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UNC to Recruit Graduates for Jobs
By Alexandra Molaire and
Patricia D. Wright
Staff Writers
The University is taking an unprece
dented step by trying to recruit college
graduates to fill hundreds of vacant
employee positions before the number
of vacancies increases.
Drake Maynard, senior director of
Human Resources Administration,
explained at an Employee Forum meet
ing this week that the number of vacant
positions that fall under the Subject to
the Personnel Act, an act which man
dates how employees are paid, had
risen. As of Monday, 500 of the 6,000
SPA positions, which include secre-
Arts
Briefs
Lab! Comedy Examines
Change Among Friends
This weekend Lab! Theatre will pre
sent “Boys’ Life," a comedy by Howard
Korder. Director Joey Riddle said this
play was a comedic look at three men
and how their friendships changed as
they grew older.
The play also takes a look at the
men’s relationships with women and
the problems that result
“Boys’ Life” opens Saturday at 8 p.m.
in Playmakers Theatre. Performances
will continue at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Sunday and Monday and 5 p.m.
Tuesday.
All shows are free.
‘Grease’ Hits Cabaret
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Danny, Sandy, Rizzo, Frenchie and
the T Birds will all be in the Student
Union Cabaret this weekend.
But don’t expect to seejohn Travolta
or any other of Grease’s memorable
stars.
Instead, UNC students will portray
the popular characters as Pauper
Players puts on its rendition of the clas
sic musical.
The performance runs tonight,
Saturday and Sunday at 8 p.m., and
there will be a matinee Saturday at 3
p.m.
Tickets are available at a cost $5 for
UNC students, staff, faculty and chil
dren under 12 and $lO for everyone
else.
They can be purchased in the Pit, at
the door or by calling 962-4391.
Patrons might want to exercise some
caution in bringing young ones to the
performance.
It includes adult language, adult sit
uations as well as mild nudity.
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taries, grounds workers, housekeepers
and other support staff positions, were
vacant, Maynard said. “In past years, the
vacancy level was at about 275 to 300
positions.”
Although the University has filled
nearly 3,100 positions in the last 18
months, it needs to fill the vacancies, he
said. The new figure was a problem
because, for instance, two employees
were doing the work of five, he said.
To fill vacant positions, Forum
Chairwoman Jane Stine said members
of the Human Resources Department
were going to other campuses for the
first time to recruit and interview grad
uates for the jobs. “We will also be
recruiting UNC graduates, but we are
UNC Sets Up Early Decision Plan
By Amy Anderson
Staff Writer
As UNC gears up for the next round
of incoming students, admissions offi
cials say they plan to implement anew
early decision option and more person
al recruiting tactics.
With the new early decision plan, stu
dents who apply by the October dead
line will hear from UNC by December.
If accepted, these students will face a
binding commitment, requiring them to
send a S3OO to S4OO deposit by Jan. 1.
The regular and late decision dates
will not require commitment until May.
The current plan, known as early action,
allows applicants to apply by an early
deadline without binding them to UNC.
Herbert Davis, assistant director of
Undergraduate Admissions, said the
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consultants that individual institutions
could turn to as they tried to revamp
their academic programs.
Aside from these internal changes,
the 16 schools also face expansion con
cerns, with which consultants could also
assist. Pulley said 32 percent of the
growth would probably have to be met
through expanded capacities and new
facilities.
She stressed that this plan was not the
final word on enrollment for 10 years.
“Every year we will check actual
enrollment,” she said. “This is not some
undying commitment.”
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Marchetti said that by analyzing the
study, researchers discovered that on
any given night, two out of three stu
dents had zero percent blood alcohol
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going to other campuses to expand our
recruiting efforts.”
Maynard said Human Resources was
recruiting employees on college cam
puses such as Virginia Tech and Penn
State universities and the University of
Florida.
The Human Resources Department
is also advertising the open positions on
Web sites such as monster.com, acade
miccareers.com and Trianglejobs.com to
gamer more applicants, he said.
The main reason for many of the
vacancies, Maynard said, was normal
turnover. “People leave positions
because they retire, leave for better jobs
or die,” he said.
However, Maynard said the booming
option would be available in the fall.
Davis said input from students and
members of the Council Advisory
Group, which includes guidance coun
selors from North Carolina high schools,
prompted UNC to implement the
option already offered by schools such
as Duke and Wake Forest.
“(Students and counselors) are the
ones who think it would be something
that is necessary,” he said. “These other
schools are willing to have early deci
sion, so why not Chapel Hill? This pres
sures us to meet the market demands.”
Davis said this option offered advan
tages to students. If they know UNC is
their first choice, students will have the
opportunity to reserve a place early.
Students placed on the waitlist also have
a better chance to be accepted since the
openings will be known earlier.
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plex. Jordan owns restaurants in New
York and Chicago, and both are housed
in old renovated buildings.
This restaurant is different from
Jordan’s other eateries because it is
being built from the ground up, Puech
said. Puech said he could not speculate
on the type of food the restaurant would
serve, but he said the other two were
steakhouses and that this eater)' would
probably have a different type of menu.
Construction of the building was
originally scheduled for completion in
April, but it has been rescheduled for
May.
