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TUESDAY. JANUARY 8, 2008
CAMPAIGNS
FROM PAGE 3
this election.
And the primary schedule gives
candidates a chance to cater to each
state, said Chris Sopher. communi
cations director for UNC Students
for Barack Obama and a former
Daily Tar Heel multimedia editor.
"The campaign gets to reach out
in a very specific way to a whole dif
ferent plate of states.’ he said.
Charissa Lloyd, chairwoman of
the UNC College Republicans, said
she thinks the length of the priman
season has meant a more demand
ing race for the candidates.
They hare more chances to make
mistakes, she said. "The fact that it
gives so much time to put their posi
tion out there everyone has a lot
more time to slip up and flip-flop.’
Beyle also said that the lengthy
primary season is unusually
demanding and added that the
schedule will weed out some can
didates with shallower pockets.
“A lot of the people who are run
ning will have dropped out because
they can't afford to stay in and
they're not winning." he said.
Although some Republican can
didates have distanced themselves
from the Bush administration,
Lloyd said Huckabee's victory in
lowa shows that Republicans still
value social conservatism.
Democratic candidates are all
trying to sell themselves to disen
chanted voters as agents of change.
Pundits say Obama's promise of
change was a large part of his lowa
victory, leaving Hillary Clinton
forced to defend her credentials
on that score.
‘l’m not just running on a prom
ise of change. I'm running on 35
years of change.' she said in a New
Hampshire debate Saturday.
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SPACE CRUNCH
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Emil Rang. UNC's executive
director for the arts, has begun to
search for solutions for on-campus
rehearsal space. While his author
ity covers Memorial and Gerrard
halls and the temporarily closed
Playmakers Theatre. Kang said he
knows work must be done by every
one, everywhere on campus.
“For dance groups, they need a
foam floor, or else you have inju
ries to dancers. The footprint needs
to be large because they move
around." he said. "And the same
goes for theater groups. You can't
do that in a shoebox."
Allin said Kang s willingness to
address the problem is necessary
to continue improvement as far as
rehearsal and performance spaces.
“One of our original goals with
the Student Arts Forum was to
improve lines of communication
between arts groups and the stu
dent body." Allin said. "And I think
one thing we may have overlooked
at first is the line of communica
tion between the University itself
and those groups."
Gifford said it is frustrating to
wait for concerns to travel through
proper channels until they reach
SAFETY
FROM PAGE 3
teams on each campus. Made up of
counselors, police officials and aca
demic affairs officials, these teams
would be responsible for determin
ing when students or employees
might pose an unacceptable risk.
In recent years, several universi
ties nationwide have found them
selves facing litigation for failing to
prevent suicides, while other cam
puses have attracted controversy
for forcing students to withdraw
as a result of suicide threats.
“There really are two sides to the
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7 don't want this to
sound like we're the
savior, but I think
there are some
solutions”
EMIL KANG, executive arts director
someone who has the authority to
make change.
“(Allin) can't just go to someone
and say. 'We need this type of floor
ing here.' 1 don't know how far up
he has to go."
But Kang said he hopes more
students recognize how willing
UNC’s arts authorities are to help.
“I don't want this to sound like
we re the savior, but 1 think there
are some solutions that can be
had." he said.
.And while communication alone
is not the cure-all, openness to pro
posals for change is becoming more
widespread. Allin said.
“1 don't think anyone is being
unreceptive." he said. “There’s just
a certain amount of inability when
so much space is booked."
Kang also pointed out that many
student groups try to reserve the
same spaces on campus for the exact
coin." Leslie Winner, UNC-system
vice president for legal affairs and
chairwoman of the task force, said
in October. “As much as we want
to share information when it could
aflect safety , we want to protect a stu
dent's legitimate need for privacy."
The UNC task force's short
term recommendations, which
could be completed by August
2008. include anew administra
tive position on each campus to
oversee safety and security.
With a recurring cost of $1.9
million, it is by far the group's
costliest suggestion.
The system responded well to
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A newly renovated Gerrard Hall reopened in mid-November, increasing
campus performance space, which has seen a crunch in recent years.
same dates, making a search for
feasible off-campus options more
necessary in the coming years.
