®l|f Saily ®ar Mnl
f?
Mil 104 yean of editorial freedom
Serving the students and the University
community since 1893
Rumors of intruder worry Cobb residents
BY CATHERINE MEDEOT
STAFF WRITER
Rumors about intruders, and a lack of
information about them, have caused
students living in Cobb Residence Hall
to worry about their safety.
Students, Cobb’s area director and
University Police have said an unidenti
fied man entered Cobb and harassed
people.
Rumors of two other incidents have
also circulated among students.
Tracey Simmons, a sophomore from
ATN helps faculty
enhance class time
BYEVANSAUDA
STAFF WRITER
When most students think of
Academic Technology & Networks,
they think of e-mail.
For professors, ATN handles much
more. The department serves as a one
stop shop for bringing technology into
classrooms for students, teaching assis
tants and professors to use to their
advantage.
Aside from the more highly visible
programs, such as the maintenance and
upgrading of the computer labs and the
Res Net program to have all of the resi
dence halls wired for Internet access,
ATN is also responsible for important
initiatives to promote the use of tech
nology in the classroom.
Simple Start, an Internet-based pro
gram, lets instructors use a form on a
web page to set up pages for their class
es.
The form includes spaces for class
schedules, TA’s names, assignments,
tests, and an on-line syllabus.
There are also forms for professors to
set up web pages for themselves, to set
up on-line discussion forums and to gain
access to on-line course rolls.
Don Francisco, a lecturer in the envi
ronmental sciences and engineering
department, uses the web page to let his
students access exam grades and answer
keys sooner than they would be able to
Student judges say code
improves honor, campus
■ Students disagree about
the code’s importance, but
judges say it benefits UNC.
BY CYNTHIA EAKES
STAFF WRITER
In light of Honor and Integrity Week,
the Student Judicial System wants stu
dents to stop and consider the role and
importance of the Honor Code in the
academic community.
Some students say that the Honor
Code is the backbone of the University,
while others consider it a waste of ink.
The Honor Code and the Campus
Code make up the Code of Student
Conduct. The Honor Code deals with
lying, cheating or stealing involving aca
demics.
“The Honor Code is what gives the
University integrity,” Honor Court
Chairwoman Lane Dilg said.
“Primarily, the code says that we as
students are committed to having
integrity and that our work is our own.”
Some students said they believe the
Honor Code is taken very seriously on
campus.
Jennifer Knesel, a sophomore from
Pinehurst, said a friend of hers would
not accept help with his Latin home
work because he was afraid it would vio
late the Honor Code.
“This guy wouldn’t let people tell him
what a word meant because he took the
Honor Code so seriously,” Knesel said.
However, some students do not hold
the code in as high esteem.
“I uphold the code, but at the same
time, I think it’s a joke,” said David
Wilson, a junior from Charlotte. “I
think a lot of people would agree with
Beulaville, said this was the third inci
dent this year she had heard about at
Cobb.
“Nobody knows about it, and
nobody’s told us anything,” Simmons
said. “It’s not like we’ve had a hall meet
ing. It’s been through word-of-mouth.”
University Police Chief Don Gold
confirmed that an intruder was seen in
Cobb but said Tuesday night that the
victims had not filed a police report.
“We’re trying to follow up on it,” he
said.
Kristyne Kirkland, a sophomore from
otherwise.
Francisco, whose first course web
page was posted by a student before
Simple Start began, has no reservations
about its value.
“I think (Simple Start is) one of the
best things to happen on this campus,”
said Francisco, who uses the
Simple Start program for three of his
classes.
“They created simple tools that any
of us can use without technical knowl
edge."
Students can use the web to get infor
mation about his course immediately
after he posts it, Francisco said.
“The vast majority are really excited
that this information is available,”
Francisco said.
“A small minority dislikes it, which,
frankly, I don’t understand.”
Web pages are not the only way that
ATN is helping instructors integrate
technology into the learning process.
The ATN classroom resources
department has installed 24 “multime
dia” classrooms throughout campus.
About half of the multimedia class
rooms have a projector mounted in the
ceiling, a VCR and Ethernet connec
tions.
