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Leaks, loopholes and absent landlords

DTH/NATHAN KLIMA
Student housing in Chapel Hill is often rundown and inadequately cared for. Inexperienced tenants, frequent turnover and unresponsive landlords make repairs and renovations tough to nail down.

First-time renters lack experience, legal recourse when housing goes wrong
By Kelly Jasiura, Felicia Bailey, Jenni Ciesielski
and Erin Wygant
Senior Writers
Junior Lilli Mercho made sure to lock the
doors of her home on East Longview Street
in Chapel Hill but that didnt stop burglars
from breaking into her home last summer.
Mercho said the burglars entered the house
through the basement door, which was locked on
the renters side but unlocked from the basement
itself. Through an open basement window, they
gained entrance to the rest of the house.
Mercho said she and her housemates had
no way of knowing the door was unlocked
their landlord had never mentioned it.
She said their items were stolen due to the
owners negligence.
Mercho also said the rental management
company, Dunlap Lilley Properties Inc.,
refused to give them the name of the owner of
the house, and they were never able to contact
him during the police investigation.
Our rental manager was kinda useless
he just, he did a lot of talking and he wasnt
very direct, she said. We had heard bad
things about Dunlap Lilley in the past, after
we signed the lease but before we moved in.
Jim Lilley, president of Dunlap Lilley, said
homeowners hire them specifically to handle
issues on their behalf.
They pay us to take care of the situation,
Lilley said.
But situations like this are difficult for 19-
and 20-year-olds to handle, Mercho said. She
thinks thats why owners and property manag-
ers act the way they do.
Because many students are first-time rent-
ers, theyre often unfamiliar with the loopholes
of leasing, what makes for adequate housing
or how to handle conflicts when they arise.
After a year or less, students move out, more
move in and the problems persist.
Its just frustrating cause they know they
can do this to students, and its just not gonna
matter, Mercho said.
Contracts and legal constraints
J. Tristan Routh, a full-time attorney with
Carolina Student Legal Services, said land-
lord-tenant issues are a huge part of what they
do in the office about 40 to 50 percent.
Student fees cover the cost of the office and
its three full-time attorneys to provide profes-
sional legal advice to UNC students.
Our office was founded 40 years ago kind
of based on the fact that student tenants need-
ed representation to keep landlords from tak-
ing advantage of them that kind of thing,
he said. So, it is a big, big part of what we do.
Routh said the office provides legal services
for students with landlord-related issues once
their lease begins, such as repairs or receiving
the security deposit at the end of the year.
Routh also said they urge students to bring
in their leases for review before they sign
them, because once its signed, youve entered
the contract.
A lot of people may not really understand
what their legal duties and obligations are as
a tenant, so its important to go through your
lease with an attorney, he said.
Senior Jessie Pongetti said her landlord
drops in unannounced even after she asked
him several times for warning and he refus-
es to fix broken items.
However, due to the nature of the lease she
and her housemates signed, they are having
trouble holding the landlord accountable.
Our contract was so strategically written,
there wasnt really anything we could do about
it, Pongetti said.
She said while Carolina Student Legal
Services was helpful, she was frustrated with
the legal system itself.
Taking charge
Senior Alex Cornell doesnt communicate
with her landlord. In fact, shes never even
SEE HOUSING, PAGE 5

Residents Survivors speak out with T-shirt art

argue pros, Davis
The Clothesline Project ments not bruises, lining the
edges of the sidewalk, written
will be displayed in on the shirts which were made
mostly by survivors.
Library today.
cons of county
The Clothesline Project will
be on campus today in Davis
By Preston Lennon Library.
Staff Writer Elizabeth Chen, an event

transit plan
County commissioners are set to
vote on the plan April 27.
By Erik Beene
Staff Writer
Orange County Commissioners met
Tuesday in Chapel Hill to hear public input on
the draft of the Orange County Transit Plan.
Commissioners will vote on the plan April 27.
One of the main components of the plan
Students walking through
the lower quad yesterday were
flanked by rows of T-shirts call-
ing attention to the prevalence of
sexual assault.
The Clothesline Project, made
possible by the work of various
UNC and Chapel Hill feminist
organizations, raises awareness
of sexual assault and provides
resources to survivors.
The artwork is meant to
empower survivors, with phrases
like, I do not exist for your con-
sumption, and Give me compli-
planner for Carolina Advocating
for Gender Equality, said the
Campus Y organization brings
the Clothesline Project to Chapel
Hill annually, with help from
the Orange County Rape Crisis
Center, Feminist Students United
(FSU) and the Senior Class
Marshals.
CAGE annually does this, she
said. We have a partnership with
the OCRCC we do this every
year with them.
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She said the Senior Class
Various organizations coordinated a display of T-shirts in the lower quad
SEE PROJECT, PAGE 5 to illustrate how sexual assault affects survivors and their families.

NC will host future NCAA championship events

is the Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit
Project, and residents came out in force on
both sides of the issue. Residents who sup-
ported the light rail cited expansion of transit
options and economic development.
The light rail system is vital to the long-
term development of this region, said John
Hammond, a Chapel Hill resident and UNC
professor emeritus. I urge you to be visionary
and take the first steps in moving transporta-
tion from the Eisenhower era of the 1950s into
the future.
UNC Vice Chancellor for Finance and
Administration Matt Fajack said the
University continues to support the project.
This plan is about the next 30 years and
beyond, he said. We need to keep and main-
tain the vision we had for our county.
Fajack said the county faces a choice
between being integrated into the regional
SEE BOCC, PAGE 5
The NCAA chose sites
in Greensboro, Raleigh
and Cary for events.
By Corey Risinger
State & National Editor
North Carolina was chosen
Tuesday to host NCAA champi-
onship events two weeks after
the NCAA Board of Governors
reluctantly voted to consider the
states bids.
The NCAAs announcement
comes after the passage of House
Bill 142, a partial repeal of House
Bill 2, last month.
The Greensboro Coliseum, one
of over 3,000 bid submissions
from NCAA member schools, will
host the first- and second-round
mens basketball tournament
games in 2020. The venue has
hosted 63 NCAA mens tourna-
ment games the fifth most in
tournament history the NCAA
said in a Tuesday press release.
(This) will mark the first
time since 2012 that tournament
games have been played in that
venue, the press release said.
The PNC Arena in Raleigh was
also chosen to host the first two
rounds of the 2021 mens basket-
ball tournaments, among other
NCAA championship events.
N.C. State said in a press release
it will host six future NCAA com-
petitions, including the 2020
and 2022 womens gymnastics
regionals. The university will also
host the womens swimming and
diving championship, in collabo-
ration with the Greensboro Sports
Commission, in 2021.
UNC Athletic Director Bubba
Cunningham said he appreciates
what the return of championship
events could mean economi-
cally for communities in North
Carolina.
We are happy for our students
that they will again be able to
compete at the highest level in the
postseason here in our home state,
Cunningham said in a statement.
UNC-system President
Margaret Spellings said the
state eagerly awaits the return of
championship events.
These events are great oppor-
tunities to showcase remarkable
student-athletes, provide an arena
for fans to celebrate our states
proud tradition of collegiate sports
and spur economic activity across
our communities and the state,
Spellings said in a statement.
SEE NCAA, PAGE 5

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Q&A with UNC financial aid expert Eric Johnson
There are a lot of fun things
about graduating college:
graduation photos, senior bar
golf and no more exams. One
aspect of graduation that isnt
fun is student loans.
To answer the questions
youre too afraid to ask, staff
writer Krupa Kaneria talked
with Eric Johnson, the assis-
tant director for policy analy-
sis and communications in
The Office of Scholarships and
Student Aid, about his work,
UNCs approach to student
loans and the smartest ways
to pay off your debts.
The Daily Tar Heel: What advice
about paying off loans would
you give to the students who
are about to graduate?
Eric Johnson: The first piece of
advice that I would give is
that your first job is almost
never going to be your last
job. So keep in mind that
the first career move is not
forever and that most people
who come out of school tend
to feel stressed because of
loans in their first or second
job. What you have done by
getting a college degree is give
yourself a lifetime of upward
mobility.
On a practical level, you
want to make sure that you
understand the repayment
terms. If you have borrowed
federal loans, those come with
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Eric Johnson,
who works in
UNCs office of
scholarships
and student
aid, knows all
about student
loans.
a lot of protections. There
are income-based repayment
plans where you only have to
pay a certain portion of your
disposable income. If youre
still in school, those loans
get deferred. If your income
is below a certain threshold,
depending on what kind of
loans they are, they can be
deferred.
Make sure you understand
what kinds of protections
come with those loans. That
also means getting on the
phone with the Department
of Education or your loan
servicer and bugging them
until they get your questions
answered.
DTH: How can people be smart
about their financial aid and
minimize loan payments?
EJ: First of all, it is important
to understand that only about
two out of five students at
UNC-Chapel Hill carry loans
at graduation so less than
half of the students graduat-
ing will have student loans as
a part of their Carolina educa-
according to Chapel Hill
police reports.
The person drank
underage and fought in a
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tion, which is something we
are pretty proud of and work
hard at. For those who do
borrow, the average amount
of debt among those students
is about $10,000 below the
national average.
Borrowing to invest in
higher education is a reason-
able thing to do, and students
should feel comfortable tak-
ing on a reasonable amount
of debt in order to get a valu-
able college degree.
There is a lot that you can
do to minimize the amount of
borrowing, the most impor-
tant being to budget carefully.
We always say that you should
live like a student while youre
in college so you dont have
to live like a college student
after college.
Make sure you only get the
meal plan that you need, or
after you move off-campus,
learn how to cook at home.
Dont eat out too much. Dont
take vacations that you have
to borrow money to take. And
we generally encourage stu-
dents who have the chance to
do work-study to take advan-
tage of that. It lets you work
about 10 or 12 hours a week
at a campus job or a job in the
community.
But, I think one of the
things thats really important
that we advise students to do
is dont try and completely
avoid taking on any debt
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by working 15 or 20 hours
a week. It is much more
important that you focus on
school and get done on time
so that you can start earning
and paying back those loans
rather than trying to balance
an excessive amount of work
with school. That is when you
start to run the risk of staying
more than four years or not
graduating at all.
If you look nationally, the
students who have the most
trouble with student debt
are not those who borrowed
and graduated. It is students
who borrowed a little bit and
then dropped out of school.
That is where you see stu-
dents really struggle to repay
their loans. The default rates
are much, much higher for
students with small amounts
of loans because they are the
folks who borrowed and then
didnt graduate. So, the most
important thing that you can
do to make college affordable
is to finish it.
DTH: How does UNC approach
student financial aid?
EJ: Our overarching goal is
to make sure no student is
ever barred from coming to
Carolina for lack of financial
resources. So we want to
make sure that anybody who
earns admission can afford to
come, and that is kind of the
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Luther King Jr. Blvd. at 1:22
a.m. Saturday, according to
Chapel Hill police reports.
Someone committed
larceny at the Walgreens at
108 E. Franklin St. at 1:17
a.m. Saturday, according to
Chapel Hill police reports.
The person stole a 12-pack
of PBR, valued at $7.99,
reports state.
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broad mission of the Office of
Scholarships and Student Aid.
UNC puts a huge emphasis
on that because we think that
it is the right thing for a pub-
lic institution to do, and also
because that is how you get
the best students. We are able
to admit students entirely on
the basis of their academic
merit, extracurriculars, all of
the stuff the admissions office
cares about, and we want
to make sure that they can
afford to come.
DTH: What are the best ways to
find scholarships and funds to
pay for college?
EJ: We refer students to sites
like Fastweb or CFNC. We
really encourage people to ask
around in their hometowns
and communities because a
lot of times there are smaller
private scholarships that can
really add up over time.
There are a lot of funding
opportunities on campus for
specific things that you might
want to do, like study abroad
or undergraduate research.
We strongly encourage stu-
dents to ask around in their
departments, their professors,
any organizations that they
are involved in to see if there
are ways to offset some of
those costs.
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counterfeit bill at The Library
at 120 E. Franklin St. at 1:48
a.m. Saturday, according to
Chapel Hill police reports.
Someone discharged
pyrotechnics at Davie Circle
at 2:31 a.m. Saturday,
according to Chapel Hill
police reports.
The person set off
fireworks, reports state.
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Student-athletes meet their pen pals

