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2 Tuesday, January 11, 2000 '49 Alumnus Leaves $28.6 Million to UNC Bv Sophia Raff Staff Writer SEPT. 24 - A UNC alumnus has donated $28.6 million to the University, the largest single gift in the school’s his tory, officials announced Thursday. The bequest was given from the estate of David Benjamin Clayton, a member of the class of 1949. Officials said the money would go toward funding more scholarships, restructuring the advising system, endowing the School of Law and build ing a freestanding black cultural center. Clayton, who owned a number of H&R Block franchises, died in 1978. Before his death, he requested that the franchises be sold in 20 years and all proceeds given to the University. Provost Dick Richardson said the late Chancellor Michael Hooker approved the plan to allocate the money before he died of lymphatic cancer in June. “Many of these initiatives were very dear to his heart," Richardson said. Student Body President Nic Heinke said the beauty of the whole gift was that it would benefit the entire campus. “It’s great to see politics step aside and really look at the needs of the University," he said. A large portion of the money, sll.B million, will create a Chancellor’s Discretionary Fund to benefit * + r % eat * cosmic menu sampling: Jflß various menu items $2 h**£*l*L. old school veggie bumto 2 SHr veggie burrito deluxe 4 chicken burrito 5 chicken quesadilla 4 .. and more plus .. all mextcan beers $2 ANY BURR'TG OR QUESADILLA ANY TIME AFTER s**M • MINIMUM $5 PURCHASE I OF rm VAUD THROUGH I/IS/OO 1 L Hilt LOCATION ONIX ONE COUPON PER PERSON. I ONE COSMIC DOLLAR r 960-3955j V ° open super late night until am A* l|n aihiA always fresh, juicy, big and healthy W where are we? 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Gene Nichol, dean of the law school, said the money was part of a package that would allow the school to hire a number of new faculty members, open more scholarships to graduate students and offer a broader curriculum. Money from the endowment will be used to build a freestanding BCC build ing. The BCC, founded in 1989, has been pushing for its own building for eight years. Twelve million dollars, the largest allocation from the Clayton gift, will be used to create 4(H) National Merit Scholarships. “This will enable us to attract extraordinary students from North Carolina and from around the country,” said Jerome l.ucido, director of admissions. The undergraduate advising program will receive $5 million from the dona tion. “I think it’s going to have a major impact on advising in the future," said Risa Palm, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Lee Conner, Graduate and Professional Student Federation presi dent. said the gift and its initiatives would improve the intellectual life for everyone involved with the University. “In terms of a one-time bombshell type of thing, this is it,” Conner said. “This is an amazing amount of money.” The NewssObserver | Mail to: Circulation Dept., P.O. Box 191, Raleigh, NC 27602 t i i i NAME: 1 CODEiUNCEAD I SCHOOL ADDRESS: I I CITY. 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McCoy’s OK also means UNC will participate in the independent monitoring of the facto ries, which requires an outside person to investigate its conditions. The agreement comes after nearly two years of student protest since the University signed an agreement with Nike. UNC is one of the few universi ty’s in the nation that is paid to have its athletes wear Nike’s corporate logo. On Friday, about 60 people, com posed of students, media and faculty, crowded into a South Building confer ence room in anticipation of McCoy’s decision on protesters’ three Initial Proposed Recommendations. McCoy cut right to the chase and announced his decision three minutes into the 11:30 a.m. meeting. “I’ve come to the conclusion that the recommendations proposed and agreed to are consistent with the way our University works,” he said Friday as Heinke Nabs Student Body Presidency By Katie Abel Staff Writer FEB. 17 - Nic Heinke nabbed the most votes for student body president after a monthlong battle between seven candidates came down to a runoff sprin kled with partisan politics. According to unofficial results Tuesday night, Heinke accumulated 1,50.5 votes, while candidate Brad Morrison got 1,380 votes. “We had an amazing turnout, and it Welcome Back!!! jQoaOOY OOE3 ('liiEllß'|^]||]nETTEßl(, Xf- A ( . n ra Uirtl-by booking a \ Millennium i £ 1 rro;'i?B INFORMATION & RESERVATIONS [l-800-SUNCHASE i 2* www.sunchase.com 2* [and receive a$ X,; : M 3 count of [ - :V‘j deUve^priGelH i —~TT] y BB^ ■ - '4MEH jhNI DTH FILE PHOTO Following a three-day sit-in at South Building, interim Chancellor Bill McCoy announced that UNC would back a proposal to require companies that produce UNC apparel to disclose the locations of their factories. smiles and sighs of relief broke out around the room. Student protesters have described UNC’s agreement as the most aggres sive among several colleges that have recently adopted similar agreements. Duke University President Nan Koehane said in February she would was a good, fair race,” Heinke said. “Everything is just beginning.” Heinke said he would work for every thing he had outlined on his platform. “It is all about making it real for stu dents,” he said. “I want to make these things matter.” Heinke’s platform called for month ly State of the University addresses, free printing in computer labs and organiza tion of a University Day of Action where students, faculty and staff devoted a day to service. Qyms all over Chapel Hill are trying to get you to commit to their 2 year membership, but we are changing everything by offering our new ... ★ 4 Month ★ Membership! T Save S2O OFF any membership, plus receive no dues for January EXPIRES 1/14/00 i /■ 969-8663 /■♦, 752 AIRPORT OAI fitness & wellness center (Next to Foster > S ) push for full disclosure of factory loca tions from apparel makers by the end of the year. For protesters, McCoy’s approval of the Recommendations brought an end to a three-day ordeal of missed classes, lost sleep and energized rallies. Before the Friday meeting, junior Morrison said the campaign had been a clean one until the last few days. “I think things turned into a partisan attack,” he said. “The office of (student body president) should be a nonpartisan one." Though the runoff campaign lasted for less than a week, Morrison attributed partisan tendencies to the endorsements from several student groups. Progressive groups like Bisexuals, Cay men, Lesbians and Allies for Diversity and the Black Student Slip Satlti (Ear Mppl Trevor Presler said if students’ demands were not met, he would continue to protest. “If (McCoy) doesn’t sign today, I’rri going to go home and get my bed and mattress and put it right there,” Presler said, pointing to the center of the South Building lobby. Movement endorsed Heinke, while the.- conservative Carolina Review endorsed Morrison. Confusion also arose last Thursday after rumors circulated that ex-student body president candidate Amanda Greene would support Morrison in the • runoff race, bu! Greene denied the rumors. Heinke said he chalked his victory up to the support he received from his cam paign staff. “My first priority is to thank a lot of people.”
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