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Serving UNC students and the University community since 1893 The Daily Tar Heel VOLumE 119, IssuE 22 thursday, march 31, 2011 www.dailytarheel.com republicans crowd BOG draft New members spark outcry from democrats The other seven nominees withdrew their names before the vote, said Rep. William analysts Current, R-Gaston. BY JESSICA SEAMAN the Democratic party, and legislators have Neither Bell nor Current knew why the STAFF WRITER made a concerted effort to appoint women names were withdrawn. The announcement of 16 new members to and minorities in the past. Bell said the number of nominees cou- measure the UNC-system Board of Governors is caus- The N.C. House’s committee on University pled with the lack of diversity caused many diversions | page 5 ing an outcry from Democrats in the N.C. Board of Governors presented its nomina- Democrats to refrain from voting. General Assembly. tions for the board on Tuesday, but the num- They turned in blank ballots instead. BLACK SHARKS Some Democratic legislators believe ber of nominations fell short of Democrats’ “I did not vote for anyone,” Bell said. “We Republicans stacked the board with white expectations. felt it should have been more open and have Barnes Triangle music scene staple males who support the Republican party. The nominations lacked in both diversity and more diversity.” Hammer No More the The board is the overarching policy-mak- numbers, said Rep. Larry Bell, D-Sampson. In all, 13 white men and two white women ing body for all 17 institutions in the UNC sys- Instead of the 16 nominations that were were elected. Zeller, henson in Fingers were largely ignored tem. Political party does not play a role on the supposed to be submitted, there were only by national record labels, but board, but members have historically favored nine, he said. SEE UNC BOG, PAGE 4 mock drafts also that won’t derail their dream of BY JONATHAN JONES hitting it big. SPORTS EDITOR Less than a day after Shirley Barnes told The Daily Tar Heel that her son has goals that he wants to ful- fill, NBAdraft.net removed Harrison Barnes from his No. 2 overall selec- tion to completely off the board for the 2011 draft. “I’m starting to hear more people that think he might actually go back (to UNC),” NBAdraft.net analyst Aaron Smith said. “Right now it looks like a real possibility that he’ll go back.” Both Smith and DraftExpress. com’s director of scouting Jonathan Givony said they have not heard any real talk of Barnes, John Henson or diversions | page 6 Tyler Zeller forgoing their collegiate WOMEN OF WAR eligibility and going to the NBA. The sites are solely projections for Diversions sits down with the that year’s draft. NBAdraft.net has lead singer of Warpaint, an been projecting drafts since 2000 and uses its own scouts as well as all-woman indie band from Los NBA and international scouts. Angeles. Warpaint will perform DraftExpress.com is a professional scouting service staffed by former or in Raleigh on Sunday night. current members or consultants of NBA, NCAA and Euroleague teams. Prior to taking Barnes off the board, Smith said there was a pos- DTH/ELIZABETH MENDOZA sibility the freshman could still be Saumya Ayyagari (left), an International Studies major, and Elly Hovis, an English major, protest Orange County’s continued use selected with the top overall pick. of the Rogers-Eubanks neighborhood landfill off Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, which has hosted local trash since 1972. “Other than playing, he’s gonna do really well in workouts and incred- ibly well in interviews,” Smith said. “You have to love the kid.” Givony and DraftExpress.com WastE sItE WOEs have Barnes going fourth to the Toronto Raptors, but he said the for- Orange county to extend landfill life ward would need to work on getting in the lane at the next level. BY CHELSEY DULANEY “Maybe he could work on his city | page 3 STAFF WRITER The story so far slashing ability, his ability to get to For almost 40 years, the Rev. Robert the rim,” Givony said. “He doesn’t 1972: Chapel Hill purchased 80 Campbell has lived with the smell of draw a lot of fouls. He doesn’t go to DON’T STOP THE MUSIC acres on Eubanks Road to use as a trash. the free-throw line at a great rate. landfill for 10 years. Landfill is still Almost seven decades after And if an effort by county officials to That’s probably the thing he can in use. learning to play the piano, extend the Orange County Landfill on improve the most on.” Eubanks Road is successful, he might 2009: Commissioners vote to ship Barnes attempted 113 more shots 83-year-old Jim Crisp is have to live with it a little longer. the county’s waste through Durham than the next closest Tar Heel last entertaining guests at the