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Heidi Bing
News Editor
The quarterly meeting of the Board of
Trustees (BOT) last Friday was marked
by acknowledgements of the university’s
continued endowment growth, expansion
of off-campus offices and classrooms, and
optimism about the impending bond ref
erendum.
Bond Referendum
Many trustees said that they were op
timistic that the bond referendum will be
approved during the Nov. 7 election. The
bond will grant the public universities and
community colleges in North Carolina
$3.1 billion. UNCW alone would receive
$108 million for use to the construction
of new academic buildings and the mod-
emization of existing buildings.
The BOT cited the impact of the Bond
Issue Media Blitz earlier this month and
the Student Government Association’s
(SGA) voter registration drive on inform
ing students on the bond issue. Mimi
Cunningham, assistant vice chancellor for
university relations, organized the media
blitz along with representatives from
Fayetteville State University and UNC
Pembroke. Thirteen college presidents and
three university chancellors (including
Chancellor James R. Leutze) made 12
stops around a 16-county region and spoke
to people about the importance of voting
in favor of the referendum. 1,330 people
attended the event.
The SGA was also acknowledged for
registering approximately 650 students
during its voter registration drive this
month. SGA President Katie Russell, a
BOT member, said the SGA’s original goal
was to register 150 students and that ex-
temal affairs had set a goal of 500.
“We were thrilled that we surpassed our
goal,” Russell said, adding that she has
heard positive response to the bond issue.
“Everybody we talked to seemed very
supportive. 1 haven’t encountered any op-
position.
Construction and Expansion
David Girardot, vice chancellor for
business affairs, announced that the Gen
eral Classroom Building is currently 32
percent complete and that design devel
opment has been completed for the new
school of education and the 200-student
resident hall.
The BOT’s business affairs committee
announced that two off-campus spaces
will soon house university offices. I^blic
Services will occupy a 6,000-sq. ft. space
at the county I ibrary at Landfall as of Janu
ary 1,2001. The university has also leased
office space at 5051 New Center Drive to
house four Public Ser\'ice units, the Pub
lic History Program and an art studio/
classroom.
Endowment Increase
Timothy Jordan, vice chancellor for
business affairs, informed the BOT that
UNCW’s endowment rate grew by 12.18%
to about $23 million by the June 30,2000
fiscal year ending. The endowment, which
comes from contributions from businesses
and individuals, is used to fund scholar
ships, professorships, and student loans.
Jordan noted that the university would not
be seeing an enrollment increase as it at
maximum capacity'.
Rural Internet Access Authority
Last Wednesday, Chancellor Leutze
was appointed buy Governor Jim Hunt to
chair the North Carolina Rural Internet
Access Commission. The 21-member
commission will make recommendations
to Hunt, the General Assembly and the NC
Rural Development Authority regarding
efforts to provide economically depressed
areas with high-speed Internet access.
Hunt said the goal of this commission
is to ensure, “businesses, families and
communities have the technology and eco
nomic development resources to partici
pate in the economy of the twenty-first
century.”
SGA revamps ‘Safe Ride’
TQDD VaLKSTORF
Staff Writer
Arevamped “Safe-Ride” program is near
ing completion and a new implementation
date has been set for this Thursday.
The new program will utilizeacontracted
taxi service. The service will run from 10
p.m. to 3 ajn. on Thursdays. Fridays and Sat
urdays. Due to the changes made to the Safe-
Ride Organization’s Constitution, the plan is
still pending approval by the SGA.
The SGA plans to hold an information
session for students to learn about political
parties as well as individual candidate plat
forms. The session is tentatively planned for
late October or early November The pur
pose of the session is to educate student vot
ers. There are also plans for a Web site con
taining related information.
A motion was made at the Oct. 17 SGA
meeting to cut the Black Student Union bud
get by 25 pendent, which totaled $192.50. The
organization failed to attend an appropria
tions workshop and therefore money will be
returned to the Special Activities Account.
A representative from the organization must
meet with Peggy Hendrix, university ac
counting clerk, or SGA Treasurer Kyle
Horton by 5 p.m. Nov. 6 or it will lose its
entire budget.
The Pep Band also lo.st 25 percent of their
budget in the amount of $ 106.30 for failing
to attend an appropriations workshop. Those
funds were returned to the Special Activities
Account.
The Students and Community for Alter
native Transportation (SCAT) is no longer
active. Its funding, $200, was retiuned to the
Special Activities Account.
Open SGAmeetings are held every Tues
day at 7:30 p.m. in the University Union room
100.