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Students Sought to Fill Posts
Applications for the 146
remaining positions within
student government must
be turned in by Thursday.
Bv Eric Meehan
Staff Writer
Student government officials are urg
ing students who want the chance to get
involved at UNC to apply for a number
of external committee appointments.
Students can try to gain positions on
the various committees and boards that
make up the 146 available external posi
tions of student government.
Applications are due this Thursday.
Student Body Vice President Rudy
Kleysteuber said the external positions
are a way for normal students to partic
ipate in behind-the-scenes activities at
UNC.
“We try not to make these the kind of
things that will eat up someone’s life,”
he said. “They don’t have to live at stu
dent government. They can be regular
students who want to contribute.
“We ask that they give regular
U.S., China Prepare for Plane Talks
Representatives will meet in
Beijing to discuss the return
of the plane and how to
avoid similar incidents.
The Associated Press
BEIJING - Teams of U.S. and
Chinese negotiators - including an
American deputy defense secretary and
a Chinese Foreign Ministry official -
staked Qut tough positions Tuesday
ahead of talks on the return of a U.S. spy
plane and the collision that killed a
Chinese fighter pilot.
Tensions remain high between the
two nations, even after the release of 24
U.S. crew members who were held for
11 days after fnaking an emergency
landing on Hainan island in the South
China Sea.
China has demanded an end to U.S.
surveillance flights near its territory and
says it wants to discuss how to avoid
such incidents during Wednesday’s talks
at die Foreign Ministry.
Both sides say they will review the
cause of the collision. Beijing insists the
EP-3E surveillance plane caused the
April 1 crash and that Washington must
take responsibility. U.S. officials say the
Chinese F-8 fighter plane was probably
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reports, check up to see if they are going
to their meetings and regularly commu
nicate with them.”
Kleysteuber said there are a variety of
groups students can serve on depending
on their interests. The committees range
from significant responsibilities like the
Buildings and Grounds Committee to
less intense committees, like the Student
Stores Advisory Committee.
“We probably have anywhere from
50 to 70 different committees, boards
and groups that students can serve on,”
he said. “I think these positions are an
amazing opportunity for people to see
how things really work. There is a lot
going on here.”
Kleysteuber said the process of find
ing students who are willing to give the
necessary commitment has been going
on for a few weeks, and he has answered
many e-mails.
The selection process involves pro
cessing the applications and interview
ing prospective candidates.
“We read the applications, bring
them in for an interview with me and
some members of the Cabinet and take
the students who impress us with their
passion,” he said. “We also want stu
at fault.
The Bush administration has rejected
the call for an end to the surveillance
flights, saying it has the right to fly in
international air space.
U.S. officials have made bringing the
plane home their priority since the
crew’s release.
“We want our airplane back, and
we’re going to make that point, and we
would expect to get a response,” State
Department spokesman Richard
Boucher said Tuesday, adding that he
expects the matter to be addressed in
the talks in Beijing.
Deputy Undersecretary of Defense
Peter F. Verga, who heads the U.S. del
egation, told reporters only that his side
was seeking more information.
“We’re here ... to meet with the
Chinese government and exchange
information regarding the ongoing situ
ation with our reconnaissance aircraft,”
Verga said Tuesday at Beijing’s airport.
Six of the eight members of the U.S.
team are military officers or Defense
Department officials. They include an
expert on the EP-3E and Army Brig.
Gen. Neal Sealock, the U.S. Embassy
military attache who served as chief con
tact with the crew during their captivi
ty-
China’s delegation will be led by Lu
Shimin, director general of the Foreign
Ministry’s North American and Oceanic
dents who are articulate and can show
some knowledge of the subject they are
involved in.”
Kleysteuber said interested students
are encouraged to look at the Web page
www.unc.edu/student/orgs/studgov for
additional information.
Student government officials are
available to answer any questions the
Web page cannot. *
“Obviously, sometimes we have stu
dents who don’t follow through on their
responsibilities,” Kleysteuber said.
“Often they are the only student voice
on an issue so we want people who are
committed and have time to look into
these various issues.”
Brad Rathgeber served on the
Buildings and Grounds Committee this
year and said that he feels he made a
positive contribution to UNC.
“I tried to make sure a student voice
was heard,” Rathgeber said.
“On a committee dominated by fac
ulty, they just don’t think about student
concerns, so I tried to get that concern
in there.”
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
Affairs Department, said spokeswoman
Zhang Qiyue. She said military officials
will also be in the delegation but pro
vided no details.
“It is our hope that the U.S. side will
take a constructive attitude in negotia
tions so as to ensure a proper settle
ment of the question,” Zhang told
reporters.
She refused to say whether China
would discuss returning the plane. It is
believed to be sitting at the Hainan air
base where it landed.
At the Pentagon, spokesman Rear
Adm. Craig Quigley suggested possible
ways to retrieve the plane, including
sending in a team of aeronautical engi
neers familiar with the construction of
the EP-3E to determine the repairs
needed.
“If that is doable, and it’s acceptable
to the Chinese, we could then consider
sending in a repair team of some sort
with the appropriate parts and the tools
and the auxiliary equipment you would
need to effect the repairs and fly the
plane out,” he said Tuesday.
If experts deem the plane beyond
repair or the Chinese refuse to allow any
work on the aircraft, an alternative
would be “to literally disassemble the
plane and then figure out a way to either
fly the parts of the airplane off the island
or ship them off the island in crates or
something,” Quigley said.
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