’s still mold in my air conditioning unit @Craige
Please stop trying to heat up your tin foil in the wee hours of the night. I’m already getting 5 hours of sleep I don’t need a fire alarm interrupting that.
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EDITORIAL
Tell us your sign and we’ll tell you your UNC scandal
Last semester, the Editorial Board made its astrological debut by choosing the perfect Franklin Street restaurant for each Zodiac sign.
Before we find ourselves in the midst of even more UNC craziness, we thought we’d reminisce on the chaos of the past few years by looking to the stars once again.
Step aside, Co-Star. We’re the masters of the universe now.
AriesAries, you’re a classic fire sign.
Hot-headed and short-tempered, yet bold and independent. Y’all have a lot of ambition.
Scandal: Davie Poplar explosion. Literally. On. Fire.
TaurusTa u r u s , y o u ’r e a b i t o f a
commitment-phobe. You dislike change and are unwilling to step outside of your comfort zone — which is precisely why you are often so hesitant to let someone take up permanent residence in your heart.
Scandal: Every single member of the administration being interim. Y’all just can’t commit.
GeminiYou’ve probably heard this one
before, Gemini — you’re kind of two-faced. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, though. It just means that you’re adaptable and thrive in almost any social situation.
Scandal: Carol Folt’s resignation. Whose side was she on, anyways? We still can’t tell.
CancerLet’s face it: y’all are always in your
feels. Cancers are known for being incredibly complex and mysterious; it can take quite a while to truly get to know them.
Scandal: The Winston pooper. Because honestly, WTF? We don’t understand you.
LeoSimply put, Leos are drama
queens. They are spicy and love to be in the spotlight. Leos are represented by the lion — this speaks to their courage and ambition.
Scandal: Silent Sam’s demise. In the words of Queen Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, “You know you that bitch when you cause all this conversation.”
VirgoMost Virgos are perfectionists,
making them very goal-oriented and methodical. However, Virgos can also be very calculating due to their dedicated and competitive nature.
Scandal: SBP elections. Boring, but full of power moves.
LibraEver the diplomat, a Libra is always
fair and just. Even though they crave balance and equilibrium, Libras are known for their indecisiveness.
Scandal: The weather. Two hurricanes? A snowstorm? Make up your mind, please.
ScorpioScorpios have serious BDE; they are
passionate AF and very assertive. We love Scorpios because they value facts over feelings, so we can always trust them to tell it like it is.
Scandal: Vanity Fair article. “Facts
don’t care about your feelings.” — Ben Shapiro. Neither do the Vanity Fair girls, apparently.
SagittariusSagittarians are witty people who
light up any room they walk into. However, they tend to be brutally honest, so they often come across as tactless.
Scandal: Babes who Blade. Y’all really need to learn to keep your mouths shut.
CapricornCapricorns are reliable, logical and
realistic. They are disciplined yet shy, making them unlikely to take risks and stand up for what they want.
Scandal: Silent Sam’s shrine. Too scared to stick it to the BOG, smh.
AquariusWho doesn’t love an Aquarius? Y’all
are eccentric and unconventional. You spend a lot of time in your own heads, though, which is why you sometimes come across as a little scatterbrained and insensitive.
Scandal: Spidergate. Also known as Spidey Sam. A little strange, but we love it anyways.
PiscesPisces tend to be very grounded, but
can easily get caught up in illusions. They are escapists by nature, which can be problematic and impractical.
Scandal: OWASA crises, Parts One and Two. Pisces is a water sign, so it just makes sense. Also, Orange County’s water infrastructure is anything but practical.
So how did we do? Do you identify with your astrological scandal? We mostly hope that the scandals keep coming so we can do this again.
EDITORIAL
Don’t deny climate change.
It’s real y’all. That’s it.
Don’t forget ...that you’ve probably vacationed
in the Bahamas or coastal cities in the U.S., and have enjoyed the benefits of these places without paying more than the cost of your accommodations. If you enjoy spending time in these places when they’re warm and sunny, you should be willing to support them after a storm, too. Do post that meme with a donation link.
Make sure your followers and friends can easily support the communities being impacted by Dorian. There are a lot of ways to help out, and most don’t require anything more than a Google search.