The rest contain everything listed
above with the addition of a computer
in the instructor’s podium and a touch
panel that controls the entire room
everything from lights to the VCR.
me.”
Instances not involving academics,
such as shoplifting, drug possession or
assault, fall under the Campus Code.
“The Campus Code is what enables
us to live as a community,” Dilg said.
Administrators, faculty, the Honor
Court and the student attorney general
make the Honor Code’s presence known
from the very beginning. Hopeful stu
dents have to sign the pledge on their
applications to the University.
Students usually have to sign the
pledge on exams, quizzes, and papers.
Dilg said the purpose of having stu
dents sign the Honor Code on all work
serves as a reminder that they are work
ing under a certain obligation.
“A student is working under the
Honor Code even if he or she does not
sign the pledge,” Dilg said.
Harris said at most other universities,
if a student was found in violation of
the honor code, he or she would usual
ly face a member of the administration
or a group of faculty alone to plea his or
her case.
At UNC, however, the accused is pro
vided with a student defense counsel
and is judged by a group of his or her
peers.
“The inclusion of students is much
greater here than at other universities,”
Harris said. “I am confident in saying
that this inclusion generates a greater
emphasis on due process.”
Dilg said the Honor Court heard 58
cases dealing with violation of the
Honor Code last year.
Margaret Barrett, associate dean of
students and Judicial System officer,
said if the judges find a student guilty of
cheating, the normal penalty is suspen
sion for a semester and an F in the
course.
Behind every great man there is a surprised woman.
Maryon Pearson
Wednesday, October 1,1997
Volume 105, Issue 81
Wilson, said she had also heard about
the other incidents.
“The RAs haven’t told us anything,”
she said. “I used to feel safe, now I lock
my doors all of the time.”
Many Cobb residents are unaware of
this incident. Those that know said they
were concerned that others knew noth
ing about the issue.
“I think we need to know this kind of
stuff,” said Heidi Toms, a sophomore
from Wilson who said she had heard the
rumors. “If I’m unaware, I’m a lot less
careful with letting people in or leaving
DTH/AGA WORNIALLO
John Oberlin stands among the computers that run the entire computer system on campus at Academic Technology
& Networks. These computers run 24 hours a day to provide services for UNC.
Manning 209, one of the.multimedia
classrooms, has a VCR, laser disc play
er, IBM and Macintosh computers, a
slide projector and video beam lights. It
seats 188.
Although instructors have been satis
fied with the classroom equipment,
some did not receive notice that the
equipment would be in the classroom.
“If I had been aware in advance (of
the capabilities of the classroom), I
would have probably tried to generate
materials to take advantage of it,” said
ip|i|yp
■ **
jdjf ! Ji& >& r/ " , '*^W
DTH/MATTKOHUT
David Smithwick rips through the scales on his trumpet in rehearsal on Tuesday afternoon in Hill Hall. Smithwick,
a music major, hails from Windsor, N.C.
Tenure policies shifting towards review
BY SEAGRUMN SMITH
STAFF WRITER
Midterms, long a fact of life for col
lege students, also seem well on the way
to becom
ing a fact of
life for pro
fessors.
A nation
al move
ment that
questioned
f EDUCATION IX
the quality of teaching from tenured
professors has led an increasing number
my door open.”
The Department of University
Housing does not have a policy which
gets the information out to the residents.
Some residents said their resident assis
tants mentioned the problem, but did
not go into detail.
“Our RA said there were ‘incidents.’
That’s all she said,” said Elisabeth
Robertson, a sophomore from Stony
Point.
Some residents said they were con
cerned that they had not been notified
about these incidences.
philosophy Professor Simon Blackburn.
Joe Schuch, manager of Classroom
Resources for ATN, said his department
tried to reach all of the University’s pro
fessors to add technology to their cur
ricula.
“We try to listen to what the instruc
tor wants to do and work with him to
accomplish that goal,” Schuch said.
ATN is also responsible for placing
any equipment an instructor asks for
into a classroom.
ATN handles all equipment requests
MORE THAN jUST HOT AIR
of universities to conduct post-tenure
reviews to assess that quality.
