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8 Wednesday, January 31, 2001 Concerns or comments about cur coverage? Contact the ombudsman at ombudsmarstDunc.edu at caß 933-4611. Jonathan Chaney EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR Kim Minugh UNIVERSITY EDITOR Ginny Sciabbarrasi CITY EDITOR Board Editorials Valuable Aid Princeton's decision to replace loans with scholarships will increase its economic diversity and relieve financial pressure. As more students around the country are taking out loans to pay for college than ever before, Princeton University has decided to scrap student loans and instead opt for schol arships so undergraduate students will not have to face big debts upon graduation. Princeton’s plan is to use money from gifts to the school and its tremendous endowment - totaling almost $8 billion - to expand schol arships to all students receiving financial aid. By expanding scholarships, Princeton hopes to make itself more appealing to mid dle-class students. In the last 20 years, mid dle-class students wishing to attend Princeton and other Ivy League universities have had to take out tremendous loans to attend these schools because the majority of scholarship money went to poorer students. Asa result, an income gap has been cre ated on these campuses, with the student bodies mainly being made up of wealthy stu dents who can afford the $26,000-plus tuition and poorer students receiving scholarships, leaving the middle-class students to either attend other universities or take on huge debts. By eliminating loans, Princeton is making a noble effort to economically diversify its campus, which should be a goal for all American colleges and universities. According to the 1999-2000 Faculty Council Report on Student Aid, 46 percent of UNC’s financial aid to undergraduates is Ego Reform Bush and McCain's agreement on debating a campaign reform bill will allow both men to achieve their political goals. Meaningful campaign finance reform is no longer a dream floating around in Arizona Sen. John McCain’s head. In fact, it could become a reality by Easter. Last week, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott agreed to allow the McCain-Feingold campaign reform bill its day in the Senate. The bill will come up for debate in March. It’s a win-win situation for both McCain and President George W. Bush. McCain, who received widespread sup port in the presidential primaries by focusing on populist themes such as campaign reform, is now able to get his issue on die table. And Bush can avoid the headaches that threatened to beset his administration so early in his term. McCain, though a Republican, is no loyal partisan. He threatened to bring campaign reform to the Senate floor with or without the support of Lott through parliamentary proce dure. It would have caused gridlock in Congress, sparking bickering among senators. And such a move would have stolen the spotlight from Bush and placed it squarely on McCain - an idea that infuriated Bush. And with good reason. A president uses his first 100 days in office to send a volley of legislation to Congress. His success or failure is a litmus test for the Sangam Unites South Asian Students to Defeat Stereotypes I invite you to take a journey of inquiry with me in examining a particular minority group here at UNC. Exactly which group I am talk ing about I will reveal in a bit, but just stick with me on this for the time being. First, let’s talk about the notion of a group. Some 40,000 years ago, our wonder ful hunter-gatherer ancestors found it far more beneficial to group together than to exist alone. “Two minds are better than one,” as the cliche goes. Community and cooperation have always been the keys to human progress. And the truth is, not too much has changed about human nature in that respect since back in the day. In fact, we have further extended the idea of community to reach above and beyond into the larger society. And most of us can agree that this group mentality has worked tremendous ly to our benefit time and time again. Heck, the American Revolution, the Matt Dees EDITOR Office Hours Friday 2 p.m. -3 p.m. Alex Kaplun STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR Rachel Carter SPORTS EDITOR Jermaine Caldwell FEATURES EDITOR in the form of loans or work study programs. The typical financial aid package for aid-eli gible in state freshmen last year was 36 per cent loans, 2 percent work study and 62 per cent grants and scholarships. That means the typical student receiving aid will leave school with debt. In creating an economically diverse cam pus, Princeton is enabling students to study in an environment that better reflects the economic makeup of the country as a whole, thereby expanding their education. In 1998 Princeton substituted grants for loans for its lowest income students and also altered its formula used to calculate a fami ly’s ability to pay for college so that middle income students could receive more aid. Other Ivy League schools then followed suit, so it appears likely that other schools will fol low Princeton’s lead again. Princeton is able to make such progressive moves in education thanks in large part to its tremendous endowment. According to fig ures from 1999, UNC’s endowment is only about one-eighth that of Princeton’s. Chancellor James Moeser had a history of effective fund raising at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and so there is potential for UNC’s endowment to increase under his leadership as well. That way UNC could follow Princeton’s example and relieve some of students’ finan cial burdens. rest of the presidency. During those first three months, the public and