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6 Tuesday, December 3, 2002 Coffee Shop Set to Open Off Airport Rd. By Alyssa Fine and John Russell Staff Writers The long list of coffee shops in Chapel Hill is growing, but the owner of one new addition says that unlike those shops on Franklin Street, his will fill a void outside downtown. That Coffee Place, located at 1225 Airport Road at the comer of Homestead Road, will have an “upscale look that will meet the high standards of Chapel Hill,” said owner and manager Robert Owens. The new business will open Jan. 13, two months later than originally pro jected, because of heavy rain that delayed site work. The coffee shop will be one of four future businesses in “The Station at Homestead.” Chapel Hill Wine Company, slated to open before the end of the year, will sell wine by the bottle. A dry cleaning store is scheduled to be up APPLICATIONS From Page 1 lead, there is some risk involved. But it will be a short-run risk,” he said. Losing early decision applicants to other schools was a major concern admissions officials expressed when UNC first dropped the program. But Lucido said it is too early to draw any definite conclusions. “I don’t know if there is a real relationship there other than the fact that a deadline tells a stu dent to do something.” Lucido said that some more applica tions still are in the mail but that over all the data indicates a drop in appli cants for the fall deadline. Despite a surge in applications ATTENTION SOPHOMORES AND SENIORS! Student Affairs offers our sincerest thanks to those who have completed the College Student Experience Questionnaire (CSEQ) over the last few years! You have helped us paint a more accurate picture of life at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; helping us to improve student life both in and outside the classroom. Feel free to peruse your class data at Student Affairs' "What We Know" website. http://studentaffairs.unc.edu/ A select group of the Class of 2003 and the Class of 2005 will be given another opportunity to participate next semester, with larger and more numerous prizes! Look for our email invitation... DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS UNC-CHAPEL HILL ' yyjy M) UNC Pizza Headquarters 4i2 E. Main Street, Carrboro Sides: Coke: Fresh Express Salad $3.99 12-oz.cans S.BO Cheesy Bread $3.49 2-liter $2.08 Chicken Kickers $5.99 AVAILABLE NOW! jl Get a Large 1-Topping Pizza or Get a Small 1-Topping Pizza & * an Order of Breadsticks ji ___ Get a Medium Pizza with up V- CTO to 4 Toppings or ■ W Get 2 Small Cheese Pizzas Get a Large Pizza with up to 4 Toppings or m Get 2 Medium Cheese Pizzas AA Get 2 Medium 1-Topping Pizzas a Roommate Special Get 3 Medium 1-Topping Pizzas and running by late March. The fourth business has not been determined yet. “It will be a good revitalization for the area and a substantial improvement over what was there,” said Aaron Nelson, executive director of the Chapel Hffl- Carrboro Chamber of Commerce. “It wiU be a great addition to the area; before, it was a run-down piece of property.” The site has been vacant since it was occupied last by a gas station in 1969. Nelson also said the building’s loca tion is advantageous and will not suffer from being removed from downtown Chapel Hill. “I think it’s a great loca tion,” he said. “If you are coming in from the northern part (of town), the only place to get coffee is a gas station.” Danny Jones, owner and developer of the complex, echoed these senti ments. “The north side of town is reaEy growing,” he said. Owens said the menu wEI have three areas of focus - traditional Italian espres- nationally, Lucido is confident the appli cant pool will remain strong even if it is smaller. “My guess is that the students who would have applied early decision to UNC either are already in the pool or know they are going to apply to UNC and are just taking their time on the application,” he said. Lucido said having one less deadline would be the only reason there are fewer applicants because in all other areas of admissions - like recruitment efforts - the University has improved. “We’ve done more things,” he said. “We’ve worked even harder than a year ago.” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. Homestead Road llteJl-jl DTH STAFF SOURCE: ADC so, American coffee drinks and non-cof fee drinks such as steamers and hot choco late. Various pastries and other food from several local suppliers also wiE be offered. But it is not the food or its cost that will make this coffee shop unique, Owens said. The new manager said he is aiming for a higher level of service. Prior to 10 a.m., the shop wiE be more commuter oriented, focusing on menu items that are “satisfying and executed rather quickly,” Owens said. Later in the MOESER From Page 1 “He has to organize his office the way he sees fit. It’s appropriate for the chancel lor to decide to reorganize his office.” Ehringhaus said that she already had been thinking about leaving her post when former Chancellor Michael Hooker died in 1999 and that with Moeser’s intentions for her office and the resulting agreement, the timing was right. In his statement, Moeser wrote that he decided to restructure the position and then approach Ehringhaus. “After inform ing the Board ofTrustees in closed session, I communicated my decision to Vice ChanceEor Ehringhaus and asked her to work with me on a smooth transition.” BOT Chairman Tim Burnett said Moeser discussed his decision with the board at its last two meetings. But he would not elaborate on how Moeser articulated his decision. “I’m not going to discuss what he said to the board.” There are explicit policies for faculty leaves at UNC-CH, but Moeser said IDOL From Page 1 found out. “It was a lot of laughing and tears and a very emotional moment,” Byrne said. Carter will fly to Hollywood on BurriCo! ffaßi ■pMij UfkAgA mUI wfiwiv Offfv• H: \ OPEN O LATE ‘TIL 4am News day and on weekends, the business wEI become more community oriented and concentrated on in-store offerings for customers who are not on the go. Owens added that there never wiE be fewer than two people on staff at a time, and four or five people will be behind the counter during the morning rush. The hours at That Coffee Place will be 6:30 a.m to 5:30 p.m. on weekdays and 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m on weekends. Owens said the atmosphere also wiE aid in setting That Coffee Place apart from its competitors. “It’s going to be very open and bright and airy and done in earth tones,” he said. Owens said his goal is to expand even tuafly and to open more shop locations. “I would like to have somewhere between three to five of these open in the Chapel HiH-Carrboro area in the next five years.” The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. there are “minimal” guidelines for the severance of senior administrators. “This is uncharted territory,” he said. “I would have been assisted by clear policies.” UNC-system President Molly Broad on Monday called the Ehringhaus pay agreement “inappropriate” and said her office wiE be working to draft concrete guidelines regarding similar negotiations with outgoing administrators. When asked in the past how common salary packages such as Ehringhaus’ are, Moeser has said those deals are normal but could not cite specific examples. But he did confirm Monday that Sue Kitchen, former vice chancellor for stu dent affairs, wiU be compensated with her full $150,000 salary - all in state funds - while she is on research leave for the year. The reasons for her departure, which came shortly after a lengthy administrative review last semester, are unclear at this time, and Moeser would not say whether he requested her resignation. Kitchen did not return a phone call Monday night The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. Dec. 9 for the weekend in hopes of making the final cut. “It’s going to be an insane weekend, much more rigorous than before,” Byrne said. After going over the “American Idol” material to prep for the final audition, Byrne said, Carter’s friends UNC Lags in International Grad Student Enrollment By Sarah Kott Staff Writer International students make up a mere 11 percent of the University’s graduate student body -a much lower percentage than at UNC’s peer institu tions across the country. The University of Virginia, the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and the University of Califomia-Berkeley aB boast graduate programs that contain more than 20 percent foreign students. Linda Dykstra, dean of the graduate school, said UNC doesn’t attract more international students because of limited science programs and a lack of an engi neering school. Many universities UNC considers peers - such as Michigan, where 24 per cent of graduates are international - have extensive graduate engineering programs. ■ Chinese, Korean, Taiwanese and Western European students make up the bulk of UNC’s international graduates, and they are heavily concentrated in areas Eke biology, chemistry and com puter science. Unhke UNC’s undergraduate admis sions, many graduate programs have no specific guidelines to Mow regarding stu dent race, origin or permanent residency when they accept students. This aEows the department to base decisions strictly on a candidate’s individual ability, said Michael Poock, associate dean of the graduate school. “It’s a good thing, because it frees up depart MICHIGAN From Page 1 Integration and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary. UM-Ann Arbor also faced challenges to its procedures in 1997, when a lawsuit was filed against the undergraduate