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Bagchi, Aberra make moves
to help seniors prior to vote
■ The candidates said they
had plans for a local
discount card for seniors.
Although the election process is not
over, Neil Bagchi and Adam Aberra are
already talcing the first steps in imple
menting the programs in their platform.
The running mates have created a
Web link, listing contacts and employ
ment opportunities. The candidates con
sulted with 30 businesses about sup
porting a senior discount card.
Bagchi said he wanted to assure vot
ers that the pair intends to back their
claims something which he said has
n’t always happened after elections.
“We noticed a lot of unfulfilled
promises,” said Bagchi, a junior political
science and African and Afro-American
studies major from Toronto.
The fact that they’ve begun to imple
ment their plans is the main thing
Aberra and Bagchi said sets them apart
from the other candidates.
“Everything’s lined up ready to go.
We’re just waiting to get elected to
mobilize it,” said Aberra, a junior polit
ical science major with a minor in inter
national studies from Charlotte.
Groups say they deserve funding
BY ANNIE CLIFFORD
STAFF WRITER
Funding decisions of the Student
Congress Finance Committee have left
two organizations potentially empty
handed and feeling concerned about the
fate of their programs.
Student Congress met for 30 hours
last week to determine the distribution
of $196,320 to various student organi
zations.
The two groups that were denied of
the 85 requesting funds are the Great
Decisions Lecture Series and the Alpha
Epsilon Omega Christian Sisterhood.
Great Decisions is an eight-week
international lecture series that provides
students with one hour of credit.
Members meet weekly where they listen
to the experiences of various speakers.
Chairwoman of Great Decisions
Alexis Slagle said she applauded the
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Aberra and Bagchi first met their
freshman year when they were residents
in the Living Well Program in
Ehringhaus Residence Hall.
The two became roommates the fol
lowing year and decided to run for
senior class positions because it was the
“least political” office.
Aberra is co-chairman of the campus
chapter of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People
and president of the Organization for
African Student Interests and Solidarity
among a variety of other activities.
Some of Bagchi’s achievements
include being captain of the men’s Club
Rugby team and co-president of
Masala, an organization that unifies
other minority groups on campus.
Bagchi said that he and his running
mate have spoken with various organi
zations on campus to include diverse
perspectives in their platform.
“If you look at our (staff), we’ve got
men, women, black, white, brown it
represents a platform,” he said.
But the pair challenged everyone to
look past their diverse backgrounds and
consider their platform.
Bagchi said, “See if it doesn’t touch
everyone on campus.”
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efforts of Student Congress, however
she was frustrated because the class was
not financed by the University.
“We will not be able to continue these
lectures that are for the sole benefit the
students (without Student Activities
funding),” she said.
Rashanda Webber, president of the
Christian Sisterhood group, also demon
strated concern regarding the commit
tee’s decision to deny necessary funds.
The sisterhood currently depends on
internal efforts to finance its service pro
grams, which Webber said was difficult
because the organization had few mem
bers.
Webber said she was concerned
about other small student groups who
might fall through the cracks in the com
mittee’s funding plans.
Senior member of the Finance
Committee Dara Whalen said that the
decision to deny funds to the two orga-
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Cohen, McDuffie depending
on varying team experience
■ Jeremy Cohen said he
hoped to place seniors on
committees related to them.
Experience, diversity and leadership.
Jeremy Cohen and Janora McDuffie
said the three words represent their cam
paign for senior class president and vice
president.
McDuffie, a psychology and commu
nication studies major from Durham,
said the team’s experience was different
from other candidates. “Of course, all of
the candidates have experience,”
McDuffie said. “But is it in such a vari
ety that enables them to truly be effec
tive in knowing how the University
works?”
Cohen said his experience included
Heise, Warren campaigning
heavily in Greek community
■ The candidates said they
wanted to provide direction
for seniors in their majors.
Carrie Heise and Bill Warren contin
ue to make rounds to the sorority hous
es —a campaign strategy they’ve made
a priority in the last couple of weeks.
For in one way or another, Heise and
Warren, like other candidates for senior
class president and vice-president, have
contacted campus Greek organizations.
Warren, a business major from
Laurel, Md., said sororities were heavy
campaign targets because they contain
so many juniors. “There are very few
organizations that boast as many as 50
juniors,” Warren said.
But Heise, a business major from
nizations was difficult. Since students
receive credit for the course and stu
dents pay tuition to receive credit, they
are already paying for it, she said.
“The guiding principles behind my
decision regarding Great Decisions was
the concern over students paying twice,”
Whalen said.
Congress denied the Christian
Sisterhood funds because they excluded
male students from membership, she
said.
But the two groups can still appeal to
the full congress to get their requested
funding.
“The weekend has given me time to
think and I may reconsider, since the
activities of Great Decisions and the
benefits of Alpha Epsilon Omega are
open to the entire Carolina population.”
Whalen said.
Next week’s hearings before the full
Student Congress will determine the
final allocation of Student Activity
funds and, more importantly for others,
the fate of their organizations.
