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lathi ®ar Heel www.dailytarheel.com Check online to see the full list of the 2003 U.S. News & World ifis Report college rankings. Volume 110, Issue 72 Staying the Same UNC's ranking remained the same in the annual U.S. News & World Report public college rankings. Top Public University Scores (out of 100) 1. University of CaHifomia-Berkeley (78) 2. University of Virginia (76) 3. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (72) 3. University of Califomia-Los Angeles (72) 5. UNC-Chapel Hill (70) Top National University Scores (out of 100) 1. Princeton University (100) 2. Harvard University (98) 2. Yale University (98) 28. UNC-Chapel Hill (70) SOURCE: U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT DTH/STAFF BOG Rejects Request for ASG Post Group wanted official to perform research By Elyse Ashburn State 8i National Editor Students’ needs and system officials’ priorities went head to head Thursday over the potential hiring of an administrator for the UNC-system Association of Student Governments. The UNC-system Board of Governors Budget and Finance Committee refused to allow the asso ciation to hire an administrator charged with per forming legislative and higher education research, among other duties. “A full-time administrator of the association is what we affirmatively did not want for the asso ciation,” said BOG member Jim Phillips. But ASG President Andrew Ducote said an administrator is needed to help the association make changes it envisions for the upcoming year. “The association has a lot of growing to do this first year,” he said. “We need somebody who has a good understanding of how student govern ments work and about what the state of higher education is. We’re asking them to compile infor mation for students to act on.” Money for ASG staff was provided by a sys- See BOG, Page 2 Professors to Study Academics After Sept. 11 By Emma Burgin Assistant State 8i National Editor The American Association of University Professors announced a special committee this week to analyze events in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks that threaten academic freedom. The AAUP formed the Academic Freedom and National Security special committee last week. The committee is parented by the AAUP’s standing committees on government relations and acade mic freedom and tenure. The special committee has yet to meet but is slated to begin meeting before Thanksgiving and to prepare its findings for the AAUP’s annual meeting in June. Robert O’Neil, chairman of the special com mittee, said members plan to examine how events that have occurred within the past year have affected universities and academic freedom on a national scale. “We’re not sure if anyone else is gathering this information or looking across the field for this,” he said. “We’re looking at policy changes, and there will be a lot of climate assessment.” O’Neil, also the director of the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, said members will perform open ended information gathering. See AAUP, Page 2 Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence. Vince Lombardi It's in the Game EA Sports is looking for UNC fans to be a part of "NCAA March Madness 2003." See Page 4 UNC Holds Steady in U.S. News Ranked sth among public universities, 28th overall By Jennifer Samuels Assistant State 8i National Editor UNC’s position among both national and pub lic universities remained the same this year, accord ing to the 2003 U.S. News & World Report’s annu al college rankings officially released today. The University is ranked 28th among national universities. Princeton University tops the list, fol lowed by Harvard and Yale universities, which are tied for second. A national university is defined by W L w -iSIPw / Jr DTH/JON KIRBY Actor and performer Bill Cosby has accepted the invitation to speak during UNC's Commencement ceremony in May 2003. Cosby declined the invitation made by last year's senior class. By John Frank Assistant University Editor Bill Cosby, one of the United States’ most rec ognizable television dads, will deliver the spring Commencement address, Chancellor James Moeser announced in a statement Thursday. “I am delighted that Bill Cosby has accepted the University’s invitation,” Moeser stated. Moeser will preside over the ceremony May 18, 2003, at Kenan Stadium. Senior Class President Paymon Rouhanifard said Cosby was the overwhelming first choice in seniors’ suggestions submitted last spring. “I think Bill Cosby is a wonderful choice,” he said. “Not only is he one of the most beloved comedians of our generation, Mr. Cosby is also a great spokesperson and advocate for higher education. “We