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Childcare grant
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The grant will provide non-
traditional and c»mmuter stu
dents with day care options^ 7
Afican Dance company
begins 3 year project
The African American
Dance Ensemble will be at
UNCW on Oct. 29 /11
Midnite Madness kicks
off 2001-02 Season
The dance team, along
with others helped ignite
the Madness /17
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SGA approves pricey student union proposal
Wes Melville
lution signifies
the general sup
port of the at-
large student
body that student
government rep
resents.
The proposal
An expanded student union is
in the works, but it will cost stu
dents.
The proposed plan, named “To
Form a More Perfect Student calls for increases
Union,” is currently scheduled to in student fees in
begin its first phase in the sum- the coming years,
mer of 2003, and the proposal has and “student en-
recently garnered a resolution of dorsement was
support from the Student Govern- significant,”
ment Association. Farley said.
Carolyn Farley, director of the The necessary
University Union; Terry Curran, funding for the
dean of students, and Dick Scott, project, Farley
associate vice chancellor of Busi- said, will prima-
ness Affairs, all came before the rily come from
SGA at the body’s weekly meet- three sources -
ing on Tuesday in order to gain retail revenues,
the SGA’s support for the project, donor contribu- The union expansion project Will expand meeting and offi^Mc^food
“Our vision is really your vi- tions and student service, Student gathering places and recreation facilities,
fees. Any dona-
sion,” Curran said, who stressed
that both parties sought the best
option for students.
Senior administration wanted
SGA’s backing because the reso-
tions that will likely help finance In her presentation to the
the union will not be examined board, Farley set out some defi-
until the designs for the new nite prices students should expect
space are completed. to pay. The first increase is ex
pected to take place in the fall of
2002, raising fees by $115. The
second rise in fees will be during
See Union, Page 5
Freedom of speech tested on campus
Cdllin Beck
The university received negative
press this month fk>m a Washington
Times news story and editorial de
tailing the stifling of free speech on
campus.
The published information—
which has been proven to be inaccu
rate in almost all respects—included
details about an investigation into al
legations that a UNCW professor
made political remarks to a smdent
that made her uncomfortable.
The professor referred to was
Mike Adams of the criminal justice
department and the undergraduate
student in question was Rosa Fuller,
a former student of Adams.
The Times repotted that a profes
sor of criminal justice was under in
vestigation for harassment and that
both the university police sent to 17 other people,
and the provost visited Adams said. Among
the professor because other political re-
of political remarks "CotlgteSS marks, the email
shall make
he made
graduate student
Sept. 11 trag
edy.
“The po-
regarding the «0 luW reSpectitlg
an establishment of tragedy.
States
blame for the
r the the
lice I
provost
visited me,
and I made
no harassing
remarks,”
Adams said,
contradicting
the report
What really
happened was
that (Fuller) sent
me an email about
the attacks that she also
lel^on, or^hibiting contend
’ free exercise theieof; that thi
ridpi _
ofspeech/orof
fhe^ss..."
First
Amendment
American,
but to put
the events of
Sept. 11 into
a larger con
text, and she
said placing
blame was not the
issue in discussion.
“I replied to it, as well as forward
ing it to a smaller amount of people
than she had originally sent it to as it
asked on the bottom of the page,”
Adams said.
His reply was in support of the
United States actions and expressed
his feelings of disgust for the con
tent of the original email. Adams said
that his actions were neither harass
ing nor threatening.
Adams said he felt the response
was understandable given the nature
of Fuller’s first correspondence, and
contacted the Foundation for Indi
vidual Rights in Education organi
zation for counsel in the event of a
lawsuit by Fuller’s parents. The
members of the organization made
remarks to the national media, which
led to coverage by the Washington
Times.
Among the potentially inflamma-
See Speech, Page 5