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Serving UNC students and the University community since 1893 Volume 121, Issue 153 dailytarheel.com Monday, February 17, 2014 Powell, Vicente to debate tonight The SBP candidates will argue platform points ahead of the run-off. By Elise McGlothian Staff Writer The Carolina Coalition of Voters, created only last week, is hosting a debate today for the two UNC stu- dents racing to hold the highest office in student government. Seven student organizations have DTH/DANIEL WILCO come together to sponsor the debate James Manor, left, and Denzel Robinson hold up fellow North Carolina men’s basketball walk-on Wade Moody. The trio is known as the Blue Show. during a run-off election between Andrew Powell and Emilio Vicente — an event that organizer Peter Vogel said is largely unprecedented. He organized the Walk-ons steal the show event with senior Michael Hardison. 2014 2014 “We were literally Manor, Moody, Robinson serve valuable roles for UNC sitting on our couch one day, and said, ‘Hey, our school By Daniel Wilco season), so I was cool with that — but as long to run.’” Williams said. needs this,’” Vogel said. The Coalition of Carolina Voters is Assistant Sports Editor as we win, and I make them a little bit better in Though at times, Williams admits that he practice — that’s all I care about.” does tend to pick favorites. not an official student organization There’s one minute and 41 seconds left on The trio knows their effort cannot be mea- “I try to be nicer to them, don’t make them within the University, but is made the clock in the Smith Center Jan. 26, but for sured in a tangible sense. It isn’t defined by num- run as much. I just tell everybody, ‘Well, I like up of several official groups: Campus all intents and purposes, the game is over. bers nor confined by them. In two seasons for the them better than I do you guys.’” BluePrint, the UNC Roosevelt Institute, North Carolina leads 74-51 — on its way to a Tar Heels, they’ve scored 21 points. Combined. Carolina Mock Trial, the Campus Y, 80-61 blowout against Clemson — when Roy Their main defined role is to serve as the scout The road to blue heaven Student Congress, the Sierra Student Williams turns away from the game. team. Assistant coaches watch upcoming oppo- Coalition and The Hill. He makes the long walk to the end of the nents to uncover their tendencies. Then the scout All three players received scholarship offers Vogel said the coalition would not UNC bench. An outstretched hand points to team imitates the opponent in practice. The from Division III schools. They might not have endorse a candidate after the debate. Wade Moody, and before he could say, ‘Daggum,’ walk-ons aren’t just athletes, they’re also actors. been stars, but stardom was never a priority. Campus Y Co-Presidents Cora Moody had torn off his warm-up shirt and was “It’s our job to really perform that in practice, Manor and Moody said their decisions to come to Went and Natalie Borrego said sitting crouched by the scorer’s table. to really give guys who will be playing against UNC were never based on the possibility of play- they want to use the debate to help With 44 seconds on the clock, Williams takes those guys an opportunity to know what they do ing for the Tar Heels. Robinson said, at the time, undecided and nonvoters make an a few strides toward the end of the bench again, and how they do things to give them a little bit playing basketball at all wasn’t a priority. informed decision. this time motioning for Denzel Robinson and of an advantage,” Robinson said. Moody tried the D-III life, but one semester at “We want our members to make a James Manor. The three walk-ons, Moody, But they offer more than just theatrical per- Presbyterian College turned him off. After anoth- more informative decision,” Went said, Robinson and Manor, are united on the court. formances and fresh bodies. Assistant coach er semester at N.C. State, he landed at UNC. adding that she also wants to see the It’s showtime. C.B. McGrath — who coached Robinson and In Manor’s sophomore season on JV, he tore candidates taking a stance on social Manor on the JV team their freshman year his labrum in his right shoulder. His parents issues as they come up next year. ‘There’s no glory to it really’ — said walk-ons offer a fresh perspective com- encouraged him to get the optional surgery to Campus BluePrint and The Hill are pared to the stars they support. repair it, but the recovery time kept Manor out of both non-partisan campus publica- A life as a walk-on is a life devoid of glamor. “They’re real appreciative,” McGrath