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VOLUME 111, ISSUE 129 Nonresidents may see tuition hike BOT MULLS RAISING TUITION TO LEVEL OF PEER SCHOOLS BY EMILY STEEL ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR Nonresident students could face a potential $6,000 three-year tuition hike if members of the University’s governing board fol low through on Wednesday’s dis cussions to place rates on the high er end of market prices. Such a move would place UNC- Chapel Hill’s nonresident tuition at r •' T * . * .. DTH/BRIAN CASSELLA Junior Travis Senor hopes to become the youngest person ever to reach the South Pole by skiing across Antarctica in November. Senor, who will be 21 when he embarks, is trying to raise the $65,000 it will take to make the two-month expedition through UNC and private donations. STUDENT SETS SIGHTS ON SOUTH POLE TREK BY GREG PARKER STAFF WRITER It might feel cold in Chapel Hill, but for a UNC junior aiming to become the youngest person on record to reach the South Pole, temperature is rel ative. TVavis Senor, a peace, war and defense major, plans to ski across the icy continent of Antarctica, where the average temperature is 56 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, during the winter 0f2004-05. Senor will be 3 years younger than the for mer record-holders, a pair of 24-year old Norwegians who made the trek in 2000. Senor’s plans aren’t cheap: his trip will cost $65,000. He has begun a fund-raising cam paign, soliciting donations from private indi viduals and corporations. Senor also is receiving help from Dean Bresciani, UNC interim vice chancellor for stu dent affairs. “It is a long way from becoming a reality, but I am impressed with (Senor’s) understanding of the challenges involved,” Officials say state flu cases dropping BY KAVITA PILLAI STAFF WRITER The flu is on the decline in North Carolina, state health offi cials say, though a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that the state is one of 42 still experiencing widespread flu activity. “Our actual numbers are drop ping,” said Debbie Crane, public affairs director for the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. “Colorado and Texas have followed pretty much the same pattern we have, and WORK FOR THE DTH Get applications at the DTH office or at our interest meetings Monday at 7:30 p.m. and Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Carroll 11. Serving the students and the University community since 1893 ahr latlu (Tar llrrl a level comparable to that of its most expensive peer institutions. The Board of Trustees is per forming a balancing act, deciding what goals UNC-CH should pursue as it develops groundbreaking tuition guidelines likely to be final ized at its Jan. 22 meeting. “As we talk about our means, let’s keep in mind our ends,” Chancellor James Moeser said. “It is very A PIONEERING JOURNEY Bresciani said. “He has thought through the many issues that are involved.” Bresciani said he had some personal expe rience with such fund-raising projects and is eager to help Senor find both private and University funding sources. Senor’s unique desire began at a young age. “I lived in New York, and I always loved the ice and snow,” he said. “Then, a couple of years ago, public awareness of Antarctica increased, and I got really interested. I read a lot of books on the Antarctic and from there one thing led their peak was about a month ago.” Nine North Carolina children have died from the flu this season, making it one of the worst in recent history thus far. The aver age number of child flu deaths is 15 per season. The virus is not easy to track nationally, but 53 locations in North Carolina, including UNC Health Services, keep track of the number of patient visits with flu like illnesses, she added. Crane said a peak occurred the week ending Dec. 13, with 8.7 per- INSIDE SPEED DEMON New option available for students and faculty who need transportation PAGE 3 www.dailylarheel.com important that what we do in terms of tweaking and changing our rev enue streams is for that end.” The discussion was spurred by the notion that N.C. taxpayers shouldn’t subsidize nonresident’s education, but the dismissal of that information as false by a national business firm has not altered aggressive efforts of some board members to increase out-of-state tuition drastically. During a tuition workshop Wednesday, some trustees pushed to raise nonresident tuition $6,000 the largest hike in recent histo to another.” Senor plans to participate in an expedition are set to begin in November and conclude in January 2005. He would be on the Antarctic continent during its summer, when daylight persists for 24 hours. Despite constant sunshine, Antarctica is far from a hospitable environment. “Besides the cold it is ridiculously windy,” Senor said. “You get white-out conditions every four to five days.” Preparing a journey to the South Pole also involves months of physical conditioning. Senor already has begun both a general fitness regimen and one that is more specific to the physical stresses of his journey. In order to accommodate all the necessary supplies Senor will have to tow a sled weighing up to 150 pounds. “Other than the resupply halfway through, you have to carry all you need to survive for about a month.” SEE ANTARCTICA, PAGE 4 “We are cautiously optimistic that North Carolina has already peaked.” DEBBIE CRANE, PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR. N.C. