The Chapel Hill chapter of Obama for America for the 2012 presidential election will open at 505 W. Franklin St. in the Chapel Hill News office as early as March.

Chapel Hill News Editor Mark Schultz said the Obama campaign office will be located in the same building as the newspaper’s current office, though not in the same unit.

Schultz said he didn’t think having the campaign office located near the newspaper would create any ethical dilemmas.

“Considering we’re a local paper that’s probably not going to get involved in much presidential coverage, I don’t see how it’s going to affect our coverage of Town Council or Board of Aldermen,” Schultz said.

“We’ll just try our best to explain to people that we do not own the building, and we rent just like any other tenant here,” he said.

Matt Hughes, chairman of the Orange County Democratic Party, said six other municipalities in North Carolina have offices for Obama’s re-election campaign, including in Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro, Charlotte, Wilmington and Fayetteville.

They also plan to open an office in Asheville, he said.

Hughes said the Obama campaign has maintained an office in Raleigh for the last four years — something unusual for a presidential campaign to do.

“Where the Obama campaign has set up shop … they bring visibility to the presidential campaign and to local Democrats running for office,” Hughes said. “Typically the campaign offices are only open during the election.”

Austin Gilmore, president of UNC Young Democrats, said he wants to set up an internship with the campaign that could give students course credit.

Greg Steele, chairman of UNC College Republicans, said he is not sure if any Republican candidates will open a campaign offices in Chapel Hill because of the area’s liberal background.

“This area has traditionally been a Democratic stronghold,” Steele said. “Being traditionally liberal as it is, (Democrats) won’t really need to make much of an impact here.”

He said the Republican Party might just use the county’s party headquarters located in Hillsborough as their headquarters.

But Steele said he thinks the Chapel Hill branch of Obama for America could influence voters who live in other parts of Orange County — areas that are traditionally more conservative than Chapel Hill.

“There are so many other areas of Orange County that are very Republican-leaning,” he said. “But if it can influence the rest of the county, I think that’s something that needs to be taken into consideration.”

Because the Republican primary is still ongoing, Steele said his group has not yet endorsed any candidates.

Contact the City Editor at city@dailytarheel.com.

Article source: http://www.dailytarheel.com/index.php/article/2012/02/obama_for_america_comes_to_franklin

jmccann@heraldsun.com; 419-6601

CHAPEL HILL — This was more like the Chapel Hill squad that reeled off 25 wins in a row, a Tigers team that beat Southern Guilford 62-35 in the first round of the 3-A boys’ state playoffs on Tuesday.

Chapel Hill senior Denzel Ingram scored a game-high 20 points on strong, creative drives and sweet jumpers.

Ingram hit more than that Friday night, but his 29 then weren’t enough to overcome the Webb Warriors, who snatched Chapel Hill’s undefeated season and walked off with the Carolina Conference Tournament crown on the strength of Isaiah Hicks’ 23 points and imposing presence on defense.

“It stung for the night, but we’re over that now,” Ingram said after Tuesday’s win against Southern Guilford. “Maybe we’ll see them (tonight) if they beat Asheboro,” Ingram said.

They did, so Hicks, a 6-foot-8 UNC commit, will stand in No. 1-seed Chapel Hill’s way again. That game is scheduled to tip at 7:30 p.m. at CHHS.

“We’ll be prepared,” Ingram said. “Coach is going to draw up some things, slow him down, double-team him a little bit if necessary, and we’ll go from there.”

“That’ll be another battle,” said Chapel Hill coach Tod Morgan, still smarting over last week’s loss to No. 8 Webb. “We’re still holding on to that a little bit.”

Morgan said his team’s first-half performance against No. 16 Southern Guilford made him mad, “but we played well enough. The second-half effort was a little bit better, and good thing — we got to rest some guys, so whoever we play (tonight), hopefully we’ll have a little bit of fresh legs for that.”

Fresh legs figure to be required against Hicks, a junior, who last week attracted UNC coach Roy Williams and a host of current Tar Heel players to the Tigers’ gym.

Chapel Hill’s wide margin against Southern Guilford allowed Morgan to go deep in his bench and give reserves some solid floor time. Sophomore Shane Turner checked in for the Tigers and hit a couple of free throws and a 3-pointer.

