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Tuesday, April 3, 2001
MATTHEWS
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troversy and concerns about the UNC
Master Plan as diversions from the goals
on his platform.
“You’re not working in a vacuum,” he
said. “You have to focus on not just your
own agenda, but 60 other agendas. We
had to constantly reprioritize.”
And Matthews said some of his plat
form’s issues, such as ensuring the
Carolina Computing Initiative’s success,
were not expected to yield tangible
results in only one year. “(CCI) is a four
year program.” he said. “I think people
have rushed to initial judgments.”
Matthews said he expects clocks to be
in all classrooms by the fall semester and
that a transit study recently launched by
a committee including Faculty
Chairwoman Sue Estroff will look into
transportation alternatives to the P2P.
Matthews said his administration has
had success establishing the Carolina
Rental Advocacy Group to increase
landlord accountability, implementing
an online calendar for all campus events
and raising campus and community sup
port for fare-free bus service.
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He also said his administration has
fulfilled his campaign promise to keep
student fees at a minimum. “We kept the
increase on student fees to 2.8 percent,
which is the lowest it’s been in recent
history,” he said. “If you saw how many
fee increase proposals came across my
desk, you’d be blown away.”
But limited productivity has not been
the only criticism of student government
this year.
During their February campaigns,
some student body president candidates
criticized student government for not
being accessible enough.
Former candidate Eric Johnson said
such criticism was not directed at
Matthews but said the style of this year’s
administration did lack visibility.
“(Matthews) got stuff done but got it
done out of the public eye,” Johnson
said. “Instead of the activist student gov
ernment, it’s been more pragmatic stu
dent government.”
But Matthews claims his administra
tion has visited residence halls and
knocked on thousands of closed doors -
rather than worked behind them - in
efforts to communicate with students.
He said those efforts also have included
weekly focus groups held with students
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but that conversing with every student is
logistically impossible.
“You can’t reach out and have a 30-
minute discussion with 24,000 people,”
he said. “It’s a balancing act.”
And Matthews said some of his most
involved work has come from cooperat
ing with University administration and
local officials.
Matthews said he is most proud of his
administration’s work to establish an on
campus poll site and successfully cam
paign for the $3.1 billion N.C. higher
education bond referendum.
“I think people have overlooked the
significance of those achievements,” he
said. “We got more people registered to
vote and to actually vote than any other
year.”
As student body president, Matthews
also served as the only student member
of the Board of Trustees.
BOT Chairwoman Anne Cates said
Matthews was involved with the board’s
evaluation of the Master Plan, a 50-year
blueprint for campus growth that was
approved by the board last month.
“He was there and asked all the ques
tions that pertained to students’ inter
ests,” Cates said. “We listened to what he
said.”
Chancellor James Moeser agreed,
saying that Matthews’ contributions to
board discussions on the Master Plan
well represented his constituents. “Brad
listens very well and has a pulse for stu
dent perspective,” he said. “I think he’s
been a very strong advocate and
spokesman for the students.”
Matthews’ role within the adminis
tration has extended beyond board
member to include campus guide for
Provost Robert Shelton and Moeser,
both in their first year at UNC.
Moeser and Shelton both said
Matthews has helped facilitate their
introductions to the University, taking
them to see campus staples such as
Sutton’s Drug Store and the Pit
Preacher.
“(Matthews has) gone out of his way
to help me become familiar with the
campus,” Moeser said. “He couldn’t
have been more helpful and has given
me good advice.”
But as Matthews’ term draws to an
end, his focus has returned to student
concerns.
The final days of Matthews’ term
have been spent dealing with a campus
issue he has purposely evaded all year
long - accusations of corruption within
the Carolina Athletic Association.
