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Ulljp iatlg ®ar © BH 104 jean of editorial freedom community since 1893 University to require computers for all students BY WES WHITAKER STAFF WRITER Anew University proposal will require that evety UNC student have a computer on their desk by 2004. The proposal, known as the Carolina Computing Initiative, will force entering freshmen to either bring or buy then own personal computers or laptops beginning in the year 2000. Students will have to buy the com puters, but there will be no increase in tuition. Financial aid will be available for those students who qualify, Associate Provost Kate McGaughey said. Students who bring their own com puters will have to meet the University’s Students vote yes on Union expansion ■ They also approved the creation of a permanent Freshman Focus Council. BY BETH HATCHER STAFF WRITER Students voted to renovate the Student Union and to create a perma nent Freshman Focus Council in stu dent government. By 68.6 percent, students voted to renovate the Union. Union executives first presented the plan Nov. 24. Its esti mated cost of sl3 million will be paid for with student fees. “This is money we’re giving to our selves,” said Amy Lawler, president of the Carolina Union Activities Board. Union Director Don Luse predict ed fees might increase by as much as S2O to S3O over a 20-year period. Lawler said the benefit of having a larger and better Union would out- Freshman Focus Council referendum ✓ yes 85 percent of votes NO 15 percent of votes weigh any inconvenience. “We hope to give back as much as we’ve been given,” Luse said. Luse said he had been surprised by the support the referendum had received. “We expected more questions, more concerns," Luse said. Construction is slated to begin in fall 1999. Lawler said the Union would remain operational throughout the con struction. “The Union construction is not going to be as central as Lenoir (Dining Union expansion referendum Hall),” said Student Body Treasurer Marc McCollum. McCollum said he voted for the referendum because he thought the reno vation would be beneficial for the entire University. ✓ yes 68.6 percent of votes NO 31.3 percent of votes “We’ll wait for the other construction on campus to be cleaned up before we start on the Union,” Luse said. Although Student Body President Mo Nathan created the Freshman Focus Council by an executive order last year, the new referendum will create the council as a permanent part of stu dent government, said Brad Matthews, co-coordinator of the current council. The referendum was passed with a vote of 85 percent. “We’ve encountered virtually no opposition,” Matthews said. “This is something that’s going to be good for the whole University.” Matthews said the council would help freshmen get involved in student government. “It’s not that freshmen don’t want to get involved; it’s just that they don’t know how or where,” Matthews said. This year the council has discussed adding freshmen seminar classes, improving C-TOPS and revising The Source, a University guide given to freshmen. “We are not issuing a requirement that (most students) are not already paying for. ” KATE MCGAUGHEY Associate provost software and system requirements. Other students will be required to buy computers that already meets the requirements. Appropriate computers will be available at Student Stores. Chairman of the Faculty Pete Andrews said, “This proposal is neces Walters, Hawthorne to spar in SBP runoff ■ Reyna Walters had received the most SBP votes as of press time. BY LAURA STOEHR STAFF WRITER For the first time in UNC history, two uecinw 'BB women will compete for the student body presidency. Tuesday night juniors Reyna Walters and Lacey Hawthorne received 1,501 and 1,034 votes to move on to the mm ' S" JjmT' ill DTH/ZEBULON HOU Student body president candidate Reyna Walters (left) celebrates with a supporter after learning she is one of the candidates in next Tuesday's runoffs. For the first time, two women will face off for student body president. Long-term relationships BY ALEC MORRISON SENIOR WRITER Mike Roberts and Anson Dorrance hold very different places in the coaching spectrum. Roberts, North Carolina’s baseball coach for the past 20 seasons, will resign his position at the end of this season. He does not want to talk about why he is leaving the job he calls “a thrill every day” and defers comment on his resignation to UNC’s Director of Athletics, Dick Baddour. Dorrance, who has coached UNC’s women’s soccer program since its inception 19 years ago, is coming off his program’s second con secutive NCAA title. He talks of coaching until he’s 65 years old and lends his services to athletics depart ment fund-raising efforts, speaking to alumni five or six times a year. Yet Roberts and Dorrance have plenty in common. Both are former UNC athletes, both love the school that employs them, and both express no surprise that they have spent 40 years combined as coaches in UNC’s athletics department. “I still would want to finish my career here in some capacity,” Roberts says. “That’s my goal at this Wednesday, February 11,1998 Volume 105, Issue 151 sary because computers are an essential tool in a student’s life.” According to the CCI interim report, the increasing knowledge base, benefits for the