After that loss to Webb, Turner was on the floor working on his shot, and the extra reps appeared to yield dividends for him in the playoffs

“(Coach Morgan) told the whole team their roles, and he told me that I was the zone buster, and when he put me in he wanted me to be a knockdown shooter,” Turner said. “So I came after all the games and stayed after practice and got after free throws and shot extra shots.”

In the first game of the doubleheader, the desired outcome for No. 1 Chapel Hill’s girls took some doing, but the Tigers got what they wanted, a 62-51 win over a pretty stingy No. 16 Eastern Guilford team in the first round of the 3-A state playoffs.

It was a six-point game with four minutes left in the final period when Eastern Guilford’s Carry Alston made the ball fit in the rim.

But Chapel Hill senior Lila Scott had been hot all night from the perimeter, and she burned the nets again with a 3-pointer to put Chapel Hill in the driver’s seat.

“I’m just trying to keep my team steady, and we’re trying to win the championship,” said Scott, who led all scorers with 22 points.

Chapel Hill will play its second-round playoff game tonight at 6 p.m.

GIRLS’ SUMMARY

Chapel Hill 62, Eastern Guilford 51

EASTERN GUILFORD—Karima Jackson 17, Whitney Parks 12, Nreka Watson 2, Callie Patterson 4, Carry Alston 8, Keyairra Purcell 8.

CHAPEL HILL—Laura Musalem 7, Arianna Jacobs 3, Lila Scott 22, Jessica Wall 9, Raziyah Farrington 4, Catherine Romaine 4, Jamella Smith 13.

Eastern Guilford|5|18|14|14—51

Chapel Hill|14|15|15|18—62

3-point FGs—EG (Jackson 2, Parks 1), CH (Scott 3, Wall 1, Smith 1). Rebounds—CH n 32 (Musalem 14). Assists—CH 10 (Musalem 3, Scott 3). Steals—CH 7 (Wall 3).

Records—Chapel Hill 25-2

BOYS’ SUMMARY

Chapel Hill 62, Southern Guilford 35

SOUTHERN GUILFORD—David Warren 4, Matt Colvin 6, Trevor Mayor 2, Jered Henderson 2, Jaqwan McCauley 4, Clarence Rudd 6, Malik Moseley 2, Savon Easterling 6, Shamar McColl 3.

CHAPEL HILL—Stephen Himmelberg Jr. 2, Anthony Vanhook 4, Andrew Grant 8, Denzel Ingram 20, Elliot Orenstein 4, Dillon Winters 4, Shane Turner 5, TJ Johnson 2, Ryan Hegedus 8, Jamarius Jones 2, Zach Jansen 2, Karl Hill 1.

Southern Guilford|10|6|5|14—35

Chapel Hill|15|15|19|13—62

Records—Southern Guilford 8-18, Chapel Hill 26-1

Article source: http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/17609154/article-No--1-Chapel-Hill-boys-and-girls-sweep--they-ll-host-playoff-twinbill-tonight

In Chapel Hill, some leaders are proposing just such a ban in their town.

Monday night, they held a public hearing to find out what the community thinks of banning all cell phone use behind the wheel while driving in Chapel Hill.

“I hope that Chapel Hill will be the first in the state of North Carolina top decide that this is the right ordinance to put in place,” said Penny Rich the Councilor who proposed the ban.

She also said the chair of the NTSB sent a letter to her and other members of the town council telling them it supports the towns effort to ban cell phone use by drivers.

But,  some wonder if the town going too far.

“If you do that then you need to ban parents with children, people who smoke and people who turn on the radio,” said M.J. Schepers, who spoke to NBC-17 at the intersection of Franklin and Columbia.

At the public hearing, counselors heard emotion testimony from a n Ashville, North Carolina woman who drove four hours to testify.

“My younger brother Joel was struck from behind on I-40 by a man that was texting and driving, said a tearful Karen Turner who described the August 2010 accident in graphic detail.

After outlining how her brother died, she added, “I can not begin to tell you how I feel when I drive down the road and see another driver swerve towards my lane only to discover they are on a cell phone texting or talking.  I ‘m so fearful I’ll be like Joel,” she said.

