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Broad calls for analysis
of admissions standards
■ The request came to
make sure universities are
not using racial quotas.
BY MONICA DEV
STAFF WRITER
In light of recent national decisions
concerning affirmative action, UNC
system President Molly Broad has
announced plans to reform UNC-sys
tem admissions policies.
Broad requested chancellors on the
16 UNC campuses to review their uni
versities’ admissions and scholarship
policies nearly a month ago. Monday,
she unveiled plans to ensure policies do
not conflict with current precedents.
“We need to look at what (universi
ties) are doing to see if any of our prac
tices are not in legal standing,” UNC
system attorney Dick Robinson said.
The legal precedent that UNC cam
puses should follow was set in 1978 by
the Supreme Court case University of
California vs. Bakke, Robinson said.
The court ruled that universities could
not use racial quotas in admitting stu
dents, though race could be considered
as one variable in admissions.
Campus groups express outrage about Swain’s firing
■ Student, faculty and
staff are questioning the
firing of Lt. C.E. Swain.
BY KERRY OSSI
STAFF WRITER
Certain campus groups want
Chancellor Michael Hooker to know
they expect him to take a close look at
the case of former University Police Lt.
C.E. Swain, who was dismissed last
week.
Black Student Movement Vice
President Tamara Bailey said she was
outraged by the department’s decision to
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Chapel Hill Mayor Rosemary Waldorf (left) and Student Body President Mo Nathan maintain positive communication
through annual meetings. The two discussed student safety and open-container issues Tuesday at Town Hall.
Chapel Hill mayor mingles with Nathan
■ Safety issues, including
street and pathway lighting,
were topics of discussion.
BY ANGELA LEA
STAFF WRITER
Student Body President Mo Nathan
and Chapel Hill Mayor Rosemary
Waldorf met Tuesday afternoon to dis
cuss town-gown issues in what Nathan
called “a pre-Thanksgiving chat.”
The purpose of the meeting was to
facilitate dialogue between the town and
the University and to bring students’
concerns out into the open, Nathan
said.
“You’ve got to
treat people the
same unless you
have a good, valid
reason for treating
them differently,
and race generally
isn’t a good rea
son,” Robinson
said. He added
that the review
was not intended
to diminish diver
sity on campuses.
UNC - C H
Director of
Admissions
Jerome Lucido
said he had not
UNC-system President
MOLLY BROAD
<>aid she did not know
of any system that
would not benefit
from similar evaluation
efforts.
heard of the review. But he said UNC
CH admissions, which employ the
Bakke method, would comply.
“Bakke is the law of the land right
now,” he said. “I’m certain that our poli
cies meet the legal interpretations of our
Supreme Court and district courts.”
UNC-system schools also plan to
review the current system of university
sponsored scholarships.
“You can’t give scholarships on the
basis of race,” Robinson said.
Robinson said he could not predict
■n
Former University
Police Lt.
C.E. SWAIN s
dismissal has raised
the concern
of campus
organizations.
fire Swain. BSM
leaders are
encouraging mem
bers to e-mail
Hooker with their
concerns, she said.
“We’re asking
him not to uphold
that decision,” she
said. “This was
the one immediate
action we could
take before people
left for break.
There was no way
we could let this
slide.”
She said some
Much of the discussion centered
around safety issues including lighting.
“I’ll admit we can’t light the place up
like a prison yard, but I would like to see
an annual lighting tour to see where stu
dents really travel and where more light
ing is needed,” he said.
Waldorf agreed lighting was an
important concern.
Nathan also said he would like to
improve the safety of local bus stops.
“One thing I would like to see, but
which might be cost-prohibitive, are
emergency call boxes,” Nathan said.
Waldorf agreed to look into the cost
of placing call boxes at some of the less
well-lit stops.
Waldorf and Nathan also addressed
concerns about fraternities’ and sorori
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“You’ve got to treat people
the same unless you have a ...
valid reason for treating them
differently, and race ... isn’t a
good reason. ”
DICK ROBINSON
UNC-system attorney
the future of remaining race-based
scholarships in the UNC system, but he
said he assumed the scholarships would
either open up to all applicants, or be
offered through a private source.
East Carolina University reviewed its
scholarship programs based on prece
dents set by national court cases ruling
that state scholarships should not be
based on race, said ECU Chancellor
Richard Eakin.
Student Body President Mo Nathan
said he supported the review of univer
sity admissions and scholarship policies.
Broad said every university in the
nation could benefit from similar evalu
ations.
“I don’t know any university in
America that wouldn’t benefit from
what we’re doing.”
members had received e-mail responses
from Hooker that said he could not
speak on the issue.
Archie Ervin, service chairman of the
Black Faculty/Staff Caucus, said the
group had sent Hooker a letter asking
him to take a personal interest in Swain’s
case.
“The chancellor has a right to inter
vene in this case and, I think, a respon
sibility to look at this decision process
really closely,” he said.
Swain was fired Nov. 19 for alleged
ly falsifying his timesheet when a Chapel
Hill Newspaper employee reported he
had been in the newspaper’s office at a
time when he should have been on duty.
“Based on what we know, the offense
ties’ progress toward complying with the
sprinkler-system ordinance.
All UNC fraternities and sororities
will be required to have sprinkler sys
tems by Nov. 11,2001, said Chapel Hill
Fire Chief Dan Jones.
Waldorf said she hoped fraternity
and sorority members were keeping the
ordinance in mind and continuing to
make arrangements for installing the
sprinklers. “It would be good for the
town to ask about this again,” she said.
