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UNC Student Body President Bradley Opere gives his inaugural address on Tuesday, April 5.

priority for students that you want to stress to legislators?

BO: I think the biggest prior-ity is to maintain afford-ability. We need to ensurethat we still remain the lastaffordable need-blind publicinstitution that there is …Definitely we’ll be asking alittle bit of questions around

the anti-discrimination billand what that means and seehow far we can get because

we are definitely against itand would like to ensure thatstate legislatures just knowhow much we’re against it

when we go out and talkto them this coming fewmonths.

DTH: Have you thought about your orientation speech yet?

BO: Oh, it’s funny that you ask.It’s giving me a lot of head-aches. I’m still thinking aboutit. I know a little bit of where itshould go, but we have a draft.

Student Body President Bradley Opere is preparing for a busy summer. Staffwriter Maria Prokopowiczspoke with him about his goals, lobbying strategies andhis feelings about new studentorientations.

THE DAILY TAR HEEL: What are your personal goals for thesummer?

BRADLEY OPERE: Setting up rela-tionships with administrators.Every student body presidenthas to spend that summer set-ting up their foundation …

I’ll also be doing Board ofTrustees meetings where I getto sit down and, as student

body president, I have votingmembership. It’s the highest

board in the school’s adminis-tration so, once again, settingup relationships there, as wellas trying to push some of theplatform points.

DTH: What are some goals youhave for other parts of youradministration?

BO: I think one is definitelyensuring the team works

well. So part of what we’ll be doing is we’ll be going

out for Outward Bound; meand most of the members onthe executive team. We’ll bespending at least four daysin the wilderness, trying to

bond …I’m also looking to spend

some time with graduate andprofessional students becauseof everything that happenedlast year, and (we’ll) see if wecan mend some bridges andcreate a better working rela -tionship going forward …

The other thing I think we’ll be dealing with is goingfor short session in Raleigh.

DTH: What is your biggest

Opere is trying to

find time to go backhome to Kenya.

It’s not where I want it to be, but we have a draft.

DTH: Are you excited for all theorientations?

BO: Those will be interest-ing. I think it’s always greatto welcome in first-years,

you know … I’m sure mostof them will be adjusting to

having a Kenyan student body president, so that will be something new, but alsofor me as well as for everyone

who walks in.So I’m looking forward

to it. I think it’s going to beone of those humbling pro-cesses that just makes me loveCarolina just that bit more.

DTH: Is there one thing, morethan anything else, you wantincoming first-years to knowabout UNC?

BO: I would love them toknow that you can walk inhere, and even though UNC

is not a perfect place, youcan find your voice and youcan pursue your passions,and that’s just all we wantfrom you. We don’t needanyone to stretch themselvesor do things because otherpeople think they’re special,

just dig into who y ou are.Find yourself, and UNC hasplenty of opportunities for

you to do t hat.

DTH: Do you think you’ll everget to take a break this sum-mer?

BO: Hopefully I’ll be able togo home and take two weeksout just to see my family

because I haven’t been therefor two years, so that’s one ofmy top priorities. Hopefullyit happens, just because I stillhaven’t looked at how busythe scheduling will be, but I’lltry to finagle it in some waythere.

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Spring semester might becoming to a close, but don’t

worry — just around the cor-ner are a thousand things tolook forward to this summerin Chapel Hill.

Our baseball and lacrosseteams will be in full swing,the lightning bugs will be out,

weather will never be inappro-priate for YoPo and the sum-mer DTH will be in print oncea week and online all the time.

That’s right — just becausespring classes end doesn’tmean our coverage does.

During my time as summereditor of the DTH, I plan to

bring you engaging news fromthe Pit to this country’s capital,local arts stories that reflectthe social attitudes of ourcommunity, in-depth profilesof current and graduated UNCathletes and much more.

What should I expectfrom the summer DTH?