New Hope Some come from
single-parent house-
Elementary holds and this gives
them a role model.
students Angela Breeze
greeted pen Teacher at New Hope Elementary

pals Tuesday. puts me on kind of a platform,

By Doug Dubrowski
Staff Writer
New Hope Elementary
students met their UNC
student-athlete pen pals for
the first time at Tuesdays
baseball game against
Liberty University.
Angela Breeze, a fifth-
grade teacher at New Hope
Elementary, said about 250
people affiliated with the
school attended the game.
For some of the students
at our school, it may be the
only time they go to a baseball
game, she said.
Korie Sawyer, assistant
director of student-athlete
development, said the pro-
gram was started by former
womens lacrosse player
Zoe Skinner in the 2013-14
school year.
She did some mentoring
at New Hope Elementary
School and kind of came up
with the idea, Sawyer said.
So that year, I think we
started with probably like
50 to 70 athletes, where they
wrote back and forth.
UNC football player Kyle
Murphy took a leadership role
in the program this year.
Obviously, playing football
and I just try to use that to help
the kids, he said.
Sawyer said New Hope
students write to their pen pals
three times a semester, and
the social mixer at the baseball
game gives New Hope students
and their pen pals the first
opportunity to talk in person.
I do see some of the stuff
the athletes write and that the
little kids write, Sawyer said.
Mens basketball participates,
so youve got one kid thats giv-
ing Justin Jackson advice on
his shooting.
Breeze said the UNC
athletes sometimes serve
as confidants when New
Hope students experience
personal stress.
A lot of our students in their
letters to pen pals open up and
share stuff that they dont share
with teachers, Breeze said.
Some come from single-par-
ent households, and this gives
them a role model.
Breeze said that sometimes DTH/NICHOLAS BAFIA
she has personally written New Hope Elementary students met with their UNC athlete pen pals during UNCs baseball game against Liberty Tuesday night.
to athletes if they havent
returned their pen pals letter. letter, she said. gram has grown to include Sometimes they end up doing five letters to each other the
One of the reasons I Murphy said that part of about 300 student-athletes that, so for the sports that dont past few months.
wanted to continue the what makes the program from a wide variety of sports. get as much attention, this can I like writing the letters
program was kids from other rewarding for participating I think theres a lot of be really great for their team. and decorating them, Ella
classes would stop me in the student-athletes is that theyre teams, like softball, tennis, New Hope fifth-grader Breeze said. Its always fun to
hallways and say, Ms. Breeze, in a unique position to support thatll encourage their pen Ella Breeze, Angela Breezes get to know new people.
have our letters come back? their pen pals. pals to come out to one of daughter, said she and her
or, Ms. Breeze, I didnt get a Sawyer said that the pro- their games, Sawyer said. pen pal have written at least city@dailytarheel.com

Business students plan charity dinner

The dinner is their
project for the
capstone class.
By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez
Staff Writer
Second-year MBA
students from UNCs Kenan-
Flagler Business School,
Marco Sommerville, Wen Lin
and Joseph Hiatt, organized
a mass donation of food from
Chapel Hill restaurants to
the Durham Rescue Mission,
Durhams largest long-term
homeless shelter.
The students were assigned
the task of planning and imple-
menting a social impact project
as a part of their Leadership
Immersion capstone course
in the Kenan-Flagler Business
School. Lin said the goal of the
project was to use the lessons
from the MBA program to help
the community.
We wanted to build part-
nerships build collaboration
within the community, within
the business school and with
a cause that we felt was very
worthwhile, but also do it in
a way that was very MBA-
centric, Lin said.
The meals, which were
donated by Italian Pizzeria
III, Brenz Pizza Co.,
Amante Gourmet Pizza
and Mediterranean Deli,
were collected from the
restaurants by a group of
volunteers and taken to the
Durham Rescue Mission to
be served as dinner for their
250 residents on Tuesday.
Hiatt said the restaurants
they contacted were all willing
to help out in their own way.
They love being a part of
this community, obviously we
keep them alive as well, but
they were excited at the chance
to give back, he said.
Zach Mcghee, general man-
ager of Brenz Pizza Co., said
the restaurant is always willing
to contribute to a good cause.
As a local business, your
rapport with the community
reflects on, you know, your
business and stuff like that,
so building those bonds with
the people throughout the
community definitely helps us
stay in business, he said.
Sommerville said the group
originally wanted to focus
on helping homeless people
in Chapel Hill but found out
there was a much bigger need
in neighboring Durham.
We wanted to
build partnerships
build
collaborations
Wen Lin
Second-year MBA student
As we were doing our
research on food insecurity and
homelessness, we found that
there (are) only a few homeless
people in Chapel Hill, but there
(are) so many more, maybe
ten or eleven thousand more,
homeless people in Durham,
he said.
Zachary Hair, an assistant
volunteer coordinator at the
Durham Rescue Mission, said
restaurant donation events
like this one help to boost the
morale of the residents.
Its like when youre a kid
and you grow up and you
know moms like You can
make a hamburger at home DTH/GABRIELLE THOMPSON
but you want to go to the (From left) Joseph Hiatt, Marco Sommerville and Wen Lin are second-year MBA students who start-
McDonalds type deal I ed the initiative, which partners restaurants with a Durham homeless shelter, for a capstone course.
think thats a valuable part of
it, he said. I know the men beyond a single event and that really wants to carry the got to do, you know its a really
are excited, like its already a becomes a tradition for torch on, with a package, simple, easy-to-execute service
thing going on today. students at the Kenan-Flagler you know a plan, say if you project, he said.
Hiatt said the students Business School. follow these steps heres all the
hope this project expands We want to leave anyone contacts, heres everything you university@dailytarheel.com

Earth Day becomes a week Grad students look past books

Graduate students interactions with older Taking a break to go
Organizations across campus are solutions and so the renewable energy industry
is one of them, she said. take a break from
students and sense of
community make it a valuable
kayaking is a great way to
relax and, you know, get rid
engaging with the environment. She said the Renewable Energy Special
Projects Committee is responsible for allocating their work with clubs.
addition to her graduate
experience.
of some of the stress, said
Fairmont, who previously
By Celia McRae money toward solar panels on the Student You overhear experiences served as the MBAdventures
Staff Writer Union and for solar umbrellas. It also allocated By Molly Looman people have day to day wheth- president.
money toward a solar greenhouse project and Staff Writer er in their clinic or rotations or Timothy Smith, a second-
A farmers market, a new garden and a will hold a ribbon-cutting for the project Friday. just in life, Ok said. year MBA student, said he has
festival are all parts of UNCs Earth Week a Laura Mindlin, the Edible Campus initiative While UNC is home to While groups like the also found himself in both the
five-day celebration for Earth Day. coordinator, said a new 13,000 square foot several rigorous graduate MedUNCedoos provide a activity and career clubs.
Morgan Zemaitis, from student governments garden with 13 raised beds will be ready on schools and programs, it is break from academics, other Extracurricular activities
Environmental Affairs Committee, said having Saturday behind Davis Library. also home to graduate school graduate extracurricular create a more well-rounded
a full Earth Week instead of just one day is a Mindlin said it is encouraging to see the clubs that help students activities like career clubs educational experience for
good way to engage every environmental group. efforts taking place on UNCs campus as a part cope with stress and make in the UNC Kenan-Flagler graduate students. Many
The committee will be hosting a large number of Earth Week. connections. Business School MBA are trying to progress their
of these environmental organizations in the Pit. I think its a very important time in Meryem Ok, a first-year program put the focus back careers and gain skills that will
Theyre going to do sort of, like, DIY our world for people to be connecting to medical student, could never on school. increase their employability.
activities to teach people how to live the Earth and appreciating the Earth and find time for extracurricular Evan Fairmont, a second- I got out of business school
sustainable lifestyles because thats one of the giving back to the Earth in any way that activities during her year MBA student, said he has what I wanted to, like a new
most relatable things people can do is change they can, she said. undergraduate years. She said been heavily involved in some better job that was more
their own sort of lifestyle habits to better the Liu said celebrating Earth Week, rather she was so focused on the of these groups such as the interesting than what I was
environment and teach others and it kind of than only Earth Day, is an important way to get academics that some interests, Consulting Club and the Net doing before, Smith said.
spreads the word, she said. people to care about environmental issues. such as singing, had to fall to Impact Club. Fairmont works Smith is involved in
Zemaitis said long-term and continuous I definitely think that an Earth Week is the wayside. to connect corporations with the UNC Kenan-Flagler
environmental issues usually get pushed to the more significant than just having one day After entering the UNC students, including planning Corporate Finance, Tennis and
side while other current events that happen in a because people get exposed to it more, she School of Medicine, she treks to different firms. Wine clubs but his primary
shorter timespan usually take precedent. said. They realize its a general theme not finally found her time to sing People view those clubs involvement has been with
This is our week to say Hey look, these just some, you know, pop-up kind of event in through the only graduate a as an incredibly important the UNC Kenan-Flagler Pride
things are important we have to all the Pit for, like, a day. cappella group at UNC, the resource when we are looking Club, which is about to host
understand them, we are all on the same page Mindlin said she wants to emphasize these MedUNCedoos. for internships and then full- their second annual Drag Ball.
here, but lets try to be better about it, she said. types of events are not things that can only When things get really time opportunities, Fairmont People from the drag
Gloria Liu, co-chairperson of the Renewable happen around Earth Week, but rather are crazy busy in med school, its said. community from the greater
Energy Special Projects Committee, said she things that are going to be the norm on campus nice to have a two-hour chunk Fairmont is also involved in Chapel Hill-Raleigh area come
wants students to understand the importance all year round. of time in the week where other extracurricular groups and show us how its done,
of her organization. I mean, every day should be Earth Day, you dont have to think about in Kenan-Flagler such as the and then we pretend like we
Im an environmental science major, so she said. school, Ok said. MBAdventures club that plans can do it well, Smith said.
we learn about the issue a lot but we dont Ok, the administrative excursions like kayaking and
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Former agent charged

with 13 felony counts
By Aaron Redus and Jamie
Gwaltney
Assistant University Editors
Terry Watson, a former
Georgia sports agent who
provided UNC football play-
ers with improper benefits,
pleaded guilty to violat-
ing state law at the Orange
County Courthouse Monday.
He accepted a plea deal
which says he must undergo a
30-month probation, as well
as complete community ser-
vice and pay a $5,000 fine.
The first 12 months consist
of supervised probation, but if
Watson avoids probation viola-
tions, the following 18 months
will be unsupervised probation.
Watson was convicted of
13 counts of athlete agent
inducement a felony for
He was the only true agent
who was charged, said Jeff
Nieman, assistant district
attorney for Orange County.
His case was one of five
filed under North Carolinas
Uniform Athlete Agents Act.
Patrick Jones, who was
also charged, agreed to tes-
tify against Watson. Nieman
said Jones took money from
Watson and gave it to a friend
of a player.
Nieman said the other
people involved were conduits
for agents acting more like
middlemen.
Michael Johnson was con-
victed of attempted athlete-
agent inducement, and two
other cases still need to be
heard. Nieman said Johnson
was the friend of a student-
athlete who received money
Babb, of the Raleigh firm
Tharrington Smith, said
Watson is ready to move on
with his life.
I think what it boils down
to is, obviously these are
offenses that occurred all the
way back in 2010, he said.
Terry Watson was indicted
the end of 2013. The case
has been pending since that
time, so its been pending for
a while. Its been pending for
years, and (Mondays) events
sort of got Terry to a place
where he was confronted with
the decision of: continuing on
for some uncertain amount
of additional time toward a
trial date or going ahead and
accepting the states plea offer
and achieving the closure to DTH/NICOLE TOMS
the matter that turns out he UNC graduate M. L. Rio reads an excerpt from her first novel, If We Were Villains, at Flyleaf Books.
so desperately wanted.

