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2 Friday, March 1, 2002 CRIME From Page 1 make a living.” Oakley said the police force will con tinue a number of efforts to reduce the crime rate. “Our crime prevention office is continually going to involve itself in the community," he said. “We are con tinually having our foot beats in the downtown area. We’re still doing out reach programs to kids, entering the community that way.” Oakley said the crime prevention VISION 2020 From Page 1 ation in the $75 million bond package passed by Orange County voters last fall. But because of budget shortfalls, Williford believes Orange County might slash the town’s portion of the bond money and that as a result the town will have to cut down on the creation and beautification of parks. “Park development may be affected, not so much by our board, but by the Orange County (Commissioners),” Williford said. This is not an option outside the realm of possibility. At last week’s board meet ing, Mayor Mike Nelson asked town staff to develop a report on money the town could save by cutting down on parks. While Williford said he thinks devel opment might be slowed down in the parks, he believes park upkeep could be affected immediately. Alderman Joal Broun said some fund ing is going to have to be cut, making the status of parks an immediate concern for SATURDAY Rowing vs. Duke 9am at University Lake Free T-shirts! Women’s Tennis vs. Illinois 12pm at Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center Men’s Lacrosse vs. Navy Ipm at Fetzer Field Baseball vs. California Ipm at Boshamer Stadium Men’s Tennis vs. Charlotte Ipm at Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center & Hardees sports shorts All members of the Carolina community are invited to attend the HtHsiijM 39 Mm presented by HU HB Dr. Andrew ZimbaKst Professor of Economics at Smith College on the topic of Reforming College Athletics: An Economic Perspective March 2, 2002, 2:30 p.m. Kresge Commons Room (039), Graham Memorial Dr. Zimbalist’s talk will be the keynote address of the First Annual Johnston Center Conference: Higher Education and Intercollegiate Athletics March 2,2002, 8:30 am-5:00 pm A full schedule of other conference events and speakers is available at www. unc.edu/depts/jcue/ugconference department is also working with the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce, posting information about crime on its Web site. Oakley said the department will con tinue to work with local housing assis tance organizations to renovate run down buildings to deter people who would tend toward crime. “We’d like to expand these programs, but we’re just trying to maintain the presence we’ve got with the shortages we have.” The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. the town. “Operating and our ability to maintain parks will be tough,” she said. Williford said the cuts will hurt Vision 2020’s dedication to arts and culture. While parks and arts might be sacri ficed in the short term to ensure the pro ject’s success in the future, Williford said he thinks the most significant cuts will be associated with other town areas. “I believe that major cuts will be associated with any capital improvements,” he said. Broun had similar feelings and said the budget cuts could have a big impact on several other areas, including the mainte nance of some roads, the 4th of July cel ebration and the annual Carrboro Day. Broun said that while this year’s fiscal situation is dire, next year will fall victim to the domino effect because Carrboro will be confronted with a second year of budget shortfalls and increased revenue loss. “The big impact of the budget shortfall is not this year,” Broun said. “This year we will not be able to save any money, and that will hurt next year.” The City Editor can be reached atcitydesk@unc.edu. From Page One AID From Page 1 Payne said reducing the programs would help equalize the financial bur den between public and private institu tion students. He said the legislature’s priority should be to improve the state’s public universities. “If an individual decides to go to a private institution, that’s OK," he said. “But our No. 1 priority should be to fund our public institutions.” But Hope Williams, president of the N.C. Independent Colleges and Universities, an association of private schools in the state, said equal opportu nity should be given to students who want to attend private school. QATAR From Page 1 Asia Bank and a variety of industrial corporations, approached UNC in the spring of 1996 about opening a satellite branch in Indonesia. Like the Qatar Foundation, the Salim family members said they were willing to absorb all the costs of the program. But unlike the Qatar venture, which was initiated by Qatari government officials, the Salims were a private family with no official political connections. Dick Richardson, UNC’s provost at the time, said the Salim family wanted to establish an undergraduate liberal arts university on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital city. The satellite cam