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NEWS Januat7 12,2000 • the Seahawk 3 SGA Senate overrides Gunn’s loan veto “Hurricane” Carter to Speak at Martin Luther King Commemoration Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, a former middle weight boxing champion who was wrongly im prisoned for murder, will serve as keynote speaker for the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. commemoration on campus. The presentation, which is being sponsored by the Office of Minority Affairs, will take place at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 20 in Kenan Auditorium. Carter’s story is the subject of the major motion picture Hurricane, starring Denzel Washington, which details his boxing career, wrongful imprisonment for a triple murder, and his struggles to prove his innocence. Carter is an advocate working to free oth ers wrongly convicted of crimes and has testi fied before the U.S. Congress on the need to preserve federal review of state court convic tions. Admission to the lecture is free, but tickets are required and will be available at the audi torium box office. Scott Receives National Award Assistant Vice Chancellor for Business Af fairs Richard M. Scott, received the Robert F. Newton Award for Distinguished Service by the National Association for College Auxiliary Services (NACAS), at a NACAS conference last November. The Newton Award is the highest honor pre sented by the NACAS, which is comprised of college and university personnel who run cam pus auxiliaries such as parking and food ser vice. The award recognizes Scott’s 20 years of service to the NACAS. During this time, Scott has served as vice president, president elect and president of both the national and Southern regional associations of the NACAS. In addition, Scott has written several articles on behalf of the organization and taught at the NACAS Summer Institute for university aux iliary services professionals. He is also the chair of the national committee to write stan dards for auxihary services which are submit ted to the Council for the Advancement of Stan dards in Higher Education. Education Lab Offers Spring Tutoring The Education Lab will offer tutoring to stu dents in grades K-9 in reading/language arts, math and special need from Jan. 24 to April 14. Watson School of Education students will be matched one-on-one with children during the sessions. Children will attend one or two one-hour sessions weekly between 3 and 6 p.m. Monday and Thursday in King Hail. Regis tration will take place dirough Tuesday, Jan. 17. For more information, call 962-3633. by THOMAS M. RUYLE In an early-moming, last-minute special session before the end of Fall classes, the SGA Senate voted on Wednesday, Dec. 8 to override President Patrick Gunn’s veto of a $35,000 loan to the Clocktower project. The decision was carried by a nine to one vote with two Senators abstained from the vote. In a meeting in the Glass Room of the Uni versity Union at 7 a.m., a small group of Senators, barely enough to make a quorum, engaged in a short debate over whether to override the veto and loan the money to the project which is being headed by Senior Class President Shane Fernando. Treasurer Ryan Burton informed the Senate that the loan would be null and void if Fernando did not reach his own fundraising goal of $25,000 by Dec. 15. (The goal was met, and the SGA loan is now in effect.) Senator Lee Keenen pointed out that the loan would be a benefit to campus, even if not paid back. “Even if the senior class does not pay back the SGA, it (the Clocktower) would be a benefit to all,” he said. Gunn told the Senate that he has complete confidence in Fernando’s project, but cau tioned the legislators that when dealing with a large sum of money, more discussion was needed. I hope this veto will spark some more in terest in the SGA. I’m hoping this will make them (the student legislators) think of how serious $35,000 is,” Gunn said before the meeting. After the vote in favor of the loan, a vis ibly relieved Fernando remained confident that the Clocktower project would be com pleted in time. “We (the Clocktower committee) have never stopped going full steam ahead. We’ve kept on going and we’re going to keep going until we reach our goal,” he said. Fernando attributed the lack of discussion of the loan in Senate meetings to communi cation outside of meetings. Most people knew what was going on with the situation,” he said. “There’s been ongo ing dialogue within the (SGA) office and around campus. When it was voted on before Surfboards Wet suits Bicvdes & UR Quick, Confidential i_OAIMS buy • SELI_ • TRADE JIM'S PAWN & GUNS 4212 OJ»and«r Dr. Wilmington • 799-7314 Mon.-Sat. 9AM-8PM the (Senate), everyone was knowledgeable.” Fernando said that several thousand let ters to sohcit more funds for the project went out during the second week in December, and he is confident that the $100,000 fundraising goal will be exceeded before the end of the school year. “We’ve got great potential in that mail ing. A lot of thought and planning has gone into that,” he said. The loan, originally approved by the Sen ate on Nov. 29, was vetoed by Gunn on Dec. 3. However, a $15,(XK) gift from the SGA to the project, approved at the same time as the loan, was not vetoed by Gunn. “I approved the $15,000 contribution (to the project), which I thought was extremely generous. A $35,000 loan, I thought, was a lot of student fees (for one project),” Gunn said. Gunn supports the Clocktower project and hopes it is completed on time, but be lieves that the SGA is playing too much of a role in its completion. “I love this project, and I want to hear those chimes ring when I graduate. It’s one of the top priorities this year, but SGA should CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATES! AtaneariyfuBTteskCtofeumooDec. 18,i 862UJCW ranksdfalarrfflB in a gtatfti^on peaw^ Tl5e5eDarK»^,sli^tfyi«iawsMtiir»,was^ mi a beadiM aitHmd tie seatkigarek Ik jfoha^ B. Gcfe ia |Wo- cC antox5)ok®f, wno^n’s sfiiidics and Urtver- sjtyi0Atiairta,gavetepatotfk«iidlpess.SbB a^ised fte 1^ gaduaSBS to stri ve fw a bettea- wcrkl “Aa in the inieiest of a bett^ world, peace v?ith justice, in^e a aimraitmeat to civic particifBtion and lesponsibte citizen' and engage in human empzflhy,’' she said Cole received au honors Etoctorate in Humanities from the Universitj'. A Summer 1999 graduate, Paul Thaip, re ceived an Alumni Scholastic Achiweinent Award. Tharp, a forn»r UNCW busketbal! player, will be attending Columbia Univefsity Law School later this year.
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