We will be filling boxesevery Thursday, starting May12 and ending July 21, witha paper full of relevant, in-depth and exciting news —the same as during the regu-lar school year. Along withour usual news coverage, we

will be producing content fornew and returning studentsincluding the send-home,orientation and welcome backspecial editions of the DTH.

Will you still be tacklingthe big issues?

Even with summer fun onour minds, we will not be tak-ing a back seat to the issuesthat affect UNC students andTriangle community mem-

bers. We will be continuingcoverage on the news thatmatters, such as possibleNCAA sanction decisions,Student Stores’ potentialprivatization, the presidential

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and gubernatorial electionsand repercussions of HouseBill 2.

Do you expect us totrek all the way back toChapel Hill every weekto get our news?

Not at all! We will be run-ning extensive news coverageon our social media accountsall week long. Along withcontinual breaking newscoverage online, you will getto experience new interac-tive features with our stories,summer-themed blogs andphotography galleries.

This sounds like some-thing I want to do!

We would love to have you.The summer DTH is a close-knit group of people who caredeeply about reporting onlocal and national news thataffects UNC students and thesurrounding community.

If you would like to applyto work as a reporter, photog-rapher, designer, digital teammember or copy editor forthe Daily Tar Heel this sum-mer, fill out our application at

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Whatever news is madethis summer, you can alwaysfind coverage in the summerDTH.

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Will Partin taught a course that focused on studying video games last summer. Summer School at UNC will kick off on May 11.

during the semester. I think ifthey can get the hang of it andget the stories in, then theycan have a lot of fun,” he said.

First-year Brandon

Cosgrove, who is enrolled in

summer classes, said by tak-ing one of the prerequisitecourses for his math majorduring the summer, moreclasses become available

come fall semester.

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By Harris WhelessStaff Writer

Despite summer nottechnically starting untilmid-June, Summer School

at UNC will kick off on May11 — starting the 10th year ofthe Maymester program.

Maymester became apermanent part of SummerSchool following the success ofthe third year of the three-yearpilot program and differs fromthe first and second sessions inthat it lasts for three weeks asopposed to five weeks.

Summer School dean Jan Yopp said she and others atthe Summer School wantsummer to be academi-cally rigorous. She said that

because classes are generallysmaller, students get to workin smaller groups — a phe-nomenon she calls the small

college atmosphere.“We know that students aregoing to Summer School to

work on gen ed requirementsor requirements for majors orminors, and because we knowthat, we try to do classes that fitthat,” Yopp said. “We also haveclasses where students canget out in the field. We wantcourses students can take foreducational enrichment.”

Since its inception,Maymester enrolled has grownexponentially. According to afact sheet from the SummerSchool, 263 students enrolledin Maymester classes in 2007,

which is less than half thenumber of enrollees from 2015.

This summer, there will

Spendingsummer in aghost town By Thomas Shealy

Staff Writer

There’s a lot in store forthis summer’s N.C. legislativesession.

The controversial HouseBill 2 prohibits employeesfrom suing in state courtsover discrimination. Gov. PatMcCrory, who is running forre-election, hopes to reinstatethis right through an executiveorder released on Tuesday.

But McCrory does notactually have the power tochange the law, so it is upto the legislature to decide

whether or not to follow thegovernor’s wishes.

UNC journalism professorFerrel Guillory said he doubtslegislators will alter the law.

“It’s hard to predict what thelegislature is going to do, but sofar legislative leaders have saidthey don’t see a need to changethe law,” Guillory said.

Guillory attributed thispossible discrepancy betweenthe legislature and the gover-nor to the different challengesthey will face in the next elec-tion cycle.

“Most of the legislators who voted for this bill do nothave opposition in the fall.They’re in relatively safe dis-tricts. The governor, however,has to run statewide, and sothe political dynamics facingthe governor and the politicaldynamics facing individuallegislators are two differentthings,” Guillory said.