Do help organizations supporting disaster relief
For example, it took about five minutes of research (on Google) to find these organizations.
The City of Miami’s donation drive, The Smile Trust’s Hurricane Dorian Relief Fund and the World Central Kitchen disaster-relief team, which is working to feed Bahamians.
Do keep rural North Carolina communities in mind
...and be prepared to support them, too.
E a s t e r n N. C . i s h o m e t o some of the most concentrated, intergenerational poverty in the state. These communities are the most likely to be hit by Dorian. Let’s not let our place in a relatively-wealthy and urban part of the state allow us to forget about our neighbors to the east.
The astrological guide you’ve all been waiting for is finally
here. You’re welcome.
Abbas Hasanis a junior American Studies and Politcal Science major
COLUMN
The do’s and dont’s of Hurricane Dorian
Hurricane Dorian is making its way up the east coast toward North Carolina, expected to make its pass by the Outer Banks by around Friday evening.
In response, the internet has been doing what the internet always does — making a meme of it.
Y’all know we love to joke about the weather in our QuickHits and kvetches, and we appreciate a good meme as much as the next editorial board. However, this storm, unlike the humidity that we love to complain about, is deadly.
That said, we’d like to offer the following list of the do’s and don’ts of Dorian.
Don’t just make a meme. Storms l ike these actual ly
impact people’s lives. So if you’re going to make a meme about the hurricane, we recommend that you follow up by actually supporting the affected communities.
As the hyper-connected internet community that we have become, these do’s and don’ts apply to almost any context in which we use social media to meme, or as a platform for advocacy.
Whether in response to Dorian or fire relief in the Amazon, our tendency to meme or feel self-satisfied by posting an Instagram story about a disaster in another part of the world simply isn’t enough.
We have the capacity, and therefore the obligation, to do more to bring attention and resources to these communities.
In short, we encourage you to put your money where your meme is.
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By Nathan WesleyStaff Writer
It takes a lot of guts to ask someone to check out your SoundCloud with full belief that they won’t think your music is trash. Michael Spragley did exactly that last week on the eighth floor of Davis Library.
He goes by the name Speedy Sprag — because he is a fast runner, he said. He expresses himself through running and rapping: Spragley is a first-year distance runner on the UNC track and field and cross country teams. He typically runs the one-mile and two-mile races.
“I started running in the sixth grade because I was in gym class,” Spragley said. “I ran a six-minute mile and my gym teacher said I should join the track team, and ever since then, I’ve been running.”
Also an exercise and sports science major, Spragley is working to find a good balance between his schoolwork, his sport and rapping.
He started rapping at a young age, thanks to a popular Disney Channel original movie, “Let It Shine,” about a shy teenager who has a secret rapping talent that ultimately wins him the girl of his dreams.
“I was like, ‘Dang, this man is
cool,’” Spragley said. “So I memorized all the songs, and ever since then, I just started writing.”
That movie motivated him to write his first song, “Ball Like Curry,” and upload it to SoundCloud. The song has now been played over 2,000 times.
Spragley was so amazed by the positive responses that he continued to write. Along with spitting the bars on his tracks, he also produces many of his songs using Logic Pro software.
His most popular song, “Acid Trip,” has been played more than 17,000 times. The song samples Chance The Rapper’s “Brain Cells.”
“He really kind of popped off,” said sophomore Adysen Rothman, who recently listened to “Acid Trip.”
The term “SoundCloud rappers” often gets a bad rap — no pun intended — and many students interviewed by the DTH were skeptical about listening to Spragley’s track. But most were left impressed by his wordplay.
“ He r e m i n d s m e o f Y B N Cordae,” Reana Johnson, a senior communications major, said. “The lyrics are straight to the point, but also catchy. I would have loved hearing different flows, but overall, it was pretty good, and I would listen
Hillsborough Parks and Recreation seeks teen inputBy Diane Adame
Staff Writer
A new seat reserved specifically f o r t e e n a g e r s w i l l a l l o w Hillsborough youth to contribute their voices and perspectives as members of the Hillsborough Parks and Recreation Board.
The Hillsborough Parks and Recreation Board creates master plans for the town’s parks and natural areas, helps determine new park project priorities and makes budget requests to the Hillsborough Board of Commissioners, according to the town’s website. The board is also creating a spot specifically for a person over the age of 55.