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UNC graduate and
Morehead-Cain scholar M.
L. Rio returned to Chapel
Hill Tuesday night to debut
her first novel If We Were
Villains at Flyleaf Books.
Rio will also speak to the
Morehead-Cain foundation
today about her experience
in professional writing and
publishing.
Rio, who graduated in
2014, said she is excited to
come home to Chapel Hill
the place that in many ways
inspired her novel.
If We Were Villains has
Open to Orange County residents, small businesses and local government employees. a little bit of everything, she
said.
10 am2 pm, Thursday, April 27 at University Place, Chapel Hill The book, which features
(park and walk up service) college students, Shakespeare
and Shakespearian actors and
10 am2 pm, Saturday April 29 at Hampton Pointe, Hillsborough a little bit of a murder mys-
(drive-through service) tery, captures many experi-
ences from Rios time spent as
an English and dramatic art
major at UNC.
There are also places in the
For information, call 919.968.2788 story that those who know
Chapel Hill will recognize,
or visit www.orangecountync.gov/recycling she said.
There are a lot of little Today, Rio will speak to
things that are nods to UNC the Morehead-Cain founda-
consciously or otherwise, tion and its scholars about
Rio said. her experience in publishing
The Gimghoul Castle her first novel an experi-
makes kind of a cameo ence she said most underes-
appearance just because its timate.
such an odd piece of archi- I think we tend to roman-
tecture in the middle of a ticize writing a little bit, and
college campus. Its the most when you actually start doing
bizarre little thing, and I love it in a professional capacity,
the kind of mystery that sur- those illusions shatter really
rounds that. fast, Rio said.
Rio debuted the novel Megan Mazzocchi, spokes-
to a Chapel Hill audience person for the Morehead-
at Flyleaf Books, alongside Cain foundation, said they
Daniel Wallace, the director are excited for Rio to come
of creative writing at UNC. share her experience in a
Jamie Fiocco, owner and field that is so hard to break
general manager of Flyleaf into.
Books, said the store was We encourage the schol-
happy and excited to host this ars to come whether theyre
reading with Rio and Wallace, interested in the career of the
which she said was different person or not but particu-
from most book promotions larly for those who are inter-
they host. ested in what the person is
Its an accomplished writ- doing, Mazzocchi said.
er introducing a new author So, if somebodys got a
to the world, Fiocco said. novel that they have in mind
Were honored and excited. to write or publish, to have
This is what independent somebody who has been
book sellers do well, which is through that is helpful.
help introduce debut authors
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HOUSING
FROM PAGE 1
met her landlord and instead
works with the houses realtor.
Cornell and her friends
live on North Street. Its an
ideal location, but with less
than ideal living conditions.
Leaking sinks and gas lines,
rodents and jagged floors
have caused problems since
move-in day.
If we had known the house
was this bad, we wouldnt have
chosen to live here, she said.
My roommate just got a splin-
ter the other day because our
floors are so bad.
When she smelled gas in
the house, she coordinated
with the gas company and the
realtor, handling the danger-
ous situation on her own. She
made other small improve-
ments for her own safety.
When we moved in, there
was one smoke detector in
the house, she said. Im really student-initiated.
pretty sure thats the respon-
sibility of the homeowner, but
my dad came in anyway and
installed smoke detectors in
all our bedrooms.
Cornell said most of the
issues with her house are
things they can live with.
The lack of a dishwasher,
bugs and no disposal are all
uncomfortable, she said, but
manageable.
Thats why I think a lot
of landlords get away with
things, Cornell said. I feel
like the way a lot of people
BOCC
FROM PAGE 1
economy or becoming discon-
nected.
If we dont do the light
rail project, I believe we risk
becoming an economic des-
ert, he said.
UNC senior Josh Mayo,
also a longtime resident of
Orange County, said transit is
vital to students.
Sixteen thousand people
come to campus every day,
PROJECT
FROM PAGE 1
Marshals provided equipment
and logistical help in setting
up the Clothesline Project
outside of Wilson Library.
The Orange County Rape
Crisis Center, which provides
services for victims and their
families, set up a booth at
the end of the rows. Lahari
Pullakhandam, an ambassa-
dor for the Crisis Center, said
the OCRCC provides multiple
outlets for survivors in the
county.
We go out into the com-
NCAA
FROM PAGE 1
And we continue to applaud
our elected leaders for recent
efforts to make this opportu-
nity possible.
But the American Civil
Liberties Union of North
Carolina among other
LGBTQ advocacy groups
criticized the decision to per-
our age are treated is unfair
because of where we live and
because were students. No
one holds them accountable.
People sign leases so early
here that they just forget to
carefully check out the houses.
University involvement
States away, Molly
Labrousse is very familiar
with situations like Pongetti
and Cornells.
Labrousse is program
manager for Beyond the Diag,
an off-campus housing pro-
gram within the University of
Michigans Dean of Students
Office established in 2011.
We were having some
really significant issues off
campus with armed robber-
ies and sexual assaults that
were happening, and students
off campus really felt they
werent supported or connect-
ed, Labrousse said. It was
the reach we do.
Modeled after similar
programs at the University of
Oregon and The Ohio State
University, Beyond the Diag
hires students as neighbor-
hood ambassadors to educate
students about the process
of signing a lease and the
resources available both
on and off campus to make
sure students transition from
dorm living to off-campus liv-
ing smoothly.
The education piece is
really important because for a
lot of first-year students mov-
he said. There are nowhere
near 16,000 parking spots on
campus.
Mayo said the light rail
would help to provide
dependable transit to cam-
pus. He also said students are
contributing to the funding of
the project just like residents.
Were paying the sales
tax just like everyone else,
he said. When we go out
on Franklin to eat a piece of
pizza, we pay that sales tax.
Those against the project
munity and do outreach
events. We have tried to put
the mission of the OCRCC
out there and just show
support to the survivors,
she said. UNC specifically
brought the organization
together with the FSU,
CAGE and Senior Marshals
to hold this event.
Susannah Burley, the 2017-
18 school year co-chairperson
for FSU, said one of her
primary goals in doing the
Clothesline Project is to end
the stigma behind sexual
assault.
It can happen to anyone,
mit the state to host events.
When the NCAA origi-
nally withdrew events from
North Carolina, they did so
because they claimed to care
about fairness and inclusion
for college athletes and fans,
said James Esseks, director of
the ACLUs LGBT and HIV
Project, in a statement from
the ACLU of North Carolina.
Its a shame to see that those
From Page One
ing off campus, itll be their
first time signing a contract
like this, Labrousse said.
The program also launched
the universitys off-campus
housing website in 2013.
On the site, students can see
what housing is available in
the area, compare prices and
search for roommates who
are also Michigan students.
When students have dis-
agreements or issues with
their landlords, they can go to
Beyond the Diags case man-
agement team, who will act
as an unbiased third-party to
help settle disputes.
Every time I come into
contact with a student and
share these resources, the
response is always, I wish
I would have known about
this sooner, Labrousse said.
Students are very apprecia-
tive we have the resources,
that were a part of the Dean
of Students Office and have
UNCs Office of Fraternity
and Sorority Life and
Community Involvement
provides a similar service for
off-campus students, starting
at the first stages of looking
for housing. The office also
provides resources such as
community newsletters once
students make the move.
The offices director, Aaron
Bachenheimer, said it also
serves as a resource for stu-
dents who may need help
with a troublesome landlord.
Most times, Bachenheimer
If we dont do the light rail project, I believe
we risk becoming an economic desert.
Matt Fajack
UNC vice chancellor of finance and administration
mainly cited concerns with
the costs of the program.
The funding structure of
the project has changed since
2012. State law now caps the
level of state funding of light
rail projects at 10 percent of the
total cost of the project. This
she said. Its not something
you can get over in one night
or one day, it takes a lifetime
to process.
She said this event embod-
ies her philosophy by boldly
displaying the words of survi-
vors in a public place, almost
forcing students and faculty
walking by to come to terms
with the reality of sexual
assualt. Burley said FSU was
instrumental in putting on
the Clothesline Project.
We focus on promoting
intersectional feminism,
which is an open, inclusive
community where people can
concerns have already fallen
by the wayside.
The ACLU said it has filed
public records requests with
state universities and cities
to determine how they will
ensure the provision of non-
discriminatory environments
for LGBTQ people if selected
to host NCAA events.
Thus far, none of the cities Campaign said it has submit-
or universities selected today
said he would refer students
to Carolina Student Legal
Services, but with some
issues, he serves as mediator.
If a student says, Im hav-
ing a hard time communicat-
ing with my landlord or get-
ting through to my landlord
would you be willing to
help? I would certainly be
willing to do that, he said.
UNC senior Anthony
DiGiovanni said his kitchen
became nearly unusable last
year due to damage done by
large rats.
We had massive rats so
massive they had their own
social security numbers, I shit
you not, he said.
It took eight rat invasions
in four months and over 15
emails to the landlord for
DiGiovanni and his house-
mates to receive compensa-
tion to fix the problem, he
said.
Bachenheimer said his
office is always available for
students with any issues,
but he stresses that his job is
mainly to educate students
before problems arise.
Most of my job is focused
around giving students good
information in a more proac-
tive kind of way, so they dont
make bad decisions about
roommates or where theyre
going to live or signing a
lease, he said.
Third-party property
management groups like Mill
House Properties follow a
set of guidelines that dictates
has forced local governments
to make up the difference.
Please dont continue
spending our taxpayer money
on this unaffordable system,
resident Maria de Bruyn said.
It wont even be available
until 2029 or later if there are
come share their passions,
she said.
While organizers said they
cared deeply for the project
and the ideals it supports,
student response was mixed.
Most students didnt
respond to the abnormality
on the quad, but a few took
a genuine interest, taking
the time to read the T-shirt
sentiments or talk to one of
the various volunteers on
hand.
Junior Gillian Fortier said
she spent a few minutes read-
ing the victims expressions
before heading to her next
Its a shame to see that those concerns have
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already fallen by the wayside.
James Esseks
Director of the ACLUs LGBT and HIV Project
by the NCAA have respond-
ed, the press release said.
The Human Rights
ted Freedom of Information
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of human degradation. With a single smuggled score, they performed the oratorio sixteen times
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If we had known the house was this bad,
we wouldnt have chosen to live here.
Alex Cornell
UNC senior who lives on North Street in Chapel Hill
how they conduct business.
Mill House Properties
operates under homeown-
ers associations and condo
owners associations, depend-
ing on the rental. The
North Carolina Real Estate
Commission also provides
guidelines for the company
that dictate whether they
keep their real estate license.
Roommates at risk
When Mercho faced the cost
of replacing her stolen belong-
ings, she said she saw no legal
course of action beyond work-
ing with the police.
Due to the towns occu-
pancy rule, which states that
no more than four unrelated
people can live in one house,
Merchos name was not on
the lease, and so she did not
have renters insurance.
I just dont want to like
waste time and money and
get kicked out of my house
possibly, she said.
Students in violation of the
occupancy rule face eviction,
whether or not the landlord
knowingly signed additional
tenants.
If [the town] finds out
there are more than four
people living in the residence,
construction delays. Please
fund more transit for all of
Orange County.
Resident Desiree Goldman
said she supports public tran-
sit but shes a pragmatist and
the costs of light rail are too
high for her to support the
project. She also said the plan
wouldnt help social issues.
The plan also depends
on the rural-urban divide in
our county, she said. This
is something I find very
concerning with our current
Its not something you can get over in one
night or one day
Susannah Burley
2017-18 co-chairperson of Feminist Students United
class.
It allows people an outlet
to tell their stories and have
their voices heard, Fortier
said. You dont want to think
about it you try not to
think about it.
Chen said the event is try-
ing to bring survivors stories
to light.
The point of this is to
Act requests to state universi-
ties for materials related to
the events, as well.
By rewarding North
Carolina with champion-
Wednesday, April 19, 2017 5
they can fine the landlord,
Routh said. But before they
start fining them, they give
the landlord the chance to
fix it.
Routh said this causes a
practical problem for stu-
dents because they could
potentially be kicked off of the
lease in the landlords attempt
to fix the problem.
Six seniors live in Cornells
small white house on North
Street, but only four names
are on the lease. Cornell said
she and her friends did not
have much choice.
Houses in Chapel Hill are
insanely priced, she said. So
you need more people to help
out with the rent.
But squeezing more people
into a house makes it difficult
for students to ask for help
when problems arise.
We dont want to push
our luck because there are six
of us living here. So we just
know that we cant go to them
with a lot of things because
were worried about that,
Cornell said. It screws a lot
of people because they dont
want to risk themselves get-
