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Carrboro Deemed Friendly for Cyclists
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Asheville native Ralph Grizzle, who has traveled nationwide
on his bicycle, was in town Thursday for a book signing.
TUITION
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sentation focused were new faculty
recruitment and faculty-student ratios.
He said UNC’s student-faculty ratio is at
about 21 students per faculty member in
the College of Aits and Sciences, which
is far above the goal of 15 students per
faculty member.
Shelton also said that despite gains,
UNC still was not competitive with its
peers in terms of faculty salaries and was
likely to fall further behind because of
state budget problems. “Certainly we
feel that the single most important factor
in maintaining Carolina’s excellent
experience for undergraduates is the
presence of high-quality faculty,” he said.
Shelton also stressed throughout his
presentation that although the average
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income of UNC students’ families indi :
cated an ability to pay more, any
increase would need to be accompanied
by sufficient student aid.
Moeser commended Shelton on his
presentation, saying he felt faculty-relat
ed issues were critically in need of fund
ing. “If you want to build a case (for a
tuition increase) on campus, that may be
an argument,” he said. “It shouldn’t be
faculty salaries alone this year - there are
other quality issues, such as the faculty
student ratio and the number of faculty.”
He also said he wanted to make sure
any tuition increase did not unfairly tar
get out-of-state students.
“We need to be a university with that
kind of diversity - cultural, national and
international - we need to be careful not
to ratchet up out-of-state tuition to the
point where it becomes prohibitive.”
But some trustees expressed reserva-
By Heather Apple
Staff Writer
A national bicyclist organization has
declared Carrboro a bicycle-friendly
community, marking the first time any
town in North Carolina has received the
distinction.
Representatives of the League of
American Bicyclists, a lobbying group
of more than 30,000 bicyclists nation
wide, said Carrboro received the honor
because of the town’s continued efforts
to promote bicycling as a viable form of
transportation, exercise and fun.
“Our purpose is to increase aware
ness and acceptance of bicycling,” said
Anthony Yoder, program manager at
the League of
American
Bicyclists.
“The program
serves as an
avenue to recog
nize communities
that do good work
and to encourage
communities to
improve.”
Carrboro Board
“We have bike lanes. We have
bike trails all over Carrboro,
and we just emphasize
biking and walking. ”
Joal Brows
Carrboro Alderman
of Alderman member Jacquelyn Gist
said she thinks the distinction is well
deserved.
“I think that we make a conscious
effort to be bike-friendly,” Gist said. “We
work really hard at having bike paths.
We don’t have nearly as many as we
want yet, but we surely have them.”
According to the league’s Web site,
for a town to be named a bicycle-friend
ly community, it must have streets that
are safe for bicycles, a government staff
member who is responsible for bicycle
coordination and a citizens advisory
committee.
Alderman Joal Broun said she feels
that Carrboro has made a lot of effort to
promote bicycles.
tions, especially about the context in
which the proposal might be framed.
“The University has a long history of
low tuition, and it is an important part
of its tradition,” said trustee Paul Fulton.
“It’s very dangerous for us to begin to
compare with average numbers at other
schools. We need to remember where
we came from and use tuition to
improve the quality of undergraduate
education on campus.”
Young also said he wants to be con
vinced of a specific need at UNC that an
increase would fund. “It is important to
look at the detailed need - how much
money you are looking for, what you
want out of this and if tuition is a way to
solve this,” he said.
Trustee Stick Williams said he is open
minded about an upcoming proposal, but
he thought the main goal of the commit
tee would be to find a need and explain
it clearly to the University community. “I
want to always be as clear as possible to
spell out and show the financial impact to
students and their families.”
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
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“We have bike lanes. We have bike
trails all over Carrboro, and we just
emphasize biking and walking,” Broun
said. “We emphasize the construction of
bike lanes on our connector roads and
on our streets.”
Alderman Diana McDuffee said
Carrboro has implemented regulations
to ensure the inclusion of bike lanes for
certain streets.
“We require bike lanes on new streets
that are built in Carrboro," McDuffee
said.
Gist said the town provides places to
park bikes and trails for bicyclists, such
as the ones that run near Bolin Creek.
Broun said the Performance Bicycle
Shop, located oh East Main Street in
Carrboro, also
promotes bicy
cling in the com
munity.
“I think it also
helps because a lot
of people frequent
that shop,” Broun
said. “People gath
er there to do
Saturday and
Sunday rides.”
Some aldermen say receiving the
bicycle-friendly community distinction
parallels Carrboro’s plans for the future,
specifically Vision 2020.
“It really goes hand in hand with the
Vision 2020 because the Vision 2020
emphasizes conductivity,” Broun said.
Vision 2020 is a comprehensive plan
for growth in Carrboro during the next
20 years, including plans for increased
pedestrian awareness and alternative
modes of transportation.
McDuffee said, “I think that we’re
very interested in being a pedestrian
friendly community.”
The City Editor can be reached
at citydesk@unc.edu.
QATAR
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10 years will cost about $750 million.
In 1998 UVa. researched the creation
of a college in Qatar, but potential
accreditation problems from the
Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools stopped further progress.
