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4 Tuesday, April 11, 2000 Fla. Legislators, Educators Debate Fate of UF Regents State lawmakers want to consolidate the Fla. board of education to oversee all levels of public instruction. By Kristina Casto Staff Writer Florida university officials and politi cians are wrangling over the authority and structure of the state board of edu cation. Bills aimed to create an overarching Kindergarten through graduate school administration have been proposed in the Florida House and Senate. If the bills pass, the Board of Regents, an entity that fulfills the same role as the UNC Board of Governors here, will be replaced by a ‘super board’ that would oversee all aspects and levels of educa tion. The new system would create a sep arate Board of Trustees for each of the universities, which would independent ly lobby the state legislature on behalf of its university. Politicians say the new system will increase efficiency and make the gover nor directly accountable for school per formance. But some university officials disagree, saying it would result in a bloated bureaucracy and harmful com petition between universities. t SPORTS SHORTS *. Today at Carolina... Tuesday. April 11 UNC Baseball vs. UNC-Wihnington 7:00 pm at Boshamer Stadium civ gjjj :: Hardee’s Students & Faculty Admitted FREE w/Il)! (CAMPUS RECREATION UPDATE I//Tfl(7ff7?7lf /The Women's Vollyball Club will be hosting a regional tournament this Monday, April 24 is the date you can expect the Carmichael Field construction to Saturday, April 15 in fetzer gym. Two UNC club teams have qualified to officially begin with two state-of-the-art artificial fields to be installed and completed participate and are hoping to advance to national competition. Play starts at 9am 90 days later. Unfortunately the construction will cause a cancelation of summer and P |a Y will continue until 7pm. The women's club will be selling t-shirts and softball but we're very excited about hosting Fall Fest 'OO on a brand new surface. providing great volleyball action to all spectators. Please come out to support ENTRIES DUE: Today: Co-rec Kickball; Thursday: Disc Golf. Don't miss out on a Women's Club Volleyball and cheer on the tar heels! huge Disc Golf Tournament sponsored this year by Discover. T-shirts to everyone For more information about the tournament or Women's Club Volleyball please who completes the 18-hole tournament. contact Khalilah Pitt at k4o@email.unc.edu. SPLASH & DASH PLUS TRIATHLON, Sunday, April 30, 9am, co- There is also a men's tournament the following day on Sunday, April 16. sponsored by Campus Recreation, UNC Student Stores, Bruegger's £ - Other sport clubs action: Bagels, Clockwork Advertising, and DISCOVER. Only the first 96 entries will be accepted so don't procrastinate! Distances: 500 Women's Soccer - Sunday, April 16th • Finley fields • 12:00 & meter swim, 3.1 mile ton and 13.5 mile bike ride. Women's Soccer Heels contact: % Carolina Adventures is busy preparing its newest addition, the . ' This beautiful 230 acre, lakeside property is just 90 minutes from g a P e * If you're interested in camping, boating, hiking or a Qp * 1 w *™ coC _ A ,; c _°“ LW * Y j c *"°_ L 1 wAII Gov. Jeb Bush is expected to sign the bill next week, and the proposed system Would be put in place in January 2003. Travis Ruendl, a public policy analyst for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, said there is a remote nationwide trend toward decen tralization among educational adminis trations. But the proposed legislation in Florida bucks that trend in that it would create a centralized administration, Ruendl said. Mark Riordan, vice president of public affairs at Florida State University, said the Board of Regents was origi nally created in 1965 as a slew of “Education needs to be looked at from a larger perspective and not just from a segmented perspective. ” Justin Sayfie Spokesman for Florida Gov. Jeb Bush new universities were established in Florida. The Board’s function was to equalize the universities and to remove the ten sions created by fiscal competition. Proponents of the bill include Republican Gov. Bush and Lt. Gov. Frank Brogan. They argue that anew ‘super board’ would administrate a more “efficient and seamless” state edu cation system. Justin Sayfie, communications direc tor for Gov. Bush’s office, said the gov ernor’s support of a ‘super board’ is based on a holistic educational philoso phy. “Education needs to be looked at from a larger perspective and not just from a segmented perspective.” But Rioran said the presidents of the 10 universities have all gone on record against the measure. They argue that the new structure, which would establish a board of trustees for each of the 10 uni versities, would be inefficient. They also argue the new system would damage the relationship between the uni versities because it would lead to increasing compe tition for funding, a problem that the Board of Regents was created to solve. Reindl said the move to restructure educational boards was not a national trend. But he did warn that the conse quences of a hasty decision could be dis astrous. “I would hate to see Florida do something that is hastily considered and then fell through,” said Reindl. “We have to understand, who really gets hurt in the long run is the students.” The State & National Editor can be reached at stnt@unc.edu. BIKE-AID 2000-Pedal for the Planet! A crQss-cquntry bicycle ride for Education and Action! Seattle**** ’** \ Portlan*\ ""‘iOhfbtll.BdUCati 1 —"— - v San fyandaco fundraising * ..