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2 Friday, February 10,1995 ISSUE FROM PAGE 1 What all this might suggest is that stu dents simply don’t know or don’t care about how student fees get distributed. They just want it done fairly. In short, students don’t want to watch the sausage being made. Tto Not-So-Gory Details Really, it’s not so complicated. And students ought to know after all, it’s their money, and next week they will have the opportunity to elect the people who will spend it. As congress Speaker Monica Qoud said, the process “is fair only if it is in the right hands.” Student Congress, which has existed at UNC in many different forms through the years, is now composed of 37 representa tives elected from 23 districts. In the 1920 sand early 19305, UNC students voted on fees collected to fund student services. In 1941, the student leg islature took on the power of collecting and allocating these student fees. The current system of fee allocation has existed for about 10 years at UNC. Under this system, officially recognized student organizations can ask congress for money. Requests are written into bills and are reviewed by the Student Congress Finance Committee. The finance committee forwards the bill to the full congress with a recommen- SCHOOLS FROM PAGE 1 tributes these funds for concerts and speak ers, Wolf said. In addition, different departments, such as the office of the dean of student affairs and the individual deans of schools, have discretionary pools of money from which student groups can apply for grants, he said. Some organizations also get direct al locations of funds, Wolf said. “The Black Student Union gets a di rect allocation for their programs,” he said. “Thiscomesfromthegeneralfund.” Wolf said that there was constant dis cussion at Michigan of whether this was the best system to distribute funds and that the administration planned to survey peer institutions and the student body for alternatives. “Sometimes it works well, but obvi ously we are exploring other methods,” he said. “We are trying to prevent students from having to go to 15 different places to get enough funds to run their programs.” ■ A Student Congress Tasha Youngblood, student body trea surer at N.C. State University, said its Popping Tops to Help the Ronald McDonald House BY KENDRA GEMMA STAFF WRITER The next time you open a soft drink can, you could help a terminally-ill child. The Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill is recycling can tabs as a fund-raiser. “We collect pop tops, and then we take them to Reynolds Recycling,” said Ellen Armstrong, development and public rela tions director of the Chapel Hill house. This fund-raiser started locally about two years ago. And although it is not a national campaign, many Ronald McDonald Houses participate. The pop tops are paid for by the pound. And while Armstrong said it was too early to determine how much money the fund raiser earned this year, she hopes that the HERO FROM PAGE 1 Families who stay in the house have to be referred to it by the UNC Hospitals staff, for any reason. “We don’t specify what type of clientele stay here,” Baxter said. “We do ask that they pay $8 a night.” When the families eat in the house, they are required to cook their own meals most of the time. The house supplies snacks and items used for baking, and outside sources often provide donated food. These items are provided free of charge to the families. Many of the families that stay at the house do so because they have nowhere else to go. “Only about 40 percent of the clientele can pay the $8 per night,” he said. “If they can’t afford it, that’s fine. This is why fund-raising is so important to us.” He continually emphasizes the support that the community pro vides for the house. “We’re very fortunate to be located in this area,” he said. “The community has been very supportive, and we have a great rela tionship with the hospital. “McDonald’sprovidesseedmoney. Our annual budget is $259,000, and about 25 percent of that comes from McDonald’s. We receive no tax money, and no Univer sity money; most of the money is raised.” TAR HEEL SPORTS SHORTS THIS WEEKEND AT CAROLINA Saturday. February 11 Women’s Basketball vs. George Mason 2:00 pm at Carmichael Auditorium Women’s Tennis vs. UNC-Greensboro 11:00 am at Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center Sunday. February 12 Gymnastics vs. Maryland 2:00 pm at Carmichael Auditorium Students & faculty admitted FREEw/ID! A ■ MllliliKa Student Fees Increases Fees have risen rapidly in recent years following a period when the BOG refused to consider increases. $350 £ S3OO $250 - ~X~-~ S2OO $l5O | | - 83 'BS 'B7 89 '9l 93 -84 'B6 'BB '9O '92 '94 DTU/PETEK ROYBAL dation of whether to support or oppose the bill. It can also send it forward with “no prejudice.” If congress passes the bill, the student body president can sign or veto it or allow it to become law without his