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Tuesday, November 26,1996
New class to promote
sense of community
BY MINDY HODGES
STAFF WRITER
While some UNC students lie on
Florida beaches or cruise the Caribbean
during Spring Break, those enrolled in a
new course will spend their time building
houses and volunteering in a North Caro
lina town.
Special Studies 91P was implemented
by the group assisting people to plan
learning experiences in service and will
be offered for the first time during the
spring semester.
Mary Morrison, a.p.p.l.e.s. service
learning coordinator and the instructor
of the new course, said students’ work in
Franklin would allow them to concen
trate on service without the pressure of
academic work.
“Our focus is to try to have a more
conscious and deliberate approach to
community service,” she said.
Morrison said students would be able
to work on the construction of new hous
ing, adult day care or Head Start. They
will stay at a Methodist church camp
where they will be able to “reflect on the
day’s experience,” she said.
Jeremy Cummings, a student enrolled
in Special Studies 91P, said it was impor
tant for students to give something back
to the North Carolina community.
“We’re getting just as much from (the
residents of Franklin) as they are from
us,” he said. “I know what a tremen
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1995-96, 81 came to the University as a
result of a full search. There was no
search in this case the history depart
ment knew whom it wanted to hire.
Soloway said that because the cre
ation of Isenberg’s position arose from
the desire to retain Wailoo, there was no
need to search for other applicants.
“The only reason the position was
there was because of the efforts to retain
a very able member of the faculty, and
that’s how the opportunity was pre
sented, ” Soloway said. “If you had a full
and open search, what would you be
searching for? This is the wife of a par
ticular individual.”
Soloway said that in early October,
faculty in the history department voted
“overwhelmingly” to hire Isenberg as an
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dously rewarding experience this is.”
Morrison said many students who did
not have time to volunteer during a nor
mal academic semester were interested
in the class. “Several students said it just
sounded like fun,” she said.
“Service learning enhances learning
intheclassroom,” shesaid. “Itmakesthe
theory and research come alive.”
Morrison said the course also included
an academic component, with assign
ments which would include readings,
papers and journals concentrating on
learning about leadership and being a
“healthy helper” through various learn
ing styles. “It is a semester-long experi
ence and commitment,” she said.
Morrison said projects in other com
munities involving student volunteers had
been successful. “We are getting phone
calls every day from community service
agencies that have had fabulous experi
ences with college students,” she said.
“Students are so isolated on campus, ”
Morrison said. Connecting with the com
munity outside the University gives stu
dents a chance to come in contact with a
diverse group of people, she said.
Other a.p.p.l.e.s. programs include
another community service course dur
ing the academic semester and a summer
volunteer program.
Students can register for Special Stud
ies 91P by calling Morrison at 962-0902.
All undergraduates are eligible for the
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assistant professor. Her application is
now working its way through the admin
istration, which generally follows the
department’s recommendation.
Lotchin said he worried the history
department lowered its standards to
achieve the goal of increasing the num
ber of black faculty members. “The Uni
versity usually tries to get the best person
it can,” he said. “In this case, they were
just looking for someone acceptable, and
there’s a considerable difference there.”
History Professor Melissa Bullard said
examining only one candidate for a posi
tion could yield less qualified professors.
“In these types of cases, if the person
meets the minimum standards, then gen
erally they go through,” she said. “Po
tentially there is (a problem), but it totally
depends on individual cases.”
Still, Soloway said forgoing searches
was necessary under some circumstances.
Local officials prepare for annual holiday parade
BY GIBSON PATE
STAFF WRITER
Even though thoughts are of turkey
and pumpkin pie this week, plans are
well underway for the annual Chapel
Hill-CarrboroHolidayparade, which will
be held in downtown Chapel Hill Dec. 7.
Co-sponsored by the Village Advo
cate, Chapel Hill News, Chapel Hill-
Carrboro Chamber of Commerce and
Downtown Commission, the parade will
last from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., and will
make its way from Morehead Plan
etarium to Carrboro Town Hall.
As director of promotions for the Vil
lage Advocate and second year parade
coordinator, Carol Richards said the pa
rade promoted a lot of community in
Head of FDA to resign after 6 years in administration
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON David Kessler,
the Food and Drug Administration com
missioner who waged war on the to
bacco industry and is alternately admired
or reviled as a fierce consumer protector,
announced Monday he is leaving the
post.
Kessler said the Clinton administra
tion asked him to stay Friday and again
Monday, but he decided six years was
enough as head of the regulatory agency.
He will leave as soon as a successor is
chosen, expected no sooner than late
January.
