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Serving UNC students and the University community since 1893 Volume 120, Issue 31 dailytarheel.com Friday, April 13, 2012 UNC to show new o≠ense in Spring Game And coach Larry Fedora didn’t mum, but otherwise the Tar Heels Bernard is especially looking for- come out here, we try to get a Larry Fedora has ‘shocked just bring a new no-huddle, will go full speed against each ward to the new offense. GO TO THE GAME little better at that.” the system’ during the spread offense to UNC, he other in game-like situations. He said it doesn’t matter Time: 3 p.m. Saturday While Fedora’s style might brought a whole new mindset. While the spread offense tra- whether he’s running or receiv- not be in final form in Saturday’s Location: Kenan Stadium Tar Heels’ spring practice. “It’s a shock to the system,” ditionally caters to a pass-heavy ing, as long as he has the ball in game, he doesn’t expect it to be. offensive lineman Jonathan attack, that won’t necessarily be his hands. Info: tarheelblue.com Instead, he just wants to see By Chris Moore Cooper said. “You’ve learned so the case with Fedora. “I’m a smaller type of guy, so his team play hard and play with Assistant Sports Editor many plays and you’re just like, “If you’re going to put people just getting me out in the open Quarterback Bryn Renner said enthusiasm. ‘You’re almost done,’ then you’ve in the box to stop the run, then field and one-on-one with guys the team is just now getting a “Number one is to come out During Wednesday’s practice, got another series then another we’re going to throw it,” Fedora … with this whole new offense, good grasp on it, although only healthy. That’s number one,” the North Carolina football team series … We’re putting so much said. “And if you’re going to it opens everything up for me,” 60 to 65 percent of the plays have Fedora said. “Number two is for ran 170 plays. Last year, the Tar into practices, this is like three spread people out, we’re going Bernard said. “Once we get the been taught. all these guys to have fun. Fly Heels ran around 60 or 65 plays practices in one.” to run it. It’s a pretty simple phi- meshes down with me and the “It’s like learning a new lan- around and just play the game a day. Fedora will display his new losophy that we’re going to take quarterbacks and me and the line, guage,” Renner said. “You’ve got and have fun. That’s the only two The difference in tempo at offensive philosophy at UNC for advantage of what the defense I think it’s just a matter of time to take it one step at a time and things I want out of it.” practice has been extreme, but the first time in Saturday’s Spring gives us and be efficient with until we get this thing moving.” kind of just get accustomed to it takes a high number of repeti- Game. both.” But mastering the new the tempo that coach Fedora Contact the Sports Editor tions to learn a new playbook. Special teams will be at a mini- Running back Giovani playbook has been a process. wants, and I think every day we at [email protected]. SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS A FOX IN THE HEN HOUSE Survivor Fox News CEO Roger Ailes said journalism is not for those who of sexual want to change the world. By Liz Crampton assault tells Staff Writer The CEO of Fox News has a piece of advice for journalists who want to change the world: Don’t go into journalism. her story Roger Ailes spoke Thursday night for the free Roy H. Park Lecture Series, giving advice and pointed commentary on the industry to a Sabrina Negron has become an room of about 350 people at Carroll Hall. Ailes, who created Fox News in 1996, said advocate for sexual assault victims. journalists need to take an objective per- spective and “report the real numbers and By Chelsea Bailey the real facts. Senior Writer “If you’re going into journalism if you care, then you’re going into the wrong profession,” Sophomore Sabrina Negron was raped and she Ailes said. “I usually ask (journalists) if they wants you to know. want to change the world in the way it wants She wants you to know when she realized she’d to be changed.” forgotten her key to her residence hall — Craige Ailes said a journalist’s first responsibility North — she agreed to stay with her attacker is questioning his or her country. because he was, after all, a friend. “Journalism has to act as a watchdog. Not “When we got back, he tried to start stuff, but a lap dog, not an attack dog, but as a watch- I told him I was tired, and I just wanted to go to dog,” he said. sleep,” she said. But Ailes said journalists must also ques- “He laid there with his back to me, and then he tion the criticism of their country, and priori- just kind of rolled over and started … He raped me.” tize diversity in their ranks. When he finished, he rolled off and went to sleep. “We shouldn’t get up every morning saying Negron said she lay there stunned. Still locked what did our country do wrong,” he said. out of her room, she waited until morning to sneak “If there’s an alternative point of view, away. In the days that followed, she tried to move don’t wet your pants. Suck it up and say, ‘Hey, on, to rationalize the night and put it behind her. there’s room for everything.” But just two weeks later, she found herself in a Susan King, dean of the School of situation all too familiar. Journalism and Mass Communication, said The world moved in slow motion as a different in an interview that she wanted Ailes to speak “friend” blocked the door to the Craige North TV because he brings a different perspective. lounge when she tried to leave. “Roger Ailes seemed to me to be the “I thought he was joking at first. But then he important media executive and player that said, ‘No, you can’t leave until you do something for the Park Lecture deserves,” King said. me,” Negron said. “I was still recovering from the “I want students to see people they won’t rape, and I just had this feeling like, ‘I can’t believe get to see very often. I want them to be this is happening again.’” exposed to people who are shaping the cur- It has taken a year for Negron to navigate through rent media landscape.” embarrassment, anger and depression but she has Ailes attributed Fox’s success to its high emerged on the other side — a survivor, not a victim. ratings, and drew a distinction between the And she’s not alone. According to the National company’s commentators and its journalism. Center for Victims of Crime, each year one in eight “When you watch it, some people say (the college women is raped. An estimated 77 percent of talk shows are) conservative. That’s not the rapes are committed by non-strangers, but only 2 actual journalism,” he said. percent of victims report the crime. Ailes stressed the importance of bringing Last year, 43 sexual assaults were reported at in money to be able to perform journalism. UNC, but administrators say only one case made it “But without a paycheck, you’re not doing to the Honor Court. it at all,” he said. Though UNC advertises resources for students “We’re the only news organization who has DTH/MOIRA GILL who have been assaulted, Negron said as a fresh- Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes speaks in Carroll Hall on Thursday as part of the Roy H. Park man she was completely unaware of her options. SEE ROGER AILES, PAGE 11 Distinguished Lecture Series. He gave advice to aspiring journalists and answered audience questions. She said she didn’t know about blind reporting — the University’s confidential way of documenting an assault without revealing the victim’s name. She added she was unaware the dean of students could have moved her to a new residence hall. And she knew she wouldn’t be able to discuss the BOG considers performance-based funding model incident with strangers because she was still strug- gling to admit it to herself. meet targets for several measures — $11.5 million for the performance- looking for, but I also think it’s a She didn’t open up to anyone about her assaults The UNC system’s proposed including retention, six-year gradu- based funding model, Perusse said. change in the way we do things,” he until she started volunteering at the Durham Crisis model will allocate funds ation rates and degree efficiency — Although the legislature fully met said. “Trying to implement it abrupt- Response Center almost a year later. During train- and represents a shift from the tradi- the system’s request of $46.8 million ly might have a lot of consequences.” ing, she watched a documentary about people shar- based on achievement. tional enrollment funding model. for enrollment growth funding last The University already exceeds ing their experiences with sexual assault. Charlie Perusse, vice president year, system President Thomas Ross most of the new benchmarks and will “While I was watching the video I thought, ‘Wow, By Daniel Wiser for finance for the system, said the said other state funding cuts likely not be greatly affected by the perfor- that’s really sad,’” she said.

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