As the proposal is currently written, a ticket for using a cell phone would be a secondary offense carrying a small fine; which some people supporters of the ordinance don’t like.

“I think the $25.00 fine is far too low,” testified Joe Capowski, who has been as leading proponent of the ban.

Along the streets if Chapel Hill, although some cell phone users agreed in principal with the ban, they had questions.

“I see the benefits, it would reduce some accidents and distractions on the road but I feel like most people talking on the phone are doing it because they have to make that call,” said Molly Marus.

Others on the street say they don’t think the statute would work.

“There’s no way you can enforce a law like that,” said Beverly Keadle. “You can’t catch everyone on their cell phone.”

After listening to Monday’s testimony the Chapel Hill council voted to discuss the matter further at its March 12th meeting.

Article source: http://www2.nbc17.com/news/2012/feb/20/chapel-hill-looks-total-ban-cell-phone-use-drivers-ar-1952645/

In Chapel Hill, some leaders are proposing just such a ban in their town.

Monday night, they held a public hearing to find out what the community thinks of banning all cell phone use behind the wheel while driving in Chapel Hill.

“I hope that Chapel Hill will be the first in the state of North Carolina top decide that this is the right ordinance to put in place,” said Penny Rich the Councilor who proposed the ban.

She also said the chair of the NTSB sent a letter to her and other members of the town council telling them it supports the towns effort to ban cell phone use by drivers.

But,  some wonder if the town going too far.

“If you do that then you need to ban parents with children, people who smoke and people who turn on the radio,” said M.J. Schepers, who spoke to NBC-17 at the intersection of Franklin and Columbia.

At the public hearing, counselors heard emotion testimony from a n Ashville, North Carolina woman who drove four hours to testify.

“My younger brother Joel was struck from behind on I-40 by a man that was texting and driving, said a tearful Karen Turner who described the August 2010 accident in graphic detail.

After outlining how her brother died, she added, “I can not begin to tell you how I feel when I drive down the road and see another driver swerve towards my lane only to discover they are on a cell phone texting or talking.  I ‘m so fearful I’ll be like Joel,” she said.

As the proposal is currently written, a ticket for using a cell phone would be a secondary offense carrying a small fine; which some people supporters of the ordinance don’t like.

“I think the $25.00 fine is far too low,” testified Joe Capowski, who has been as leading proponent of the ban.

Along the streets if Chapel Hill, although some cell phone users agreed in principal with the ban, they had questions.

“I see the benefits, it would reduce some accidents and distractions on the road but I feel like most people talking on the phone are doing it because they have to make that call,” said Molly Marus.

Others on the street say they don’t think the statute would work.

“There’s no way you can enforce a law like that,” said Beverly Keadle. “You can’t catch everyone on their cell phone.”

After listening to Monday’s testimony the Chapel Hill council voted to discuss the matter further at its March 12th meeting.

Article source: http://www2.nbc17.com/news/2012/feb/20/chapel-hill-looks-total-ban-cell-phone-use-drivers-ar-1952645/

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — With Harrison Barnes’ scoring to go with North Carolina’s defense and rebounding, the eighth-ranked Tar Heels extended Clemson’s long run of misery here.

Barnes scored 24 points in the Tar Heels’ 74-52 win Saturday, which improved UNC to 56-0 all-time in Chapel Hill against the Tigers.

Tyler Zeller added 14 points for the Tar Heels (23-4, 10-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who held Clemson to 38 percent shooting and outrebounded the Tigers 39-26. The Tar Heels have won three straight since their last-second loss to rival Duke, holding each opponent to 64 or fewer points.

“Everybody thinks that defense is just sweat and slobbering and yelling at guys and stuff, but you’ve got to know what you’re doing,” UNC coach Roy Williams said. “I think our guys are more in tune with our defensive principles right now.”

Defense and rebounding offered the biggest positives on a day when the Tar Heels didn’t look particularly sharp. Then again, they weren’t in any serious danger of fumbling away that long winning streak — an NCAA record for the most consecutive home wins over one opponent — against the Tigers (13-13, 5-7).

