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(Tar Meel Serving the students and the University community since 1893 www.dailytarheel.com Zoom Culture ends production * Britthaven examines nursing failure A Look for more stories online. Volume 110, Issue 141 DTH/KATE BLACKMAN Student body president candidate Sang Shin received the endorsement of the Black Student Movement on Wednesday. UNC Sees Increase In Online Applicants Application deadline extended to Tuesday By Will Arey Staff Writer Applicants to UNC have used the Internet like never before this year, forcing University officials to take action and extend the deadline for accepting freshman applications. Officials said they had to extend the freshman application deadline until 8 a.m. Tuesday because of the incredible increase in online applications. The original deadline for all applica tions wasjan. 15. Steve Farmer, senior associate direc tor of admissions, said applicants-were given the extension to ensure that everyone interested in the University had the chance to apply. “We usually let people run a little over,” he said. “We realize that, especially wjth the online process, they may experience traffic and server problems, and so we give them the benefit of the doubt." Although Farmer said there haven’t been any problems with the University server crashing as a result of high traf fic on the application Web site, he said more people are using the University’s online application process than in past years. Farmer said that about 60 percent of those applying for admission to UNC for the upcoming year have applied online. Only 25 percent of the current freshman class used the online appli cation. Less than 15 percent of current sophomores applied to UNC using the online process, Farmer said. Farmer said that the total number of applications received so far is similar to the amount received by this time last year. Final numbers and data will not be available until the first week of February, Farmer said. Last year, UNC received 17,498 applications and admitted 6,073 stu dents, or 34.7 percent of those who applied. Of those admitted, 3,460 stu dents ultimately enrolled. Although he could not provide a concrete number of online applicants for this year, Farmer attributed the increase to convenience factors and the younger population’s growing comfort with using the Internet. “People are becoming more familiar with the online process, and they are beginning to take advantage of the con veniences the online application process offers,” he said. Farmer said one decision that did not See DEMAND Page 4 ■ A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be. Rosalvnn Carter Sound of Music Internet radio struggles to survive under the weight of burdensome broadcast fees. See Page 5 Shin Snags BSM Endorsement Campbell, Cook win endorsement for senior class offices By Billy Ball , Staff Writer In what is regarded as one of the most influential stu dent elections forums of the season, the Black Student Movement on Wednesday endorsed Sang Shin for student body president. The group also threw its support behind Jordan Campbell and Lauren Cook for senior class president and vice president after hosting a packed forum in Chase Hall’s Upendo Lounge. ■lk web ■■ sfaf SfSSH TfigßKßafc , ■ *- * HH wm m, m DTH GARRETT HALL Gov. Mike Easley completed his second year in office this month. During the first half of his term, Easley has battled budget problems, critics in both parties and declining approval ratings. BUDGET WOES MAR EASLEY'S FIRST 2 YEARS By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. Senior Writer When Democratic Gov. Mike Easley took the oath of office, the state was leaving a period of unprece dented prosperity, about to enter its most severe reces sion since the Great Depression. During his first two years in office, municipalities have sued the state for funds withheld because of consecutive billion-dollar budget shortfalls, most state departments have had to dig deep to trim bud gets and thousands of North Carolinians have lost their jobs. All the while, Easley has cham pioned a state lottery as a viable source of revenue, a stance that many claim is a pipe dream. For the moment, the state is sink ing under the weight of budget pressures, and while some say Easley is doing the best he can in a horrible economic time, others “(Easley) gets criticized for (his style.) He’s more of a contemplative governor than one who’s out front. ” Ferrel Guillory UNC Professor argue that he -and his hopes for re-election - might be going down with the ship. Still others argue that Easley will be harmed by his public and political invisibility. He keeps a much lower profile than many of his predecessors, such as SOURCE: http://WWW.GOVERNOF.STATE.NC.US/ Thursday, January 23, 2003 govemorsjim Hunt and Terry Sanford. While some frame his perceived absence as neg ative, others say he simply has a different, although not less effective, style. “I think his style has puzzled some people,” said UNC Professor Ferrel Guillory, an expert on N.C. politics. “He gets criticized for that. He’s more of a contemplative governor than one who’s out front." Rep. Bill Mitchell, R-Iredell, said the governor’s distance from the N.C. General Assembly is not nec essarily a bad thing. He noted that the state constitu tion divides powers to limit the governor’s influence. But Senate Minority Leader Patrick Ballantine, R- New Hanover, said that what some have called Easley’s invisibility is a sign of weak political leader ship. “Governor Easley is AWOL. He’s nowhere to be found, and that’s another sign of his leadership.” That leadership is what will come under fire if Easley runs for re-election