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®ltp Satlg ®ar f 107th year of editorial freedom Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Professor to Fill Ramsey's Shoes in Interim Bv Will Foushee Staff Writer Chancellor Michael Hooker has appointed John Evans, a professor of business and former dean of the Kenan Flagler Business School, as acting vice chancellor of business and finance to replace Jim Ramsey, who announced he would be leaving UNC. Hooker said a committee was also being created to launch a national search to fill Ramsey’s job on a perma nent basis. Ramsey leaves UNC after one year at the post. He said the decision to leave UNC was difficult and that he had enjoyed his Thinking Goes With Drinking Every Tuesday people come out to W.B. Yeats Irish Pub to put their trivia skills to the test with the Pub Quiz. Bv Justin Marlowe Staff Writer A Tuesday night tradition is quickly growing at Chapel Hill’s Irish Pub, W.B. Yeats. Around nine o’clock, a strange mix ture of alcohol and academia come together, giving off the soft warm glow of the area’s first (and only) pub quiz. The pub quiz is, at heart, a trivia con test, matching teams of two against one another with 50 questions on a variety of topics. Rob Hopkins, an employee of the Irish Pub, said, “The idea for the Pub See PUB QUIZ, Page 6 Explanation Soothes Irritated Deaf Residents Bv Ted Stoklev Staff Writer Members of the deaf community have begun to cool down after State Health and Human services Secretary David Bruton clarified a statement that was perceived as offensive. Residents were angered by a com ment Bruton made last month claiming that teaching deaf children American Sign Language and not teaching them speech was a “kind of child abuse.” Mark Van Sciver, director of Public Special Olympics Sites at UNC The University and Chapel Hill will host six sporting events for the Special Olympics, which begin on June 26. Seven UNC venues and one Chapel Hill site will see action this week. Monday, June 28 ■ Aquatics —9 a.m.-9 pm. ■ Basketball —9 a.m.-7:30 pm. ■ Bocce 9 a.m.-6 pm. ■ Table Tennis 9 a.m.-6 pm. ■ Tennis 9 a.m.-8 pm. ■ Volleyball 9 a.m.-8:30 pm. Saturday, June 26 ■ Aquatics 9 a.m.-1 p.m. ■ Bocce —9a.m.-1 pm. Sunday, June 27 ■ Aquatics —ll a.m.-9p.m. ■ Bocce —3-8 pm. ■ Table Tennis 9 a.m.-9 pm. ■ Tennis —9a.m.-Bp.m. ■ Volleyball —l-8:30 pm. Venues Aquatics Koury Natatorium Basketball Smith Center Bocce Fearrington Villiage Table Tennis Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center Tennis Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center Volleyball Carmichael Auditorium, Woollen Gymnasium, Fetzer Gymnasium God save me from my friends I can protect myself from my enemies. Marshall deVillars WEEKLY SUMMER ISSUE opportunities here since becoming vice chancellor in July 1998. “I will miss UNC’s faculty and staff,” he said. “It’s a great university with a great academic reputation.” Kentucky governor Paul Patton announced on June 16 that Ramsey would be serving as state budget direc tor for Kentucky and as his senior poli cy adviser. Ramsey’s departure comes after a string of budget crises at the University. UNC is facing a $lO million shortfall in the coming fiscal year, which has South Building administrators asking deans and department heads to cut between 1.6 to 10 percent of their budgets. L l f gfijafllaHE, I \ par V "**“• mir % Sr '<■ Mr ****** ir JaßßxiSw 'ill.■ ; \ M- 4npr 1 ..iMi tbmBPF > fjm HP wM ■■■?&*■' M DTH, EMILIA RUIZ Working in teams of two, participants in W. B. Yeats' Tuesday night Pub Quiz put their heads together to develop the winning answers. Owners of the bar originated the Pub Quiz, a trivia contest, in April as a way to attract new business. Affairs for the Department of Health and Human Services, said the com ments were taken out of context “Everyone has focused on two words: child abuse,” Van Sciver said. Van Sciver said Bruton’s comments were not meant to defame sign lan guage, but only to encourage the explo ration of options for deaf children. “If we get the kids early enough, American Sign Language shouldn’t be the only option to children,” Van Sciver said. “It’s useful, but there are other options." Tuesday, June 29 ■ Aquatics —9 a.m.-9 pm. ■ Basketball—9 a.m,-7:30 pm. ■ Bocce —9a.m.-6pm. ■ Table Tennis 9 a.m-9 pm. ■ Volleyball —9 a.m.-4:30 pm. Wednesday, June 30 ■ Aquatics —lO a.m.-noon ■ Basketball 9 a.m.-1:30 ■.m. ■ Table Tennis 9 a.m -4:30 pm. ■ Tennis —9a.m.-Bp.m. ■ Volleyball 9 a.m.-6:30 pm. Thursday, June 24, 1999 Volume 107, Issue 48 7 will miss UNC’s faculty and staff ...I was originally attracted to UNC because of its academic reputation. ” Jim Ramsey Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance But Provost Richard Richardson said there was no connection between the financial problems and Ramsey’s exit. Richardson called Ramsey’s new posi tion a great opportunity. “James Ramsey has a very exciting offer from Kentucky,” he said. Van Sciver said Bruton was not sur prised at the reaction he received. “He knew it was a hot issue,” Van Sciver said. “This is what he thinks needs to be done. He felt it was some thing that needed to be said.” Van Sciver said there had been much negative reaction in the deaf communi ty over Bruton’s initial comments. Some had called for Bruton’s resignation. Sean Walsh, spokesman for Governor Jim Hunt, said Bruton had the gover nor’s support. “The governor, the associations for Olympics Cause Campus Changes The Student Union closes today to become Olympic Town West as the University hosts the Special Olympics. By Verna Kale Staff Writer The Olympic torch will light the way for