educators, competition with other universities and changing expecta tions of students are reasons why UNC should accept this proposal. McGaughey said the CCI proposal was based on the fact that more than half the members of the student body already had their own computers. “We are not issuing a requirement that (most students) are not already pay ing for,” she said. According to the report, 54 percent of the students in this year’s freshman class own their own computer. “By the year 2000, the percentage of Feb. 17 runoff election. “I’m very happy,” Walters said. “I couldn’t have asked for more support than I received.” In the past, only three women have run for the presidency and of those, one, Patricia Wallace, won in 1985. “I’m really excited,” Hawthorne said. “We have a lot of work to do. We’ve got to make sure we keep students caring for this race.” Supporters cheered as the final results were announced naming the two women to face off in a runoff election. But Hawthorne got close competition from junior Anne Neville, who received 814 votes. Juniors Charlie Roederer and Danny time." That kind of loyalty is a rich vein that flows through UNC’s coaching ranks, and it has never been more valuable than at present, when the athletics department appears in a state of flux. Baddour assumed his duties last summer. Men’s basketball coach Dean Smith retired just days before the start of his 37th season, and foot ball coach Carl Torbush replaced Mack Brown when he bolted for Texas just before UNC played in the 1998 Gator Bowl. Yet UNC’s coaches seem more content than ever with the direction the athletics department is taking. “I think we’re all very happy to be here,” field hockey coach Karen Shelton says. “It’s a wonderful place. Our budget may not be as big, I think I could make more money at anoth er institution, but I do believe that I have the best field hockey job in America. I wouldn’t want to go any where else.” The vast majority of UNC’s coach es feel the same way. The average tenure of the University’s head coach es is 12.9 years even though three coaches at UNC are in their first year See LONGEVITY, Page 5 Everyone lives by selling something. Robert Louis Stevenson students owning computers is estimated to be 70 percent, and the numbers will continue to grow,” McGaughey said. The University will meet this growing demand for computers through the CCI. University officials will choose a major company and develop a contract with it to provide the community with the computers, McGaughey said. This package deal will drastically cut the cost of a computer to UNC students if they buy their computers from Student Stores. In the past, most students bought their computers for about $1,500, she said. “We will be able to sell computers to the students much cheaper," See COMPUTERS, Page 8 Siegle received 400 and 461 votes, respectively. Last night’s results marked a prece dent for student elections and came the year the University will celebrate the 100th anniversary of women on cam pus. Runoff elections have frequently occurred in past student body elections but did not occur in the past two student body presidential elections. Walters’ platform includes plans to schedule office hours in Lenoir Dining Hall and implement the Student Organizations Council to improve cam pus communication. Hawthorne’s platform includes plans See SBR Page 8 Two decades and counting... North Carolina's coaching ranks include six coaches who have been at the University for at least 20 years, more than any other ACC school. Q Hhyr FRANK COMFORT 21 years Men's Swimming Women's Swimming Men s Diving Women's Diving DEVON MOUSE 21 years Men's Go# BILL LAM 25 year* Wrestling 31 year* Men's Fencing Women 's Fencing Officials face challenge of putting plan together BYNAHALTOOSI UNIVERSITY EDITOR The concept —a technologically competent student body prepared for a world full of Internet-savvy positions is sweeping higher education. The logistics which include requir ing students to purchase a computer and preparing the campus infrastructure to handle the inflow of technological use Hp '-jHMSH -\>: v i— : _ , J DTH/ZEBULON HOU Student body president candidate Lacey Hawthorne waits for election results Tuesday night in Peabody Hall. KITTY HARRISON 21 yuan Women's Tennis MIKE ROBERTS 21 year* Baseball News/Features/Alls/Sporti: 962-0245 Business/Advertising- 962-1163 Chapel Hill, North Carotina C 1998 DTH Publishing Cap. All rights reserved. are tougher to digest. The Carolina Computer Initiative, which Chancellor Michael Hooker will introduce Thursday, is an idea many embrace, but one with many unresolved details. The plan will require freshmen in the year 2000 to own a laptop computer. UNC expects to grant enough money to See REQUIREMENT, Page 8 INSIDE Elections fever See more elections coverage, including stories on voter turnout l Student k W Elections '9B and on who won the Carolina Athletic Association race, the senior class race, the Graduate and Professional Student Federation race and the Residence .Hall Association race. Page 2 Coverage of Student rM Congress final results will be available Thursday, after the Elections Board finalizes the results. Today's weather Afternoon rain; High 50s Thursday; Partly cloudy; High 50s
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