pus would have been on a site of several hundred acres that would have included a golf course and residential housing. Like the Qatar proposal, Richardson said UNC pursued the proposal because the Indonesian satellite school would have lent the University insight and Helen P. Mangelsdorf Distinguished Lecture Series The reproductive natural histories offish and turtle species with extended parental care: what genetic markers can contribute Dr. John Avise Research Professor, Department of Genetics, University of Georgia Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Member, National Academy of Sciences; Fellow, American Ornithologists' Union; Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences Friday, March 1 * 4pm 201 Coker Hall UNC Department of Biology m option following Hosted by the Biology Graduate Student more info: http://www.bio.unc.edu/gradate/bgsa The James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence and the Johnston Scholars Program invite all members of the Carolina community to attend the First Annual Johnston Center Conference: “Higher Education and Intercollegiate Athletics ” March 2,2002 B:3oam-5:00 pm Kresge Commons Room (039) Graham Memorial Join your fellow undergraduates for discussions with some of the nation’s top authorities on issues related to higher education and intercollegiate athletics. Featured topics include: Panelists include distinguished • Athletics and Academics , rut t\ic r , , members of the UNC faculty, members • College Sports and the Press of the Knight Commission, and • Title IX: The First 30 Years: members of the local press. The Fact vs. Fiction Hillard Gold ‘39 Lecture will feature keynote speaker Dr. Andrew Zimbalist of Smith College, speaking on the topic of “Reforming College Athletics: An Economic Perspective.” This undergraduate-organized conference is your opportunity to participate in free discussion of the many different viewpoints regarding - jaM K s m the relationship of universities and JOHNSI ’J J * intercollegiate athletics! ■ Center*' Undergraduate Excellence in G rob * m Memorial For a full schedule of conference events and speakers, visit www.unc.edu/depts/jcue/ugconfSo2.htm The grant programs ensure that the state’s private institutions are as accessi ble to students as public universities and community colleges, she said. Williams said both programs are crit ical for the more than 30,000 residents enrolled in private institutions in North Carolina. She emphasized that state-pro vided financial aid for private schools allows students more freedom when deciding how to complete their educa tion. “It’s very important to find the right education match for each student,” Williams said. “Matching students to the right school- public, community or pri vate - is necessary to ensure a high col lege completion rate.” The State & National Editor can be reached at stntdesk@unc.edu. influence in a unique part of the world. “We were interested for many of the same reasons as Qatar,” he said. “It also gave us the opportunity to perhaps have an impact on democratic concepts and education.” Just as a group of University repre sentatives traveled to Qatar last November, a four-person UNC delega tion flew to Indonesia in June 1996 on a fact-finding mission. James Peacock, director of the University Center for International Studies, said the trip convinced him that the University should explore the possi bility of establishing a campus injakarta. “When we got back, it seemed promising and worth pursuing a dialogue,” he said. But Richardson said he was extreme ly concerned by the trip and the coun try’s unstable political situation. After returning to Chapel Hill, he recom mended to the late Michael Hooker, chancellor at the time, that UNC aban don the proposal for security reasons. “Most concerning to us was the situa tion in Indonesia was getting to be Developments In the War on Terrorism Jet Carrying 'Suspicious’ Man Lands ■ A New M-bound Air India jetliner being shadowed by Canadian fighters because authorities p fi C.& determined a suspicious passenger was aboard landed , at John F. Kennedy International Airport at about 4:45 f Tfl CkK p.m. It was believed to be carrying 378 passengers. Daschle: U.S. Must Find Bin Laden ■ The United States must find Osama bin laden and other terrorist leaders for the war on terrorism to be a success, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle said Thursday amid growing Democratic challenges to President Bush's defense policies. Guantanamo Detainees Refuse to Eat ■ More than a third of the detainees at the remote U.S. military outpost refused to eat breakfast Thursday after two guards stripped an inmate of his turban during prayer. A small number of inmates protested by refusing both lunch and dinner Wednesday. unstable,” he said. “The government was under assault, and we heard rumors there would be significant political changes. It was our belief the situation was simply too unreliable.” Security also was an issue of concern during the Qatar negotiations, especial ly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. University