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2 Wednesday, April 17, 2002 Service to Honor Life of Professor Staff Report A memorial service remembering the life of journalism Professor John Bittner will be held today at 5 p.m. in the Carroll Hall auditorium. Bittner, who joined the UNC faculty in 1980, died at home in the evening hours of April 9 after battling a long ill ness. He was 58. Bittner was the James H. Shumaker Term professor of Journalism and Mass Communication and taught broadcast ing while serving as head of the elec tronic communication sequence. Bittner’s colleagues and former stu dents praised him for his open-door policy and his diverse scholarly inter ests. Prominent authors Ernest Hemingway and Thomas Wolfe became the focus of Bittner’s extracurricular 9/[fkod do 9 hswow about %£?... gk 9 kfhoto om day 9 '// MOdd vSL r to Qtapt a fadnifa... but 'hot 'koto. 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Day Romance Languages Amanda Henley Geography Diego Argibay Romance Languages Plaques and monetary awards (professors - SSOOO and Teaching Assistants - $1000) were presented at the Chancellor’s Awards Ceremony - SUTA COMMITTEE: Wes Brinkley, Co-chair Jeff Walden, Co-chair Erica Jensen Jennifer Mouchet Drew Goodson Thomas Barrier Michael Brinkley Sunny Kim Andrew Pike Tom Waltrip Sara Longenecker Charlene Wong Taylor Muma Julie McManus SUTA awards are the only teaching awards at UNC funded by and selected entirely by undergraduate students For more information go to http://www.unc.edu/student/orgs/suta THE AIR FORCE WANTS BOTH YOU AND YOUR NURSING CAREER TO GO PLACES. research and gained him respect among literary circles. His papers on Hemingway and Wolfe received high praise and gave him the opportunity to present his work at con ferences and professional meetings. Before joining the School of Journalism and Mass Communication in 1991, Bittner served 10 years in the College of Arts and Sciences and held the position of chairman of the Department of Radio, Television and Motion Pictures from 1982-87. Bittner’s professional experience includes 12 years in broadcast media and a stint as the executive director of the Radio-Television News Directors Association of the Carolinas. He also has written 16 books, includ ing eight college textbooks about mass communication, and has had numerous scholarly articles published in profes sional media journals. Campus Calendar Today 11 a.m. - The Orange County Chapter of the Red Cross and Sigma Chi fraternity will be hosting a visit by the bloodmobile today at the Student Union until 4 p.m. Please call George Leamon for an appointment at 968- 9136. Each pint helps up to three lives. 3:30 p.m. - The Association of Graduate English Students would like to invite you to the next installment of its Creative Speakers Series. Fiction writer Elizabeth Spencer will be speaking in Donovan Lounge of Greenlaw Hall. Spencer is the author of 14 books, includ ing most recendy “The Southern Woman: New and Selected Fiction.’’ The reading is free and open to the public. 5 p.m. - The Rare Book Collection in Wilson Library will host “Walker Percy: From Pen to Print,” a free exhib it on the UNC alumnus and major ehr Saily ear Her! P.O. 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 News American novelist, from today until Aug. 15. A reception and collection viewing will open the display on the third floor of Wilson Library. At 6 p.m., UNC alumnus and Wake Forest University English Professor Dr. Farrell O’Gorman will speak on “Reading Walker Percy” in the Pleasants Family Assembly Room. 6 p.m. - The Wesley Foundation will host dinner and a discussion on war and peace. The foundation is located at 214 Pittsboro St., across from the Carolina Inn parking lot 7 p.m. - Join the Association of English Majors for dinner and a movie. Eat Pepper’s pizza and watch Marlon Brando in “Julius Caesar” in 222 Greenlaw Hall. Everyone welcome. Officials Relieved Over Busing Case By Jamie McGee Staff Writer Charlotte officials say they are relieved about a U.S. Supreme Court move that ended a long-running legal battle on school district busing. The Supreme Court announced Monday that it would not hear an appeal of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school dis trict case to desegregate schools. The case marks the end of a long court batde concerning busing students within school districts based on race in attempts to integrate schools. The Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education case began in 1965 in an effort to desegregate schools and result ed in a 1971 Supreme Court decision per mitting mandatory busing systems to inte grate schools. The case was renewed in 1997 by members of seven white families opposed to busing and to Charlotte- Mecklenburg’s desegregation plan. The plaintiff successfully sued the dis trict for using race as a deciding factor in busing, claiming that the policy now has resulted in reverse discrimination. The Nursing in the Air Force: exciting, rewarding, the best. A A Best facilities, best benefits. Travel, training, advancement and 30 days of vacation with pay; plus you may qualify for a $5,000 bonus. If you're a registered nurse, Air Force Nursing offers the best of everything. ♦ To request additional information, call U.S. AIR FORCE 1-800-423-USAF orvisitairforce.com CROSS INTO THE BLUE Developments in the War on Terrorism Powell Lobbies for Israeli Withdrawal ■ Secretary of State Colin Powell, struggling for progress at the end of a frustrating trip to the yyt p pi ps] Middle East, pushed Israel on Tuesday to expand * * its withdrawal from the West Bank and sought fresh ttCiCKS assurances from the Palestinians to stop violence. British Soldiers Join Terrorist Hunt in Afghan Mountains ■ British troops have launched their first major combat operation of the Afghan conflict, joining U.S. and Afghan soldiers searching the snowcapped peaks of southeastern Afghanistan for al-Qaida and Taliban fighters, coalition officials said Tuesday. Some Afghan Refugees Return Home ■ A quarter-million Afghan refugees have returned home in the past seven weeks, the United Nations announced Tuesday. Millions more remain in camps in Pakistan and Iran, too afraid to return home. Yusuf Hassan, a U.N. spokesman, said the program appears to be in full swing. school board appealed the 2000 ruling. The Supreme Court’s denial of peti tion of certiorari review brought the case to a final close. Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District Superintendent Eric Smith stat ed in a press release that the case will have significant implications for the community’s role in the Charlotte- Mecklenburg district. “This is an historic moment for Charlotte-Mecklenburg, not only due to the Supreme Court’s deci sion not to hear the case, but it is historic because of what it means to Charlotte and our community,” Smith said. Mayor Pat McCrory said he is relieved the case has finally concluded. “It is time to move forward,” McCrory said. “It is time to concentrate on education rather than school assign ment and to put efforts into educating children instead of court cases.” McCrory said he believes the decision will not halt desegregation but instead help to integrate the schools economi cally. “While all this was being fought we were becoming more segregated,” he said. “Those who could afford to left the (iJljp lailg (Ear Hwl school system because of the uncertain ty. There was an economic split. Now people will know exacdy where they will be going. People will be able to shift back from private to public schools.” McCrory said there have been no protests to the decision. “The reaction has been muted because it was expected. There is relief that it is over,” he said. Michael Munger, a political science professor at Duke University, said the decision was not surprising. But Munger said he is not convinced the decision is in the favor of blacks. “It is part of an increasing trend to interpret the 14th and 15th Amendment literally,” Munger said. “The amend ments say that you can’t use race as a criteria for making public policy. For a long time using discrimination against African-Americans was unconstitution al, but more recently in a line of cases, discrimination in favor of African- Americans is unconstitutional.” The State & National Editor can be reached at stntdesk@unc.edu.
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