-'Washington DC •Physical Challenge Dates of Ride: /' (Jurtel?- August 20th) ' 1 for more info Contact 1-800-RIDK-808 or www.bikeaid.oro National BUS From Page 1 The first stops of “Destiny” included Bladenboro High School in southeast em N.C. and Southeast Halifax High School in north-central N.C., where two classes competed to name the bus. The winning name stands for “Delivering Edge-cutting Science, Technolog)' and Internet across North Carolina for Years to come.” Teachers from schools visited by “Destiny” can select from a set of scien tific scenarios for their students to study and test while aboard the bus. Students from Southeast Halifax and Bladenboro, where the program was tested two weeks ago, participated in the “Mystery of the Crooked Cell” module, in which students were pre sented with symptoms of a hypotheti cally sick patient. Through various tests, students dis covered the molecular basis of sickle cell anemia in order to diagnose the patient. Other programs include DNA restriction analysis, HIV screening and determining molecular composition. Bladenboro High lOth-grader Candice Meadows helped her class mates give tours of “Destiny” to mem bers of the public who attended the rib bon-cutting ceremony, explaining the experiment and the equipment she learned to use in a two-day March sem inar aboard “Destiny.” “I learned a lot. I thought it would be boring, but I learned a lot of stuff I did n’t know,” she said, after surveying the bus’ sterile interior cluttered with media and spectators. It was a good expert ence.” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. LIQUOR LICENSES From Page 1 doesn’t happen again.” Because of the pending investigation, Paschold has had servers and bartenders at Hams attend workshops on ALE poli cies as a refresher to previous training. The manager of Pantana Bob’s refused to comment Monday on the alcohol violations the restaurant received related to underage alcohol consumption. Ken Pike, an assistant ALE supervi sor in Raleigh, said the charges would vary for the individuals involved. “Those minors charged with using fake I.D.’s will go to court for misdemeanor charges,” he said. “Those underage that possessed alcohol will either face a class three misdemeanor if they’re 19- or 20- years-old or a more severe class two mis demeanor for those 18 and under.” Kevin Gunter, the alcohol enforce ment officer for the Chapel Hill Police Department, said a majority of the vio CONGRESS From Page 1 circulate information among graduate students. “1 really want to fill up Congress,” Bell said. ' “If we don’t fill up the seats, we’ll have to have a special election again in mid-September.” Student Body President Brad Matthews said that w'hile he did not hold an official role in running the spe cial election, he also planned to encour age students to nin for office and to vote. “The election was called by Nic (Heinke) and the current Elections Want A Challenge? 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His office is located under the Franklin Street post office. “I’m a liaison between the Chapel Hill Police Department and the state ALE,” he said. “We want to make sure that businesses are working in accor dance with the laws.” Pike said the ALE’s primary focus w r as alcohol awareness. “We don’t want to only act as enforcement; we want people to be aware that there is a reason for our pres ence,” he said. “We’re not saying don’t drink; we’re just saying wait until you’re 21, and then do it responsibly.” The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. Board is still going to carry it out,” Matthews said. “More or less I’m going to do every thing I can to encourage students to run.” Despite being forced to resign from Congress, Brooks said he still planned to be involved in student government. “I think I’m going to do Elections Board,” he said. Logan said he had not yet decided whether or not to run for the open seat in another district. “Student Congress is not quite enough to keep someone in Hinton James for another year.” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu.
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