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Tuition Increase Proposal Struck Down
The bill would have allowed
UNC-system campuses to
raise tuition by SSOO during
a two-year period.
By Katie Abel
Staff Writer
A legislative proposal that would
have allowed individual UNC campus
es to raise tuition without the approval
of the Board of Governors has been
struck down by state legislators.
Olympics
Close Out
With Bang
The closing ceremonies for
the Special Olympics were
dedicated to Chancellor
Michael Hooker.
By Rachel Carter
and Justin Rett
Staff Writers
JULY 8 - Each year on the Fourth of
July, in tune with patriotic song, fire-
works explode
over Duke
University’s
Wallace Wade
Stadium, delight
ing the audience
gathered on the
stadium’s stone
seats, lighting the
sky in brilliant
fashion.
This year, how
ever, these fire
works had added
honors, and
Durham’s
Independence
Day celebration
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Coordinator of
University and Local
Relations
Aaron Nelson
said the University
did itself proud.
responded with a little more - more
people, more heat and a lot more to cel
ebrate.
Wallace Wade was the home of the
See OLYMPICS, Page 158
Women to Live in Old East, West
Starting in fall of 2000,
women will live in the
traditionally all-male halls
during the school year.
By Ralph Belk
Staff Writer
MAY 20 - The final obstacle to the
integration of Old East and Old West
residence halls has been cleared, and
starting in fall 2000 women will live in
the traditionally all-male halls during the
school year.
Associate Vice Chancellor for
Student Affairs Dean Bresciani support
ed the recommendation that the resi
dence halls be changed to co-education
Swain Keeps Law Enforcement License
Lt. C.E. Swain will retain his
certification to be an offi
cer, but his license will be
on five-year probation.
By Ashley Stephenson
Editor
MAY 27 - Lt. C.E. Swain will get to
keep his law enforcement certification
after a 13-2 vote by the N.C. Training
and Standards Commission on Friday.
But Swain’s Chapel Hill lawyer Alan
McSurely said he held his breath when
members of the commission declared
their votes.
“The first four (votes) went ‘yes, no,
yes, no,’ and I was like, ‘Oh, God, it’s
going to be close’,” McSurely said.
The bill would have allowed individ
ual system campuses to raise tuition by
SSOO during a two-year period.
The proposal seemed to be in conflict
with recendy passed legislation that
gives specific tuition-raising power to the
BOG.
“They decided it just didn’t make
sense,” said Student Body President Nic
Heinke. “1 tnink our lobbying played a
big role.”
The defeat of the proposal comes a
week after last week, when 10 student
leaders from UNC campuses protested
the proposal because it was in conflict
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al at the start of the fall 2000 semester.
He notified both the Department of
University Housing and the residents of
Old East and Old West residence halls
of his final decision May 5.
The decision was the final step in a
process initiated by a joint proposal
from former Student Body Vice
President Emily Williamson and former
Residence Hall Association President
David Jemigan to allow women to live
in the residence halls.
Bresciani said he made his decision
after receiving input from student lead
ers and forums with Old East and Old
West residents.
He also consulted academic studies
which compared the benefits of single
sex and co-ed environments.
Bresciani said he was convinced that
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The commis
sion voted to
uphold a recom
mendation made
by Administrative
Law Judge Fred
Morrison in
March that put
Swain’s license on
a five-year proba
tion.
Swain faced
scrutiny when the
commission’s stan
dards committee
found probable
cause in August
University Police Lt.
C.E. Swain
said the 13-2 hearing
vote put him in the
clear and showed the
system did work.
1998 to terminate the University Police
officer’s license forlying on his officer
license application.
“I’m in the clear now,” Swain said.
with the UNC system’s history of low
tuition.
Heinke said BOG members and for
mer UNC Presidents William Friday
and C.D. Spangler were a vital part of
lobbying efforts.
“The University people have thanked
us,” said Jeff Nieman, outgoing
Association of Government President
and BOG member.
“Since we all made our opposition so
clear, we brought this issue to the fore
front.
The proposal was independent of the
across-the-board BOG tuition hikes
he had the support of the student body
and said co-educational living environ-'
ments were more conducive to a stu
dent’s preparation for life after college.
Director of University Housing
Wayne Kuncl said the goal of his depart
ment was to complete the changeover as
smoothly as possible.
He said he wanted to continue hon
oring both the housing contracts which
were currendy valid and the priority, or
“squatters’ rights,” of all the residents.
Bresciani said he and the housing
department would work closely with
residents during the next school year to
resolve other issues that would arise.
