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(Tbr Hatlu ®ar Mni J News / f SMB 106 5 106 years of editorial freedom Serving the students and the University community since 1893 ATM Gunman Remains at Large Police are still searching for the suspect who robbed a man at a South Elliot Road ATM early Thursday. By Kate Turgeon Staff Writer Chapel Hill police are still searching for the suspect who robbed a man at gunpoint Thursday morning at the State Employees’ Credit Union automated teller machine on South Elliot Road. At 7:47 a.m. the victim was standing in front of the ATM when a man approached him. Jane Cousins, police .spokeswoman, said the man pressed a silver automatic handgun in the victim’s side and told Coot of Competition UNC's Faculty Salary Push: Keeping Up With Prof. Jones Bv Cheri Melfi Staff Writer As University officials prepare to vote on major tuition increases to raise faculty salaries, many say the driving force behind this quest might be a mat ter of competition, not money. Clarice Evans, research associate at the American Association of University Professors, said many universities tended to increase faculty salaries in order to stay competitive with peer institutions. “What we’ve been seeing is that there are some ‘superstar-’ faculty members that universities com pete over," Evans said. “In many cases, universities will recruit these individuals and pay them much more than they pay other faculty on the same level - so salary is definitely a big factor in competition." David Guilkey, chairman of UNC’s Department of Economics, said the University dropped in U.S. News & World Report’s 1999 col lege rankings because faculty salaries had become less competitive than those at other schools. "When people are in the initial stages of look ing for jobs, salary is the most important consid eration, especially when we are trying to get good teachers to come here from other schools,” Guilkey said. Guilkey and fellow professor, Edward Samulski, submitted a letter to a University com mittee Oct. 15 pushing for significant tuition increases to address the school’s faculty salary woes. Guilkey said the results of his recent faculty salaries study indicated that UNC faculty were not being paid enough to stay competitive with peer institutions. He said in recent years he had noticed many faculty members were leaving for higher paying jobs. “If we don’t keep up, we are going to be out in the cold. It is just like running a business. ” Walter Davis UNC Board of Trustees Member Justice O'Connor to Dedicate Law School Building By Jamila Vernon Staff Writer Sandra Day O’Connor will be the second U.S. Supreme Court Justice in 30 years to serve as the keynote speaker at a dedication ceremony for the UNC School of Law today. The Van Hecke-Wettach Hall was first dedicated in May 1969 by Justice Earl Warren, said Audrey Ward, direc tor of communications at the law school. The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves. Logan Pearsall Smith him to hurry up and take money out of his account, which the victim did. Police are still looking for the assailant. Police said the incident was surprising because it did not happen at night. “You don’t expect that first thing in the morning and in broad daylight,” said A. Sanders, a police investigator. A witness described the gunman as a 6-foot tall black male in his mid-twenties with a stocky build and a light to medi um complexion. Police said they hoped the security camera image of the gunman would lead to an arrest this time. “Hopefully we’ll be able to catch him if someone sees this photo and recog nizes him,” said Sanders, the investiga tor assigned to the case. The witness, who was in her car in the parking lot at the time of the rob Guilkey’s study, which dif- fers significantly from the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy study that ranked the 4th in University’s faculty pay fifth among public institu tions, listed UNC 14th in salary and 14th in total compensation among 17 peer institutions. Guilkey examined both facul ty salaries and comparable costs of living in Chapel Hill. When compared with 85 research institutions, the University ranked 55th in salary and 58th in total com pensation, according to Guilkev’s study. The average salary of a full- _ time UNC professor is approxi- IB mately SBB,OOO. But Guilkey said |g§ that amount was low when com pared to the University of Virginia, one of UNC’s peer institutions. He said the average cost of a house in Chapel Hill was about $200,000. The average cost of a house in Charlottesville, Va. is about SIOO,OOO, and UVa. profes sors are paid approximately $15,000 to $20,000 more a year than UNC professors, Guilkey said. “If you compare $90,000 to the salary of a Chapel Hill High School teacher, it is very good,” Guilkey said. “But when you compare See SALARIES, Page 2 “...If we want to continue to have a North Carolina school competitive with (other) schools, this increase is a necessity. ” David Guilkey UNC Economics Professor ot's an honor to have a Supreme Court justice come to speak - someone of her caliber,” Ward said. The rededication will celebrate the new addition to Van Hecke-Wettach Hall and starts at 3 p.m. The ceremony features various speakers, such as N.C. Supreme Court Justice Henry Frye and Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C. School of Law Dean Gene Nichol said Frye would introduce O’Connor. “(Frye) is the first black North Friday, October 22, 1999 Volume 107, Issue 98 bery, told police the gunman approached the victim after getting out of the passenger side of an older-model white car with tinted windows. Cousins said the victim did not notice the state the car’s license plate was reg istered in, only that there were three number fives on the plate. According to police, the victim made the right deci sion by giving the money to the man. “Don’t play the hero,” Lt. E. Johnson said. “If you are using an ATM, always be aware of your surroundings and make your transaction in a timely man ner. If confronted, always follow their instructions.” The robbery is the second in Chapel Hill this year, Cousins said. The first occurredjan. 