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES cent of patients reporting flu-like symptoms. By the end of the month 1 the number was down to 5.7 percent. At UNC Health Services, doc tors have seen fewer flu cases than before Winter Break, said Dr. Mary Covington, associate direc tor of Student Health Service. But she added that it is still too ry. The increase would be phased in over an undetermined period but could include an initial tuition jump of SI,OOO to $1,500. BOT members expressed Wednesday an interest in continu ing the University’s commitment to N.C. taxpayers by providing in state students with an affordable and accessible education. Alternately, the board’s philoso phy regarding nonresident tuition leans toward adjusting rates to align them with the market-driven value of an education at UNC-CH. “You are looking at market com early to draw concrete conclu sions. “Influenza activity is starting to come down in North Carolina, and that’s reflected in what we’re seeing here,” she said. “But it’s still really early for us, as students are just moving back to campus.” SEE FLU, PAGE 4 SPORTS BLOWN AWAY UNC defeats Miami 89-64, led by Sean May's 23 points and 16 rebounds. PAGE 6 parability with tuition in order to provide the resources to the University,” Trustee Paul Fulton said. Details on new policies are up in the air, and the Office of the Provost is slated to present anew proposal at the board’s Jan. 22 meeting. Models likely will push nonres ident tuition into the top quarter and keep in-state tuition in the lowest quarter among peer institu tions, Provost Robert Shelton said. Statistics presented Wednesday SEE TUITION, PAGE 4 RIAA suits cause decline in file-sharing Number of student sharers cut in half BY CHRIS COLETTA SENIOR WRITER The number of students who download music has decreased sharply since the Recording Industry Association of America began filing lawsuits against illegal file-sharers, according to a report released Sunday. A survey 0f1,358 Internet users by the Pew Internet & American life Project found that 24 percent of full- and part-time students older than 18 downloaded music, both legally and illegally, in November and December2oO3. This number represents a decrease from 56 percent in the project’s last study, released last summer. Downloading among all Internet users dropped from 29 percent to 14 percent after remain Demoted officer awaits hearing BY KATHRYN GRIM SENIOR WRITER A hearing to examine the demo tion of Everette Johnson, the first and only black officer to be pro moted to the position of captain in the Chapel Hill Police Department, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday. On Dec. 2, Police Chief Gregg Jarvies demoted Johnson four ranks from captain to police officer 111, an action Johnson’s lawyer said was motivated by racism within the department. A1 McSurely, Johnson’s lawyer, described the demotion as “obvi ously designed to humiliate him and get him to quit.” But Jarvies said race was not a factor in his decision and that offi cers only are demoted for serious PRETTY PIPING m DTH/BRENT CLARK Junior music and communication studies major Katie Harris practices her flute Tuesday afternoon in Hill Hall. Harris, who has been playing the flute for 11 years, is preparing for the the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra’s concerto competition Feb. 7- Winners will perform with the symphony. WEATHER TODAY Partly cloudy, H 40, L 29 FRIDAY Snow shower, H 40, L 21 SATURDAY Partly cloudy, H 37, L 17 THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2004 TUITION TALKS Anew tuition proposal for out of-state students could include: A $6,000 INCREASE over an undetermined period with an initial increase of $1,500 the largest ever in recent years ■ A SHIFT IN POLICY toward charging the market-value of an UNC education, not the acutal cost ■ TUITION REVENUE funheled to atheltic grants and aid ing steady for three years. “This was a huge surprise to us,” said Mary Madden, research spe cialist for the project “This was the biggest drop we’ve seen in any Internet activity we follow.” Madden said that the drop indi cates anew attitude toward overall file-sharing and that the RIAA’s lawsuits were the primary factor. “We are comfortable assuming that some of the change is attrib utable to the lawsuits I would probably say most of it,” she said. The RIAA’s threat of litigation came to fruition in July when the group sent its first subpoenas to Internet service providers, seeking the identity of people it claims shared copyrighted music using SEE DOWNLOADING, PAGE 4 violations of policy standards. “I always make sure there’s no reasonable doubt,” he said. “I’m affecting their livelihood. I can’t imagine going home and telling my family I just got demoted.” Officers earning the rank of cap tain earn a starting annual salary of $50,096. Police officer Ill’s start at $30,755 a year. Johnson was hired in 1984 and became Chapel Hill’s second black lieutenant in 1996. McSurely said Johnson’s promotion to captain in January 2000 arrived on the heels of protests over racism in the police department by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. SEE JOHNSON, PAGE 4
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