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• Student Activists Speak
:To Moeser Via Phone
' Various student groups spoke with
. Chancellor-elect James Moeser during a
'-telephone conference Wednesday
, afternoon.
Representatives from Students for
Economic Justice, Surge, the Student
Environmental Action Coalition, the
Campus Y, UE 150, the Solidarity
Network and Campaign to End the
Death Penalty discussed campus issues
with Moeser during the half-hour phone
conversation.
Junior Kea Parker said the students
wanted to give Moeser a student’s per
spective of how the University was run
and to let him know that they would be
I active on campus.
“We told him that we didn’t know
how things work in Nebraska, but (that)
students play an active role in decisions
; here,” Parker said.
v The students and Moeser discussed a
range of issues including the corporati
zation of the University, the tuition
increase, environmental issues, educa
tional access and accountability.
The students raised concerns about
Moeser’s backing of the Fair Labor
Association, a labor monitoring group
many student activists oppose because of
its structure and purpose.
“He said he supported the
.University’s involvement with the FLA
which we see as an extension of the cor
poratization of the University,” Parker
,said.
*' Students raised concerns about
Moeser’s accountability. The chancellor
elect said he would be accountable to
students through student government
Parker said. She said the students let him
know that student government was not a
good representation of the student body.
Parker said that although the meeting
,was rushed, it served its purpose.
“It was good," Parker said. “We got a
"better sense of who James Moeser is.”
Annual Block Party
To Celebrate Year End
The fifth annual Franklin Street
Block Party will be held today from 3
p.m. until 11 p.qi.
“Chillin’ on the Last Day of Class” is
sponsored by Alpha Chi Omega and
Kappa Delta sororities and lambda Chi
(Alpha fraternity.
, Tickets cost sl2 and include a free T
shirt. Proceeds go to benefit Habitat for
Humanity. Only those with tickets will
be admitted.
The event boasts performances from
Gran Torino, Weekend Excursion and
Tin Can Jam. The bands will play on
East Franklin Street across from the
Morehead Planetarium.
Students to Perform
Work of Ruth Moose
y %
Students in the first year seminar
“Southern Writers in Performance” will
present “The Writing of Ruth Moose in
Performance” at 7:30 p.m. today in the
(Tate Turner Kuralt auditorium.
The students have adapted several of
Moose’s works for the stage.
, Moose will be present at the perfor
mance and plans to comment on the
adaptations and read an excerpt from
fyer latest novel.
For further information contact pro
fessor Paul Ferguson at
AndreaPF@aol.com.
10 UNC Faculty, TAs
Honored With Awards
,(* Fourteen faculty, one librarian and
five teaching assistants were honored
With campuswide teaching awards late
last month.
The awards were decided on by the
29-member Committee on Teaching
Awards composed of faculty, adminis
trators, students, staff and alumni.
Awards were presented for excel
lence in undergraduate teaching by pro
fessors and teaching assistants.
Ridley Kessler, who works for the
Academic Affairs Library reference
department, received the Mentor
Award for Lifetime Achievement.
5 Students Garner
National Accolades
' Juniors Brian Loomis and Julius
Lucks received the national Goldwater
Scholarships for excellence in the field
of natural sciences.
'“JuniorJatin HarshadJoshi recently
received the esteemed the Truman
Scholarship worth $30,000 towards his
senior year and graduate studies.
' Seniors Aaron Levine and Peter
Bermel were two of only eleven nation
wide winners of the Churchill
Scholarships for graduate study at the
University of Cambridge.
From Staff Reports
NOV. 4,1999 - UNC dental fellow
Fusayoshi Matsukawa is killed by a car as he
crosses the street on Manning Drive, prompt
ing a massive campuswide effort to improve
pedestrian safety.
Orange County becomes the first county in
the United States to issue a moratorium
against the death penalty.
Nov. 8,1999 Men’s basketball assis
tant coach Phil Ford returns to his position.
Nov. 11,1999 - UNC men’s basketball
coach Bill Guthridge allows Cota and Newby
to rejoin the team.
Nov. 17,1999 UNC leaders hire a pro
fessional search firm to help the Chancellor
UNC Survives Turbulent Year, Ready for More
The last year has been
anything but typical for
administrators and student
activists at the University.
