Honoring the 50Th Anniversary of the Lenoir Strikes by Arabella Saunders According to UNC Libraries

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126 YEARS OF SERVING UNC STUDENTS AND THE UNIVERSITY FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2019 VOLUME 127, ISSUE 3 Honoring the 50th anniversary of the Lenoir strikes By Arabella Saunders according to UNC Libraries. Staff Writer A core group of food workers, led by employees Mary Smith and Elizabeth On Sunday, Feb. 23, 1969, food Brooks, joined forces with BSM leader workers at Lenoir Dining Hall set up Preston Dobbins and planned the Feb. their dining stations as usual. 23 demonstration. In the days follow- But when their supervisor, Ottis ing the demonstration, students stood White, opened the cafeteria doors outside Lenoir distributing pamphlets around 4 p.m. and students began about the strike. shuffling in, the workers left their In early March, after UNC positions behind the food stations Chancellor Carlyle Sitterson refused and sat down at the cafeteria tables. to meet with workers because of The employees refused to move, even student involvement in the strike, as students surrounded them, bang- protesters took a different approach. ing their trays on the counter and Strike-supporting students demanding to be served. entered Lenoir and took their plac- The following morning, nearly 100 es in the serving lines among their Lenoir employees refused to report classmates. They proceeded to pur- to work, marking the beginning of posefully slow down the service pro- UNC’s first major labor strike. vided by the few remaining workers “The strike was a result of UNC and took up entire tables with noth- cafeteria workers not receiving ade- ing in hand but a glass of water. quate responses from the University On March 4, 1969, the strike administration to grievances that gained the attention of North they had submitted previously,” UNC Carolina’s Gov. Robert Scott. archivist Nicholas Graham said. In attempt to keep Lenoir from Among these grievances were closing, Scott sent five units of riot- inadequate pay, innacurate job clas- trained Highway Patrol officers to sifications and poor treatment by campus and announced the National DTH FILE/STEVE ADAMS supervisors, all of which were high- Guard was standing by in Durham. In 1969, state patrolmen stand in front of Lenoir Dining Hall to keep entrances open for workers, delivery trucks and lighted by workers months before Following Scott’s actions, the customers after employees went to strike, citing inadequate pay, irregular work hours and poor treatment by supervisors. the strike began. food workers formed the UNC Non- In October 1968, dining hall Academic Employees Union. The ter wages, and it was happening patterns to the first. It was centered be open to the public until May 31. employees sent a list of 21 suggestions union’s requests included a $1.80 per right in the midst of all that.” on justice for Black non-academic On March 20, the PlayMakers to improve their work conditions in hour minimum wage (approximately Although Scott agreed to provide employees and included involvement Repertory Company will perform a memorandum addressed to the $12.47 in 2018), the appointment of higher wages and better working from students and faculty. “Voices from the Archives: The 1969 “Employers of Lenoir Dining Hall.” a Black supervisor and adequate pay conditions for UNC’s non-academic The second strike ended on Dec. UNC Food Workers’ Strike.” The per- Their suggestions were ignored, and for overtime work. employees, the food workers struggle 9, 1969 after an agreement was formance will take place in Wilson later that month, food service director Scott agreed to the demand of a for fair treatment did not end there. signed between SAGA and union Library’s Pleasant Family Assembly George Prillaman laid off 10 employ- wage increase and the strike ended In May 1969, UNC ceased representatives. In January 1970, Room and is free to the public. ees after a major drought halted dish- on March 21, 1969. University-operated dining ser- SAGA announced they would not Graham said he thinks this is an washing operations. “(The strike was) something vices and entered into a contract renew their dining contract with important moment in the histo - Following Prillaman’s actions, that did not happen just out of the with a company called SAGA the University. ry of the University and it laid the workers turned to students — spe- blue here at UNC,” North Carolina Food Services. On Nov. 7, after In honor of the 50th anniversary groundwork for future protests and cifically the newly formed Black Collection gallery keeper Linda SAGA issued layoffs and some of of the strikes, University Libraries advocacy by campus workers. Student Movement — for help. Jacobson said. “It was something the Governor’s promises for better has curated a special exhibit titled “We’re especially excited to have In fall 1968, nearly 100 percent of that was going on across the South working conditions were still unful- “Service, Not Servitude: The 1969 this opportunity to talk about the UNC’s non-academic staff members and it was part of a bigger movement filled, 250 of UNC’s 275 food work- Food Workers’ Strikes at UNC- work on campus that may often go were Black, while less than 1.5 per- by African-American workers across ers declared a second strike. Chapel Hill.” Located in Wilson unseen and unheralded,” he said. cent of enrolled students were Black, the South who were striking for bet- The second strike had similar Library, the exhibit is free and will [email protected] A look back at the civil rights movement in Chapel Hill

The legacy of the largely built by slaves, including many Carr’s 1913 dedication speech to of its original buildings like Old East the Confederate monument, later community’s civil rights and Old West. One can’t forget that known as Silent Sam, proudly history continues today. much of this important university illuminates some of the horrif - and the opportunities it affords arose ic treatment of Blacks during the By Jonny Cook out of the suffering of others. Reconstruction and Jim Crow Eras Staff Writer Some students have taken it following the war. upon themselves to ensure that this The county is not foreign to the February has been a contentious aspect of the University’s history Southern history marred by Black month in the United States’ recent is not forgotten by commemorat - lynchings. A Red Record, a UNC- history of race relations. ing the important role slaves and led project, found that between In light of many disturbing slavery played in the University’s 1865 and World War II, there were and negative news stories — like construction. Kristen Marion and at least five lynchings or instances the images of Virginia Gov. Ralph Elizabeth Brown initiated Wilson of unlawful, extrajudicial murder Northam sporting blackface in his Caldwell Day, which had its third of Black people in the county. One 1984 medical school yearbook and annual celebration Sunday. of the victims, Manly McCauley, the UNC Chi Phi fraternity’s Yackety Caldwell was a slave to the was lynched just three miles from Yak page including people clad in Ku University’s second president, David Chapel Hill. Klux Klan robes — it’s refreshing to Swain. Caldwell played a crucial role Throughout the 1960s, Black look back at the brave actions of indi- in persuading the Union Army not oppression and segregation persist- viduals in Orange County who fought to burn down the University during ed despite the passage of the Civil for civil rights, yet also important to the Civil War. Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting COURTESY OF CHARLIE BLUMENTHAL remember its history. The oppression of Black peo - Rights Act of 1965. The story begins with the ple in Chapel Hill was not limited UNC students in 1960 stand in front of a restaurant during the time of the Howard University’s construction. UNC was to the antebellum period. Julian SEE CIVIL RIGHTS, PAGE 7 Johnson Sitdown Action protest. CAROLINA ATHLETICS MEN’S LACROSSE VS. DENVER WOMEN’S LACROSSE VS. NORTHWESTERN WOMEN’S TENNIS VS. DUKE SAT., MARCH 2 AT 10AM SAT., MARCH 2 AT 12:30PM WED., MARCH 6 AT 3PM UNC LACROSSE & SOCCER STADIUM UNC LACROSSE & SOCCER STADIUM CONE-KENFIELD TENNIS CENTER +2 FEVER POINTS • FREE BOJANGLES’ FOR FIRST 250 STUDENTS BETWEEN GAMES +3 FEVER POINTS +3 FEVER POINTS

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RACHEL JONES By Julia Masters Our Future timeline was introduced EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Staff Writer to the public in November 2018. The [email protected] timeline allows Chapel Hill commu- BAILEY ALDRIDGE On Feb. 28, 1960, nine students nity history projects where residents MANAGING EDITOR from the all-Black Lincoln High can share their stories or memories [email protected] School held a sit-in at the Colonial of the time period. Drug Store, which was only open to They have also made civil rights SARAH LUNDGREN white customers — an action that trading cards with facts about the ONLINE MANAGING EDITOR would facilitate future civil rights local movement, available to all K-12 [email protected] activism in Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill and Carrboro schools for MARIA ELENA VIZCAINO On Thursday, 405 W. Franklin St., classroom use. DIRECTOR OF ENTERPRISE the former location of the drug store, Buansi said there will be a com- [email protected] was dedicated to honor the students’ memoration service for Harold MYAH WARD courage, followed by a community Foster, the organizer of the Chapel UNIVERSITY EDITOR celebration at First Baptist Church Hill Nine, this spring. [email protected] put on by the Lincoln High School Mason-Hogans said her work cen- ANNA POGARCIC Alumni Association. Next year, on ters on critical oral history methodol- CITY, STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR the 60th anniversary of the sit-ins, ogy, and placed the civil rights veter- [email protected] a permanent marker will be placed ans in the the center of the research. at the site. “We came up with a whole new MOLLY LOOMAN “The significance of this marker methodology which paired the activ- ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR is this is meant to recognize a more ists’ memory with primary source [email protected] complete history of Chapel Hill and documents,” Mason-Hogans said. CHRIS HILBURN-TRENKLE really of the South,” said Chapel Hill Mason-Hogans said the sit-in SPORTS EDITOR Town Council member Allen Buansi. was not just a group of high school [email protected] “... I think what folks can learn from kids messing around, or some HALEY HODGES it is that you’re never too young to spontaneous event. It was careful- DESIGN & GRAPHICS EDITOR make a difference.” ly designed and implemented, and [email protected] The idea to delve deeper into potentially one of the first sit-ins EMILY CAROLINE SARTIN celebrating and commemorating planned solely by high school stu- TARYN REVOIR the Town’s civil rights history start- dents, she said. PHOTO EDITORS ed when Danita Mason-Hogans, a “Many of them did the sit-ins [email protected] daughter of one of the Chapel Hill either without their parents’ permis- DTH/JULIA MASTERS Chapel Hill Mayor Pam Hemminger and Danita-Mason Hogans speak at MADDY ARROWOOD Nine, met with Chapel Hill Mayor sion or against their parents’ permis- COPY CHIEF & SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER Pam Hemminger. Hemminger sion, so not only were they defying the dedication ceremony of the Chapel Hill Nine marker on Feb. 28, 2019. [email protected] created the Historic Civil Rights the social order at the time, but they hope the marker inspires people the school is encouraging students Commemorations Task Force in 2017 were also defying their parents,” said to stand up for change and come to share their voices and be proud of to invite members of the community Buansi. “... They are risking their together to facilitate it. their history through initiatives such to share their stories and memories. lives in doing it and yet they did it, “There’s an old saying, and too as a woven art project. School fac- Mason-Hogans said prior to this, they made the call to do it because many of our children have been told ulty held up the project outside the Mail and Office: 109 E. Franklin St. there was nothing in Chapel Hill that they saw themselves in the service this: ‘You didn’t come from nothing church during the commemoration Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Rachel Jones, editor-in-chief, 962-4086 commemorated the youth movement of a broader mission to bring our and you ain’t gonna be nothing.’ So event as people walked in. Advertising & Business, 962-1163 of the 1960s, and the Town recog- society closer together to make their it’s very important to inspire young “The more that we empower News, Features, Sports, 962-0245 nized the need for one. society equitable.” people to know they did come from our young to be able to speak to One copy per person; “The objective of that task force The Chapel Hill Nine’s decision additional copies may be purchased something,” Mason-Hogans said. social justice, to be able to speak at The Daily Tar Heel for $.25 each. was to create a timeline that identi- to do the the sit-in still affects mem- “They came from a community of to inequalities, to be able to lift Please report suspicious activity at our fied people, places and events signif- bers of the community today. Buansi people who were determined to their voices around things that are distribution racks by emailing [email protected] icant to the civil rights movement in said as an African-American man, he make sure that the right thing was important to them, it then gives © 2012 DTH Media Corp. Chapel Hill,” Buansi said. would not be in his current position done in Chapel Hill.” us hope and empowerment for a All rights reserved The council accepted the propos- in the Town without their work. Coretta Sharpless, principal of brighter tomorrow,” Sharpless said. al for the marker, and the