Puech had said plans for the restau
rant would be available in December.
Representatives for Jordan’s consulting
content, even on traditional party nights.
Marchetti said the purpose behind
the study was to get an accurate picture
of college drinking. She said the risk of
inaccuracy from surveys was due in part
to the students’ fear.
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economy also contributed to the prob
lem. “The economy is just so good that
there are more jobs than there are peo
ple,” he said.
Forum member and University stock
clerk Forrest Aiken said better-paying
positions often Brew employees to other
jobs. “It’s often hard to compete with the
Research Triangle Park because people
can work there and get more money.”
Stine said she wanted to relieve the
strain on current SPA employees. “It is
important that we do a good job recruit
ing for eligible graduates to work in
these information technology jobs.”
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at udesk@unc.edu.
In addition to accepting students at
an earlier date, the admissions office
would also like to create a smaller, more
personal atmosphere at UNC.
Barbara Polk, assistant director of
Undergraduate Admissions, said one
way of making UNC more familiar to
incoming students were faculty and stu
dent phone-a-thons. Conducted in pre
vious years but reinstated this fall,
phone-a-thons will match applicants
with a faculty member or student in
their prospective major, allowing early
interaction with the University.
Assistant Director of Undergraduate
Admissions Anthony Strickland said,
“We want people to know you are not
just a number here.”
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at udesk@unc.edu.
company have
refused to com
ment on the
details of the
eatery.
There are no
plans for a press
conference, and
Jordan’s company
has asked to han
dle all dealings
with the media,
Puech said.
“All I can tell
you is that plans
are in the works,”
Puech said.
Michael Jordan
is planning to open a
restaurant on West
Franklin Street
near BW3 in the
Pavilion II complex.
“Jordan) is very excited about building
a restaurant here."
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they’re not always forthcoming,” she
said.
“Once students realized they weren’t
going to get in trouble, they really want
ed to see what they blew.”
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at udesk@unc.edu.
Soyinka Remembers
Apartheid Violence
By Patricia D. Wright
Staff Writer
Truth, restitution and reconciliation
in South Africa were at the heart of a
lecture given by Nobel Prize laureate
and Nigerian activist Wole Soyinka
Thursday night.
Soyinka, who has been in exile from
Nigeria since 1994 because of his out
spoken views on activism, spoke to
about 430 community members and
UNC students concerning South
Africa’s quest to accept the effects of
apartheid and its journey to heal as a
nation.
Soyinka began his lecture with a
short discussion on the presence of
atonement, restitution and reconcilia
tion in Nigerian folklore and the Old
and New Testament of the Bible.
After a story about a Nigerian deity
who made atonements to humans every
year, Soyinka said it took exceptional
people to atone for their own doings.
“It is not human nature to say ‘look,
here it is, I have profited unfairly.’”
The topic Soyinka spent the most
time on was the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission, headed by
South African Archbishop Desmond
Tutu. The commission was designed to
help South Africans put apartheid
behind them and to eventually forgive
apartheid supporters, he said.
Soyinka gave detailed accounts of
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to class, it made everyone smile,”
Shaver said.
No longer a student in the doctorate
program, Oberhart now spends his
time working as a computer consul
tant, guest lecturing at UNC classes
and perfecting his Internet skills.
Oberhart, who designs his own web
pages, also speaks to students enrolled
in the courseJOMC 50, Electronic
Information Systems.
“I come in to give students a differ
ent perspective on surfing and web
browsing,” said Oberhart, who uses his
talking computer to navigate the web
and use e-mail.
Andrea Beloff, a senior journalism
major, said she was impressed by
Oberhart’s visit to her class.
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acts of violence made by perpetrators in
South Africa despite the presence of the
commission. He said the court hearings
that followed such violence caused
shocking reactions from families of vic
tims and perpetrators.
In the case of a young girl who com
mitted murder, Soyinka said the girl was
sentenced to die by lethal injection.
“When the mother of the girl was told
this, she said ‘I wish to complete the
action myself,’” he said, because she was
so angry.
Political science Professor Isaac Unah
said he enjoyed the lecture of first-hand
accounts.
“Descriptions of how perpetrators
and victims behave during hearings
were poignant to hear,” he said.
Unah said most of all he enjoyed
Soyinka’s presentation style.
“He has a deep intellectual meaning,”
Unah said.
“You almost have to have a back
ground in African culture to understand
his lectures.”
Soyinka ended his lecture by telling
the audience the importance of letting
go for South Africans.
“Truth, restitution and reconciliation
must be obtained,” he said. “But maybe
instead of reconciliation, we should
focus on healing.”
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“Working on the web takes a lot of
skill. I could not imagine doing that
without my sight,” Beloff said. “I am
very impressed with what he has
accomplished in his lifetime.”
Oberhart, who began using comput
ers in 1983, said he spent several hours
a day perusing the Internet
Confidently navigating his house as
if he had a sixth sense, Oberhardt
proudly showed off the converted
computer room he shares with Kelley,
his wife of almost 10 years.
“If there is a computer toy, then we
have it,” Oberhart joked.
Despite the difficulties of everyday
life, Oberhart does not consider blind
ness an impairment.
“I do the same things as everyone
else, I just do them differently.”
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