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2 Monday, January 8, 2001 Acclaimed Alumnus Mac Nelly Dies at 52 By Brian Frederick Summer Editor JUNE 15 - We celebrate the life of cartoonist Jeff Mac Nelly and embrace him as an alumnus of the University and The Daily Tar Heel. The DTH was just the launching ground for a magnificent career that would ultimately net Mac Nelly three Pulitzer Prizes and recognition among peers as the greatest editorial cartoonist of his generation, if not ever. “He was the greatest cartoonist ever,” said Gary Brookins, a cartoonist at the Richmond Times-Dispatch. “His humor went hand in hand with the beautiful drawings that were unsur passed. No one else really approached him.” Mac Nelly died last Thursday at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. The 52-year-old native New Yorker had been battling lymphoma. Guilty Verdicts Issued in Open Cheating Case By Karev Witkowski Assistant University Editor OCT. 2 - Jaws dropped Sunday night as the Honor Court delivered two guilty verdicts in a cheating case hashed out in an open hearing. Senior Mike Trinh and junior Brianne Roth were found guilty of academic cheating by unauthorized collaboration in connection to a programming assign ment in James Coggins’ Computer Science 120 course last semester. Trinh received academic probation through the spring and an “F” in the course. Roth received suspension through the fall semester and an “F” in the course. The two students’ hearing started on Thursday and was completed last night. “I’m disappointed,” said Trinh, who was visibly shaken by the decision, which he plans to appeal. fOOd f Order from or Visit Our Menus Your M ooo fUIU&Ui 942-7678 or www.tarheeltakeout.com Houre: -Take-Out Sunday-Thursday ~ f Til NOW ACCEPTING 11:00am -11 :00pm JpH* UNC ONE CARDS Friday - Saturday & M ffl f ds% surcharge 11:00am-12:00am for ONE card orders) (Restaurant Hours May Vary) *> ** * We deMver for over 30 Restaurants! AKAIHANA Tumrira.sM.il Ipdil MftL JAPANESE BtSTAURANT \ VJ7 ***** JL ****& " BANDIDOV MBS i A Stipr IVNY Mexican Cafe /\ * hi/nam * Pizza 'srSea MAMA DIP'S ™ WgAR jfe W 2* za fy is& PYRIfcCKeT Coffee Shop [ irnSn ] ABEh Northgate Mall online gif I 1 certificates Sure, you love your family back home, but the Then you can trade in your printed voucher for useless junk they send you at school can get old a gift certificate at Northgate, and you're free to quick. 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He dropped out in 1969 before fin ishing his senior year. “He knew where he was headed," said Dennis jjrofessor of art, who was MachwH| painting instructor. WJW “He probably he did n’t need to be in school,'y/hich he did n’t.” During his junior year, in 1968, Mac Nelly began working for the Chapel Hill Weekly as well. When he dropped out the following year, it was to take a sl2omer-week job at the Weekly. “He just got tiredaßfcie whole University scene and sa|Pr Screw it,’ and walked down the strait to us, and we grabbed him,” said Jim Shumaker, Student Attorney Lea said students can appßr on three grounds: unfair severity of sanctions, violation of basic rights or insufficient evidence. After the spring semester ended, Coggins turned in 24 students for work ing in groups on a homework assign ment. The Honor Court hearings for these students, who are being tried in groups, started Sept. 18. Coggins said he encouraged group work for study purposes in the class but said he explicitly prohibited collaborative efforts on assigned work. “Here some study groups started for wonderful rea sons, but they went over to the dark side because of passivity and indifference,” Coggins said. “It’s a very slipper) slope.” But Ruwani defense counsel, said in that Coggins promoted grtyfpjjLrk in the Year in Review professor of journalism, who was then editor of the Chapel Hill Weekly. Shumaker later became the inspira tion for Mac Nelly’s comic strip “Shoe.” “Shumaker let me hang myself twice a week,” Mac Nelly said in 1998. “That’s not as easy as having some one tell you what to do.” “(MacNelly) had a wit that is extremely hard to get into cartoons, and he did it very quickly,” said Shumaker. “But to do that without being mean. There wasn’t a mean bone in his body.” Mac Nelly would head to the Richmond News Leader in 1970, where he would win his first Pulitzer two years later, at the age of 24. His second would come in 1978. In 1982, Mac Nelly joined the Chicago Tribune and won his third Pulitzer in 1985. class. “The question is whether or not students thought they were using unau thorized aid,” Opatha said. “Groupwork was no secret in the course and was actually encouraged.” After two hours of defense testimony, the Honor Court panel went into delib erations for more than an hour and a half. During the break, the defendants and the audience, which was mainly com posed of students from the course, remained optimistic. “I’m in good spir its,” Trinh said. “I’m just waiting for the verdict, but I feel confident.” And some of the accused students who have already been tried said they hope last night’s hearing might be a basis to overturn previous convictions. “I hope it might pave the road for the rest of us,” said Dharmesh Patel, a senior computer science major. “They need to He worked out of the Tribune’s Washington bureau until his death. While editorial cartooning was his first love, Mac Nelly might be best known for his cartoon “Shoe,” which features the cigar-chomping, sneaker wearing P. Martin Shoemaker, based on Shumaker. And “Shoe” fans will be happy to know the cartoon will continue. Mac Nelly had been making plans to retire from the strip, said his assistant, Chris Cassatt. Cassatt had been doing the