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4 Thursday, May 4, 2000 Feb. 6,2000 —The Student Supreme Court announces that the removal of the referendum was constitutional. Feb. 8,2000 Baddour calls a meeting to discuss lower-level ticket allocation for students at the Smith Center. Feb. 9,2000 —The decision is made to schedule weekend dasses to make up for toe days cancelled due to snow. A petition by Student Body President Nic Heinke puts the USSA referendum back on the ballot. Feb. 11.2000 —The BOG passes a plan for a S6OO tuition increase for all students, despite student protest. The proposal next heads to the state legislature in Raleigh for • ***• v 3* j * Ii DTH FILE PHOTO Interim Chancellor Bill McCoy sings "Tar Heel Voices" with students, faculty and the Loreleis during his official welcoming to the University. McCoy Looks Ahead To Life Beyond UNC By Kim Minugh Assistant University Editor With a demanding year at the helm of UNC almost behind him, interim Chancellor Bill McCoy is planning to pack up his office in three months -and unpack his clubs. And when McCoy is golfing under a Carolina-blue sky after retiring, he will feel a sense of satisfaction and contentment. “We’ve said we’ve wanted to be the very best public university in the coun try,” he said. “1 feel we’ve left a strong term work ing toward that end.” Though his time at UNC was consid erably shorter than many high-ranking officials, McCoy served a term brim ming with heated debate and intense controversy. Now, he’s ready to exchange his seat in South Building for a seat on the golf cart. “1 haven’t played golf but twice in the last 12 months,” he said. “I look forward to focusing on things I’ve had to put on hold.” While his wife, Sara, will decline an invitation to the greens, McCoy said the two will be taking several trips - even if Household Hazardous Waste Collection Latex Paint jfcidbgJfcJil Exchange Sat. May 6, 9a.m. to 3p.m. Orange Regional Landfill other landfill services close at noon For tips on alternatives to household hazardous materials, please call: ORANGE COMMUNITY RECYCLING 968-2788 THE Hideaway W V i Half Price Lunch or Pinner Buy any lunch or dinner at the regular price and get the second of equal or lesser value at half price. Limit one coupon per table. Expires 5/19100 the Hideaway consideratiofttois summer. Feb. 15,2000 Student body elections for all offices are held, but results are delayed due to technical troubles with the elections board computers. Feb. 16,2000 Results from the elections are announced, with Erica Smiley and Brad Matthews moving to a runoff for student body presklent Students vote for a fee increase reject toe USSA referendum and elect Tee Pruitt CAA president Jason Cowley and Sherilynn Black senior class officers, Robin Yamakawa RHA pres ident and Thad Woody GPSF president Feb. 21,2000 Brad Matthews is elect ed student body president with 61 percent of they are “semi-business” - in the com ing months. McCoy said he and his wife looked forward to visiting New Jersey, Wisconsin, Colorado, Berlin and London, where their two daughters lived. And though McCoy longs for a some quiet, it may be hard to find -with six grandchildren in tow. McCoy said he welcomed the opportunity to watch them grow up at a closer distance. Despite the temporary nature of his post, McCoy said he accepted the appointment as if he were occupying the position permanendy. “1 was so intent on doing a good job, and to be able to take a slower pace - it’ll be great.” McCoy reflects upon his time at UNC fondly. “I have this feeling that this is a real ly important institution that’s doing important work,” he said. “I’m glad to have been a part of it for awhile.” And as a reporter thanked him for his last interview for The Daily Tar Heel, he laughed at the thought of no more reporters -and possibly the thought of no more picketers, no more protestors and no more personnel problems. “It’ll be quiet.” 1 1 1 1 1 JOIN US ON Cinco de Mayo! Fajita Special Lunch $5,95 Dinner $7.95 Margaritas $2.00 glass SIO.OO pitchers on the rocks SALSA DANCING! 10*.30pm-Itooam *No)wK*u<osum!i. lldOnw" ' * WnNf COUNTDOWN QUARTET \' Hot Jazz Funk!!! 137 E. Franklin St. • Chapel Hill Bank of America Building 933-6133 B Looking Back, Facing Forward flgi HF* l * Wm the vote in a runoff elec tion. Student Congress votes to endorse the NAACP boycott of South Carolina because of the Confederate flag being flown over the state capitol. March 2,2000 UNC junior Chiara D’Amore avoids three Honor Court charges by formally apologizing for her actions in an Oct. 28 protest against Kraft Foods. March 7, 2000 University of Alabama President Andrew Sorensen, a strong possibili ty to become UNC’s ninth chancellor, yanks his name off the list of candidates. Tuition Battle Unites Student Forces Student government leaders and activists found common ground in fighting several tuition increase proposals. By Katie Abel University Editor It was a few hours at Morehead Building on a crisp October day that would become the first chapter. Armed with signs of protest, more than 400 students chanted on the lawn that day, screaming, “Keep UNC acces sible” and “Don’t lock us out of educa tion.” Clad in T-shirts and sporting green wristbands, the demonstrators congregated outside in a tightly packed crowd before a microphone. It was an atmosphere of emotion and fervor, much different from the formal boardroom where administrators and students in