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Letters to the Editor Serving UNC students and the University community since 1893 Volume 124, Issue 57 dailytarheel.com Friday, August 26, 2016 All he does is Winn, Winn, Winn Forward Alan Winn has matured through success By David Adler life is like and what it means to Senior Writer work every day.” Life came fast for North ‘You need to pick one’ Carolina men’s soccer player Alan Winn. Alan’s mother was tired of There were no days off. No chasing her 4-year-old son sleeping late on weekends. No around the house. She had to do carefree high school moments. something. All of those experiences of a “Alan was just so active,” typical 16-year-old were replaced Marcela Winn said. “His father by constant training on the soccer and I were like, ‘We need to put field with the United States U-17 him in some activities to calm Men’s National Team at the IMG him down.’” Academy in Bradenton, Florida. It started with a local YMCA Traveling around the world soccer league. Soon, Jimmy spent for tournaments and interna- his weekends shuttling Alan to tional friendlies — coupled with and from soccer, baseball and training every day and attending football games — all in one day. classes — forced Winn to grow But Alan wasn’t just playing — both on and off the field. he was dominating. “It made me realize how lucky In third grade, he became the I was and prepared me for being first player in his youth football on my own,” he said. league to make a field goal. His Back in his hometown of team won three straight league Garland, Texas, Winn routinely championships. put in the extra work off the prac- He also patrolled center field tice field — whether it was jug- for his father’s baseball team and DTH/ALEX KORMANN gling a ball in his spare time or scored more than his fair share “It doesn’t matter if I’m just going bowling or playing soccer tennis. I just love to win,” said junior Alan Winn on Monday. trudging up and down bleacher of goals in the Garland Soccer steps in the Texas heat. Association. Alan certainly had an affinity for The dad on the field didn’t care who was in his way.” But at the academy, Winn When Alan was 13, he was torn running around. But Alan enjoyed Smith grew up in England and learned what it meant to treat between soccer and baseball. So his one thing about soccer more than any- When it was time for Alan to take played with Charlton Athletic before soccer like a full-time job. parents gave him an ultimatum. thing — winning. his soccer skills to the club level, his playing career led him to Dallas, “Alan was always a mature “We told him that he needed to “Something just clicked where win- Coach Kevin Smith quickly noticed his where he eventually became a coach for kid for his age,” his father Jimmy pick one,” Marcela said. “I think ning just gave me a rush,” Alan said. newest player’s fierce mindset. the Solar Chelsea Soccer Club. Winn said. “After he came back he liked that he could run around “It doesn’t matter if I’m just going “He was absolutely ruthless,” Smith And when Smith first laid eyes on from Florida, he had that ‘aha’ more in soccer, and that’s what bowling or playing soccer tennis. I just said. “He had that killer instinct where moment about what grown-up his heart told him.” love to win.” he wanted to go straight for goal and SEE WINN, PAGE 5 Southern Season sold in auction UNC-Vermont Calvert Retail bought Southern Season sells is directly in line with what our stores sell so game canceled the company for $3.5 the synergy is really going to be incredible,” he said in the release. million on August 19. “I’m honored to be associated with an institution that I have admired because of HB2 Erin Kolstad from a business aspect for many, Assistant City Editor many years. We are excited about having a presence in Chapel Hill.” The Catamounts pulled out of After declaring bankruptcy, Calvert Retail acquired the the Dec. 28 game on Wednesday. Southern Season and its new Southern Season flagship store, owner, Calvert Retail, are looking along with its intellectual proper- By Blake Richardson to move forward. ty, trade names and website. The Assistant Sports Editor Southern Season, a specialty smaller Taste of Southern Season culinary store founded in Chapel stores in Raleigh, Asheville and The University of Vermont women’s bas- Hill in 1975, declared Chapter 11 Charleston, S.C. were closed. ketball team canceled its game against UNC bankruptcy protection on June There are no plans for change because of North Carolina’s House Bill 2, 24. The company listed $18.3 in the Chapel Hill location. Vermont Director of Athletics Jeff Schulman million in