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the system by $275 and “reluctantly”
agreed to a proposed S2OO tuition
increase at UNC CH and N.C. State
University.
Nieman suggested adjusting the rate
that determines annual tuition increases
as a substitute for the fee increase. The
change would raise tuition at UNC-CH
by about S6O next fall.
Emphasizing a point Broad made in
January, Nieman also said a $36.8 mil
lion need-based financial aid package
should be “front and center” when the
board makes its recommendation to the
legislature.
Budget and Finance Committee
Chairman Bradley Wilson said
Nieman’s proposal could resonate well
with board members.
“I think most of the board members
still strongly believe that it’s the General
Assembly’s responsibility to fund capi
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shouldn’t be given out before elections.”
Smiley said the student body presi
dent should make an active outreach to
a diverse pool of applicants instead of
practicing what she called “tokenism,”
which can lead to the creation of a
homogeneous Cabinet.
Smiley described the racial climate
on campus as one of covered-up racism,
perpetuated by such University land
marks as Silent Sam, the statue of the
confederate soldier in McCorkle Place,
and Saunders Hall.
Campus debate erupted last fall after
some students protested the names of
several campus buildings that were
named after Ku Klux Klan leaders,
including Saunders Hall.
“The student body president should
do his or her best to expose parts of the
history of the University that create a
hostile environment,” Smiley said.
Candidate Brad Matthews said the
role of president requires that he or she
set a personal example when addressing
race relations.
Through his two-year membership in
the Black Student Movement, Matthews
said he now had a better understanding
of minority challenges. “You have to be
willing to look at things you haven’t
experienced.”
The freestanding Sonja H. Stone
Black Cultural Center will be a move in
the right direction, Matthews said.
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tal buildings,” Wilson said.
Wilson also said BOG members
acknowledged the need to raise tuition
to boost faculty salaries.
“On the tuition, I think there is begin
ning to be recognized that a tuition
increase is necessary, but how much and
for how long is still being debated.”
Budget and Finance Committee Vice
Chairman Robert Warwick said tuition
increase proposals from UNC-
Wilmington, UNC-Charlotte and East
Carolina University, although not
included in Broad’s proposal, would
also likely get support from the BOG.
“(Broad) is certainly aware that some
(BOG) members feel that all five schools
that made requests should have an equal
shot at getting an increase,” he said.
Nieman said he hoped the board and
the legislature would respond positively
to his plan. “I hope this is a call to action
to the legislature.”
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The BCC received the necessary
funding to build a freestanding center
last fall after a UNC alumnus left a S2B
million bequest to the University in
September.
The BCC is now finalizing plans for
its new building, which will be located
on South Road adjacent to the Bell
Tower.
“The mission of the BCC is a won
derful demonstration of what we’re try
ing to do here to cultivate understand
ing,” he said.
Matthews said more people would
come to cultural organizations’ activities
if they were better publicized.
“Communication is the single biggest
problem on campus.”
Matthews said one of his platform
goals was to set up a centralized cam
pus-wide calendar, aimed to better pub
licize all University events.
Candidate Preston Smith also said
increased publicity and support was
needed for such cultural organizations
as the BSM, Sangam and Masala.
He said the clout behind the role of
student body president could help
achieve those ends.
“I would love to work with different
groups to publicize events and get fund
ing,” he said.
Smith said campus race relations had
a lot of room for improvement and that
visiting speakers, such as Johnnie
Cochran Jr., could help increase toler
ance.
“We need to get out and publicize
speakers.”
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believe that it is imperative that the can
didates and their staff attend the meet
ing," Nieman said.
Coalition members said they hoped
government representatives from other
UNC-system schools would join in what
they dubbed a “silent presence.”
“We’re at the point where we’re will
ing to concede that direct protest will
not yield desired effects,” said Michal
Osterweil, coalition member. “But we
are in no way giving up our vote in this
process and we not accepting this pas
sively.”
In one of the most public displays of
student activism in recent years at
UNC-CH, more than 400 students
joined in demonstration at last
October’s Board of Trustees meeting,
where members called for a $1,500
tuition increase in the next five years.
Students said they also planned to set
Johnnie Cochran Jr., the prominent
attorney for such celebrities as O.J.
Simpson, is slated to speak Feb. 20.
Other past notable speakers include
Michael Dyson, the former UNC pro
fessor who quoted profane lyrics during
a speech in 1997.
Dyson returned to UNC last semes
ter and visited as the keynote speaker
during Race Relations Week.
Ward Connerly, a key force in
California’s Proposition 209 against
affirmative action, spoke on campus in
1998.
To attract more high-profile speakers
to campus, candidate Josh Ray said sur
rounding universities needed to make a
collaborative effort.
“If the university system as a whole
can work together, we could get more
speakers,” Ray said.
“The best way to offer diversity to
students of all cultures is to listen to a
speaker.”
Ray said the student body had fair
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up an information table on the comer of
Cameron Avenue and Columbia Street,
where they will inform students on how
to sit-in on the meetings and contact
board members.
Coalition member Matthew Smith
outlined five tenets to which he hoped
the BOG would adhere. “We do not
want them to fund capital needs.”
The coalition opposed any future
tuition increases, except in extraordi
nary circumstances. “We want full fund
ing from the N.C. General Assembly,”
Smith said. “We also need to consider
equity of increase on all UNC-system
students.” Broad’s proposal affects stu
dents at all 16 system schools.
Despite the iikelihood of some type
of tuition increase, students remained
optimistic. “Student presence will con
tinue to affect the BOG decision,” said
Sandi Chapman, coalition member.
“We can change the outcome.”
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minority representation on campus but
that it needed more.
“We need more diversity,” he said.
“We have a lot of white females."
Ray said UNC needed to increase
awareness about the University at mid
dle school and high schools around
North Carolina to attract a more diverse
applicant pool.
Candidate Michael Harris said class
room diversity could have the effect of
expanding people’s mind. “This is one
of the issues Tm really focusing on -
cross-cultural admissions.”
Harris said a broad spectrum of cul
tural backgrounds in the student popu
lation w ould benefit the racial climate at
the University.
“The climate is greatly improved
from 25 years ago, he said.
But we’re not anywhere we want to
be."
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