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Tuition Task Force Feels Pressure of Deadline
Committee members fear
the two remaining two-hour
meetings are not sufficient
to discuss all tuition issues.
By John Frank
Assistant University Editor
After the Task Force on Tuition’s sec
ond meeting was canceled Friday because
of bad weather, an increased sense of
urgency has confronted its members.
But members disagree about whether
the committee’s two remaining two-hour
meetings will allow for adequate discus
sion of the complex issue of tuition. The
committee has 10 days remaining before
its deadline to complete a tuition pro
posal that will go before the UNC Board
of Trustees at its Jan. 24 meeting.
Provost Robert Shelton, who is chair-
Heat Returns
For Residents
Of Alderman
Students in other residence
halls also had problems
with heating, but those
were specific to one room.
By Deb McCown
Staff Writer
Maintenance workers spent Sunday
and Monday fixing Alderman Residence
Hall’s heating system, which staff learned
was broken after students returning to
campus complained of cold rooms.
The problem was fixed by Monday
afternoon, but by then some students
had already faced two freezing nights.
Several students in other residence
halls also called the Department of
Housing and Residential Education with
complaints about individual rooms.
The individual problems -most of
which were related to cold air in heating
pipes - were quickly resolved, said
Christopher Payne, director of the
Department of Housing and Residential
Education.
The only residence hall-wide heating
problem was in Alderman, Payne said.
Maintenance staff began trou
bleshooting the problem when they
were made aware of it late Saturday
night, and Alderman residents were
informed via e-mail about their progress.
While waiting for the heat to return,
Alderman residents had various ways of
coping. “I was sitting in my room with a
winter coat and gloves on,” said sopho
more Catherine Cheng. “It was so cold
I was dreading to take a shower because
I thought I would get hypothermia."
Other residents sought refuge from
the cold by fleeing to other residence
halls. “I’ve got some friends on South
Campus, and it was unbearable, so I
went and stayed with them,” said junior
Latoryajarman. “My fish froze. It was
dead. The first living thing I ever owned
by myself, and it died. It was so sad.”
Curtis Wilson, the maintenance super
visor for Mid and North Campus, said he
had space heaters ready in case Alderman
was not warm by {Monday night.
But maintenance workers identified a
problem with the building’s heat pump
Monday and fixed it Monday afternoon,
said mechanic William Howard.
Once the problem was fixed, it took
a few hours for the building to heat up.
“Any time it’s this cold for two or three
days, it’s going to take a while for it to heat
up,” said Wilson, who noted that the heat
ing system has underground iron pipes,
which take a long time to get warm.
Maintenance worker Rick Mangum
said the 50-year-old hot water heating
system is being replaced with a more
efficient forced-air heating system.
“(This will be) much more efficient
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man of the tuition committee, is confi
dent that the group can finish its work in
time, but co-chairman and Student Body
President Justin Young said he is not so
sure. “There are so many issues and fac
tors involved,” Young said. “This isn’t
something we can handle quickly.”
UNC Association of Student
Governments President Andrew Payne
said Monday that the UNC-system
Board of Governors has not yet set an
official date to act on campus-initiated
tuition increases, the type of increase the
committee is considering.
But campus officials are under the
impression that the Jan. 24 meeting is
the trustees’ last chance to act on a
tuition increase that would be imple
mented in the next academic year.
The tuition committee was formed
last semester after Chancellor James
Moeser’s suggested at the Nov. 15 BOT
meeting that officials examine the need
Local Buses Go Fare Free
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Roger Suits, an 11-year employee of Chapel Hill Transit, offers
a free ride for anyone "going from point A to point B," he says.
Eleven new buses have
been added to help
reduce overcrowding on
buses and waits at stops.
By Jon Dougherty
Assistant City Editor
For local students and residents,
shelling out at least 75 cents per bus
ride in Chapel Hill and Carrboro is
now a thing of the past.
Transportation officials say fare
free busing, a service that startedjan.
2 and developed from a cooperative
effort between Chapel Hill, Carrboro
and UNC, aims to integrate public
transportation into everyday life.
Men's Soccer Survives Scares, Wins NCAA Title
After playing in three consecutive
overtime matches, North Carolina's
men's soccer team beat favored
Indiana to grab its first NCAA crown.
By lan Gordon
Sports Editor
The road’s beginning, its very start, was buried
deep beneath intangible and inseparable layers of
talent, missed opportunity, regret and desire.
But its end, its oh-so-sweet finale, yielded memen-
tos easily grasped and
cherished: an appearance
on national television, a
trophy, a moment in time
never to be forgotten.
After enduring all the
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sweeping curves and dizzying detours along the
way, one thing is certain. It wouldn’t have been the
same without the struggle.
Despite fighting through three consecutive over
time matches - including a triple-overtime win
against Fairleigh Dickinson in a national quarterfinal
and a quadruple-overtime victory against Stanford
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for a campus-based tuition increase.
Members met once before Winter
Break, but only to disseminate informa
tion and handle administrative details.
The next meeting was scheduled for
last Friday but was canceled after
Chapel Hill received a heavy snowfall.