Some of these issues which are still
being worked on include how the halls
will be split, the substance-free status of
Old West, visitation and what will hap
“They tried their best. They did
everything they could to try to
make me look bad. But I’m in
the clear. ”
C.E. Swain
University Police Lt.
“This proves that the system does
work.”
McSurely and Swain allege that the
charges that surfaced in August 1998
were the University’s way of retaliating
against Swain for a ticket he issued at a
UNC football game in 1997.
Swain issued an alcohol citation to
Caroline Hancock, the daughter of
UNC Board of Trustees member Billy
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imposed by the BOG.
The proposal would have increased
faculty salaries because UNC-Chapel
Hill pays its professors less than other
high caliber schools, like the Universities
of California at Berkeley and Michigan.
The 65 percent of the money made
by the tuition hike would have gone to
increasing faculty salaries. The remain
ing 35 percent would have gone to stu
dent aid.
But Heinke said the issue of faculty
salaries would not be ignored.
The BOG will now conduct an
assessment of UNC-CH faculty salaries,
Class of 1999 graduates said goodbye to the University under
perfect Carolina Blue skies, making UNC live up to its nick
name. This year's graduates tried their best to look and act
original in the sea of graduation robes. Dramatic Art major
Jennifer Teachey (left) of Swansboro went to graduation in a
Carolina Blue bikini to stand out in the crowd of caps and
gowns. Teachey stuffed dollar bills in her suit as a prop.
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pen if some males are displaced or
unhappy living in a co-ed residence hall.
Both Kuncl and Bresciani said they
were hopeful that no one would be
forced to move because of the histori
cally low return rates of the residents of
these two residence halls.
Students who wish to move will prob
ably be given priority in a residence hall
of their choice, Bresciani said.
Student Body President Nic Heinke
said he thought the plan to allow women
residents in Old East and Old West was
a good idea.
When asked if this decision, along
with the decision to reopen Spencer
Residence Hall as co-ed instead of all
female, marked a trend against single-
See OLD EAST, Page 158
Armfield and was then fired by
Chancellor Michael Hooker on the
grounds that he had falsified his time
card.
“There is no question that the people
behind this were upset about Swain’s
giving the ticked and exposing what was
going on at UNC,” McSurely said.
“He committed two sins, like a dou
ble no-no.”
Swain said the decision meant the
commission had linked the the citation
to the charges that Swain falsified his
application.
“They tried their best. They did
everything they could to try to make me
look bad.
“But I’m in the clear.”
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
Heinke said.
In other legislative fronts, the Senate
Budget and Finance Committee unani
mously recommended Tuesday the
approval of a $3 billion bond package
that would provide for the construction
and renovation of UNC-system build
ings.
Friday told legislators that university
improvements were important for the
entire state because universities had his
torically contributed to North Carolina’s
overall economic prosperity.
But Nieman said the package must
now be put before the entire Senate and
Town Appoints First
Female Fire Marshall
By Jacob McConnico
City/State & National Editor
MAY 27 - In May the town of
Chapel Hill made history by promoting
its first female to a commanding officer
position with the fire department
Fire Marshall Caprice Mellon was
promoted to the position in a ceremony
at the Chapel Hill fire department
Mellon replaced Larry Johnson, who
retired in April after over 30 years of
service with the department.
Chapel Hill Fire Chief Dan Jones
said Mellon was promoted after com
peting with applicants from across the
state.
“There were 19 candidates from
across North Carolina including experi
enced fire marshalls from cities and
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The first woman fire marshall Caprice Mellon watched as her mother
attached her marshall pin at a ceremony in May.
Saturday, August 14,1999
must be battled in the House before it
gets final approval.
“The tricky part is getting them to see
that this should be approved without
having to go to a public vote,” he said.
“In our opinion, the members of the
(N.C.) General Assembly were elected
to make these types of decisions.”
Nieman said it was difficult to deter
mine just how much legislative support
would be generated for the package, but
most legislators would not openly
oppose university improvements.
See TUITION, Page 158
counties,” he said.
Jones said the promotion was an
important event in the history of the
Chapel Hill fire department because
Mellon would be the first woman to
hold such a high position.
“Fire Marshall is a key position,
responsible for fire investigation, fire
safety and fire prevention,” he said.
Jones said he was happy about
Mellon’s promotion because she had the
right character for the job. “I think it’s
great,” he said. “She’s the type of per
son, when she puts her mind to some
thing, she does it.”
Jones said Mellon had an impressive
record with nine Letters of
Accommodation, two Department
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