“There's a lot of progress, but
unfortunately not in the time
frame that most students want,"
said Robert Gurdian, Carolina
Union president.
Allin said that while the time
frame might be frustrating, things
specific events. Winner said in
November, citing the 2004 shoot
ing at UNC-Wilmington. But per
manent positions are designed to
make campuses more proactive.
“No campus has a single per
son in charge." she said. “We need
someone who can lead this effort
on a continuous basis.'
The UNC task force did not sug
gest greatly modifying existing secu
rity systems for campus buildings,
noting that 77 percent of violent
crimes within dorms are committed
by residents or their guests.
Instead, system officials will
leave such improvements to the
are starting to come together.
“A lot of the work done this
semester will be research and com
piling information in a clear, cen
tral location," he said. “And hope
fully it will help people this semes
ter. but also for years to come."
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discretion of each campus.
In its August report on the
Virginia Tech shootings, the
Virginia governor's commission
noted that security cameras could
have helped prevent the massacre.
The creation of a surveillance
camera network covering every
main entrance and access door on
each campus would total more than
$1.6 million, according to the UNC
task force.
State and National Editor
Elizabeth DeOmellas
contributed reporting. Contact
her at stntdesk@ unc.edu.
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CHANCELLOR
FROM PAGE 3
Moeser’s legacy won’t be wrinkle
free. His relationship with employ
ees had its shaky moments, and his
stance on “Approaching the Qu ran:
The Early Revelations" as the 2002
summer reading choice was both
praised and criticized.
After he steps down June 30,
Moeser will take a year's research
leave and then come back to cam
pus as a professor, probably in the
music department.
Now UNC and its Board of
Trustees are in the midst of the
search for his replacement
With trustee Nelson Schwab serv
ing as chairman of the 21-member
search committee, officials expect to
have someone in place the day after
Moeser will relinquish the position.
In December the committee and
Bill Funk, whose headhunting firm
is aiding the committee, reviewed
about 100 nominations and appli
cants. Since then, that number has
been narrowed to about 40.
“Geographically, from an ethnic
standpoint, from an experience
standpoint it’s quite a diverse
group of people," Schwab said.
The committee used most of the
fall semester to solicit input from
students, faculty; staff and alumni, as
well as the Chapel Hill community.
After several forums —some of
which drew about 100 and others of
which were poorly attended at just
seven the committee agreed upon
a position description explaining the
desired characteristics of the next
chancellor. One of the key features,
as noted in the forums and com
mittee meetings, should be a strong
dedication to the Carolina way and
public education.
“The chancellor must be able
to reach out to and translate (the
spirit and need for UNC) to people
of North Carolina, why they should
value and support it" said Joe Ferrell,
secretary of the faculty, presenting
notes from the faculty executive
committee at the Oct 30 forum.
The committee has started inter
viewing candidates, and Schwab
said those interviews will continue
into the next month or two.
Funk, whom UNC is paying about
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information about the candidates the
committee is interested in, as well as
schedule more interviews.
The first round of interviews will
be with just a few committee mem
bers. Schwab said, and as candidates
move along in the process, the inter
viewing groups will grow larger.
“The people you’re interview
ing have existing job*. It's realty a
scheduling issue more than any
thing." Schwab said. “That's the kind
of person you want someone who
now has a lot of responsibility .’
The UNC chancellorship is
a unique position because the
University is part of the public
sector but also one of the leading
institutions in the country.
Balancing those dual roles is key
to a successful term as chancellor,
especially when translated into
compensation. Moeset's salary,
$390,835 per year, now falls below
the average of leaders at UNC's
peer institutions, which is about
5455.000. The next chancellor's
salary has not been decided.
“Anyone you might wish to con
sider who insists that Carolina
match or better their current
5700,000-or-more salary should
be dismissed from further consid
eration," Doug Dibbert, president
of the General Alumni Association,
said at the first forum in October.
Although interviews have started
Schwab said applications and nomi
nations will still be accepted.
The committee is on track with
the timeline to have someone in
place this summer, Schwab said,
adding that at a meeting later this
month, committee members will
discuss the names they've reviewed
so far as “serious candidates."
‘The quality of the applicants
will determine our pace."
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