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®lfp Batly (Jar Her! !■ Stories from the University and Chapel Hill Board of Governors Delays Chairman Election The UNC Board of Governors voted not to suspend the rules at its meeting July 14 and did not elect anew chairman. A vote to suspend the rules would have allowed the board to elect anew chair man before its August meeting. Currently, C. Clifford Cameron of Charlotte is con sidered the leader for the position. Lois Britt of Mount Olive, former N.C. Sena tor Marshall Rauch, attorney Sam Neill and Joe Thomas, a New Bem real estate executive and acting chairman of the BOG, are also in the running for the position. Since the rules were not suspended, the election will be held at the BOG’s next meeting, tentatively set for Aug. 11. Chancellor Hooker Plans Report Card for UNC As he did with the University of Massachusett’s system, Chancellor Michael Hooker said he wished to initiate a project which would lead to a report card on UNC. “It is not so much my issuing a report card on UNC as it is UNC issuing a report card on itself,” Hooker said. Hooker said that he hoped to gather groups of faculty, staff and students in order to assess UNC’s strengths and weak nesses. “Iwantto compare ourselves with our peers and with our self in past times,” Hooker said. Although Hooker came under fire at UMass after a similar report card gave that system a C-plus grade, Hooker said he thought the report card was beneficial despite the negative response. “The re port card at UMass was the single best thing that could have been done,’’Hooker said. “It made the school accountable with the legislature and the state.” The entire process of gathering the information and analyzing it would take about two years, Hooker said. BOT Will Not Hear Fred X Hall's Tenure Appeal Fred X Hall, the assistant professor of sociology who was denied tenure and had filed an appeal with UNC’s Board of Trustees, said his tenure appeal would not be heard by the BOT because he had filed the request for the hearing too late. “There will not be a hearing,” Hall said. “My request for a hearing from the BOT was turned in past the time it was supposed to be.” The Trustee Policies and Regulations on Tenure dictate that Hall file a request for a hearing within 10 days after a deci sion by the faculty committee. Hall said he did not know what his options were at this point. “I’m not sure what options remain,” Hall said. “The only thing I know for sure is that I have a contract through next June with the University.” Susan Ehringhaus, senior legal coun sel for the University, said she could not comment on Hall’s case at this point and said she did not know what would hap pen now with his case. Conference Encourages Minority Presence Blacks are less likely to enroll in gradu ate programs and to join the ranks of college and university faculty, according to national statistics cited by a UNC pro gram. To combat this problem, UNC hosted “Towards Inclusion of Minorities in the Academy,” a conference which focused on problems faced by minorities as they worked to complete their graduate degrees. The conference, which is held in conjunction with UNC’s Minority Un dergraduate Research Assistant Program, was attended by a wide variety of people to provide a broad perspective. Chernobyl Victims Treated at UNC Hospitals Fourteen Belarussian children visited the Division of Pediatric Hematology- Oncology at UNC Hospitals Monday to take part in a study on the growth ofblood diseases such as leukemia. All of the children have been diag nosed with blood diseases and live near theChemobylnuclearreactor. Theywere exposed to high levels of radiation after the 1989 explosion there. The children, who will be in the U.S. for six weeks, were accompanied by Sergei Chunikhovskii, a specialist in cancer re search from Belarussia. Chunikhovskii traveled to the United States to learn more about advanced health care in America. County Group Trying to Prevent Jail Overcrowding Orange County government is trying to implement a program which would prevent problems which arise from high jail populations and from not treating jailed substance abusers. The Pre-Trial Release Program will be run by the Or ange-Chatham Alternative Sentencing program which is non-profit and commu nity supported. The program is aimed at eliminating problems of overcrowded jails, helpingsubstance abusers, andmoni toring offenders until they appear in court. Potential releases will be screened care fully before recommendation for the pro gram. The program will also provide in formation to the court before decisions are made about the jailed offenders. FROM STAFF REPORTS 3rd Candidate Throws Hat in Ring for Council ■ Richard Franck, chairman of the Chapel Hill Transportation Board, will seek an open council seat. BYEMILYB. NEWELL STAFF WRITER Richard Franck became the third person to an nounce his candidacy for one of the four open seats on the Chapel Hill Town Council last Thursday. Incum bents Joe Capowski and Mark Chilton both filed for re-election last week. ~ .. -sill Snf* f V 'aBpBHMIIm ff§| MM DTHFILE PHOTO Doing Well in the Real World A recently-released study