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2 THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2003 Honor Court looks toward fall BY NICOLE STRACHAN STAFF WRITER Of the 210 cases the Honor Court decided to try last year, 84 still await hearings. Reducing this backlog of cases is one of the three primary summer goals of student government’s judi cial branch, said Student Attorney General Jonathan Slain. “We have three times as many hearings this summer as we did last summer,” he said. “There’s been an increase in the number of people reporting cases.” One of the primary reasons for the increase is that members of the faculty are bringing cases to the Honor Court instead of dealing with them outside the system, he explained. Slain said the court typically hears two cases per weekday dur ing the academic year. In the sum mer, however, it only administers two per week. Fayetteville State’s new chancellor takes office Bryan is 3rd female leader in system BY BONNIE KLUTTZ STAFF WRITER Fayetteville State University’s new chancellor took office Tuesday. T.J. Bryan succeeds former Chancellor Willis McLeod. According to a UNC-system Board of Governors press release, UNC-system President Molly Broad said, “(Bryan) brings to Fayetteville State University great energy, enthusiasm, and a proven record of administrative success at the campus level and in two high ly respected public university sys tems.” As chancellor, Bryan will sign a three-year contract, earning $187,000 each year. She also will have use of the chancellor’s house o>;chan ? e Apartment living perfect for the University Community Individual Leasing • Free Campus Shuttle • Optional Furnishings Redeem at our clubhouse for a free t-shirt & quart of Marble Slab ice cream KSSJJjy 5110 Old Chapel Hill Road Durham, NC 27707 * Offer subject to availability. Limit one coupon per guest. Offer expires July 31, 2003. • free shuttle to UNC campus • computer lab • 3 bedroom townhomes • fitness center • individual leases • roommate matching • each bedroom has own bath • game room • washer/dryer included in every apartment •no application fee Stop by our new clubhouse on 5110 Old Chapel Hill Road Coming from Franklin St. on 15-501 crossover 1-40 T and take a right at first traffic light onto Mt. Moriah || dT\ |TY (by Outback). Take a left onto Old Chapel Hill Rd. and we are on the left. j A smaller court staff and the unavailability of students are other factors in the reduced number of summer hearings, Slain said. “It’s not convenient for a lot of students to come back during the summer.” The judicial branch’s second major objective is to “prepare for the new Instrument (of Student Judicial Governance),” which took effect Tuesday. The new policy has changed the Honor Code and how students proceed through the honor system. The third summer task is to pre pare for a “big push of outreach next year,” Slain said. The judicial branch is planning 30 or 40 activ ities. Through increased outreach, Slain said, “We create more work for ourselves.” Marc Hennes, outreach coordi nator for the Honor Court, spoke of plans for Honor and Integrity Week, scheduled to take place in and a car. She is the third woman to be selected as chancellor of any of the 16 institutions in the UNC system. Marye Anne Fox was named chancellor of N.C. State University in 1998, and Rosemary De Paolo also began a three-year term at UNC-Wilmington on Tuesday. Bryan previously was vice chan cellor for academic and student affairs in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Before that, she worked as asso ciate vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University System of Maryland. “I have the best of all possible experience: 20 years on campus of the university,” Bryan said. “I’ve also had the chance to News late September. Students will participate in the week’s Monday kickoff by signing the new Honor Code in the Pit. Chancellor James Moeser and for mer men’s basketball coach Dean Smith are scheduled to attend. The idea behind the week’s events is to ensure that students, faculty and staff all are represent ed, Hennes said. He also mentioned that the University’s Honor Court system is one of the “few student-run sys tems in the country.” Slain said his work with the Honor Court hasn’t gone exactly as expected. “I thought that I was Matlock, but I quickly learned that it’s a lot more about being a social worker than playing lawyer.” He said increasingly positive interaction with UNC faculty and staff has been one of the major improvements he has noticed develop my policy-making and interpretation skills.” She thinks these assets made her the best of all possible candi dates, she said. She also said that in coming up through the academic ranks and taking charge of numer ous faculty positions, she has the necessary experience. “I’ve done a lot of stuff in aca demic program policies, some (policies) that hadn’t been revised since they’d been written,” she said of her work in the Pennsylvania education system. “We were able to streamline our processes, having anew academic program for transfer students from community colleges.” Joni Worthington, associate vice president for communication and special assistant to the chancellor of Fayetteville State, said the uni versity is one of seven UNC-system throughout his term. “The relationship with the dean of students and administration is the best that it’s been since I've been here,” he said. Hennes detailed an initiative called Carolina Advocates for Honor to get faculty, staff and freshmen more heavily involved in the upcoming year’s Honor Court activities. He said University offi cials will meet with and speak to organizations, classes and depart ments across campus. “Imagine a group of about 50 people with Honor Code T-shirts going to classes,” Slain said. After discussing the fact that students would like to “push the historical aspect” of the 125 years of the honor tradition, Slain noted an additional goal for next year: “To have some fun with it." Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. campuses deemed a “focus growth institution,” meaning it needs to grow in the next years to accom modate an increasing student pop ulation. “Dr. Bryan has shown deep commitment to helping students from very diverse cultural back grounds,” she said. Fayetteville State needs a chan cellor who understands the unique mission of a historically black uni versity, Worthington said, as well as one who can help the campus to prosper through a period of signif icant growth. “I’m really passionate about working with students but not indulging them,” Bryan said. “It’s very important that everyone on campus contribute.” Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. i i ■ I 1 J9l 2BBB MHHM COURTESY OF UNC SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT Warren Jake Wicker, a UNC alumnus as well as a faculty member and administrator at the School of Government for 47 years, died July 25. Long-time UNC professor dies Wicker began work at UNC in 1955 BY CHANTELLE HARDY STAFF WRITER UNC-Chapel Hill Professor Warren Jake Wicker, the Gladys Hall Coates Professor Emeritus of Public Law and Government and the Assistant Director Emeritus of the School of Government, died June 25 from complications relat ed to prostate cancer. Wicker was a faculty member and administrator at the Institute of Government for 47 years. During that time, he wrote more than 300 articles, bulletins, mono graphs and special studies. He also edited and wrote significant parts of two textbooks used at the School of Government. Even when he retired in 1991, he continued to work at the institute. “He’s a model of what faculty should be at the Institute of Government and School of Government, and his colleagues viewed him that way and his stu dents viewed him that way," said Thomas Thornburg, associate director of programs for the school. Wicker relentlessly was com mitted to teaching public officials, Thornburg said. One such pupil is S. Ellis Hankins, executive director of the N.C. League of Municipalities, who took Wicker’s municipal education class 23 years ago. Wicker had a great understand ing of the mission of the University, particularly the Institute of Government, Hankins said. “He was one of the best people that I’ve ever known, and he was my ideal of a public servant,” Hankins said. “He wanted to reach out across the state and do every thing that he and other faculty members could do to improve gov ernment.” Bom in a log cabin in Lee County in 1923, Wicker attended '-Cpr -* r"*kMiqf I \ ¥▲! 1 V r 1 1 V H I ■ \ NS ■ I I \■ I m Urrboro IJpJ 11 |WL Honday-Saturd*y - - tlood Sunday Hilt' www.urrbimitot.uun WOOD FIRED PIZZA 501 MEADOWMONT VILLAGE CIRCLE • CHAPEL HILL MON-SAT 11 AM to 1 AM SUNDAYS 11 AM to 11 PM 919.929.1942 WVyW.BRIXXPIZZA.COM (JV Saily (Jar Hwl Deep River High School. He attended N.C. State University, Baylor University and UNC-CH, where he received both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in political science. After graduating, he worked for the Farmer’s Cooperative Exchange of Raleigh for five years. In 1955, he joined the Institute of Government, where he specialized in the legal, financial and administrative aspects of local and state government. Wicker’s dedication to public service did not stop in the class room. He spent three years in the U.S. Air Corps, was a member of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Kiwanis Club and served two terms as president of the UNC-CH Retired Faculty Association. In the 19605, he was a member of numerous boards that dealt with poverty and the integra tion of Chapel Hill public schools. Through the years, Wicker was recognized with honorary mem berships in such organizations as the N.C. League of Municipalities and the N.C. Association of County Commissioners. In October, he was presented with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, North Carolina’s most presti gious award. Contributions from Wicker’s friends and colleagues led to anew building in the School of Government being named after him. “He has taught many, many others how to be better and more effective public servants,” Hankins said. Frayda Bluestein, a professor at the School of Government, said Wicker was a tireless researcher, teacher and consultant. “He was committed to public service in the sense of dedicating his life (to it).” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.
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