Special Olympians and their families as one of the world’s largest sporting events comes to UNC this weekend. The opening ceremonies for the Special Olympics take place Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh. The games are free and open to the public. UNC is hosting basketball, aquatics, bocce, volleyball, tennis and table tennis. The Special Olympics mean recogni tion and prestige for the University and North Carolina, but it also means a dis ruption in daily campus life. Ramsey’s departure is the third major administrative shake-up UNC has faced this year. The chancellor took a medical leave in April to battle his non-Hodgkins’ lym phoma, and William McCoy filled in as acting chancellor. Also, when Richardson suffered a heart attack, Ned Brooks took the post as acting provost. Hooker and Richardson have since returned to their respective positions. Ramsey said he would serve as senior policy adviser to Patton as well as state budget director, a job he previously held under Patton. He said he would be on loan to the government from his tenured senior the deaf and Dr. Bruton all have the same goal, to make sure all deaf students have every opportunity at success,” Walsh said. “The governor would urge that everyone work together to find the best way to serve students and reach that goal.” George McCoy, Director of the Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing, said he was concerned when he first heard Bruton’s comments. “I wanted clarification when I heard about it,” he said. The Student Union will be closed to the public starting today, accessible only to Special Olympics athletes and their coaches or to students and staff who dis play proper identification. After this weekend, the Union will be open to the public only after 7 p.m. As of Wednesday afternoon, John Curtis, assistant director of student activ ities, said he did not know when identi fication credentials would be distributed or what they would look like. “We have not seen what Special Olympics has provided us and don’t know when they will be submitted,” Curtis said. However, Aaron Nelson, coordinator of local and University relations, said there should not be any major prob lems. “Nobody who should be there will be denied entrance to their offices. We’re all going to have to be flexible and understanding that this event is here and try to be cooperative,” Nelson said. professorship of economics and public policy at the University of Louisville. These appointments will take effect Aug. 1. Ramsey said the position with the governor would give him oversight of die state budget, insight into economic analysis and a hand in the development of public policy. He said he was excited about the opportunity to return working with Patton. “Gov. Patton has focus and commit ment in the areas of economic opportu nity and raising Kentucky’s standard of living,” Ramsey said. See RAMSEY, Page 6 McCoy said he was satisfied once Bruton sent him a letter clarifying his position, and agreed with Bruton that deaf children should have the option of learning speech in addition to ASL. “From my knowledge and experi ence, I think if a person can learn both they should be given the opportunity,” McCoy said. “They complement each other well.” Carolyn Brbwn, Clinic Director of Carolina Children’s Communicative See DEAF, Page 6 The Union will function as a service center for athletes and their coaches. “Basically we’ll do the stuff we do now - programs and activities like bowl ing, concerts and films,” said Curtis. The Union will also provide medical and dental screenings for athletes. A full-service medical program has been established to aid the athletes and take their special needs into considera tion. Dr. Tim Taft, professor of orthopedic surgery and director of sports medicine at UNC Health Care, is heading the program. “It is a mini-healthcare system which he spearheaded,” said Lynn Wooten, spokesman for UNC Health Care. Athletes on the UNC campus will be able to seek medical care at all venues as well as Student Health Service and UNC Hospitals. “There are special considerations See OLYMPICS, Page 6 News/Features/Arts/Sports 962-0245 Business/ Advertising 962-1163 Chapel Hill, North Carolina C 1999 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. Students Fight Hike In Tuition Student leaders including Student Body President Nic Heinke went to Raleigh to protest the tuition plan. By Rachel Carter Staff Writer Tuesday afternoon student leaders from the 16 schools in the UNC system lobbied state legislators to vote against a bill that would allow the system’s Board of Trustees to raise tuition. The bill would allow individual cam puses to raise tuition by SSOO over a two-year period without the approval of the Board of Governors who tradition ally have had tuition-raising power. “If I didn’t believe we could make a difference, then I wouldn’t have spent my entire day down there fighting against this,” N.C. State Student Body President Raj Mirchandani said. The proposal would not go into effect until the 2000-2001 school year and would be independent of BOG tuition hikes. The new pro an Jr Student Body President Nic Heinke was one of 10 student leaders protesting the bill. posal seems to be in conflict with a recently passed legislation that gives specific tuition-raising power to the BOG. Outgoing Association of Student Government President and BOG mem ber Jeff Nieman said he was against the proposal because it usurped the work done by the BOG’s Tuition Policy Task Force, which he served on. See TUITION, Page 6 INSIDE Get Ready, Set, Go! Go! 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