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‘Confidentiality’ issue sparks SGA dissent
Tqdd Volkstdrf
Staff Writer
A controversy surrounding student
involvement in the recent proposal to
increase student fees reached an emo
tionally charged culmination during
Tuesday’s SGA meeting.
Several SGA members at the meet
ing last week questioned Katie Russell,
SGA president, and Kyle Horton, trea
surer, about their roles in student fee
committee meetings.
The Chancellor’s Student Fee Review
Committee traditionally includes two
students from the student government
that represent student interests.
The controversy began when execu
tive members Russell and Horton could
not answer specific questions regarding
the committee because, according to
them, they were told the meetings were
confidential.
The idea of students attending “con
fidential” meetings where the cost of at
tending UNCW is discussed outraged the
representatives who began questioning
Russell and Horton.
“I have a serious problem with stu
dent fees discussions being confiden
tial,” said Jessica Maher, SGA represen
tative, at last week’s meeting.
The same representatives, who are
members of the Planning Committee
within SGA, put together what they
called a “press release,” which addressed
See SGA, Page Z
Thomas M Ruyl«/The Seahawk
Dean of Students Terry Curran, standing right, addresses the Stu
dent Government Association Tuesday night.
Some dorms to recieve new fire alarm system
HEATHER GRADY
ASS’T. NEWS EDITOR
Advanced fire detection systems will
soon comfort students and parents in
Grahamlett and Galloway halls. Instal
lation of the system at Grahamlett hall
is scheduled over the next year.
The addressable fire alarm system
will feature a top of the line computer
ized fire station panel with smoke de
tectors in each room. The panel wiU al
low fire fighters to see the exact room
number of the ignited area instead of
hunting for the blaze. It will also store a
history of activations in the panel. The
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New Seahawk website up today
Starting today, the Seahawk will
have a new, improved presence on the
World Wide Web.
The new site at
www.the.Sgfl/iaH'fc.org features the lat
est news, sports, opinion and feature
stories found in the Seahawk Newspa
per, along with a chat room, discussion
forums, polls, and links to current
weather and important UNCW-related
websites. Additionally, the site will fea
ture bonus stories not found in the regu
lar print edition of the Seahawk.
“This is the Seahawk’& third, and by
far the most professional, estabhshment
of a World Wide Web presence,” said
Seahawk Editor-in-Chief Thomas
Ruyle. “We’ve reorganized the site in
order to make it the most useful, easily
accessible site ever.”
The site is built and hosted in con
junction with College Publisher, Inc.,
a Boston company specializing in Uni-
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versity newspaper websites.
Perhaps the most important new fea
ture is that the site can be updated at
any time from anywhere, allowing the
Seahawk staff to publish breaking
news, update stories, and fix problems
as they happen.
“We certainly invite the UNCW
community to take a look at the site,
and feel free to send any feedback and
suggestions on it,” Ruyle said.
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centralized system will automatically
alert the university police upon activa
tion as well. The laundry areas and gar
bage chutes will be equipped with lim
ited sprinkler systems and heat sensors.
“I think we’ve decided this is the best
thing to do - to install state of the art
fire detection systems,” said Brad Reid,
director of housing and residence. “We
really believe that this is the most im
portant thing right now.”
The Board of Governors stated in its’
1999 to 2001 budget request that fire
safety improvements in residence halls
were among the top priorities for uni
versities. The BOG, as well as the North
Carolina Department of Insurance, real
ized that, due to insufficient overhead
space to accommodate piping for sprin-
Ider systems and the presence of asbes
tos due to certain renovations, some uni
versity buildings were presently better
serviced by installing fully compUant de
tection and alarm systems than by fire
suppression systems.
“I would hope that [the system] would
be put in by January 2002. However, it
may be as late as July 2002,” said Stan
Harts, director of environmental health
and safety at UNC Wilmington.
He expects to see many of the older
See Fire, Page 2
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