25 at the State Employees’ Credit Union ATM on South Hamilton Road. Cousins said no arrest was made. .. Jmt w r ii s J iMpy ** i sit :om g * house in 100. The ottesville, jW a. profes- T Faculty Feel Salary Strain By Kim Minlgh AND KAREY WUTKOWSKI Staff Writers A proposal to boost faculty salaries by raising tuition has sparked speculation about whether UNC can recruit and retain top professors. But for some UNC departments, the fear of losing top faculty is already a daily reality. Donald Searing, chairman of the Department of Political Science, said that at least seven senior faculty members in his department were being recruited by other universities. He said the professors, who make an average of SIO,OOO less than their peers at competitive institutions, were bringing offers from other uni versities to the table, forcing negotiations. “I am very afraid that we’re going to lose Carolina Supreme Court justice and one of our graduates, so that should be an added attraction,” Nichol said. Nichol said school officials expected about 1,000 people to attend the cere mony. One law student who plans to attend said she felt the dedication was a good way to network. “It is a wonderful opportunity to meet some of the alum ni and welcome them to the new addi tion,’’ said Tara Hogan, a second-year There was only one reported ATM robbery in 1998. That robbery took place at the Central Carolina Bank on Dobbins Drive, and Cousins said no arrest was made. Police are not disclosing the amount of money that the gunman escaped with. However, the bank’s branch manag er, Bryan Johnson, said the bank’s poli cy was not to let customers withdraw more than S2OO a day from automated teller machines. “It’s important that peo ple realize there is always a risk at an ATM machine,” Cousins said. Anyone with information about the robbery should call Chapel Hill police at 968-2760 or Chapel Hill/Carrboro Crimestoppers at 942-7515. The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. those people, and salary is not the only consid eration, but it is a big one,” he said. “Most peo ple want to stay here, but they know they can get a considerable raise if they go elsewhere.” Searing said salary woes had already spurred two professors to leave his department for two of the nation’s most prestigious institutions - Carnegie Mellon and Duke universities. He said these universities had covered UNC’s SIO,OOO shortcoming and then offered them up to an additional $25,000 in annual pay. When Harvard lured two other professors from UNC, the Department of History and School of Medicine school also suffered, said Richard Kohn, chairman of the curriculum in Peace, War & Defense. See RESOURCES, Page 2 law student from Sylvania, Ga. A ribbon-cutting and an open house of the new building will follow the speakers from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The event will be catered and will feature self-guided tours through the renovated building. The school has been under renova tions for nearly three years, Ward said. She said it was a two-pronged project - the creation of the new addition and the renovation of Van Hecke-Wettach P mm N r JJy : PHOTO COURTESY OF STATE EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION This unidentified man robbed an automated teller machine customer at the State Employees' Credit Union on South Elliott Road Thursday. DTH/MEGAN SHARKEY Hall. “We’re dedicating an addition which is very substantial,” Nichol said. “It dou bles the size of the building and changes the physical characteristics of the insti tution.” “There are beautiful open spaces and (the new building) is dominated by the meeting places for students.” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. News/Features/Arts/Sports 962-0245 Business/Advertising 962-1163 Chapel Hill, North Carolina ® 1999 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. Report: Aid Missing for Area School The founder of a failed charter school filed a report claiming the school lacked necessary local support. By Ginny Sciabbarrasi Assistant City Editor The founder of the School in the Community released a report Thursday detailing the causes of the school’s fail ure and pointing fingers at who he thought was to blame. The school closed down last spring after low enrollment caused the state to revoke its charter. But Fred Good said the school’s clos ing was part of something much larger. He said the community was turning its back on children with special needs. “I went in this because I had discov ered the issue - in Chapel Hill we had a lot of kids falling through die cracks,” he said. “I started this school in good faith and got creamed for it. I lost a bat de, but I’m not going to lose the war.” Good said the purpose of the School See CHARTER, Page 2 Carolina, Speak Out! A weekly DTH online poll Do you support a tuition hike to increase UNC faculty salaries? i Goto www.unc.edu/dth A to cast your vote. 1 I fk* €r f §1 I* Friday 3,269 The Carolina Athletic Association drew this number for Saturday's ticket distribution for the basketball games against Howard, Clemson and Tennessee Tech. The numbers ranged from 2,401 to 4,133. Be Heard The Daily Tar Heel is looking for UNC faculty to share their thoughts and opinions on the proposed tuition increase at the University. Interested faculty should write letters to the editor or guest columns, all of which will be published next week. Contact Editor Rob Nelson at 962-4086 or at rnelson@email.unc.edu with questions. Today’s Weather Cloudy; High 60s. Saturday: Cloudy Low 60s
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