Opening Both Mason-Hogans and Buansi Northside Elementary School, said [email protected] Eight UNC a cappella groups to perform Friday By Macy Meyer in the fall and the spring, but this is set full of Clef Hanger fan-favorite groups on campus while having a Staff Writer a compilation of all the groups and songs. He said that his group was fun time and raising money for an part of their concerts,” said junior excited to get involved because it important cause. Get a taste of “Pitch Perfect” Jeremiah Rhodes, administrative wanted to give back to the UNC “Having an output that actually with this year’s A Cappella Jam on director for Psalm 100. “It’s a special community that has been support- impacts a group of people by rais - March 1. Attendees will see perfor- time to get to hear them.” ive over the years. ing money is just really rewarding,” mances by eight of the a cappella Rhodes said that this event has “The event cause for Carolina for Wilson said. “Being able to put in groups on campus — including occurred annually since he has the Kids I think is really import - work and go to the event and see the UNC Loreleis, Tar Heel Voices, been a member and that every year ant,” Kathard said. “The way that all of these people come together the Achordants, Cadence, the his group goes through extensive Psalm 100 kind of created the event I think is a really positive experi - Clef Hangers, Walk Ons and the planning to get as many groups of the Jam was to give to Carolina ence and an uplifting way to spend Tarpeggios — as the groups per - together as possible. He said that for the Kids with this fundraiser, a Friday night.” form to raise money for Carolina Psalm 100 has a mission to raise but also in donating to the cause, [email protected] for the Kids. money for a good cause by donating you’re getting to see not only one A CAPPELLA JAM This event, hosted by Christian all of the ticket profits to Carolina group out of the University, but all a cappella group Psalm 100, is one for the Kids. the others.” Time: 7 p.m. Friday of the few opportunities in which First-year Vinay Kathard, busi- Junior Emma Wilson, business Location: Carroll 111; tickets are students are able to see several of ness manager for the Clef Hangers, manager for Tar Heel Voices, said available for $5 at the Student Union UNC’s singing groups perform at said that this is the first time his that the Jam is one of the group’s box office and will be $7 at the door. DTH/ALICIA ROBBINS the same event. group is performing at this Jam favorite gigs because it can build Info: www.facebook.com/ Sophomore Clef Hanger Jordon “Most groups have their concerts and that fans can expect another connections with other a cappella events/781153975582592/ Reynolds performs on Jan. 25, 2019. The Daily Tar Heel Opinion Friday, March 1, 2019 3

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UNC faculty members are still unaware The rate of women in programming of OpenStax, Open Textbook Library, and roles has declined steadily since make your voices heard NC Live, which each provide free text - peaking in 1991 at 36 percent. incredibly dangerous. Asia is a large books for many subjects. According to Abhishek Shankar Women now hold only 25 percent of The Asian American continent, ranging from Indian Bradley Hemminger, Associate Professor programming jobs, and only 4 percent Sophomore envi- immigrants to Cambodian refugees, at the School of Information and Library Students Association will ronmental health of CEO positions. The quit rate in the with many wealth disparities in Science, the library will even help profes- tech industry is more than twice as sciences major from vote until tomorrow. Cary, N.C. between. 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American Students Association Coral Springs, Fla. their unique struggles. digital textbooks. UNC professors and A few days ago, I was sitting at will have voted on whether or The voices of Asian-Americans faculty must not succumb to Pearson’s a conference table, surrounded by not their name is inscribed on have been silenced in American sales pitch if they wish to promote col- to dismantling race-conscious other computer science students, an amicus brief in support of society, to be exploited whenever lege affordability on campus and act in admission practices, thereby discussing UNC’s CS department. Carolina’s race-conscious policy. necessary by those who hold power students’ best interests. ignoring decades of historical The conversation ran wild. During The AASA executive board has in this school and nation as a whole. discrimination and privilege. As a the course of an hour, I heard about endorsed the University’s position, Too often has our narrative been result, any decision in the favor of Kent McKane genius math abilities, Silicon and we strongly encourage that you overlooked. This “model minority” SFFA would be a landmark blow Class of 2020 Valley job experiences, superior support this measure. stereotype is specifically utilized to to affirmative action. coding abilities and desires to The anonymous plaintiff behind pit minorities against each other, a Make no mistake: the choice of “bottleneck” introductory CS this case has been disclosed as a futile attempt to move the Asian- UNC as a defendant was completely courses among my male peers. I white male. Moreover, the legal American to the right by winning SPEAK OUT intentional. UNC is one of the top also heard multiple interruptions strategist (read: non-lawyer) them over using affirmative action. 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Limit letters to alternative resulted in a decline in the room. being of Asian-American students dominate college admissions in 250 words. in racial diversity, a decline in This is just one of my experiences on this campus — this is for his a race-blind admission system. academic quality, or both.” SUBMISSION with the unbridled misogyny that personal agenda. Do not let him So please — defy every negative • Drop off or mail to our office at 109 Support for affirmative action dominates computer science. It’s speak for you. connotation associated with your E. Franklin St. Chapel Hill, NC 27514 isn’t to say that UNC doesn’t only a small speck in the galaxy Regardless of the broadly- voice. Speak loud, speak clearly Email: [email protected] owe Asian-American students of other sexist encounters women defined legalese utilized in and vote to stand with your fellow an improved commitment to EDITOR’S NOTE: Columns, cartoons and in tech have experienced. 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End the misogyny of Texas at Austin and Harvard Your voices are important, now reflect the opinions of The Daily Tar Heel homogenous group, fulfilling the in computer science — it’s time to University, as well as their own more than ever. editorial board, which comprises 15 board break through the firewall. website, show a commitment “model minority” stereotype, is members, the opinion assistant editor and editor and the editor-in-chief. 