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12 Tuesday, August 29, 2000 Kelli Boutin EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR Kim Minugh UNIVERSITY EDITOR Ginnv Sciabbarrasi CITY EDITOR Board Editorials Q,&a Students and faculty have a unique opportunity to question UNC's future provost and should take full advantage of it. A search committee at UNC has finally gotten it right In a move that’s a far cry from the secre cy surrounding the chancellor’s appointment in the spring, the provost search committee has announced a series of open forums with the five candidates for the position. Opening up the selection process to the University community is a step long overdue for a search committee at UNC. But provid ing the opportunity for dialogue is only the first step. The students, faculty, staff and communi ty must now support the committee’s decision by taking an active part in the process and attending the question-and-answer sessions. If we’re going to complain about the closed meetings and secretive selection process, then it is necessary that we make an effort to actively participate in the process. We’ve been given the opportunity, so we cannot afford to waste it. The job tide of provost may sound boring, but don’t be fooled. The individual in the provost’s position is far more likely to impact your daily life than your chancellor. The provost at UNC is the chief academ ic administrator and the one you’re most likely to see around campus talking to stu Half and Half School resource officers are valuable assets to Chapel Hill and the town should continue to help the school system foot the bill. The boys in blue walking the halls of our local schools may soon be a thing of the past if sufficient funds cannot be rounded up. And that’s why the Chapel Hill Town Council should make the right move and commit to evenly subsidizing the costs of keeping school resource officers in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School system down the road. As it stands now, the Town Council has agreed to pay 50 percent of the $220,000 cost for this school year only. Next year, the school system will be responsible for coming up with 75 percent of the funds and will be forced to cover the entire cost by the 2002- OS school year. Until this year, the SRO program’s costs were covered by the federal Cops in Schools Grant It has since expired and the school sys tem cannot reapply for another 12 months. Opponents of funding the SROs claim that by paying for two SROs in Carrboro schools, they are using Chapel Hill taxpayers’ money to provide services to Carrboro residents. But the benefits of having the SROs in both Chapel Hill and Carrboro’s middle and high schools far outweigh its costs. Asa pub lic service, it warrants the town’s tax dollars. SROs are there day-by-day with students, interacting with them and getting to know them. With that focused outlook, they have a Have Your Say 1v ) The Daily Tar Heel welcomes submissions from its readers for the Monday Viewpoints page. Guest columns should be 800 words, written by no more than two people and discuss an issue relevant to WfK. DTH readers. Submissions should be e-mailed to editdesk@unc.edu by 5 p.m the Wednesday before the column will appear. Publication is not guaranteed. oi, For more information, call Editorial Page editor Kelli Boutin at 962-0245. abe Daily ®ar Heel Professional and Business Staff Business and Advertising: Janet Gallaghet- Cassel, director/general manager, Chrissy Beck, director of marketing; Melida Heien, dassified/customer service manager; Lisa Reichle, business manager; Catherine Wilkins, retail sales manager. Marketing Group: Cindv Rice, specialist; Assistant Editors: Brian Bedsworth, Jeremy Hum and Russ Lane, arts S entertainment, Kellie Dixon. Courtney Mabeus and Kathryn McLamb, city; Allison Boone and Terri Rupar, copy; Beth Buchholz and Catherine Jamison, design; Jonathan Chaney, editorial page; Jason Cooper, graphics; Wendy Epner, online. Kate Mellnik and Jeff Pouland, photography; Rachel Carter, Mike Ogle and Bret Strelow, sports. James Giza and Matt Terry, Sportsaturday, Lucas Fenske, Alex Kaplun and Cheri Melfi, state & national; Elizabeth Breyer, Mark Thomas and Karey Wutkowski, uni versity. Arts & Entertainment: Shindy Chen, Josh Love, Joanna Pearson, David Povill, Alison Rost, Karen Whichard, Justin Winters and Carmen Woodruff. Cartoon: Suzanne Buchanan, Melanie Kolasa, Teng Moua, James Pharr and David M, Watson City Erin Mendell, columnist, Kasey Bensinger, Sarah Brier, Theresa Chen, Amy Dobson, Kate Hartig, Matt Mansfield, Phil Perry and Jamila Vernon, Copy: Laura