in two years, pundits say. Easley’s political visibility and how he deals with economic times that could get worse before they get better could determine his chances for re-election in 2004 against a revitalized Republican party, Guillory said. “The Republicans won a fairly substantial victo ry in the 2002 elections, so (Easley) faces a Republican party emboldened,” he said. “He’s like- See EASLEY, Page 4 I Mike Easley, 67th N.C. Governor Born: 1950, Nash County Inaugurated: Jan. 6, 2001 Top priority: K-12 education, especially targeting at-risk 4-year-olds and reducing class size in the K-3 grades Previous statewide office: Attorney general, 1992-2000 Overpowered UNC dominated inside by Terps in 81-66 loss. See Page 11 Sherrell McMillan, who is running unopposed for Carolina Athletic Association president, also secured the BSM’s endorsement Members chose not to endorse either Kristin Conte or Colin Scott for Residence Hall Association president. The BSM is one of the largest student organizations on campus and therefore has a highly valued endorsement. BSM Vice President Ranardo Pearsall said before the meeting that members would be looking for candidates who would answer questions openly and honestly. Members of the BSM listened to presentations by each Education: • law degree from N.C. Central University School of Law, 1976 • bachelor’s degree in political science from UNC-Chapel Hill, 1972 Family: wife, Mary Easley, and 17- year-old son, Michael DTH/STAFF jdSL} Congress Members Could Face Charges By Meredith Nicholson Assistant University Editor Natalie Russell, chairwoman of Student Congress’ Finance Committee, will face ethics charges that she knowing ly violated the Student Code by living outside of the district she represents. Student Congress member Alak Shah filed a complaint Wednesday against Russell. Jen Orr, chairwoman of the Student Affairs Committee, and represen tative Chad McCullen also are living out side their districts and could face charges. Shah said he might also-file Honor Court charges against former Ethics Committee Chairman Dan Herman, who resigned his position this week to run for president of the Graduate and Professional Student Federation. Shah said it was Herman’s duty as Ethics Committee chairman to establish that each Congress member lived in the appropriate district. Herman said that he was unaware of the situation and that it - DTH BRIAN CASSELLA Housekeeper Barbara Prear works in Davie Hall during the first half of a graveyard shift. Prear has raised concerns about the housekeeping division. UNC Housekeepers to Air Complaints to Chancellor By Daniel Thigpen University Editor It’s 1:56 a.m., and the smell of clean ing supplies permeates the second floor of Davie Hall. The floor has been quiet for some time except for the sounds of housekeeper Barbara Prear, who has been on the job for almost two hours. Prear seems frustrated and fatigued as she sweeps the last bit of dust from a small comer. She works the midnight to 8 a.m. shift, one she claims she never wanted but was given without a choice. This is just one of a string of com plaints she hopes a possible meeting next month with Chancellor James Moeser and other administrators will resolve. Onjan. 10, Prear - who is president of the N.C. Public Service Workers Weather Today: A.M. Light Snow; H 23, L 10 Friday: Sunny; H 38, L 12 Saturday: Partly Cloudy; H 39, L 12 www.dailytarheel.com candidate and then held short question and answer sessions. Student body president candidates Nathan Cherry, Ben Pickett, Sang Shin and Matt Tepper each gave their inter pretations of diversity and explained how they planned to account for the marked diversity in the UNC student body. “It’s really about sharing, and it’s about interacting,” Cherry said. Both Cherry and Tepper said it is important that UNC improve minority faculty representation, while Pickett pro posed an equal rights initiative that would protect minor ity organizations on campus. Shin defined diversity as any difference between people See BSM FORUM, Page 4 was the representatives’ respdnsibility to come to him within a week of moving, in accordance with the Student Code. Ethics Committee Chairwoman Margaret Thomas said her committee will meet Monday to discuss the allega tions and to decide whether to bring charges before the full Congress. Russell, who lives in 334 Hinton James North Residence Hall, was elect ed to represent District 13 last February. District 13 encompassed Craige and Ehringhaus residence halls at the time, when Russell lived in the latter hall. Russell said she moved to Hinton James North after she learned that she could not recontract at Ehnnghaus, which happened after she had won re-election. The four new South Campus resi dence halls were included in new con gressional districts that were finalized in late November but that will not take effect until after the February elections. See VIOLATIONS, Page 4 Union UE Local 150 -and fellow housekeeper Marsha Tinnen w-rote a let ter to Moeser, asking for a meeting to discuss concerns they have been har boring for months. The letter came after the second of two meetings in December with Laurie Charest, associate vice chancellor for human resources; Carolyn Elfland, associ ate vice chancellor for campus services; and Bill Burston, director of housekeeping. During those meetings, Prear and Tinnen aired complaints about certain policies and procedures, worker expec tations and discontent with their zone manager. Chuck Matheson, who they claim is disrespectful and intimidating. Specifically, the housekeepers were upset over a recently implemented See HOUSEKEEPERS, Page 4
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