The new seat, reserved for those between 13 and 19 years old, was created to help the board hear from
groups often underrepresented in its discussions, said Public Space Manager Stephanie Trueblood in a press release.
“If you look at the existing parks in Hillsborough, we have a riverwalk that appeals to everyone, but our parks are mostly for families with young children,” said Trueblood. “There’s not really any outdoor public spaces that are dedicated for older kids and teenagers.”
For many years, Trueblood said, the parks and recreation board found it difficult to get teenagers and preteens to voice their input over a long period of time.
Trueblood said this is because the town often has waves of teenagers who are interested in a particular subject, but once they reach driving age or leave for college, the town
loses contact with them. “It’s a group that turns over very
rapidly,” said Trueblood. “We’ve known for many years that that’s an issue, we just don’t have a way to keep the conversation going, to keep the ball rolling.”
In April, the board held a meeting with all of the parks and recreation advisory boards in Orange County. At this meeting, the boards discussed how to increase community participation, and the group working on this topic decided to focus primarily on teenagers and adolescents.
One of the ideas generated at the meeting was to create a designated position on the board for a teenager.
The following month, the full board discussed the idea and agreed to propose it to the Hillsborough Board of Commissioners in June.
“The main demographic for a park is a family with their children, and they’re who we think of most when we’re planning a park, but we realized that younger people and older people, their voices were not really being heard,” said Mark Bell, a Hillsborough town commissioner. “Different age groups have different interests, and certainly, teenagers are into the kinds of activities that little kids are not.”
The Parks and Recreation Board has ten seats, and rather than add a spot, the seat reserved for teenagers is included within these ten positions.
Hillsborough commissioner Evelyn Lloyd said reserving a seat for the youth is a good idea and can give them the chance to see how government works.
“I think it’s good to have some diversity,” Lloyd said. “As I’ve said, it’s
not so easy to get what you want. You have to see the certain process you go through, and then you have to see how much money it is, how much it’s going to cost and where you’re going to get the money from to keep it in good shape.”
All teenagers that live within Hillsborough town limits or the town’s extraterritorial jurisdiction are eligible to apply.
As of Friday, Aug. 30, Trueblood said she had received two applications for the seat in the past 24 hours.
“I hope that they will bring new perspectives that will help the advisory board think outside the box about things that would be engaging to them,” said Bell. “We don’t want them to not have opportunities for recreation.”
Sophomore repeats as field hockey’s first player of the weekBy Jared McMastersAssistant Sports Editor
For the second year in a row, sophomore Erin Matson of the North Carolina field hockey team has won the first Atlantic Coast Conference Offensive Player of the Week award of the season.
The No. 1 ranked Tar Heels spent the weekend in Ann Arbor, Michigan for the ACC-Big Ten Challenge where they faced No. 7 Michigan on Friday and No. 8 Iowa on Sunday.
In the first game against Michigan, Matson did everything she could to help UNC secure the win.
After the Tar Heels quickly conceded the opening goal of the match, the forward led an offensive explosion in the second period.
In a span of under eight minutes, Matson scored three goals for North Carolina, allowing UNC to carry a 3-2 lead into the half.
A final goal by senior Marissa Creatore in the closing minutes of the game sealed the 4-2 victory for
the Tar Heels. Matson finished the evening with five shots, four of which were on goal.
The second half of the weekend featured a more suspenseful contest for North Carolina.
With only five minutes remaining in the game against the Hawkeyes, UNC found itself down, 1-0, with the final buzzer creeping closer.
Goals from senior Catherine Hayden and Creatore allowed the Tar Heels to clinch the comeback victory.
Although Matson did not score
against the Hawkeyes, the forward was a nuisance for the Iowa goalkeeper. The sophomore finished the game with another four shots on goal.
Matson’s strong form to start the season shouldn’t come as a surprise.
As a first-year, she started all 23 games on a North Carolina team that went undefeated and won the national championship. Matson led that squad in both goals and assists.
Matson also became the second UNC first-year from the field hockey program to ever be named first-team
All-America.Matson and the Tar Heels will
look to maintain their solid offensive efforts as they take on Princeton in the ACC-Ivy League Conference Crossover on Sept. 6, in Karen Shelton Stadium.