Mayfiew, Lani Hatac. Meredith Werner and Katie Young, Design: Denise Barnes, Beth Buchholz, Jamie Davis Cobt Edelson, Catherine Jamison, August Jenkins. Lisa Kopkind, Brianne Stethers and the ednonah are approved by the may*try of the editorial board, vrhrch is composed of the ednot. editorial page editor, assistant editorial page editor and eight editorial writers. The Oaky tar Heel is published by the DTH Publishing Corp., a non-profit North Carolina corporation, Monday-Triday, according to die University calendar Cadets with questions about billing or display advertising should call 962-1163 oetween 830 a m and 5 p.m Classified ads can be reached at 962-0252 Editorial questions should be directed to 962-0245 Matt Dees EDITOR Office Hours Friday 2 p.m. -3 p.m. dents. The nature of the provost position requires them to be more hands-on, getting involved directly with students and faculty and relaying their concerns direedy to other top administrators. Academics is the reason why we’re all at Carolina, and the next provost will have a huge impact on how our academic careers shape up within the coming years. One of these five candidates will be responsible for dealing with University issues as broad as changes to the curriculum, main tenance of the library and grade inflation. Remember last year’s tuition hike? The provost oversees the faculty salary study, which means that disgruntled professors will be contacting him or her about raising your tuition for their salaries. Sitting for an hour listening to academics from around the country pitch their resumes to administrators may not sound like an ideal afternoon. But the job of provost is an extremely significant one and student input in the decision-making process is crucial. The first forum will be held from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. today in Wilson Library. Be there and make our presence known now, so that students will have a stronger and more legitimate voice in the future. greater opportunity to catch kids who run the risk of “falling between the cracks” and help them before they end up behind bars and become a true burden to taxpayers. And in the wake of the waves of school violence during the last two years, it is a com fort for students and parents to see a constant law enforcement presence at their school. But more than just the sense of safety that comes with that presence, students are able to have a role model to look up to and some one to go to if they are having problems. SROs are a tool best utilized to keep violence out of our schools, and prevention is worth more than just dollars and cents. In terms of benefits for the town, safe schools raise the value of a community and make it more attractive to potential home owners. And keeping the town’s children safe is a wise investment for any resident. While the town should continue its com mitment to funding SROs, the school board must also continue to apply for federal grants to offset the costs of the program. But until then, Chapel Hill residents should not resist shouldering a few extra cents to keep the SROs. After all, many res idents were willing to pay more taxes to keep backyard garbage pickup. And children are a lot more important than garbage. Carrie Davis, Ben Harlmete, David Huffines and Ashley Ryneska, associates. Customer Service: Molly Blanton, Candace Doby, Lisa Dunn, Holly Herweyer and Courtnee Poole, representatives Display Advertising: Katie Bawden, Eleanor Cameron, Nicki Davidson, Locoya Hill, Erica Editorial Staff Karen Williams. Editorial: Kofi Bofah. Jon Karris, Jon Hoffman, Ashley Holmes, Will McKinney, Cameron Mitchell, Joe Monaco, Amol Naik, Mark Slagle, Jenny Stepp, Anne Marie Teague, Craig Warner and Wes White. Features: Megan Butler, Eleanor Cameron, Stuart Crampton, Harmony Johnson, Enyonam Kpeglo, and Shahrzad Resvani Photography: Valerie Bruchon, Katherine taker, Laura Giovanelli, Christine Nguyen, Casey Quillen, Emily Schnure and Margaret Southern. Sports: B<ad Bioders, Joe Disney, lan Gordon, Adam Hill, Roland Hoffman, Kelly Lusk, Gavin Off and OISN #10709436 Office: Suite I*4 Caroßu Union Campus Mali Address: CB# 521* ftox 49, Carotin# Union U S Mail Address: PO lux 3257 Chapel MR NC 27515 3257 (Eh? 