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McCoy Tapped to Take UNC Helm
The retired businessman says he plans to
consult with advisers but will make decisions
as if he were a permanent chancellor.
By Ashlfy Stephenson
Editor
A sense of permanence fortu
nately is not the most important
thing in life to William McCoy.
McCoy, who was tapped last
week to lead UNC-Chapel Hill for
the next academic year as acting
chancellor, has barely had a
breather from his two-month run
as acting chancellor - the post he
held w'hen Michael Hooker took a
medical leave to battle cancer.
Hooker died June 29 due to
complications with his non-
Hodgkins lymphoma.
“I am pleased to step into this
temporary role once again as I did
when I became acting chancellor,
but I am pleased and sad to do it,
too," McCoy said.
McCoy previously served as
president of finance for the UNC
system.
UNC-system President Molly
Broad announced Friday at a press
conference that McCoy would
take the helm.
“I’m personally very grateful to
Bill McCoy to provide leadership
at a very important time,” Broad
said.
Provost Dick Richardson, a
potential candidate for the interim
chancellor tag, seemed happy and
relieved that McCoy would has
returned.
“He is an experienced and sea
soned executive and devoted
alumnus,” Richardson said. “We
know this year will be an exciting
year."
Broad said the search to find a
permanent chancellor to steer the
Wachovia Nabs Deal
To Fuel ONE Card Uses
By Ashley Stephenson
Editor
In the fall, some students might have
a good reason to switch banks.
UNC ONE cards with an ATM func
tion will be available shortly after the
fall semester starts. Students will be able
to use their ONE cards to access their
banking accounts at ATMs and will also
be able to shop at the local Harris
Teeter, using the debit card function on
the new ONE Cards.
In the January 2000, cards will take
on anew function as Visa Checkcards,
allowing students to charge their
Franklin Street meals on their ONE
cards as well.
There’s just one catch.
UNC has chosen Wachovia Bank to
serve as the exclusive vendor for the
new ONE cards, so students without a
Wachovia account can reap some, but
not all, of the benefits.
But Carolyn Elfland, vice chancellor
of auxiliary services, said the ONE
cards with the new functions were not
mandatory.
“If you don’t want an account with
Wachovia, you don’t have to,” she said.
But the pros to having a Wachovia
account outweigh the cons, she said.
ONE cards will still retain their old
uses, like for vending machines, laundry
and meal plans, but the new plan will
allow students to bypass long lines at the
ONE card office once funds on their
card dwindle.
Elfand said students will be able to go
online and transfer money from their
Wachovia accounts to their one cards all
with the click of a mouse.
The link with Wachovia is necessary,
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flagship university of the UNC sys
tem would take priority.
“We gathered a week ago today
to mourn the loss of Chancellor
Michael Hooker,” she said. “And
yet we must move forward, work
ing with the Board of Trustees and
expediting a search to find a per
manent chancellor.”
Broad said a committee of BOT
members, faculty, students and
staff would be formed soon to get
the process under way. Broad said
she anticipated selecting a perma
nent chancellor by commence
ment next May.
But with tough initiatives facing
the University in the year to come
like the Master Plan, the blueprint
for future campus development,
and the Carolina Computing
Initiative, a proposal that requires
all freshmen to buy their own lap
tops by the year 2000, McCoy said
he was not afraid to rock the boat.
“I think some good objectives
have been established, but I will
make decisions as if I were a per
manent chancellor,” he said.
McCoy also said a close look at
UNC’s budget and bond issues
would take priority on his agenda.
UNC is in the midst of a budget
shortfall, and since the start of the
fiscal year July 1, departments
have been feeling the crunch of
making cuts and laying off
employees.
Also, a bond proposal that
would have given UNC $2.7 bil
lion to repair dilapidated build
ings, build new ones and make
campus improvements was scaled
See MCCOY, Page 4
she said, because rules dictate that uni
versities must be partnered with a finan
cial institution before student ID’s can
be used off-campus.
“There are banking regulations that
require that you have to have relations
with a that track on the stripe (that
makes it and ATM and debit card),” she
said. “The state does not want to be in
competition with private vendors.”
In January 2000 when ONE cards
can also be used as VISA checkcards,
any business that accepts VISA will
swipe ONE cards readily, she said.
A Wachovia customer service center
will be set up on the side on UNC stu
dent stores to answer students’ questions
about the new cards.
Other bank machines will still be
accessible on campus, but Wachovia
ATMs will also get priority placement
across campus. Wachovia ATMs will be
placed at Chase Dining Hall, the Circus
Room, the Pit and the new location
behind Davis I jbrary.
“If any other location on campus
opens up, Wachovia gets the first oppor
tunity to put in an ATM,” Elfland said.
Elfland said UNC chose to partner
with Wachovia because they offered the
best combination of services. She said
the deal with the bank was keeping stu
dent fees down.
The money Wachovia is paying for
its various ATM machines on campus is
covering the cost of non-financial ser
vices offered by the ONE card, she said.
ONE card access to the Student
Recreation Center and renting videos
and books from the libraries are includ
ed in these services. Student Body
See WACHOVIA, Page 4
Cynicism is humour in ill health.
