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Wallace “There were some neighborhoods I couldn’t walk through. You were sub ject to arrest, you were subject to ha rassment,” he said. “Having witnessed die suffering people endured in a segre gated system, I wanted to change it.” Wallace had planned to help advance the civil rights movement by becoming a pastor. He attended Claflin College in South Carolina and obtained a degree in One Card “UNC tries to avoid commercial intrusion into academic life there are fewer and fewer schools that take that position,” he said. “We are not a display area for commercial interests.” Tufts said UNC officials preferred to involve the business community through the bidding process for University con tracts and convenient on-campus ATMs. “It’s critical to the University that there be a strong business community,” Tufts said. “We have traditionally been very unassertive with downtown merchants.” Local businesses in Clemson, S.C., have complained that Clemson University’s Tiger One Card was taking away their student customers. “It’s hard to tell if students are spending more money on campus,” said G. Paul Storey, Clemson’s assistant vice president for business services. “We’re like every other campus the economy is down, our enrollment is holding steady,” he said. “I can’t say (the card) has increased student spending, but it’s helped us maintain our level of revenue.” Storey said Clemson received about $200,000 a year in overall benefits from the card, including interest from the $3.6 million that passes through student accounts and re duced administrative costs. He said all the interest went into paying for the system. Duke University earns a substantial profit on debit cards at least $200,000 a year in interest alone from more than sl4 million worth of student deposits on its Duke Card, said Lowell Atkins, administrative manager of the Duke Card office. He said the money went into the school’s general fund. Tufts said he wasn’t sure how much interest UNC earned from the One Card because the amount of money in the account fluctuated so rapidly during the year. 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In 1967, he was one of only a handful of black students attending Duke Divinity School. Throughout his college days, Wallace was active in student marches and boy cotts, rallying for equal employment and desegregation of shops and restau rants. ‘You would march, you would go to interest went back into the system to pay for operating costs. The University has eased into a universal card system rather than switching to wholesale automation, he said. In 1989, the University established an ID card office, located in the Student Stores, to look into expanding the card’s uses. By 1990, the libraries, student stores and some vending ma chines were converted to magnetic strip readers, he said. The University of Miami spent more than ssoo,oooduring the last four years converting to magnetic readers manufac tured by Griffin Technology in Farmington, N.Y., said Rob ert Fuerst, director of academic services. UNC also uses Griffin readers, Tufts said. While he said he did not know the exact costs of conversion to the readers, he said Miami’s figure seemed low. The UNC One Card has both a wide and narrow magnetic strip. The narrow or “loose change” strip operates photocopi ers, vending machines, laundry machines and doors all of which are connected to Southern Bell datalines, costing the University SBO a month, Tufts said. The wide strip works with on-line systems like Carolina Dining Services and libraries. Other universities that own their data lines, such as Duke and Florida State, can afford to have vending machines, copiers and even laundry machines on-line, he said. UNC students generally have been satisfied with the One Card, Tufts said. “We’ve hardly had any customer com plaints,” he said. “But we have had lots of internal reliability problems.” He said integrating more services on the One Card required tighter accounting controls. One common misconception among students is that off campus pizza delivery services such as Domino’s and Gumby’s, which recently lost its card privileges, are con nected with the One Card, he said. When a student signs a receipt for pizza delivery, Marriott Corp. handles the transaction and receives a percentage of the sale, Tufts said. But as the popularity of the debit cards continues to grow, some unexpected questions have been raised. As colleges earn more and more money from the cards, they may be liable for tax payments on “businesses unrelated to their main mission,” said Thomas Teague, president of Campus Card Systems in St. Paul, Minn. “We have looked at that,” said Duke’s Atkins. “From a business standpoint, Duke is not going to do anything that is going to create taxes.” Florida State’s Norwood said colleges using Social Secu rity numbers as identification could be violating privacy laws. He said several universities had been sued by students for invasion of privacy. Florida State has a 16-digit ID number, similar to a credit card number. UNC will assign a different identification number if a student requests it, Tufts said. He said faculty and staff ID cards did not use Social Security numbers. Many schools, including Florida State, the University of Virginia and Clemson, use the cards as dormitory keys. A recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education specu lated that if insurance companies determine that using the cards makes campuses safer, rates could be lowered. Tufts said the University had tested the cards in Morrison and Hinton James residence halls, but added that he wasn’t sure if the cards offered any security benefits. “Saying you have card access to a building means nothing unless people are willing to support that level of security with their actions,” he said, noting that students often prop doors. ©1993 Tribune Media Services, Inc. 