4 Friday, March 1, 2019 News The Daily Tar Heel Removal of painting surfaces Campus Y space conflicts Cornelio Campos’ painting, in storage because it was asked to be tion of the money they allocated taken down.” that the renovated building have a The Realidad Nortena, now In 2000, the Michael K. Hooker common area or lounge for faculty hangs in the Student Union. Higher Education Facilities use when the building reopened,” Financing Act allotted funds to the Steponaitis said. By Praveena Somasundaram University for renovation of facilities. Steponaitis said Campus Y admin- Staff Writer According to Bolin, buildings such as istration decided to take down the the Union were included in the bond, art, which prompted a renovation of The Realidad Nortena, a paint- but the Campus Y was not. the faculty space. ing by artist Cornelio Campos “Why? I do not know,” Bolin said. “We’ve replaced the exterior depicting immigration from “Your guess is as good as mine, but doors that were rotting, so we’re Mexico to the U.S., once hung in our building was in really bad con- slowly working on the room,” the Anne Queen Faculty Commons ditions in the 2000s. Parts of it were Steponaitis said. “And I think some of the Campus Y. Now part of condemned and when Campus Y time, I think it might’ve been last the Student Union’s permanent staff went to the University and said summer, we just asked about that art collection, it hangs on a wall ‘What are we going to do because painting. We didn’t know whose it across from the Event Services and we didn’t get access to money from was. Was it ours? Is it the Campus Administration suite. this bond?’ They said you have to do Y’s? And that was the only one that Members of Campus Y leadership your own independent fundraising. was left behind. The Campus Y said and the Office of Faculty Governance And so, we did.” it’s their painting and we said, ‘Well disagree on how the painting made Funds raised through private you know, let’s start with a clean its way there. donations and alumni bought in slate.’ They removed it and that’s The painting was removed along around $700,000 to honor Anne how the decision was made.” with the rest of the art in the Anne Queen, a former director of the Bolin said Faculty Governance Queen Lounge by the Office of Campus Y, Bolin said. The Campus removed the Realidad Nortena DTH/HANNAH BURNETTE Faculty Governance, which holds Y lounge was named in her honor. without notifying Campus Y stu - jurisdiction of the space. Campus Y However, Bolin said the University dent leadership. Cornelio Campos’ painting “The Realidad Norteno” was originally housed co-president Jessica Bolin said the contractor went over budget in reno- “We were not given a clear expla- in the Campus Y’s Anne Queen Room at UNC, but was recently removed. painting was taken down without vating the building. nation as to why the painting was “We didn’t know whose it was. had raised questions about the notification and left in the Campus “And so basically that’s when we removed. It was just removed and relationship between the Campus Y’s main office on the first floor. came into an agreement with the then we had to find a new home for Was it ours? Is it the Campus Y facilities and the Office of After the painting was removed University, they finally helped with it,” Bolin said. “It was even difficult Y’s? And that was the only one Faculty Governance. from the Faculty Commons, the some of the payment,” Bolin said. for us before the Union said we’ll “I think what’s been a question Campus Y did not have anoth - “And so that is why the Blue Ram give it a home temporarily, of just that was left behind.” that we have sort of run into is er space large enough to display Café is in the Y, that is why these two finding a space to store it that wasn’t there seems to be a lack of clear it. Campus Y staff reached out to classrooms are academic classrooms in the AQL just because the ceilings Vin Steponaitis Secretary of the Faculty guidelines over when things are Crystal King, director of the Carolina from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on the week- are short.” removed, or when they stay, and Union. King then sent the message days, and that is also why the Anne “The key card was broken for a lit- sort of when things are removed, to senior Jordan Bermudez, the Queen Lounge is a faculty space.” ‘There seems to be a lack of tle while and so you could not unlock why are they removed?” Bolin chairperson of the Carolina Union clear guidelines’ the building so when we would have said. “Is it because the faculty pre- Board of Directors. ‘We didn’t know whose it was’ meetings in there, we could not fer bare walls? Is it because they “Once we saw it, we had more Bolin cited recent issues over access the lounge which is really don’t like the messaging that the In the allocation of funds, juris- than enough space and it’s very autonomy of the Campus Y’s space. frustrating just because it’s the only paintings in building were promot- diction over the space was given to powerful,” Bermudez said. “I think For example, Faculty Governance room in the building that can real- ing? Is it because there are other Faculty Governance, said Secretary it reflects a lot of the things students installed a key card to access the ly hold more than 20 people,” Bolin paintings that they would like in of the Faculty Vin Steponaitis. value and some of the stories of our lounge and did not notify stu - said. “We have a 70-person cabinet the space? Things like that.” “In the process of allocating the students, so we felt it was really dent leadership. Many Campus Y and so that is the only room in the @praveenasoma money to renovate the building, the important to make sure it had a groups use the space after faculty building that can fit everyone.” [email protected] home and didn’t end up just sitting Board of Trustees made it a condi- hours for meetings. For Bolin, these sorts of issues

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Durham Orange Quilter’s Guild. them,” Postage said. The quilts created by guild mem- For 40 years, this guild has serviced The group hosts outreach projects bers range from modern designs to the community through quilts: to donate quilts to UNC Hospitals, more traditional quilting squares. big, small, artsy and traditional. animal rescues and to children who Konsler said the beauty of the guild On March 8 they’ll end their 40th have lost their parents to AIDS in is that the group has a wide variety Anniversary celebration during a South Africa. of talent. 