With the win, the Tar Heels kept pace with No. 20 Florida State in a tie atop the league standings. The Seminoles won 76-62 at North Carolina State earlier Saturday, while fifth-ranked Duke can make it a three-way tie again by winning Sunday at Boston College.

The Tar Heels won all three meetings with the Tigers last season, including in the ACC tournament semifinals when they rallied from 14 down and won in overtime. Barnes hit the go-ahead shots in the final 5 minutes of regulation or overtime in all three of those games, and finished with a freshman tournament-record 40 points in the semifinal victory in Greensboro.

He went 9 for 18 from the field and hit three 3-pointers in 31 minutes Saturday.

“I think we’re getting better spacing,” Barnes said. “When we space out the court, it allows people to be able to work and operate. My teammates, John [Henson] is doing a better job of either posting up and demanding for the ball or clearing out and setting a screen. I’m able to capitalize off that and make things happen.”

Henson (13 points) had eight rebounds to lead the effort on the boards, while Zeller and Barnes each added seven, and Reggie Bullock had six.

The Tar Heels also finished with a 16-9 edge in second-chance points.

“Coach always talks about if you’re one of the guards, get to the boards,” said Bullock, who had 11 points. “With me and Harrison on the wings, we apply a lot of height. It should be easy for us to get boards.”

North Carolina led by 15 points in the first half and never let Clemson closer than six in the second before blowing it open late. The Tar Heels also shot 49 percent for the game and 59 percent after halftime, though Williams also looked flustered several times by his team’s cruise-control demeanor in the second half.

In fact, Clemson pulled to 47-41 when Tanner Smith knocked down a 3-pointer then followed with a layup in transition at the 12-minute mark. But the Tigers came up empty on four straight possessions with a chance to cut into the lead even more — three of those were turnovers — before Henson scored inside to end that opportunity.

“You’ve got to get North Carolina to a point where they can get a little nervous,” Clemson coach Brad Brownell said. “You’ve got to get it to five minutes or six minutes in the game and it’s a couple of possessions, and then you’ve got a chance. But we couldn’t get it.”

Instead, UNC’s lead grew. By the time Barnes hit a 3-pointer to beat the shot clock with 90 seconds left, UNC led 72-50. And there were soon the familiar chants of “You can’t win here!” coming from the Smith Center stands.

Williams had waved off fans from continuing that cheer in past years. This time it was Kendall Marshall, who had already checked out of the game for the afternoon with 13 assists and the victory in hand.

“I don’t think it has much to do with extra pressure or anything like that,” Smith said of the Tigers’ 0-56 streak. “We just didn’t make the plays down the stretch that we needed to make.”

Andre Young scored 13 points to lead Clemson.

Article source: http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/gametracker/recap/NCAAB_20120218_CLEM@NC/heels-keep-clemson-winless-at-unc/rss

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BY HAROLD GUTMANN

hgutmann@heraldsun.com; 419-6668

CHAPEL HILL — During TV timeouts, North Carolina coach Roy Williams often kneels down to address his players, keeping his left foot on the ground and placing his right knee on a towel.

During those breaks, senior Tyler Zeller knows to watch Williams’ knee. When it comes up, the team is in trouble.

“Very rarely does that knee come up,” Zeller said. “So we know we have to change when that happens.”

Williams popped up during the timeout with less than eight minutes remaining against Clemson on Saturday at the Smith Center, and the Tar Heels responded accordingly.

UNC didn’t allow a field goal for the final 7:42, pulling away for a 74-52 win and improving to 56-0 all-time at home against the Tigers.

Though the Tar Heels (23-4, 10-2 ACC) wound up shooting 49.2 percent, including 58.6 percent in the second half, it was their defense that sealed the victory.

Clemson was within 47-41 with 12 minutes left and had four more chances to get closer, as UNC went almost four minutes without a point. But the Tar Heels forced three turnovers and an airball during those possessions before John Henson finally broke the drought with a layup.

Harrison Barnes then stole the ball and was fouled, making both free throws for two of his game-high 24 points and putting UNC up by double-digits.

“We’ve been getting better and better defensively,” Williams said. “Everyone thinks that defense is just sweat and slobber and yelling at guys. You have to know what the dickens you’re doing, and I think our guys are more in tune with our defensive principles right now.”

