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Monday, January 24, 2000
UNC Receives Record Influx of Applicants
Officials say anew early
decision policy has a direct
effect on the high number
of second-round applicants.
By Jamila Vernon
and Derick Mattern
Staff Writers
Officials say high school seniors are
wary of applying early to UNC this year
because they fear limiting their college
options.
Associate Director of Undergraduate
Admissions Anthony Strickland said
UNC received a record high of 9,000
applications for the November regular
admissions deadline.
Wintry Mix Glazes N.C. Roads, Power Lines
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- North Carolina endured its third
spate of winter weather in one week late
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But this year, only 2,100 people
applied in time for the first Oct. 15 dead
line, said Jerome Lucido, director of
undergraduate admissions.
The Oct. 15 deadline is a binding
early decision plan which commits
acceptees to attend the University.
But in the past, those who applied for
the October deadline were not locked
into attending UNC.
“Part of what we’re seeing is that
when we moved to early decision, it
moved people back to the second dead
line,” Strickland said.
Some high school students said they
did not want to commit to a school at
such an early date.
“1 didn’t want to be bound to one
school,” said Katy Liu, a Chapel Hill
High School senior.
aloft produced the latest wintry precipi
tation late Saturday.
The heaviest and most widespread
precipitation fell across the mountains,
foothills, southern piedmont and sand
hills. Snow totals in those areas ranged
between 1 and 3 inches.
When the middle levels of the atmos
phere warmed, the snow ended and
changed over into a wintry mix of snow,
sleet and freezing rain. In the southern
counties, only rain was falling by the
afternoon.
By the evening, the winter weather
advisories for northeastern North
Carolina had been canceled although
some sleet and freezing rain was still
falling.
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“I think most people are cautious,
(even though some students) did apply
early.”
Guidance counselors also said stu
dents did not want to make a binding
decision too early during their senior
year.
“1 had very few students who were
sure by Oct. 15," said Alice Connolly, a
guidance counselor at Mount Airy High
School.
“They would have liked an Oct. 15
nonbinding date.”
Connolly said that while she discour
aged borderline students from applying
early to college, many gifted students
also decided not to apply by the first
deadline.
“Many (of our students) were certain
of getting in, but wanted to apply to
The state’s major utilities reported
approximately 20,000 customers with
out electricity, although Carolina Power
& Light Cos. spokeswoman Sally Ramey
said not all of the outages in the CP&L
region could be blamed on the weather.
“Overall, we’ve had minimal impact
from this weather system,” Ramey said
Sunday. “We’ve had very typical outage
numbers for this weekend as compared
to a normal weekend.”
Ramey said approximately 8,000 cus
tomers w ere without electricity since the
storm arrived, with some possibly the
victims of blown transformers, car acci
dents and equipment failures.
CP&L released its short-term contract
utility workers so they could lend help
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other places,” she said.
“It’s really just a way of putting off the
decision-making, giving them more time
to visit around.”
Lucido said he believed the
University would receive its usual 17,000
applications before the application
process ended.
Though the number of students who
will enroll is unknown, he expects the
entering class of 2004 to total about
3,400 this fall.
“We look at last year’s (figures) and
how many out-of-state and in-state stu
dents accept,” Lucido said.
“We make a projection based on our
best knowledge.”
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
to Duke Power and Georgia Power,
where weather-related outages have left
more than 600,000 people without elec
tricity in Georgia and South Carolina.
Duke Power spokeswoman Guynn
Savage said Sunday only 12,300 people
in the Charlotte area were without elec
tricity Sunday afternoon, but the num
ber of its South Carolina customers
without power reached 109,000.
The state Department of
Transportation advised motorists
Sunday to use extreme caution through
the Monday morning commute as
nighttime temperatures threatened to
re-freeze roads that were soggy during
the day.
“We are recommending motorists
stay off the roads if at all possible,” state
Transportation Secretary David McCoy
said.
“Our crews are working first to clear
highways that carry the heaviest traffic.”
