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4 Monday, September 11,1995 FSU Gets Chancellor With No College Administrative Experience BY ROBYN TOMLIN HACKLEY STATE 8 NATIONAL EDITOR Eight months after the search for anew chancellor at Fayetteville State University began, members of the UNC Board of Governors elected a man with no previous experience in university administration as FSU’s chancellor. UNC-system President C.D. Spangler recommended Willis B. McLeod to the BOG at their Friday meeting. McLeod will earn $120,180 a year at FSU. McLeod, an FSU alumnus, will suc ceed Lloyd V. Hackley as chancellor at the historically black school. Hackley left FSU in December to become president of the N.C. Community College System. McLeod will return to FSU in Novem ber. He resigned from his position as super intendent of the Richland County school district in Columbia, S.C., where he has been since 1994. New Orange County Sanctuary To Benefit Animals ■ Animal Protection Services opened a sanctuary Sunday after five years of planning and fund raising. BY ANGELA MOORE STAFF WRITER After five years of working toward es tablishing a facility to offer more services for animals, the Animal Protection Society opened the Felicite Latane Animal Sanc tuary on Sunday, said Amanda Graham, APS associate director. Between 300 and 400 people showed up at the grand opening of die animal sanctu ary on Nick’s Road in the Bingham Town ship of Orange County, she said. /GeHnvcjwd^ Campus Organizational Fair September 13 from I lam-3 pm Alumni Center Thtab your opportunity to learn about, meet vyjth,md get Information from campus organizations. Dine-in/Carryout/Delivery 109 S. Estes Drive 942-7713 /fUNC Delivery C 942-0343 ACCEPT VISA & MASTERCARD McLeod accepted the position in an emotional speech. After an extended si lence he began by telling his audience that he grew up in rural North Carolina and that even though his mother was illiterate, she implanted in him a zeal for learning and self-improvement through education. In his acceptance speech, McLeod iden tified retention as one of his main goals for his tenure at the school. “Fifty percent of the students in the first and second years unfortunately leave us, and the graduation rate is 20 percent or less. That says to me we probably ought... to focus on the whole culture of education at the university.” McLeod said that he was excited about getting the opportunity to work in the uni versity setting. He said that his experi ences working at the public school level over the last 30 years will help him in his job at FSU, where many students come to school academically underprepared. Remediation at Fayettevile State is an The public turnout was greater than expected, Graham said. “We were ex tremely pleased,” she said. “We were par ticularly pleased with the diversity of the people. We hope they’ll come back.” Demonstrations from the APS Obedi ence Club kicked off the opening ceremo nies, Graham said. Jonathan Howes, sec retary of North Carolina’s Department of Environment, Health and Natural Re sources introduced his good friend Latane, the Chapel Hill woman whose 1993 dona tion made the sanctuary possible. Besides having a presentation of dogs running through obstacle courses, the APS also set up booths to inform the public, Graham said. “It was like a trade fair, ” she said. “It was for people to come through and get information.” “There are a lot of needs for animals jmmmt r|| i * * $ $ i i i * i $ * i i i i $ $ i * i i $ i i i i i $ i i i i i i i * i i I Buy one, get one free. Two for Tuesday. 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Hodges also responded to criticism of the Hackley administration that appeared in a series of articles that The Fayetteville Observer-Times ran last summer. The paper criticized changes that Hackley made during his tenure, saying they amounted to grade inflation and that he was not dealing with the retention prob- that the shelter cannot provide because of lack of space and staff, ” Graham said. “We decided to build something that would have the space to help both domestic and wild animals.” Graham said the Latane Sanctuary would enhance, and not compete with, the services already offered by the Orange County Animal Shelter, which has been run by the APS since 1979. The APS started construction of the sanctuary in December 1993 after a dona tion from Latane. 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Last year, the shelter handled 1,334 wild animals that they did not have the resources to deal with. “Any animal who needs shelter and care receives care,” Graham said. “With the sanctuary, we will have a shelter for wildlife.” mu wjbts ran rag|g|| | Pre-season Ist Team All-American DEBBIE KELLER adidas i@up@imr seaman Nuclear Waste Endangers Pembroke, Says SBP BY MEGAN MCLAUGHLIN STAFF WRITER At the UNC-system Association of Stu dent Governments’ second meeting of the academic year Friday, Kenneth Griswold, student body president of Pembroke State University, said he hoped to gain support to stop nuclear materials from being trans ported beside Pembroke State. Griswold said trains carrying nuclear waste had been using the tracks next to the campus in Pembroke to change direction. The two-minute stops they make could possibly endanger the students. Griswold said the casks that carry the radioactive material have been found to leak. The ASG wants to bring about immedi ate action by addressing Gov. Jim Hunt. It will request that Hunt deny access to the trains traveling near the university. Other possible sources of assistance include Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., Sen. Lauch Faircloth, R-N.C., and Rep. Charlie Rose, D-N.C. At Friday’s meeting, representatives from 13 of the 16 state universities con HOOKER FROM PAGE 3 Hooker said of the possible S4OO tuition increase being debated by the campus and the Board of Trustees. “The trustees are really anguished about this,” Hooker said. The BOT, which held a special meeting Thursday on the tuition issue, I’kely will vote on the proposal at its Sept. 22 meeting. Aside from the tuition debate, Hooker said he hoped to address problems raised in the University’s self-study report and to better prioritize the needs of UNC. “I will be working in part with the executive com mittee to develop a mechanism to priori tize what we do to allocate resources from lower to higher priority,” Hooker said. In a theme he has stressed since assum ing office, Hooker said UNC must focus on the manner in which it presents itself SENIORS What’s Your Next Move? Explore your options at Carolina Career Day September 28 VS NC STATE 7:oopm Fetzer Field 01fp Satly Car Heel vened to discuss issues from nuclear waste to historically black colleges. The ASG adopted its platform for the 1995-96 academic year. The major aim is to make the organiza tion more influential at the campus level and more influential politically at the state and national levels. In order to increase communication ef ficiency, the ASG plans to employ more modem methods of correspondence, such as the Internet and video teleconferencing. A primary goal is to increase awareness of the ASG. Many students at the 16 universities in the system have not been informed of the functions of the representative board. Future plans include publishing the ASG constitution in each school’s handbook, as well as meeting with the student bodies to inform them of the ASG’s goals. Another key issue the ASG wants to tackle this year is the question of whether historically black colleges should persist in their current form. A statement has been made at the na tional level deeming them unnecessary. and serves the people of the state. “The topic of accountability is a hot topic, and we must be prepared to answer the legisla tive queries when they come,” he said. To do this, Hooker said he would issue a report card to assess UNC’s standing in relation to its peers. “It will use indices to compare ourselves with our peers and re lay that to the legislature,” Hooker said. Hooker said he hoped such an endeavor would highlight UNC’s achievements and would increase its credibility.“lt would enable us to tell a good PR story,” he said. “It would show in relation to our peers how good this institution is.” Hooker also apologized for the manner in which he treated the furniture.“ During the meeting, I might put my foot on the chair," he said. “I’m not being disrespect ful. I have an arthritic hip, and I’d be writhing in pain if I didn’t elevate my leg.” USE YOUR HEAD... You don't want to miss the Tar Heel's as they begin their drive for a 10th consecutive National Championship. They will open their home schedule today against rival N.C. State on Fetzer Field. The first 200 UNC students will receive a T-shirt compliments of adidas 1 . adidas and Eurosport will also be giving away door prizes throughout the evening. FREE to students/faculty/staff with proper identification.
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