Last season, UNC defeated Princeton, 1-0, in a defensive match that was one of the few games of last year in which Matson was unable to find the back of the net.
By Maydha DevarajanSenior Writer
Students streamed into the Union Art Gallery Thursday for an evening centered around sustainability and environmental consciousness.
The Environmental Affairs Committee (EAC), one of several committees that make up the Undergraduate Executive Branch of UNC Student Government, partnered with the Three Zeros Environmental Initiative — the University ’s sustainability program — to host the Sustainability Social.
Organizations across campus, from the Sustainable Fashion Initiative to UNC’s environmental honors fraternity, Epsilon Eta, filled
the Union Art Gallery for the event. Sage Turek, co-chairperson of
EAC, said the annual event is a way for environmentally-focused people to get more involved and learn about different groups on campus. She said in addition to hosting a speaker series, some of the EAC’s goals for the year include collaborating with the Carolina Union Activities Board to help facilitate more green events and with Carolina Dining Services to create more vegan signage.
“ We’re ju s t cont i nui ng to encourage people to use reusable items and to live a smart and sustainable life,” Turek said.
Amy Armbruster, research and outreach manager of UNC’s sustainability office, highlighted the
power of collective student action to enact sustainable change at UNC in her remarks at the event, citing initiatives like Tar Heel bikes and recycling on campus.
“I encourage you to use your voice, to harness your power,” Armbruster said.
Since 2000, potable water use at UNC has decreased by 63 percent per square foot, while greenhouse gas emissions have been reduced by 35 percent per square foot since 2007. The Three Zeros Initiative, developed in 2016 by the UNC Office of Sustainability, aims to reduce the University’s environmental footprint, focusing on net-zero water usage, zero waste to landfills and net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. According
to the Three Zeros Initiative, waste per capita to landfills has also declined by 27 percent between 2001 and 2017.
Epsilon Eta President Allie Omens said the Three Zeros Initiative is great, but there is still progress to be made to reduce waste on campus, particularly by increasing awareness about composting.
“When students aren’t exactly composting at a very high rate even with compostable materials, it’s hard to justify offering more compost bins,” Omens said.
BJ Tipton, waste diversion manager, said a way students can live more sustainably is by being aware of waste reduction and recycling methods. The University is also trying to reduce the cost and time
it takes to process waste materials after tailgates, Tipton said, either by asking fans to avoid using plastic bags or removing bags from their trash at bins.
Turek said while she thinks the University could improve its environmental platform by participating in coal divestment, she echoed Tipton’s sentiments about individual ways in which students can make efforts to be more environmentally-conscious.
“The biggest way that humans can have an environmental impact, in my opinion, is for everyone to just make one small change in their life,” Turek said.
Sustainability groups recruit at social
Varsity runner doubles as SoundCloud rapper
PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHAEL SPRAGLEY
Michael Spragley, an athlete on the UNC track team, is also a SoundCloud rapper by the name “Speedy Sprag.”
to it more than once.”Spragley is now venturing out
from SoundCloud, with his new album, “Overthinking,” which can be found on Apple Music and Spotify. Similar to some of YBN Cordae’s
songs, his lyrics tell a story about a time in his life where he faced challenges that many people can relate to.
“It’s just about how I overthought stuff in high school,” Spragley said.
“I had crushes and you know, it’s just like a bunch of love songs about that, and they’re really dope.”
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By David SaffSenior Writer
Hundreds gathered for the March for a Hate-Free Hillsborough at the Old Slave Cemetery on Aug. 31 to protest against the Confederate presence in the community.
The march was organized in response to a Ku Klux Klan rally that occurred the previous weekend in front of the Orange County Courthouse. This week the rally was organized by the Hate-Free Schools Coalition and Hillsborough Progressives Taking Action.
The marchers proceeded from the Margaret Lane Cemetery to the Orange County Courthouse, holding signs in support of minority, LGBTQ+ and immigrant communities. After the march, speakers and organizers from other organizations like the Northern Orange NAACP and Native American Democratic Auxiliary Caucus gave rousing speeches to the crowd.