2nd Friday ArtWalk pop-up sale in During their weekly meetings at Suzan deSerres is a guild member Downtown Chapel Hill. St. Thomas More Catholic Church in and the owner of Singing Stitches, a What began as a group of six Chapel Hill, the group usually hosts local, custom quilt shop. To deSerres, women in the late 1970s has turned programs on quilting where people quilting serves as a creative outlet. into a multi-generational organiza- can share quilting tips or their jour- “Choosing just the right pattern tion of quilters who’ve donated quilts ney into quilting, as guild Advertising and thread to complement the quilt to veterans, hospitals and charity. Chairperson Gwen Konsler said. top, meeting new quilters and helping Patti Postage has served as president “People will tell their journey,” them hone their skills, working with of the guild for three years, but she’s Konsler said. “You know, how they experienced quilters to complete their been quilting for almost 50. went from a biologist to a quilter.” projects, rescuing vintage tops and “I did it with my grandmother and Konsler was a nurse before turning them into works of art,” she DTH/RYAN HERRON my aunts and cousins,” Postage said. retiring; Postage was an engineer. said. “It’s the icing on the cake.” President Patti Postage (left) and Advertising Chair Gwen Konsler (right) of Postage said she loves quilting, However, both said they have found a [email protected] the Durham Orange Quilters Guild hold two handmade quilts Tuesday. Light rail project thrown off track by Duke withdrawal By Ryan Smoot “The current DOLRT Erwin ment to Orange and Durham coun- The university’s letter cited con- at the University of Maryland to Senior Writer Road alignment consequently bears ties for planning expenses. cerns of patient safety due to con- mitigate EMI. extremely high risk for the critical The General Assembly budget from struction vibrations and potential He said a potential solution for In 2001, both Duke’s Project research we do and the patients we 2018 requires GoTriangle to secure electromagnetic interference occur- the project moving forward could Technical and Policy Oversight com- are sworn to protect,” they said in a federal funding by November 2019, or ring near surgeries at Duke Hospital be GoTriangle exercising eminent mittees determined that Erwin Road letter sent on Wednesday. else the state would permanently with- and Duke Eye Center. domain on the Erwin Road corri - — a street serving Duke’s Medical “We’ve tried very hard to make this draw their $190 million commitment. In a memorandum document- dor, which has recently been used in Center — was the preferred path for work, doubling down on those efforts Mark Marcoplos, an Orange County ing their negotiations with Duke, Durham for the Railroad Operations a new transit corridor in Durham. over the past several months; but the commissioner, said he felt betrayed by GoTriangle said they communicated Maintenance Facility, or ROMF, Approximately 18 years later, imposed deadline leaves us without Duke’s sudden announcement, par- to Duke on Jan. 16 that their con - Marcoplos said. and after more than $130 million the time needed to determine with ticularly after GoTriangle had already struction contractor was able to keep Claiming ownership of Erwin Road in Orange-Durham tax dollars had confidence that the risks can be miti- offered solutions to their concerns. vibrations under the threshold Duke could be swift. Under a North Carolina been spent designing a new light gated to an acceptable degree.” “We were kind of stunned that Medical Center requested. law, dubbed “quick take,” the govern- rail transit system, the executive Thursday was Duke University’s Duke claimed we waited until the last In the same document, ment can take ownership of land vice president of the Policy Oversight deadline to enter an agreement with minute and we didn’t address their GoTriangle said 20 other rail sys - without an initial court hearing for Committee and Duke President GoTriangle. The Orange-Durham concerns, when, in fact, it’s document- tems in United States operate at the landowner, according to the web- Vincent Price informed GoTriangle light rail needs approval from the ed that almost all of their concerns had a similar distance to hospitals, site for the John Locke Foundation, a that the university will not permit Federal Transit Association to secure been met, and in fact, they had people and that they planned to adopt conservative-leaning think tank. construction on Erwin Road, placing approximately $1.25 billion in fed- in their organization who would agree techniques similar to those of the @ryan_smooth the project in jeopardy. eral funding and partial reimburse- that they had been met,” he said. Maryland Transit Administration [email protected]

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Go to get-offline/chapel-hill or dailytarheel.com/subscribe to subscribe now! 6 Friday, March 1, 2019 News The Daily Tar Heel Q&A with Chapel Hill Town Manager Maurice Jones Maurice Jones was appointed as protests that happened in 2017 as Chapel Hill’s newest town manager a reason why they were excited to in July 2017 and began in August. bring you on. Are you approaching Prior to joining the Town of Chapel the events around Silent Sam differ- Hill staff, he was the town manag- ently than how you approached the er of Charlottesville, Va., notably Charlottesville protests, or is it more during the protests of August 2017. informing how you’re behaving? City and State editor Anna Pogarcici and staff writer Henry MJ: I would say we’ve approached it Haney sat down with him on a little bit differently because it’s not Monday for the first time to talk to on the same scale as what we saw in him about his transition and goals August of 2017. I mean with that, for the Town. there were thousands of people who were in our streets in Charlottesville The Daily Tar Heel: How has it been and many of whom were not there transitioning to another universi- for good reasons, but they wanted to ty town? How does it compare to engage in an activity in which folks Charlottesville? would become violent, physical with another. We haven’t seen that nearly Maurice Jones: You know, very similar, as much here, a much smaller scale many more similarities than differ- with the protests, like on Saturday, ences, quite frankly. You know, there there were about 60 people altogeth- are a lot of folks who care deeply er who were involved, and they just about this community. We’ve had came to voice their opinions. our fair share of protests over the And so, even though it got tense at course of the last six months, and times, there didn’t seem the intention so getting a chance to watch folks that they were there to hurt anybody interact and prepare for that is very else. So they’re two kind of different similar to some of the things we did experiences, but there are things we in Charlottesville, as well, as we pre- can take from Charlottesville and pared for events. I really enjoy college other places around the country that towns. It’s one of the reasons I was have had this type of violent interac- attracted to this job in the first place, tions between some of these groups. because of the energy that you have in We can take that and learn from that college towns, and the focus that you here in Chapel Hill as we’re apply- have on really important topics and ing it to preparing for these types of DTH/MICHAELA STUTTS issues. We certainly have that here, events, but thankfully we’ve kind of Chapel Hill Town Manager