That said, Williams sensed the need for more energy during the timeout later in the half, and he let the team know.

“He kind of spazzed out on us,” UNC point guard Kendall Marshall said. “To be honest with you, I couldn’t really focus on what he was saying. I was just like, ‘Is this guy going to be OK?’ He was really getting after us.

“But the message got across. We found a way to finish out the game, not just hitting shots but on the defensive end. That’s what’s going to be winning games for us down the stretch.”

UNC’s shutdown defense led to Coach Brad Brownell’s worst loss since taking over at Clemson a year ago. Though the Tigers (13-13) are 5-7 in the ACC, they hadn’t lost a league game by more than seven points before Saturday.

Besides forcing 11 second-half turnovers, UNC once again won the rebounding battle 39-26. And it wasn’t just Zeller and Henson, two of the top three rebounders in the conference.

Henson had eight rebounds and Zeller had seven, but Barnes also chipped in seven and shooting guard Reggie Bullock had six, including three on the offensive end.

“We can’t just say that John and ‘Z’ are two of the best rebounders so let them go get it,” Williams said.

Marshall also reached 13 assists for the seventh time this season and improved his ACC-best average to 9.7.

“He’s one of my favorite players in college basketball because of the way he passes and plays,” Brownell said. “He’s so unique. You don’t see many guys like him — his ability to pass, his unselfishness, his IQ for the game. Who wouldn’t want to play with that guy? Who wouldn’t what to coach him?”

With Marshall distributing the ball, the other four starters all hit double figures, and Barnes scored at least 23 points for the third time in four games.

Barnes, who shot 9-of-18 from the field, had tied an ACC freshman record with 40 points the last time he faced Clemson in the ACC Tournament semifinals.

“My high school color is orange,” said Barnes, who went Ames (Iowa) High. “It must be the orange that gives me that confidence.”

Barnes also was 3-of-6 and Bullock was 3-of-5 from behind the arc for UNC, which had made only 24 percent of its 3-point shots in the past five games.

Barnes finished his day by hitting a 3-pointer with 1:31 remaining — assisted by Marshall — as the student began to chant: “You can’t win here.”

Clemson had broken an 18-game losing streak at Wake Forest earlier this season, but UNC’s defense didn’t give the Tigers a chance to break the one in Chapel Hill, which started in 1926 and is the longest streak of home wins against an opponent in NCAA history.

“We have the ability, we know the concepts,” Marshall said. “If we go out there and exert the effort defensively that we did for about 30 minutes tonight, if we’re able to do that for the rest of the season then we’re going to be tough to beat.”

No. 8 UNC 74, Clemson 52

CLEMSON|MP|FG|FT|Reb|A|F|Pt

Narcisse|17|0-1|0-0|0-0|1|2|0

Jennings|30|3-7|2-2|0-3|2|2|9

Booker|27|4-9|1-1|1-9|2|1|9

Smith|36|2-6|1-2|0-3|4|0|6

Young|35|5-13|0-0|1-2|1|2|13

Baciu|13|2-3|1-2|1-2|0|1|5

Coleman|6|0-1|0-0|0-1|0|0|0

Sullivan|5|0-2|1-3|0-0|0|0|1

Hall|9|0-0|2-4|0-1|0|1|2

McDaniels|15|1-4|2-2|1-1|0|2|4

Sapp|6|1-2|0-0|0-1|0|1|3

Fields|1|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0

Totals|200|18-48|10-16|5-26|10|12|52

Percentages: FG .375, FT .625. 3-Point Goals: 6-17, .353 (Young 3-7, Sapp 1-1, Jennings 1-2, Smith 1-3, Booker 0-1, McDaniels 0-3). Team Rebounds: 3. Blocked Shots: 3 (Baciu, Jennings, Booker). Turnovers: 15 (Jennings 5, Young 3, Booker 3, McDaniels 2, Smith, Sapp). Steals: 7 (Jennings 2, Smith, Hall, Booker, Narcisse, Young).

