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Friday, March 10, 2000
Federal Council Looks to Salvage N.C. Town
By Jennifer Hag in
and Jonah Mitry
Staff Writers
A special federal council met for the
first time this week to discuss the fate of
historical Princeville, a town severely
damaged by Hurricane Floyd.
President Clinton signed an executive
order Feb. 28 in a rare use of executive
power, forming the President’s Council
on the Future of Princeville.
But the council received mixed
reviews from mayors of other flood-rav
aged towns.
One of the first towns in America
founded by freed slaves, Princeville is
considered a national landmark and his
torical site by many.
CHANCELLOR
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UNC’s campus Thursday afternoon
that the committee had selected Shalala
for the post.
Chairman Richard Stevens said the
committee was still narrowing its lists of
candidates, and the search would likely
extend into April.
“We’re still working,” he said. “That’s
all 1 can say.”
Members still have a week to for
ward their list of top candidates to the
Board of Trustees, who must send at
least two finalists to Broad before she
recommends a finalist to the BOG for
approval.
Broad, who has ultimate discretion
in choosing the chancellor, said the
committee had not yet specified that the
search was near completion.
“To the best of my knowledge, no
decision has been made,” Broad said. “I
have not made a decision, and 1 have
not received any information from the
search committee.”
Broad said the BOG would not con
sider a chancellor at its March 17 meet
ing. But she declined to comment
whether Shalala was or ever had been a
candidate.
“Everything I know suggests there is
nothing to (the rumor that Shalala has
been picked), and Andy Sorensen’s tim
ing is purely his own,” Broad said.
Though she originally set May
Commencement as the deadline for a
new chancellor to be in place, Broad
said Thursday she could not speculate
about when the search would end.
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But the town suffered substantial
flooding damage when the Tar River
burst through the town’s dike after
Hurricane Floyd in September 1999.
Council Chairwoman Sally Katzen
said the council would assess the flood
damage and advise Clinton on ways to
revitalize Princeville and ensure its
future.
Katzen said the council, which met
Wednesday would also explore ways to
protect people in the area from future
floods. She added that the council might
investigate the possibility of using dona
tions from private companies to aid the
city.
Katzen said appointing a council to
protect a city was a rare occurrence.
“This is quite unusual,” she said. “But
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mous donor who saw a need and who
wanted to help meet the need,” said
Speed Hallman, director of
Development Communications.
Authorized funds total close to $1
million, including the winning bid of
Southwest Recreation Industries at
$819,000 and $75,000 to Stewart
Engineering for design.
After landscaping and other minor
refinements are finished, the project will
be close to the $1 million allocated,
Hallman said.
The effort to attain the donation
came, in large part, from the late
Chancellor Michael Hooker.
“He was very interested in those
fields,” Hallman said. “He didn’t have
state money, so he worked with the
donor to make it happen.”
Pomerantz added, “He was absolute
ly instrumental in making this happen.
As soon as he heard that we were willing
to put in an artificial surface, he sup
ported it fully. He just didn’t know that
we would be happy with anything but
real grass.”
Original plans proposed the comple-
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and also worked on the proposal.
But France said some congressmen
wanting to drive tobacco growers out of
business might have problems with an
$Bl million clause for forgiveness loans,
Princeville is an unusual city.”
The president has stressed his desire
for the council to expedite its work,
Katzen said. Clinton wants the council
to act before the year is over.
“It is not uncommon for studies to
take many months,” she said. “He wants
to have a recommendation and take
action before he leaves office.”
But Princeville was not the only com
munity devastated by flooding from
Hurricane Floyd.
Rocky Mount, a city near Princeville,
also suffered flood damage.
Rocky Mount Mayor Frederick
Turnage would not comment on the
council’s singling out Princeville and
ignoring other flood-damaged towns.
“I really don’t care to get into that dis
tion of the project during the past sum
mer. The funding for the project, how
ever, didn’t meet the deadline for the
renovations to be completed at that
time, Pomerantz said.
Another concern was the need for an
internal loan. The donor gave the first
installment of $500,000. After worries
arose concerning the immediate need of
funds to start the project, the donor
came through with the pledged second
installment, thus eliminating an internal
loan, said Roger Patterson, associate
vice chancellor for finance.
Another source of delay has come
from the long but careful process by the
University to get the best surface for its
needs.
Once the University received the
authorization to spend $1 million, it
looked around at other schools to find
the best possible surface. The University
then wrote up the specifications for the
project and took bids, Hallman said.
Because the bids were accepted in
November, the contracts have been in
the process of being completed and
processed through various levels, includ
ing the contractors, the state government
and the University, Krawchyk said.
With the project scheduled to begin
in April, Ehringhaus field could also see
which would help tobacco farmers.
He said relief funding might also be
delayed because it was part of a larger,
SB.B billion aid plan, including funds
for peacekeeping in Kosovo and to com
bat Columbian drug operations.
If Congress passes the bill and
President Clinton signs it, North
Carolina’s federal funding for Floyd
State
cussion,” he said.
