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LOOK INSIDE FOR THE 2013 FOOTBALL PREVIEW Serving UNC students and the University community since 1893 Volume 121, Issue 61 dailytarheel.com Thursday, August 29, 2013 University Rallying for the state Square tenants relocate Demolition on the shopping center is slated to begin in 2014. By Corinne Jurney Staff Writer Three businesses are making University Mall their new home as progress continues in the redevelop- ment of University Square. Kidzu Children’s Museum, Fine Feathers and Peacock Alley Gifts will vacate their spaces in University Square and settle into new locations at University Mall. “University Mall is a wonderful hometown mall, and we are all very excited about it,” said Pam Patterson, DTH/CHRIS CONWAY longtime employee of the retailer Fine Hundreds of people gather at the Peace and Justice Plaza for a rally organized by the N.C. NAACP on Wednesday evening. It was one of 13 state-wide rallies. Feathers. Patterson said Fine Feathers’ clien- tele have expressed positive feelings about the move. Energy from Moral Mondays fuels Franklin Street rally “We feel like it’s just right down the tors in the North Carolina General Assembly street,” she said. “Chapel Hill is big but By Sarah Brown, Madeline Will have destroyed everything we worked for in the we consider ourselves part of the town.” and Lucinda Shen Senior Writers last 50 years.” Vicki Ryder, a member of the Raging Foot traffic Hundreds of people gathered Wednesday on Grannies, a group of older women dedicated to promoting social justice nationwide, led the Patterson said she hopes the other the Peace & Justice Plaza, almost spilling over Grannies in song during the rally. businesses in the mall drive additional onto Franklin Street, with signs and chants Ryder was one of several in the group pres- foot traffic to the store and increase that showed a growing discontent with state ent at the 1963 March on Washington and at business for the store. politics. its anniversary march last weekend — a trip “People are familiar with University The N.C. NAACP-sponsored rally, which she said was disappointing. Mall,” Patterson said. “The library occurred simultaneously with a dozen other “I kept comparing it Saturday to 50 years moved there for a while and one of rallies statewide, was a continuation of a sum- ago,” she said. “I wasn’t feeling the same (pas- the places people go when they come mer of protest at the N.C. General Assembly. sionate) sense. But of course, we do feel it here to Chapel Hill is Southern Season.” Speakers — who included former Sen. Ellie in North Carolina.” UNC and the town of Chapel Hill Kinnaird and Laurel Ashton, field secretary of Bishop Gene Hatley, who emceed the rally, intend to demolish the structure at the N.C. NAACP and a 2012 UNC graduate — called the turnout sensational and said it 123 W. Franklin St. and develop spac- condemned legislation passed by the Republican- proved that this was a movement, not just a es for offices, retail and residences. led state legislature and Gov. Pat McCrory. rally. Gordon Merklein, executive direc- The crowd chanted “shame, shame” when “The energy is the same energy we were tor of real estate development for speakers mentioned changes to voting laws, experiencing at Moral Mondays,” he said. UNC and member of the 123 West abortion rights and education policy. They also Lt. Josh Mecimore, watch commander for the Franklin St. development team, said shouted “forward together, not one step back” Chapel Hill Police Department, said there were his office is aiming to begin construc- in the spirit of the summer’s Moral Monday no incidents or arrests. He said police closed one tion on the the development in the protests, where nearly a thousand citizens were of the travel lanes to make room for the crowd. DTH/CHRIS CONWAY third or fourth quarter of 2014. arrested for civil disobedience. “It was a very peaceful and amicable group,” Bruce Ervin attended the rally at Peace & Justice “We are continuing to work with The rally honored the 50th anniversary of he said. Plaza on Wednesday. Cousins Properties on revising a Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington. “I have Carolina on my mind,” the Rev. Hawkins said he expects to continue the schedule for demolition and construc- DTH ONLINE: Visit dailytarheel.com Moral Monday protests throughout the fall. tion,” Merklein said in an email. Jimmie Hawkins of Covenant Presbyterian to see more coverage of Wednesday’s The Chapel Hill Town Council Church said in his keynote speech. “I just can’t NAACP rally at the Peace & Justice Plaza get Carolina off my mind because the legisla- SEE RALLY, PAGE 2 on Franklin Street. SEE U-SQUARE, PAGE 2 Student, mother remembered Senate candidates lay Wanda Mcclamb, a Wanda Mcclamb hired a reader who would