By Rob Nelson
Editor
Marcus Aurelius once said, “Time is
a sort of river of passing events, and
strong is its current; no sooner is a thing
brought to sight than it is swept by and
another takes it place, and this too will
be swept away.”
For the past nine months, the waters
at UNC have been rocky, maintaining a
steady flow of activity and, at times, pro
Committee Approves Capital Proposal
By Kathleen Hunter
Assistant State & National Editor
RALEIGH - The legislative com
mittee charged with assessing the UNC
system’s capital needs unanimously
approved a motion Wednesday official
ly identifying a need for state funds to
improve facilities.
The motion, submitted by Rep.
George Miller, D-Durham, also com
mittee co-chairman, comes days before
the N.C. General Assembly reconvenes.
Approved at the committee’s final
meeting, the move capped more than
two months of tours in which commit
tee members visited the 16 system cam
puses and several community colleges.
The committee’s assessment states
that system campuses have both short
term and long-term facilities needs “in
an amount in excess of $3 billion.”
A legislative conference committee
will consider the motion when the
General Assembly reconvenes Monday.
The motion also recommends that “a
referendum for a bond issue to be sub
mitted to the citizens of North Carolina
for a vote.”
The needs committee was formed
after the legislature adjourned last sum
mer without approving a multibillion
dollar bond proposal to fund sys
temwide capital improvements.
UNC-system President Molly Broad
said she was pleased to see bipartisan
recognition of the system’s need for cap
ital binding. She said the committee’s
campus tours had been beneficial
because they allowed legislators to see
campus needs first hand.
Broad said system officials were
ready to mount a massive lobbying cam
paign if the legislature put the capital
package to a referendum.
Change, Challenge Await New Chancellor
By Kim Minugh
Assistant University Editor
UNC-Chapel Hill officials and student
leaders have laid out an agenda for
Chancellor-electjames Moeser in hopes
of finally resolving unanswered issues that
have plagued the
University this
year.
The UNC-CH
community will
pitch him ques
tions of a bond
package, adminis
trative vacancies
and fund raising.
And many say
one of his biggest
challenges will be
familiarizing him
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and staying afloat amidst the turmoil.
But officials say a resume full of
experience and dedication could be his
life preserver. “(Moeser) needs to worry
about familiarizing himself with the
character, history and people that make
up this University,” said Student Body
President Brad Matthews.
Matthews said he had faith Moeser
could quickly acclimate himself in light
of the demands he would meet.
And filling administrative holes that
have plagued officials this year will build
Looking Back ; Facing Forward
Search Committee select the University's new
chancellor.
Nov. 18, 2000 After rumors that Carl
Torbush will be fired as head football coach.
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his players band
together to show sup
port. Director of
Athletics Dick Baddour
announces Torbush
will stay.
Nov. 23,2000 Junior Daniel Sarrell is
arrested in connection with an arson fire in
Morrison Residence Hall. Three other fires that
occurred in Morrison over die past month
remain unsolved.
Dec. 11,1999 —Jeffrey Haupt, dean of
during some historic rapids.
The death of Chancellor Michael
Hooker in June left the University com
munity in mourning and remembering
Hooker as a fiercely authoritative but
passionate leader whose best days will
remain unknown.
Touting his love for the University,
Bill McCoy stepped up to the plate and
led UNC for a year as interim chancel
lor.
Seemingly constrained by the nature
of temporary leadership, McCoy main
tained a relatively low profile during his
tenure, cracking away at tedious internal
problems such as the budget shortfall
late in the summer.
Meanwhile, a fiercely secretive search
committee sifted through applications
life.
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Speaker Pro Tem Joe Hackney, D-Orange, and Rep. George Miller, D-Durham, commiserate in the N.C. House
chambers. State lawmakers Monday will begin considering a proposal to improve UNC campus facilities.
The motion also includes a provision
for a “blue ribbon" commission outside
the legislature to promote a referendum.
Committee members, such as Sen.
Howard Lee, D-Orange, stressed the
importance of maintaining UNC’s cap
ital facilities. Lee said he was confident
that North Carolinians would pass a ref
erendum. “If we go out there and tell
them the true story ... I think they will
be appalled and want to do something
about it and support it,” he said.