administrators, however, concluded that the Middle Eastern country’s questionable stability would not be a deal-breaking factor. Despite the political issues surround ing the Indonesian negotiations, the pro posal garnered little publicity, Peacock said. “It was not anywhere near as well known as Qatar,” he said. “I think there was some coverage, but I don’t believe students or faculty were too involved because it was mostly administrative." Ultimately, negotiations were com pletely terminated in early 1997. Unlike with Qatar, Richardson said UNC never considered specific financial and logistical matters because negotiations ended in a more preliminary stage. Provost Robert Shelton said that dur ing the Qatar negotiations, most UNC administrators were unfamiliar with the Indonesia program because it happened before many of them took office. But he said the two programs had enough significant differences that the administration could not have used the Indonesian proposal as a model for the Qatar negotiations. “One distinction was that the Indonesia program was funded by a wealthy individual, as opposed to a gov ernment as in Qatar,” Shelton said, adding that he was much more comfort able dealing with government officials. Although the Qatar and Indonesia proposals were abandoned for different reasons, both past and current adminis trators said the future of UNC global ization appears promising. Richardson said he was disappointed (JJlje lailg 2lar Heel the University was not able to extend to Indonesia but that he is confident in UNC’s ability to gain a greater interna tional presence. “I would be very sur prised if we don’t have continuing oppor tunities and challenges to open up pro grams in other parts of the world,” he said. The administration has expressed similar enthusiasm for the future of UNC’s globalization. Shelton said the Qatar experience will help the University in its efforts to pursue other international opportunities. “I think Chapel Hill has to continue to grow in its global presence,” he said. “We have the resources to do this, and the more contacts we have, the better off we will be.” Moeser also said the Qatar negotia tion process was a positive experience for the University. Although he said UNC is not specifically pursuing any international proposals at this time, opportunities are arising all the time. “We learned a lot from the (Qatar) group, and I think we gained a greater international perspective as a result of having done this,” Moeser said. Other members of the campus com munity agree that the Qatar endeavor has provided valuable lessons for UNC’s top-ranking officials. Business Professor Dennis Rondinelli, a vocal opponent of the Qatar program throughout the nego tiations, said he hopes the University will use the Qatar experience to make changes for the future. “I hope that for any kind of venture that is as large as this, there would be more discussion between the administration and faculty and students,” he said. “Hopefully, whatever international ventures the administration pursues in the future, we learn the advantages of consulting all con stituents to make the right decisions.” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. Campus Calendar Today 1 p.m. - Sangam is hosting a South Asian fair until 4 p.m. and an Rang-e --mala “Celebration of Color” cultural show at 8 p.m. in the Great Hall. The only cost for the fair will be for henna and food. The cost of the show will be $2 or two nonperishable food cans. Saturday 1 p.m. - The Carolina Academic Team will be hosting Quizbowl Intramurals in Union 210. Anyone inter ested in trivia,Jeopardy!, College Bowl, etc. is invited to come and participate. 7:30 p.m. -Psalm 100 presents Gospel Jam 2002, a concert with eight Christian a cappella groups. It will take place at Koury Auditorium in the Kenan- Flagler Business School. Entrance is sl. Sunday 8 p.m. - Come to the People’s Bhangra Party, the first event of the group South Asians Rise Up, in the Union Cabaret. Check out the dance party, Bhangra Elite performers and what has been happening to South Asians since Sept 11. For the Record In the Feb. 27 article “Pitching, Baserunning Life Baseball to Victory," Coach Mike Fox was incorrectly quot ed as saying, “It’s one of those plays where ... people say, ‘What the hell were you thinking?'” Fox did not use the word “hell.” The DTH regrets the error. go to dailytarheel.com ■ Men's Swimming Competes At ACC Championships ■ Staff Reports ■ Magazine Lauds Community With Top Honors ■ By Adrienne Clark ■ Hunt Institute Off Ground, Running Weil ■ By Daniel Blank ■ Asian Restaurant Enjoys Successful Start ■ By James Russ Eljr Sailii Ear Hrrl RO. Box 3257, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 Katie Hunter, Editor, 962-4086 Advertising & Business, 962-1163 News. Features. Sports, 962-0245 One copy per person; additional copies may be purchased at The Daily Tar Heel for $.25 each. © 2002 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved
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