Maurice Jones was appointed on July 10, 2018 and began working on Aug. 20, 2018. whether it’s issues related to climate known going in that these weren’t change or issues related to racial jus- going to be violent events. ing to see physical activities taking ers on Franklin Street and the dis- it’s even a crime. The marker itself tice, alternative transportation. place, violent activities taking place. cussion recently? Part of the plaque had been taken the week before, DTH: So you mentioned taking your had been removed before the crews Friday night, and we were able to DTH: What are some of your visions experience from Charlottesville and DTH: We’ve been talking a lot about got there, so do you know why the recover that and the police looked for the future of Chapel Hill and the trying to learn from that. Is there the Town’s relationship with the Town didn’t mention that initially? into that and I think they consulted other issues in general? anything specific you’re trying to University and how your commu- with the district attorney to confirm apply in Chapel Hill? nication has been. Are you satisfied MJ: I don’t think we knew about that with them and they determined MJ: Obviously alternative transporta- with how it’s been going in terms of it until later on that morning, to there really wasn’t a crime commit- tion is really important for us. There’s MJ: I think there are a couple things the protests around Silent Sam? be honest with you. The public ted at that point because it was a been a lot of discussion recently over that are really important in situa- works crews came in and removed marker left out on public property, Bus Rapid Transit, especially on tions like that. One is to make sure MJ: I think there’s been excellent com- it because it was there, and I don’t which we weren’t 100 percent sure if this corridor here on 86 and Martin you’re communicating with your munication between the Town and think anyone knew about it until it was Town property or UNC prop- Luther King Boulevard. The Council community about what you expect the University when it comes to pre- later on that morning when there erty at the time, and we’ve since has had some discussions recently going into certain weekends, if you’re paring for events, during events and were social media posts about it. learned at least preliminarily from about what more we could do when having a protest, being able to com- afterward having a discussion on how They went back, they were like, ‘Oh the attorney general, they believe it’s it comes to protecting our environ- municate what you expect to happen they went and how we can improve yeah, that was missing,’ but they just Town property. That’s why we felt ment and encouraging others to do on the ground, generally. Making upon our response. Especially with weren’t aware of it. They just picked comfortable removing both mark- that within the town. We’re in the sure people understand a lot of public safety folks, we work very up the marker and moved it, so I ers from Franklin Street last week early phases of developing a climate preparation is taking place to ensure closely together. So even though it’s think that’s why that happened. when we were concerned from a action plan that we hope to develop there’s a safe environment for people a different situation, these protests, public safety standpoint. There not only as a town but also regionally. to gather and speak and state their they’ve gone through this quite a bit DTH: Do you know what scale the was an increase in caustic rhetoric opinion. Also making sure you have over the course of the last year and a investigation is going to be into who between these two sides, and these DTH: In the announcement that was the public safety resources in place half, so it’s not the first time they’ve stole it? markers have become a symbol that first made saying you got appoint- to address, one the preparation side, had to deal with that. we thought was going to cause some ed to the position, Mayor Pam and two making sure you’re keeping MJ: That’s something you’d have to public safety concerns. Hemminger specifically cited your a close eye on folks so tensions don’t DTH: What would you like to say talk to the police department about [email protected] experience with the Charlottesville rise to the point that you’re start - about the memorials and the mark- where we are with that and whether COLUMN: I remember when I thought Dean Smith was President Four years after Dean Smith’s though the last two years of the Matt Doherty era were certainly death, our sports editor not worth watching. But my favor- reflects on the coach’s legacy. ite Tar Heel figure was the one I once thought was the President. By Chris Hilburn-Trenkle I absorbed all the information I Sports Editor could about Smith. I knew how many National Championships he had won When I was 4 years old, I thought and learned about some of his great- Dean Smith was President of the est players: Phil Ford, James Worthy United States. and some guy named Mike Jordan, I was attending Binkley Baptist just to name a few. Church with my sister and my par- Every time we returned to ents. I dreaded going to the weekly Binkley, the first thing I would do service and was one of those kids was seek out Smith to see if he was who would scribble all over the there. There he would be, seated guest forms located on the back of near the back left corner, a smile on our wooden chairs with the red seats. his face. Smith and his family never One day, as I was sulking and made a big scene, they just sat there writing on one of those pieces of quietly. If I hadn’t known any bet- paper, Dean Smith walked past me, ter I would have thought he was just asking for me to move out of the some regular person. But he wasn’t. way. It was a regular gesture, but I would always try to get my fam- I was a sensitive child and stewed ily to sit near him if possible – any about the encounter for the rest of chance to be able to shake his hand ROBERT WILLETT/RALEIGH NEWS & OBSERVER/MCT the service. when saying “peace be with you” to Dean Smith acknowledges a standing ovation after being honored during the Celebration of a Century on Feb. 12, 2010. I remember leaving that day and those around me. telling my parents, “I don’t care if he’s I relished those moments, as a length. I remember the whole Chapel felt about Smith. Every person has But I like to think that my story the President of the United States, I young, dorky kid with a huge smile Hill community being in mourning. their own unique story, whether it is pretty unique. It’s one I have won’t shake his hand.” on my face shaking the hand of one Two days after, I went to the old be from meeting Smith personally, told a lot lately to people around I can’t tell you why I thought he of my idols. I still remember them Daily Tar Heel building to get two or from watching his actions on TV. the DTH office. And that’s why I’m was the President. But my dad had to this day. copies of his obituary paper before Yes, he was a Hall of Fame coach, telling you. told me stories about Smith’s legacy It’s the end of February now, they were gone. but he was also so much more. Maybe Dean Smith wasn’t the as a head coach and my young, naive more than four years since Smith I had to hold on to one of those He was an integrationist, a civil President, but he certainly was as brain just put two and two together. passed away at the age of 83. I copies. It was a sense of closure rights leader, a man who stood for impactful as one to me and to mil- Over the next few years, I remember I was at home when I from losing someone who felt like what he believed in even when he lions of others. became an avid UNC basketball heard the news. an older relative. did not have the job security to back @christrenkle2 fan. I watched every game, even My dad and I talked about it at I know that’s how so many people himself up. [email protected] The Daily Tar Heel News Friday, March 1, 2019 7