liabilities and $9.8 mil- “We hope to preserve the DTH/CHICHI ZHU announced Wednesday. lion in assets. Southern Season name as its own Liz McCarthy, from Oxford, shops in the sale section at Southern Season. The game was scheduled for December 28. Calvert Retail, a Delaware-based brand under Calvert Retail,” said HB2, which was signed in March, has company, purchased Southern Stephanie Graves, marketing establishing a strong partnership at the Kitchen & Company stores. drawn national criticism from LGBT advo- Season for $3.5 million in an manager for Calvert Retail. “The with the new owners. “(The purchase) comes as a cates. auction Aug. 19. A federal judge Chapel Hill community has loy- “Southern Season holds a relief,” she said. “It has been clear “We strive very hard to create an inclusive approved the bid, and Calvert ally supported this institution for special place in our hearts as to us for a long time that, under climate for our students and staff in which Retail added Southern Season to many years and we hope to con- they are the ones who helped us the leadership of the former CEO, they all can feel safe, respected and valued,” Kitchen & Company and Reading tinue that tradition.” launch our family business and Southern Season was moving in Schulman said in a statement. “It would be China & Glass, the other stores the Executives at Southern Season have remained one of our largest the wrong direction.” hard to fulfill these obligations while compet- company owns. are focused on tying up loose ends accounts since that very first day,” “While we hate to hear that the ing in a state with this law, which is contrary “As a company, we have always and serving their customers. Christy Graves, vice president new owners will be closing the to our values as an athletic department and admired Southern Season as a “Southern Season will continue of Chapel Hill Toffee, said in an smaller format stores in North university. leading brand,” Eric Brinsfield, to provide the outstanding prod- email. “We’re hoping that the new Carolina and South Carolina that “This decision was made in consultation owner of Calvert Retail, said in ucts and customer service that owners can keep the Chapel Hill seemed to be successful, we hope with our coaches, the women’s basketball team a press release. “We were moni- our guests have come to expect,” store thriving and possibly grow in that Southern Season can get and key university officials. We fully under- toring the situation closely and said Jill Lucas, communications the future, but do it the right way.” back into the good graces of their stand and sympathize with the impact that hoping to get involved with such a manager for Southern Season. Graves said her company vendors and the community.” this decision may have on the North Carolina great legacy.” Vendors who sell their products already has a relationship with @erin_kolstad “A large percentage of what at the store are looking forward to Calvert Retail, which sells toffee [email protected] SEE VERMONT, PAGE 5 N.C. Commission proposes 16-year-olds be tried as juveniles ity to 18, which the General Assembly ground checks and can prevent prosecute serious crimes such as into the juvenile system during that The proposal will be may consider in January 2017. these teens from getting a job, an sexual assault or armed robbery in interim, they’ve got to be treated considered by the General The proposal will not apply to apartment, college admission or adult court in many other states. correctly and we’ve got to give them juveniles charged with first-degree scholarship money. The North Carolina proposal would their chance at rehabilitation,” Assembly in Jan. 2017. murder, or a law that allows 13-year- Birckhead said the issue dispro- still require a hearing to transfer Woodall said. olds to be transferred to adult courts portionately affects low-income and those cases to the adult system. The Chapel Hill Police By Lauren Kent for especially serious or violent crimes. minority kids. Woodall also wants to ensure the Department said they have no Senior Writer But most teen crimes are misdemean- “We are branding these youth legislature gives more funding to the position on the proposal, but are ors such as drug possession or larceny. to almost ensure that they don’t criminal justice system, which he said addressing the issue of teenagers Ninety-six percent of the crimes “Juvenile court is much more become productive members of soci- is habitually underfunded. Raising the being convicted as adults through 16- and 17-year-olds commit in focused on rehabilitation than pun- ety,” she said.
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