House Bill 2 has causeda significant backlash from

businesses which could influ-ence the legislature’s decisionto alter the law.

Both PayPal and theDeutsche Bank have canceled

HOUSE BILL 2 FALLOUTSince House Bill 2 passed

on March 23, the legislature

has been under fire:

Several protests in metro-

politan areas have demand-

ed the law be repealed.

Businesses have halted

expansion plans in the state.

McCrory issued a back-

tracking statement but didnot call for the law’s repeal.

budget surplus this yearthough, and that could poten-tially mean more money goingtoward raising teacher salaries.

“They do have a surplus this year, so that will be the bigargument of do they invest inteacher salaries, state employ-ee salaries or what do they do

with that surplus,” Bitzer said.So far, there is no indica-

tion as to what will be done with the surplus.

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teacher salaries will

be up for discussion.

By Megan MalloneeStaff Writer

Ah, summer in Chapel Hill.The weather is gorgeous, theleaves are green and there’sliterally no one in town.

Spending a summer in theghost town of Chapel Hillcan be hard if you love the

bustling crowd on FranklinStreet that no longer exists.Spending a summer in GhostHill can be incredible if youlike peace and quiet or shortlines. It’s a rare gem to eatanywhere here without a wait,so please enjoy it.

That girl in your class whohas been bragging about hersummer internship sinceFebruary is probably living itup, but at least you don’t haveto see her anymore.

Taking a class? Your walk will be much less painful without the millions of stu-dents who seem to have setout to trample you.

You will still regularly tripon bricks because no earthlyfactor can possibly keep youfrom falling all the time.

The best part about takingsummer classes is that youcan focus on just one or two.Studying for one test on PolkPlace is so much easier thanstudying for five in Davis dur-ing the regular school year.

There won’t be many otherstudents around, so feel freeto force people to be yourfriend. Try every restauranton Franklin. They’re emptyanyway.

Found a summer job?Having fewer people aroundmeans having less work to

do. It also means gettingless money in tips, but we’retrying to stay positive here,people.

If you just don’t want to gohome, enjoy the freedom of asummer without responsibili-ties. You won’t get to have asummer like that after yougraduate. Obligation-free fundoesn’t exist in the post-grad

world.Try to pick up a hobby.

Make some hip jewelry ortry a yoga class. Check outCarrboro or hang out indowntown Raleigh. Don’t goto Durham, obviously. Wenever go there.

Regardless of your excusefor staying in town this sum-mer, you should see it as a

blessing. Hopefully, yourstress level will be muchlower, which pairs perfectly

well with the warm NorthCarolina summer weatherand sunny skies.

You can take a dip in thepool behind Woollen Gymor go for a walk in Coker

Arboretum. You could also just binge-

watch TV from your bed.Maple View Farm is gor-

geous, and nothing says sum-mer like homemade wafflecones. You’ll find shorter

waits again — another benefitof absolutely no one beingaround.

It’s not basketball season, but it is still the SouthernPart of Heaven. You could bein Europe or New York City,

but you’re here … so focus your energy on making the best of what you’ve been givendown here.

plans to expand their business-es into North Carolina over thenew law. These two companies

were expected to create closeto 700 jobs. Singer BruceSpringsteen also canceled hisconcert in Greensboro due tothe law, and the 2017 NBA All-Star game scheduled to takeplace in Charlotte is now in

jeopardy.McCrory has also proposed

a plan to increase teacher pay by an average of 5 percent. Itis unclear what N.C. lawmak -ers will do with this proposal,

but many are skeptical of howeffective the proposal willactually be.

“Last time our criminallylow starting teacher salary

went from $30,000 per year to$35,000 per year,” N.C. StateUniversity political science pro-fessor Steven Green said.

“Which, hey, we raisedteacher salary to $35,000,and you can take that to vot-ers and say, ‘Look, we raisedall these teacher salaries,’ butthen again you look furtherup the teacher ranks where ahuge number of teachers gotessentially no increase andsome actually got a decrease.”

