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N.C. State Students Rally Against Tuition Increase
Several N.C. State students
attended Thursday's protest,
fearing a possible trend in
tuition increases statewide.
Bv Sharon Liao
Staff Writer
Worried that a tuition increase at
UNC-Chapel Hill might cause a domi
no effect among other UNC-system
schools, some N.C. State University stu
dents joined the fight Thursday against
a University proposal.
About 16 N.C. State students sup
ported hundreds of UNC CH students
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Hundreds of students and faculty members stand outside the Morehead Building on Thursday while the Board
of Trustees met in the Morehead Faculty Lounge. The proposal to raise tuition passed with a 9 to 3 vote.
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at a protest outside of the Board of
Trustees meeting Thursday morning.
“I want to send the message that if
they mess with Chapel Hill, then they’re
messing with the entire university sys
tem,” said N.C. State Student Body
President Raj Mirchandani, who
addressed the protesters briefly.
Mirchandani said he wanted to col
laborate with UNC-CH Student Body
President Nic Heinke to organize a larg
er protest for the Board of Governors
meeting. The BOG will review the
BOT’s proposal Nov. 19.
“We need to prove, as university stu
dents, we are a force to be reckoned
with,” he said.
N.C. State and UNC-CH students
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must work together to squelch the pro
posal at the BOG level, Mirchandani
said. “The Board of Governors is not
likely to pass the tuition increase for one
university and not another,” he said.
Seth Whitaker, N.C. State student
senate president, said the BOG kept the
two schools’ tuitions roughly equal
because N.C. State and UNC-CH were
N.C.’s two primary research institutions.
“UNC’s tuition increase won’t hap
pen in a vacuum,” he said. “Our tuition
will probably go up as well.”
Tom Stafford, N.C. State vice chan
cellor for student affairs, said Thursday’s
decision would probably result in a dis
cussion in the N.C. State BOT.
He said he was uncertain how N.C.
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State BOT members would feel.
“There is concern about faculty
salaries,” he said. “But I don’t know if
the concern is as great as it is in Chapel
Hill.”
Stafford added that UNC-CH’s move
could pioneer a trend in universities
implementing individual increases.
Previously the BOG had regulated
increases, he said. “We’re in a whole
new ball game,” Stafford said.
But UNC-CH’s isolated move would
likely influence more system schools
than just N.C. State, Stafford added.
Mirchandani said he was already tak
ing precautions to ensure that the plan
did not snowball to N.C. State.
“I plan to start calling (N.C. State)
How It Happened...
For nearly three months, UNC students and faculty have disseminated the tuition increase
proposal. The plan will increase faculty salaries in an effort to make UNC more competitive.
August lnterim Chancellor Bill McCoy selects 17-member Committee on Faculty Salaries and Benefits.
Sept. 13 Committee says tuition increase with state support is best means to increase faculty salaries.
Sept. 27 —Committee cites a report that states a lack of research space and the number of old buiidings on campus
cause faculty to leave and discourage prospective employees.
Oct. 11 Committee discusses a tuition increase plan: SSOO for in-state undergraduates, $1,350 for out-of-state
undergraduates, $1,500 for in state graduates, and $2,550 for out-of-state graduates; ail over three years to be voted
on Oct 18.
Oct. 11 Student Body President Nic Heinke and Graduate and Professional Student Federation President Lee Conner
meet 30 student leaders to discuss the recommendation.
Oct. 12 to Oct. 13 Heinke and Conner gather student input on the tuition increase before the Oct.lß vote.
Oct. 15 Professors David Guilkey and Edward Samulski write a letter to committee members suggesting a higher
tuition increase and blasting UNC's financial mission to 'be as free as practicable' as outmoded.
Oct. 18 ln a 15-2 vote, committee approves three-year plan to increase in-state undergraduate tuition $1,500 and
out-of-state and graduate tuition $2,000 over four years in a 15-2 vote.
Oct. 18 Heinke and Conner write a petition and send mass e-mail messages to campus groups encouraging them
to protest at BOT meeting where the board will vote on the revised plan in an emergency meeting,
Oct 20 BOT Chairwoman Anne Cates announces that only Heinke and Conner wilt represent student opinion
at the Oct. 28 80T meeting.
Oct 20 The Progressive Student Coalition officially opposes the tuition increase but supports faculty salary increases.
Oct. 25 Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies sponsor a debate between student leaders and UNC officials.