admissions office for the same viola tions. That case stiff is pending. The Supreme Court’s decision to hear the case also is significant because the issue has not been addressed by the beheve he wiE be put on the spot to choreograph and to sing songs. At the end of the weekend, only 60 people will remain, but Hamlin said he has faith in Carter. “He has the drive for it,” he said. “He’ll do what he has to do to make it through.” Sophomore Mark McCurry, a close (Tljp Satlg alar MM ments to choose from the best in the world.” Larger enrollment numbers and heavier pull in different areas of the world might be factors in the difference in percentages between UNC and other top academic universities, Poock said. “There is nothing magical about hav ing a higher percentage,” he said. “We want the best apphcants, period.” Increasing intemationcd graduate stu dent enroßnrent mostly depends on each specific department and the resources available to it. But international graduate students might experience some trouble attending UNC and other American universities in the future, Poock said. The recent threat of war and international conflict has increased the difficulty and the amount of time it takes to obtain a student visa. But international students wiE continue to apply to the University, known for its international research, studies and “pres ence around the world,” Poock added. WhEe international students add cul ture and diversity to the University, they also make a larger impact by becoming teaching and research assistants. About 250 of the 845 international graduate stu dents were undergraduate teachers and teaching assistants at the University last year. “(International) teaching assistants are a great thing,” Poock said. “They expose undergrads to a different world.” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. court since 1978, when it ruled that race quotas were illegal but did aEow for the consideration of race to create diversity. The case set a precedent that courts and universities have followed since. “Colleges have been relying on (the case) for 24 years,” Alger said. “It’s an important principle that has been estab lished.” The court will hear the UM-Ann Arbor case in late March or early April. The State & National Editor can be reached at stntdesk@unc.edu. friend of Carter’s since C-TOPS, said Carter is not the type to give up. “He’ll give it his aE, and if he does n’t come out on top, then he’ll be close to it.” The Features Editor can be reached at features@unc.edu. BOG From Page 1 responsibility that already exist within the system. Broad said that Moeser faffed to meet these standards and that he was irre sponsible in his negotiations with Ehringhaus. As compensation for Ehringhaus resigning after Moeser decided to alter her post significantly, the chancellor has agreed to pay her about $320,000 for a 20-month period beginning in January. Ehringhaus will spend eight of those months on non-University business and the remaining 10 as a nontenured facul ty member in the School of Law, where file average salary for a tenured profes sor is about $136,000. Moeser has said Ehringhaus will be paid at no cost to the state, but system officials said using a private source for the money does not negate the irre sponsibility of granting Ehringhaus such a large sum. “So long as these are resources that would otherwise be available for other University purposes, the source of the money is immaterial,” Broad said. BOG Chairman Brad Wilson emphasized that whether or not there is any monetary cost to the state, the mis use still reflects poorly on UNC-CH and the entire university system. “It doesn’t change the appearance,” Wilson said, adding that though legisla tors have not spoken directly to him, he has received indications that Moeser’s action wffl increase scrutiny of the UNC system’s budget during the upcoming legislative session. Broad said legislators have been con tacting her directly with questions and concerns. She added that the board thought it was necessary to take swift action - immediately beginning to draft a pohcy that wffl prevent such exorbitant finan cial agreements fri the future. Committee members said a policy was not drafted previously because Moeser’s actions are unprecedented. “It’s never been an issue before,” said Souza, chairman of the Personnel and Tenure Committee. The BOG Ekely will approve the restrictions within several months, but Broad would not comment on whether any action would be taken specifically against Moeser. She did say, however, that Moeser has admitted to making several poor management choices in the matter. “It is important to note that he made certain acknowledgements about his actions.” The State & National Editor can be reached at stntdesk@unc.edu.
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