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DTH PHOTO ILLUSTRATION/ KELLY McHUGH, WILL COOPER AND BJ DWORAK Forward Harrison Barnes will be back for his sophomore season with a North Carolina team that also returns its starting point guard, shooting guard and two draft-ready big men. university | page 6 DIVERSITY PROVOST The committee that will select THE FINAL PIECE a new associate provost UNC starting five back next year with Barnes’ decision debated the position’s place within the hierarchy of BY JONATHAN JONES ing my basketball skills in all arenas with one DTH ONLINE: Go to dailytarheel.com/ SPORTS EDITOR team goal in mind — to bring the 2012 national multimedia to see a Barnes highlight reel. University leadership. On Saturday, Dexter Strickland decided championship home to UNC.” enough was enough. North Carolina is the only team that fin- selected in June’s NBA draft. He was projected “If you want to hear Harrison (Barnes’) deci- ished in the top 10 in the final coaches’ poll that to be a top-five pick, but just how high depend- university | page 3 sion, call 1-800-PLEASE DON’T ASK ME!,” returns all five of its starters. Barnes and Zeller ed partially upon who else would leave early. he Tweeted. led UNC in scoring with 15.7 points per game Arizona forward Derrick Williams, Duke COOPER’S CABINET No longer will Strickland or the rest of the while Barnes posted an average of 21 points in guard Kyrie Irving and Connecticut guard Mary Cooper will oversee 18 North Carolina basketball team be bothered his first NCAA tournament. Kemba Walker all announced their decisions to with questions on Barnes’ decision after the The preseason All-American faced plenty of forgo the rest of their collegiate eligibility and cabinet committees next year freshman announced Monday morning he will criticism early in the year when he wasn’t liv- enter the draft earlier in the month. Each player return for his sophomore season. ing up to the hype he received. As the season is expected to be selected as a lottery pick. — a stark reduction from the With his return, North Carolina will return rolled along, Barnes became UNC’s go-to guy Barnes has certainly taken his time with 45 of her predecessor, all five of its starters from this year’s 29-8 sea- in late-game situations. At the end of the regu- this decision. The ACC Rookie of the Year said son. Draft prospects John Henson and Tyler lar season though, he began putting together immediately after UNC’s Elite Eight loss to Hogan Medlin. Zeller announced April 6 they’d come back. full games and the Tar Heels won 12 of their Kentucky that he was “not thinking about the “As a team, we’re preparing for a special final 14 games. NBA.” season,” Barnes said in his statement. “My off- Because of how long he waited, Barnes was state | page 3 season plans are to diligently work on hon- able to get a better idea of where he would be SEE BARNES, PAGE 7 SHAW CLOSES EARLY Violent storms forced Shaw University, a small private school in Raleigh, to cancel classes for the remainder of the semester. police warn students of vehicle break-ins university | page 7 BY CONOR FURLONG A recent spike in car break-ins suspicious activity. only takes them a few seconds to is hard to retroactively investigate STAFF WRITER has prompted Chapel Hill police He said there has been a cluster of break in or unlock the door.” many thefts, Hunter said. Before driving to church April to advise residents and students to activity in the Northside neighbor- The onset of spring can also “People think these phone calls ONE FOR THE BOOKS 10, junior Kelsey Snell noticed her be more careful when leaving their hood, where many students live. contribute to crime, as the weather are a waste of our time,” he said. To complete her honors iPod was missing. cars unattended. Chapel Hill police spokesman improves and people are frequent- “But I’d rather come out for some- At first she thought one of her According to Chapel Hill Police Lt. Kevin Gunter said many vehi- ly in and out of their cars, Gunter thing that doesn’t pan out than thesis, Sarah Booker traveled friends had it because there were Department data, 121 incidents of cles have been broken into through said. have people be afraid.” to Ecuador to study no signs of a break-in, but she car break-ins have been reported the windows, but many have also To prevent a theft from occur- Snell said she has learned