Oct 26 The Daily Tar Heel hosts a Tuition Increase and Faculty Salaries Open Forum where students adrbess several
members of the Committee and the BOT with questions and concerns. Most students sharply criticize the proposal.
Oct. 26 The Alliance for Creating Campus Equity and Seeking Social Justice members claim that any tuition increase
would make UNC less accessible to prospective students and weaken campus diversity.
Oct. 26 At another forum, Chairman of the Faculty Council Pete Andrews discusses proposal details with Conner
and nine graduate students Andrews and the students disagree on almost all topics covered.
Oct. 28 The BOT votes to submit to the Board of Governors a modified proposal to increase tuition for all
students by $1,500 during the span of five years.
Nov. 19 The Board of Governors will hold a meeting at the Friday Center.
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Federation President Lee Conner and
Student Body President Nic Heinke,
who represented students at the meet
ing, testified that a steep tuition increase
would limit student access to UNC.
But Trustee Tim Burnett and Faculty
Chairman Pete Andrews, both propo
nents of a tuition increase, stressed the
necessity and practicality of an increase.
As the speakers concluded, tension
filled the room as trustees grappled with
the proposal’s timing and questioned
the amount of legislative support that
the plan would be able to gamer.
Board members tossed around more
Board of Trustees members immediate
ly,” he said. Mirchandani also said he
wanted to bring the issue to the forefront
on N.C. State’s campus.
“We have to figure out how to put fire
under the burner and be prepared,
because we could be next,” he said.
Conen Morgan, a N.C. State student
senator who spoke at the protest, said
the students at his school were getting
ready for the storm.
“Right now State’s upset because we
know we’re next,” Morgan said.
“There’s a lot of expletives I could
use, but to sum it all up, this is garbage.”
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figures for an increase, with Trustee Billy
Armfield proposing an across-the-board
increase of SI,BOO during six years.
But as discussion spurred more ques
tions, Trustee Stick Williams finally
came up with the numbers that stuck.
Heinke said the plan’s five-year span
might cushion the blow for current stu
dents but was not a long-term solution.
“We have to think about the future of
our University,” he said.
Cates said it was now important for
students and faculty to take a unified
stance toward the Board of Governors
and legislators. “We’re going to march
with the students.”
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officers from Chapel Hill, Jarvies said.
He said it was remarkable that the
department had been able to handle the
event so well in the past
“Atlanta may see a crowd of 40,000,
but they have thousands of police offi
cers,” he said.
Capt. John Butler of the Carrboro
Police Department said they planned to
send 14 officers to Chapel Hill to assist
with the festivities, but no additional
changes were scheduled for the
evening.
“We have extra officers on duty, but
that’s all,” he said. “Nothing really goes
on here. All the action is over there.”
Jarvies said the situation was stressful
for the department, but it’s becoming a
situation the officers have gotten used
to. “It’s nerve-wracking,” he said.
“You go in there with your fingers
crossed knowing you have your plans in
order, and when it’s over you breathe a
sigh of relief.”
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through the increase in faculty salaries.
“Professors need to realize they got
into the profession for the kids,” said
senior Khalilah Pitt, a Spanish major.
“They’re being selfish and greedy.”
Not all faculty agreed with the tuition
increase. Several professors paraded
into the BOT meeting with signs read
ing, “Faculty Against die Tuition Hike.”
When Faculty Chairman Pete
Andrews spoke in favor of the increase,
junior Devyn Spence and geography
Professor Altha Cravey locked arms,
hoisting a poster that read, “Faculty and
students working together.”
Walter Spearman Journalism
Professor Chuck Stone accompanied
students from his censorship class to the
rally.
Stone said both the student and fac
ulty turnout was depressing. “I know of
at least 50 faculty members who are
against the tuition hike,” he said. “They
need to make themselves visible. It is
unfortunate because those interested in
equity should support the protest
“Students need to remind the BOT
that they and their parents are voters.
Imagine if half of the campus turned
out, about 12,000 students. Now that
would attract national attention.”
Backing did come from one of
UNC’s rivals when students from N.C.
State University arrived to support pro
testers.
“Tuition at Chapel Hill and N.C.
State will probably rise and fall togeth
er,” N.C. State Student Senate President
Seth Whitaker said. “We will fight our
batde at State the same way.”
In the background, a student shout
ed, “We’ll be there for you!”
Leigh Davis, Alexandra Molaire and
Karey Wutkowski contributed to this
article.
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