ting thrown out, so they dont
say anything.
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political state.
Resident Kimberly Brewer
said she couldnt support the
project for several reasons
including cost. One reason
she spoke against the project
was the proposed route.
It really doesnt go to the
places where many people
want to go, she said. The
University and hospital can
be served by buses and bus
rapid transit.
@The_Beene
city@dailytarheel.com
showcase their voices, because
a lot of times sexual assault is
silenced by society, she said.
And the point of this is to
give them that voice so people
can come and see the trauma
theyve been through and see
that survivors matter and
that we believe them.
university@dailytarheel.com
ship games, the NCAA has
undermined its credibility
and is sending a dangerous
message to lawmakers across
the country who are targeting
LGBTQ people with discrimi-
natory state legislation, said
JoDee Winterhof, HRC senior
vice president for policy and
political affairs.
@CLRlyCorey
state@dailytarheel.com
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6 Wednesday, April 19, 2017
THE 19TH ANNUAL
Graduate
Student
RECOGNITION CELEBRATION
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2017
George Watts Hill Alumni Center
RECOGNITION CEREMONY
4 p.m.
RESEARCH POSTER DISPLAYS & RECEPTION
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Awards & Honors
2017 GEAB IMPACT
AWARD RECIPIENTS
Julia Browne, Psychology
Mary Beth Fitts, Anthropology
Diane Francis, Media and Journalism
Kirstin Frescoln, City and
Regional Planning
Elijah Gaddis, American Studies
Adam Gold, Environment and Ecology
Bianca Lopez, Environment
and Ecology
Maggie Reinsvold, Public
Health Leadership
Dalia Stern, Nutrition
Frank Stillo III, Environmental
Sciences and Engineering
Libbie Weimer, City and Regional
Planning
Sierra Woodruff, Environment
and Ecology
2017 HORIZON AWARD
RECIPIENTS
Rachel Bleich, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Katy Brown, Environmental Sciences
and Engineering
James Byrnes, Pathology
Yuhang Jiang, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Joshua Welch, Computer Science
Gongting Wu, Physics and Astronomy
Jicheng Yu, Biomedical Engineering
EXCELLENCE IN GRADUATE
STUDENT SERVICES AWARD
Laurie Straube, Graduate Student
Services Manager, Mathematics
(Prestigious External Fellowships continued
from top right of page)
Katelyn Houston, NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
Ahmed-Rufai Ibrahim, NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
Elizabeth Keenan, NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
Seokhyoung Kim, Kwanjeong
Overseas Scholarship
Michael Little, NSF Graduate Research
Fellowship Program
Desiree Matias, NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
Shannon McCullough, NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
Michael McLaughlin, NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
Jonathan Meyers, NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
Tyler Motley, NSF Graduate Research
Fellowship Program
Christopher Pinion, NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
Megan Schutzbach, NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
Francesca Sorbara, Rotary
Peace Fellowship
Alexandra Sullivan, NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
Kenneth Swanson, American
Society for Mass Spectrometry Small
Conference Travel Award
Wesley Swords, NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
Nicholas Tay, NSF Graduate Research
Fellowship Program
Michael Turlington, NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
Erika Van Goethem, North
Carolina Space Grant Graduate
Research Fellowship
Ian Vonwald, NSF Graduate Research
Fellowship Program
Adam Woomer, NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
Greg Woss, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH
- National Cancer Institute
Dillon Yost, NSF Graduate Research
Fellowship Program
CITY AND REGIONAL
PLANNING
Lindsay Braun, Dwight David
Eisenhower Graduate
Transportation Fellowship
Amand Martin, NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
Joseph Seymour, Dwight David
Eisenhower Graduate
Transportation Fellowship
Mary Wolfe, Dwight David Eisenhower
Graduate Transportation Fellowship
CLASSICS
Cicek Beeby, Archaeological Institute
of America Anna C. & Oliver C.
Colburn Fellowship
Catharine Judson, American
School of Classical Studies at Athens,
Greece Homer A. and Dorothy B.
Thompson Fellowship
CLINICAL REHABILITATION
AND MENTAL HEALTH
COUNSELING
Dana Cea, North Carolina
Rehabilitation Association T.L.
McClellan Memorial Scholarship
BOKA W. HADZIJA AWARD FOR
DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY
SERVICE BY A GRADUATE OR
PROFESSIONAL STUDENT
Kirstin Frescoln, City and
Regional Planning
DEANS AWARD FOR
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS
TO GRADUATE EDUCATION
To Be Announced
DEANS DISTINGUISHED
DISSERTATION AWARDS
Timothy Jacobs, Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology; 2017 Deans
Distinguished Dissertation Award,
Mathematics, Physical Sciences and
Engineering; De Novo Proteins Designed
From Evolutionary Principles; Disserta-
tion Adviser: Brian Kuhlman
Pasquale Rummo, Nutrition; 2017
Deans Distinguished Dissertation
Award, Biological and Life Sciences;
Accounting for Bias in Longitudinal
Associations Between the Food Environ-
ment with Diet and BMI in the CARDIA
Study; Dissertation Adviser: Penny
Gordon-Larsen
Sierra Woodruff, Environment and
Ecology; 2017 Deans Distinguished
Dissertation Award, Social Sciences;
Local Climate Change Adaptation
Planning in the United States; Dis-
sertation Adviser: Todd BenDor
Vida Yao, Philosophy; 2017 Deans
Distinguished Dissertation Award,
Humanities and Fine Arts; Loving the
Bad and Not Giving a Damn: A Defense
of Psychic Disharmony; Dissertation
Adviser: Susan Wolf
COMMUNICATION
Megan Wood, National
Communication Association
Advancing the Discipline Grant
Heather Woods, National
Communication Association
Advancing the Discipline Grant
COMPUTER SCIENCE
David Dunn, NSF EAGER Grant
Wei Lui, Google Research Award
Patrick Poirson, NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
Tetsuya Takahashi, Japanese Student
Services Organization Student
Exchange Support Program (JASSO)
Sirion Vittayakorn, Royal Thai
Government Scholarship
Joshua Welch, NRSA Fellowship
(F31) NIH - National Human Genome
Research Institute
DRAMATIC ART
Emily Plonski, Southeastern Theater
Conference Young Scholars Award
DENTISTRY
Krista Andersen, North Carolina
Dental Foundation Freedland
Advanced Dental Education Fellowship Summer Institute (DHSI) Scholarship
Kevin Byrd, Mentored Clinical Scientist Ani Govjian, Folger Shakespeare Library
Research Career Development Award
(K08) NIH - National Institute of Dental Erik Maloney, Citizen Potawatomi
and Craniofacial Research
Daniel Crossen, 2016 American
Association of Endodontics
Foundation Research Grant
Peter Green, 2016 Radiology
Centennial Scholarship
Eman Hefni, Saudi Arabia Cultural
Mission Scholarship
Bruno Herrera, American Academy
of Periodontology (AAP) Educator
Scholarship
Ashley Hill, Southern Association
of Orthodontists Graduate Student
Research Grant
Christina Jackson, Southern
Association of Orthodontists Graduate ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Student Research Grant
Christian Johnson, Southern
Association of Orthodontists Graduate Water Works Association ARCADIS
Student Research Grant
Brittany Kurzweg, Albert G. Richards American Water Works Association
Graduate Student Research Grant
Award, American Academy of Oral and Safewater Fund Scholarship
Maxillofacial Radiology
Beau Meyer, 2016 American Academy of Institute for Science and Education
Pediatric Residents Recognition Award
Zhe Miao, Tang Li-xin Education
Foundation Outstanding Students Award Fellowship Program
Josiah Rich, Southern Association
of Orthodontists Graduate Student
Research Grant
Ying Wan, Southern Association
of Orthodontists Graduate Student
Research Grant
Bryan Whitecotton, Southern
Association of Orthodontists Graduate Elizabeth Christenson, Water Resources
Student Research Grant
ECONOMICS
Ning Fu, Mathematica Policy Research
Summer Fellowship
Andrew Hanson, Penn Institute for
Economic Research (PIER) Workshop on
Quantitative Tools for Macroeconomic
Policy Analysis Scholarship
EDUCATION
Danielle Allen, American Educational USBR) Fellowship Award; AAAS
Research Association Travel Grant
CONGRATULATIONS!
to UNC-Chapel Hill Graduate and Professional Students for Outstanding Achievement in
Research, Community Service, Teaching and Leadership During Academic Year 2016-17
As Chancellor, I have the great fortune to meet Carolinas graduate students and witness their wonderful contributions in
classrooms and labs and in our community. I am proud of their work and I see how it makes a daily difference at Carolina
and around the world. Their dedication to helping others ranges from service as role models, mentors and undergraduate
teachers to leading outreach efforts that benefit people and communities everywhere. Some of the worlds greatest
innovations begin in graduate programs and Carolina would not be a top-tier research university without our graduate
students essential contributions to our research and teaching enterprise. My thanks to all of our graduate students and
congratulations to those being recognized for their superior performance and contributions.
CAROL L. FOLT, Chancellor
Graduate students inspire us through their hard work, enthusiasm and determination. Our University thrives on
their great ideas. They pursue research that benefits our State, and they support undergraduate success in their roles
as teaching assistants and mentors. Their collaborative engagement with our North Carolina communities provides
significant benefits to the people of our State. Faculty, staff and administrators support their success in many ways. We
have much to celebrate, every day, within our graduate education community.
STEVE MATSON, Dean of The Graduate School
THE GPSF GRADUATE
STUDENT AWARDS FOR
EXCELLENCE IN MENTORSHIP
Donte Bernard, Psychology
Jesse Sykes, Clinical Rehabilitation and
Mental Health Counseling
GRADUATE AND
PROFESSIONAL STUDENT
FEDERATION UNC ACADEMIC
RESEARCH CONFERENCE
HONOREES GPSF Awards: Oral
Presentations
Colleen Bove, Ecology; Research Cat-
egory: Natural Sciences; Title: Acidifica-
tion and warming impair calcification and
survivorship of Caribbean corals
Lisa Garland, Public Health Leader-
ship; Research Category: Biological
and Health Sciences; Title: Perspectives
on an Adolescent Reproductive Health
Education Program in Rural Guatemala
Letha Joseph, Nursing; Research Cat-
egory: Biological and Health Sciences;
Title: Management of Comorbid Depres-
sion in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Jaylyn Perry, Communication, Phi-
losophy; Research Category: Humani-
ties; Title: Prison Abolition vs. Prison
Reform: The Rhetorical Relationship
GPSF Awards: Poster
Presentations
Jingbo Wang, Environmental Sciences
and Engineering; Title: Partitioning of
Inorganic Contaminants into the Polyam-
ide Active Layers of Thin-film Composite
Membranes for Water Purification
Justin Baumann, Marine Sciences; Title:
Historical decline of coral growth rates over
the last century varies by reef zone in Belize
Orlando Dobbin Jr., North Carolina
School Counselor Association
Graduate Student Scholarship
Dalila Dragnic-Cindric, NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
William Jackson, Camelback
Ventures Fellowship
Olivia Scott, Gates
Millennium Scholarship
Torri Staton, Waste Industries
Poinsettia Scholarship
John Wachen, AAAS Emerging Leaders
in Science and Society (ELISS) Fellow
Jerry Wilson, Southern Education
Leadership Initiative (SELI) Scholar -
Southern Education Foundation
ENGLISH AND COMPARATIVE
LITERATURE
Meredith Farmer, The Melville
Society/New Bedford
Whaling Museum Walter E.
Bezanson Fellowship
Grant Glass, Association of Digital
Humanities Organizations (ADHO)
Student Bursary; Association of
Computing in the Humanities (ACH)
Travel Bursary; Digital Humanities
Researching the Archive Seminar
Nation Tribal Rolls Scholarship
ENVIRONMENT
AND ECOLOGY
Margit Bertalan, Fulbright-Hays
Doctoral Dissertation Research
Abroad Fellowship
Kaylyn Gootman, Geological Society
of America Graduate Student Research
Grant; The Consortium of Universities for
the Advancement of Hydrologic Science
Inc. (CUAHSI) Pathfinder Fellowship
Christopher Hakkenberg, NASA
Earth & Space Science Fellowship
Danielle Keller, NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
AND ENGINEERING
Mikayla Armstrong, American
Scholarship; North Carolina
Water Environment Association NC
Virginia Bass, Oak Ridge
(ORISE) Fellowship
Rachel Baum, NSF Graduate Research
Alma Beciragic, EPA-STAR (Science
to Achieve Results) Fellowship;
American Water Works Association
Dave Caldwell Scholarship; North
Carolina Association of Environmental
Professionals (NCAEP) David Griffin
Environmental Scholarship
Research Institute/NC Sea Grant
Graduate Student Research Funding
Katherine Connolly, American
Water Works Association Holly A.
Cornell Scholarship
Alyssa Grube, NSF Graduate Research
Fellowship Program
Kasia Grzebyk, American Membrane
Technology Association-United States
Bureau of Reclamation (AMTA-
Emerging Leaders in Science and
Society (ELISS) Fellow
News
FROM
The Graduate School
Sigma XI Travel Awards: Oral
Presentations
Brandon Anjuwon-Foster, Micro-
biology and Immunology; Research
Category: Biological and Health Sci-
ences; Title: A Genetic Switch Controls
the Production of Flagella and Toxins in
Clostridium difficile
Nicholas Battista, Mathematics; Re-
search Category: Natural Sciences; Title:
Fluid-structure interaction for the people!
Josh Quinn, Microbiology and Immu-
nology; Research Category: Biological
and Health Sciences; Title: Following
the Leader: A Multi-faceted Environmen-
tal Regulation of Psa in Yersinia pestis
Sigma XI Travel Awards: Poster
Presentations
Yun-Chen Jeanne Chiang, Clinical
Research; Title: The Role of p16INK4a
in Shaping the T Cell Receptor Repertoire
Diversity
FRANK PORTER GRAHAM
GRADUATE AND
PROFESSIONAL HONOR
SOCIETY INDUCTEES
Travis Crayton, City and
Regional Planning
Bradley Erickson, Religious Studies
Carlee Forbes, Art
Talia Hatkevich, Genetics and
Molecular Biology
Leah Herity, Public Health Leadership
William Keyes, Communication
Meggie Lasher, Information and
Library Science
Kirsten Leloudis, Law, Health Policy
and Management
Ryan Kingsbury, NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
Hang Nguyen, Vietnam Educational
Foundation Fellowship
Yang Ou, Oak Ridge Institute
for Science and Education
(ORISE) Fellowship
Frank Stillo, Break the Cycle 12
Conference Project Award
Kirsten Studer, NC Water Resources
Research Institute Graduate Student
Research Project
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Aderonke Akinkugbe, NIDCR
Small Grant Program for New