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UNC-system President Molly Broad applauds Chancellor-elect James
Moeser at the April 14 Board of Governors meeting at the Carolina Inn.
a support base Moeser will need. He must
pick his top administrators, anew provost
and a vice chancellor for research.
Provost Dick Richardson said
appointing such high officials should be
Moeser’s first priority. “He’s got to get
his team together first,” he said. “He
must get a feel for the place, learn the
campus and learn the players.”
And as the N.C. General Assembly
the School of Medicine, and Carol Christ, vice
chancellor and provost at die University of
Cafifornia-Befkeley, withdraw their names
from die chancellor search after media leaks.
Jan. 11,2000 —Congress’s House
Appropriations Committee allots $lO million
in emergency aid to families affected by
Hurricane Floyd.
Jan. 12,2000 —Molly Broad calls for a
$475 tuition increase over three years. Broad
also initiates a proposal for a $36.8 million
financial aid allotment.
Jan. 13, 2000 —Tne Student Advisory
Committee to the Chancellor proposes a S7O
increase in student fees.
and conducted interviews as the hunt
intensified for UNC’s ninth chancellor.
The doors of the closed search swung
wide open April 14 - almost a year to
the day when Hooker took a medical
leave of absence to cope with his lym
phatic cancer -as the Board of
Governors officially selected James
Moeser, chancellor at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, to lead UNC into the
next millennium.
Amid fanfare and ceremony, Moeser
jumped from the cornfields to become a
Tar Heel, promising, much like Hooker,
to make UNC the best public university
in the country.
But Moeser’s anticipated arrival in
August will only be the exclamation
point on an already momentous year.
Rep. Phillip Baddour, D-Lenoir, also
said a well-informed public would pass
the capital package. “1 think when the
issue is explained to the people of the
state, they will overwhelmingly respond
and approve the proposal,” he said.
Sen. John Garwood, R-Alexander,
said the motion’s inclusion of commu
nity college capital improvements
would help garner county commission
ers’ support for a bond referendum.
“We can encourage (county commis
gears up to start its short session
Monday, memories of last year’s bond
package are sparked. The package,
which now calls for at least $3 billion to
fund system capital improvements,
failed during last summer’s long session.
Richardson said Moeser would have to
take immediate action in gamering sup
port for the bill likely to be proposed by
the General Assembly. “The most daunt
Jan. 19,2000 —A referendum to
increase student fees $3 to fund the United
states Student Association is proposed.
Jan. 21,2000 Mark Kleinschmidt,
speaker of Student Congress, removes the
USSA referendum from the ballot saying it
was placed on the ballot in violation of the
Student Code.
Jan. 24,2000 Several students file
lawsuits to get the USSA voter referendum
back on the ballot Gov. Jim Hunt calls for a
state of emergency as a result of major snow
fall across the state.
Jan. 25, 2000 Starting today, UNC
In early September, the UNC cam
pus renewed its commitment to public
service as the state coped with the envi
ronmental and financial aftermath of
Hurricane Floyd.
Weeks later, an eight-year struggle
came to a dramatic end, as a $28.6 mil
lion alumni bequest paved the way for a
freestanding Sonja H. Stone Black
Cultural Center. Years of protest, nation
al attention and lofty fund raising will
come to a close when ground is broken
on the center early next year.
But perhaps fall will be remembered
most for the debate surrounding pro
posed tuition increases.
Various plans worked their way
through the UNC-system bureaucracy,
with student protesters shouting all the
sioners’) support across the state of this
bond issue and increase tremendously
its chances of passing,” Garwood said.
Student Board of Governors member
Jeff Nieman said he was pleased to see
the capital issue put in motion. “This is
an official recognition of the University’s
needs and affirmation that the legisla
ture wants to go forward ...”
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mg issue (Moeser) has to face is the issue
of capital budgeting,” Richardson said.
To effectively lobby on behalf of all
UNC-system schools, Moeser must again
hit the history books and learn the state.
“He must join in alliance with the
General Administrations of the 15 other
(UNC) campuses,” Richardson said.
“It’ll take talking across the state, con
tacting alumni and doing everything he
can to get a positive decision on that.”