Jack Gilbert, chairman of the Faculty
Council at the University of Texas at
Austin, said he considered the periodic
reviews a useful tool in determining the
productivity of full professors.
“I see this concept of reviews as a
very positive concept,” he said. “It
assesses what individual merits each
professor brings to the university and
makes sure that institutions stick to their
implemented academic standards.”
In May, the University of North
Carolina Board of Governors approved
“This is the first I’ve heard about it,”
said Kellie Woodlief, a sophomore from
Oxford. “They should have told us.”
Director of University Housing
Wayne Kuncl said he had not heard
about the incident, but he was con
cerned with students letting strangers
into the building. “As the director, I
shouldn’t be able to get into the building
if I don’t have a key,” he said.
Tamara Bailey, an RA in Cobb, said
Tuesday night that the RAs had met and
planned to talk to residents about the
incidents next week.
not just computers.
The equipment, which includes
things as simple as overhead projectors
and chalk, is not removed after a certain
instructor is done with it.
“Our philosophy is permanently
placed equipment,” Schuch said.
“If you’re an instructor, and you’re in
a room with an overhead, even if (the
placement of the overhead) wasn’t
planned, you will use it eventually.”
See ISIS, Page 8
a tenure review policy.
The University of California also pro
vides a ladder-ranked faculty system
with a detailed review process for
acquiring and retaining tenure.
“Our assistant professors are
reviewed every two years, and full pro
fessors are reviewed every three to four
years,” said Ellen Switkes, assistant vice
president for Academic Advancement at
the U.C. office.
“It is an extensive and rigorous
review process. Even once you get to the
See TENURE, Page 8
News/Features/Arts/Sport*:
Business/Advertising:
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
C 1997 DTH Publishing Corp.
All rights reserved.
Trash pickup
at curb could
cost town less
■ Chapel Hill would save
$200,000 over three years if
it began curbside collection.
BY REYNOLDS RICHTER
STAFF WRITER
Twice every week. Chapel Hill sani
tation workers enter some residents’
backyards to transport their garbage to
the Orange County Landfill.
If Chapel Hill switched to curbside
trash collection, the town would save
$60,000 the first year and $200,000 by
the third year, Chapel Hill Town
Council member Richard Franck said.
The Orange County Greens, an envi
ronmental group, posed a hypothetical
question to Town Council candidates in
a forum last week.
If the backyard garbage service was
discontinued, would the town then use
saved funds to compensate residents
who live near the landfill?
Bonnie Norwood, who lives next to
the landfill and receives no water or
garbage service, said that money itself
would not be adequate compensation.
“Anything that raises funds for com
pensation is all well and good, but com
pensation is no new landfill,” she said.
But Franck said garbage service
reform or landfill resident compensa
tion could be accomplished indepen
dently.
“It would be misleading to connect
the two issues,” he said.
Chapel Hill’s backyard trash collec
tion service does not serve the entire
community, although every resident of
the town pays for it in their property
taxes.
“We heard from a number of people
who thought it was very valuable, but
we heard from a number of homeown
ers who didn’t and wanted their proper
ty taxes reduced," Franck said.
Council member Lee Pavao said
many newer neighborhoods, as well as
apartment complexes and dormitories,
do not receive backyard trash collection.
He said some homeowners are con
cerned that all of the trash cans on the
See TRASH, Page 8
INSIDE
Hitting the books
Ii
It's midterm time, and students all
over campus are cramming in those
last minute details. This week's focus
page reveals quirky study habits and
exam preparation methods. Page 5
The medicine man
Senfor
MPsIE
Aspiring
medical
student
Ryan
Jordan is
spending his last few months of
undergraduate life analyzing
mismatched DNA and spending time
with his close friends. Page 2
Today's weather
\„kj
/ > ¥'V"
Mostly sunny,
mid 70s
Thursday: Sunny
high 60s
Study an issue
If you are interested in applying for this fall's
Joanna Howell Fund award, please submit a
detailed proposal by Friday. The award allows
you to explore an issue in-depth. Contact Editor
Erica Beshears with questions at 962-0245.
9624245
962-1163