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(Tar Hrrl Old Faithful CAA officials say students stili want UNC-Duke tickets. See Page 3 www.dailytarheel.com Trustees to Act on S4OO Tuition Increase Bv Jordan Bartel Staff Writer The future price of a University edu cation will top the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees’ agenda today as members decide the fate of a proposed one-year, S4OO tuition increase. The meeting is open to the public and will take place at 8 a.m. in the Morehead Faculty Lounge. Provost Robert Shelton said he will present to the BOT the S4OO increase plan, which the Task Force on Tuition recommended Jan. 15. Under the pro posal, revenue from the tuition increase would go to fund faculty salaries and decrease the faculty-student ratio in the College of Arts and Sciences and the jj KM 1 •i JHnRI / Jm HR HHRIHHHH * DTH/VICTORIA FRANGOUUS Student government Cabinet members (clockwise from left) Taylor Stone, Emily Crespo and Nina Zhou design posters for today's protest against tuition increases. Students will gather at the Old Well and march to the Morehead Planetarium, where the UNC Board of Trustees will meet at 8 a.m. Tuition Funds to Target Salary Disparities By Brook Corwin and Addie Sluder Staff Writers If the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees approves a tuition increase proposal today, offi cials say the money will be funneled primarily to faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences, whose salaries lag behind those of faculty in UNC-CH’s professional schools. But handing out the money raised from the proposed one-year, S4OO tuition increase would be no simple task - the average faculty salary varies widely between schools at the University and between departments within the schools. Salaries in Arts and Sciences lag an average of Edwards' Defense Case Likely Won't Be Considered By Kellie Dixon City Editor A judge told Dwayne Russell Edwards’ attorney Wednesday that part of the defense’s case in a continuing motions hearing most likely will not be considered. Judge William Griffin said that he probably will not consider part of the defense’s claim that ajanuary 2001 traf fic stop in which Edwards was appre- Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide. NaDolpnn I K3 School of Journalism and Mass Communication. If the BOT chooses to act on tuition, members have the choice of adopting the task force’s recommendation, mod ifying it or forming their own proposal. The plan the BOT chooses at the meeting will then go to the UNC-system Board of Governors for approval and finally to the N.C. General Assembly. If accepted, an increase could go into effect for the 2002-03 school year. “At the meeting, I will highlight a cou ple of issues from November’s BOT meeting concerning campus-based tuition as well as describe the principles discussed by the task force,” said Shelton, who served as a co-chairman of the task force. “It is important to show a continu- $14,000 behind average faculty salaries at five peer institutions, and University officials said much of the revenue from a tuition increase would go to fix this disparity. Within Arts and Sciences, money would be distributed to departments that fall farthest behind the average departmental salaries at peer institutions. The average annual faculty salary at UNC CH is $100,900, according to data compiled by the American Association of University Professors. The figures do not include faculty salaries that are funded primarily through clin ical revenues or research grants. In Arts and Sciences, which provides most undergraduate courses, the average salary for hended was illegitimate. Public defender Steve Freedman is defending Edwards, who is charged with multiple felony counts, including one rape and two sexual assaults stemming from two December 2000 incidents in Carrboro and one incident in Chapel Hill injanuary 2001. The purpose of the motions hearing, which began Tuesday and will continue today at 9 a.m. at Orange County Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Make a Difference Applications to work at the DTH this semester are available in Union 104. Applications due Friday. ity of discussion on this issue between November and January.” The task force, which was com posed of faculty, students and BOT members, first met Dec. 11 to discuss the need for a campus-based tuition increase. After the for mulation of a pro posal Jan. 15, Justin Young, task Student Body President Justin Young will present student opinion to the BOT at today's meeting. force co-chairman and student body president, helped organize a student full professors is $89,098 - about SII,OOO less than the Universitywide average, according to Lynn Williford, director of institutional research. Provost Robert Shelton said salary levels tend to be lower in Arts and Sciences than in UNC CH’s professional schools because professional schools are often market-driven and don’t rely solely on state dollars to fund salaries. The average annual faculty salary is $126,938 in the Kenan-Flagler Business School and $117,251 in the School of Law, while the average annual salaries in the Department of Art and Department of Dramatic Art - two of the Arts and Sciences departments with the See FACULTY SALARIES, Page 2 Superior Court in Hillsborough, is to determine whether certain evidence will be admitted in Edwards’ trial. Prosecutor Jim Woodall finished his case for why the evidence - primarily items confiscated during the traffic stop - should be admitted Wednesday afternoon. Freedman then opened his argument, asking the court for a motion to dismiss evidence gathered from the traffic stop and statements issued by Edwards fol Big Bad Wolves Tar Heels fall to Wolfpack in record-breaking 77-59 loss. See Page 9 Volume 109, Issue 143 group to create an alternate tuition pro posal. The group met three times and decided to form a list of demands addressing increased student involve ment in tuition-related issues in lieu of presenting their own tuition proposal. Young and his Cabinet also created an online survey to assess student pref