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Volume LV, Number 8
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natural habitats on campus
Ashley Sheffield
Staff Writir
There is controversy on the
UNCW campus over the topic of
campus growth. One topic being
discussed is campus development
and the impact on the campus’
natural habitat.
The Building and Grounds
Committee, one of the various
committees that reports to the
Faculty Senate, recently met
along with the chancellor to dis
cuss this topic.
The UNCW Web site states
that “the campus consists of 650
acres, of which approximately 25
percent are designated as conser
vation areas.”
The Herbert Bluethenthal
Memorial Wildflower Preserve, a
10-acre site centrally located on
campus, serves as one of the areas
that “will continue to remain
undeveloped,” according to the
Web site. Recently a new parking
lot was built right next to this pre
serve, lessening the critical buffer
zone between humans and
wildlife. •
It is proven that some species
survive but reproduce poorly near
human interaction - a phenome
non called the edge effect.
“Historically we have always
been about having a campus that
incorporates the natural landscape
into the development that takes
place,” said Bob Buerger,
Enviroimiental Studies professor
and member of the Building and
Grounds Committee, “Whether
we will continue to do that or not
is the question that everyone is
asking right now.”
Steve Emslie, professor of
About 25 percent of the campus is
made up of conservation areas.
Biological Sciences and chairman
of the Building and Grounds
Committee, tells about the previ
ous habitat which is now home to
the Watson Education building
and soon the Arts Center. “I’d
walk through those woods every
morning ... I used to see lots of
migrating warblers, neotropical
warblers and other species in
there - some of which are species
of concern ... neotropical
migrants are declining, and the
reason they’re declining is partly
because of loss of habitat.”
Not only do these wooded
areas provide an aesthetically
pleasing campus and a habitat for
wildlife, they also serve as teach
ing space. “As an example in my
Advanced Natural Resource and
Wild Land
Management
class, we go on
working field
trips into the j
woods behind [
campus to look |
at important j
subject matter
issues such as
soil com
paction, vege
tation and
impact from
human use,”
Buerger said.
The campus
contains vari
ous environments such as forest,
wetiands and vernal pools, which
make up habitat for native plants
and species, some of which are
listed as threatened or endan
gered.
Dan Noland, professor of
English, president of Faculty
Senate and past chairman of the
Building and Grounds
Committee said, “Historically,
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Ashley Parker
Staff Writir
A panel discussion was held on
the proposed North Carolina State
Lottery Oct. 16.
North Carolina is one of four
states out of the 13 Southeastern
states that do not have a lottery.
Tennessee most recently passed
lottery legislation in 2002, but it
is not underway yet. With
Tennessee on board, all of North
Carolina’s bordering states now
have lotteries, and we are the only
state on the East Coast without a
lottery.
The proposal has been dubbed
the North Carolina Education
Lottery because all of the pro
ceeds are intended to go to into
the school system. The projected
proceeds are debated by both
sides, but the number falls some
where between $250 million and
$450 million annually. This
money would go into the state’s
general fund, but be earmarked
for education, an idea that has
many teachers in favor of the lot
tery.
The debate Thursday included
three panelists on each side of the
issue. Those in favor were:
Gardner Payne, an attorney and
lobbyist representing the North
Carolina Lottery for Education
Coalition; Bernard Allen, a state
representative from Wake County
and former teacher; and Candace
Gauthier, a professor of philoso
phy here at UNCW specializing
in ethics. The opponents of the
lottery were: Don Carrington,
vice president of the John Locke
Foundation (a nonprofit think
tank); John Rustin, director of
government relations for the
North Carolina Family Policy
Council; and Rev. Michael Queen,
pastor of the First Baptist Church
of Wilmington.
The pro group cited lottery pro
ceeds in neighboring states,
Gallup polls showing public sup
port for the lottery, and even
Benjamin Franklin to present their
position.
“Lottery is the fairest tax of all
because it is only a tax on the will
ing,” Payne said.
The anti-lottery group claimed
the lottery is “state-sponsored”
gambling and can potentially lead
to social problems like crime, job
loss, compulsive gambling and
domestic violence.
Carrington estimated that if
every household in North Carolina
played the lottery, families would
lose $435 a year to the state in
addition to taxes. “Taxes are
deductible, lottery investments are
not,” Queen said. “Let us pay for
education.”
“If the lottery is so ineffective,
why aren’t other states discontinu
ing it?” said Stephanie Morton, a
kindergarten teacher in Pender
County.
The lottery proposal has been
brought before our state eight
times since 1983 but has consis
tently been defeated. Proponents
want a public referendum on the
lottery in November 2004. So far,
no such referendum has been
approved.
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