conducted by the University tried to evaluate how well UNC-system schools prepare their students for the tasks they choose after leaving Chapel Hill. Study Shows Success of UNC Grads Chapel Hill students are more likely to be employed than their peers. Avenue Salary Employed (full or part-time) VNC-CH $22,000 VNC-CH 82.4% ■ $21,000 72.6% Attending Graduate School Unemployment VNC-CH 28.6% VNC-CH 4.7% ■ 24.2% ■ 3 - 2 % SOURCE OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH 1993 SURVEY OF 1992 GRADUATES OF All 16 UNC SCHOOLS Antiquated Ban on Communist Speakers Repealed ■ A1963 law, ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court, marked an era of tension between UNC and the legislature. BY WILL SAFER ASSOCIATE EDITOR A controversial law enacted in 1963 which prevented Communists from speak ing at the University was finally repealed June 6 by the N.C. General Assembly. The Camps Give Young Jocks Skills, Fun BY JONATHAN KOLLAR STAFF WRITER In the summer at UNC, many coaches and players spend time not only preparing for next season, but also instructing ath letes of various ages and skill levels in camps. “We work very, very hard with our teaching,’’UNCwomen’sbasketball coach Sylvia Hatchell said. “It really is a tremen dous learning experience as far as the fun damentals of basketball.” Baseball head coach Mike Roberts said that the baseball camps, which are spread throughout the summer, are valuable to all who are involved. “I think the main reason (for the camps) is it helps youngsters improve their skills and attitude,” Roberts said. “Secondly, it gives them experience on a major univer sity campus, which I think is a great expe rience for youngsters. And I think the third thing is we become better coaches by teach ing young people.” Camp staffs vary in size and in coach and player involvement. Some camp staffs include coaches and players from high schools and other universities. “We had seven women’s national team members as head coaches and three men’s national team members here,” said Karen Shelton, the head coach and camp director of field hockey. “And then we surround them with about 25 top-level Division I college coaches or top-level college play ers.” Tom Sander, a women’s soccer admin- UNIVERSITY & CITY Franck is a newcomer to the campaign trail, but said he has experience with important town issues throughhisserviceonthetown’sTransportation Board. Major issues on which Franck said he planned to focus were long-term growth management in the town, transportation issues, town-gown relations and envi ronmental issues. “I think there is a need for a more comprehensive approach to running the town rather than reactive,” Franck said. “The regional growth should make us look at our land uses and transit systems.” Franck said although he believed the current coun cil was moving in the right direction on many town Speaker Ban law, though ruled unconstitu tional in 1965, had been left on the books by state legislators. Several UNC alumni, who were stu dents during the 19605, said the law’s pas sage marked an era when the state legisla ture went out of its way to punish the University and its tolerance ofleftist views. Gary Blanchard, co-editor of The Daily Tar Heel in 1963, said he thought the repeal of the law signified the end of a time when state lawmakers had a very negative view of the University. “In their eyes, Chapel Hill was the seed bed of communism,” he said. “This was legislation without rationality; it was striedy i 1 ™' DTH/IOHN WHITE A participant in the Mike Roberts N.C. Baseball Camp dives through a stream of water to get to first base during a drill at Fetzer Field Tuesday afternoon. istrator, said: “We use the current UNC players and a lot of national team players, girls from other colleges around the coun try, and former Carolina players who are now coaches at other schools.” The ages and skill levels of the athletes in camps are diverse, and instructors di vide the camps accordingly. “It’s a real good mixture of everybody from beginners to Olympic players and girls who are already accepted into big name schools getting ready for college,” Sander said. “So it’s everybody at every skill level.” The camps attract some of the top ath letes around the country, and camps help coaches recruit possible UNC players. “We recruit very heavily from the camp, and a lot of the girls who are playing for us now attended the camp,” Sander said. Hatchell said: “I’ve gotten several people on my team who have been to our camps. Charlotte Smith was a camper. Tonya Sampson was a camper.” Chapel Hill Town Council issues, there was always room for improvement. Franck said a major issue in the campaign would be the restructuring of the design and review process for new development coming into the Chapel Hill area. Others who have also declared candidacy have said that changing the framework of the current boards would be highly debated within the next year. “There could be some reorganizing, but I am not in Success Stobi: UNC Graduates IA recent survey shows Chapel Hill graduates achieve more than their counterparts from other UNC-system schools. BYJAYMOYE STAFF WRrTER Over three-fourths of all