Latarndra Strong, one of the event’s organizers and founder of the Hate-Free Schools Coalition, said she was the first person who appeared last
week to counter-protest the KKK rally, initially facing Klan members alone.
“ You don’ t expect to come out of your home in 2019 to see Confederate flags or the Ku Klux Klan in full regalia,” she said. “It was shocking. There was part of me that was in disbelief.”
Strong said last week’s rally proved to be a wake-up call to the town.
“I’m happy that they’re showing their face because I’m not confused about who they are and what they represent,” Strong said. “I think that there is a new recognition that we still have this sort of racism to fight against.”
Following last week’s rally, the Orange County Human Relations Commission released a statement saying the county welcomes diversity and opposes hatred.
“We are very clear in our position that organizations and groups with a documented history of terrorism and belief in white supremacy are not contributing to the county’s well-being,” the statement said. “Thus, it is our aspiration to simultaneously uphold the First Amendment and
disavow racism and hate speech.”Though fliers supporting the KKK
were posted around Hillsborough before the rally, no counter-protest was present at the rally.
Attendees ranged from children to elders and spanned across multiple races and backgrounds. A high school senior, Ryan Bliss, said he could not sit idly by after hearing about the rally the week prior. He said many people share these sentiments regardless of their differences.
“I think there’s a lot of people that feel the way we do that either we shouldn’t have to keep doing this, or it’s time to really push back,” Bliss said.
Strong said she was also happy with the turnout and support shown by her fellow community members, given the element of risk to attending an event like this rally.
“These people said, ‘Not in my town and not in my community,’” she said. “It makes me filled with love and glee that we have such a huge manifestation of connection and community.”
DTH/DAVID SAFFDemonstrators gathered for the March for a Hate-Free Hillsborough on Saturday to advocate for minority, LGBTQ+ and immigrant communities.
DTH/DAVID SAFFHillsborough Progressives Taking Action and the Hate-Free Schools Coalition organized the March for a Hate-Free Hillsborough on Aug. 31.
March for a Hate-Free Hillsborough reacts to last week’s KKK rally
DTH/DAVID SAFFDemonstrators marched through downtown Hillsborough on Saturday following Ku Klux Klan appearances in the county.
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Rather, it came from a new system set up by activists, which they’ve dubbed “UNC Anti-Racist Alerts,” and Drew believes it’s filling a void in community safety efforts.
“Young students, activist or not, fear for their safety when the University can send you a quick email about a thunderstorm warning, but they can’t send you an email about the number one mass murder group globally, white supremacists, being on campus and threatening student safety,” Drew said.
The University declined to comment on the new alert system or the criticisms of Alert Carolina.
‘The ones they don’t see’
On their most recent visit to Chapel Hill two weeks ago, the Heirs did not appear to enter campus boundaries, according to eyewitness accounts and Facebook live videos, instead pacing on the fringe of campus near McCorkle Place, where Silent Sam once stood. The group’s co-founder, Lance Spivey, openly carried a pink gun. A fellow Heir, who goes by “R David King” on social media, was also openly carrying, and the group donned Confederate flags and memorabilia.
Spivey, a Randolph County resident, told the DTH last week that his group sees Silent Sam as “a focal point for this battle, this war, whatever you want to call this.” He said he carries his gun in Chapel Hill not as a threat, but as self-defense from the “shouting and shoving” of counter-protesters, which he views as assault. When asked if he understands the community’s concern about him openly carrying a gun, Spivey said, “I do, but I think they should be more concerned about the ones they don’t see.”
Last March, when the Heirs entered campus and stood in front of Memorial Hall, just a short walk from a gathering of community activists,
Spivey openly carried a pistol while others were concealed-carrying or pocketing items like knives and handcuffs. Bill Miller, a Virginia resident, wore a participation patch for the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally, where a white supremacist murdered activist Heather Heyer with a car.
Previous implications of hostility from the group furthered tensions over its March visit, including a blog post days previous where Spivey had written that he was “ready to kill” for what he views as a connection between Confederate monuments and overall freedom.
UNC Police faced criticism over the event after the group was able to hover in front of Memorial Hall for over 10 minutes until an officer explained to them the boundaries of campus, shook Miller’s hand and escorted the group off campus. Despite state law making it a felony to possess a firearm on educational property and a misdemeanor in the case of other weapons, no charges were issued.
