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2 Thursday, June 13, 2002 Students Lobby Legislature By Benji Caithren Staff Writer The relaxation of a Chapel Hill summer will offer no such break from the lobbying efforts of student govern ment. Student Body President Jen Daum and Provost Robert Shelton will head a tuition task force over the summer to develop a five-year plan to present to the UNC-system Board of Governors in the fall. Student government officials will work to keep tuition low, according to the Executive Connection, a monthly newsletter from the executive branch of student government. Daum has also worked to develop a student-led effort to lobby the N.C. General Assembly. About 31 students participated in “Lobbying for Higher Education,” a political science course aimed at teaching the basics of effec tively lobbying the legislature on budget issues. Daum said she hopes this will show the legislature that students are serious about protecting education from budget cuts. “We want to effectively communicate Crook’s Comer Fine Southern Dining Bar & Dining room open nightly at 5:30 pm. 610 West Franklin St Chapel Hill, North Carolina www.crookscnner.cotn 919-929-7643 HE’S NOT HERE on the Village 1 l Friday, June 14th: Ewil Jungle i Saturday, June 15th: 1 Cabarrus Street Allstars ; ) SUNDAY... KARAOKE NIGHT | ; TUESDAY BLUE CUP SPECIALS $1 DOMESTICS &$2 IMPORTS 1 NOW FEATURING: $ $2.00 Domestic \ <f $3.00 Wells / The Diamond Dole Martini - Chapel Hill’s finest / summertime beverage Every flight. /T , All the time. Live Music Wed-Sat jT NEW LATE NITE MENU 4 We serve food till 2am 201 E. Franklin Street 929.0024 a few talking points to the legislature,” she said. Daum said her administration is particularly concerned with protecting facilities and administrative funds from budget cuts. F&A funds are used to pay for undergraduate research and graduate student salaries, among other areas. Getting students involved in the lob bying efforts is a priority for Daum’s administration. “We have a list of about 75 students who are going to help us directly in working with the legislature,” she said. “Others who are out of town this sum mer are committed to helping out in other ways, whether by writing their representative or visiting the General Assembly with us at some other time.” Daum said that with an upcoming elec tion year, officials will pay special atten tion to the voices of students who vote. “When the governor talks about protecting the classroom, he means us,” she said. “If we don’t tell our rep resentatives why a 5 percent cut to education would be devastating, we’re not doing our part.” Student Body Secretary Rebecca Williford said getting students to talk to their own legislators is the key to suc cess in lobbying. “We’ll take a UNC contingent to Raleigh, but going to talk to your own representative is a lot more effective.” Student Body Vice President Aaron Hiller said getting an established group of students in place during the summer will make lobbying efforts easier to coordinate during the school year. “We have a lot of students in Raleigh serving internships this sum mer, so they do a good job of keeping us in touch with what’s going on,” Hiller said. “It’s good that we’ll have a grassroots network in place to address this issue as things come up later in the year. Hiller added that they are preparing for the worst. “It’s still going to be a really rough year, so all we can do is plan ahead and try to anticipate where the majority of the cuts will come," Hiller said. “It’s not pleasant, but we’ll have to do a lot of damage control.” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. TAN ALL SUMMER & THEN SOME For Only KHqq* now -October 20th Package expires oct2o^| Cftl 'peattvUM? /tut/reitic /§ \ If you’re crazy about our Oreo Cookie f|f , ; yogurtmaybe you’d like an Oreo Shake, JgiPljjl I ’/-'v-V an Oreo Flurry, or a delicious 4 \ Oreo Pie with Oreo Crust! F—rfJlx - A ’AX Downtown Chapel Hill _ | .JM%k ‘ ’Sife* \ 10t) W. Franklin St. I ‘ v(Next to He’s Not Here) /nr * * t r * A 942-pump GweMe l ■ { North Durham fjOlll/i J~ ■ l Northgate Mall Tr .. 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He took his first job at India Cottage Emporium on 27th Street in Manhattan with S2O in his pocket in 1982. “The job was there, so I took it,” he said Tuesday. “I learned about clothes and whole saling and decided to make it work,” he added. Choli’s, coin belts, hip belts, spiral chains and even harem pants can be ordered because Chellani “whole sales” much of his merchandise from India. “People come into shop of all ages,” said sales representative Anna Maxwell. “They observe the styles and claim that it was the latest trend in the 19605. “It’s kind of like the comeback of Woodstock,” laughed Maxwell. Since Sept. 11, five businesses in Chapel Hill have folded: T’Boli Imports, California Cafe, the Record Exchange, Swensen’s on Franklin Street and Maui Smoothies. Chellani first arrived in Chapel Hill in 1993 by way of Fayetteville. He started his first business venture on West Franklin Street, a boutique for men and women with what seemed to be an initial Woodstock theme: Love And Peace. “We experience slowdown every summer, but we get through it,” he said of his business located on the other end of Franklin Street from his new shop. “Once the middle of August comes we thrive, though,” he said. When asked why he changed his aspirations after arriving in New York, Chellani said, “I knocked on the door of an engineering school in the city. They told me it would take $3,000 to parlance my degree in English, so I decided to simply keep working from my first job opportunity.” The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. WAI R rJk JH S ■ I I | ** . 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The new building will house meeting rooms, student organizations’ offices, a computer lab and a 24-hour copy cen ter, Luse said. Administrative offices housed in the current Student Union will be tem porarily moved to the new union while the current union is renovated, Luse said. The move is scheduled for July 17, 18 and 19.
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