UNC|MP|FG|FT|Reb|A|F|Pt

Barnes|31|9-18|3-4|2-7|2|1|24

Zeller|30|6-9|2-2|2-7|0|2|14

Henson|31|6-14|1-2|1-8|1|1|13

Bullock|28|4-7|0-0|3-6|2|1|11

Marshall|35|2-4|0-0|0-1|13|3|4

Watts|13|1-2|0-0|0-0|0|2|2

McAdoo|11|1-3|0-0|0-3|0|1|2

Hairston|6|0-3|0-0|0-2|0|1|0

White|4|0-0|0-0|0-0|1|2|0

Hubert|7|2-2|0-0|2-2|0|0|4

Simmons|1|0-1|0-0|0-1|0|0|0

Dupont|1|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0

Crouch|1|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|1|0

Cooper|1|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0

Totals|200|31-63|6-8|11-39|19|15|74

Percentages: FG .492, FT .750. 3-Point Goals: 6-14, .429 (Bullock 3-5, Barnes 3-6, Marshall 0-1, Hairston 0-2). Team Rebounds: 2. Blocked Shots: 7 (Henson 3, Zeller, McAdoo, Hubert, Watts). Turnovers: 12 (Marshall 3, Barnes 3, Zeller 3, Crouch, Hairston, Bullock). Steals: 7 (Barnes 2, Henson 2, Hubert, Zeller, Marshall).

Clemson|22|30—52

North Carolina|31|43—74

A—21,750. Officials—Les Jones, Jim Burr, Dwayne Gladden.

Article source: http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/17581959/article-Heels-keep-Tigers-winless-in-Chapel-Hill

Webb (17-6) also got 14 points from Becker Seifert, who nailed four 3-pointers. Seifert hit three 3-pointers in the second half as the Warriors fought off a ferocious rally by the Tigers.

Webb used a box-and-one to in an attempt slow down Chapel Hill’s Denzel Ingram, but he still ended up with a game-high 29 points, 23 in the second half. Andrew Grant added 18 and Anthony Vanhook 13 for the Tigers, which got no points from its bench.

Chapel Hill (25-1) trailed 30-21 at halftime but came back behind 12-for-17 shooting in the third quarter and led briefly, at 52-51, after Andrew Grant’s layup with 30 seconds left in the third quarter.

Chapel Hill tied the game for the last time at 54-54 on an Ingram jumper with 7:25 remaining in the game. Seifert came up with five points in a 13-4 run over the next 3:05 of play to give Webb some breathing room. Hicks capped the run with a putback to give Webb with a 67-58 lead

Chapel Hill missed 11 of its last 13 shots.

In the girls final that preceded the boys’ championship, Jamella Smith scored 19 points for the top-seeded Chapel Hill girls to pace them to a 74-40 win over No. 3 seed Southern Vance.

Smith had 15 in the first half, leading Chapel Hill to a 44-13 margin at the break.

The Tigers held Southern Vance to just two baskets over a span of 7:04 in the first half, using a 29-4 spurt to go up 40-8. Southern Vance never again got closer than 57-20 in the second half.

Lila Scott had 13 points for Chapel Hill (24-2), while Laura Musalem and Catherine Romaine chipped in 10 apiece.

Breona Jones had 15 to lead Southern Vance (18-7).

Article source: http://newsobserver.com/2012/02/18/1864595/warriors-hand-tigers-their-first.html

GAME NOTES: The eighth-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels have an ACC championship in their sights and will continue their quest, as they welcome the Clemson Tigers to Chapel Hill for conference action at the Smith Center.

Roy Williams’ squad has kept atop the ACC standings with back-to-back wins over Virginia and Miami. The 73-64 decision over the Hurricanes this week moved UNC to 9-2 in the ACC, tied with Florida State and Duke for first in the conference.

Brad Brownell’s second season with the Tigers has had its ups and downs. A lack of consistency has resulted in a 13-12 overall mark. The ACC slate has been more daunting, with Clemson currently sitting at 5-6. The team does enter this contest following a pair of wins, including upsetting nationally-ranked Virginia on Tuesday, 60-48.

This series has been dominated by North Carolina, which has a 125-20 advantage in 145 previous meetings. The Tar Heels have won three straight meetings and have never lost to Clemson in Chapel Hill, sporting a perfect 55-0 record.