Michael Bitzer, professor ofpolitical science at CatawbaCollege, said the actual raisein teacher salary will likely beless than what the governorhas proposed.

“It’s likely that the gov -ernor’s proposal will be thehigh end of the potentialraises. Generally a legislature

will take a governor’s budgetproposal and make their ownchanges, and I think what

you’ll see is probably some-thing lower,” he said.

Legislators will have a

General Assembly readies for summer session

“We want courses

students can take

for educational

enrichment”

Jan Yopp

Summer School dean

be 59 courses offered in theMaymester format — themost ever.

Professors are also recog-nizing the benefits of holdingclass over the summer.

Paul Cuadros, a UNCprofessor teaching SummerSchool for the first time, saidhis required reporting classnormally fills up quickly. Thesummer courses allow morestudents to take the classand handle the demanding

work it requires since all theirefforts will be focused on that

one class during the summer,he said.“Normally, the class has a

story due every week. But forthe summer session, we’regoing to require the studentsto do two stories a week, sothey’re really going to have tohustle, but it should be a lot offun,” he said.

Cuadros says one of themain benefits to the summersession is that he’ll be in thenewsroom of the journalismschool most of the day and ableto offer more help to students.

“This is going to be a greatexperience for students takingthe class, even though they’regoing to be doing twice as

much reporting as they would

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By Brooke FisherStaff Writer

If you plan on hitting upRosemary Street during thesummer, be prepared to face a

construction zone.Renovations will officiallykick off on May 16 if the TownCouncil approves the plan.These renovations consist ofreplacing curbs and gutters,driveway aprons and side-

walk and curb ramps. Orange Water and Sewer Authority will be replacing some waterlines on East Rosemary Streetas well. Repaving will takeplace in early fall.

Emily Cameron, projectmanager for the curb, gutterand streetscape improvementsto Rosemary Street, said in anemail that the constructionshould be done by Oct. 1.

“If we do not have an unusu-

ally rainy summer or an activehurricane season, the goal is tofinish the curb, gutter and side-

walk work by October 1, so therepaving can start and finish

before colder weather arrives,”Cameron said.

During the summertimerenovations, Cameron saidmost of the work wouldnot require the street to becompletely closed. But whenrepaving begins, the road

will be closed in order for thestreet to be resurfaced.

“There may be lane closuresduring replacement of curband gutter, with a plan in placefor directing one-way traffic

What to do when you don’tget your dream internship

By Cassandra CassidyStaff Writer

You didn’t get it. Theinternship you wanted — the

words you already imaginedsitting in a perfect spot on

your resume. You thoughtthis sort of rejection was overafter you got into college, andnow you realize there is a longroad filled with rejection rightin front of you.

Welcome to the club ofpeople who dread beingasked, “What are you doingthis summer?”

You’ve already heard everynice piece of advice thatexists, in which you get over

your disappointment and areproud you even applied. Youshouldn’t have to get overit. In fact, don’t. Let it break

you apart. Realize why you wanted that internship. For your resume? So you don’t

spend another summer as alifeguard? So you can bragabout how talented you are?

All are valid answers, butthe way that our society hypesup “internships” discounts allthe other things you can dothat build character.

Blindsided by the appealof an internship and the sat-isfaction it would give me to

boast about my coolness, Iasked an admissions officerat Kenan-Flagler BusinessSchool which of two intern-ships would be more impres-sive.

She asked me, “Which one will allow you to have moreof an impact?” and my mind

went blank. Noticing I hadn’tthought about that, she said,“I’d rather see someone workat an arts and crafts campand make a difference insomeone’s life than work at a

big name firm and do mind-

less tasks.”Disappointment can be

constructive if you use it cor-rectly. Redirect your energyfrom feeling sad and rejectedto finding something to do

with your summer that couldlikely end up being betterthan an internship.