Turnage said Rocky Mount is coop
erating with other N.C. towns, including
Princeville, to assess economic losses
and develop a recovery plan.
Despite being faced with the chal
lenge of rebuilding his own town,
Tarboro Mayor Donald Morris said he
was in favor of the council.
“I’m glad they’re going to get that
kind of help,” Morris said. “They were
much more devastated than any other
town or city in North Carolina.
“They’ve got a proud history being
the oldest black incorporated town in
North Carolina.”
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changes within the near future. There
have been preliminary talks between the
Campus Recreation Office and the
Educational Foundation about turfing
Ehringhaus Field, said Moyer Smith,
executive vice president of the
Educational Foundation.
The Educational Foundation has inter
est in the field because it uses the field for
parking during the football season.
“We’ve talked with them about it,”
Smith said. “We park there for football.
Out of six games, we only get it four or
five times because of rain. To be able to
get six games would benefit us, and the
turf would be good for the students.”
For now, though, the Crazy Mules
will have to wait until next year to hit
the softball diamond and graze on the
new synthetic grass.
“I think it needs to be done,” said
sophomore Joe Colandro, a member of
the Crazy Mules. “It is a pretty good
idea, and the fields really needed to be
improved. At least now we won’t have
to worry about grass anymore.”
Pomerantz seconded the enthusiasm,
“I think students will be very pleased
when they come back next fall.”
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relief would top $2 billion, Nielsen said.
The state has spent more than SBOO
million for flood relief, according to
Gov. Jim Hunt’s office.
In the future, Nielsen said Jones and
other congressmen would ask for even
more federal funding.
“If not all the needs are met through
this bill, we’ll continue to ask for more
funds.”
The State & National Editor can be
reached at stntdesk@unc.edu.
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Chancellor Heir Apparent?
Sources say U.S. Secretary of Health and human Services Donna Shalala s background in health
services and experience as a chancellor make her a very likely choice for the chancellor's post.
1962 Received bachelor of arts degree from Western College for Women
1962-1964 Volunteered in Iran in the Peace Corps
1966-1970 Assistant to director of Metropolitan Studies Program, lecturer in social science
and assistance to die dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at
Syracuse University
1968,1970 Masters degree and doctorate from Syracuse University
1970-1972 Professor of politics and education at Columbia University
1972-1979 Professor of political science at Bernard M. Baruch College
1975-1977 Director and treasurer of Municipal Assistance Corp. Has been director of
American Stock Exchange, TIAA-CREF, M&l Bank of Wisconsin
1977-1980 Assistant secretary for policy development and research, Department of Housing
and Urban Development for the Carter administration
1980-1987 President of Hunter College at City University of New York
1988-1993 Chancellor of University of Wisconsin-Madison
first woman to head a Big Ten University
raised S4OO million for the University endowment and spearheaded a $225 million
state-private partnership program to raise money for facility improvement
1992 Business Week magazine named her one of the top 5 managers in higher education
1992 Named the winner of both the American Society of Public Administration's National
Public Service Award and the American Political Science Association's Annual Career
Achievement Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Urban Politics
1993 Nominated and sworn in as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services for the
Clinton administration
—Administers Medicare, Medicaid, federal welfare and children's programs
Commands a budget of approximately $350 billion
SOURCE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
SHALALA
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Asa sometimes controversial leader,
Shalala strove to increase racial diversi
ty at the school. And within months of
setting foot on campus, she proposed
the Madison Plan, which established a
multicultural center and ethnic studies
requirement.
She also wanted UW to be more com
mitted to serving the state. She success
fully petitioned the legislature for funding
and traveled across Wisconsin to identify
targets for the university’s resources.
“She spent a lot of time traveling across
the state and making herself a state pres
ence rather than just a campus presence,”
said John Torphy, UW vice chancellor for
Budget, Planning and Analysis.
The late Chancellor Michael Hooker
made a trip with similar intentions when
he took the helm at UNC.
Shalala also used her political prowess
to undertake massive fund-raising cam
paigns, pulling in S4OO million for the
university’s endowment and leading a
$225 million partnership with private
businesses to fund facility improvements.
And in 1992, Business Week maga
ahp lotly (Ear Hrrl
zine named her one of the top five
money managers in higher education.
Torphy also said Shalala made herself
available to students, faculty and the
media. “She’s very open and answers
any questions anybody wants to ask.”
But not everyone expressed such
fond memories of Shalala’s time at UW.
UW Professor Theodore Hamerow told
The Washington Post in 1993 that he
“saw nothing catastrophic, but a mea
surable decline” in academic excellence
while she was there.
During an online chat moderated by
ABCnews.com in 1998, Shalala discussed
her love for working in educational
administration. “I miss the students. If you
work at a university, you never grow old.”
After Shalala left UW in 1993, she
became health and human services secre
tary. She was previously assistant secretary'
of Housing and Urban Development and
head of the Children’s Defense Fund.
Shalala now oversees services such as
Medicare, Medicaid and federal welfare and
children’s programs.
Torphy said, “I think (Donna would)
be a real asset to the (UNC) campus.”
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.