and several workers, food workers day, and I feel like increasingly so,” toppling represents the removal of a UNC. Horn believes groups like CIVIL RIGHTS eventually received higher pay and Fryar said. tribute to white supremacy. the Orange County Community FROM PAGE 7 better working conditions, bringing Black students continued to William Sturkey, who teaches the Remembrance Coalition, led by To protest segregation, students together activists and students to fight for a place on campus to history of the civil rights movement community members who want to and community members staged fight for racial and labor rights. grow awareness and apprecia - at UNC, said he believes more needs raise awareness of the county’s his- peaceful sit-ins at many of Franklin But the fight for civil rights did tion for Black culture within the to be done still. tory, serve as a bright spot in the Street’s segregated businesses. not end in the 1960s. UNC community. After the Black “The University has moved for- midst of negativity. They were beaten and harassed, Charlotte Fryar, a UNC doc - Cultural Center was established ward in some ways with this issue “Because the group brings togeth- receiving little, if any, protection toral student in the Department in July 1988 in the Student Union, of the Confederate monument,” er people from very different back- from law enforcement. A few years of American Studies, created students and staff alike began call- Sturkey said. “But it’s really just grounds, I think it’s encouraging,” later, Charlie Scott broke ground the website, “Reclaiming the ing for a freestanding center. The a drop in the bucket compared to Horn said. “It shows a form of col- by desegregating UNC basketball, University of the People,” where space was finally built in 2004, what probably needs to actually laboration between UNC and the becoming the first Black basketball she details the history of civil named the Stone Center for Sonja occur in this corner of the South in local community.” player in 1967. rights in Chapel Hill. Haynes Stone. order to help us lead as the South Though people associated the In 1969, food workers at Lenoir “I want people to understand After years of protest and more tries to move beyond slavery and civil rights movement in Chapel Hall, most of whom were Black, the civil rights movement in than a century after being erected, Jim Crow.” Hill with the 1960s, Fryar said went on strike. Chapel Hill had a brief moment protesters toppled Silent Sam in Patrick Horn is the associ - people are continuing to draw on Through the combined efforts in the early Sixties, but that lega - August. While the statue’s future is ate director of the Center for the the legacy today. of the Black Student Movement cy has continued into the present still uncertain, to many, the statue’s Study of the American South at [email protected]

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But as he and twice before throwing it up into the air. sophomore Mac Kiger battled for a Everything slowed as the ball hov- 7-5 victory in doubles, he played as ered above his head before the lone if no time had passed. senior hit his iconic serve. The yel- “At the beginning of the season, I low ball hit midcourt and connected hadn’t played any matches for a long off-kilter with Blue Devil Vincent Lin’s time, but I’m starting to get into my racket, flying out of bounds. With a rhythm now,” Soendergaard said. raise of his racket, Boyden walked to “It’s nice being back on the court.” the net to shake Lin’s hand, signifying After sophomore Benjamin the end of the Court Four match. Sigouin couldn’t compete during The lone senior remained humble singles, Soendergaard entered the after his win, standing on the side- lineup on Court Six. Once the junior lines to cheer on his teammates as stepped onto the singles court, he they continued to battle through the dominated. He won 6-1, 6-2 as the team’s ACC opener. He was one of first Tar Heel to finish in singles play. the two unsung heroes during No. 6 Soendergaard and Boyden are both North Carolina men’s tennis’ 4-1 win unranked, but have winning records. over Duke, which marked the team’s Soendergaard is 5-1 in doubles, includ- first outdoor match of the season. ing 5-0 with Kiger and 4-1 in singles. This was the second time the Boyden leads the team with an 8-1 team has won the Battle of the Blues record in singles, but he is 5-3 in dou- this season. bles. With partner junior William “It’s always going to be a battle with Blumberg, the lone senior is 5-2. UNC-Duke so it’s really special to get Out of the Tar Heel lineup, four the win heading into the ACC season,” players are nationally ranked. First- DTH/ALICIA ROBBINS Boyden said. year Brian Cernoch is No. 100, First-year Brian Cernoch prepares to hit the ball during a match against Duke on Thursday at the Cone-Kenfield Center. UNC had two standouts in a Blumberg at No. 68, Sigouin is No. star-studded lineup — Boyden and 52, and lastly, junior Josh Peck leads 6-3 in straight sets. an honors student in the business play at UNC, especially after his cru- junior Simon Soendergaard. Both at No. 48. Cernoch had the clinch- UNC head coach Sam Paul didn’t school, works like crazy, and then cial play against the Blue Devils. competed in doubles, ultimately ing win today, but without the play hold back when complimenting the (has) a 3.8 or 3.7 grade point aver- “He’s one of the best to ever play winning their separate matches, of Boyden and Soendergaard, the Tar lone senior. age, and the first guy on the court, so here from the things he can control, and stepped up in singles, although Heels may have fallen as Blumberg’s “His grandparents were here he’s earned it,” Paul said. his attitude and his work ethic,” Soendergaard wasn’t originally slat- singles match was neck-and-neck at today, and I said, they got so much Paul even went as far to label Paul said. ed to play. 5-5 in the second set and Peck lost to be proud of him because he’s Boyden as one of the greatest to ever [email protected] UNC baseball superfan travels almost 9,000 miles for game By Jillian Fellows It was the first North Carolina