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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2020 127 YEARS OF SERVING UNC STUDENTS AND THE UNIVERSITY VOLUME 128, ISSUE 39 DTH GRAPHIC/MATTHEW MEYERS Quest for revenge fueled UNC’s 1990 title By Macy Meyer Lilly, two of the greatest to ever play on Sept. 22, 1990, in just the ninth on a penalty kick put the Tar Heels swore up and down that they Senior Writer the game, sported the North Carolina game of the season and the Tar Heels down. With the loss, the team fell wouldn’t lose again. crest on their jerseys. And 30 years only had two goals to the University from the No. 1 ranking spot for the “From that moment, our season The year 1990 seems like a distant since their storybook championship of Connecticut Huskies’ three, the first time since the second week of did change and we lifted our game memory. George H.W. Bush was run cemented this UNC team 103-game unbeaten streak was done. the 1986 season. and really started playing our best president, the Hubble Space Telescope as one of the great dynasties in No longer a perfect season for a team “The trouble with being soccer of the season after that,” Linda launched and Wilson Phillips topped intercollegiate athletics history. with many players who had never consistently in a position of winning Hamilton, former UNC defender the charts. And in the microcosm of lost at the collegiate level before. games and winning championships and U.S. women’s national team Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the UNC A Blip on the Season “It felt like an epistemic break,” is you’re very reluctant to change any superstar, said. women’s soccer team was winning its Courtney Lehmann, a backup part of your alchemy because you The rest of the season went eighth NCAA championship in its 11th In the middle of a torrential goalkeeper for the 1990 team, said. don’t know which piece is the piece according to plan. UNC dominated year as an established team. downpour in Storrs, Connecticut, “It was like, ‘How could we lose?’” that’s helping you win each time,” conference play and reclaimed the 2020 will mark 30 years since the the UNC women’s soccer team was UNC starting keeper Merridee UNC head coach Anson Dorrance No. 1 spot after the Tar Heels beat 1990 women’s soccer team hoisted freezing. And dismayed. Proost had been charged with said of the loss. No. 1 Virginia twice. the NCAA cup on its home field. 30 The team hadn’t lost a game since roughing a UConn forward in the While Dorrance took it as a years since Mia Hamm and Kristine Nov. 24, 1985. So when time expired overtime period and a quick strike learning opportunity, the players SEE SOCCER ANNIVERSARY PAGE 5 Patience on display in long early voting lines Cooper, By Jacob Meredith-Andrews it’s different this year because of Staff Writer COVID and wanting to get to vote.” Essig said he used to live in As voters waited to cast their Missouri, where they don’t have Forest ballots in Carrboro on Thursday, early voting. He said he took the first day of early voting in North advantage of early voting for the Carolina, passing cars cheered and March primary as well. meet in honked their horns. Despite wait Early voting began in North times exceeding an hour, the mood Carolina on Oct. 15 and will last among many voters at the Carrboro until Oct. 31. More than 272,000 Town Hall precinct was enthusiastic. North Carolinians had voted early debate Some voters brought chairs to sit in person by 7:30 p.m. Thursday, and wait while others read books, according to the N.C. Board of worked on their computers or Elections. This surpasses the total By Taylor Heeden listened to music. for the first day of early voting in Senior Writer Kenneth Jordan, a physician, and the 2016 general election, which Jeremy Essig, a comedian, discussed was about 166,000. COVID-19, systemic racism and music and politics as they waited. As of Thursday, over 500,000 DTH/ANGELINA KATSANIS the state’s budget were on the table at Wednesday’s debate for N.C. governor. Both Jordan and Essig said they North Carolinians have casted Students and Chapel Hill residents line up to vote early outside of the Incumbent Democrat Gov. Roy were longtime Democratic voters absentee ballots, and more than Chapel of the Cross on Franklin Street on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. and had often voted on the official 16,000 of these ballots were from C o o p e r a n d Election Day. Orange County. Thursday