signature. Vetoes can be overridden by a two-thirds majority of congress. Officially, signing or vetoing bills is the primary responsibility of the student body president related to congress. Informally, of course, the president can put his or her system for allocating student funds was similar to UNO’s. “The rules are known up front, and it is all handled openly,” Youngblood said. “We have never had a problem with things being handled unfairly.” Student groups at NCSU have used this system for more than 10 years with the only significant criticisms being that the process is too strict and narrow and that the cashier issues checks too slowly, Youngblood said. “We have been criticized with our process being too stringent, but discipline has served its point,” she said. ■ Cluster Groups Because of past communication prob lems in the funding process, Duke Uni versity has recently reorganized its sys tem of student fee distribution, said Katherine Lambert, chairwoman of the Student Organizations Finance Commis sion. Each of the 10 student advisers on the finance commission is assigned to a “clus ter,” which represents student groups in one area. For example, there is a cluster for cul tural organizations and one for service groups. Each cluster generates a budget that is reviewed by the finance commis amount will be substantial. “It just keeps increasing,” she said. “We took a rela tively small load and got $50.” The pop tops are the only part of the can collected for a couple of reasons. “One is strictly storage,” Armstrong said. “More importantly is the cleanliness.” The Ronald McDonald House offers rooms for families of ill children who are patients at local hospitals. “The house not only provides a shelter, but it’s also a com forting place,” Armstrong said. Each family has its own room and bath room, and there are common rooms for families to meet together and talk. All of the money collected during the campaign goes back to the house to cover operating costs, Armstrong said. Recycling pop tops is not the sole fund- In addition to corporate donations, the Ronald McDonald House in Chapel Hill receives money from local programs that it runs, such as a golf tournament. Local groups, including clubs, busi nesses, fraternities and sororities, come in and help the house from time to time. “We have campus groups come in and bake foodforus,” Baxtersaid. “The McDonald’s on Franklin Street provides dinner on Wednesdays. And Domino’s Pizza deliv ers pizzas to us on Friday nights.” Before coming to the Ronald McDonald House, Baxter had retired, in December 1990, from his job of 14 years as director of the Orange-Person-Chatham counties mental health program. “I had retired from my previous job and had been playing a lot of golf," he said. “But it just didn’t seem to meet my needs.l retired too early. I felt like I still had a contribution to make, and I found that here.” Baxter is very satisfied with the work he has done at the house. “I guess the most satisfying part is the roughly2o,ooopeople’s lives we’ve touched, and hopefully helped, and there’s a radiance in the family’s eyes when the patient is discharged.” The job is not always pleasant, how ever, and it has its frustrating times. “Some UNIVERSITY & CITY weight behind a bill when it passes through congress. Or, Student Body Treasurer Wayne Rash said, “If (the president) wanted to, he could put an obstacle in there (the veto) that in most instances I don’t think con gress could overcome.” Bills that pass and are signed are turned over to the Student Activities Fund Office, which physically distributes student fees. To use their money, organizations have to appoint a treasurer and he or she has to pass a test on UNC procedures, Rash said. Groups have to file requisitions for each purchase. The requisitions are then ap proved by SAFO and sometimes by Rash and finance committee Chairman Tom Lyon. If funds were approved for one category (such as office supplies), they must be spent on that, or the group must get approval from Lyon and Rash to spend it elsewhere. “There is a lot of paperwork, and it is somewhat bureaucratic, but there are suf ficient checks to make sure money is spent appropriately,” Rash said. Money that is not spent by May 15 is reallocatedby congress. Lastyear, $20,000 reverted back to congress, he said. Mere Congress Gets the Cash If you’re a full-time nonsenior under graduate student, you paid $347.71 in stu dent fees this semester. But most of that money was allocated long before you paid it. sion. The commission fits cluster requests into a preliminary budget, which is then shared with the individual groups so that they have a clear idea ofhow much money they will get. Once the commission finalizes the bud get, it is presented to the student legisla tive body for approval. Prior to the changes in the system, groups submitted budgets to the commis sion but then had little contact with it until the final round of budget