Guskiewicz said in an email to campus days later that the incident should’ve been handled differently, and former UNC Police Chief Jeff McCracken said in an April guest column for The Daily Tar Heel that Spivey had been trespassed from UNC’s campus.
The alert system
The Heirs’ most recent appearance sparked the first text alert that UNC activists have sent out through their new system. Soon after, a group of students and community members intercepted the armed group on Franklin Street, chanting and holding banners.
The event raised awareness of the new alert system’s existence, Drew said, and many other UNC students signed on after hearing about it.
Daniel Hosterman, a Durham documentary photographer who photographed the Heirs’ campus
visit in March, developed the alert system’s software in collaboration with local groups after graduate student activist Lindsay Ayling raised the idea. On the day of the Heirs’ most recent campus visit, which also fell on the one-year anniversary of Silent Sam’s toppling, the system’s subscribership more than doubled.
A s o f Tu e s d a y, t h e U N C activists’ alert system had around 950 subscribers. Ayling said the system works through a variety of administrators in the community, who receive tips on situations like the Heirs’ most recent visit and verify the potential danger of the situation before sending out push alerts.
Soon after it was made public, Hosterman sa id ac t iv i s ts in Hillsborough approached him to ask about getting their own system. A separate Hillsborough alert system using Hosterman’s software became active Aug. 24, when members of the Ku Klux Klan, some openly carrying guns, rallied in front of Orange County Courthouse.
Hosterman said the Hillsborough alert system had accrued around 650 subscribers over the week following the incident, and that two more systems were going online in separate areas.
‘A crisis of trust’
Ayling has become a high-profile activist at UNC. She referenced direct threats that she and others in the community have faced from fringe online users espousing racism and fascism. The new alert system, she said, is about “community self-defense” against potential escalation of these situations.
“It is a daunting problem, especial ly because we’re not seeing any ideas from (University) leadership on how to combat it,” Ayling said.
She pointed to a screenshot of Facebook comments made by Howard Snow on a livestreamed video in mid-
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PHOTO COURTESY OF TWITTER USER @M152375Lance Spivey (middle), Howard Snow (left) and other members of the Heirs To The Confederacy talk to a student counterprotester on Aug. 20.
June. Snow, one of the Heirs members who came to Chapel Hill two weeks ago, said, “When we stand and hate to say it put a bullet in there heads that’s when this s---will stop (sic).”
The Facebook post that Snow made those comments on is no longer available on the site.
Spivey said his group will stop coming to Chapel Hill when Silent Sam is returned to its original place on campus. He said he used to take out demonstration permits with the Town of Chapel Hill and coordinate police escort arrangements with UNC Police officer Daniel Brown.
“When he hears that we might be coming, he calls me, and he and I will have the discussion,” Spivey said. “If he doesn’t hear about it, I usually call him.”
When asked about Spivey’s connection with Officer Brown, the University referred to a December 2018 statement where Derek Kemp, associate vice chancellor for campus safety and risk management, said UNC Police contacts “any group that is willing to work with them to learn their plans, develop a safety plan, including entrance and exit, and
ensure that opposing groups have separate spaces. As we learned from the events in Charlottesville, one of the most effective ways of ensuring safety is to keep counter-protest groups separate.”
But Spivey said that the campus “police escorts haven’t been much help against us getting assaulted,” and that his group has stopped getting permits for their visits to Chapel Hill.
“As it turns out, the open-carrying of a firearm puts a bigger damper on that than the presence of the police department,” Spivey said.
Drew said graduate students like Ayling and Maya Little have inspired her own activism. She expressed hopes that younger students will take notice of the alert system and the situation surrounding its creation.
“It’s a climate of safety concerns and it’s a crisis of trust, particularly between the students and the administration who claim to keep them safe,” Drew said.
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Aries (March 21-April 19)Today is a 7 -- You may not feel like going out. Allow yourself permission to lay low. Make choices you can live with. Educational opportunities appear. Get ready.