“We want to be as cooperative as we
can, but the deadline is there.”
Alcohol was also an area of concern,
and Nathan said he would like to see the
open-container ordinance modified.
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Rollan Fisher is losing his hair thanks to the razor wielded by Chuck White.
Cutting hair outside is a popular student pastime.
“Even if (Swain) had
stopped by (the newspaper
office) it’s not
something a man should lose
his job for.”
TAMARA BAILEY
Black Student Movement vice president
is not serious enough to warrant a fir
ing,” Ervin said. “From outward appear
ances, there seems to be something else
at work here, larger than an altered
timesheet.”
Swain’s dismissal came after he filed
BSM waits for Hooker
to respond to demands
■ The Black Student
Movement’s demands focus
on UNC’s black community.
BY CATHERINE MEDEOT
STAFF WRITER
The Black Student Movement is still
waiting for Chancellor Michael Hooker
to respond to 22 demands submitted to
him Nov. 14, BSM Awareness Day.
Tamara Bailey, BSM vice president,
said the BSM understood that Hooker
had many responsibilities, but would
like to see him take some action.
“He’s a very busy man, but I’d like to
see something done before I leave for
Christmas break,” she said.
“The ball is in his court. It’s up to him
now.”
Hooker could not be reached for
comment.
The BSM demanded that certain
changes take place due to “the worsen
ing state of the academic, social and
political climate for blacks at UNC.”
The demands state that the
University should recruit more minority
professors, officially recognize the
Upendo Lounge as the Black Student
Union, and reinstitute scholarships tar
geting black graduate students.
Hooker did not agree to consider the
demands until certain additions were
made, Bailey said.
“He asked us to provide a rationale
for each of the demands,” she said. “In
the spirit of intellectual climate, he also
asked that we used the word ‘requests’
instead of ‘demands.’"
Bailey said the BSM refused to
change the wording of the document
SUN SHAVE
a grievance against his supervisor Maj.
Jeff McCracken, in which he said he
had been pressured to tear up an under
age drinking citation he had written for
the daughter of a Board of Trustees
member.
“Even if he had stopped by (the
newspaper), that’s not something a man
should lose his job for,” Bailey said.
“I think it’s very obvious and blatant
it boils down to a retaliation.”
Swain said he had received support
from people both on and off the
University.
“It’s also alumni and people from
other counties calling and stopping me
on the street,” Swain said. “Believe me,
it’s very appreciated.”
“(Chancellor Michael
Hooker’s) priorities are in
the wrong place
concerning race relations on
campus.”
J. ASHLEY COHEN
BSM Parliamentarian
because it would weaken the meaning of
the demands.
Student Body President Mo Nathan
said he thought the efforts of the BSM
were ‘’fantastic" but that members must
work cooperatively with the administra
tion to have their demands met.
“I hope the administration will view
this as an opportunity to better under
stand the BSM’s demands and to work
together,” he said.
“I cannot believe the administration
would not be interested and grateful for
such feedback (from the BSM).”
Some members of the BSM said they
were concerned that Hooker still had
not addressed their demands.
“His priorities are in the wrong place
concerning race relations on campus,”
said J. Ashley Cohen, BSM’s parlia
mentarian.
Bailey said, “Honestly, I do not feel
the University is doing anything to
address our demands."
“If demands are not addressed, we
will take other measures.”
Bailey said she was not sure what
other measures would be taken. “The
state of affairs of the University is get
ting worse,” she said.
“We’re just not going to sit here and
let things happen.”
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Financial aid
administrator
search ends
■ Shirley A. Ort will direct
the Office of Scholarships
and Student Aid.
BY SHARIF DURHAMS
UNIVERSITY EDITOR
The University has lured a
Washington state financial aid adminis
trator to take over the Office of
Scholarships and Student Aid.
The selected director, Shirley A. Ort,
wrote her resigna
tion for her 12-
year stint as senior
associate director
of student and
financial aid for
Washington’s
Higher Education
Coordinating
Board as UNC
officials
announced the
change.
Ort, who was
offered the job at
UNC on Friday,
will take over the
financial aid office
Monday from
Eleanor Morris,
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SHIRLEY A. ORT
served as a senior
associate director for
Washington's Higher
Education
Coordinating Board for
12 years.
who has served as director since 1980.
“I’m very excited. I have learned a lot
about the program and people at
UNC,” Ort said from her office
Tuesday.
“I’m really happy I know I’m coming
to a good shop. There will be a learning
curve here obviously. I will be slow to
make changes.”
Ort was one of many candidates con
sidered for the office in a national
search. But Morris, who sat on the com
mittee that helped pick her successor,
said she knew Ort from serving on some
of the same professional boards.
“I think she’s able, qualified, skilled,
has strong experience and I think, will
be helpful with the University and the
state,” Morris said. “I think she has a
grasp of financial aid issues.”
Barbee Crowley, a student on the
search committee for anew director,
said Ort cared deeply for students.
“I think students are really going to
like her,” Crowley said.
“I was thrilled that (Chancellor
Michael Hooker) liked her and
approved her.”
“Her policy analysis into how stu
dents finance their education, in partic
ular, will be a major asset as we head
into the 21st century.”
Ort said the University had a strong
scholarship program, but competition
from other universities meant the pro
gram needed to raise more money.
“The University has a healthy schol
arship program already, but we’ll need
more to stay competitive,” she said.
“We have to make sure what we offer
students is adequate so we can recruit
quality folks.”
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