fights. Lambert said she thought that the stu dent groups liked the changes and that the added contact had been beneficial. “There was a lot ofdiscord when groups did not get what they wanted and there was no warning,” she said. ■ Faculty and Student Committees At the University of Georgia, each school and college has a committee com prising both students and faculty that reviews funding requests and makes rec ommendations. In addition, there is a campuswide, nonacademic committee that considers funding requests. None of the funding groups is related to the student government, said Tom Cochran, assistant to the vice president raiser of the Ronald McDonald House. Luminary kits are a money earner during the holidays. A golf tournament held in June, the Carolina Kids' Classic, brings in cash for the Chapel Hill house and two others. Also a trip to Disney World is raffled off in the spring. “We have one (fund-raiser) in the fall, ‘A Tasteful Affair,”’ Armstrong said. “Pa trons pay one ticket price and try all the food (supplied by local restaurants).” A diverse crowd takes part in the pop top fund-raiser. “There’s no limitation (as to who participates)," she said. “A lot of campus organizations help. In addition, churches, individuals and service groups have helped in the past. Armstrong said it was a good way for families who have stayed in the house to “I had retired from my previous job and had been playing a lot of golf. But it just didn’t seem to meet my needs. I retired too early. ” BILL BAXTER Executive director of Ronald McDonald House in Chapel Hill kids just never seem to get any better,” he said. “Fortunately, we don’t have many of those cases.” Baxter took the job at the house in December 1992, signing on for three years. He said he would retire at the end of this year as planned. If one were to read Baxter’s job descrip tion, it would describe his job as one of oversight and management. But Baxter’s job description is not what defines his or anyone else’s duties. “We’re all peers here,” he said. “I work with people; they don’t work for me. We all pull our own weight, and no one stands on protocol.” Diane Loveridge, a senior journalism major from Staten Island, N.Y., who is an intern at the house, agreed. “He makes it ; /Anjcma’sV Encouraging you to share your affections this Valentine's Day. Selected Jewelry 25% Off now thru Feb. 16 Mon.-Thurs. 10-6 J 135 E. Franklin St. Fri.-Sat. 10-7 968-0365 Sunday 12-5 Congress and the student body presi dent only hand out about S3O of each student’s fees per semester, Rash said. This year, that gave congress about $190,000. The remaining fees are determined by a fee review committee created last year by Chancellor Paul Hardin, and they fund everything from Student Health Services to films shown in the Union. Each spring, the committee, which is led by the student body president and includes representatives from the admin istration, faculty and staff, meets to review fee increase requests. Some of these requests come from stu dent referendums that passed, such as the one to increase student fees 50 cents to pay for the Carolina Course Review. Other increases are proposed by departments and advisory boards. It’s not always an easy process to raise fees. In previous years, the Board of Gov ernors has refused outright to consider any increases. Even when the BOG is willing to listen, it’s a complicated road that begins with a proposal from the fee review committee and flows upward through the chancellor and Board of Trustees and then on to the BOG. Nevertheless, fees have more than doubled in the past 10 years, according to figures provided by the Office of Business and Finance. Erica Luetzow contributed to this story. for student affairs. Cochran said the merits of UGa’s sys tem were that many people were involved in the decision-making process and that people closest to the organizations made the funding decisions. “We have a decentralized process, ” he said. “There is a continuity built into the process.” Georgetown University also employs a committee system, said Martha Swanson, director of student organiza tions. Four advisory boards meet separately every spring to look over student groups’ request forms and recommend an amount to be allocated to each group. Three of the boards the media, arts and service boards - comprise both stu dents and faculty, while the student board is composed entirely of students, Swanson said. Chris McLaughlin, president of the Georgetown Student Association, said he thought his school’s system worked well and minimized ethical problems. “It (a distribution system like UNC’s) turns way political,” he said. “I believe student government should not be reduced to becoming accountants. I think that (distribution) can be given to an independent board.” bring the experience home and help out. Tammy Shumate, co-president of Cobb Residence Hall, said that Cobb and Joyner residence halls would be collecting pop tops for