Louise Dudley, UVa. assistant vice
president of university relations, said the
school was approached by the Qatar
Foundation. “It seemed ... in line with the
mission of the founding of the university.”
She said the Qatar campus had the
potential to create more educational
opportunities for women.
Despite these praises, UVa. School of
Law Professor Peter Low said accredita
tion problems could have been solved.
He said language barriers, attracting
students and recruiting educators were
the main difficulties. “It was a very com
plicated situation,” he said. “It was just
something ... that didn’t sort out.”
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Officials Deny Request
For Land-Use Hearing
Carrboro officials rejected a
resident's proposal because
of concerns about setting a
precedent for construction.
By Jocelyn Oberdick
Staff Writer
Carrboro officials denied a resident’s
request Tuesday for a public hearing
about his proposed amendments to the
town’s land use ordinance.
Christopher Conover, of 124
Winsome Lane in Carrboro, submitted
the request to the Carrboro Board of
Alderman in August after he found out
he could not build a bam on his prop
erty for his horse Tru.
But without a revision to the town’s
existing ordinance, building the barn
would push Conover over his legal limit
for construction on his watershed prop
erty near University Lake.
Under the current land-use ordi
nance, watershed property owners like
Conover can only have impervious sur
faces - like asphalt driveways - on 4
percent of their land.
Conover’s proposed revision would
SURVEY
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respondents, at 29 percent, said “defi
nitely not" to the program compared to
the 25 percent that said “definitely yes.”
While 31 percent of faculty in the busi
ness school answered “definitely not,” 31
percent responded with “definitely yes.”
Despite the mixed message of these
results, Faculty Council Chairwoman
Sue Estroff said she is not at all surprised
by the results of the survey. “This survey
basically confirms for us what we
already knew,” Estroff said. “It is still not
clear whether we have a definitive take
on the issue.”
Business Professor Jennifer Conrad,
who attended the trip to Qatar, said she
believes the survey might help Chancellor
James Moeser form an opinion on the
issue but thinks that more could be done.
“In the end, it will be the chancellor’s
decision, and how he interprets the infor
mation provided by the survey,” she said.
ATTACK
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birthplace, Kandahar, opposition leader
Hamid Karzai said his sources told him
there was “turmoil" in the city; other
sources said local Pashtun tribesmen
had surrounded the city.
A U.S. official, speaking on condition
of anonymity, said there were spurts of
fighting near the city center as the
Pashtun fighters advanced. Most of
Kandahar province, outside of the city,
is in the hands of anti-Taliban rebels, he
said.
Gen. Tom Franks, the U.S. comman
der of the Afghanistan campaign, said
American special forces were operating
near Kandahar. Inside the city, Franks
said, “we do see signs of some fractur
ing” within the Taliban ranks. Pashtuns
are Afghanistan’s largest ethnic group,
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have allowed property owners who
have already reached their 4 percent
limit to buy extra impervious surface
from other property owners who have
not reached their land use capacity.
“This would give property owners
more flexibility to acquire needed
impervious surface,” Conover stated in
his amendment request.
But some aldermen say the pro
posed changes would have set a bad
example.
Alderman Diana McDuffee said the
board did not want to maximize the pol
lution output.
McDuffee said having the limit on
impervious surfaces prevents excessive
pollution of the water-flow into
University Lake.
She also said approving the revision
would send numerous people searching
for extra percentage points.
“I’m concerned about the precedent
it sets,” McDuffee said.
“We are not interested in having 4
percent impervious surfaces - we are
interested in having less than 4 per
cent.”
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“But I think (the survey) is not the only
way to collect the reactions of the faculty."
In total, almost 98 percent of the trip
participants responded to the survey,
while only 33 percent of faculty from
both the College of Arts and Sciences
and the business school responded.
Estroff said she expected such results.
“I am not surprised that more people
who went on the trip responded and
responded positively because actually
going to Qatar was able to make partic
ipants more supportive,” Estroff said.
Estroff said she believes that the sur
vey’s findings will help influence the deci
sion. “How wide or how deep faculty
reluctance or acceptance of the program
is will have an impact on the decision,”
she said. “To me, in order to go ahead,
one would like to have a critical mass of
enthusiasm and participation. What the
Qataris want is our faculty, so if we have
no faculty support there is no deal.”
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at udesk@unc.edu.
and served as the backbone of the
Taliban’s harsh five-year regime.
Pakistan strengthened its border
defenses closest to Kandahar with tanks
and extra troops, worried that unrest -
and bin Laden supporters - could spill
across the frontier.
In other developments:
■ Eight international aid workers
arrested three months ago for preaching
Christianity in Afghanistan were report
ed in good condition in Pakistan after
being carried to safety by U.S. special
forces. The women in the group, includ
ing two Americans, signaled to their res
cuers by burning the body-covering
burqas they had been forced to wear.
■ U.S. Homeland Security Director
Tom Ridge confirmed that documents
that would be helpful in making a
nuclear device were found in a building
in Kabul, described as an al-Qaida safe
house.