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Panel sparks
heated debate
with students
■ More than 200 students
attended the forum about
affirmative action policies.
BY MARISSA DOWNS
STAFF WRITER
A panel of six speakers attempted to
rationalize the pros and cons of affir
mative action Monday night as what
began as a structured discussion often
faded into heated debate.
The audience of roughly 200 stu
dents participated actively in the debate,
voicing their agreement openly.
Panel member John Hood, president
of the John Locke Foundation, called
affirmative action among “the most
debated issues.”
Hood and fellow opponents of affir
mative action, claiming it promoted
gender and racial inequality, centered
their message around the ideology that
“two wrongs don’t make a right.”
“The costs (of affirmative action) are
incontrovertible,” said panel member
Roger Clegg, general counsel of the
Center for Equal Opportunity.
“The first is you give up the right of
nondiscrimination. ”
While those panel members opposed
to affirmative action generally agreed
racial discrimination was still evident in
society, they did not feel that affirmative
action was the means to eradicate it.
“The question tonight is whether
more discrimination is the way to cor
rect those problems, and the answer is
no,” Clegg said.
But Rene Redwood, executive direc
tor of America for a Fair Chance,
warned against opponents of affirma
tive action who were “couched in the
language of civil rights."
“If we are to ensure America’s a
democracy, we must be active in elimi
nating the barriers that keep some peo
ple shut out,” Redwood said.
However, panel member Scott
Rubush, chairman of Common Sense,
a conservative group dedicated to bring
ing speakers onto campus, disagreed.
He said affirmative action did not
directly address the disparities between
whites and minorities.
“Affirmative action fails to address
the real issues in our society,” he said.
But Karen Narasaki, executive direc
tor of the National Asian Pacific
American Legal Consortium, said affir
mative action was a problem that affect
ed women as well as minorities.
Narasaki, pointing to UNC demo
graphics as support, said men, most of
them white, held 85 percent of the full
professorships.
“Affirmative action does more than
open doors to certain minorities and
women,” Narasaki said.
“It makes sure that decision makers
have all the opinions they need to make
sound decisions.”
While Narasaki said affirmative
action was no longer needed for women
in the college admission process, it was
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District attorney reflects
on trail-blazing job path
BY SHELLEY LEVINE
STAFF WRITER
Fourteen years ago Carl Fox took his
place in history as one of the nation’s
first three black district attorneys.
Since then he
has remained
the the Orange-
Chatham district
attorney and
said he had seen
more blacks and
women elected
to the position,
both in North
Carolina and
across the coun
try.
“When I first
became DA, I
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was somewhat conscious of being one
of the only African-American DAs in
the United States," Fox said.
“I thought if I did a good job it might
Consultants to scrutinize advising this week
BY MARISSA DOWNS
STAFF WRITER
After months of delay, outside con
sultants are scheduled to start a review
of the University’s advising program
Thursday.
Lacey Hawthorne, Advising Steering
Team member, said the review, first pro
posed last summer, was a big step
toward advising reform.
“By looking outside, it really shows
that die University is willing to invest
money to make advising reform a reali
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UNC puts 360° negotiations on hold after staffers complain
BYLESANAGY
STAFF WRITER
Negotiations with UNC Facilities
Planning and 360° Communications to
put cellular service antennas on campus
were put on hold Monday.
The cellular carrier wanted to put the
service antennas on the University’s
campus to expand the quality of cover
age in Chapel Hill. UNC facility plan
ners were considering locating the
antennas at Hamilton Hall.
make a difference in the likelihood of
other African-Americans and women
being appointed."
Fox said that upon becoming a dis
trict attorney he wanted to change the
position into a more proactive job by
getting out into the community and talk
ing to the people he worked to protect.
"I knew there were those that might
have reservations when I was first
appointed,” Fox said. “I wanted to show
that it was not a matter of race, but of
doing the best job you can.”
Fox said he had seen many advance
ments in the lives of blacks since his
childhood, but there was still work to be
done.
“There are African-Americans serv
ing in the highest political positions in
this country,” he said. “A lot has been
accomplished.”
Fox said he recalled one incident of
blatant discrimination while he served
See FOX, Page 9
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ty,” Hawthorne said.
The review is needed despite years of
internal reviews of the advising pro
gram, she said. “Twenty years of using
internal sources and we’ve seen very lit
tle change.”
The review team will consist of Neil
Richardson of the University of
Wisconsin, Brangwyn Foote of the
University of Colorado and Wendy
Whittemore of the University of
Maryland.
Hawthorne said the consultants were
chosen from among “peer institutions”
Elson Floyd, executive vice chancel
lor, decided Monday morning not to use
the intended site at Hamilton for the
antennas. He said he was unclear at this
moment if and where the antennas
would be located on campus.