the fund-raiser. “We knew (the money) was going to Ronald McDonald House, so we wanted to help out as a group,” said Shumate, a junior fromMcGrady. She said they wanted to help out the community. The containers where the pop tops will be collected have yet to be placed in the halls. “It’s up to the environmental reps,” Shumate said. “But most likely they’ll be by the drink machines and maybe by the trash cans.” Other residence hall area governments have discussed participation in the fund raiser as well. easier to do your job,” she said. “He helps you in any way he can.” Loveridge is one of 11 students who work as interns there. When he refers to the staff of the house, Baxter always uses the word “we,” not “they” or “I.” It is this sense of shared responsibility that pervades the entire house. “Without the volunteers and the support from the community, we simply could not function,” he said. “It’s a team. “The real heroes are the volunteers and the founders,” he added. “I work here, but I’m one of many. We have volunteers who have over 2,000 hours of service racked up the commitment is incredible.” Ellen Armstrong is in charge of devel opment and public relations at the house. She, like the others who have worked with Baxter, has the utmost respect for him. “He has a great relationship with all of the staff,” Armstrong said. “We all kind of pitch in, because the families are the first concern. The house is a joint effort of the community. From Bill, who is here every day, to the interns, to the volunteers it’s a real pulling together.” Armstrong, like Baxter, emphasizes the importance of the volunteers. “They’re a big deal,” she said. “Without them, the house would fail. They make a tremen dous difference.” FORUM FROM PAGE 1 dent Health Services was not meeting women’s needs as well as they could. Candidate Stacey Brandenburg pointed to the need for a consensual amorous rela tionship policy to prevent students from feeling uncomfortable with their profes sors. Jen Fiumara said the campus climate for women was one of disunity. “There is a rift between women and among women." Kelly Jo Gamer said she thought there was “a minority rule of the majority” on campus, referring to the relatively few women in positions of leadership on cam pus. The six student body president candi dates all voiced support for protecting sexual orientation under the University’s non-discrimination policy in an effort to improve the campus climate for non-het erosexuals. Brandenburg said she thought the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee she es tablished would play a key role at the University. “They will fight to ensure that the policy will remain in the future.” She also said programs should be held for faculty mem bers through the Center for Teaching and Learning. Fiumara suggested the initiation of a diversity program at C-TOPS. Gamer said that the goal of campus diversity programs should be to foster ac ceptance. “Asa bisexual woman, I feel that ste reotypes need to be broken down, ” Gamer said. COORS FROM PAGE 1 Coors said that 20 years ago he looked to Jesus Christ to fill the void in his heart. “I had 30 years without him and 20 years with him,” Coors said. “I gave up nothing and gained every thing.” He then asked the members of the audi ence to accept Christ into their hearts. “I care very much about what you do with what you hear tonight,” Coors said. “Jesus Christ is God’s only provision for our sins. We must individually reach out and receive Jesus Christ. It will be the most important decision that you’ll ever make. ” Coors ended with a prayer and person ally spoke with members of the audience after his speech. Jeff Hardy, a junior from Conover and a member of Campus Crusade for Christ, said he was very excited to have Coors speak. “He’s had a very interesting life, and he has a very interesting story, ” Hardy added. Campus Crusade for Christ is an inter denominational student movement com mitted to two goals, campus Director Byron Peters said. He said, “We promote culturally rel UNC Opens Investigation of E-Mail Hacker THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A computer hacker has broken into the University of North Carolina’s primary e mail system and illegally accessed hun dreds of accounts, authorities said. Jim Gogan, director of the UNC Office of Information Technology, filed a report with campus police Wednesday to open a criminal investigation while the technol ogy office tries to learn how the hacker got into the system. The suspect does not appear to have peeked at users’ electronic messages or damaged computerfilesorsystems, Gogan said. If anything, this hacker, like most, prob ably broke into the system simply for the thrill of doing so —and as a way to crack other systems illegally, he said. “They’re generally not out to do any Black History Month Spotlight Eva Clayton Clayton was assistant secretary for communica tion development with the N.C. Department