UNC CH graduates who pursue a graduate or professional degree feel prepared by the University for their continuing studies, according to a recent survey. The 1992 Graduated Student Survey, which was administered inspringofl993 by Institutional Research graduate stu dent Kimberly Raines, generated 4,674 responses from students across the 16 campuses in the UNC system. “The purpose of our study was to see ho w satisfied Carolina graduates are with their experiences at Chapel Hill, ” Raines said. “We wanted to gain feedback about the teaching and overall learning atmo sphere here and how it compares to other schools in the system.” The intent of the survey was to gain information about the background, em ployment and continuing education of the class of 1992. Part of the survey examined the spe cific UNC campus attended by each stu dent. In order to compare data, results from the UNC-CH graduates were ex amined separately from the combined UNC system. When surveyed, 82.4 percent of the total respondents from UNC-CHreported being employed either part-time or full emotive.” He said the University’s administrators, as state employees, were unable to fight the law, so it fell to student leaders to speak out and initiate the legal effort which led to the law’s being declared unconstitutional. Blanchard also pointed out that the law never affected what the DTH was allowed to print. “At the newspaper we ridiculed it,” he said. A review of DTH issues from 1963 shows numerous editorials blasting the law with stories and photographs of student protests frequenting the front page. New UNC Chancellor Michael Hooker said that as a student in 1966 he was “swept up in the passion” of the issue. Shelton said that she was able to get Nancy Pelligreen, the top field hockey player in the country and a former camper, to come to UNC next season. Camp instructors use various teaching techniques and organizational methods for the camps, and some camps are divided into specialized areas. “We have sue camps,” Hatchell said. “We have three team camps. We have a position camp where they just work on the position they play, whether it be perimeter or post. And then we have two individual camps where we cover everything, all the fundamentals.” Shelton said: “We try and do different things. We try and give them a little bit of weight-training concepts, different train ing things and sports psychology. “I think like with most camps you try to give them a great experience all the way around. You want it to be a wonderful learning environment, and you want the campers to have fun, too.” time. Only 72.6 percent of the students in the system reported having a job. The average salary for a Chapel Hill graduate one year into the real world was $22,000, only slightly higher than the $21,000 earned by graduates from the other UNC system schools. In addition to the high number of gradu ates with jobs, many of those surveyed chose to continue their education. Out of those surveyed at UNC-CH, 28.6 percent reported being enrolled in graduate programs. The percentage of all system graduates was also high at 24.2 percent. Out of UNC-CH graduates re-enrolled in school, 47 percent were seeking a master’s degree, 33.3 percent were seek ing professional degrees and 33 percent were seeking company training. In section three of the survey, gradu ates were asked to assess the quality of UNC campuses and the degree to which their alma matermettheirneeds. Although a large number, 79 percent, of UNC-CH graduates felt prepared by the University for higher education, almost 90 percent of the system-wide respondents felt the same way. However, Raines said she thought this statistic was misleading. “My theory on this is that possibly Chapel Hill students had higher expecta tions and wanted to go on to more de manding programs,” she said. Timothy Sanford, director of Institu tional Research, also warned students not to look at the survey too closely. He noted the unique academic environment at UNC CH. % -‘rr* “We need to be cautious about reach ing conclusions based on these compari sons, though, because circumstances at the different campuses are not the same.” “At the time, I saw it as an issue of the state trying to impose dictation about what we could and couldn’t be exposed to,” he said. “I felt like I was personally offended or thwarted by the legislature.” In the end, Hooker said, the law stimu lated interest in what the Communist speak ers were saying. “By denying a forum to members of the Communist Party, the state effectively gave them an audience. It drew attention because it was sensational. ’’ The removal of the Speaker Ban Law was initiated by N.C. Sen. Aaron Plyler, D-Union, as part of Senate Bill 56, which was introduced to remove a series of out dated or overturned laws. Low Test Scores Spur 2 More To Seek School Board Seats ■ Incumbent Elizabeth Carter and newcomers say the school system needs improvements. BYMEGAN MITCHELL STAFF WRITER The count for candidates in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School Board elections rose to five when newcomer Harvey Goldstein and current member Elizabeth Carter de clared their candidacy. Five seats are