“With the concern of health risks,
especially from those on the top floor, it
seemed more appropriate not to place
the antennas on Hamilton,” Floyd said.
The faculty and staff of Hamilton
who opposed the project did so because
of potential health risks caused by radio
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Carl Fox has been the Orange-Chatham district attorney for fourteen years. Seen here during the high-profile
Wendell Williamson case in 1995, Fox attended UNC as an undergraduate student and a law student.
as well as the institutions with the best
advising programs.
“We looked to institutions similar to
ours in size,” Hawthorne said.
“We wanted a diverse team and a
range of individuals.”
The steering committee met Monday
to discuss the itinerary of the consul
tants’ three-day visit to the University.
While much of consultants’ time will
be reserved for individual meetings with
faculty, an open forum on Friday from 1
p.m. to 3 p.m. in Union 205 will allow
students to give input.
wave emissions. They were also dissat
isfied with the lack of consultation
between the University and those in
Hamilton who could be affected.
“I was very pleased with the decision
not to put antennas at Hamilton,” said
Carol Nichols, a secretary in the
Department of Political Science.
“People should be aware of the deci
sions that are made without approval
from faculty, staff and students.”
Mary Woodall, an administrative sec
retary in the Department of History also
Hawthorne said she was excited
about the level of student interest with
advising system reform.
“It’s receiving more support than it
ever has,” Hawthorne said.
But Bobbi Owen, dean of advising for
the College of Arts and Sciences, said
the forum was not designed to be mere
ly complaint sessions.
“The facilitators will prevent the
forums from turning into gripe sessions
and keep them constructive,” she said.
Some steering committee members
worried that the consultants might find
■ Although many are excited about anew Lenoir
Dining Hall, dining services still raise concerns.
BY ANDREW MEEHAN
STAFF WRUER
After more than a semester of temporary food services, students and can
didates alike have spoken out about problems including prices and con
struction safety —as well as ways to reme-
dy the situation.
The newly renovated Lenoir Dining Hall
is set to open in the fall, and many students
and candidates are anxious to end the incon
venience of the current dining hall set up.
Many students are concerned about food
prices. Mitchell Gore, a junior from
Clemmons, said the dining services were bad
last year, and they are even worse this year.
Gore said the selection was terrible and the
food was too expensive.
When told that some student body presi
dent candidates and CDS officials said stu
dent satisfaction was high, Gore said, “They
must be delusional.”
Neville and Charlie Roederer, both stu
dent body president candidates, differed on
how to solve the problem of food prices.
Roederer said the real power of the stu
dent body president with the CDS is the
strong advocacy of student concerns.
“CDS has a monopoly on (campus) food
services. Free market can’t reign,” he said.
Neville said prices were ruled by supply and demand. She said students
would start eating on Franklin Street if prices got too high.
See FOOD, Page 9
said she was happy the antennas would
not be located on die roof of Hamilton.
“I was concerned about the potential
health risks and the condition of the roof
top,” Woodall said.
Bruce Runberg, associate vice chan
cellor for Facilities Management, said
the negotiations with 360° were halted
because they did not have a site for the
antennas now that the Hamilton loca
tion was declined. The next step is to re
evaluate other potential sites on campus.
“We will do further investigations
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the purpose of the review rather vague.
“Are we trying to fine-tune, or do (the
consultants) know we are open to radi
cal change?” said Mandy Greene, steer
ing committee member.
But Susan Kitchen, vice chancellor of
student affairs, said the steering com
mittee should not specify the types of
recommendations expected.
“Asa reviewer, you come to campus
with a set of questions you’d like to
answer,” Kitchen said. “We don’t want
to be too prescriptive about what we
want in the report”
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The Daily Tar Heel sur
veyed 305 students to find
out which issues they consid
ered the most important in
the upcoming student elec
tions. This week the DTH pre
sents the following issues:
Tuesday: Food Ssmce
Wednesday Cable 6 Internet
Thursday Tuition
Friday Ticket Distribution
Monday Parking
and get confirming information that
these (cellular antennas) are safe,”
Runberg said. “Then we will report back
to the University.”
Associate Director of Networking
and Communications Steve Harward
said the hold on negotiations hindered
360°’s ability to improve their coverage
of Chapel Hill’s downtown area, includ
ing the UNC campus.
“The request made by 360° to put cel-
See RADIATION, Page 9
INSIDE
That’s all she wrote
Monday marked
the last day for
candidates to
file in county
elections.
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Getting wired
The Carrboro
Aldermen will discuss
a controversy regarding
Time Warner Cable at
their Tuesday meeting.
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