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Jason Arthurs, John Maberry, Deed Mattern, Kan Nelson, John O'Hale, Beth 0 Brien, Brooke Roseman, Denise Scott, Matthew Smith, Aisha Thomas and Geoffrey Wessel Editorial Production: Stacy Wynn, manager Printing: Wangle Wet Distribution: Triangle Circulation Services, Opinion Jermaine Caldwell EEAtURF-S EDITOR Ashley Atkinson ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Carolyn Haynes COTY DESK EDITOR h T £, V ~41 - t \ flh m isiia \ ‘fPk SM Hypocrisy: A Powerful Political Tool Jesus Christ once compared hypocrites to whitewashed tombs. His visual metaphor was perfect: ancient tombs were sparkling and pure in appearance but dangerously ran cid inside. Christ’s message was as pure and as appro priate as his imagery. Hypocrisy is a brutally damaging intellectual drug. In the hypocrite, it quietly decays the mind and spirit. And among the followers of hypocrites, hypocrisy leads to disillusionment and shattered hopes. Subtly but shamelessly spoken, hypocrisy is also a powerful accessory to political propa ganda -and can cripple the heart and mind of an idealistic nation like the United States. Sadly, Americans have too often witnessed the damaging effects of hypocrisy on the pub lic conscience. American slavery (like all slavery) was itself a moral tragedy. But the stain of slavery on America was darker because our founding declaration (“all men are created equal”) pro claimed that we knew better. Slavery was maintained (in violation of the American conscience) largely because of the prevalence of hypocritical propaganda. By repeatedly invoking the single constitutional doctrine of “state’s rights,” advocates of slav ery were able to obscure and subvert the dear anti-slavery implications of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. In other words, they used a part of the Constitution to subvert and twist the spirit of the full Consdtution. They destroyed freedom for freedom’s sake. Similar processes are still at work in America. By declaring a single element of the Constitution (like state’s rights) to be its “most important” principle, demagogues are able to mount assaults on less glamorous (but equally important) American ideals that “stand in the way.” Currendy, the most glaring culprits are the extreme advocates of “equality” and “non-dis crimination” on the politically correct left wing of American politics. Of course, equality and nondiscrimination are both good things. But not when then advocates pretend that they are the only good things. And not when they are used to trample on Keeping Readers Linked to DTH lam now the old man of the newsroom- At the ripe old age of 25, an age that makes you feel 20 on some days, 30 on others, I have joined die mysterious world of news ombudsmen. We are few and far between- The Daily Tar Heel is one of, if not the only, major college newspaper in the country that has found success using an ombudsman (Only a handful of metropolitan newspa pers have an ombudsman.; The position is as intriguing as the word itself. And no doubt, I will spend much of my year as ombudsman just explaining what an ombudsman does. Many of the older members of the University community are familiar with die position. But most students are not. Simply, an ombudsman serves as the liai son between the community and the paper If you have a problem with the paper, you can call or write me. Some papers would call me a “reader’s advocate.” Others might use “public editor " I’ll do my best to read the DTH as you would read it and relate your concerns to the news staff, and at the same time, I’ll help explain to you the decisions of toe staff Frankly, 1 have big shoes to filj The previous ombudsman, lerry V/iumtu, did a magnificent job. Tin- 45-year old Pulitzer Prize winner hum West Virginia loved spending time with the Qiixtoot* of the Daily Tar Heel. How else do you explain 2 keg stand (however brief; by a man old Cate Doty R Lauren Beal MANAGING EDITORS Sefton Ipock PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Gobi Edelson DESIGN tmiOß Saleem Reshamwala GRAPHICS EDITOR [jn T&L § ■ CRAIG WARNER HARSH LIGHT other essential constitutional freedoms. Consider the following: At Tufts University last spring, a religious club called Tufts Christian Fellowship was banished from the campus by the Tufts stu dent government. TCFs offense was its refusal, on moral and religious grounds, to elect Julie Catalano, a bisexual woman, to its leadership team, Catalano had recently broken with the reli gious organization's longstanding view that homosexual acts are sinful and wanted the option of leading the group while maintaining an open lesbian relationship, TCF invited Catalano to remain an active member of their organization -but Insisted that members selected for leadership share the fundamental religious beliefs of tlte group, Catalano then reported TCF to the Mndenl government, which banned the organization from the campus for “thscrimimtiuui" Take a hard look at the issue in question, TCF