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working as a resident assistant and as a
student intern to Sue Kitchen, vice
chancellor of Student Affairs. Cohen, a
political science major from Knoxville,
Tenn., also serves on the Student
Advisory Committee to the Chancellor.
McDuffie is a member of the Black
Student Movement, the Order of the
Bell Tower and Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority Inc.
Cohen and McDuffie said their diver
sity of experiences allowed them to bet
ter represent next year’s senior class.
“We’re going to carry that (diversity)
through to our senior marshals,” Cohen
said. “We want to get a very diverse
class of senior class representatives to
come together and work hard to develop
those ideas and the ways we can carry
out those ideas.”
Also, McDuffie said the team’s acts
Greensboro, said she and Warren were
particularly focusing on the sorority
scene because of their personal ties to
the Greek system.
Warren has been president of Pi
Kappa Alpha fraternity for the past two
years, and Heise is a member of Chi
Omega sorority. “Our first focus group
would have to be the one we’re closest
to,” Warren said.
Heise said their diversity of experi
ences will add a lot to the senior class
office if they’re elected. Heise has been
on the varsity track and field team since
her freshman year. Warren participated
on two executive committees and was a
counselor for the YMCA.
“Between the two of us, we’ve tapped
into a lot of different areas on campus,”
Heise said.
Although the two met their freshman
Sidewalk construction hinges on better weather
■ Officials said the new
sidewalk would provide for
more pedestrian safety.
BY CAROL ADAMSON
STAFF WRITER
Merritt Mill Road will no longer be
the place where the sidewalk ends.
David Bonk, senior transportation
planner for Chapel Hill, said the side
walk being built along the east side of
Merrit Mill Road between Franklin
Street and Cameron Avenue would pro
vide a safe and convenient walkway for
citizens.
“Like any other sidewalk in town,
anything that can result in providing
safe, separate facilities for people to walk
on will encourage them to walk more.”
Bonk said the project was approved
by the Town Council after Chapel Hill
residents requested the project.
“We had requests from residents to
build a sidewalk, and that played a big
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of leadership went beyond participating
in campus activities. “(We have) leader
ship in terms of coming up with brand
new ideas that haven’t been done and
the leadership capabilities to follow
through in implementing them effec
tively,” she said.
Cohen said one idea was placing
seniors on committees directly related to
them. “I know for a fact that if there was
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year, it wasn’t until last summer that
they decided to be running mates. “We
had a lot of time to talk and plan out
ideas,” Heise said.
Heise said she and Warren had been
concerned with the direction provided
for seniors. Asa business major, Heise
said she was practically “spoon fed” the
information she needed to graduate and
have job opportunities but that she want
part in swaying the council to authorize
the funds for the project,” he said.
Richard Terrell, field operations
superintendant for the Public Works
Department of Chapel Hill, said the
900-foot sidewalk would be completed
soon. Work on the project began Dec. 2,
and will cost $20,000 when completed,
he said.
“We need about five good days of
weather,” Terrell said. “We’d have com
pleted the project already, but you can’t
pour cement in the rain.”
Terrell said the project had been met
with little opposition by residents.
“Motorists and residents have been
real pleasant to work with,” he said.
“We’ve had a good working relationship
with the residents, and everybody’s been
patient. We really appreciate that.”
Jack Terry, a traffic officer with the
Chapel Hill Police Department, said the
lane that was closed due to the con
struction had caused no problems with
the flow of traffic.
“There are so many routes that indi
viduals can take to get to Rosemary
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a senior representative on (the parking)
committee, which there very well
could’ve been, seniors would have got
ten more parking spaces this year.”
Other ideas include pushing a fund
raising drive for every senior to donate
$1 to die Sonja H. Stone Black Cultural
Center and increasing involvement in
Homecoming activities.
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ed to provide more support for other
majors.
If elected, the pair would work to
establish a stronger alumni connections
to allow for more networking, Warren
said. “All of our ideas are very similar to
the other candidates,” Warren said.
“(The idea of alumni connections) is
something that sets us apart.”
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Street that [the construction] has not
affected up at all,” Terry said.
For some residents, however, the con
struction has caused some disturbance.
Karie Jackson, a processing assistant
with UNC Hospitals and resident of
Merritt Mill Road, said the construction
taking place in front of her house was a
minor inconvenience. “They’re right at
our driveway,” Jackson said. “Everytime
I come out in the morning there are
three big trucks in our driveway. It takes
a few minutes to move them.”
Jackson, who works later in the day,
said construction early in the morning
had consistently awakened her.
“I guess I’m glad they’re putting in a
sidewalk, but it’s taking a long time,” she
said.
Lizzie Lyght, who has been a resident
of Merrit Mill Road for 23 years, said
she felt the sidewalk was worth the
disturbance. “As far as I’m concerned it
hasn’t really bothered me that much,”
Lyght said. “They really did need a side
walk. Now residents and especially chil
dren can walk down the street safely."