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Wednesday, September 4, 2019 The Daily Tar Heel8 Sports
Men’s soccer honors Urso, ties vs. Creighton
DTH/TARYN REVOIRJunior midfielder Raul Aguilera (28) beats Creighton senior midfielder Luke Haakenson (15) to head the ball. UNC tied Creighton 2-2 in double overtime.
By Fleet WilsonStaff Writer
With over 180 former coaches and players in the stands to watch the beginning of a new era in the UNC Soccer & Lacrosse Stadium, the Tar Heels started off slow.
Creighton’s two goals came from a series of defensive lapses by the Tar Heels. They capitalized off of a free kick in the 18th minute and extended their lead in the 31st minute with a tap-in goal that slid past sophomore goalkeeper Alec Smir.
As they walked off the pitch after the first 45 minutes, the team found itself in an unfamiliar 2-0 deficit. It was the first time that head coach Carlos Somoano had seen his team fall behind by more than one goal since Nov. 5, 2017, against Notre Dame.
But halftime brought a renewed sense of purpose for the Tar Heels with the dedication of the Kirk Urso Student Section.
As a myriad of alumni streamed down onto the field while a tribute to
the late Urso, who died from a heart condition in 2012, played on the scoreboard, the mood at the UNC Soccer & Lacrosse Stadium shifted. Highlights of the 2011 national championship team served as a reminder of the beloved team captain.
Despite the unfamiliar nature of their two-goal setback, the common bond shared by the North Carolina soccer family brought new energy to the match. Somoano reflected on Urso’s impact on the match and the program as a whole.
“He made me better, he made Carolina better, and doing something like this makes these kids better,” Somoano said. “He may not be with us in body, but he’s here in spirit.”
After the ceremony, the Tar Heels retook the field and took control of the game. Senior Mauricio Pineda deflected in his first goal of the season in the 52nd minute to begin the comeback effort.
Somoano saw similarities between the play of Urso and that of Pineda.
“Talk about another guy who’s just
getting it right,” Somoano said. “He’s leading, he’s pushing, he’s demanding. His play is always outstanding.”
UNC continued to force the issue on offense and reinvigorated the home crowd. After 15 minutes of continued pressure, the Tar Heels tied the game up in the 68th minute when a lofty cross from senior Jelani Pieters was headed home by junior Alex Rose.
While the offense stalled after that, the flurry of goals in the opening minutes of the second half was enough to save North Carolina from an upset in the inaugural game in its new stadium.
As a senior leader of the team who sparked the resurgence, Pineda recognized the impact that Urso had on the UNC soccer program.
“He had a strong influence on Carlos and a lot of people around here,” Pineda said. “I’m glad we had this moment for him.”
By Matt ChilsonSenior Writer
College kids would typically be tired and groggy if they had to wake up at 6:30 a.m. for a meeting. However, UNC head football coach Mack Brown makes sure that his players are ready to go by letting them do one simple thing: have fun.
Before every team meeting, cornerbacks coach Dré Bly makes players and coaches get up and participate in a dance contest. After the players show off their moves, they often begin chanting a coach’s name to get them to start dancing. One morning, the coach of choice happened to be Brown.
“They started saying, ‘Mack, Mack, Mack,’” Brown said at his weekly press conference on Monday. “Then I said, ‘No, I’m the boss. I’m not dancing.’”
Even though he got out of the dancing that morning, Brown wasn’t in the clear yet. He made a promise to the team that he would dance if they beat South Carolina. Next thing he knew, Brown was doing what he called an “awkward” dance in the locker room following the Tar Heels’ 24-20 win over the Gamecocks.
“That dance that I did is pretty embarrassing,” Brown said. “I didn’t know that there would be a video of it.”
Regardless of how embarrassing it may have been for Brown, the dance showed that he has gotten exactly what he wanted since coming back to Chapel Hill.
“I wanted to come back to have fun,” Brown said. “And I wanted the kids to have fun.”
The player meetings and postgame dancing are not the only signs of the Tar Heels enjoying themselves. After two interceptions against South Carolina, junior defensive
back Myles Wolfolk brought out a turnover belt. UNC’s adoption of the prop can also be accredited to Bly.
The same person who made Bly’s College Football Hall of Fame belt crafted the Tar Heels’ new belt.
When Brown was asked about the turnover belt during Monday’s press conference, he smiled and said, “The kids need to have fun, let them have fun.”