read back The junior student her notes from class and help her out platforms 44-year-old UNC junior, was known for her study, since she was unable to read the text herself. Alice Bordsen, a former state outgoing and friendly A committee will died in early August. personality. She died To support her family — which representative, was recommended of surgical complica- also includes her younger daughter officially nominate a by Kinnaird at the meeting, who By Caroline Leland tions weeks after a Genesis Davidson and her stepsons pointed to Bordsen’s knowledge of Allen Davidson Jr. and Dominque the political system and her focus Assistant University Editor kidney transplant. candidate Sept. 8. Davidson — Wanda Mcclamb worked on serving her constituency. For someone who was almost elected to the advisory board of the three jobs before she enrolled as a By Meredith Burns Rep. Valerie Foushee, entirely blind, those close to Wanda Visually Impaired Program (VIP) full-time student. Senior Writer D-Orange, was praised by several Mcclamb say she had an impressive in Raleigh’s Parks, Recreation and Wanda Mcclamb was a playful citizens, including Orange County ability to see — whether it was see- Cultural Resources Department, said woman who will be remembered The energy from the NAACP- Commissioner Earl McKee, for ing the meanings in her UNC text- Betsy Cuthrell, who worked with her. for the way she helped other people, sponsored rally held at Peace & her fairness and sensibility. books without being able to read, or VIP organizes recreational activi- Octavia Mcclamb said. Justice Plaza Wednesday was Bordsen and Foushee both seeing a friend in every person she ties for adults with visual impair- “She was a very kind person,” carried into the Chapel Hill Post relied on their track records met. ments. Octavia Mcclamb said. “She was a Office as the candidates hop- in the N.C. General Assembly Wanda Mcclamb, who was a junior Cuthrell said Wanda Mcclamb cre- person that wants to help everybody.” ing to represent Orange and during the discussion, pointing studying sociology at UNC, died of ated a close rapport with the other Wanda Mcclamb was involved Chatham counties as a state to their history of support for complications from a kidney trans- participants when she joined the pro- with the organization Active Minds at senator made their case. Democratic policy. plant on Aug. 4. She was 44. gram in 2012. UNC, which advocates for changing Democrat Ellie Kinnaird “If we can reach across the Wanda Mcclamb’s daughter, “She would talk to anybody,” the conversation on mental health on resigned from her seat in the N.C. aisle, we must reach across the Octavia Mcclamb, said her mother Cuthrell said. “She didn’t know a campus. Senate Aug. 19 during her ninth aisle,” Foushee said. was studying to be a social worker. stranger.” Davidson said his wife was outgo- term, and her replacement will Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton “She wanted to help other blind Allen Davidson, Wanda Mcclamb’s ing and cheerful and always main- be picked by an executive com- pointed to his interpersonal skills people,” she said. “She wanted to help husband, said she was proud of being tained a positive spirit. mittee comprised of four voting as asset for working with other disabled people.” a student at UNC. “She never complained about her Democratic officials from Orange members of the legislature. Octavia Mcclamb said her mother, “She was very proud and outgo- illness,” he said. “You would never and Chatham counties. At the meeting, attorney who was originally from Kenansville, ing,” he said. “Everyone she met, she know she was sick or blind.” The meeting was held to Lynette Hartsell and former studied at Wake Technical touched and uplifted.” Cuthrell said Wanda Mcclamb will explain the selection process, Carborro mayor and UNC faculty Community College for three or four Octavia Mcclamb said her mother be missed by everyone who knew her. introduce committee members member Jim Porto seemed less years before transferring to UNC in was hardworking and ambitious. She “She had a pretty infectious laugh,” and allow candidates to explain willing to compromise their posi- 2012. Paying for school with mul- said Wanda Mcclamb earned a near- Cuthrell said. “She loved to laugh, their platforms to the public. tions in the name of diplomacy. tiple scholarships and grants, she perfect GPA and was on the dean’s loved to talk. She was a people per- Now, committee members have Instead, these candidates said had expected to graduate in 2014 or list in fall 2012, her first semester at son.” to decide what characteristics they they were disappointed with the 2015. UNC. are looking for in a candidate to Wanda Mcclamb was recently Octavia Mcclamb said her mother [email protected] serve for the 2014 short session.