Investigators (R03)
Walid Al-Soneidar, Fulbright
Fellowship for Non-U.S. Students
Magdalene Assimon, NRSA
Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32) NIH
- National Institute of Diabetes and
Digestive and Kidney Diseases;
International Conference for
Pharmacoepidemiology Travel Award
Nicholas Brazeau, N.C. Albert
Schweitzer Fellowship
Manuela Bullo, Bec.Ar Argentine
Presidential Scholarship
Greta Bushnell, NRSA Fellowship (F31)
NIH - National Institute of
Mental Health
Devika Chawla, Eunice Kennedy
Shriver NIH/National Institute of
Child Health & Human Development
Intramural Research Training Award
Monica DArcy,
International Conference for
Pharmacoepidemiology Travel Award
Liz Garry, International Conference for
Pharmacoepidemiology Travel Award
Bryna Harrington, NRSA Fellowship
(F31) NIH - National Institute of
Mental Health; Fulbright-Fogarty
Global Health Research Fellowship;
HIVMA Medical Student Program
Mackenzie Herzog,
International Conference for
Pharmacoepidemiology Travel Award
Laura Hester, International
Conference for Pharmacoepidemiology
Travel Award
Phyo Htoo, International
Conference for Pharmacoepidemiology
Travel Award
Jennifer Jones, International
Conference for Pharmacoepidemiology
Travel Award
Xiaojuan Li, International
Conference for Pharmacoepidemiology
Travel Award
Tetsu Ohnuma, Japan-North
America Medical Exchange
Foundation Scholarship A; Saitama
International Association Scholarship
for Graduate Students
Nelson Pace, Teratology
Society Student/Postdoctoral Fellow
Travel Award
Sapna Rao, International
Conference for Pharmacoepidemiology
Travel Award
Eric Rubenstein, Autism Speaks
Weatherstone Predoctoral Fellowship
Marissa Seamans,
International Conference for
Pharmacoepidemiology Travel Award
Andrew Smitherman, St. Baldricks
Fellowship
Nick Levis, Biology
Meredith McCoy, American Studies
Terrell Morton, Education
Christie Pettitt-Schieber, Public
Health Leadership
Dylan Russell, Public Administration
Katherine Stember, Pathology
Honorary Inductees
Gregory Copenhaver, Biology
Jeff Sekelsky, Biology
ORDER OF THE GOLDEN
FLEECE INDUCTEES
Todd Jensen, Social Work
Letanya Love, Education
Patrick OShea, Medicine
Sertanya Reddy, Geography
GRADUATE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT SCHOLARS
Mikayla Armstrong, Environmental
Science and Engineering
James Beaudoin, Pharmaceutical
Sciences
Alma Beciragic, Environmental
Science and Engineering
Cameron Bloomquist,
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Leah Bowers, Chemistry
Nick Klus, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Jenni Reiff, Occupational Therapy
Richelle Suttle, Occupational Therapy
Martha Tomlinson, Environmental
Science and Engineering
Tripp Tuttle, Information and
Library Science
Elizabeth Suarez, International
Conference for Pharmacoepidemiology
Travel Award
Nadja Vielot, P.E.O. National Scholar
Award (Philanthropic Educational
Organization)
Ann Von Holle, American Heart
Association Predoctoral Fellowship
EXERCISE AND
SPORT SCIENCE
Hayden Giuliani, NSCA Foundation
Graduate Student Research Grant-
Masters Level
Joshua Isom, 2017 Borden Perlman
CABMA Scholarship
Alex Kimura, NCAA Ethnic Minority
Postgraduate Scholarship
Meredith Mock, NSCA Foundation
Graduate Student Research Grant-
Masters Level
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR
BIOLOGY
Maren Cannon, NRSA Fellowship
(F31) NIH - National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute
Diana Chong, NRSA Fellowship (F31)
to Promote Diversity in Health-Related
Research NIH - National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute
Study Abroad Fellowship
Alisha Coffey, NSF Graduate Research
Fellowship Program
Michael Conlin, NRSA Fellowship (F31)
NIH - National Cancer Institute
Ann Emery, NRSA Fellowship (F31)
NIH - National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases
Catherine Fahey, NRSA Fellowship (F30)
NIH - For MD/PhD Students - National
Cancer Institute; Triangle Community
Foundation Gertrude B. Elion Mentored
Medical Student Research Award
Talia Hatkevich-ODonnell, NRSA
Fellowship (F30) NIH - For MD/PhD
Students - National Institute on Aging
Kathryn Headley, NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
Julie Holsclaw, NRSA Fellowship (F31)
NIH - National Institute of General
Medical Sciences
Kendall Lough, NRSA Fellowship (F30)
NIH - For MD/PhD Students
Joy Meserve, NRSA Fellowship (F31)
NIH - National Institute on Aging
Taylor Penke, NRSA Fellowship (F31)
NIH - National Institute of General
Medical Sciences
Pedro Pozo, NRSA Fellowship for
Minority Students (F31) NIH - National
Institute of General Medical Sciences
Kristina Schaefer, NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
Casey Schmidt, NSF Graduate Research
Fellowship Program
Marni Siegel, NRSA Fellowship (F30)
NIH - For MD/PhD Students - National
Cancer Institute
Nicole Tackmann, U.S. Department
of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer
Research Program Horizon Award
GEOGRAPHY
Angelica Gomez, Fulbright-
Colciencias Award
Christopher Jones, NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
Angus Lyall, Social Science Research
Council Dissertation Proposal
Development Fellowship; Fulbright-
Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research
Abroad Fellowship
Steve Matson, Dean of The Graduate
The Daily Tar Heel
CAROLINA CENTER FOR
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT FELLOWS (2016)
Michaela DuBay, Speech and
Hearing Sciences
Marc Emerson, Epidemiology
Anole Halper, Maternal and Child Health
Anusha Hariharan, Anthropology
Stacey Klaman, Maternal and
Child Health
Elizabeth Melton, Communication
Tainayah Thomas, Health Behavior
Kea Turner, Health Policy and
Management
TANNER AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE
IN UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING BY
GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANTS
Will Begley, Classics
Tamara Fakhoury, Philosophy
Zeliha Kilic, Mathematics
Adam Smith, Psychology
and Neuroscience
Priscilla Vaz, Geography
SIGMA XI, THE SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH HONOR SOCIETY,
INDUCTEES
Natalie Cohen, Marine Sciences
Sean Gaynor, Geology
Vivien Maltez, Microbiology
and Immunology
Timothy OLeary, Chemical Biology
and Medicinal Chemistry
Madelyn Percy, Geology
Sierra Stringfield, Neurobiology
Heather Vincent, Microbiology
and Immunology
Christopher Neubert, NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
Sarah Schmitt, NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program;
National Geographic Society Young
Explorers Grant; The Consortium of
Universities for the Advancement of
Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI)
Pathfinder Fellowship; CZO Science
Across Virtual Institutions
Darius Scott, Ford Foundation
Predissertation Fellowship
Willie Wright, Bentley Library,
UM-Ann Arbor Bordin-Gillette
Researcher Travel Fellowship
GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES
George Allen, North Carolina Space
Grant Graduate Research Fellowship
Elsemarie Devries, NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program;
Geological Society of America
Graduate Student Research Grant
Madelyn Percy, NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
GLOBAL STUDIES
Amanda Ashley, U.S. Department of
State Thomas R. Pickering Foreign
Affairs Fellowship
Tara Di Cassio, Center for Arabic
Council for Science and Technology)
Chenai Kadungure, Rotary
Peace Fellowship
Maja Muminagic, Rotary
Peace Fellowship
Silviya Nitsova, Rotary
Peace Fellowship
Barbara Santibanez, Rotary
Peace Fellowship
HEALTH BEHAVIOR
Gabriela Arandia, Research
Supplement to Promote Diversity
in Health-Related Research NIH -
National Heart, Lung and
Blood Institute
Nivedita Bhushan, UJMT Fogarty
Global Health Fellowship
Natalie Blackburn, Triangle
Community Foundation Shaver-
Hitchings Scholarship
Elizabeth Chen, The National
Campaign to Prevent Teen and
Unplanned Pregnancy - Innovation
Next Accelerator Award
May Chen, Point Foundation Janssen
Therapeutics Point Scholar
Michael Close, Research
Supplement to Promote Diversity
in Health-Related Research NIH -
National Cancer Institute
Adela Del Valle, American Association
of University Women (AAUW) Career
Development Grant
Caroline Efird, P.E.O. Continuing
Education Scholarship
Marissa Hall, NRSA Fellowship (F31)
NIH - National Cancer Institute
Catherine Jo, NRSA Fellowship (F31)
NIH - National Institute on Drug Abuse
Cristina Leos, Gates Millennium
Scholarship; Innovation Next
Accelerator Award
Jennifer Richmond, Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation Health Policy
Research Scholars Program
Laura Villa Torres, Health Initiative
of the Americas - Research Program
on Migration Dissertation Award
Hayley Welgus, Rotary
Peace Fellowship
Special Thanks
GRADUATE AND
PROFESSIONAL STUDENT
FEDERATION
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Dylan Russell, President,
Public Administration
Brian Coussens, Vice President for
Internal Affairs, Religious Studies
Anel Jaramillo, Vice President for
External Affairs, Neuroscience
Anginelle Alabanza, Chief of Staff
(Fall Semester), Chemistry
Megan Broad, Chief of Staff (Spring
Semester), Law
Marie Eszenyi, Treasurer,
Communication
Madelyn Percy, Secretary,
Geological Sciences
GRADUATE AND
PROFESSIONAL STUDENT
FEDERATION CABINET
Calvin Deutschbein, Computer
Science
Maureen Devlin, City and
Regional Planning
Sarah Griffin, Pharmacy
Manny Hernandez, Geography
Andreas Jozwiak, Political Science
Jennifer Kernan, Pharmacology
Robert Kurzydlowski, Law
Amy Lin, Pharmacy
Autumn McClellan, Sociology
Ashley Moody, Pharmacy
Alyse Moses-Lebron, Allied
Health Sciences
Adam Moss, Pharmacy
Mary Oliva, Information and
Library Science
Leah Osae, Pharmacy
J.P. Rippe, Marine Sciences
Lauren Townsend, Philosophy
Rachel Tyson, Pharmacy
Joanna Warren, Microbiology
and Immunology
Sabrina Willard, Public
Administration
Katie Wouk, Maternal and
Child Health
Gar Yeung, City and
Regional Planning
Kevin Yu, Allied Health Sciences
Lingyue Zhu, Law
GRADUATE AND
PROFESSIONAL STUDENT
FEDERATION SENATE
Abigail Agoglia, Neurobiology
Zainab Alidina, Maternal and
Child Health
Catie Alves, Ecology
Aaron Ambroso, Art
Holly Arrowood, Mathematics
Jared Baisden, Biochemistry
and Biophysics
Vicki Bartsch, Cell Biology
and Physiology
Annie Baumann-Mitchell, City and
Regional Planning
Cece Benitez, Speech and
Hearing Sciences
Vicky Bham, Accounting
Lucia Bird, Political Science
HEALTH POLICY
AND MANAGEMENT
Karthik Adapa, Fulbright Fellowship
for Non-U.S. Students
Samuel Baxter, Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation Health Policy
Research Scholar
Hadi Beyhaghi, Bristol-Myers Squibb
Worldwide HEOR Fellowship
Juan Carlos Caro Seguel, CONICYT
- (Chilean National Commission
for Scientific and Technological
Research) Scholarship
Theresa Coles, Health Assessment
Lab Alvin R. Tarlov & John E.
Ware Jr. Doctoral Dissertation and
Post-Doctoral Award in Patient
Reported Outcomes
Rachel Dolin, NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
Manuel Girault Viesca, CONACYT
(Mexican National Council for Science
and Technology) Scholarship
Laura Pinheiro, Research
Supplement to Promote Diversity
in Health-Related Research NIH -
National Cancer Institute
Juan Salgado Hernandez,
CONACYT (Mexican National
Scholarship
Paul Shafer, Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation Health Policy Research
Scholars Program
Kate Sheahan, Bristol-Myers Squibb
Worldwide HEOR Fellowship
HISTORY
Alyssa Bowen, SSRC International
Dissertation Research Fellowship
Kirsten Cooper, DAAD Short-term
Research Grant; Fulbright U.S.
Student Program
Corey Ellithorpe, International
Numismatics Council Travel Grant
Maikel Farinas Borrego, Cuban
Research Institute 2016 Eliana
Rivero Research Scholarship in
Cuban Studies
Joel Hebert, Fulbright U.S.
Student Program
Dakota Irvin, Association of Slavic,
East European, and Eurasian Studies
Cohen-Tucker Dissertation
Research Fellowship
Virginia Olmsted, Fulbright-Hays
Doctoral Dissertation Research
Abroad Fellowship
Mark Reeves, SSRC International
Dissertation Research Fellowship
Robert Richard, North Caroliniana
Society Archie K. Davis Fellowship
Mary Elizabeth Walters, Allen
R. Millet Dissertation Research
Fellowship from the Society for
Military History
HUMAN MOVEMENT SCIENCE
Michael Clark, NRSA Fellowship
(F30) NIH - For MD/PhD Students
- National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke
Jody Feld, Foundation for Physical
Therapy Promotion of Doctoral
Studies (PODS) I Scholarship
Matthew Harkey, NATA Research
and Education Foundation Doctoral
Scholarship; American College of
Sports Medicine Biomechanics Interest
Group Student Research Award
School
The Daily Tar Heel
Peyton Bohnsack, Pharmacology
Dillan Bono-Lunn, Public Policy
Candace Buckner, Religious Studies
Nicole Butera, Biostatistics
Suman Chakraboty, Statistics and
Operations Research
Ally Clonch, City and
Regional Planning
Tenzin Dadul, Advanced
Dental Education
Rachel Dee, Pathology
Nathan Dollar, Sociology
Michael Essman, Nutrition
Lauren Fadem, Rehabilitation
Counseling and Psychology
Ryan Fox, Applied Physical Sciences
Charlotte Fryar, American Studies
Mac Gilliland, Chemistry
Melanie Godsey, Classics
Varun Goel, Geography
David Greenawald, Geological
Sciences
Kasia Grzebyk, Environmental
Sciences and Engineering
Kwame Gyampo, Dentistry
Clare Gyorke, Microbiology and
Immunology
Eileen Hammond, Communication
Kathryn Headley, Genetics and
Molecular Biology
Nicolas Hernandez, Health Policy
and Management
Ryan Hickson, Pharmaceutical
Sciences
Michelle Hoffner, Genetics and
Molecular Biology
Aubree Honcoop, Toxicology
Doug Hopping, Geography
Mark Hornberg, History
Lindsey Horrell, Nursing
Rohan Isaac, Physics and Astronomy
Jaclyn Jacobs, Rehabilitation
Counseling and Psychology
Tariq Jah, Dentistry
Sehrish Javaid, Advanced
Dental Education
Shaili Jha, Neurobiology
Sarah Jones, Medicine
Sri Kalyanaraman, Biostatistics
Jack Ledford, Pharmacy
Jordan Lee, Human
Movement Science
Nicholas Levis, Biology
Yitong Li, Cell Biology
and Physiology
Angus Lyall, Geography
Alessia Martini, Romance Studies
Jordan Massey, Health Policy
and Management
Katelin McCullough, Classics
Stephanie Metzen, Global Studies
Giuliano Migliori, Romance Studies
Caroline Miller, Social Work
Justin Mims, Law
Andrey Minaev, Economics
Nikki Mogensen, Physical Therapy
Emily Brennan Moran,
Communication
Carly Moreno, Marine Sciences
Katie Hirsch, National Strength and
Conditioning Association (NCSA)
Womens Scholarship; Deer Creek
Limestone Foundation Community
Trust Scholarship
Kyeongtak Song, NATA Research
and Education Foundation Doctoral
Research Grant
Elizabeth Teel, NATA Research
and Education Foundation Doctoral
Research Grant; ACSM Clinical Sports
Medicine Endowment
INFORMATION AND LIBRARY
SCIENCE
Brenna Dickerson, Alpha Kappa Alpha
Educational Advancement Foundation
Ernest Goodson, Jr., American Library
Association Spectrum Scholarship