Matthews said he has avoided
involvement in the controversy sur
rounding the organization this year
RANKINGS the University attract research funding “With the new chancellor and the many
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“Many talented students who earn grad- energy in graduate programs,” he said,
uate and professional degrees in Chapel “I hope we fulfill Chancellor
issued a statement Friday saying the Hill stay in our state to make contribu- Moeser’s goal of becoming the best pub
school’s main goal does not focus on tions to the work force.” lie university in the country.”
rankings. But Moeser stated that the rank- Woody said he thinks the new admin
ings help attract students and funding. istration would enhance graduate The University Editor can be reached
“Top-notch graduate programs help research and schools for the future. at udesk@unc.edu..
LAW STUDENTS
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other ways. Samantha Cabe, a second
year law student and an officer of the
Women in Law program, said certain
classes, like “Sex Equality,” do tend to
be mosdy female. “I took a course that
was predominantly female, and there
was very open discussion about different
ways that women are treated in the legal
profession,” Cabe said.
In other courses, the dynamic
changes. “In classes such as ‘Business
Associations,’ the voice of the class seems
to be predominandy male,” she said.
Gibson recalled the 19705, when her
classes were predominantly male. She
said her graduating class was 20 percent
female -a large percentage of women
graduates for the time.
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because his roommate and friend is in
the middle of it all - CAA President Tee
Pruitt.
“I’ve avoided finding out about it
until it crosses my professional sphere,”
Matthews said. “But I’m interested in
reaching some closure on this.”
But trying to find closure to his daily
workload has proven more difficult than
Matthews anticipated. He said his 60-
hour workweeks exceeded his expecta
tions of what the job would require.
Matthews said he has avoided excess
stress by not taking himself too serious
ly. “Having a sense of humor has been
my saving grace,” he said.
And as a reality check, Matthews said
he keeps an “Animal House” poster of
John Belushi in his office. “If I ever for
get, that poster reminds me that I’m still
a college student,” he said.
Matthews said student government
still has a need for continued improve
ment but that he feels his administration
has paved the way for greater things
from the executive branch.
“We’ve built a foundation that will
last,” he said.
“There is a base which student gov
ernment can use to reach higher. I hope
every administration accomplishes
more.”
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Regarding the atmosphere in the
classroom, Gibson said the increase in
female students has not caused a dra
matic shift but that the trend has made
women feel more comfortable.
“We felt more like pioneers - that we
had the courage to come into this male
dominated profession,” Gibson said of
her law school class.
But students and faculty said there
are still obstacles specific to women. “It’s
not women that limit themselves but
people with preconceived notions that
limit them,” Taylor-Carter said.
Rosenzweig expressed a similar sen
timent, saying the law profession is
probably more difficult for women
because they have to fight stereotypes.
Students and professors said the other
major burden women face in law
careers is the potential responsibility of
balancing motherhood with profession-
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CONGRESS
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will be available from the Ticket Office
and can be compared to the list submit
ted by the CAA.
The agreement also requires that any
changes to the ticket distribution policy
must be approved by the athletic direc
tor, the CAA president, the student body
president and the speaker of Congress.
Matthews said the bill and agreement
package will help repair the reputation
of the CAA. “Cracking this thing open
to public scrutiny is going to address a
lot of problems,” he said.
Richter and Wahl both said they sup-.
ported the bill’s passage but voted
against it for reasons of principle. ,
Richter said she disagreed with the.
requirement that Chaney’s officers be
approved by Congress, and Wahl said’
Matthews should not have been allowed
to threaten Congress with a veto in order
to pass an altered version of the bill. “I
think it’s bad that we end with something
so emphatic as a 17-1 vote and have a
lame-duck student body president come,
in and make changes,” he said.
“(I voted no) because I knew there,
would be no way it wouldn’t pass.”
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al considerations.
“As more women get in decision
making positions in the profession, my
guess and my hope is there is going to
be greater emphasis given to outside life,
such as family,” Gibson said.
Taylor-Carter also noted how women
have impacted the law profession. “(The
increasing number of women) should I
hopefully open people’s eyes to different
issues and concerns they haven’t
thought about before,” she said. “And it
only makes the profession better.”
Rosenzweig also touted the benefits
of women in law and summed up his
views with a positive statement.
“In general, I have to say that I like
women in law school- it seems like the
smartest people are girls.”
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