Stay in Chapel Hill and getexcited about your school allover again as you see crowdsof future Tar Heels strollthrough. Take summer classesand get that annoying gen edout of the way. Work, work,

work, work, work. Learnsomething new — take ten-nis lessons or guitar lessons,or go camping enough timesthat you become an expert.

After I tasted rejection froma dream internship, I stayedup until 4 a.m. trying to fig-ure out what I would do withmy summer. I thought aboutthe things that I do during

breaks and the things that getme excited to go home for a

weekend. I came up with: hot yoga, summer classes, learninghow to cook from my mom soI don’t starve in my apartmentnext year, picking up my oldguitar again and writing that

book. Doesn’t sound too hor-rible, right?

Think about what youhave to offer, and don’t feelashamed to say that you’re

working at Chick-fil-A thissummer for the third year ina row. There’s plenty of timefor you to get that perfectinternship. Take of advantageof how young and vulner-able you are. Whether you’ll

be learning how to deal withangry customers as a waiteror learning how to deal withhyperactive children as ananny, it will matter.

Do something that gives you a story to tell.

By Amanda MarleyStaff Writer

The summer apartmentsearch can be daunting, espe-cially if you are moving to anew city.

Once you find the perfectplace to sublet, you still con-stantly wonder if the placeseems too good to be true.

You can’t see the apart-ment in person until youmove in, so all you can do ishope the place looks the samein person as it does online.

When you fall asleep atnight, you think about yourdream apartment and how

your “Craigslist Suite” could be far from what you imag-ined.

You get to your new city,and you are so excited to see

your new place. As you get a taxi and as you

ride away from the airport, you notice the scenery start tochange.

The buildings look run-down, and no one is walkingaround, despite the beautiful

weather outside.It’s not exactly the “vibrant

and young city center” yoursubletter described.

When you arrive at yournew home, there are threelocks and gates between youand the door.

Once you get in, you make your way up the creaky stair-case, noticing all the roachesaround you.

When you walk into theapartment, you are met witha wall of cigarette smoke.

Walking thr ough thesmoke clouds, holding a

hand to your nose to blockthe smell, you take a lookaround. The first detail younotice about the place is itssize.

The “lavish one bedroom”is actually a one-roomshoebox, and the “first-rateappliances” actually consistof a mini fridge and a micro-

wave. A buzzing in your ear

catches your attention, and you turn to see a mosquitoflying around.

That’s when you noticeall the other critters in theapartment — a spider on thecounter, a cockroach in thecorner and a huge mass ofants crawling up your bedsidetable.

A layer of grime coversthe entire room, and youpanic. You HAVE to get outof there.

That’s when you snap outof your horrible dream andrealize you are being unreal-istic.

Don’t let these fears get to you.

Skype with your subletter,and do your research to makesure the apartment is legiti-mate.

Once you take thosefirst steps, you should tryto stop worrying about theapartment and start get-ting excited about your newadventure!

Your thrilling new journey will go as planned and notlike the horror you are imag-ining.

Keep a good attitude about your new place, and try to beopen to new possibilities.

as needed,” Cameron said.Pedestrians will be directed tothe other side of the street forsidewalk renovations.

Cameron said the town isstill communicating to busi-ness owners along RosemaryStreet about where the con-struction will be and how thatmight affect their business.

One of the main concerns islimited access to houses and

businesses along Rosemary.“The contractor will make

every effort to minimizedisruption to access to andfrom adjacent properties,”Cameron said.

Cameron said businessowners have been very coop-

erative and supportive of theplanned improvements so far.

Corey LaPrade, managerat Chapel Hill restaurantPantana Bob’s, said he isn’t

worried about constructionhurting business.

“I think we’ ll be fine,”LaPrade said. “Summer isslow, anyway.”

LaPrade also said mostcustomers haven’t had prob-lems with construction proj-ects in the past.