media pay close attention to every move in Washington. Bush could not let McCain steal the show. Under the compromise, that’s not a problem. McCain agreed to fade into the back ground for a few months and allow Bush to craft his legislative agenda in peace. But McCain refuses to disappear. And the game of politics continues to rage unabated. This week, McCain kicked off a series of town meetings where he will lay out his ideas on campaign finance reform. He is targeting states with Republican senators who are lean ing against his bill in an effort to increase constituent pressure on them, which irritates the party’s leadership. And don’t get the impression that McCain and Bush are on good terms. The duo’s rival ry is still present. McCain used the dreaded “M” word to describe his role in finance reform: mandate. And McCain wasn’t pleased when he came to the White House for a “one-on-one” with Bush and found Vice President Dick Cheney would be joining in. Despite their mutual ill will, the two have done the best thing by making this compromise. It allows two large egos to save face - for a few months at least. SACHIN PATEL POINT OF VIEW Industrial Revolution, the Civil Rights movement, women’s suffrage ... the list is endless. And so our inquisitive journey paus es for a moment so that we can affirm the intrinsic value of community and the group. So then we take one step further and define a more specific group to exam ine “the minority” (cultural, ethnic and religious). What exactly is it about “minorities” that let them work so perfecdy within the group mentality framework? Well, in particular, we see that all the necessary components are present: several individuals faced with common goals (i.e. resisting oppression, securing civil rights, political and artistic expres sion, etc.) and the prospect of achiev ing those goals more efficiently should a collective effort be undertaken. olljt iathj (Ear Hrrl Established 1893 • 107 Years of Editorial Freedom www.dailytarhed.com Ashley Atkinson ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Carolyn Haynes CORY DESK EDITOR Sefton IpocK PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Duke Plays Classlcssly Intensely On Thursday at 9 p.m., for the first time as UNC men’s basketball head coach, Matt Doherty will travel with his Tar Heels to face UNC’s archrival. I think Coach D might give me free tickets if I take a couple of cheap shots and all read ers could use a reminder about what it’s like to play Rake Duke. One of the country’s most hated successful college basketball programs resides in the land dump town adjacent to Chapel Hill. The Univeroity-ef New Jersey at Durham Duke University is home to the sissy mighty Blue Devils, appropriately named because Satan is the-oaly-person, fictional or realiatie, who could poaoibly appreciate thorn they devour their opponents’ souls. Duke, a team many basketball fans love te loathe, utilizes a jersey grabbing tenacious, full-court defense. Their “D” begins when, as a team, each player slaps the floor in unison, a clear indication that playing Patty Cairo dur ing practice is finally paying off the players work well together. That defense, in turn, fuels their cherry picking high-octane offense, orchestrated by sophomore point guard Jason Williams. In the final seconds of a 22-point win over Boston College, Williams mercilessly taunted oppo nent Kenny Walls by pump-faking the basket ball in Walls’ face. On national television, Williams got caught committing an act 00-gutless you’d condemn a second grader for it up in the heat of the moment. Walls retaliated, shoving Williams into press row, which was wrong. Instead of push ing, Walls should have cokTcockod him let cooler heads prevail. Chris Duhon, another Duke guard, often occasionally forgets to make the extra pass. Duhon received a citation earlier this season for underage drinking, proving that on and off the court he’s yet to sec a shot he won’t take prone to freshman mistakes. But boys will be boys, which brings us to Mike Dunleavy, who shaves hw legs maybe twice a week. Dunleavy’s Gasper the Ghost tan-and skin nier than a Somalian frame slim build Thus, it seems logical that minorities could and should act with group men tality to achieve progress. But finally we look at the South Asian minority in America (that includes those individuals from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bhutan and India). This last stop on our journey drops us in the midst of a baffling puzzle. It seems that the South Asian minor- “It seems that the South Asian minority ...has eluded this ‘group’ framework. ” ity (and possibly many other relatively new minorities) has eluded this “group” framework altogether. Despite the fact that more than two decades have passed since South Asians emerged in the U. S. as a signif icant percent of the population, they still are far from being represented in the public arena. There are relatively few South Asians in government, humanities, education, public service, etc. (I would Opinion be surprised if there were a South Asian student out there who didn’t rec ognize the tendency for most college bound South Asian high schoolers to immediately declare pre-medicine as their course of study, a.k.a. “pre-med syndrome.”) When is the last time you saw an Indian or Sri Lankan or a Pakistani actress play a major role in a movie? And why is it that three hate crimes directed toward South Asians can happen in the U.S. and yet not a whisper is heard about them? Why is it that so many South Asians can’t even get past internal lines of sep aration? Self-discrimination is as prevalent a problem for South Asians as it is with any other minority (Sri Lanka