up for grabs this November. Three others announced their intent to run last week. They include Louise Cole, Kevin Cook and Peter Morcombe. Cole, a Chapel Hill resident for 18 years and mother of six, said she was concerned about the academic performance of all the kids. “I’m concerned with the disparity between black and white children,” Cole said. Cole is also very concerned with falling SAT scores and performance on end-of course tests. Cole advocates strengthening basic academics and setting aggressive deadlines for eliminating the black dispar ity in educational performance. “Our school system has been imple menting programs without an objective evaluation of the programs,” Cole said. “There needs to be an investigation of programs around the country that are work ing.” Cole also said she supported fiscal re sponsibility and believed that the school system had built over-expensive schools, but lacked adequate text books and paper. “Forty-two foot ceilings don’t teach chil dren nor does it help them learn what they Thursday, July 20,1995 favor of changes that would reduce the role of the advisory boards,” he said. Franck said town-gown relations were good at this point, but due to the high number of new officials entering UNC’s administration this fall, relations be tween the town and the University would be critical. “I think that the town properly engages the Univer sity,” he said. “But the town needs to be adequately compensated for services such as fire and transporta tion by the University.” This issue was recently bettered when the Univer sity and UNC Hospitals both pitched in to help pay for anew fire truck. Alderman Race Heats Up ELifllC^ Carrboro Board of Aldermen BY CARLOS DE MATTOS STAFF WRITER Hilliard Caldwell added his name to the list of people running for the three open positions on the Carrboro Board of Aider men on Monday. Diana McDuffee and Alex Zaffron announced their candidacy shortly after the filing period began two weeks ago. Caldwell, who previously served on the Board for 12 years, said his decision to run for office again was largely due to his desire to serve the people. “I enjoy serving the people and I missed being part ofCanboro’s daily activity,” Caldwell said. Caldwell said he planned to focus on development, economic expansion and town-gown issues. He said he thought the current Board had done a good job in dealing with these issues and he hoped to continue in the same direction. “I think Carrboro has been moving in the right direction for growth,” Caldwell said. He said this was shown in various sub-divisions and in the small area plan, and he hoped to see it continue. Caldwell said one thing he hoped to improve on was business within the town. “Carrboro has a lot of empty buildings and I would like to put an effort in trying to get small chain companies to move in, ” he said. Relations with the University, which are increasingly important this year be cause of the number of new officials com ing to both UNC and the town, will be a vital issue facing the new Board, Caldwell said. “I want the relationship to continue to be one of cooperation and it is one that with joint effort can be carried out,” he said. Caldwell said he also planned to pursue issues such as affordable housing and capi tal improvements. McDuffee, a newcomer to the election scene, filed last week and has much expe rience with town government. She was a member of the Canboro Gun Control Study Committee, was a founder of the first board of the Chapel Hill-Canboro Sister City Committee and has been involved in vari ous other projects. She said she hoped to see the Board of Aldermen move more aggressively in pur suing sustainable and affordable develop- See ALDERMAN, Page 5 Chapel Hill-Carrboro School Board need for end-of-course tests,” she said. Cole said she wanted to maximize use of funds to achieve quality teaching in the classroom. Empowering principals, parents, teach ers and students in the learning process is part of Cole’s plan for site based manage ment. Cole is seeking her first term on the Chapel Hill-Canboro School Board. She has served on the Curriculum Restructur ing Task Force and various other activities to improve schools. Goldstein, a professor of city and re gional planning at the University and former PTA council president, filed Fri day. Goldstein’s two children will attend Frank Porter Graham Elementary School and Grey Culbreth Middle School in the fall. Goldstein was not available for com ment at press time. Carter, who was appointed to the school board last year,announced her bid for on Tuesday for her first elected term. She has two children at Chapel Hill High School. “I wanted to see ifl can be elected by the people,” she said. “I want to make things better for the kids because often we lose sight of that.” Carter said one concern was seeing “the proficiency of students improve, especially of African-American students.” Incumbents Ken Touw and Bea Hughes-Wemer have not announced then intentions to run for re-election, but Sue Baker and Judy Oritz have said they would not seek another term. The filing periods ends on August 4. 3
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