Spring Council, the man-ager at Mama Dip’s, a restau-rant in Chapel Hill, said shedoesn’t think profits will beimpacted by the construction.

Council said previous reno-

vations have helped businessand the renovations are benefi-cial to a part of town that needsto some beautification.

“I’m all for it if they talkabout beautification and wid-ening and making the side-

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Baseball eyes NCAA Tournament return Lacrosse teams take different paths Tennis teams hope to remain hot

A year removed from missing the NCAA Tournamentfor the first time since 2001, the North Carolina baseballteam is poised to make its return this summer.

UNC opened the season on a hot start, winning 18 ofits first 20 games and claiming back-to-back series winsover top-20 opponents in UCLA and Oklahoma State.

The Tar Heels then hit a rough patch, dropping sevenof their next 12 games. But a commanding 15-0 win overthen-No. 7 South Carolina on April 13 gave the team asense of momentum.

“It’s nice to come out here and not just win but makea statement, especially after the couple of weeks we had,”

said outfielder Tyler Ramirez after the victory over theGamecocks. “This is just one of the games we needed …“All teams are going to hit that bump in the season where

it’s like, things aren’t going to go your way, and you’re notgoing to hit as great. So it’s nice just to get out there andkeep going at it and keep getting better as a team.”

North Carolina’s pitching staff played an influentialrole in the team’s success through its first 35 games,ranking first in the ACC in ERA as of April 17.

But for the Tar Heels to find success down the stretch,they’ll look for consistency on offense.

With ACC play in full swing, UNC will have multiplechances to prove it’s ready for a postseason return withtough games against Louisville and N.C. State on thedocket in May.

Despite both being ranked for a majority of 2016, theNorth Carolina men’s and women’s lacrosse teams have

been trending in different directions since March.The women’s team opened the season with three

straight wins before dropping back-to-back contestsagainst Florida and Maryland, marking the first time in10 years the Tar Heels dropped consecutive home games.

But since then, UNC has won nine straight matches —including six against top-10 ranked opponents — behindan offense that ranked eighth in the country as of April17.

Meanwhile, the men’s lacrosse team has struggled to

find the same sort of consistency. After defeating then-No. 8 Johns Hopkins on Feb.28, the Tar Heels lost back-to-back games — includinga 13-12 overtime defeat against then-No. 1 Denver atFetzer Field.

And despite opening ACC play with an overtime winat Duke and a dominating home win over Virginia,UNC was left searching for answers after a 13-7 lossto Syracuse less than two weeks before the ACCTournament.

“We’re just looking for that consistency because we areplaying such talented teams,” said men’s lacrosse coachJoe Breschi after the loss to the Orange on April 16.“You’ve got to be ready to play every week, and the mar-gin of error is just paper thin.”

The North Carolina men’s and women’s tennis teamshave both dominated for much of the spring and hopeto turn their regular-season success into postseason

wins.The men’s team started the season with a 15-0 record,

earning the Tar Heels their first No. 1 ranking in programhistory. The stretch was highlighted by wins over sixtop-12 teams and the claiming the Intercollegiate Tennis

Association National Indoor Championship.UNC’s first loss of the season came in its ACC opener

at Florida State, and despite dropping back-to-backmatches against Wake Forest and Notre Dame, North

Carolina entered the ACC Tournament as the No. 4 seed. While the men’s team struggled at times during confer-ence play, the women’s team found even m ore success.

After falling to Michigan on Feb. 20, the Tar Heelsstarted ACC play with a thrilling 4-3 win over Miami,marking the first of 16 straight victories by UNC.

North Carolina concluded the regular season with a7-0 win at Clemson on April 15, handing the team itsfourth consecutive ACC regular-season title.

“It’s hard to be this consistent and this successful every year. I can’t take any credit whatsoever,” said women’stennis coach Brian Kalbas after UNC defeated the Tigerson April 15. “The players are the ones that do all the hard

work, and this is one of the hardest-working teams I’veever had.”