morning. Voters and esthetician, and her son, Akin his opponent, “It was a tradition to vote on Polling places drew large crowds poll greeters said the line had not Dunston said it was their first time Republican Lt. voting day. When my kids were throughout the state on Thursday. changed much throughout the voting early. It was Akin’s first time Gov. Dan Forest, young, I even took my kids to show More than 90 people waited in morning and lasted about an hour. faced off in the them the process,” Jordan said. “So, line at Carrboro Town Hall late C h a n d r a D u n s t o n , a n first and only SEE EARLY VOTING PAGE 2 gubernatorial debate before the Roy Cooper Nov. 3 election. Here’s what both Comedians are in a ‘Twilight Zone’ candidates had to say on the issues. COVID-19 By Dominick Ferrara their work during the pandemic. Senior Writer Initially, she welcomed a break from Forest comedy. She thought the pandemic criticized Cooper With comedy clubs operating at would be over quickly and allowed the on his response limited capacity and Zoom open mics rest of the local comedy community to to the pandemic, not quite filling the void for some take the reins on finding COVID-19- claiming comics, Chelsea Keyes took it upon safe solutions. Cooper ’s way herself to provide a solution. She got But the pandemic went on, and o f h a n d l i n g some pallets and some plywood and comedians are only now starting to COVID-19 built four stages, which comics now find their footing again. h a s h a r m e d Dan Forest walk across weekly in outdoor open “I think we’re all faced with this m o r e N o r t h mic sessions hosted in a parking lot horrible trauma, and comedy comes Carolinians than helped. behind The PIT. from trauma,” Keyes said. “Things The Centers for Disease Control Keyes’ outdoor open mic is just one are just getting sillier and more fun. and Prevention says in addition to DTH/ANGELINA KATSANIS of the ways in which local comics and A local comedian performs his stand-up routine at an open-mic at The PIT. student comedy groups have adapted SEE LOCAL COMEDY PAGE 2 SEE GOV DEBATE PAGE 2 This is a women’s soccer school. We’re just trying to keep up with them. DEAN SMITH 2 Friday, October 16, 2020 News The Daily Tar Heel The Daily Tar Heel Established 1893 Don’t worry, you can still get fair food this year 127 years of editorial freedom ANNA POGARCIC By Sascha Medina 22 to allow for social distancing, and EDITOR!IN!CHIEF Staff Writer has increased cleaning procedures for EDITOR"DAILYTARHEEL.COM bathrooms and trash removal. Ray BRANDON STANDLEY Every October, thousands of said the division believes attendees EDITORIAL MANAGING EDITOR North Carolinians gather at the N.C. will follow safety guidelines. MANAGING.EDITOR"DAILYTARHEEL.COM State Fair to eat local food, ride the “We know they care about each Ferris wheel and visit vendors from other and want to come out for a bit WILL MELFI across the state. of normalcy to pick up their favorite DIGITAL MANAGING EDITOR In lieu of the annual festival, which fair foods while not putting each other DIGITAL"DAILYTARHEEL.COM was canceled due to the pandemic, at risk,” she said in the email. “We MAEVE SHEEHEY the N.C. State Fair Division is holding will have public safety officers on the DIRECTOR OF ENTERPRISE an 11-day fair food event with a grounds who will assist, but as this is a ENTERPRISE"DAILYTARHEEL.COM collection of local food vendors from take-home event, we seek to eliminate MADDIE ELLIS Oct. 15 to 25. any gathering while still providing a UNIVERSITY EDITOR The event will take place at gate pick-me-up for our community.” UNIVERSITY"DAILYTARHEEL.COM nine of the N.C. State Fairgrounds Food vendors include Angela’s SONIA RAO every day from 10:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Seafood, Fat Boys BBQ and more. CITY & STATE EDITOR This event is an attempt to assist Sienna Zuco, a senior at UNC, said CITY"DAILYTARHEEL.COM vendors during hard times, Sarah Ray, she thinks the event is a good way to public information officer for the N.C. support the usual fair vendors who DTH FILE/ALEX KORMANN RAMISHAH MARUF State Fair, said in an email. may be struggling as a result of the ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR Krispy Kreme burgers are one of many unique foods one can usually find at “The live events industry were some pandemic. Zuco said she would go ARTS"DAILYTARHEEL.COM the N.C. State Fair, which will now be offered at the fair food event instead.