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(Hlj? Saily (Bar Hppl BACKGROUND From Page 1 University had gotten a reputation for hiring employees without doing back ground checks. “In looking at the sur rounding area, at academic and nonaca demic sources of employment, we found we were the largest group that didn’t do (background checks) at all,” he said. “Everybody out there knows we don’t check, so people out there with some thing to hide know where to come.” And one student says if this policy had been instituted sooner, she might have been spared a traumatic ordeal. The student, who spoke on condition 1 of anonymity, said she was raped at gun point in her Chapel Hill apartmentjan. 9. Dwayne Russell Edwards, an employee of Tar Heel Temps who had held three jobs at the University, was arrested and charged with seven felony counts in conjunction with the student’s assault in January, as well as 33 felonies related to one rape and one sexual assault in Carrboro in December. Before being hired at UNC, Edwards served five months in an Illinois jail for burglary and forgery. He was arrested in •Cumberland County for breaking and entering and felony larceny last year. At UNC, Edwards held a clerical position at Student Health Service, where he had access to students’ tele phone numbers and addresses on the SHS database after students provided a PID number as part of appointment scheduling procedures. “He raped me at gunpoint, and he was employed by the University,” the student said. “If they had done a simple background check, they would have found the charges against him.” The issue of background checks has come up again at UNC recendy - two Carolina Dining Services employees were arrested on felony charges. One employee was arrested when it was dis covered that there were outstanding war rants for his arrest in New Jersey, while the other was arrested for bringing a gun Ito Lenoir Dining Hall. Although the employee who brought the gun to Lenoir had no previous arrest record, the student said background checks could help minimize the risks students might face when interacting with employees. “We are in a day and age where, it’s sad to say, we need to do a criminal background check on every one we hire,” the student said. “For someone to show up at work at Lenoir with a gun is just insane. It should never happen - it makes me wonder how many more there are.” BILLS From Page 1 She said any additional aid might be directed primarily to the out-of-state stu dents who already qualify for need based aid. “It shouldn’t take a large amount of money,” Ort said. “About 18 percent of each class are out-of-state stu dents. Of all those, only about a third are eligible for need-based financial aid.” Ort said the financial aid office will try to notify students about their options .and increased awards. Other financial aid officers noted that legislators have allotted money for need-based aid, which could also be ;used to help offset the retroactive •increase for in-state students. Steven Brooks, executive director of the N.C. State Education Assistance Authority, which oversees scholarship programs for North Carolinians, said state legislators set aside about $8.9 mil lion for needy N.C. students. “There’s some extra money for need-based assis tance, hopefully enough for returning students,” Brooks said. “(The increase is) a large percentage. But it’s not a huge increase in dollars (for in state students).” The State & National Editor can be reached at stntdesk@unc.edu. ahe Daily (Bar Mrrl Child Care AFTERSCHOOL CARE NEEDED 3 or 4 days per week for our 6-year-oid boy and posse bly a neighbor around the same age We live in a wonderful child-friendly neighbor hood near McDougal Elementary You would pick up children from school at 2:30 and stay until about 5:30 We are looking for someone who likes to actively play with children. Call Becky or Lee 929-5710. CARE GIVER NEEDED for 19-month old boy. M-F, 8:30-4:30. 5 minutes from cam pus. Come to our house or we ll come to yours. Call Debbie at 968-1596 AFTER SCHOOL CARE. 2:45-6 p.m Two days/ week, your choice. Need reliable transportation. good references $8 50/hr Call Teri at 933-2490 (even ings) or 472-7417 (days). AFTERSCHOOL CARE NEEDED for two children, ages 10 & 12. Pick up from school, supervise homework, take to pool/lessons. give snack/dinner, two afternoons/week plus occasional evenings (hours and days are flexible). We live 5 min. from campus. Car required. 