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GJhp SatUj (Bar Jbrt Moeser Did Right Thing For UNC On Friday, Chancellor James Moeser proved he’s going to be a fine Tar Heel after all. After months of courtship, Moeser announced that discussions with the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development about establishing a satellite UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School campus in Doha, Qatar were over, due to significant gaps in financial expectations. Like Chancellor Michael Hooker, who considered building a satel lite business school in KATY NELSON UNIVERSITY COLUMNIST Indonesia in the mid-19905, Moeser clearly understands that great 21st cen tury universities must have campuses around the world. But by ending negotiations with the Qatar Foundation last week, Moeser demonstrated something not all Tar Heels were certain of- that Moeser understands how important it is not to sell Carolina to just anyone. Ever since Moeser arrived in 1999, hailed as a champion fund-raiser who would turn UNC’s financial situation around, many Tar Heels believed he saw campus through a dollar-bill green lens, rather than a Carolina blue one. But to my relief, the man in charge does know the importance of preserving UNC’s good name before we go global. Despite Qatar’s enticing offer of an international foothold and the oppor tunity to help create a peaceful democ racy in the Middle East, Moeser did the right thing - he refused to partici pate unless UNC’s educational stan dards were maintained. Moeser refused to go ahead with the project unless the Qatar Foundation covered all management expenses. The chancellor rightly rea soned that during a state budget crisis, North Carolinians should not be financing oil princes’ educations. Furthermore, Moeser demanded that Qatar take care of UNC faculty’s financial and safety concerns, as Qatari officials expressed their desire to have faculty members uprooted from Chapel Hill for several years. UNC’s negotiating team made clear that the Qatar project should also ben efit the Chapel Hill community. A note written by Provost Robert Shelton indicating that UNC was debating over a Qatari gift - ranging from $lO million to 35 million - to UNC was encouraging. Imagine how much could have been accomplished in Chapel Hill with a gift of that size - up to three times the amount to be raised with the tuition increase approved by the UNC Board of Trustees. It took guts for Moeser, who is extremely focused on raising the UNC endowment, to turn down millions and millions of dollars in favor of doing the right thing. Thanks, Chancellor Moeser, for not selling out. That was enough money to make most Tar Heels cry at the negoti ating table, and you didn’t flinch. It is ironic that the Qatar decision did not come down to safety or acade mic and religious freedom concerns but money - Moeser’s weakness. It’s a shame UNC missed such a fantastic international opportunity, but at least our institutional integrity is intact. It’s an even bigger shame that Qatar would not fork over the extra oil money to ensure educational peace of mind in Chapel Hill. In future international entangle ments, Chancellor Moeser, please keep the lessons learned from Qatar in mind. The world is full of oil money, but only one UNC. Sadly, Qatari students have lost out on a UNC education. But on the upside, Chancellorjames Moeser has gained Tar Heels’ respect - including mine. Columnist Katy Nelson can be reached at knelson@email.unc.edu. ATTENTION Do You Have AstSima? We are looking for individuals 13 years of age or older on regular asthma medicine to participate in a research study of an investigational medication for asthma. If qualified, you will receive study-related doctors visits, lab and lung function tests, and study medication at no cost to you. Qualified participants will be reimbursed for their time and travel. Dr. Craig LaForce and Dr. Karen Dunn, Board Certified in Allergy and Immunology Conveniently located in Raleigh & Chapel Hill For more information call (919)881-0309 Monday-Friday B:3oam to spm. After hours please leave a message. mmmmm NORTH CAROLINA f*iinical “Where patient care and the future of medicine come together. ” | Fund Raising for Senior Class Gift Kicks Off By Meredith Nicholson Staff Writer Senior class officers and marshals cele brated in the Pit on Friday to launch fund raising efforts for the senior class gift. Officials said they hoped the event would familiarize seniors with this year’s gift, a memorial to the “unsung founders" of the University - slaves and other black men and women who built UNC. “I think this gift is the best gift ever given by a senior class,” said Ben Singer, senior class president. The event featured balloon animals made by a clown, a speech by journal ism Professor Chuck Stone and a per formance by the Clef Hangers, a UNC a cappella group. “This is like a coming out party for the