NCAA, SACS to make progress on scandal during summer

By Bradley SaacksDirector of Enterprise

UNC’s academic-athleticscandal has dominated head-lines for more than five yearsnow, and this summer will beno different.

The University shouldhear back from both theNCAA and the Southern

Association of Colleges andSchools in the coming sum-

mer months about a revisedNotice of Allegations andUNC’s accreditation standing,respectively.

At the Final Four inHouston, NCAA presidentMark Emmert told reportersthe investigation into UNCand the paper class schemeconducted in the formerDepartment of African and

Afro-American Studies wasprogressing and that theUniversity could expect toreceive the amended NOA

within the month.“It’s a great, big, complicat-

ed case, and it’s taking a longtime to get all the information

in place,’' Emmert said duringa press conference before theFinal Four. “We’re not puttinga timetable on it.’'

The original NOA wasreceived in May 2015 andclaimed that the Universitylacked institutional control,one of the highest offensesthe NCAA can allege againsta school. The University wasset to respond to the noticein August, but instead foundmore potential infractionsthat needed to be reported tothe NCAA.

This forced the NCAA tocreate a revised notice, whichthe University is currently

waiting on. A more concrete timeline

is in place for the University’saccreditation standards.

This summer, at the SACSannual meeting, the accredit-ing agency’s board of trust-ees will vote on whether torevoke UNC’s accreditation,restore it in full or p lace theUniversity on a yearlong pro-

bation identical to the onethat it is currently under. Themeeting will be in June.

“There are people whosehearts have been feeling

broken that all their workcould be something that theycan’t be proud of, and I am so

proud of them,” Folt said lastsummer when the accredita-tion agency announced thatUNC would be placed onprobation. “We are doingeverything we can, and we areresting on the work of all who

brought us here.”The University posted its

first monitoring report on April 15.

This report was required by SACS after the organiza-tion did not accept sevenof UNC’s explanations forthe 18 accreditation bylawsthat were broken by the aca-demic fraud detailed in the

Wainstein report.

One of these bylaws that was broken down in greaterdetail in the monitoringreport is the first in the SACSrulebook: operating withintegrity.

The monitoring reportlaid out the work UNC hasdone to ensure all processesare performed with integrity,including the creation of aninterim chief integrity andpolicy officer.

In the past decade, only sixschools have lost accreditationfrom SACS. UNC is one of thefounding members of SACS.

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UNC will receive anew NOA and its

accreditation status.


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my ability to sustain conver-sation in a language I onceregretted studying and a senseof resentment at the thoughtof enduring a 90-minute classfive days a week.

But after the first weeksomething incredible hap-pened — I liked school again.I didn’t mind going to classevery day. I was learning and

enjoying it without the stressof a semester’s course load.

By the end of my summersession, I felt confident speak-ing another language. Even ifI struggled at times, I didn’t

worry about it because I knewI had time to focus my studieson just this class. With a sum-mer session I could fulfill aneducation requirement, learn

without feeling overwhelmedand enjoy my summer, too.

I wish I had some life-changing wisdom to say aboutmy summer spent strugglingthrough Econ 101, but I do not.

I didn’t enjoy learning whatever it is that happensin microeconomics. Despitehow new my textbook was, Istill don’t think the principles

within it are necessarily repre-sentative of the economic real-ities we experience on a daily

basis. But I’m also a communi-cations major destined to findthe rhetorical faults in almost

everything — what authoritydo I have on the principles ofeconomics, anyway?

Your sentiments on sum-mer school don’t have to beHallmark-worthy. You mighthate going to class every dayor struggle with the material.

But if you want to take aclass you couldn’t during theregular semester or learn with-out the burden of a full courseload, consider summer classes.

Chapel Hill is a lovely placein the summer — and youshould take every advantage

you can of being here.


