Volume LVI, Number 17
Serving UNC-Wilmington since 1948
January 27, 2005
Students to
speak up in
Raleigh
Justin Schoenberger
Correspondent
On Wednesday, Feb. 2, students
from all 16 University of North
Carolina schools will get a chance
to voice their concerns and ques
tions regarding university policies
- in particular, the recent proposed
tuition increase - with the people
directly responsible for its final
decision.
Members of the UNCW student
body are being asked to join in the
effort to represent their campus for
the event. Students’ Day - as it is
being called - is open to all students
regardless of their class and will be
held in the courtyard of the state’s
legislative building in Raleigh.
“It’s always
gone well,” said
SGA President
Zach Wynne.
“They want to
hear from us and
it always helps
to have more
people there. It
sends the mes- Zach Wynne
sage we are paying attention and
know what’s going on.”
Students’ Day’s top issue is
expected to be the striking tuition
increase requested by the UNCW
Board of Trustees. It features an
11.7% hike in price for students
from North Carolina - an addi
tional $225 per year. If the Board of
Governors, which is directly affili
ated with legislators likely to be
present, were to accept the propos
al, in-state fees would be up 63%
from five years ago.
Attending students are not lim-
see STUDENTS page 2
ON CAMPUS1I0US
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Senior Kristen Hicks leaves her on-campus apartment headed on her way to class. She is one of the last class
es of undergraduates with the opportunity to live on campus after freshman year. The university has decided
to remove upperclassmen housing to allow for the overwhelming number of incoming freshmen, until such a
time as more residences can be built.
Ashley Murphy
Staff Writer
Rising upperclassmen had better
start looking for a place to stay: A
new housing policy for the 2005-2006
school year leaves no room for juniors
and seniors.
The new plan allocates all on-cam
pus housing to incoming freshmen and
rising sophomores, with no housing
reserved for juniors and seniors. In
addition, transfer students will not be
allowed to live on campus with the new
housing plan.
For the past five years, any return
ing student was permitted to live on
campus. Due to a high number of
incoming freshmen, a new policy had
to be implemented for the 2005-
2006 school year in order to
“The younger the
student, the higher the
need to live on
campus. A student
coming straight from
high school to the
university needs the
experience more.”
-Brad Reid, Director of
Housing and Residence Life
accommodate the majority of the
freshmen.
This school year, roughly 300
freshmen were denied on-campus
housing due to limited space. The
Office of Housing and Residence
Life wants to avoid turning away
such a large number freshmen in the
2005-2006 school year.
Out of 2,430 living spaces on
campus, 82%, or approximately
1,600 spaces are being reserved for
the incoming freshman class. All
other spaces on campus are being
used to house sophomores along
with resident assistants, Residence
Hall Association members and hall
government members.
see HOUSING page 2
Media bias
debate hits
Kenan
Auditorium
Hollan Peterson
Staff Writer
The issue of bias in the media
has become extremely controversial
in recent years. People depend on
the media not only to stay informed
of current events, but to form their
beliefs and perceptions about politics
as well. Media bias goes far beyond
journalists expressing their political
views and resuhs in the overempha
sis of some stories while ignoring
others altogether. Therefore, media
bias is not an issue that affects only
politicians and political activists but
everyone who watches, listens to,
or reads the news at some point in
their day.
On Monday night Kenan
Auditorium was packed as UNCW
Presents Leadership Lecture Series
sponsored “A Look from the Left
and the Right”, a debate on media
bias. Jonah Goldberg, who has been
referred to as the P.J. O’Rourke of
Generation X, and is currently a
columnist and editor for National
Review Online, presented the argu
ment for the “right.” Peter Beinart, a
Yale alumnus, a Rhodes Scholar and
current editor of The New Republic
argued for the ideological “left.”
Moderator Dr. David Weber of
Communications Studies opened
the discussion positing the ques
tion “What if everything you know
is wrong?” Since people acquire
most of their ideas and perceptions
about politics and morality from the
media, what could be the possible
ramifications of a biased press?
It is impossible to control the
media from injecting bias into its
see MEDIA BIAS page 2
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