Roads in the northern and central
coastal plain were reported in good
shape Sunday evening.
Authorities also reported good dri
ving conditions in the southern pied
mont, western sandhills and Fayetteville
areas.
The storm might have been a factor
in a U.S. Airways jet skidding off the
runway at Charlotte-Douglas
International Airport on Saturday night.
None of the 142 passengers aboard
Flight 2399 were hurt.
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This Week in Tar Heel History...
50 Years Ago:
■ This week in 1950, the admission of a limited number
of black students to the graduate school "for the purpose
A of determining the feasibility of a nonsegregated school
A system in North Carolina” was approved by a 67-13 vote.
B' 25 Years Ago:
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■ This week in 1975, the N.C. General Assembly drastically cut UNC's
proposed budget under the governor's recommendations. The original
request was for $252.4 million, but only $54.6 million was approved.
10 Years Ago:
■ This week in 1990, Student Congress voted down a proposal that would
put a referendum on the spring ballot allowing individual students to allot
their student fees by vote. Opponents said smaller organizations and minority
organizations would be in danger of receiving inadequate funds.
Campus Calendar
Today
7:30 p.m. - The Dialectic and
Philanthropic Societies will debate
“Resolved: The state should not support
art against the community’s wishes” on
the third floor of New West.
Guests are welcome.
5:30 p.m - Artist William
Christenberry will lecture in 121
Hanes as part of the Hanes Visiting
Artist Lecture Series. Christenberry
explores his Southern heritage through
photography, painting, sculpture and
prints.
Tuesday
3:30 p.m. - Religious studies profes
sor and department chair Dr. Carl Ernst
will discuss his new book, "Teachings
of Sufism," at the Bulls Head
Bookshop.
4 p.m. to 5 p.m. - There will be an
a.p.p.l.e.s. summer internship infor
mation session in Union 208.
6 p.m. - Carolina Animal Rights
and Equality will hold its first meeting
of the semester in 103 Bingham Hall.
9:30 p.m. - The Disney College
Program Alumni Association will
hold an information session in Union
220.
All students interested in summer
and fall internships with Disney are
encouraged to attend.
Wednesday
8 p.m. - The Carolina Union
Performing Arts Series will host jazz
vocalist Bobby McFerrin in Memorial
Hall. Tickets are on sale at the Carolina
Union Box Office, open 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. weekdays, 962-1449. Tickets are
sl7, sls and sl3 for students and $32,
S2B and $24 for others.
QJhr Satlif (Ear Hrrl
Thursday
7 p.m. - Chi Omega sorority will
host a Women in Medicine Panel
Discussion for those interested in learn
ing about balancing a career in medi
cine and a family. Three female physi
cians and a hospital administrator will
speak about their experiences.
The discussion will be held at the Chi
Omega house, located at 313 E. Franklin 1
St.
8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. - The UNC ’
Student Jazz Combos will give a free
concert titled “A Little Bit of Blue” in the •
Union Cabaret. The concert is open to
the public and is sponsored by the
Carolina Union Activities Board.
Items of Interest
■ The deadline for freshmen or
sophomores interested in applying to be
in the Honors Program is Wednesday.
Applications are available in 225
Graham Memorial.
■ Alpha Phi Omega, a service fra
ternity, is holding spring rush. Two - ’
informal meetings will be held at 8:30,
p.m. Monday in Union 224 and at 5:3(V
p.m. Tuesday in 220 Chase Hall. FormaF
rush will be at 7 p.m. Thursday in 209
Manning Hall.
■ Class of ’3B Summer Fellowship
Abroad applicafions are available at the
International Center, located in Union
116.
Five awards of $3,000 each are avail
able for sophomores and juniors to pur
sue a project of personal or career inter-:
est.
■ Conversation Partner applica-*
tions for the spring semester are avail
able at the International Center, w hich -
is located in Union 116.
English-speaking volunteers meet
with foreign students one-on-one for ajv
hour of conversation.