Former Student Body President Nic
Heinke proposed a different approach
for Moeser. “He has to be a very hum
ble leader,” Heinke said. “He needs to,
in a subtle but effective way, address the
needs of the University."
And undoubtedly the tuition debate
will rear its controversial head in
Moeser’s administration, as UNC-CH
awaits the state’s likely approval of a
S6OO increase for the University over
two years. “He will have to grapple with
the question of faculty salaries fairly
early and make a decision about how
funds will be allocated for faculty
salaries,” Richardson said.
Interim Chancellor Bill McCoy sets
the tone for Moeser’s welcome. “We can’t
say it enough, but we need to keep com
petitive faculty salaries so we can attract
and retain quality faculty,” he said.
And while some faculty argue that
See AGENDA, Page 13
Thursday, May 4, 2000
students get an unprecented three-day break
due to historic 16-inch snowfall,
Jan. 31,2000 President Ginton
approves federal disaster aid money to North
Carolina as a result of the snowstorm.
Feb. 2,2ooo —The Student Supreme
Court decision on the USSA referendum is
delayed to make a decision on constitutional
discrepancy.
Feb. 3,2000 —A fire at Morrison
Residence Hall marks the fifth in three
months. Officials enforce stricter evacuation
penalties.
way about threats .to UNC’s accessibility.
The final call now rests with the state
legislature when it reconvenes Monday,
and the same student activists are
already gearing up for lobbying efforts
in Raleigh.
Whether it was 16 inches of snow, the
near firing of football coach Carl
Torbush, the off-the-court woes of assis
tant men’s basketball coach Phil Ford,
an unexpected trip to the Final Four or
renewed debate over UNC’s corporate
links and labor ties, 1999-2000 was a
markedly unique year at the University.
It was a year of historic votes and
moments, a year of tragedy that left
UNC without stable leadership and a
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Bonds' Fates
Could Rest
With Voters
Legislators continue to push
for a referendum before
approving a bond package
to fund the system's needs.
By Jonathan Moseley
StafflNritei
State legislators anticipate asking N.C.
residents in November to approve the
issuance of more than $3 billion in bonds
to improve UNC-system campuses.
For the second consecutive year, the
N.C. General Assembly is discussing its
funding options. In the face of severe
state budget constraints, the primary
fund-raising technique under considera
tion is a bond issue.
A bond issue is essentially a series of
loans taken from banks and other cor
porations. The state government takes
out the loans for the amount of funds
needed and pays back the money, with
interest, using taxes and other revenues.
The House and Senate clashed last
summer over whether the issue should
go to a general voter referendum.
UNC-system advocates argued the
N.C. constitution did not mandate that
the bond package be approved by “the
full faith and credit” of state taxpayers.
They also were wary of the massive
campaign that w ould have been needed
to persuade citizens to vote for bonds.
But House members on both sides of
the aisle worked to prevent the passage
of a loan without N.C. voter approval.
Asa result, no action was taken, and
the proposal now' is being redraw'n for
debate in the legislature’s short session
beginning Monday. The proposal calls
for at least $3 billion in bonds and
leaves open the possibility of a referen
dum.
UNC-system President Molly Broad
said Wednesday that any financing for
capital improvements outside of the
bond package w'ould have to come
from the state’s general fund.
But a severe budget shortfall makes
this an unlikely alternative.
At one point, legislators talked of
proposing a S3OO million measure that
would have addressed emergency issues
at the UNC campuses, but leaders soon
dropped the idea. “I don’t think we can
pass any bond issue, no matter how
small, without a vote of the people,"
said Sen. Tony Rand, D-Cumberland,
co-chairman of the committee on high
er education facilities needs.
Although any spending without a pub
lic vote is unlikely, many legislators say
that as long as a referendum is in place,
they will pass the $3 billion measure.
Rep. Charlotte Gardner. R-Rowan,
said a state referendum prevented the
legislature from cheating the people of
their money. “Any time you saddle the
taxpayers with a lot of debt service, cit
izens need to be aware of that,” she said.
Sen. Robert Martin, D-Edgecombe,
said he definitely would support the
bond issue. “(The bond issue) is needed,
so I’ll be supporting it,” he said. “What
better reason is there than that?"
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