Anna Groves, Jack Kent Cooke
Foundation Graduate Scholarship
Melissa Hyland, AALL LexisNexis/
John R. Johnson Memorial Scholarship
Amelea Kim, American Library
Association Spectrum Scholarship
Ronald San Martin, Institute of Jazz
Studies Fellowship
Megan Threats, Gates
Millennium Scholarship
Emily Vardell, Medical Library
Association Thomson Reuters/MLA
Doctoral Fellowship
LINGUISTICS
Raua-Banu Kadirova, Center of
International Program Bolashak of the
Republic of Kazakhstan MA Scholarship
Emily Moeng, NSF Dissertation
Improvement Grant
MARINE SCIENCES
Jill Arriola, NSF Graduate Research
Fellowship Program; NSF East Asia
and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S.
Graduate Students
John Paul Balmonte, Deep Carbon
Observatory Diversity Award
Justin Baumann, Department of
Defense National Defense Science
and Engineering Grant; Rufford
Foundation Booster Grant
Elaine Monbureau, Oak Ridge
Institute for Science and Education
(ORISE) Fellowship
Carter Smith, NSF East Asia and
Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S.
Graduate Students
MATERIAL SCIENCE
Riley Howard, NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
Suzanne Setti, NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
MATERNAL AND CHILD
HEALTH
Yanica Faustin, SSRC Dissertation
Proposal Development Fellowship
Sarah Neil, Whitehead Public
Health Scholarship
Dianna Padilla, Gates
Millennium Scholarship
Eleanor Richards, Frank
Denning Memorial Charity, UK
Travelling Scholarship
MATHEMATICS
Nick Battista, AAAS Emerging Leaders
in Science and Society (ELISS) Fellow
Korkeat Korkeathikhun, Royal Thai
Government Fellowship
Anissa Neal, Linguistics
Bo Nebolisa, Public Health Leadership
Fekir Negussie, Maternal and
Child Health
Jesse Niehaus, Neurobiology
Dobgima Njinimbam, Biomedical and
Health Informatics
Gloria Nyankima, Biomedical Engineering
Dan Oreper, Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology
Meg Orita, Musicology
Sarah Owens, Psychology
Hannah Palmer, English and
Comparative Literature
Sara Pea, Occupational Therapy
Andrew Perault, Microbiology
and Immunology
Clay Pfeifler, Exercise and Sport Science
Johnny Pitts, Physician Assistant Program
Jorge Pradilla, Education
Deanna Puglia, Media and Journalism
Kailey Rocker, Anthropology
Tim Ronan, Geological Sciences
Kayla Rowsey, Law
Shannon Runion, Nursing
Omar Santillan, Global Studies
Nathan Schradle, Religious Studies
Shahar Shmuel, Epidemiology
Ayushi Singh, Economics
Jasmine Sinkhada, Medicine
Edhriz Siraliev-Perez, Biochemistry
and Biophysics
Alyssa Spoonts, Information and
Library Science
Katherine Stember, Pathology
Orrin Stone, Pharmacology
Kimberly Stratford, Toxicology
Alexandra Sullivan, Chemistry
Richelle Suttle, Occupational Therapy
Kimiko Suzuki, Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology
Sterling Swygert, Mathematics
Min Tang, Philosophy
Sierriana Terry, Musicology
Eric Thomas, Anthropology
Toney Thompson, Public Administration
Caroline Traub, Speech and
Hearing Sciences
Eric Trexler, Human Movement Science
Keeli Tritz, Physical Therapy
Zoe Van Buren, Folklore
Sanah Vohra, Epidemiology
Christine Walsh, Health Behavior
Jacob Walton, Dramatic Art
Josephine Warshauer, Business
Administration
Stephanie Watkins-Cruz, Public
Administration
Brett Winters, Toxicology
Nae Won, Public Health Leadership
Xiao You, Applied Physical Sciences
Ayana Younge, Business Administration
Shannon Zenner, Media and Journalism
GEAB IMPACT AWARD AND
HORIZON AWARD SELECTION
COMMITTEE
Geni Eng, Health Behavior
Karen Erickson, Allied Health Sciences
Sutipoj Promtapan, Royal Thai
Government Fellowship
Shreyas Tikare, NSF Graduate Research
Fellowship Program
MEDIA AND JOURNALISM
Mariana Abdalla, Rotary
Peace Fellowship
Gabriel Calvo Maisonnave, Rotary
Peace Fellowship
Pablo Mino, Fulbright Fellowship for
Non-U.S. Students; CONICYT
Scholar - Chilean Scholarships for
Master Studies Abroad
Jordan Morehouse, Association of
Education and Journalism in Mass
Communications Travel Grant
Chengyuan Shao, China Scholarship
Council Scholarship
MICROBIOLOGY
AND IMMUNOLOGY
Brandon Anjuwon-Foster, NRSA
Fellowship for Minority Students (F31)
NIH - National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases
Kyle Arend, NSF Graduate Research
Fellowship Program
Jaime Brozowski, NRSA Fellowship for
Minority Students (F31) NIH - National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Susanna Harris, NSF Graduate Research
Fellowship Program
Laurel Kartchner, American
Association of Immunologists for the
International Congress of Immunology
2016 Travel Grant
Jennifer McGraw, NRSA Fellowship
for Minority Students (F31) NIH -
National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases
Collin Jamal Smith, NRSA Fellowship
(F30) NIH - For MD/PhD Students
- National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke
Alan Tubbs, NRSA Fellowship (F31)
NIH - National Institute of Diabetes and
Digestive and Kidney Diseases
MUSICOLOGY
Gina Bombola, Alvin H. Johnson
AMS 50 Fellowship
Christopher Bowen, American
Musicological Society Howard Mayer
Brown Fellowship
John Caldwell, Fulbright-
Nehru Fellowship
Oren Vinogradov, Weimar Award of the
Klassik Stiftung Weimar
NEUROSCIENCE
Abigail Agoglia, NRSA Fellowship (F31)
NIH - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse
and Alcoholism
Nick Boyer, NRSA Fellowship (F31)
NIH - National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke
Andrew Crowther, NRSA Fellowship (F31)
NIH - National Institute of Mental Health
Heather Decot, NRSA Fellowship (F31) NIH
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
Anel Jaramillo, NRSA Fellowship (F31)
NIH - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse
and Alcoholism; Research Society on
Alcoholism Travel Award
Shaili Jha, AAAS Emerging Leaders in
Science and Society (ELISS) Fellow
Chris Mazzone, NRSA Fellowship (F31)
NIH - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse
and Alcoholism
Leah Townsend, Dennis Weatherstone
Predoctoral Fellowship (Autism Speaks)
Laurel Files, Health Policy
and Management
Heidi Hennink-Kaminski, Media
and Journalism
Mark Hollins, Psychology
Matthew Howard, Social Work
Brian Pence, Epidemiology
Michael Piehler, Marine Sciences
Diane Rowley, Maternal and
Child Health
Conghe Song, Geography
Lynne Vernon-Feagans, Education
DEANS DISTINGUISHED
DISSERTATION AWARD
COMMITTEE
Biological and Life Sciences
John Anderson, Nutrition
Jaye Cable, Marine Sciences
Bill Coleman, Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine
Jonathon Homeister, Pathology
Ken McCarthy, Pharmacology
Lillie Searles, Biology
Humanities and Fine Arts
Kathleen Duval, History
Sharon James, Classics
Hassan Melehy, Romance Studies
Torin Monahan, Communication
Paul Roberge, Germanic and
Slavic Languages and Literatures
and Linguistics
Lee Weisert, Music
Mathematics, Physical Sciences
and Engineering
Yaiza Canzani, Mathematics
Bruce Carney, Physics and
Astronomy
Thomas Clegg, Physics and
Astronomy
Jan Hannig, Statistics and
Operations Research
Harvey Jeffries, Environmental
Sciences and Engineering
Matthew Lockett, Chemistry
Social Sciences
Navin Bapat, Political Science
Stanley Black, Economics
Xiaodong Chen, Geography
Thurston Domina, Education
Ruth Humphry, Occupational
Science
Valerie Lambert, Anthropology
BOKA W. HADZIJA AWARD
SELECTION COMMITTEE
Greg Cizek, Education
Stella Clingmon, Maternal and
Child Health
Betsy Crais, Allied Health Sciences
Andrew Davis, Communication
Jennifer Ho, English and
Comparative Literature
Joel Kingsolver, Biology
GRADUATE SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD
Kristy Ainslie, Pharmacy
Robert Bourret, Microbiology
and Immunology
John Bowles, Art
NURSING
Saada Al-Barwani, Sultanate
of Oman Ministry of
Health Scholarship
Heather Alico Lauria, Delta Gamma
Foundation Fellowship Award
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 8 Wednesday, April 19, 2017
UNCs newest athlete focuses on others
Yash Krishnan became
an honorary member of
the cross country team.
By Chapel Fowler
Staff Writer
Everything was ready for
Yash Krishnan.
The table was set. A folded
piece of card stock displayed
Krishnans name. A white cap
with a Team IMPACT logo sat
next to it. An unsigned con-
tract that would make him an
honorary member of North
Carolinas cross country team
lay on the table.
This was a big moment for
an 8-year-old from Cary.
Krishnan has biallelic
mismatch repair deficiency
syndrome a condition that
makes children more suscep-
tible to various forms of can-
cer. Tuesday was about him
and his perseverance. At least,
that was the plan.
When everything was sup-
posed to be about Krishnan,
he was only focused on others.
He found Head Coach
Mark VanAlstyne to ensure
his cousins could join the
photo shoot after his signing.
As he signed his contract,
his mother and father sat
beside him. In a statement,
he thanked his younger sister,
whom he called his inspiration.
Yash, who do you think
will win NBA MVP? some-
one asked during his press
conference.
He thought for a moment.
Russell Westbrook, he
answered. But who do you
think will win?
Baseball stunned after second straight loss
The UNC bats fell flat
at home in a 5-2 loss to
Liberty on Tuesday.
By Kirk Meyer
Staff Writer
Mike Fox never saw it com-
ing.
On a night where the No.
3 North Carolina baseball
team fell to Liberty, 5-2, the
Tar Heels head coach was
stunned.
Maybe the experienced
coach in me probably should
have (seen it coming), Fox
said. Coming off an emo-
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Krishnan is not one to talk
about himself. But that is
what a press conference is for.
His favorite athlete is
Michael Jordan, and he is a
fan of Space Jam. He has
Vince Carter beating Jordan
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If he had to be a UNC mens
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Joel Berry but only because
Justin Jackson is leaving.
The Sport Clips MVP is his
go-to haircut. When it comes
to food, nothing beats Italian.
For dessert, he will take cake
with Skittles on it, if pos-
sible. His favorite drink is a
root beer float.
Raise your hand if you like
root beer floats, he said.
He scanned the room.
Most people including
VanAlstyne and Assistant
Coach Logan Roberts
raised their hands. Krishnan
gave a nod of approval.
As the team gathered
around him for a picture,
Krishnan held up his hand to
stop the cameras. He beck-
oned his cousins to come
sit next to him just like
VanAlstyne had promised.
I feel like every time he
doesnt come to practice or
we dont see him for a while,
theres a member of our team
missing, first-year runner
Mady Clahane said. He just
brings so much light and hap-
piness into our lives.
After the press confer-
ence, Krishnan darted from
person to person, his energy
and charisma overflowing. He
was working the room like no
other 8-year-old could.
He has an amazing pas-
sion for sports and learning,
the road this weekend all
teams have letdowns during
the middle of the week.
But this one surprised
me.
In a season where UNC
(29-8) has had no shortage
of offense, the Tar Heels
offense averaging more
than seven runs per game
entering Tuesday ran dry
against Liberty (21-14) in the
teams second straight loss at
Boshamer Stadium.
North Carolina set the
wrong tone early, stranding
runners at third base in the
second and third innings with
nothing to show for it.
We just werent locked
in, Fox said. We just werent
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Krishnan saw his worried
All teams have letdowns during the middle
of the week. But this one surprised me.
Mike Fox
Head coach
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Fox said he was happy
for Liberty head coach Scott
Jackson and assistant coach
Bryant Gaines, two former
UNC assistants. And in his
19th season in charge of the
Tar Heels, he knows how to
handle setbacks like these
with his own team.
He said its best over the
course of a long season to
let the players handle things
themselves.
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from a question, raised his
hand in the air and smiled, as
his cousin stood close to him.
Its OK, Uncle, he said. I
told him I wanted him here.
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learned over the years that
sometimes I can go in there
and I just better not talk. Ill
go in there and tell them,
See you tomorrow. Thats
probably the smart thing to
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the wrong thing.
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Residence hall living should be more like the Disneys Smart House
By Karyn Brown
While being in college and
having the freedom of living
in a dorm are great, I also love
going home.
This is mainly because of
my mom.
My mom and I are
extremely close like Lorelai
and Rory close (and yes, we
did watch all of Gilmore
Girls together because moth-
er-daughter bonding).
And while I do know how
to do laundry and heat up
food, I am a spoiled millen-
nial who makes my mom do
things for me. Sorry, Mom.
But being at home recently
made me realize how much I
miss having her while Im at
school.
This is where the Disney
Channel Original Movie
Smart House comes in.
In case youre unaware
or not a film buff like me,
Smart House is a movie women in STEM).
about a boy named Ben living
with his dad and sister after
his mothers death.
Because he doesnt want
anybody replacing his mom,
Ben enters a contest to win
a smart house that will do
all of the mother-y stuff for
them.
And since this is a Disney
movie, he wins the contest.
After the family moves in,
the dad starts catching feel-
ings for the woman who pro-
grammed the house (thank
you, Disney, for empowering
ably grows up to be that guy
Ben doesnt like this and
decides that the most logi-
cal way to make his dad stay
single forever is to program
his house to be a literal 1950s
housewife. Because that
makes sense.
The house then goes crazy
and does this weird tornado
Im your mother now thing
that was basically the scari-
est thing I had ever seen as a
child.
Spoiler alert: STEM lady
saves the day, the house goes
back to normal and Ben prob-
in Her.
But the scary tornado
scene and how it impacted my
childhood are not what I want
to focus on.
Instead, this is a call to
action.
I want Smart House tech-
nology in the dorms.
I want to be able to just ask
for a smoothie and have it
show up on my desk.
Or if I had a (secret) pet in
my room, my Smart Dorm
would be able to play with it
while Im in class.
I want an entire wall devot-
ed to playing my favorite
music video while I jump on
my dorm room bed, probaby
upsetting my roommate in
the process.
So please, UNC
Department of Housing and
Residential Education, Im
begging you, if you have the
knowledge and the ability,
make Smart Dorms a reality.
Let us have a quasi-mom
when were away from home
(but please leave out the scary
tornado business I dont
need that in my life).
@karynhbrown
swerve@dailytarheel.com
A version of this article was
published on Jan. 31.