to received a call from the Orange this year — 24 have occurred this been left unlocked. ring, he emphasized the impor- keep her car doors locked, after her indigenous music. County Sheriff’s Department a few month, with six reported April 1. Common stolen items include tance of hiding valuable items in iPod was taken from her car. days later. “As a whole, numbers have iPods, GPS navigators and cell- trunks or indoors. “The girls in my house sat down “They called because my name been down this year,” said Lt. Jabe phones. Residents should also write and said ‘Look, this isn’t a joke, city | page 9 was engraved on the back (of the Hunter. “But in the last two weeks Hunter said thefts have occurred down the serial numbers of their lock the doors,’” Snell said. “We iPod),” Snell said. “They caught the or so we’ve noticed a spike in inci- mainly in the evening when people electronics so police can return may be in Chapel Hill, but it’s not RECYCLING STAYS HIGH guy trying to break into a house dents.” are sleeping, and some are pre- them to the correct owners, Hunter all southern charm.” Jobs in North Carolina’s while he had a stolen car. I guess The increase has led Hunter to meditated. said. we were lucky he didn’t try to get alert various community watch “Guys are walking around look- Suspicious person calls are invalu- Contact the City Editor recycling industry increased into our house.” groups to be on the look-out for ing for targets,” Hunter said. “It able to preventing thefts because it at [email protected]. last year, continuing a trend of 17 years. surplus in tax revenue this day in history Wilson criticized for theory engaged with his ideas and afraid may help uNC system APRIL 19, 1963 … rebu≠s his own ideas from 1970s of controversy? No way,” said Dr. After being denied an Ron Strauss, executive associ- BY JESSICA KENNEDY theory of altruism — the same the- ate provost and chairman of the BY DANIEL WISER in state funding for UNC-system opportunity in Durham, Malcolm STAFF WRITER ory he helped bring to mainstream speaker advisory committee. STAFF WRITER schools last week in an attempt to X speaks with a Durham lawyer Among names like “Oprah” and acceptance by the scientific com- “We want people here who are As N.C. residents scrambled to file close the state’s $2.4 billion project- “Bono,” E.O. Wilson was relative- munity in the 1970s. His move pro- deeply involved with ideas and can tax returns Monday, UNC-system ed budget shortfall. Subcommittee in Memorial Hall in front of ly unknown to students on the voked a collection of critical letters convey to our students the value of schools waited to learn if a possible members are currently deliberat- 1,600 people. commencement speaker advisory to Nature magazine, which more engaging in intellectual discourse surplus in revenue could offset pro- ing the specifics of the proposal committee. than 100 scientists signed. and research,” he said. posed cuts in state funding. and deciding whether to amend it But months In an article in Nature, Wilson, Strauss said he thinks the willing- The state’s Fiscal Research before a House floor vote. ago, when stu- a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, ness to challenge traditional norms Division is anticipating a slight Republican legislators have pre- Today’s weather dents voiced reversed his position on the long- is an ideal quality for a speaker. surplus compared to prior revenue viously said extra tax revenue might 80 percent chance concerns with standing theory that animals help “You really want somebody who projections, Rep. Rick Glazier, allow them to reduce the severity of of mutiny the Harvard each other because of kinship, argu- is willing to tell it how they see it, D-Cumberland, minority member cuts for higher education. University pro- of the N.C. House appropriations Speaker Pro Tempore Dale H 86, L 62 ing that the theory has many limita- both as a scientist and as a human,” fessor’s notori- tions and that the standard natural he said. “I would be only proud if he subcommittee on education, wrote Folwell, R-Forsyth, co-chairman ety — or lack selection theory is more accurate. were able to express how he came to in an email. of the House finance committee, Wednesday’s weather thereof — their One of the letters stated that new ideas and what ideas he’s hold- If more revenue is available, the said the Republican leadership E.O.