erences about tuition. The survey, con ducted Tuesday, showed that a majority of the 597 students who voted prefer no tuition increase. Young said he will make a presenta tion at the BOT meeting today based on the student group’s demands and the survey’s findings. “I hope to bring to the table student concerns - issues that weren’t covered by the task force,” Young said. “It is lowing his arrest. Griffin shut down Freedman’s argu ment less than 30 minutes after he began. He told Freedman the traffic stop, which Carrboro police justified because Edwards’ registration was expired, was appropriate, despite police testimony that Edwards’ vehicle was put under surveillance prior to the stop. The judge also said the subse quent search of Edwards’ vehicle was legal. Freedman fired questions at Chapel Sm important for me to show the impact that (a tuition increase) would have on campus as well as throughout the state.” Along with the presentation, Young helped plan a student rally sponsored by the Coalition for Responsible Tuition Decisions, a student group formed to fight tuition increases. Young said the demonstration, which begins at 9:30 a.m. at the Old Well, also will allow students to voice their opinions about tuition. But Faculty Council Chairwoman Sue Estroff said the decision mostly will hinge on the personal opinions of die trustees, despite the viewpoints expressed by Young and other students. Estroff is not scheduled to give a formal presentation at the meeting but will be present to answer questions related to faculty salaries. Students Set to Rally Against Tuition Hike By Jessica Sleep Staff Writer Student concern and frustration gen erated by a proposed tuition increase will culminate today in a rally sponsored by the Coalition for Responsible Tuition Decisions, a student group formed to fight tuition increases. The demonstration will begin at 9:30 a.m. when students gather at the Old Well. The group will then march to the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees meeting in Morehead Faculty Lounge. The main topic that will be discussed at the meeting is a one-year, S4OO increase recommended by the Task Force on Tuition onjan. 15, which Provost Robert Shelton will present to the board. Student Body Vice President Rudy Kleysteuber said the rally was organized to get a message across to the BOT. “Our main objective is to remind the BOT who they are,” he said. “We entrust our University to them, and we expect them to act in the best interests of the students.” Student Body President Justin Young said the demonstration will have a calm atmosphere, and the protest will be a silent symbol of student concerns. “The demonstration will aim to show that students really do care, so they can be vocal on the whole process,” Young said. “Students really do want to be Salary Spread Although the average annual faculty salary at UNC has been calculated at $109,000, the average departmental salary differs greatly between the University as a whole and the $126,938 College of Arts and Sciences. Professional school faculty receive the highest average salaries, while professors of fine arts generally fall at the lowest end of the salary spectrum yH l A SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH DTH/ERICA KEPPLER AND HELEN YU Hill criminal investigator John Moore about the first interview that officials con ducted with Edwards the day of his arrest, in which Edwards requested an attorney. “I knew anything after that point would be dismissed so I laid my pen down, and we talked,” Moore said. Freedman, who said discussions between Moore, Edwards and Carrboro police are questionable, showed two 45- minute clips from the first and second Weather Today: Showers; H 70, L 50 Friday: A.M. Showers; H 54, L 39 Saturday: Partly Cloudy; H 61, L 37 Thursday, January 24 2002 J! J J > w “Students could have an impact, but that depends on how students conduct themselves,” Estroff said. “However, this is a board that works on working well together, so there probably won’t be a lot of disagreement.” But Shelton said the BOTs decision making process will not be an easy one. “It is important to remember that this is a complex issue that involves balanc ing various sources of income, so I sus pect that a variety of views will be heard,” Shelton said. “I would not be surprised that of the 15 different BOT members, there could be 15 different opinions and answers.” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. involved, and they will show this through their silent presence.” The predicted atmosphere of today’s rally stands in contrast to the heated anti tuition protests that took place at the October 1999 BOT meeting. Then, more than 400 students gathered on the steps of the Morehead Planetarium shouting phrases like “We Shall Overcome” and wearing signs around their necks. Young said students will be carrying signs and banners with slogans such as “Speak Out or Pay Up” in today’s rally. He said students also will sit in on the BOT meeting, where he and Mikisha Brown, president of the Graduate and Professional Student Federation, will give presentations to the BOT. Kleysteuber said today’s demonstra tion will differ from those in 1999 because of the circumstances causing them. He said the proposal two years ago shocked students into action because the propos al could have doubled the cost of tuition. Young said he is not sure how many people will participate in the rally, which was organized early last week. Organizers say they have been working feverishly to post fliers and to inform students about the demonstration. Bad weather and class schedules might also negatively affect the turnout See STUDENTS, Page 2 interrogations on the day of the arrest. “In the first tape, we’re going to contend that legally there was interrogation (after he requested a lawyer)," Freedman said. Griffin said determining the admissi bility of Edwards’ statement would be difficult. No decisions will be made final until the hearing ends. The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. ' t 4* i *
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