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The North Carolina state financial
problems are becoming a harsh reality
for members of the UNCW community
this week.
University officials completed a list
of potential budget reductions Monday
as requested by the state legislature
through UNC President Molly Broad. If
fully adopted by the legislature, UNCW
would be forced to trim nearly $4 mil
lion from its budget for fiscal year 2002-
2004.
“We don’t want to do this, but we are
doing it and making the best of it,” said
Chancellor James Leutze. “We will do
everything possible not to hurt the core
mission - the production of knowledge
and transmission of that knowledge to
students.” .
The budget reductions would elimi
nate 19 faculty positions and 31 staff
positions. It would also limit transfer
students from community colleges be
ginning in Spring 2002 and decrease
freshman enrollment beginning Fall
2002.
“This institution has been on an in
credible growth trajectory over the last
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president Adrien Lopez Tuesday
night at the Wanwick Center.
A breakdown of where the nearly $4 million in
possible budget cuts will come from,
decade, and that will come to a screech
ing halt because of these cuts we are
going to have to make,” said Provost
John Cavanaugh
University officials
estimate that the state
ftgislature will vote on
the budget reductions
in late May or early
June. If approved,
$125 million will be
eliminated from the
UNC system.
“Nobody really
knows at this point
what the actual out
come is going to be,”
Cavanaugh said. “I
think that as this
shapes out with the
legislature, everybody
will be in a little bit
better position to un
derstand exactly where
we’ll be making what
ever cuts, if any.”
According to
Cavanaugh, specific
programs, units and
people are not targeted
in the university’s plan
- due to the timeline and the overall
uncertainty.
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cerned that it may have been a factor.
“The racial dialogue was very helpful,
said Ebony Ebron, junior. “I think that
with the administration and faculty repre
on campus. Several administrators
pressed their concern that students let their
voice be heard.
“We interact based on how we’ve been
socialized,” said Dr. Brian Hemphill, as
sociate dean of students. “It’s sad those
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