“We took on some of the most diffi
cult regulatory challenges, and I think
“I would have problems with it if this
were the way we hired normally, but I
have no problem when we do this on an
occasional basis, when it’s a win-win
situation,” he said. “Here we have an
exceedingly able colleague whom we’ve
been trying to retain and whose wife is an
able historian who colleagues thought
was well-qualified for the position.”
Despite support for the position from
the dean and provost, Lotchin was op
posed to its creation because he believed
it served no purpose. “The position has
no justification in terms of the function of
the history department,” he said. “We
already offer a number of courses that
Isenberg is trained to teach.”
At Florida International University,
Isenberg teaches modem American his
tory. UNC’s fall 1996 class schedule lists
five professors who teach a modem
American history survey course.
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volvement and was a reminder of the
advantages of living in a small town.
“This is a community oriented event, ”
she said.
“So many people participate, which
brings the community together and puts
them in a holiday spirit."
Richards said she was anticipating
about 100 floats and organizations to
participate in the parade. The number of
participants has risen in comparison to
previous years, she said. However,
Richards said traditional favorites have
not been forgotten, with Santa Claus
scheduled to be in his usual spot at the
end of the parade.
Area students will also be a part of the
festivities.
The marching bands from East Chapel
we’ve made some progress, ” Kessler told
The Associated Press, listing as his top
achievements slashing the time the FDA
spends approving new medicines, racing
new AIDS drugs to the market and giv
ing consumers nutrition information on
food labels.
But Kessler’s legacy will be the gov
ernment crackdown on tobacco. He de
clared nicotine an addictive drug used to
hook children on cigarettes and published
in August the nation’s first regulations of
tobacco marketing.
“I hope the world is a little bit safer for
our kids because of what we’ve done,”
Kessler said.
President Clinton praised Kessler on
Lotchin also said he was concerned
taxpayer money was being wasted on an
unnecessary position. He said the cost to
the state would be about $1 million, the
average $35,000 salary times 30 years of
service. According to statistics from the
Employee Records Office, the average
salary for assistant professors in the his
tory department is $43,880.
Soloway disagreed that Isenberg’s
position was unnecessary. “It’s neces
sary to carry out the policies of diversity
and affirmative action, and it’s advanta
geous in a sense that we need more fac
ulty,” he said.
Bullard said the opportunity to hire
Isenberg was presented at no cost to the
history department. Normally, since
funding for professorships is scarce, the
dean decides which departments receive
new faculty. If a department has recently
hired a professor, it might have to wait
until other needs in the school were met
before bringing in someone else.
Not in this case. “When you’re pre
sented with a gift horse, you have to look
it very squarely in the mouth,” Bullard
said. She said when the department voted
to recommend Isenberg, it was clear that
the money for the position would not
count against the department’s budget.
The University’s “Special Search Re
quirements” policy, part of the
University’s Equal Employment Oppor
tunity Plan, states that while fully adver
tised searches are “most likely to assure
equity,” there are some cases in which
not advertising positions is consistent
with “achieving equity.” In the latter
cases, the department must secure a
search waiver from the equal opportu
nity office, which Soloway did.
It is not necessary to conduct a search
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increased. This may be due in part to
some of the programs sponsored by the
Office of Minority Affairs.
“The Office for Minority Affairs and
the Office of Student Counseling have
made tremendous headway in terms of
creating programs,” Robbins said.
Gragg said she felt programs offered
by student counseling and minority af
fairs were also helpful in aiding retention
of black students.
“Continuous support of these offices
and their programs are very important.”
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“So many people participate,
which brings the community
together andputs them in a
holiday spirit. ”
CAROL RICHARDS
Parade coordinator
Hill High School, Chapel Hill High
School and Hillsborough High will march
in the parade, along with the bands of
McDougal Middle School and Culbreth
Middle School. In addition to the stu
dents, several local scout troops were
also planning to march in the parade,
Richards said.
Monday as having “a tireless commit
ment to better the lives of our citizens.”
While many doctors admire Kessler
for also cracking the whip over medical
and food manufacturers, he is arguably
the FDA’s most controversial chief.
Critics call him everything from “ Eliot
Knessler” to “gestapo-like.” He ignited
an outcry as soon he took office by seiz
ing thousands of gallons of orange juice
labeled “fresh” when they were made
from concentrate, and ended this year
antagonizing anti-abortionists by giving
conditional approval to the abortion pill
RU-486.
Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, has ac
cused the FDA of killing patients by not
if the candidate is the “best qualified for
a particular position” and offers “unique
skills, perspectives and experience to the
University not currently available and
unlikely to be available in a timely way
following normal advertising and search
procedures.”