lettering and production work, allowing Mac Nelly to focus on his drawings. Brookins’ style is so similar to Mac Nelly’s that Brookins was tabbed by Mac Nelly to take over the strip with Cassatt. Throughout his life, Mac Nelly was fond of UNC. Cassatt said, “He really loved the school and loved his time there.” go back and review the evidence. But I’m here for support.” Students argued the cases should have never made it to the Honor Court because classes in the Department of Computer Science operate under dif ferent circumstances. “Collaboration did take place, but it didn’t damage aca demic growth - it nourished it,” said Clate Stansbury, a junior computer sci ence major. He said the Honor Court is not designed to be flexible and to under stand that computer programming works through collaboration. When the verdict was delivered, Trinh’s jaw dropped while Roth remained straight-faced. The audience responded with mutterings of shock. “I can’t even believe it,” said Bill Safcik, a senior mathematics major. “The issue here is they’re taking things out of context.” But Coggins said the cheating charges applied. “It creates an unfair playing field for the class.” (Ilir Sally (Tar Hrrl Monday, January 8,2001 Volume 108, Issue 133 RO. Box 3257, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 Matt Dees, Editor, 962-4086 Advertising & Business, 962-1163 News, Features, Sports, 962-0245 I almort spent all my money on \ NEW Text Books, instead of \\ y savin? a bundle on USED Text Books at m Book & Supply UNCs Off-campus Used Text Book Headquarters -A--A-1 Harder to find ... ' m but worth it! It ' W M I WkM a y Pm. I Burma. 1 Saak £ supply CS In 7 Behind Wicked Burrito Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 Phone (919) 969-8398 * ’ Fax (919) 969-8996 Suttenfield, Shelton Fill 2 Key University Posts Robert Shelton was tapped as provost, and Nancy Suttenfield was named UNC's chief financial adviser. By Elizabeth Breyer Assistant University Editor OCT. 16 - The University’s searches for two of its highest ranking officials have officially ended. The Board of Governors approved Robert Shelton for the position of provost and executive vice chancellor and Nancy Suttenfield for the post of vice chancellor for finance and admin istration at its meeting Friday. Shelton, who will assume the position Feb. 1 and be paid $234,190 annually, is the vice provost for research in the University of California Office of the President. Suttenfield, who will take office Nov. 20 and be paid $235,000, is Case Western Reserve University’s vice president for finance and administration. “It’s really nice to see our leader ship team taking form,” said “It’s really nice to see our leadership team taking form. They will both be great additions to the University. ” Brad Matthews Student Body President Student Body President Brad Matthews. “They will both be great additions to the University.” Shelton’s appointment marks the end of a search process that began when Chancellor James Moeser came to UNC. Shelton’s name was the only one sub mitted to the Board of Trustees by the Provost Search Committee and required review by Moeser and the BOT before being forwarded to the BOG for the final seal of approval. Suttenfield was approved by the Board of Trustees at its Sept. 28 meeting, but Shelton’s appointment was approved by a recent mail ballot sent to the trustees. “The timing for Ms. Suttenfield’s appointment coincided most directly with the trustee meeting,” said Nancy Davis, associate vice chan cellor for University relations. “The next trustee meeting wasn’t until November, and (the BOT) wanted to get Shelton approved before that.” tyc\t Satly (Ear Hppl Members of the UNC community expressed their pleasure with the approval of Shelton. “I think he’s going to be an excellent provost,” said Sue Estroff, chairwoman of the Faculty Council. “He has a lot of experience with university-level and system-level work." As provost, Shelton will serve as chief academic officer for the university and oversee all academic operations, includ ing University libraries and all educa tional centers on campus. Deans of UNC’s 13 colleges and schools will also report to him. Shelton will also fill the role of exec utive vice chancellor, requiring him to serve as the chief operating and admin istrative officer, while also acting as the University’s primary spokesman. Joanne Marshall, dean of the School of Information and Library Science, said she is thrilled about the prospect of work ing with Shelton. “I think he has won derful experience to bring to UNC,” she said. “He has ai) excellent under standing of the issues facing Si research university and is very sensi tive to the needs of students.” Moeser earlier told The Daily Tar Heel that he was hoping to name a physical scientist to the post -and that Shelton, a former chairman of the UC- Davis physics department, fit that bill. Estroff said that reasoning makes her glad Shelton was picked. “It will be a bit different for us because he’s a basic scientist - it will be very positive for people in the basic sci ences,” she said. “He will be a good partner for the chancellor.” Although Marshall represents a school outside the realm of science, she said she is confident Shelton will address her needs as well. “He is aware of the complexities in a research uni versity and the many interest groups and is a very balanced person.” Estroff also served as a member of the search committee that choSe Suttenfield. “She is very self-possessed, and has enormous experience in the public sector,” Estroff said. “She knows her stuff but doesn’t take up a lot of space, she listens but is not shy.”
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