Dean Plans Meeting

Former North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith plans to meet today with a student group that opposes the school’s $7.1 million contract with Nike.

In a letter sent last week to the student-run Nike Awareness Campaign, Smith said he wanted to hear more about alleged sweatshop conditions in the shoe company’s overseas factories.

“Given the fact that we are in a capitalist society, we still do not want to overlook not only what a corporation produces and its profitability but also how it impacts the environment, touches human life and whether it protects or undermines the dignity of the human person,” the former coach wrote. “Certainly we will listen to any new information you may have.”