Off-campus living is off the chart

919.401.9300 By Seth Pyle
www.louisebeckproperties.com Living off-campus has its
ups and downs a lot like
my kitchen floor. To preface
everything, I live in an apart-
ment with two other guys
within walking distance of
the University. Before moving
off-campus, I lived in dorms
for two years. There were sev-
eral factors that precipitated
my moving off-campus.
First and foremost, it was
Feeling out of touch when it comes the people. Whether it was
to choosing where to live? on or off campus, I wanted to
live with my friends, and my
friends wanted to move off
campus.
Secondly, it was budget-
ary. We found an apartment
that cost less than paying for
housing on campus, which
was a plus for us because we
saved some money. We also
stopped purchasing meal
plans after moving off cam-
pus and started cooking our
own meals, which translated
to more savings.
Those were my/our reasons
for moving off-campus. Here
is what living in an apartment
has been like for me.
The rent I pay is compara-
tively low to the other hous-
ing options surrounding my
apartment complex mean-
ing some amenities are not
the best.
The internet is sometimes
atrocious. The cable is always
atrocious. And sadly, we still
must take our laundry to a
washing room.
I personally love to cook,
and having my own kitchen is
something I truly appreciate
and love about living in an
apartment.
Plus, my favorite way to
cook is with nothing but an
apron and shorts on so hav-
ing a kitchen where I can have
some privacy is great.
Setting off the fire alarm
now only upsets three people
and does not displace a whole
residence hall which is nice to
think about when the alarm
goes off at the slightest whiff
of smoke.
Space is a nice, nice thing;
all three of us have our own
rooms. And while bunk-bed-
ding is scientifically known to
create more space for activi-
ties and is what I did for my
two years on campus, there
is something to be said for
being able to close my door
at night and sleep in my own,
actual bed (I am a taller than
average person and sleeping
in my own bed is a significant
upgrade).
Our apartment has its own
combined living and dining
room. This makes family din-
ners and having friends over a
lot more enjoyable and hassle
free.
I have my own parking
space. I had to buy a parking
pass, but I am guaranteed
a spot to park my car, close
to my apartment, always
which is not something I had
during my time on campus.
There should be an aster-
isk beside the always. In the
case of snow and ice, there
is a chance the parking lot
becomes an icy wasteland not
for the faint of heart or those
without all-wheel drive.
But the best space thing
is having two bathrooms
between three people. Two
bathrooms between three
people is a significant and
noticeable improvement
over one bathroom for eight
people.
As far as neighbors go, my
roommates and I were not
the most neighborly people
to begin with, even when we
were in dorms. With that
being said, I still have no idea
who lives beside me or above
me, which is different than
when I lived in a dorm and I
was at least on cordial terms
with the people in my suite.
Whether or not this is a good
thing depends on the indi-
vidual.
These are the things that
come to mind when I consider
what it is like to live in an
apartment. And it is the col-
lection of these things that
make me consider my apart-
ment more of a home than
either of my dorm rooms.
@sethpyle22
swerve@dailytarheel.com
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originally published Jan. 31.