933- 4102 or rakupotsobellsouth.net MED SCHOOL faculty member seeks childcare in our home Tues. Wed. Thurs 3:00 to 7 30 $8 00/ hour. References. Would consider splitting the position Must have own transportation 942-1166 WED AND FRI. 2-5 30pm. pick-up and afterschool care for 4 yo and Byo sons of University Professor. $9/hr. 490-4670 or Icgiloemail.unc.edu. I>UK£ PROFESSORS WOULD like some one to pick up and mentor their 3rd & 4th graders in Durham from 2:30-6pm % 15/hr. References, interview and car re quired. Email donamoneuroduke.edu. phone 489-9322 after 6pm Bob Joyce, a professor at the Institute of Government, said employers have two options when conducting back ground checks. Joyce said an employer can physically go to the courthouse for each county and obtain records, or the employer can pay a private agency to compile records and run applicants through their database. He said there are no legal constraints if an employer does his or her own checks. But employers who hire a private agency are subject to the restrictions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which specifies that companies ask an appli cant’s permission before running a check and informing the applicant of the results. Maynard said background checks will perform a valuable service for the University. He said when UNC began running limited checks two years ago, a large number of the applicants checked came back with criminal records. “When we first put the limited policy in effect, the first year, we were getting back 20 to 40 percent of our applicants who said they had no criminal convic tion but did,” he said. “It’s not so much about identifying people with criminal convictions, because we ask that on the application. It’s more trying to find out where people have been truthful or noL” The anonymous student said back ground checks are the least the University can do for students. “This has affected my life so much that I feel like students should know we’re not safe,” she said. “We always ask questions about how can the University compete - we talk about faculty salaries, technology, expansion plans and how it will affect the students. But how are we going to be a better uni versity if we don’t protect our students?” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. 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And one issue that impacts all students is a recent 9 percent across the-board tuition increase. “The one thing we hope more than anything in student government is that (Moeser) will make a strong statement on the legisla ture’s decision to increase tuition - hopefully against it,” said Rudy Kleysteuber, student body vice president Kleysteuber also said he hopes Moeser will address UNC’s efforts to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans gender students. Another issue involving minority students is the On the Wake of the Emancipation Campaign. OWEC presented its demands, which included disclosing the racist acts of some whose names are on campus buildings and recruitment and retention of minority students, to UNC officials last April. “I’m really hoping (Moeser) will talk about his feelings on the demands pre sented by the O-campaign and the strides it’s made during the summer,” said Kristi Booker, president of the Black Student Movement. “We really haven’t heard much from him on that.” But Kleysteuber said the State of the University address deals more with the image the chancellor wishes to project. “I expect him to talk about a lot of things we don’t really care about,” he said. “Like the $1 billion campaign, which is not an immediate pressing student concern.” Estroff also acknowledged the impor tance of Moeser’s address. “I’m not sure the faculty morale is really high right now,” she said. “I’m looking for some hot rhetoric and some inspiration.” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. 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W/D. disposal, dishwasher, water includ ed. walk to campus, and shopping $350/mo 967-8161 ONE PERSON NEEDED for four room apart ment in University Commons Person must not mind living with three open-minded students Please call Russ at 960-8829 Parking | PARKING SPACE AVAILABLE Located on South Columbia Street near UNC Hospi tal $299 full school year For more infor mation call Kenneth at 225-6488. only to binge drinkers but also to the people around them.” Sennai Habtes, a UNC junior from the U.S. Virgin Islands, said he does not think there is a serious binge drinking problem on campus but added that he has seen people drinking heavily on Franklin Street. “A lot of people here drink a lot for no other reason than to drink,” Habtes said, pointing out that people in the Virgin Islands tend to drink more for social rea sons than people in the United States. He also said that bars closing at a set time contributes to excessive drinking. “That encourages people to drink as much as they can until closing time,” Habtes said, adding that bars in the Virgin Islands remain open until cus tomers are gone. UNC officials also said binge drink ing was not a major campus problem. Dean Blackburn, coordinator of Substance Abuse Counseling, pointed to the “2 Out of 3 Survey” conducted in 1999. The study found that two out of every three students returned to their resi Travel/Vacations Services Decorator On Call CUSTOM SILK AR RANGEMENTS for home or office Specializing in Parties, Seasonal/Holi day decorations 919- 245-0170 Tutoring CLINICAL TEACHING NEEDS TUTORS Outstanding, dependable tutors needed for 10hrs+ in Special Ed. Teaching fellows, math, sciences. 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