Student bands in the summer

COURTESY OF ELLIS DYSON

Ellis Dyson and the Shambles, a local band made up of UNC students, is performing this summer.

By Leah MooreStaff Writer

During the summer, stu-dent bands and musiciansfind themselves faced with adaunting decision betweengoing on tour or working aninternship or job.

Ellis Dyson and theShambles, a popular local

band made up of UNC stu-dents, has been together forthe past three years. Dyson,

who is graduating in May,said he and his bandmateshave avoided making thatdecision by balancing both.

“We’ve done what we doduring the semester — playgigs when we can, while we’reall working,” he said. “Once

you get going and you’re play-

ing, you can’t really just stop. You have a fan base, and youhave to keep playing shows sopeople stay interested.”

He also added that havingseveral people able to fill in ifneeded have allowed them totour more.

Timmy Cooper, a memberof another student band,Below the Line, said his bandhas had the advantage of liv -ing close to one another.

“We were a band before we actually came to ChapelHill. We’re actually all fromaround the Winston-Salemarea, so we write lots of songsand play even more shows(in the summer) than duringthe school year. We do showsmostly around Winston butalso in Chapel Hill, Raleighand Charlotte,” he said. “It’s alittle more natural for us thansome bands because distance

(from each other) isn’t anissue. It gives us time to get

back to the music.”

Dyson says the Shambles will keep doing what they’redoing in the future.

“We’ll keeping chuggingaway like we do. Some of us aregraduating, some are staying

behind, so we’ll have to workthrough that,” he said. “A good,influential agent that could getus some gigs would be great.”

This summer, Below theLine will be working on newmusic.

“This summer, we’re devot-ing a lot more time to originalmusic. We’re trying to get out a

new EP this fall,” Cooper said.“We want to make a gradualchange to more originals, asopposed to covers. We’re notgoing to become an all-original

band because people like tohear what they know.”

University Career Services Associate Director JeffSackaroff said there is no oneright way for bands to spendtheir summers.

“It would depend on whatthey want to do after they grad-uate. I wouldn’t want to make a

blanket statement. It dependson the students’ interests aftergraduation, what opportunitiesare available to them and howmusic factors into their profes-

sional goals,” he said.Sackaroff said while there

are risks students take by notgoing the traditional path and

working an internship or jobduring the summer, there arealso opportunities in choosingto tour or put out an album.

“I think being involved witha band allows one to developtime management and com-munication skills. Puttingtogether an album, sticking

with a band and going on tourfoster many valuable skillsthat would be desirable toemployers,” Sackaroff said.

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The musicallyinclined have to

balance bands, jobs.

COLUMN

By the end of every springsemester, the last thing I haveever wanted to do is thinkabout school.

It was true after my first year before I’d been jaded by50-hour work weeks and fullcourse loads, and it’s true nowas I prepare to complete myundergraduate education andenter the mystical land of the

“real world,” which promisesopportunity and, if we’re lucky,a little more cash in our wallets.

But even if you, like me,shudder at the thought ofreturning to school after fin-ishing a full year of classes —consider summer school.

Finish your languagerequirements, take the class

you know you’ll struggle with,take the requirements you

want to put off but shouldn’t.I spent one summer in

Chapel Hill — I wish I couldhave had more. I workedpart-time and took an intern-

Mary Tyler MarchSenior media and journalismand communications major from

SalisburyEmail:[email protected]

ship, and the best thing I did between walks on campus andlate afternoon YoPo runs wastaking summer classes.

I had spent my springsemester struggling throughItalian 102 and knew Icouldn’t wait another threemonths to take the last levelof my language requirement— so I enrolled in Italian 203for the first summer session.

Admittedly, I started out with a lack of confidence in

Summer classes can help you complete requirements with less stress and more confidence

Consider summer school

“Once you getgoing and you’re playing, you can’treally just stop.” Ellis Dyson0f Ellis Dyson and the Shambles

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