practice his perfect first pitch. They Staff Writer game Chut ever saw, and it was love threw the ball until Pong’s hand at first sight. ached from inside the oven mitt she’d North Carolina baseball has a fan When basketball season was over been using as a glove. from all the way across the globe. that year, and Chut was back in After two months of practice and a On Tuesday, Chut Techalertavorkul, Thailand, he turned to UNC baseball. long flight to the United States, it was a North Carolina baseball superfan Despite never having watched a finally Chut’s time to shine on Tuesday from Thailand, flew nearly 9,000 baseball game before, he spent those afternoon. Greeted by a bright blue miles away from home to see his next several years away from North sky and a delighted crowd, Chut and favorite team play for the first time. Carolina streaming Tar Heel baseball Pong stepped up to the mound. Chut threw the first pitch before a online, staying up late at night to catch “I was super nervous. When we game that saw a dramatic ninth-in- games between time zones, and saving came out on the field my hands were ning walk-off victory for North up money to one day visit Chapel Hill. shaking,” Chut said. Carolina over UNC-Wilmington. The Back home in Thailand, Chut But the Tar Heels behind him win moved UNC to 8-0 on the season. found out two months ago that he’d be showed just how spectacular base- Tuesday marked the first time throwing the first pitch for Tuesday’s ball can be at Boshamer Stadium. Chut had been to Boshamer Stadium game. Chut was beside himself, but With the score tied at 3-3 in the bot- in person, but it hasn’t stopped him there was just one problem — he had tom of the ninth, Chut may have been from participating in the “Thai Fan never thrown a baseball before. hoping for extra innings, but UNC’s Club” he made for himself back home. In fact, he wasn’t even sure where Dylan Enwiller ended it with one crack Chut’s fandom all began seven years to get a baseball from, and searched of the bat on a walk-off home run. DTH/ADRIEN CLARK ago, late in the 2012 basketball season. high and low in Bangkok with no “We beat them with one home Chut Techalertavorkul traveled all the way from Thailand to throw out the Chut was in the United States train- luck finding one. But a friend who run,” Chut said. “To win like this is first pitch at Boshamer Stadium. UNC won, 4-3, against UNC-W on Tuesday. ing for his job. Terry Collins, who was had recently traveled to Japan finally super amazing.” Chut’s manager for some time, was gave Chut a ball. From there, it was It was Collins who told UNC head letter in the mail from Chut. Syracuse at the Smith Center. with him. According to Collins’ post on time to start pitching. coach Mike Fox about Chut some four “I saved the envelope and every- With his two favorite teams both an Inside Carolina message board, he Together, Chut and his wife, Pong, or five years ago, and Fox has since thing,” Fox said. getting wins on the same night, Chut flew Chut to North Carolina and they measured out the 60-foot-6-inch sent over UNC gear to the Thai super- By game’s end, Chut, Pong and certainly had a memorable day in traveled twice to Greensboro to watch stretch from the front of the pitch- fan. After Fox was named ACC Coach Collins were on their way to watch Chapel Hill. the 2012 ACC Tournament. er’s rubber to home plate in order to of the Year last season, he received a the men’s basketball team play [email protected] Pitching can’t keep up in first loss of the season for baseball

By Torre Netkovick After the first five innings of the game, five runs, all coming with two outs more run, North Carolina could not some games lately, but they’ve been Staff Writer North Carolina led, 7-5. Even though in the inning. Three different North bounce back. The Tar Heel hitters very low scoring because we pitched the UNC pitching staff gave up more Carolina pitchers appeared in the were unable to find their groove. well. So it was nice for us to see us After eight straight low-scor - runs than it has to any other oppo- inning; Pry began the inning, but hit The 11 runs and 12 hits North score some runs today. That’s part of ing wins to start the year, the No. 5 nent this season, the offense seemed the first batter before being replaced Carolina gave up were both season baseball, right? We finally score eight North Carolina baseball team found ready for a high-scoring battle. by O’Brien. All five runs crossed the highs. Prior to this game, the Tar runs in a game, and we give up 11.” its groove at the plate on Wednesday, Of the seven UNC players to take plate with O’Brien or Blendinger on Heels had not allowed more than Although this loss ended the but also fell flat on the mound. the mound, four were first-years: the mound. three runs in any contest. Tar Heels’ 26-game home winning The team lost its first game of the Dotson, Bennett Nance, Nik Pry and “You gotta tip your cap to VCU,” “Our pitching up to this point has streak, and is a blemish on their oth- season to VCU, 11-8, as young pitch- Connor Ollio. Both Nance and Kyle center fielder Dylan Harris said. been really good,” first-year right field- erwise perfect record, Fox says they ers gained invaluable experience, but Blendinger took the mound for the “They came out absolutely swinging, er Caleb Roberts said. “Our bullpen gained something from the loss. ultimately came up short. first time this season. and I mean, that’s baseball. You’re has been outstanding. They were a lit- “Some guys were on the mound The North Carolina (8-1) pitching In addition to the first-years, two going to have those days where you tle off their game today, but I mean it’s today that never pitched before in a staff had to battle the VCU hitters sophomores, Caden O’Brien and play a team that is absolutely hot, baseball. We started out 8-0, and we college game,” Fox said. “I tell our kids right from the start. Starting pitch- Blendinger, took the mound against hitting the ball where you’re not.” will bounce back this weekend.” all the time, experience is what you er Josh Dotson pitched 3.2 innings VCU. The only upperclassman to After the sixth inning, VCU led Still, managing eight runs has to feel get when you don’t get what you want. and gave up five runs. Six Tar Heels make an appearance was redshirt North Carolina, 10-7. Through the good for a team that hadn’t eclipsed We didn’t get a win, but we gained pitched after Dotson, but each was senior Hansen Butler. remainder of the game, two other five in any of the previous five games. some experience by getting some guys unable to quiet the Rams. As these pitchers gained experience, pitchers took the mound for the “It was good to see us score some out there. We will move on.” The UNC attack kept pace with they also faced adversity along the way. Tar Heels. Although the pitching runs today because they have been @TorreNetkovick VCU in the game’s opening stages. In the sixth inning, UNC allowed staff combined to only give up one hard to come by,” Fox said. “We’ve won [email protected]