vs. India, Pakistan vs. India, Bangladesh vs. Pakistan ...) When should we draw the line? Lauren Beal & Kathleen Hunter MANAGING EDITORS Beth Buchholz & Catherine Jamison DESIGN EDITORS Jason Cooper * GRAPHICS EDITOR Josh Williams ONLINE EDITOR DAN SAUER GROUCHO'S MANIFESTO deceives opponents into thinking biology clauses use him to otudy bone-atrueturc he is a pushover. Then there is pretty boy cover boy Shane Battier, featured on the front page of Alien Appreciation and Extra terrestrials Weekly many preseason basketball publications. If you missed them, don’t worry; next year the magazincs pfofflioe to print not only the front mug ohots-but-also the aide profiles back issues are available. Twice named defensive player of the year, Battier draws more charges than any other player by flopping like a fat kid jumping off the-diving-beard at the local summer pool e&b getting excellent position. Yet another hated Dookic well-spoken Dukie, Battier chose to be a religion major, in part, to learn the prayers he’ll need to recite twice daily if he wants sny ehance at malting the NBA relate with others. Battier is a favorite of the Cameron Crazies, Duke’s bandwagon loyal fans. The Crazies camp out for weeks to get Duke tick ets because besides getting mugged, what the hell is thereto do in Durham? Cameron Indoor Stadium has fewer seats than the nor mal-sized airplane arena. Restricted by city fire codes prohibiting mass gatherings of idiots its size, the building still generates a lot of noise. Notorious for classless humorous cheers mocking their opponents, Duke students con sider themselves to be some of the best col lege sports fans in the country, an argument I’ll vouch for if football doesn’t count as a Someone was going to make a movie about And perhaps most puzzlingly of all, why has all of this evaded dialogue for so many years? There is a clear problem (lack of communication) and a clear solution (communication) and still we have refrained from putting the two togeth er. Is this a reason for concern? Why is there a seemingly übiquitous lack of true unity within this particular minority? We see minority groups all over the place come together to sup port and protect one another in the face of political, economic and social oppression of all sorts. I applaud African Americans for their unity in the face of oppression on many fronts. Though equality is still far from being a reality, I would like to think that the African-American minority group has done a fantastic job in striv ing for that and other causes. And it makes sense, right? If a minority group doesn’t stick up for its own interests, chances are (his torically) that nobody else is going to Hailif (Ear Merl Brian Frederick READERS’ ADVOCATE Laura Stoehr SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS EDITOR the Crazies, but the title “Revenge of the Nordo” waa already taken it didn’t work out. Regardless, they’re opoilod brnto knowledge able basketball fans who appreciate the game’s finer intricacies, like a good screen as long as it’s at least 27 inches wide, juat like the eoe-Daddy bought them. The Crazies worship Duke’s coach, Mike Krzyzewski, who sometimes walks with a slight limp but you would too if Dick Vitale was far enough up your butt to know what you ate for breakfast after having hip surgery two years ago. However, thanks to jet black hair dye Krzyzewski still looks like a rodent young. That, and his distinct voice, which in more annoying than the beeping noioe during teats for-the emergency-broadcast system, make him Public Enemy-No. lin Chapel Hill one of the nation’s most recognizable coaches. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but I wouldn’t want Coach Krzyzewski to-spit on my eyebrows if they were on-fire to coach my school’s team. To see the biggest difference between the two coaches, look no further than the size of their noses their mentors. Doherty learned under Dean Smith. Coach K, on the other hand, played for mentally deranged Bobby Knight, whose drill sergeant hard-nosed approach sharply contrasts with Smith’s fatherly style. As for Doherty, the greatest challenge fac ing his team is just to play ball and not to get caught up in the emotions of the rivalry, oven if-those pansies are so easy to hate. Likewise, the most challenging thing for a UNC student writing a column about Duke has been not-vomiting all over mv keyboard just thinking about them remaining objective. I honestly feel I’ve done a good job of that. Now-,-if you’ll excuse mo, I must clean off my computer. Dan Satter, a junior history and journalism and mass communication major from Framingham, Mass., stole copied this column idea from his favorite writer, Dr. Seuss Rick Reilly. Send free tickets or other cheap shots to Dan at satter@email.unc.edu. either. And since the individual usually cannot be effective in facing a large majority, the “group” framework must come into play. And so it is logical that ethnic, racial and cultural minorities often come together to face common issues. At 7 p.m. tonight in the Union Cabaret, Sangam (UNC’s South Asian Awareness Organization) will host a discussion forum focusing on the ques tions “Can South Asian Unity Make a Difference? And If So, Then How?” Before South Asians can take any steps forward, they first must voice their concerns and frustrations. We have to communicate in order to change the things that need to be changed in the world around us. Come give your input tonight and at the very least listen to what your col leagues have to say. Sachin Patel is a junior from Cary who can be reached for more information about this event at patels@cs.unc.edu.
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