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Serving UNC students and the University community since 1893 Volume 122, Issue 22 dailytarheel.com Tuesday, April 1, 2014 Tar Heels demonstration look to sparks outcry defeat Stanford The women’s basketball team aims for the Final Four tonight. By Grace Raynor Assistant Sports Editor STANFORD, Calif. — The five of them struggle to fight back the laughter, but just when one sequence ends, another ensues. They sit there together — the starting five of the North Carolina women’s basketball team — all donning gray sweat suits from head to toe, all looking at each other, hop- ing that the other four are finding this press conference as funny as they themselves are. They’ve just finished pool exercises a few hours ago, followed by some time in the jacuzzi, and the air that encompasses the fourth-seeded Tar Heels as they prepare to take on second-seeded Stanford today in the Elite Eight is light. Goofy. Relaxed. Freshman guard Allisha Gray makes a comment about “getting buckets” to silence what will likely be a raucous crowd in Maples Pavilion tonight as Stanford DTH/KEVIN HU will enjoy a home-court crowd. Stephanie Ellen Farrell, right, whose daughter goes to UNC, argues with anti-abortion activists with the Campaign for Genocide Awareness. Mavunga and Xylina McDaniel burst into laughter. A few minutes later, a reporter sneezes in the middle of McDaniel answering a onlookers question anti-abortion protest’s visual tactics serious question. “Bless you,’’ she says without a hitch. The By Danny Nett crime against human beings and falls into the morning. The statement also mentioned laughter continues. Staff Writer United Nations’ definition of genocide. that students could seek help from UNC’s But it’s not all fun and games. UNC knows “(Genocide Awareness Project) is our cam- Counseling and Psychological Services if they that to defeat Stanford and secure a slot in The definitions of genocide, free speech pus project, we have others, but this is spe- are disturbed by the images. the Final Four is going to be a challenge. and safety were all in contest Monday. cifically designed for college students,” said “The University’s responsibility is to In defending Chiney Ogwumike, an All- A display depicted graphic images of abor- project director Jane Bullington, who travels remain a vibrant intellectual community American and a three-time USA Basketball tions alongside examples of genocide, such to colleges around the country. The organiza- in which all viewpoints can be comfortably gold medalist, UNC will be faced with one of as those which occurred in Cambodia and tion has visited UNC twice before. expressed and heard in an atmosphere of its most daunting tasks yet. Ogwumike aver- World War II Germany, sparking campus- “Typically college students believe genocide civility and respect,” he said. ages 26.6 points per game and hauls in 12.2 wide debate. is one of the worst things that can happen, Around 11:30 a.m. Monday, both unaffiliated rebounds. She had 29 and 15 in Stanford’s The controversial demonstration was held but they don’t want to consider the fact that students and Students United for Reproductive 25-point snub of Penn State Sunday. Monday in front of Wilson Library by the killing a million babies a year in our country Justice members organized a counter-protest. “We have to do a good job on Ogwumike. Center for Bio-Ethical Reform in partnership is genocide,” she said. Students started a petition to Dean of She is a phenomenal player, and the less she with Carolina Students for Life, and it will be The presentation follows all UNC proce- Students Jonathan Sauls to discourage displays touches the ball, the better,” Mavunga said. held again today. dures and policies covering events and facili- that make students feel unsafe on campus. “But if she does touch the ball, we have to be It was part of the center’s initiative to ties use, said Vice Chancellor for Student persuade students that abortion is a violent Affairs Winston Crisp in an email Monday SEE protEST, PAGE 4 SEE HOOPS, PAGE 4 student activism is a staple of unc culture said Michal Osterweil, a global stud- tural changes such as the overturn- a student activist at UNC is a unique point that we, as students and as Like in today’s protests, ies lecturer who teaches about social ing of the state’s Speaker Ban Law experience. customers of our university, should students push for social movements. in the 1960s and the University’s “Sometimes you really feel like have a say in what we invest in,” she Osterweil said she has been on decision to divest from companies you’re getting across to people and said. issues important to them. campus for a long time — going back that did not support the Sullivan you are making issues relevant and Ruddy said sometimes she feels like to her career as an undergraduate — Principals, a set of practices that something that people care about, her activism is an uphill battle, but By Carolyn Ebeling and she thinks campus activists play would treat South African workers and other times you feel like no one that University administrators have Staff Writer an important role in big issues. fairly during apartheid. is listening,” she said. been, for the most part, encouraging. “I think, historically, a lot of big That sense of social responsibil- Ruddy is involved in the UNC The coalition proposed a working It ebbs and flows. movements in our country and else- ity is still alive today — though Sierra Student Coalition, which is group to the Board of Trustees in “I think that perhaps one would where, student movements are one of sometimes progress with UNC’s working to push the University to their presentation in September, say that there’s a lot of great, impor- the sparks,” she said. “There is a really administration takes time. divest from the coal industry. but the board didn’t think they had tant work that the activists are important connection between college “Divestment is one of the best enough information to make a deci- doing, but sometimes it remains a activism and larger movements.” Coal divestment places to start with the transition sion at that point. little siloed and doesn’t get out of Some of those movements have toward a clean energy economy, areas that are already interested,” resulted in major political and cul- Senior Jasmine Ruddy said being and it also brings up the important SEE ACTIVIsts, PAGE 4 system president talks Honor court, campus life any questions. Tom Ross held an open forum for “I actually didn’t know walking in that the students in the Union Monday. student forum would be wide open,” Ross said afterwards. “But I was happy for it to be By Lauren Kent wide open.” Staff Writer Ross fielded questions about everything from tuition, to the quality of student-ath- UNC-system President Tom Ross believes letes’ educations, to criticism of University the most important part of an honor system apparel made in sweatshops in Bangladesh. is creating a culture and an environment of Raquel Dominguez, who will be inaugu- integrity. rated as student attorney general at 7 p.m. He discussed the Honor Court and other today, said the forum was a good chance for details of UNC-CH’s academic life with stu- students to engage with Ross. dents on Monday in an open campus forum. “I was excited that students got to interact “People should understand that integrity in with the honor system in a setting outside of an academic environment is what makes an the hearing room,” Dominguez said. academic environment valuable to the individ- Ross served as a solicitor in the honor sys- ual,” he said. “It’s not just about competing for tem during his time as an undergraduate at grades or anything like that. It’s about engag- Davidson College. ing people and helping each other learn.” Avani Uppalapati, vice chairwoman of Honor Court officials teamed up with UNC-CH’s Honor Court, had met Ross in the Student Advisory Committee to the Washington, D.C., where the two began dis- Chancellor to hold a closed discussion with cussing the honor system, and Ross agreed to faculty first, which was followed by the forum hold a forum at UNC-CH. for students in the second floor of the Union. Ross stressed how important it is that DTH/MARtha-scOTT BENSON Around 40 students attended the forum. UNC-CH’s honor system is student-led. Tom Ross, the president of the University of North Carolina school system, speaks on a panel Monday The topic of the forum centered around the honor system, but the floor was later open for SEE FORUM, PAGE 4 at the Student Union. He spoke to students about recent changes in the Honor Code policy. 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