With the team’s slow start on Saturday, it took them a while to break out the belt. The first turnover didn’t come until there was 2:47 remaining in the fourth quarter.
“I kept saying to the defense,” Brown said. “‘I don’t know why we’ve got this belt. I mean, it’s just sitting back there. Will somebody at least pick it up or do something?’”
Brown’s presence has put UNC football back on the map. It seemed like every media outlet at the press conference was talking about either the turnover belt, Brown’s dancing or his emotional interview following the Tar Heels’ upset victory.
The team will have another chance to get Brown dancing this Saturday night as a traditional powerhouse in Miami visits Chapel Hill for a night game under the lights. The game is already sold out and is sure to be an intense atmosphere as Miami is coming off of a 24-20 loss to No. 11 Florida.
“We’re looking forward to a packed house and a rowdy crowd Saturday night,” Brown said.
Miami’s glaring weakness against the Gators was its offensive line. The Hurricanes gave up 10 sacks in their opening matchup. The UNC defensive line should be able to make an impact on Saturday.
UNC football not forgetting to have fun
DTH FILE/BRANDON STANDLEYUNC football head coach Mack Brown speaks at a press conference on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at Football Press Day 2019.
Volleyball loses twice in ACC-Big Ten Challenge
DTH FILE/ ZAYRHA RODRIGUEZUNC’s Ava Bell (20) spikes the ball. UNC lost to FSU 3-0 at Carmichael Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018.
By Torre NetkovickStaff Writer
This weekend, the North Carolina volleyball team (0-2) stepped onto the court at Carmichael Arena in front of an electric crowd as the team opened its 2019 season. When they stepped on that court, though, the Tar Heels instantly faced a challenge.
UNC hosted the ACC-Big Ten Challenge and faced two top-10 teams, No. 3 Minnesota and No. 5 Wisconsin. In both matchups, the Tar Heels fought but were unable to overpower those highly ranked teams. Both Minnesota (1-1) and Wisconsin (2-0) swept the Tar Heels in three sets.
“I’m glad we earned some points early and made some comebacks,” head coach Joe Sagula said. “We can play against some good teams, but we need to work on consistency.”
On Friday night, the Gophers took control from the start and won the first set 25-16. The Tar Heels continued to fight in the second, clawing their way to an 18-15 lead over the Gophers. The set was not over yet, though, as the Gophers came back to tie the game at 26. North Carolina couldn’t stop
Minnesota, which pulled away to win the set 28-26.
Even though UNC fought in the second set, the team was unable to bounce back in the third. With the match on the line, the Tar Heels could not stop the Gophers from wining the third set 25-17 to secure the victory.
On Saturday, UNC was unable to quiet the Wisconsin offense, which found its groove from the get-go and won the first set 25-20.
In the second set, the Badgers again took control and won in convincing fashion, 25-13. The Badgers secured 16 kills and had a .571 hitting percentage in the set.
In the third, the UNC fight was evident from the start, as redshirt first-year Lauren Harrison secured her 10th kill of the game and her team took an early 3-1 lead. The energy continued as North Carolina went up 9-6. While North Carolina hit its stride, senior Mia Fradenburg kept her team energized.
“One thing we’re emphasizing this year is this concept of connecting. It is really easy when things are not going well to go into your own shell,” Fradenburg said. “We have been really working as a team to establish
some sort of connection.”Although the North Carolina
energy was high, the Badger offense could not be stopped. Wisconsin went on a six-point run and regained the lead, 12-9. The Badgers eventually secured the victory, 25-17, in the third set.
Although UNC struggled this weekend, Harrison, making her debut as a Tar Heel, proved to be a key contributor to the North Carolina offense. In her first two collegiate matches, Harrison secured 21 total kills, nine against Minnesota and 12 against Wisconsin, and led her team in the category over the weekend.
“It feels great because last season I couldn’t play,” Harrison said. “So now that I am actually back on the court, it is exciting.”
Despite the losses , Sagula remained optimistic.
“It’s going to be a long growth process for this young team,” Sagula said. “There are encouraging points...we are trying to develop our team, our depth, a lot of different things. It is going to take some time, so patience is a key word for us.”