Campbell is a member of the Rogers in the three to five years following season but was third on the team for Road community, a historically black the landfill’s capacity being reached. free-throw attempts. He struggled Franklin Hotel. and low-income neighborhood located 2012: Latest estimate for when with his crossover dribble for much near the landfill. the landfill will reach capacity. of the season. every moment The landfill was first opened in Previously, Barnes was the only Tar 1972. After a series of extensions, Heel listed on NBAdraft.net’s board counts it’s set to close in 2012. But last “We know trash has to go some- while all three of UNC’s prospects are on DraftExpress.com’s 2011 board. Attend something musical in week, the Orange County Board of where,” Campbell said, “but there’s a Commissioners discussed extending more environmentally and socially just The mock draft predicts Henson to go the Triangle area. the landfill’s life until up to 2017. way to do it.” 12th to the Utah Jazz and Zeller to go Waste officials said they have been 21st to the Portland Trailblazers. The “Every Moment Counts” using more efficient disposal to extend Orange County Zeller and Barnes both averaged project is a student the landfill’s life, like requiring recycling, 15.7 points per game last season creating thinner sealants between trash Gayle Wilson, director of the Orange DTH FILE PHOTO to lead the Tar Heels. Zeller had a government initiative to honor layers and steepening the slopes. County Solid Waste Department, said A trash compactor sits idle at the Orange strong postseason that gave scouts former Student Body President But not everyone is happy with the County Landfill on Eubanks Road. The confidence that the 7-footer could county’s decision. SEE LANDFILL, PAGE 4 landfill may have its life expanded to 2017. Eve Carson. Each day this SEE DRAFT, PAGE 4 month, The Daily Tar Heel is printing a suggestion that embodies her spirit. rural voters feel disconnect with media, county Today’s weather BY MICHELLE ZAYED Some said the county failed to inform country stores,” said Bonnie Hauser, County reconsidering failed tax Cloudy with a STAFF WRITER the rural community — where the refer- president of Orange County Voice, Kenneth Johnson is old-fashioned. endum largely failed — about what the an organization that promotes rural Commissioners may bring chance of pratfalls back a quarter-cent sales tax H 49, L 37 He likes to sit on his porch, and he likes revenue from the increase would have issues. to read the newspaper. funded. “If the sales tax didn’t pass it was option that voters rejected by But Johnson, who lives on Moorefields “There’s not a newspaper that regu- because people didn’t want to get 51 percent in November. Most Friday’s weather Road outside of Hillsborough, said he is larly reaches those people,” vice chair- taxed,” Hauser said. rural residents in the county scaling back on his hobby because he man of the county commissioners Steve She said the rural community is well voted no, and commissioners say they may not have been Sunny now that feels the county’s media is biased and Yuhasz said in November. “There’s not a informed on local politics, although reached by the media. you’re back, girl doesn’t appeal to the rural community. radio station the equivalent of WCHL. media coverage of the county’s rural H 63, L 42 “They forget about the rural areas The Internet access is much more areas is fragmented. Hillsborough because in the country we’re very con- sketchy in the rural parts of the county.” She said newspapers focus on the Precincts that voted against servative, and they don’t know how to To correct this, Yuhasz said commis- Hillsborough, Carrboro and Chapel County Use and Sales Tax index cover it,” he said. sioners will focus on increasing voter Hill urban areas, but none focus on the Precincts that voted for police log .......................... 2 As the county reconsiders a poten- awareness, especially in rural areas. rural locations. County Use and Sales Tax calendar ............................ 2 tial quarter-cent sales tax increase, offi- But some residents say the coverage Mark Schultz, editor-in-chief of The Chapel Hill nation and world ............. 9 cials are trying to determine what went areas of local media outlets aren’t to Chapel Hill News, said the newspaper Carrboro crossword ......................... 9 wrong in November, when the referen- blame for the tax’s failure. opinion ............................. 12 dum failed 51 percent to 49 percent. “You can get any county paper at the SEE RURAL, PAGE 4 SOURCE: ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS DTH/CAROLANN BELK If you call it “medical research,” you can get away with murder.

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