On Wednesday, the committee will
meet again to pick up where it left off,
developing guiding principles and goals
for tuition. Members also are expected
to discuss the possibility of rescheduling
the canceled meeting and the feasibility
of preparing a proposal by the Jan. 17
deadline Shelton has set for the com
mittee to complete its work.
Senior Eric Johnson, one of four stu
dents who sit on the committee, said the
shortened schedule makes it difficult to
examine all the issues that would go into
crafting a proposal. “There is just no
way to come to a rational decision of
tuition needs and make a decision on
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tant director
of transit,
compared
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the new fare-free system to the intro
duction of the fare-free U bus route
several years ago, which produced a
130 percent increase in ridership dur
ing its first week.
Officials will formally kick off the
new service with a ceremony at 2
p.m. today at the Bell Tower. Chapel
Hill Mayor Kevin Foy, Carrboro
Board of Alderman member Alex
Zaflron, Chancellorjames Moeser and
Student Body President Justin Young
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in its semifinal match - UNC put together its finest
performance of the season and defeated Indiana 2-
0 to win the 2001 NCAA Men’s College Cup.
The game, played on Dec. 16 before 7,113 at
Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, was
the first national championship appearance for the
Tar Heels, who finished 21-4.
“You couldn’t ask for any more than that,” said
senior defender Danny Jackson. “If we got to the
final four and had lost to Stanford, people could’ve
said, ‘We’ve had a good season; it’s been a great ride.’
“But we knew we had the ability, and we had
the drive and the determination and the character
to pull it through.”
North Carolina did much more than merely pull
through in the title game. The Tar Heels scored an
early goal on a Ryan Kneipper header and were
able to set the tempo for much of the remainder of
the game with their stifling defensive pressure.
Add a late Jackson penalty kick after freshman
Marcus Storey was pulled down in the Hoosiers’
18-yard box, and UNC had dominated an IU team
looking for its sixth national championship.
“I didn’t think they could hold the lead and hold up
with extra people back, but they did, and more cred-
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Victory
Ronald Curry and the
Tar Heels take home the trophy.
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tuition in 10 days,"Johnson said.
But other committee members are
optimistic that a proposal can be drafted
in time. “I don’t think we will have any
problem getting done in time,” said
Stephen Weiss, chairman of the
Department of Computer Science.
Shelton said the committee has a
unique opportunity to influence the
BOT with the proposal members have
been charged to draft. “We have been
given a job by the trustees, so we need to
make every effort to fulfill it,” Shelton
said. “I don’t think (extending the talks
past the deadline) is advisable because
the BOT needs to take action.”
Shelton expects Wednesday’s meeting
to run smoothly because group members
communicated via e-mail during Winter
Break. He said the difficult part of the
committee’s work - determining the
need for and amount of a tuition increase
- will be tackled at the last meeting,
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which is scheduled for Jan. 15. Shelton
set that ending date at the last commit
tee meeting so that campus groups, like
the Faculty Council and student gov
ernment, can assess the proposal and
weigh in on it before the BOT meeting.
Before the break, Young had
expressed a desire to hold a cam
puswide referendum to gamer student
opinion on the topic of tuition increases.
But Young said Monday a referendum is
now unlikely because of the shortened
time period.
While the committee is divided about
the timeline for the proposal, members
agree that the quality of their work
remains the main focus. “The important
thing is getting the job done right,” Weiss
said. “If we have to go to the BOT past the
deadline, then that is what we have to do.”
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UNC, Qatar
Discussion
Stagnates
UNC is awaiting a response
from the Qatar Foundation
about the budget proposal
for the potential program.
By Daniel Thigpen
Assistant University Editor
Officials involved in deciding
whether UNC will extend its business
degree program to the Middle East are
finding themselves discussing details
longer than anticipated.
Chancellor James Moeser said last
year that he hoped to have a decision
by the end of 2001 about creating a
branch of the Kenan-Flagler Business
School in Doha, Qatar.
But Provost Robert Shelton said
negotiations with the Qatar Foundation
for Education, Science and Community
Development - the organization that
approached UNC about establishing a
branch in the region - have come to a
standstill.
“We’re moving cautiously as we have
all along,” Shelton said. “Better to wait
a little bit and get it right.”
Qatar Foundation representatives
requested that UNC officials submit a
revised budget for the potential pro
gram, which Shelton said UNC sent to
them in late December.
The University is now waiting on a
response, causing a delay in the pro
posal’s development.
Moeser, who could not be reached
for comment Monday, has been solicit
ing input about the proposal from
administrators, faculty and students
since November, although the ultimate
decision is in his hands.
Shelton insisted that although Moeser’s
decision has been postponed indefinitely,
it does not mean there is a problem in the
negotiations with the Qatar Foundation.
“I would say it’s an indication that nego
tiations are complicated,” he said.
Many officials said they believe the
extension of the chancellor’s decision
making process also is a result of the
intense debate ignited by the campus
community in the wake of the proposal.
“I think it’s just that the chancellor is
weighing things carefully,” said Nancy
Davis, associate vice chancellor for
University relations. “I think negotia
tions like this take time, and the chan
cellor is taking the time to make a
thoughtful decision.”
Some officials said the conclusion of
an informational seminar begun last
month also might have influenced the
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