are so pleased that such a dominant force Serving the students and the University community since 1893 the guide as an institution that offers a wide range of undergraduate majors as well as master’s and doctoral degrees. Among public universities, UNC is the fifth best nationwide. The University of Califomia-Berkeley is ranked first, followed by the University of Virginia. Key criteria in judging schools include selective ness, highest graduation rate and highest proportion of classes with less than 20 students. Also remaining unchanged in the 2003 guide is the ranking of UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business GRADUATION 2003 COSBY TO BID FAREWELL TO SENIORS Stampede No. 3 ranked Texas rolls into Chapel Hill. See Page 7 Friday, September 13, 2002 in American culture will be coming to share a spe cial day in Chapel Hill.” Cosby, an influential performer in the second half of the 20th century, has had an unparalleled television career and has written numerous best selling books. He also values the importance of higher educa tion, having received a master’s and doctorate degree from the University of Massachusetts. The strong support from the senior class made Cosby the top nomination by the Commencement Speaker Advisory Committee when the group sub mitted its list to Moeser in April. Moeser sent the official invitation to the speak er last spring. Senior class officials said Cosby accepted during the summer. Other people receiving nominations included See SPEAKER, Page 2 School, which is tied for fifth with UVa.’s Mclntire School of Commerce. The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania came in first. But many University officials say the scores are quickly losing relevance and do not accurately reflect UNC’s strengths. The methods used in deter mining the list tend to favor private schools over public schools, which might account for UNC’s position, said UNC Provost Robert Shelton. He said to move up in the rankings, officials need to look at internal administration to see if everything necessary is being done. But Shelton added that UNC’s score will not likely deter top students from applying to the I The Short List tiiii i lint mul H < !!Il!l.‘|ii rhli-nt i'-t lir •nil.-) 81l MHMkm H H H Hufh Mtmutiuv ■ HI Wmiy Kopjj H tun h re Dole H Roll AHifdrfi Mlijr’lrilir A|lh u|lil Weather Today: Sunny; H 82, L 61 Saturday: Showers; H 80, L 61 Sunday: T-Storms; H 80, L 62 www.dailytarheel.com University. “(UNC is) much better in terms of the experience we give students, our research prowess and the way we serve the state and nation,” he said. “I think it’s important to think about the private list and the public list (separately).” In his State of the University Address on Sept. 4, UNC Chancellor James Moeser stressed that his vision of making UNC the top public university in the nation does not necessarily mean being No. 1 in the rankings. “Leading implies an action, a sense of motion, rather than the goal of an end point,” he said in his speech. “It signals leadership.” See U.S. NEWS, Page 2 V' JPT . ]i vg iiigtiiT * Marco Nardelli of HeJazz plays at Weaver Street Market on Thursday. Carrboro Remembers 9/11 Victims With Flowers Festival part of national 5,000 flowers project By Jamie Dougher Assistant City Editor Anyone walking toward Carrboro’s Weaver Street Market on Thursday could hear the sound of a flute luring passers-by into the mar ket. Anyone captivated enough by the sound to approach the market saw belly dancers min gling with the crowd, moving their hips rhyth mically to the music. And anyone who walked up to the table where children crafted flowers out of colorful tissue paper discovered the larger project behind the festivities. The event was held as a communitywide reception for the 5,000 Flowers Project, a nationwide com- memoration of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Two New Mexican artists conceived the idea, which uses flower images to symbolize the lives lost in the attacks. Hunter Levinsohn, a community member acquainted with the artists, teamed up with organizers Anke Gassen, Jackie Helvey-Hayes and Debbie Meyer to bring the project to Carrboro. Helvey-Hayes owns carrboro.com, a Web site she started in 1996, which she used as a vehicle to publicize the 5,000 Flowers Project. “We are here because we all have felt the stirrings to respond in some fashion to the ter rible tragedy which changed how we view and define die world around us,” Gassen said. “The response to the 5,000 Flowers has shown us where this community’s heart is.” See RECEPTION, Page 2 DTH/JOSHUA GREER Students Help Create Flowers Exhibition See Page 4
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