gift,” said Byron Wilson, senior class vice president. Organizers decorated the Pit with balloons and gave out Carolina blue cot ton candy and lemonade to celebrate the event. Stone said the kickoff was appropriate ■x> ii jßpjpr ''y-', ■ jE M ' faßßrifc JHH £ 3K nfM .. JBBHBg -1 '' r l ' r '/* Hr- gJppiWbX- K , i //.,• . *■', ..IkjP fc HF <HP% Mf. jyiiH WtKsSßw ***** PHOTO COURTESY OF N.C. MUSEUM OF ART The classic film, "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" (1936), directed by Frank Capra and starring Gary Cooper, will be screened Feb. 15 as part of the N.C. Museum of Art's Winter Film Series. Film Festival Celebrates Capra's Life By Jenise Hudson Staff Writer RALEIGH - The N.C. Museum of Art kicked off the Frank Capra Film Festival on Friday night by screening “Frank Capra’s American Dream,” a documentary produced by the influential filmmaker’s son. The festival is the part of the art museum’s Winter Film Series and consists of six Capra films in addition to the documentary. Capra Jr., president of Screen Gems Studio in Wilmington, presented and answered audi ence questions. He received extended applause Memorial Honors Professor's Legacy By Joelle Rlbfn Staff Writer Saturday’s memorial service for the former chairwoman of the School of Social Work’s doctoral program seemed like a family reunion as well-wishes hugged each other and mingled in the Tate-Tumer-Kuralt auditorium. Friends and family members filled the auditorium to honor Anne-Linda Furstenberg, 61, who diedjan. 23 from for the first day of Black History Month and read excerpts from Ralph Ellison’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “Invisible Man.” “These people who built the University were invisible,” Stone said. He said the memorial would create visi bility for the unsung founders so their contributions could be celebrated. Wilson said he thinks the freestanding memorial is important because there has never been anything like it on campus. “It’s been said that genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration,” Wilson said. “This is a great university, and we never celebrate the perspiration.” Reida Lawrence, chairwoman of the senior marshal’s gift committee, said she thinks the memorial is a wonderful gift that makes a statement about the University. “We need to say that we are a Southern university, and people of color built it from the ground up,” she said. Emily Stevens, director of young alum ni at the Office of Development, said it is important that the entire senior class par ticipate in the fund-raising process. Brochures describing the gift have as he walked to the front of the screening room to address the crowd and gave his reasons for making the film. “We began to see that my fathers work meant so much some 50 or 60 years after they were made in an industry not known for longevity,” he said. Caprajr. chronicled his father’s climb to suc cess in “Frank Capra’s American Dream.” He touched on many facets of his father’s life - his breakthrough success directing “The Miracle Woman,” the effect of his personal life on his films and finally his father’s emotional collapse at the pinnacle of his career. “We tried to take pieces from many, many complications related to carcinoid can cer. Furstenberg was diagnosed with can cer 13 years ago, a few years after join ing the UNC faculty in 1986. She con tinued to research the mental and phys ical health of older adults and to teach others about the aging process. In 1999, Furstenberg served as the first chairwoman of UNC’s doctoral See FURSTENBERG, Page 4 j BMtOWOS MEXICAN CAFE 6 |4 Best value on Franklin Street ICTo Buy any dinner and two beverages at the regular price and 'jKm receive the second dinner m ”11 of equal or lesser value • FREE!!!! I Dine-in only. One coupon per table. Not valid on fajitas. Valid Saturday-Thursday. Expires 2/18/02 159’/j E. Franklin St. • Downtown Chapel Hill *919-967-5048 News been sent to seniors and will be sent to parents within the next couple of weeks. Officials also will soon begin making fund-raising phone calls, Lawrence said. Lawrence said she hopes all sepiors will give as much money and time as they can. “You’re getting a superb edu cation,” Lawrence said. “To give S2O, SSO or SIOO is nothing compared to the education you’re getting.” Stevens said the average fund-raising goal for senior classes is $30,000, and this year’s senior class has set a goal of $40,000. Officials have not selected an artist to design the memorial but have narrowed the field to four candidates, including one artist from Chapel Hill. A decision will be made Feb. 13, Stevens said. Singer said he hopes all seniors who are excited about the gift will follow through with their generosity. “We’re honoring the people who made our edu cation possible,” he said. “We wouldn’t be graduating without them.” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. films,” Caprajr. said, bringing the focus back to Capra’s true legend: the memorable films Capra left behind. Ruggedly handsome and unabashedly ambi tious, Capra had the talent and the ambition to start changing the way America looked at movies. And early in his career, he began to do just that. “A hell of a lot of films were being made when my father was making movies that you never hear about,” said Caprajr. of his father’s work. Though Capra was widely known for the eter nal optimism of his movies, “American Dream” See CAPRA, Page 4 Ballot May Feature Two Referendums By Kara Eide Staff Writer Two student-initiated referendums are likely to appear on the Feb. 12 stu dent elections ballot. One potential referendum is sponsored by the Graduate and Professional Student Federation Student Elections and will propose adding 75 cents to the student activity fee for child care for UNC students with chil dren. The other asks students to vote in support of urging N.C. legislators to pass campaign finance reform. The GPSF’s proposed resolution is BMP HH ;!fS DTH BRIAN CASSEI.LA "Jelly Bean," aka Ken Ahern, celebrates the fund raising kickoff for the senior gift Friday by crowning senior Adaam Hukins with a balloon hat Dole, Bowles Lead Campaign Fund Raising Republican Elizabeth Dole's spokeswoman says the $3 million she has raised shows support both for Dole and for her issues. By Rachel Leonard Staff Writer Republican Elizabeth Dole and Democrat Erskine Bowles have raised the most money so far in their U.S. Senate cam paigns, but their opponents say the race is far from over. According to federal reports filed last week. Dole raised more than $3 million during the reporting peri od ending Dec. 31,2001. During that same period, Bowles raised about $1.7 million. Dole is a Salisbury native and former president of the American Red Cross. Bowles, a Charlotte investment banker, was White House chief of staff under President Clinton. Other candidates have raised far less money. Among Democrats, N.C. Secretary of State Elaine Marshall has raised about $260,000, and N.C. Rep. Dan Blue, D-Wake, raised $200,000. Democratic candidate Cynthia Brown and Republican Jim Snyder have each raised about SIO,OOO. No other candidates filed fund-raising reports, which are required only when a candidate has raised more than $5,000. i Dole campaign spokeswoman Janet Bradbury said Dole’s fund-raising capability shows that a “tremendous” number of peo ple stand behind her platform. “I think it demonstrates the sup port she has and the support for the issues she supports.” he said. Ferrel Guillory, director of UNC’s Program on Southern Politics, Media and Public Life, also said Dole’s fund-raising totals are an indication of the strength of her base. “She’s a national figure.” he said. “She has a pretty wide wingspan when it comes to raising Republican dollars.” Guillory said Bowles has been able to “raise money out of the old Clinton network” but has also received money from Republicans. But he said that although fund raising is crucial to a campaign, it is still early in the race. “This is just the beginning.” Guillory said he was surprised that Blue has not raised more money. But Daniel Drum, spokesman for the Blue campaign, said the primaries will be decided by whose message most res onates with voters, not merely by dollars. Drum noted that Blue has the endorsement of the N. C. Association of Educators. “We don’t need the resources other candidates need to win this race.” Drum added that because of the longest See CAMPAIGN, Page 4 scheduled to go before Student Congress on Tuesday. If passed by Congress, the ref erendum will appear on the Feb. 12 ballot. The other possible referendum, which is based on a student petition, has to pass through student government before officially appearing on the ballot. The 75 cent fee increase in the GPSFs referendum would aid student parents in paying for day care fees. The town of Chapel Hill now offers day care that costs students about SI,OOO per month, said Gregory Wahl, chairman of Student Congress’ student affairs committee. Wahl said that if placed on the ballot, the GPSF referendum might not get a majority of the student voters’ support Qt/hat do Q Htou about Q khoui (Yke day 9 'ft ucrht to ntarf a fa%ity... but 'hot yet. • Birth Control • Pregnancy Testing • Abortion • STD Testing & Treatment P Planned Parenthood® Chapel Hill Durham 942-7762 266-2672 Monday, February 4, 2002 Elections 2002 because the percentage of student parents on campus is low. But Congress will like ly pass the resolution to include the refer endum on the ballot, he said. “It has a pretty good chance because it’s something that has to do directly with the students.” The resolution for the referendum deal ing with campaign finance reform failed to pass Student Congress last fall largely because many members felt there should not be “issues” on the ballot, Wahl said. 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