business suits sat silently amid piles of agendas and proposals. Then-Student Body President Nic Heinke emotionally recounted a more personal story - he told of how he rel ished his chance for an affordable educa tion at UNC. Both Heinke and the pro testers had fired the first shots in the bat de to keep tuition low. The scene would foreshadow the next seven months. And it was just the beginning of a fight that will culminate this summer in N.C. legislative chambers. As the N.C. General Assembly ham mers out its yearly budget, legislators will consider a S6OO UNC tuition increase over two years, a $Ol million financial aid plan and a $3 billion bond package. But it was the talk of a tuition increase that has topped the agendas of student leaders and activists alike. The first whispers of the proposed tuition increase were the sole spark for a small group of students to launch what would later become the Coalition for Educational Access to lobby student sup port across the system. Student government leaders altered their priorities as tuition immediately soared to the top of their political plat forms. “We are two parts of a greater movement,” said UNC senior Jeff Nieman, a student member of the LEIJ lltll Li I) 111 1111 I I j | JIAHKIS j : Pre-Exam Blowout! ; m AH week, a\\ beer© ■ „ $2.50 Domestic, Draft & Import m 1 0 1 E. 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March 10, 2000 Rumors swirl around campus that U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala will become UNC's new chancellor. Shalala later refutes the rumors. March 26,2000 - UNC’s basketball team advances to the final Four with a 59-55 victory over Tulsa. The win sparks a massive celebration on Franklin Street where students fed bonfires and chanted until the wee hours. DTH FILE PHOTO Margie Wakelin leads a group of students protesting the proposed tuition increase. The students marched, chanting "No University without diversity, from the Pit to the Carolina Inn, where the BOG was meeting. Board of Governors. Coalition member Sandi Chapman said those joint efforts were the core of the movement. But the nine-month march has proven that the groups aren’t always on the same beat. The coalition spent time garnering widespread student participa tion through rallies and demonstrations. Student leaders had more one-on one contact with the officials and administrators who were making the final decision through e-mails, phone calls and personal meetings. “The stir is created by the mass movement, and we have just added the proper agreements,” Nieman said. With student government’s recent changing of the guard, coalition member Michal Osterweil said it was difficult to predict the amount of interaction the group would have with Student Body President Brad Matthews and his admin istration. “It’s this administration’s chance to prove that this student gov ernment is for the students,” she said. March 31,2000 Interim Chancellor Bill McCoy agrees to let UNC joinpe Workers' i Rights Consortium labor monitoring group, McCoy said UMC would also retain its affilia tion with the Fair labor Association, * I April 14,2000 —The Board sf Govemors approves James Moeser as UNC’s ninth chan cellor, ending a 10-month search that began with the death of Chancellor Michael Hooker last June. Moeser, chancel lor of the University of Nebraska-tincoln since 1996, will officially take office Aug. 15. Heinke said the student efforts this year had proven that no one group could represent student diversity. “We came together over one common goal,” he said. “Each student can bring a dif ferent perspective to the table.” Coalition members said diverse perspectives would be important in gamering legisla tive support. Coalition members have said any boost should be coupled with financial aid and a commitment from the legislature to support system needs. Erica Smiley, a coalition member, said that besides distributing fact sheets OT*ADI C .v. 1 H bLE v JL./ Aff ' k JhSL inKT \ ' W^FTk *" jfjL .* &. r %, DTH FILE PHOTri Then-Student Body President Nic Heinke listens to debate during the Oct. 28 Board of Trustees meeting. The board passed a $1,500 increase. Take a break >e * ween 106 W. Franklin St. Ikl (Next to He's Not Here) If A V 942-PUMP UOGURT 1 /) JSt* T pump Durham 286-7868 Mon-Sot llom-1I:30pm, Sun 12pm-ll:30pm ©jp lotlg (Tar Hrel arrested in Washington, DC, in an ongoing protea against toe World Bank and toe International Monetary Fund. April 27,2000 UNC alumnus Michael Jordan comes to Chapel Hill to dedicate his West Franklin Street restaurant, 23. May 2,2000 Student Body President Brad Matthews' attempt to appoint Marissa Downs as chairwoman of the Elections Board goes before Student Congress after the Rules and Judiciary Committee rejected toe appoint ment. He is unable to raise the two-thirds vote necessary to overturn the unfavorable recommendation. to each legislator, the coalition aimed to pair at least two students with each offi cial as part of its lobbying efforts. Nieman, Lee Conner, former Graduate and Professional Student Federation president, and other student leaders have formed a five-member legislative team as part of their primary effort. Far removed from the Morehead Building lawn or Carolina Inn board room, the batde will move to legislative halls in four days. The tale will become more complete. But that October day might be the most telling of them all.
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