Lotchin questioned whetherthis policy
was followed, since it is difficult to know
without a search whether Isenberg is the
best qualified for the position. In addi
tion, he said a search would produce
experienced applicants in a “timely way. ”
For an assistant professorship, em
ployers look for applicants who have
highly regarded dissertations, evidence
of publications, positive teaching evalua
tions and strong letters of reference.
According to Isenberg’s resume, she
has no published articles, but one is forth
coming, and she has a manuscript under
review. Her manuscript is based on her
dissertation, which won an award from
the Society for American City and Re
gional Planning History. In 1992, she
won a teaching award at the University
of Pennsylvania.
Soloway said if a search were con
ducted for the position, Isenberg would
fare well. “I don’t think there’s any ques
tion this person would be on the short
list,” he said, adding that the history
department’s evaluation committee and
the vote of the entire department said
Isenberg was qualified.
Isenberg declined to be interviewed.
Wailoo was unavailable for comment.
Bullard said she believed that in
Isenberg’s case, the University adhered
to the appropriate policies. “(They were
followed) in the spirit, but maybe not
with the “I”s dotted and the “T”s
crossed.”
Campus Calendar
Tuesday
noon to 1 p.m. The UNC Injury Pre
vention Research Center will present “Inter
national Injury Trends,” featuring Pan Ameri
can Health Organization researchers, in 1301
McGavran-Greenburg.
2 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Play Makers Rep
ertory Company will conduct a session of
auditions for its 1996-97 season. All auditions
will take place in the Graham Memorial Build
ing, and are specifically for African-American
women aged 18 to 25 years, African-American
women aged 45 to 65 years, Caucasian women
aged 45 to 65 years, and Caucasian boys aged
10 to 16 years. To arrange an audition, call
Maura Murphy at 962-2489.
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Capt. Tony Oakley of the Chapel Hill
Police Department said people should
remain patient during parade hours.
During this time, Franklin Street will be
roped off and traffic will have to wait for
the conclusion of the parade.
“We will have every intersection cov
ered with an officer, and plan to open the
street back up as soon as the parade is
over,” he said.
“I just want to stress the virtues of
patience to everyone.”
In addition to the Christmas parade,
Chapel Hill’s annual tree lighting will be
Dec. 6 at 7 p.m.
The parking deck on Rosemary Street
will be the location for the celebration.
Richards said several groups are sched
uled to sing during the festivity.
approving new medicines fast enough
and welcomed Kessler’s imminent de
parture as opening the door for agency
reform. “I think it’s a decision that was
overdue," Barton said. Kessler defended
the status quo and “might have been an
impediment" to congressional action in
January, he added.
Kessler disputes Barton’s charges
and government documents show that
when he took office in 1990, the agency
spent a median of 25 months approving
each of 64 drugs, while in 1995 it spent
16.5 months on each of 82 new drugs.
Kessler vehemently opposes congres
sional plans that he says will deregulate
the FDA.
Discrimination,
nepotism policies
also in question
■ Hiring a professor’s wife
will not violate policy, the
department chairman says.
BYTONYMECIA
STAFF WRITER
In addition to the special search policy,
two other University policies could shed
light on Alison Isenberg’s case.
The nepotism and nondiscrimination
policies were developed, in part, to en
sure fairness inhiring. With regard to the
position crealeifor Isenberg, Richard A.
Soloway, history department chairman,
and Stephen S. Birdsall, dean of the Col
lege of Arts and Sciences, say they did
not violate any University procedures.
The nepotism policy states that a rela
tive of an existing faculty member cannot
be hired “if the professional qualifica
tions of other candidates for the available
position are demonstrably superior to
those of the relative.”
When Birdsall was asked if the nepo
tism policy applied in Isenberg’s case, he
said that if the conditions for the special
search policy were met, “then we’re not
talking about other candidates.”
He denied this was a violation of the
nepotism policy.”We do not circumvent
University policy,” he said. “The poli
cies are followed scrupulously.”
The University’s nondiscrimination
policy states that “employment decisions
should be based on individuals’ abilities
and qualifications andshouldnot be based
on irrelevant factors or personal charac
teristics that have no connection with
academic abilities or job performance.”
Although being the spouse of an exist
ing faculty member might be considered
an “irrelevant factor,” Birdsall said the
nondiscrimination policy did not apply.
“That’s a false perspective to say some
one is hired simply because they fall into
a particular category,” he said. “People
are hired on the basis of their qualifica
tions.”