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Slip iaily ®ar Uppl October Report recaps progress ‘Carolina: Best Place’ project tops list BY MEGHAN PRICHARD STAFF WRITER The student body president’s annual October Report was pre sented to Student Congress on Wednesday, two weeks later than expected. The 112-page report, which high lights the administration’s progress during the past six months, builds upon the J.J. Raynor administra tion’s Summer Report, which was released Sept. 10. Student Body Secretary Andrew Daub said the report embodies two themes of student govern ment this year: ownership and transparency. The document also included updates on all of student govern ment’s ongoing projects. Most prestigious is the “Carolina: Best Place to Teach, Learn and Discover” project, a campuswide discussion that seeks Employees hold fundraising forum BY ANDREW DUNN UNIVERSITY EDITOR Delegates to the Employee Forum seem to agree on what they want to get out of the University’s upcoming fundraising drive. No members expressed any con cerns during the first reading of a resolution laying out employees’ top priorities for the campaign at Wednesday’s forum meeting. Forum leaders said that points to a high level of support. “There was not one drop of con versation,” forum Vice Chairwoman Brenda Denzler said. “No conversa tion is probably a good thing.” The resolution lays out 10 fund ing requests for the University’s next private donation drive. When the forum drafted a simi lar resolution before the last fund P tagnant? Seared? you are not alone. TVe are here to help! • free & confident iaCpregnancy tests • JA friend to taCk to about your options • Community resources PREGNANCY • first trimester ultrasounds Support Services | ___ <^™lllllllllllllll ™ t* . ' ‘I ;■ f Jl You know where *'•! - - MASSIVE MUSIC COLLECTION meets MINIATURE BANK ACCOUNT? 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The report said they hope to hear from 2,000 students by the end of the semes ter. “We’re creating an open dia logue about how we want to change UNC,” Daub said. “I think that is going to be the big gem looking both forward and backward.” Raynor said the goal next semes ter will be to address the concerns expressed at these forums. Daub said that project has not been their only success in the past two months. He listed Halloween as another student government highlight. “A lot of the feedback we raising drive, Carolina First, none of its requests were funded. The Employee Forum requested its priorities for that campaign about one year before it began, which ended up being too late, Denzler said. UNC completed Carolina First an 8-year, $2.38 billion fund raising drive in December. This time, with planning for a $4 billion drive still in its infancy, the Employee Forum hopes to submit its request early, Denzler said. Matt Kupec, vice chancel lor for University advancement, announced the planning for the new campaign, currently called Carolina Big, to the Board of TVustees in September. The biggest items on the Employee Forum wish list ask for money to provide free tuition for children of University ■ DTH ONLINE: See a pdf of the full version of the student body president's October Report. received was that the changes we made were by and large quite suc cessful,” he said. During the Halloween celebra tion, student government worked with town officials to ensure that Safeßide routes were still available. They also stationed about 25 “spotters” throughout campus to help students in need get home or get medical help. Other highlights of the report focused on transportation and safety. The safety and security com mittee is working to get more blue lights approved and installed by the tovVn in a timely manner. Raynor said the town recent ly approved nine blue lights on McCauley Street. Raynor’s plan for a late-night bus route from Chapel Hill to Carrboro also is in the works. employees and the creation of an affordable housing program. Other requests include money for a skilled trades apprenticeship program and to further subsidize and expand carpooling programs for employees. The resolution will be brought up again for a vote at the next Employee Forum meeting in December. “Everybody was satisfied with it,” forum Chairman Tommy Griffin said. “I’m looking at a unanimous passing next month.” It would then be presented to University administrators for consideration. Denzler said the dearth of discus sion at Wednesday’s meeting was because the priorities were devel oped with employee input, and most had seen the proposal already. According to the report, the C2C, fashioned after the P2P, could begin running as soon as next semester, provided that the necessary money is secured with out increasing student fees. The October Report was sup posed to be released to Student Congress at its first meeting after Oct. 14, as mandated by the Student Code. Raynor said there was confu sion regarding the deadline. Most recent administrations also have missed the deadline. Although her administra tion has accomplished many of its platform planks, Raynor said those achievements are just the beginning. “You don’t live by your platform,” she said. “You have to go above and beyond your platform. You have to be responsive to needs since plat forms are static documents.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. A draft of the resolution was distributed over the forum listserv, and feedback received was over whelmingly positive, Denzler said. Griffin said that forum delegates might address more concerns at the December meeting after having more time to think about the pro posal, but that he does not antici pate any serious challenges to it. “I don’t see no problem with it passing at all,” he said. 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