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Chapel Hill recognizes autism in April
Various events were
held in town to raise
awareness for autism.
By Ashton Eleazer
Staff Writer
For Lindsay Graham,
a board member of the
Autism Society of North
Carolina Orange-Chatham
County and self-advocate,
Autism Awareness Month
means feeling cared for
and remembered by the
community.
Its a lonely place when
youre neurologically different,
Graham said. Even the highest
functioning (on the autism
spectrum) need to be cared
for in a way thats helpful, not
condescending.
Graham was diagnosed
with autism when she was
45. She said awareness is
important because while
many parents make a point
to help their children who are
on the spectrum, its easy for
undiagnosed adults to slip
through the cracks.
The Center for Disease
and Control estimates 1 in 68
children are affected by autism,
making it the most common
developmental disability.
For Autism Awareness
Month in April, the Town
of Chapel Hill coordinated
several events for the autistic
community. The last event
will be a sensory-friendly
playtime on April 27 at Kidzu
Childrens Museum.
We want the museum to
be a safe space thats the
point, said Sydney Lewis,
coordinator of the playtime
Federal government drops out of House Bill 2 lawsuit
By Becca Heilman
Staff Writer
Organizations involved in
the legal fight against contro-
versial House Bill 2 are con-
sidering their options after the
bills partial repeal last month.
The U.S. Department of
Justice dropped its lawsuit
against the state for HB2
Friday morning, citing the
passage of House Bill 142.
But Lambda Legal, the
American Civil Liberties
Union, the ACLU of North
Carolina and Equality NC plan
to continue their joint pending
lawsuit against the state.
Rep. Graig Meyer,
D-Orange, said he was not
surprised to hear the federal
government withdrew.
I think that House Bill
142 includes the repeal
of House Bill 2, so going
forward on the lawsuit would
have to be because of the
new provisions of House Bill
142, which are significantly
different from what was in
House Bill 2, he said.
A joint press release from
at Kidzu. So (those on the
spectrum) can explore the
museum without a sensory
overload of a lot of children.
The playtime event at
Kidzu is free to any children
with special needs, but
families must register
beforehand. There will
only be 30 spots in order to
regulate the extra stimulation
found during a typically busy
hour at a museum.
Were hoping for a good
turnout, Lewis said. Getting
out to the special needs
community is important.
There will be three stations
at the playtime: a sensory
activity where children dig
to find jewels, a gross motor
activity of a rock climbing
wall and a fine motor activity
of putting together fake food
parents order. There will also
be book nooks for children
to calm down if the event
becomes overwhelming.
There are a lot of families
that experience isolation with a
family member on (the autism)
spectrum, said Catherine
Medovich, autism source
specialist at the Autism Society.
Its nice to have places where
local families can get into the
community and feel like theyre
a part of something bigger.
Push Play Sing, a group that
empowers disabled individuals
to play music, performed a free
concert for Autism Awareness
Month on Friday.
Its important for everyone
to know that they are in the
community and just as strong
as anyone, said Max Puhala,
co-founder of Push Play Sing.
So many generally perceive
(those on the spectrum) as
not as much ability, but they
Lambda Legal and the ACLU
said the new law leaves many
harmful provisions in place
barring protections for
transgender people using
restrooms or other facilities in
schools or other state or local
government buildings.
This means schools,
courthouses, city halls,
government agencies and
more cannot allow transgender
people to use the right
restroom, the statement said.
It also prevents cities from
passing any protections for
employment discrimination
or discrimination by places of
public accommodation for
LGBT people or anyone
until 2020.
Jon Davidson, legal director
at Lambda Legal, said in the
press release that the Trump
administration is using the
partial repeal of HB2 as a cover
in order to withdraw support
from transgender individuals.
Sadly, this was not
unexpected, now that anti-
transgender forces are in
charge of the Departments
of Justice and Education,
News
The Kidzu Museum in University Place will be hosting a sensory-friendly playtime on April 27 as part of Autism Awareness Month.
hop right in, play music just as
awesome if not better than a
lot of people out there.
Push Play Sing will offer
several workshops throughout
the month of May to allow
performers with disabilities
of all experience levels the
he said in the press release.
Once again, the Trump
administration continues
to abandon transgender
Americans.
The press release said the
involved organizations will
continue to defend the right
of transgender people to
use changing facilities and
restrooms that correspond
with their gender identity.
The lawsuit, which includes
claims for the damages
inflicted by HB2, will continue,
and the legal team will seek to
amend the lawsuit to challenge
HB142 as well, the press
release said.
Shannon Gilreath, a
professor of law at Wake Forest
University, said the ACLU suit
is based on the notion of a
gender stereotyping claim and
the partial repeal of HB2 does
not change that.
Even though that has been
repealed, what the repeal
legislation did was leave in
place the idea that only the
state can regulate bathroom
usage, which is regulated right
now on the old gender binary
opportunity to showcase
their musical talent. The
Town of Chapel Hill also
offers specialized activities
throughout the year, including
year-round sports training.
People often
misunderstand a diagnosis of
that it was always regulated,
he said. It did not leave room
for other institutions, like the
UNC system for example, to
voluntarily allow trans people
to use a restroom of their
choosing. On account of that,
the gender stereotyping claim
that formed the basis of the
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DTH/REBECCA LAWSON
autism to mean intellectually members with developmental
disabled when often, they and intellectual disabilities
have exceptional abilities with students. I think we
in a certain area. said need to focus on the strengths
Jacklyn Googins, a volunteer of people with this diagnosis
with Best Buddies, an rather than the limitations.
international organization
that pairs community city@dailytarheel.com
lawsuit by the ACLU is still push the judicial system to
very live. broaden the expansion of
Full LGBTQ rights so that its clear that
nondiscrimination sexual orientation and gender
protections are as likely to identity are also protected by
come through the court as our existing nondiscrimination
the legislature, Meyer said. protections, he said.
I certainly do think the @beccaheilman
ACLU should continue to state@dailytarheel.com
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money segregation
TO THE EDITOR:
Its interesting how you
describe people of color as
non-whites as if we only exist

before
We are two non-whites in negation to whiteness. Are
who felt compelled to white people the standard
respond to your letter to the to which people of color

safety
editor which claimed that a
space for only people of color
is evidence of reverse racism.
We disagree.
must strive to meet? Do we
only exist when we become
white?
Understand that we

H
ere in the United You claim that our are not representatives of
States, someone is ancestors fought to end Students4Justice and we
sexually assaulted EDITORIAL segregation. can only speak for ourselves

The real price of food

every 98 seconds. This is
startling because many assaults
go unreported and are not even
included in that statistic.
A 2015 Washington Post-
Kaiser Poll found that 20
percent of young women who
attended college during the
past four years were sexually
assaulted. That is one in five
Patronize local Aramarks poor record with
Carolina Dining Services
businesses instead employees is well-docu-
mented: Many cant afford
of Aramark. parking and dont feel like
youre feeling a burger, hit
up Buns for some tasty fare.
By patronizing businesses
on Franklin, especially local
ones, youre helping the
May we remind you that
your ancestors probably
fought to keep segregation?
At this point, you might
throw up your hands and
groan: But that was in the
past! Its 2017. Im different
than my racist confederate
ancestors! In return, we
would gently remind you
as two non-whites. Our
beliefs do not exactly
align with every person of
color on campus such as
a random Indian student
and his OoC (opinion of
color) who you included
as evidence in your poorly
constructed argument.
If more white people

women. For further context,
according to the Rape, Abuse
& Incest National Network
(RAINN), more than 50
percent of college sexual
assaults occur in the months of
August, September, October or
November.
We know that rape culture
is a major problem, and is
especially a problem on college
campuses. According to the
documentary The Hunting
Ground, 136 sexual assaults
were reported between 2001
to 2013 at UNC. Do you know
how many of these resulted in
expulsion? Not one. The film
said zero of these reported
assaults resulted in expulsion.
Let us keep in mind that
sexual assaults involving
students can be handled by the
T
his board has written
before, though not
recently, about its
worries surrounding UNCs
food services provider,
Aramark. Aramark supplies
food for public and private
prisons, something that the
banners in Lenoir do not
advertise. Not to mention
that Aramark is responsible
for the hiring, treatment
and firing of Carolina
Dining Services employ-
ees. Aramark also owns all
food-service spaces, includ-
ing the bottom of Lenoir.
they can speak about their
experience unless theyre on
their way out.
Thus, instead of
supporting Aramark, grab
lunch on Franklin Street
and support local Chapel
Hill businesses. Reroute the
$6 you were going to spend
on that chicken sandwich
and fries to an off-campus
meal. You could always use
a quesadilla or burrito with
guacamole from Cosmic
Cantina. If thats not your
thing, swing by Lime and
Basil for a killer banh mi. If
EDITORIAL
Chapel Hill community
thrive.
If youre against
Aramark for their prison
involvement, their animal
welfare practices, their
treatment of CDS workers
or some other reason this
board isnt even aware of,
speak out with your dollars.
Aramark is a
representation and
continuation of UNCs
long legacy of hurting
workers rights. There
are many more deserving
businesses within reach.
that you cannot simply
turn a blind eye to the past
because you disagree with
it. You have a responsibility
to acknowledge it because
those supposed mistakes of
the past sowed the ground
on which you now reap the
benefits.
Acknowledging the past
also includes remembering
the very foundations of
segregation and its historical
significance. Segregation still
happens today, with regards
(not only) to housing and
education, and it makes a
bigger impact than any one
non-white space would,
but we digress.
Why not question why
these spaces make you feel
uncomfortable?
cared about social justice
in a way that did not center
whiteness and guilt, maybe
these desegregated spaces
would already exist. And
since you love to co-opt Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. so
much, we will leave you
with his words to speak for
themselves:
I must confess that over
the last few years I have been
gravely disappointed with
the white moderate ... who
is more devoted to order
than to justice; who prefers
a negative peace which is
the absence of tension to a
positive peace which is the
presence of justice; who
constantly says: I agree with
you in the goal you seek, but
I cannot agree with your

University.
The problem of rape and
sexual assaults at universities
is aggravated by a fundamental
lapse in priorities.
According to The American
Association of University
Women, 91 percent of colleges
reported zero incidents of
More access
Lets continue to
help UNC become
accessible to all.
absences, extensions for
assignments, individualized
testing arrangements and
accessibility to e-books and
other materials.
environment in numerous
ways, and expanding
on the great work of the
Accessibility Resources and
Service office is one of the
Consider this question methods of direct action.
from the perspective of
a student of color who Insaaf Mohamed
attends a predominantly Junior
white university. Students Political science
of color are already living
and have been living with
this uncomfortableness
Seyoung Oh
Junior
since the day they were Sociology and English

rape in 2014. To understand
why this is a problem, we
should probably address why
administrators are so reluctant
to report rape and often
minimize the person who has
been assaulted. You may have
never made these connections
before, so let me be clear in
connecting them.
Every major problems root
cause is the influence of money.
Administrators and faculty
have an incentive to be
reluctant to report an assault
because they have to protect
their endowment and the
revenue generators like
alumni donations and sports.
Colleges increasingly care
more about keeping their
endowments and funding than
creating a safe environment for
their students.
Due to this massive cash
inflow from athletics, colleges
have increasingly adopted a
business model. And what do
businesses do? They do what is
in their best financial interest.
All we have to do is follow
the money. What do you think
our chancellor gets paid?
OK, what about our athletic
director?
Who do you think should get
paid more at the nations first
public university?
What kind of message do
you think it sends to people
about our Universitys priorities
if our athletic director makes as
much as our chancellor? Well,
the leader of our Universitys
salary is $596,448, while our
athletic director has a salary
of $705,853. UNC is not the
only university that values its
athletics over academics.
This worship of money is
dangerous in many ways, and
its link to unreported rape is
just one of the many.
We can do something to
right these wrongs, and we
should not accept the status
quo simply because it is the
status quo.
NEXT
A
ll UNC students
deserve to be able
to fully participate
in their classes which
makes the work of the
Accessibility Resources
and Service office not only
logistically important
for students, teachers
and staff alike, but key to
UNCs mission.
Right now, the
Accessibility Resources and
Service office offers a variety
of services for students
with learning disabilities
on campus. Services
include advocating for class
SATIRICAL ADVICE COLUMN
You Asked for It
In which we deal with back sweat and find you a new pet.
Kiana Cole (Worked on
a documentary that just
premiered!) and Alison Krug
(If she married 2 Chainz,
their last name could be
Krug Chainz.) are the
writers of UNCs premier
(only!) satirical advice
column. Results may vary.
You: How do I deal with
all this humidity?
You Asked for It: Nothing
beats spring becoming
summer in Chapel Hill,
where the showers in April
showers bring May flowers
are really just a mixture of
tears and sweat from finals
and the sun.
The first-year you that
was totally planning on
majoring in environmental
science before BIO 101 got so
hard would be disappointed
if you decided not to recycle
all that good sweat, though.
Better yet recycle the
With the varying
services the office
offers and the depth of
accommodations that are
necessary for students,
it seems as if ARS could
be in need of more full-
time staff. Not only would
this relieve some of the
pressure on the current
staff, who are doing a
phenomenal job already,
but it would allow for a
more in-depth approach
to serving students with
regard to their disabilities.
UNC has always strived
to serve as an inclusive
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phenomenon? Just wait till
the people get their hands
on your freshly vesseled
#SweatByShea!
Consider confronting the
source of all this discomfort
in a Western-style
showdown. In between class
changes, stare into the sun.
Whoever blinks first loses.
You: How do I commune
with nature now that I live
in a dorm?
ways UNC can continue to
work toward that goal.
Adding more full-time
staff would not only help
students here at UNC
it would also help those
who are currently working
tirelessly to provide such a
wide breadth of services.
With more
staff, educational
opportunities for those
without disabilities could
be added and could
be an effective way to
further the inclusivity
of campus inside and
outside the classroom.
majority of your days in your
cinder block pied--terre.
Bring nature to you
with an RHA-approved
pet. These include betta
fish, small corrals of dorm
cockroaches, whatever you
find living in the shower
drains, a pair of googly eyes
stuck on stationery you got
from FallFest (limit one per
suitemate), any willing ghosts
haunting Cobb and goldfish.
Is the commitment of
pet ownership not your
style? Enroll in YAFIs
flagship Garbage Squirrel
Adoption Program: Tell us
your favorite trash can on
campus and your degree of
fearlessness when it comes
to scurrying out in front
of passersby on sidewalks,
and well pair you with a
campus squirrel that best
suits your personality.
Love half-eaten Alpine
bagels and living in actual
born. You will never know
this experience because you
are not a person of color.
Moreover, people of color
are not a monolith and
our experiences are not
the same. This absence of
knowledge isnt meant to
cripple you; rather, recognize
this absence so it may be
filled. Acknowledgement
of your privilege as a white
person is the first, but not
the last step in achieving
integration and equality.
In the study you cited,
you fail to acknowledge how
perspectives differ when
discussing these spaces. The
author mentions how spaces
like these provide a safe
haven from the otherwise
unwelcoming campus
climate, and in your letter,
you fail to recognize the
unwelcomeness that led to
the original demand from
Students4Justice.
Self-segregation of
people of color should
not be weaponized and
used against us. If we feel
empowered and safer in the
presence of people who look
like us then why are you so
eager to dismantle that?
Why does the burden fall on
us non-whites to diversify
the predominantly white
population? If it were so
important to white students
who felt excluded, they
wouldve made more of
an effort to care about this
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ment ignoring the people it
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represent you, instead of
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North Carolina legislature
is sitting on a bill, right now,
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This bill will put Citizens
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