wanted to choose us own leadership, It wanted leaders who would agree with the group’s fundamental religious beliefs about sexuality - which is twafyiabiy one of the most powerful parts of human nahne ami a subject about which almost every religion has a strong opinion In banishing TCF, Tubs was declaring drat religious groups on Us campus could mu use religious criteria when selecting religious lead ers. More specifically, Tubs wa* declaring drat certain religious faiths orthodox ChrishanUy, Islam and Judaism (all of wimli bold that homosexual acts are siufo), could not openly practice and leach dem belief* on the Tufts campus- In other words, religious I 0 uwAN mwm* mmimui enough to be die father of every am to the tUIWMWHh ■ Hut Wimmer was more dm die ‘ffudrmto vvbo bough* more drnrks for the ihrd than ever received- Became of htf flNepWl hack ground as a newspaper wrirer sod editor, fto provided die staff of tin WW W# > WWW of excellence in journalism From the counde** hour* fto spem helping students wuh their atone* to da- reader mi cerns he listened to with fM§t care, Wtoto/ei chtmdued bn time |U 1 lie Daily Tar Heel As do/ So lay your dtopght* 00 W Stop me and you fee w> wMm rt&tfi campus or FranUto Sheet M / mb is to eataoiisti a dis/ome between V.* would bkc to read, tup as we worn like to Pto out, the country's priest <of% which educate* and miw* 1 community fairly and arcmalely ulu' Dailij (Ear Urrl Josh Williams ONLINE EDITOR Brian Frederick OMBUDSMAN freedom at 'Mts exists only so long as the reli gion in question submits to the ideology and tastes of the Thfts government - which is essentially to say that religious freedom at Tiffs does not exist at all, Unfortunately, argument by coercion and name-calling (again, types of propaganda) has become standaid policy for the politically cor rect left - especially in regards to debates over moral issues like homosexuality, Those who believe that homosexual acts are sinful are branded “homophobes” and “bigots,” even when such charges are manifest nonsense. The late Catholic Cardinal John O’Connor of New York City was frequently denounced as a “haler," despite the fact that ne spent the WHO* emptying the bedpans of dying AIDS patients, Meanwhile, the power of the government (in university) is leveraged upon organizations (like TCF) that refuse to silently ignore tlrerr religious conviction* about sexuality, Dissenters from the politically correct i/pinion are coerced into submission, even while the turners dei lare themselves avid suppliers of free sperr h, the freedom of conscience and “Intellectual diversity," Till* I* hypocrisy in it* most t/ure and sim pie form, driven by (Ire leftist obsessb/n with an interpretation of “euualily" that goes far beyond anything tlte Constitution intends True t orrsiiluliorral equality simply means (hat ea< h individual (Mat It or white, gav or straight; ha* ao equal right to exert ise hi* or lier polito *1 rtgliis; (he rigb) to freely develop and "*pre* beliefs about religion, polities and sot ieiy sod lire right to bom private moot ra IMIS based m fltose beliefs, Cure/ (jy interpreted, fhe loosOli/le/oarl ideal of equality i* a g mat fiijog and e/ es saiy for lire preservairoo of freedom But when toft Wiuy/ rs It amt/)* rot tb* 'omtomhoo *1 rigid* of lbo*e wle/ dwagree with then nrterpreisJem of <qwabty -m / *, C>, i,/ If tit/ ad old and d* *dfy Amere an Oap l irey are lolling freedom -to We- name of freedom Qm§ Wetm t* a ptoawaf- **** mtjor flOllt I aOrAatihl *64x4 |m/v' if ti#Mtt SO 4 lore 160641 to mertfOOKU/toutd ijte +4v hof season has Waned fit#* week, f re/erverf to/ f/tat offs inf >no c#to of da- paper by $ Ha pointed out that Ode of oto tooSJeredraw# gaze „,/#y r,< tt/rti 'if toe Or'rot I had Stopped Oriti review whtto 1 mad f o.uaday’s paper, oh I /ranked to see the movie ,-„al a* //cotgt faMSttn/'- pr hin * II no It, go heat, ft pamed me to have ft/ go i/e'k and read tlto tevtow itoowurg / tot, would bud me its eudmg before Merit# i/a- movie And too AtomfPofbe Writer ev-plam. bow tie move erifl* ttod Why die errdmg fad* to five pp to m eapeefadorw f' was a rootoe mtgfdiu from 4 dtodffy eohd Writer h atfff egffy m the ■ tod; dromfb &td Dfiemlmffokmii /tod tore f and fr'rd; A-Jem (dthe f n iQum jtph to dm isif/oo! wfoLodtJ- 0 * Vum* Immff m § hue bo id §ud tii e drain wmaf tottoe we had hgoffiei W year ih, diito toeototahie to ’MM wto • tlunem third dim mmii the mmmm m i tn*,,,,, rto hi * i*t| h'omMmjrto saiii eoe'd H litei Hr pi* a glam! tout' f t Srtorritk P #JtttfUM etton- hui wmjp-fih todtoffllW?Vtoerttoi*. sto
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