of Natural Resources and Community Development. She specialized in the development and director ship of the Soul City Foundation. Clayton attended law school and the Govern ment Executive Institute School of Business Ad ministration at UNC-Chapel Hill. And, in Novem Campus Calendar FRIDAY NOON Student Body President Candidates’ Debate will be held in the Pit until 1 p.m. Everyone is encouraged to attend. SATURDAY 1 p.m. Bigßuddy Black History Month Celebra tion will be held until 4 p.m. in Great Hall of the Union. All campus children's groups are invited for an afternoon of cultural events, games and fun! SUNDAY 1 p.m. Alpha Phi Alpha Annual Spades Tourna ment will be held until 6 p.m. in Great Hall of the Union. See a brother to register, or call Malcolm at 914-6181. 2:30p.m. Second Sunday Readings with novelist Randall Kenan and poet Michael Chitwood, will be held in Wilson Library. A reception andbook signing will follow the presentation. Sponsored by UNC’s Creative Writing Program. 7 p.m. Holy Cross Gospel Choir from Durham will celebrate Student Mass at the Newman Catholic isii^ 1 ’ 00 * any CD! Not valid on Sale or Used merchandise. J ■ 306-C W. Franklin St. (Near Gutnby’c) • Mon-Sat lOam-tOpm • Sun 1-7 pm 932-1666 ■ ®ljr Sally Sar Hppl Simes said he supported a campus women’s center as a place for education, a hotline, speeches and meeting. He said he thought the center should be privately funded. Simes also said minorities were underrepresented in the faculty. “The University faculty does not repre sent society,” he said. Covington asked candidates whether they would maintain a women’s issues position on their cabinet. All candidates except France said they would. France said he had not yet decided how to organize his cabinet. “I would probably appoint a bisexual or lesbian woman to that position,” Gamer said. Steve Hoffmann, the only candidate for Graduate and Professional Students Fed eration president, asked the candidates whether they would push for a systemwide non-discrimination policy while UNC bud gets were before the state legislature this spring. “If we push that policy too hard, we are going to get slaughtered in the General Assembly,” Cunningham said. “A lot of conservatives in the General Assembly are willing to use the policy as a political tool.” Brandenburg also said that the Univer sity would have to balance its financial needs with its desire to see such a policy instituted. Gamer said that the University should work with student leaders and the chancel lors at the seven universities in the UNC system that do not currently prohibit dis crimination on the basis of sexual orienta tion. m Jf '*■ s’/ ', m I ’ JjH BB X JgjHS > * fHHH DIB/KATIE CANNON ADOLPH COORS spoke about his commitment to Christianity on Thursday night in the Great Hall. evant dialogue within the University com munity about the person Jesus Christ and provide a place for students who are Chris tians to join in faith.” thing malicious or damaging, ” Gogan said. “It’s usually just very qualified, very tal ented programmers that have too much time on their hands. “They like to impress their friends and their ego with how many systems they can get into.” Nonetheless, officials are taking seri ously the breach of security of the system involved, known as Isis. The Isis system provides electronic mail and Internet access to 16,000 students, fac ulty and staff members. It is the largest such system on campus and has been growing rapidly, up from 9,000 users in September. The possible penalties for hacking are serious, with a felony charge of unautho rized access of computers carrying a maxi mum sentence of 10 years in prison. her 1992, North Carolina sent its first woman to Congress. Clayton, a positive and intelligent Afri can-American woman, has served as chairwoman of the Housing Association of County Officials in Washington, DC. Some of her congressional successes included creating a rural health-care facility, securing 900 jobs and $55 million dollais in investments, and passing a bond issue for school construction. Center, with a reception following. Community Service Week will hold an interest meeting in Union 224. MONDAY 7 p.m. Phi Alpha Delta MANDATORY meet ing for all members and applicants will be held in Union 212. Carolina NORML will hold an interest meeting inMurphey 111. Bringyou Blockbuster Video Cards! ITEMS OF INTEREST Carnations for your loved one? Sigma Gamma Rho will be selling Valentine’s Day carnations in the Pit today or in the Union depending on the weather, for only $1.50 each. Order now and they will deliver. Star Trek Convention will be held at the N.C. State Fairgrounds all day on Saturday and Sunday. Receive a discount on admission with a UNC ID. Club Baseball will hold tryouts Tuesday at the Carrboro Community Park. If you need a ride, be at Hinton James at 3 p.m. Call Eric at 932-7561 for more information.
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