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trite Satin (Tar lUeel * News/ j® HI 106 years of editorial freedom Sewing the students and the University community since 1893 December Deadline Shaky for Search Committee Member Bill Jordan says it is improbable that the committee will select a candidate by December. Bv Katie Abel University Editor The chancellor search committee is just weeks away from a self-imposed deadline, but one member said it was likely the group would not select a per son for the post until spring. “I don’t think there is any way we’re going to be through by December,” said Conns thep AITH ■ ■ tfbt li ' IB jjjjp ® ■“• wyZqfa?. <#£& - .?• >. <^^B{^ynKe^lPa^hMg!B^pyC£yWy|a^yßgag|^ft.attm,: ?** .’*•*£ fX. r JIJPv?" . ■ '• > s^^r^S^^^^^PP-^^^SiSfi^g^SWSSMwSKrny: _ : •- **\- |j ~ .:-- .: :^^QSi^i^'f--W i> I : jj {S’** '■' ' ' -^p<wr r J gM|Lw 'ffljßßßHplßly^: yi..• ■ jff'^p^i^**^ I jj4jyf ll Vj^*^?*,'s, : IB VMMi <J| 11 11 1 1 1 1 1 ■ *;'-‘h. Si jliwiMllgßßßßll PHOTO COURTESY OF YACKETY YACK Students speak out against the Vietnam War in front of the Armory Building on the UNC campus. Student protest rocked campuses nationwide during the 19705. Students to Take Fight to BOG Bv Shannon Snypp Staff Writer -Students plan to hold a demonstra tion at the Board of Governors meeting Friday to kick off what will become the next round of an already heated tuition debate. The Progressive Student Coalition and student government are organizing the rally in response to tuition increases that were proposed at the Board of Trustees meeting Oct 28. The BOT voted in a 9-3 decision to call for a $1,500 tuition inuease for all students over a live-year period. On that day, more than 400 students organized to rally against the proposal. To show their opposition this time to the increase, student activists are plan ning to meet in the Pit at 9:45 a.m. to committee member Bill Jordan, a UNC alumnus. “Hopefully, we will be, but if we’re not, it won’t be cause for alarm.” Although the search committee took 18 months to pick the late Chancellor Michael Hooker in 1995, the current committee put the December deadline in place at its first meeting in August so a permanent chancellor could be named as soon as possible. Since Hooker died June 29, interim Chancellor Bill McCoy has temporarily taken helm of UNC. Jordan, who was also a member of the search committee who picked Hooker in 1995, stressed the importance march to the BOG meeting at the Carolina Inn. Erica Smiley, a member of the Alliance for Creating Campus Equity and Spreading Social Justice, said the group would march down the middle of Cameron Street if there were enough people to fill the street. Chants, songs and picket signs will draw attention to the students as they march to the meeting. At the meeting, lobbyists will explain their opposition in regards to tuition increases. BOG members will receive testimo nials from UNC students, high school students and parents, Smiley said. “We want the BOG to fully under stand our opposition and firmly let them know that we are absolutely, unequivo cally opposed to the raises,” Smiley said. At the meeting, the BOG is planning Everybody has a little bit of Watergate in him. Billy Graham Tuesday, November 16, 1999 Volume 107, Issue 116 of conducting a thorough search. “We’re not going to hold ourselves to that (deadline) in terms of rushing an exhaustive process,” he said. Richard Stevens, the committee’s chairman, said that finishing the search in four months was still feasible. But he said it was an ambitious task from the beginning. “It was simply a goal we set in our first meeting,” he said. “Chancellor Hooker died in June and we felt like six months was sufficient time,” he said. Stevens said the search was running smoothly, but he would not comment further. Once the committee has com piled a list of final candidates, it must “Oh, and there we were all in one place, a generation lost in space, with no time left to start again.” Don McLean, "American Pie" By Courtney Hathaway Assistant State & National Editor The revolution that began in the 1960s paved the road for the 19705, a chaotic decade marked by transition and collective disillusionment. The Vietnam War weighed heavily on the minds of Americans. When students protested at Kent State University, Ohio Gov. James Rhodes labeled them “the worst type of people we har- bor in America ... worse than Communists,” and i claimed that he would “eradicate the problem.” The National Guard turned on the students, killing four and wounding numerous others. Claiming injustice, UNC students united with college students nationwide, walking out of classes and carrying coffins down the streets. Singers jumped on the Kent State band wagon as well. Shortly after the massacre, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young were croon ing, “The soldiers and Nixon’s coming. We’re finally on our own. This summer I hear drumming, four dead in Ohio.” But some musicians pushed their rebel lion too far. By 1979, the world saw through the “Purple Haze” of the 19605, as drugs were blamed for the demise ofjanis Joplin and Elvis Presley and suspected in the deaths ofjimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison. Student activism in the 1970s further exploded that peaceful euphoria, with stu dents assuming an increasingly visible role in determining their own destinies. UNC students took steps to change what they viewed as infringements on their rights. The on-campus visitation policy ignited tempers for several years as students and faculty members disputed who should have to discuss the results of a study assessing the need for faculty salary increases at all 16 campuses of the UNC system. But the group will not discuss how salaries will be funded at the meeting. Tuition increases at UNC will be dis cussed at the BOG’sJanuary meeting. The BOG will then forward its bud get requests to the legislature in February. The legislature will decide whether or not to increase tuition at the UNC schools in May. UNC Association of Student Governments President Jeff Nieman will speak for students inside as an ex officio member of the BOG. He said he would recognize student presence at the meeting but would not address tuition increases. Smiley said the demonstration See Protest, Page 9 present two or more names to the Board of Trustees. From there, the Board of Governors will recommend two names to UNC system President Molly Broad, who ulti mately selects the final candidate and sends it to the BOG for final approval. She initially gave the search commit tee a deadline of May Commencement to select anew chancellor. Student Body President Nic Heinke, the committee’s only student represen tative, said the December deadline had been a goal from the beginning. “I think people are looking at it as more of a firm deadline than what it was meant to be,” he said. and them /. 