The Tigers used a strong second half to distance themselves from the defensive-minded Cavaliers and earn a big win this week. Clemson delivered on 53.8 percent from the floor after the break to earn the win. Andre Young and Tanner Smith tied for team-high in scoring with 13 points each. Devin Booker added 10 points to the cause.

A defensive team in nature, Clemson is at its best when it can dictate the pace of the game. The Tigers are limiting foes to just 59.8 ppg this year. It has been a necessity of sorts, as the team lacks real offensive punch at a modest 65.1 ppg. Young leads the team in scoring at 13.6 ppg, followed closely by Smith, who averages 11.3 ppg and tops the team in assists (4.0 apg). The two guards have combined for 90 of the team’s 142 three-pointers to date. Booker (10.9 ppg. 6.8 rpg) headlines the play up front.

The Tar Heels are fueled by the nation’s most dominant frontcourt, as North Carolina leads the country in scoring (83.1 ppg). Harrison Barnes is the star, with the ability to score from anywhere, averaging a team-best 17.7 ppg. Tyler Zeller is a close second at 15.7 ppg, while John Henson rounds things out with 14.0 ppg. Henson and Zeller make up quite the rebounding tandem as well. Henson leads the ACC with 10.3 rpg, followed closely by Zeller’s 9.6 rpg (third in the ACC). Point guard Kendall Marshall doesn’t spend much time finding his own shot (6.7 ppg), but rather gets others involved, leading the ACC and ranking second nationally in assists (9.6 apg).

The Tar Heels rallied from an eight-point deficit in the second half to record a well-earned road win at Miami this week. Barnes led the team in scoring with 23 points, on 9-of-19 shooting. Henson added a double-double of 14 points and 11 rebounds, while Zeller finished with nine points and eight boards. Reggie Bullock chipped in 10 points in the win, while Marshall doled out nine assists.

Clemson has never won a game in Chapel Hill and with the talent that resides on the Tar Heels’ roster, that isn’t likely to change this year.

Article source: http://content.usatoday.com/sportsdata/basketball/ncaab/game/Clemson_NorthCarolina/2012/2/18

“It makes no sense for me to review something you have absolutely no means to test the veracity of,” she said. “This proposal is just one step further down the road of degraded information.”

The council had asked the committee to work with town staff on a website that could let witnesses provide information without identifying or incriminating themselves. Police led by a Chapel Hill Police Department Special Emergency Response Team charged eight people in the incident — seven with breaking and entering and one with delaying and obstructing a police officer — after a group of self-described “anti-capitalist occupiers” entered the building at 419 W. Franklin St. and announced plans to turn it into a community center with a proposed daycare, clinic and beds for the homeless.

Instead of working with the website, the committee agreed to tell the Town Council it wants to 1) identify police areas the Yates incident suggests could be improved 2) act as a sounding board as a consultant works with police to review and recommend policy changes and 3) review the draft of any recommended policies the consultant comes up with.

Chief Chris Blue attended the meeting and said he would bring the consultant and provide an update at the committee’s March meeting.

Article source: http://newsobserver.com/2012/02/16/1859613/chapel-hill-police-advisory-committee.html

Member Jessica Smith, an attorney who had originally proposed the outside investigator, said the website would not help the committee establish a factual record of events on which to base policy recommendations – its main charge.

“It makes no sense for me to review something you have absolutely no means to test the veracity of,” she said. “This proposal is just one step further down the road of degraded information.”

The council had asked the committee to work with town staff on a website that could let witnesses provide information without identifying or incriminating themselves.

Police, led by a Special Emergency Response Team, charged eight people in the incident – seven with breaking and entering and one with delaying and obstructing a police officer – after a group of self-described “anti-capitalist occupiers” entered the building at 419 W. Franklin St. and announced plans to turn it into a community center with a proposed daycare, clinic and beds for the homeless.

Instead of working with the website, the committee agreed to tell the Town Council it wants to work with a consultant the town recently hired to review police policies and recommend changes.

Police Chief Chris Blue attended the meeting and said he would bring the consultant and provide an update at the committee’s March meeting.

Article source: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/02/17/1861445/chapel-hill-wont-seek-online-input.html