H.G. Wells
Thursday, July 15, 1999
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UNC-system President Molly Broad, newly selected acting Chancellor William McCoy and Ann Cates, vice
chairwoman of the UNC Board of Trustees, talk after the press conference announcing McCoys selection.
McCoy Called 'Natural' Choice
By Will Folshee
Staff Writer
Molly Broad, UNC-system President, said when she was
consulting with members of the community about who to
appoint as acting chancellor for the University, William
McCoy’s name kept coming up.
McCoy, who succeeds Chancellor Hooker who died last
week of cancer at age 53, served during a two-month period
as acting chancellor while Hooker was on medical leave.
Nic Heinke, Student Body President, said he and his cabi-
Expansion Will Move ATMs
By Ashley Stephenson
Editor
Expansion of the Student Union will
change the view from the reading room
in Davis Library.
All the ATMs located on the Student
Stores wall in the Union circle will be
moved to a redesigned spot on the back
side of Davis.
The Union expansion, approved by
student referendum in February, will
extend the building into the horseshoe
shaped metered parking area between
the Union and South Road.
The area behind Davis, which is
mostly a grassy area adjoining the park
ing lot, library, Mangum Quadrangle
ATMs Find New Home in Redesigned Site Behind Library
Because expansion of the Student Union will extend into Union Circle, where most campus ATMs are located, anew design will place the
machines behind Davis Library. Student Body President Nic Heinke said the new site would be completed by the time Union construction started.
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net took fast action to meet with Graduate and Professional
Student Federation President Lee Connor to recommend
McCoy as acting chancellor to Broad.
“McCoy was the natural choice for three reasons - he is
acclimated with the University, has an important finance back
ground that will aid the University and he understands the
position of chancellor and handled it well during Hooker’s
interim," Heinke said.
Conner agreed with Heinke’s reasons and said McCoy
See REACTION, Page 4
and Hamilton Hall, now awaits final
design approval by the building and
grounds committee, said Carolyn
Elfland, associate vice chancellor for
auxiliary services.
Graduate and Professional Student
Federation President Lee Conner said
his biggest concern was that the new
ATM location would be completed by
the time construction started on the new
Union building slated for this fall.
“I am very adamant that we want the
new services in there before the old ser
vices were taken away,” Conner said.
But the road to the relocation of the
machines was a tough one, Elfland said.
Although officials originally planned
to place the ATMs behind Davis,
Elfland said the site was changed
because facilities planning said it was
designated green space on which noth
ing could be constructed.
But since the ATMs still needed to be
close to high student traffic areas like the
Pit, officials grappled with another site
to house the machines.
The result was a proposed location
behind Hamilton Hall.
But since faculty working a Hamilton
Hall complained about the site, the
building and grounds committee sug
gested the site be shifted back the origi
nal Davis location.
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Bond War
Continues
In Raleigh
Officials say the House and
Senate formed a special
committee to work out the
contrasts in their proposals.
By Katie Abel
Staff Writer
A sharply divided N.C. General
Assembly is scrambling to reach a com
promise on the proposed bond package
for constructions and renovations on
UNC-system campuses and state com
munity colleges.
Because the House and Senate
approved vastly different proposals, a
committee was formed Tuesday to
negotiate, according to reports.
The Senate immediately rejected a
House proposal Tuesday morning by a
33-14 vote along party lines. The
House’s proposal seeks voter approval
next May for $ 1 billion in bonds for the
UNC system and S2OO million for com
munity colleges.
Senate leaders think the bonds
should not go to a public vote because
they believe legislators were elected to
make these types of decisions, said
Student Body President Nic Heinke.
Two weeks ago, the Senate approved
a plan that would give $3 billion in
bonds to state universities and commu
nity colleges and avoid a referendum
completely.
After the Senate rejected the House’s
proposal, a negotiation committee was
set up with 66 legislators.
Heinke said he hoped the legislatures
could arrive at a compromise without
seeking taxpayers’ approval.
“It would he even more expensive to
run a referendum,” he said. “But it is all
up in the air right now."
Graduate Student and Professional
Student Association President Lee
Conner said that figuring out which side
See BOND, Page 4
INSIDE
UNC-CH Faces Tax Bill
The Internal Revenue Service has
presented the University with a $20.5-
million tax bill as part of a nationwide
crackdown on universities and other
tax-exempt organizations. University
officials say they will contest the audit’s
results. See page 5.
Racing for the Future
Bill Strom, a
community
activist and
former direc
tor of the
Orange
Water and
Sewer
Authority’s
Electiori
I . L
Board of Directors has filed to run for
a seat on the Chapel Hill Town
Council. Strom says one of his objec
tives is to encourage more long-term
planning in the town. See page 2.
They've Got the Blues
The Blues Society of the Lower Cape
Fear opens its annual Blues Festival
tonight in Wilmington. Events include
free workshops and a performance by
Lit’ Ed and the Blues Imperials as well
as outdoor concerts. See Page 5.
Jump Into the Mix
The Daily Tar Heel is looking for
writers, designers, copy editors and
photographers for the second summer
session. If you are interested or are just
plain nuts, come on down to Suite 104
of the Student Union or contact Editor
Ashley Stephenson at 962-0245.