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Monday, March 26, 2001
2 Announce ASG President Candidacy
By Lucas Fenske
Assistant State & National Editor
PEMBROKE - Two students,
including the current president, will vie
for the presidency of the UNC
Association of Student Governments
during the next three weeks.
David Chesley, a junior at Western
Carolina University, and current ASG
President Andrew Payne, a senior at N.C.
State University, were nominated for
president during the monthly ASG meet
ing, which was held at UNC-Pembroke.
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Chesley, who is currently ASG vice
president for legislative affairs, said he
would not comment on his candidacy.
UNC-P Student Body President
Veronica Hatton is running for ASG
vice president on Chesley’s ticket.
Payne said he is running for president
again to continue working on issues vital
to student interests, such as additional
funding for need-based aid. “I think we’ve
made so much progress this past year,” he
said. “I don’t want the momentum to die.”
Payne said he wants to increase the
budget of the financially strapped orga-
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nization by seeking out grants.
Payne said he also wanted to contin
ue Students’ Day at the Capitol and to
prevent UNC-system schools from rais
ing undergraduate tuition.
The current tuition policy, which the
Board of Governors plans to review at
its April meeting, allows individual sys
tem schools to request tuition increases
under “extraordinary circumstances.”
Payne’s running mate is Sonja
Blanks, Fayetteville State University stu
dent body president. ASG delegates
will elect the next president April 21.
Current ASG vice president Liz
Gardner, who ran for president against
Payne last fall, said she would not seek
the position of president because she
thought it was beneficial for the organi
zation to have a president serve for two
terms in a row. Gardner also said she
would not make another bid for the vice
president post because it was important
to have student leadership from a histor
ically black university in the organization.
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Students’ Day at the Capitol, when stu
dents from across the state gathered in
Raleigh on Feb. 20 to discuss issues with
state legislators such as an increase in
need-based financial aid and a student
vote on the Board of Governors.
Chesley, who helped organize the
event along with Payne and others, said
the day was positive for the most part,
but there were several things that could
be done to improve it. Chesley said the
rally, which was dominated by speakers,
should be tweaked. “I think so many
speakers, the continuing motion of going
up and back, didn’t work out that well.”
Chesley also said that the rally also
should feature fewer “big-name speak
ers” and that the speakers present
should tailor their message to students.
UNC-Chapel Hill Student Body
President-elect Justin Young also attend
ed his first ASG meeting. Young, who
will have an ASG seat after taking
office, spent part of the time getting to
know student body presidents. “It’s nice
to find out what’s going on at other uni
versities and to go see other campuses.”
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To Face Heated Debate
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Previewing the
second week of campaign finance
debate, Republican Sen. John McCain
on Sunday predicted more “as we come
closer to passage” of his bill to ban soft
money and also fought to head off
momentum for a rival plan.
Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott,
R-Miss., said he liked an alternative that
would limit, not ban, soft money. Sen.
Mitch McConnell, who opposes
McCain’s leading proposal, also
endorsed the cap.
Senators hope to reach a compro
mise on campaign donation regulations
by the end of the week. Lott said on
CNN’s “Late Edition” that a proposal
“might have a chance” only if it increas
es individual contribution limits.
McCain, R-Ariz., continued to press
for a full ban on soft money, the loose
ly regulated, unlimited donations that
unions, corporations and individuals
make to political parties. The plan that
he and Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., are
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sponsoring does not increase the
amount that an individual can con
tribute to a candidate.
McCain said the rival measure by
Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., does not go
far enough.
“I don’t underestimate the difficulty
here,” McCain said on CBS’ “Face The
Nation.” “We are threatening the system
that keeps these people in power. We are
threatening incumbency. ... Have no
doubt what is at stake here. So you can
probably predict more of this kind of
hysteria as we come closer to passage.”
Hagel’s plan would restrict soft money
donations and raise the limits on dona
tions that individuals make directly to
candidates. Hagel said on NBC’s “Meet
The Press” that his plan is a constitution
al one, “but more importandy, one that
will get the signature of the president"
After a fairly genial first week of
debate, senators signaled that the sec
ond week could be more difficult.
“The real story is going to be this
week,” McConnell, R-Ky., said on
ABC’s “This Week.”
He said on CNN that the Hagel bill
would address any “appearance of cor
ruption that concerns people.”
Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.,
countered that the Senate should do
better.
“Today we’re talking about millions
and millions of dollars being spent on
politics in this country, and people are
getting sick of it. And we need to do
something to put the brakes on to slow
this down,” he said on CNN.
Federal Election Commission records
show Republicans raised about $244
million and Democrats $243 million in
soft money during the past two years.
Campus Calendar
Today
10 a.m. - Alpha Phi Omega, Phi
Beta Sigma and the NAACP will spon
sor “Everyone Bleeds the Same
Color” from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the
Union. Come donate blood and help
save lives.
noon - PUPA Majors Union mem
bers, come join us at the Student-
Faculty Luncheon! Free pizza and
refreshments will be provided.
3 p.m. - Award-winning author
Sandra Jackson-Opoku will be read
ing from and signing her new novel,
Hot Johnny (And the Woman Who
Loved Him) at the Bull’s Head
Bookstore.
3 p.m. - Freshmen and sophomores
interested in majoring in nutrition
are cordially invited to attend a social
sponsored by the Department of
Nutrition in Room 109 Mainstreet in
Lenoir Hall.
Faculty and advisers will be present,
and information on course require
ments and career options will be avail
able.
4:30 p.m. - Interested in art history
or Judaic studies? Then join N.C. Hillel
for a Judaic art tour.
We will be meeting first at Hillel on
310 Cameron St. (behind Granville
Towers) and proceed over to the
Ackland Art Museum. For more infor
mation or if you would like to come,
call Judy at 914-2816.
5:30 p.m. - The Dinner Discussion
and Criminal Justice Action and
Awareness committees of the Campus
Y will present a dinner discussion on
“The War on Drugs” in Carmichael
Fishbowl.
A free meal will be provided for all
participants.
7 p.m. - Do you know about the eth
nic conflict going on right now in Sri
Lanka? Human Rights Week is proud
to sponsor Father Emmanuel, who
will speak about his personal experi
ence and the current situation in Sri
Lanka in 103 Bingham Hall.
There will be a discussion following
the talk, so come join us!
This event is sponsored by the Globe
Committee of the Campus Y.
7:30 p.m. -The Dialectic and
Philanthropic Literary and Debate
Societies will hold their annual
Bicentennial Debate in 308 New
West.
The debate, discussed by the soci
eties 200 years ago, is “Can civilized
society exist without religion?”
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Monday, March 26,2001
Volume 109, Issue 17
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