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Through Wallace’s work, his name was circulated among students and fac- from page 1 ulty members, and in 1969, he landed a job on the staff of the dean of under graduate education. Wallace worked at Duke for four years, moving up from assistant to dean of undergraduate education and from student adviser to assistant provost and dean of black student affairs. He helped develop minority recruit ment, counseling and academic support programs, which were looked to as models by other universities in the state, including UNC. Although he was the only black ad ministrator at Duke at the time, Wallace did not let discrimination keep him from doing his job. If he walked into a room in which 95 percent of the people were racist, he would play to the 5 percent that accepted him and work on the 95 percent, he said. “There were enough people that ac cepted me,” he said. “That was enough encouragement to keep me going.” In 1973, he accepted a job at UNC as assistant dean of students mainly be cause of encouragement from Univer sity students. “Here was an opportunity to work with several hundred black students,” Wallace said, adding he thought that since the University was the leading institution of the UNC sys tem, he could make an impact on the entire state. His duties as vice chancellor of Uni versity affairs include serving as the administrator and main adviser for mi nority affairs and being a resource of advice and direction for students and faculty. His biggest accomplishment at UNC has been working closely with student groups like the BSM and student gov ernment, he said. “I’ve always tried to be honest with the students and honest with the administration. I think both groups appreciate that. “(The students) accept me as an ad ministrator,” he said. “I think the secret is that I’ve treated them as a parser.” In his office, a handmade card from a student sits among administrative pa uie cor© hair 306 B W, Franklin St. (Formerly Fowlers Market) Student/Faculty Days Wednesday & Sunday *6* 95 WETCUT with ID • regularly $8 No appointment necessary Mon.-Fri. 9-9. Sat. 9-6* Sun. 10-5 932-3900 j Laserset Resumes slsl page •One day service •Kept on file for 2 years • Rushes possible C.O. COPIES Open 7 Days A Week 169 E. Franklin St. • Near the Post Office l 967-6633 J SoSdhSgdSt 7:30 * 9:45 nightly (PG) i 2:30 • 4:45 Sal/Sun g T)QIV\QGS 7:00 * 9:30 nightly 2:00 * 4:30 Sat/Sun . 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BSM President Michelle Thomas said Wallace was like a father figure, always willing to listen and advise. “I think the black community looks upon him as the elder statesman,” she said. “If there is conflict within the community, he’s the person that will resolve it.” Carl Smith, assistant to the provost, said Wallace served as the bridge be tween the University, the students and the black community. “He’s the spokesman who explains, quiets, soothes and counsels students and faculty and regulates minority pres ence and things that affect minorities,” said Smith, who has worked with Wallace for 20 years. Wallace’s work is not limited to col lege students. He serves as faculty spon sor to the University’s math and science program that helps area minority junior high and high school students. He also tries to motivate others in the commu nity by speaking at area high schools and churches. One of his favorite jobs is serving as chairman of the advisory board of Up ward Bound, a University-sponsored motivational program for area high school students who are not meeting their academic potential. “That’s a very dear program to me,” he said. “It’s so rewarding to remember Susie Johnson in the ninth grade and struggling and then to see Susie Johnson 13:15 Scent 7:30 fc h WOMAN j] r ij I [ 3:30*7*9:20 'W MICHAEL DO U G LAS Ik "Explosive, gripping drama. Michael Douglas's ■ riveting performance is his best since I 'Wall Street'. Robert Duvall is superb." 1 fIHB "Masterful. Exciting. Michael Douglas instantly - Jock Gomr, GANNETT NEWS SERVICE from page 1 walking around with a Ph.D.” Joyce Clayton, director of Upwafd Bound, praised Wallace and said he was fully committed and involved in the program. “He involves himself not just from his desk, but he goes out and participates in activities with students and parents. “They see him as real, as genuine and as a person who really cares, who will not only talk to them in encouraging ways but will also participate in activi ties with them.” In his spare time, Wallace enjoys spending time with his wife, Cindy, and four children, who range in age from 20 to 28. He also likes to read and to restore classic cars. Wallace said he always would be involved in civil rights and community work in some way. “I want to leave the University with enough time, years and energy left to pastor a church,” he said. “That has always been my dream.” A painting of a red brick church, given to him by his wife, hangs on the wall behind his desk as a reminder. Hie ministry was where he had looked to begin serving in the civil rights move ment and is where he hopes to continue his life of service, he said. “Segregation has lessened quite a bit now, but people are still suffering from other ills in our society, and I can’t rest until that suffering is also lessened,” he said. “So I guess this is my lifetime career, being concerned about others, serving with others.” 7
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