said. the gym until one month before varsity tryouts. tions. Troy Homesley, executive editor Robinson, Moody and Manor put as much “They don’t take the little things for granted. Robinson, the son of UNC assistant coach of Campus BluePrint, said he hopes into UNC basketball as any other member Sometimes that helps for the other guys.” Steve Robinson, had a unique opportunity to the debate will help make the candi- of the team but for much different rewards. The trio’s appreciation for their teammates participate in the Tar Heels’ preseason condition- dates better leaders. Their jerseys won’t hang from the rafters, their shows strongest on the sideline, where towel- ing his freshman year — a tryout for Williams. “It’s easy to put things on a platform, names won’t be chanted in the stands save the waving and overzealous ovations are their call- An out-of-shape Robinson wasn’t asked back. but it’s not so easy to figure out how occasional blowout, but that doesn’t matter. ing cards. For all three, UNC basketball was always a those things will get done,” he said. “Being a walk-on, there’s no glory to it But they aren’t just there for moral support. dream. And when, against all odds, it became a The Hill’s Editor-in-Chief, Brendan really,” Moody said. “No one’s ever going to see For the most part, Williams says all of his reality, the players held onto the same mentality Cooley, said he wants the debate to what we do in practice, but I feel like we help players are equal, whether they score 18 points from before — they weren’t aiming for fame. generate conversation among Vicente the guys get better and so when they win …” per game or get mistaken for team managers, They aren’t stars, far from it. But they’re the and Powell. Robinson cut in to help his teammate. as the 6-foot-nothing Moody often does. supporting cast behind the stars. They are the “We’re more interested in the forum “I don’t care if I play or not,” he said. “I “I tell them, ‘If I eat steak, you eat steak. If — and having a conversation back and wouldn’t care if I scored — I did score (this James Michael (McAdoo) has to run, you have SEE BLUE SHOW, PAGE 5 SEE DEBATE, PAGE 5 Winter storm shuts Court: FCC cannot down North Carolina enforce net neutrality ing or create new rules to continue UNC ITS officials continue enforcing net neutrality, Obama said. Gov. Pat McCrory declared a to watch the open A bill has been introduced to Congress that would temporarily state of emergency Tuesday. Internet ruling. reinstate net neutrality regulations. Cathy Packer, a UNC media law By Kris Brown By Nick Niedzwiadek professor, said a possible solution for Staff Writer Staff Writer the FCC is to reclassify the Internet from an information to a telecom- As a winter storm shut down the state last Video streaming websites, includ- munication service. week, many UNC-system school students ing Netflix and YouTube, could Telecommunication services, such enjoyed a day off from classes. become more difficult to access — as telephones, cannot be subjected to At least 15 of the UNC system’s 17 universi- “House of Cards” premiere included. network discrimination, according to ties canceled classes because of the snow. Popular streaming sites take up a the Telecommunications Act of 1996. North Carolina entered a state of emer- lot of bandwidth and are the biggest “If you want to talk dirty, sell gency last Tuesday, and Gov. Pat McCrory strain on Internet providers. drugs or criticize Republicans, the warned people to travel only if necessary. But now, Internet service provid- telephone company cannot interfere “The state was well-prepared, our respond- ers, or ISPs, such as Verizon and with that,” Packer said. “They can ers performed admirably and citizens largely Time Warner Cable, could charge just provide the phone.” heeded our warnings to stay off the roads,” consumers an extra fee or significant- April Glaser, an activist for the dig- McCrory said in a statement Friday. ly reduce buffering speed to stream- ital rights advocacy group Electronic The storm had caused several thousand ing sites that do not pay for preferen- Frontier Foundation, said consumers power outages across the state and forced 43 tial treatment. can act as watchdogs for violations counties to declare local states of emergency. Open internet policies, also known of net neutrality, like slower Internet Several people in the state died due to as net neutrality, force all Internet speeds and blocked websites. storm-related incidents, like traffic collisions content to be treated equally.

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