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Tuesday, March 5, 2002
Robertson Program Names Chairman
Former UNC Provost Dick
Richardson, who helped
start the Robertson Scholars
Program, will lead its board.
By Will Arey
Staff Writer
Former UNC Provost Dick
Richardson was recently appointed as
the chairman of the External Advisory
Board committee for the Robertson
Scholars Program.
The board has not met yet but will
serve in an advisory capacity to the
scholarship program, which is in its first
year. The membership of the 13-mem
ber board has yet to be determined.
The Robertson Scholars Program is a
joint scholarship at UNC and Duke
University in which students participate
in a variety of programs and eventually
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Eric Mlyn, the Robertson Scholars
Program director, identified
Richardson’s knowledge of the program
as a key factor in his appointment.
“Richardson is the perfect person to
serve as chair of the advisory board,”
Mlyn said. “Having helped establish the
program during his time as provost, he
brings a thorough understanding of the
program. He also brings experience,
energy and humor.”
Richardson served as UNC provost
from 1995 until 2000. During his time as
provost, Richardson helped plan and
develop the Robertson Scholars
Program.
Richardson said he was honored to
be appointed to the new post.
“This is one of the most exciting new
programs on campus at either universi
ty,” he said. “As chair of the advisory
committee, I will do all I can to help and
support students in the program.”
Richardson said the first meeting of
the advisory board will take place April
29 and said the board will meet at least
once every semester.
Mlyn said the advisory committee
will serve as the board of directors for
the program. He said the committee also
will mentor and interact with the schol
ars themselves.
Thirty students - 15 from each insti
tution - are chosen to participate in the
program each year.
The scholarship is funded by a gift
from Julian H. Robertson Jr. and his
wife,Josie. The first class of Robertson
Scholars enrolled at UNC and Duke in
the fall of 2001.
Robertson Scholars are chosen from
the overall admissions pool at both
UNC and Duke.
Richardson and Mlyn both said the
first class of participants is impressive.
“The Robertson Scholarship Program
has been a great success thus far," Mlyn
Campus Calendar
Today
3 p.m. - The Orange County
Chapter of the American Red Cross
is hosting a blood drive in Morrison
Residence Hall until 7:30 p.m. Come
support the Tar Heels in the Points for
Pints competition and donate blood.
9:30 p.m. - Interested in being part
of a student-run vegetable garden?
Come to the Carolina Garden
Cooperative meeting tonight in 217
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said. “The collaboration and coopera
tion of the two institutions has been far
beyond what we hoped for.”
Mlyn said he wants to improve stu
dent awareness of the program in the
next year as well as educate students
about cooperative features between
UNC and Duke that are available to
students who are not Robertson
Scholars.
“We hope to make students at both
campuses more aware of programs such
as the inter-institutional agreement and
the fare-free buses running from UNC
to Duke,” he said.
Richardson identified his main goal
for the program’s future as establishing
and maintaining a tradition of excel
lence. He said, “We hope to develop
extraordinary leaders in public service
at both the national and world level.”
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@email.unc.edu.
Wednesday
10 a.m. - The Orange County
Chapter of the American Red Cross is
holding a blood drive on the bloodmobile
bus. The event, sponsored by Black Law
Association of Students, will be located
outside the School of Law until 3.30 p.m.
12:20 p.m. - The executive branch
of student government encourages
you to meet today in front of the ATMs
near Davis Library to go to the Board of
Governors meeting located at the
General Administration Building.
6 p.m. - The Gay Lesbian Bisexual
TVansgender-Straight Alliance will
hold its kickoff meeting today in 209
Manning Hall. Dinner will be provided.
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Family Members Confirm That Nuclear Scientist Met Bin Laden
■ A former Pakistani nuclear scientist suspected of links to Islamic extremists met Osama
bin Laden twice but did not reveal any nuclear secrets, the scientist's son asserted Monday.
U.S. officials have long been suspicious of the scientist's contacts with bin Laden.
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l The Pentagon's plan to send military trainers to the former Soviet republic of Georgia is just
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4 Local N.C. Legislators
To Run Unchallenged
By Lindsey White
Staff Writer
Four Orange County state legislators
say they will run an active campaign
despite running unopposed in the
upcoming election.
Rep. Joe Hackney, D-Orange, Rep.
Verla Insko, D-Orange, Sen. Eleanor
Kinnaird, D-
Orange and Sen.
Howard Lee, D-
Orange are the
only candidates
for two House and
Elections 2002
two Senate seats, all but guaranteeing
their victory in the Nov. 5 election.
Insko, serving her second term, said
she will actively campaign for the 2002
election but will spend less time on the
campaign than she would if she had an
opponent. She said she plans to mail
campaign material, make appearances
and campaign with other Democratic
candidates in the fall.
Insko said she plans to concentrate
her efforts on mental health reform in
the state. She is co-chairwoman of the
House Mental Health Oversight
Committee in the N.C. General
Assembly. “There needs to be major
revisions in the system,” she said.
Insko said Hackney and herself have
won elections in the past by sizable mar
gins. “In the past campaigns it was just not
feasible to run against us," she said, adding
that 62 percent of the district has voted on
the Democratic ticket in the past.
Hackney, in his 11th term, said he
plans to be active in the local campaign
and will also be helping other
Democratic candidates. Hackney said
he does not think Republicans could
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Hackney joked that people do not
want his job. “It’s a bad job and nobody
wants it,” he said.
Hackney said he will spend part of
his campaign time concentrating on
environmental matters.
“I will work with air quality, water qual
ity, smart growth, hogs, et cetera,” he said.
Kinnaird, who is in her third term,
said she still plans to send out brochures
and meet people. She said it will be
more of an informational campaign. “I
think it is only fair that 1 show who I am,
what I stand for and what my record is,”
Kinnaird said.
She said she plans to address issues
ranging from cutting tax loopholes for
businesses to negotiating with pharma
ceutical companies on lowering pre
scription drug prices.
Lee could not be reached for com
ment Monday.
N.C. Republican Party Chairman Bill
Cobey said Republican candidates have
not filed against Democrats because it is
simply hard for them to win in Orange
County. “Why run if you are going to
lose?” Cobey said.
Cobey said one of the reasons for the
strong Democratic support in Orange
County is UNC, which traditionally is
known as a bastion of liberalism in the
state.
Cobey added that the N.C.
Republican Party still is working hard in
portions of the state with better odds.
“We have a good party structure,” he
said. “We can still make a difference in
the statewide election.”
The State & National Editor can be
reached at stntdesk@unc.edu.