1975, st ‘ v ~ n UrMJrltlPir M ling Viet involvi See Page 6 Faculty Salary Study Set for Board Review By Courtney Obrtnger Staff Writer The Board of Governors will address faculty salary deficits across the UNC system for the first time at its next meet ing, but the idea of tuition increases to rectify them will not be touched. The results of the UNC General Administration’s systemwide faculty salary study will be unveiled at Friday’s BOG meeting at the Carolina Inn. Board members will be presented with a detailed analysis of the need for salary increases throughout the system. The report will not address possible campus solutions to salary needs, like UNC law Professor Elizabeth Gibson, a committee member, said it was difficult to tell when the search would wrap up. “I think it’s possible to meet (the December deadline), but I also think it’s possible that we won’t. “We wanted to throw ourselves into a deadline to make sure we moved as fast as we could,” she said. “But I don’t think anyone would want to sacrifice the thoroughness of the process.” Jennifer Heffernan contributed to this story. The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. the right to determine visitation hours in res idence halls. “This is the damnedest thing this campus has ever seen,” said one administrator. “I do not think we can reach an agreement on this issue.” After much discussion, the issue indeed remained unresolved. Students further objected to inhaling sec ondhand smoke in classrooms. After cover ing the campus with posters and protests in 1975, students voted in favor of smoke-free Teaming envi ronments by a margin of 2,801 to 734. Students rejoiced in 1973 when Nixon signed the Paris Peace Agreement with North Vietnam, ending U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Nixon called it “peace with honor;” some called it nothing less than a miracle. But after promising Americans “a peace which can endure for generations to come,” Nixon shocked the nation when he emerged from Watergate holding the public spotlight as well as the smoking gun. The nation found itself begging for sta bility amid one of the largest political scan dals in history. To many, women emerged victorious in the turmoil of the era. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right to abortion in Roe v. Wade, and the U.S. Congress approved Tide IX, an educational amendment aimed at athletic programs that banned sexual dis crimination at colleges receiving federal money. And as the nation escaped into “a galaxy far, far away” through movies and music, the decade’s political and social strife laid the foundation for an emerging sense of cyn icism and materialism that would define the future of the United States. the recently proposed $1,500 tuition increase at UNC-Chapel Hill. A similar proposal to boost tuition is also being considered at N.C. State University. The BOG conducted the study assessing faculty salary needs in response to a legislative mandate. The report, which is due to the legislature by Dec. 1, will be presented to the Joint Education Oversight Committee. Roy Carroll, UNC vice president for academic affairs, declined to comment about how the General Administration’s study would compare to the study con- See BOG, Page 9 News/Features/Arts/Sports 962-0245 Business/Advertising 962-1163 Chapel Hill, North Carolina © 1999 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. Student to Open Court Hearing The University community can attend the open Honor Court hearing at 7 p.m. today in 201 Coker Hall. By Jason Arthurs Staff Writer The Undergraduate Student Court will hold an open Honor Court hearing today, marking only the second time in three years it has allowed the public behind doors that are normally closed. Attorney General Drew Haywood said the case, which involves an alleged violation of the drug policy, was open at the request of the defendant. “Our office doesn’t make the deci sion to close it,” Haywood said. “Each defendant can (have an open Honor Court) if they choose. It’s always an option.” Interim Judicial Programming Officer Don Appiarius said confiden tiality would still be required of the peo ple who would be deliberating the case. “The deliberations will still be done in private,” he said. “The people delib erating aren’t supposed to talk about the case.” Haywood said the open Honor Court was scheduled to take place at 7 p.m. today in 201 Coker Hall. Haywood said that because the defendant could decide to close the pro ceedings at the last minute, he couldn’t comment on specifics of the case. “(The Honor Court) will be deciding if the student involved did, in fact, pos sess an illegal substance,” he said. March marked the last time an Honor Court proceeding was open. Junior Dewane Dante Gillespie was wit\\ assaulting, a police officer. The court decided that he did not intend to hurt the officer and was found not guilty of the charges. Haywood said that having the case open in March did not affect the court’s procedure. “I thought the hearing went very smoothly,” he said. “I didn’t feel that the fact the hearing was open had anything to do with the verdict” Haywood said Gillespie wanted an open hearing so he could have his friends and family present to support See DRUG, Page 9 Carolina, Speak Out! A weekly DTH online poll Do you support UNO's contract with Wachovia? www.unc.edu/dth to cast your vote. tMJ 1 INSIDT NCAA Picks Tar Heels Men’s soccer earned a slot in the 32- team NCAA Tournament, the first time IK the Tar Heels have been invited to the tournament since 1994. They face Furman on Sunday. See Page 13. Cream of the Crop The Daily Tar Heel is seeking nomina tions for the “Tar Heel of the Decade” as part of our Destination 2000 project. Who has been the most inflential per son of the decade? E-mail Rob Nelson at rnelson@email.unc.edu or visit www.unc.edu/dth to vote. Today’s Weather Sunny; Mid 50s. 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