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Junior MattTepper, who finished first in the general election with 34 percent of the vote,
held off Sang Shin to win the student body president election by more than 600 votes.
Leamon, Melton Snag Senior Class Offices
By John LIPPS / Staff Writer
Longtime friends George Leamon and Doug
Melton shouted and embraced Tuesday night as it
was announced that the duo had won the runoff
election for senior class
officers with 58- percent
of the vote.
Leamon and
Melton, both of whom
said right before the
results were announced
that they were even
more confident than they were last week, added that
they were elated to see their efforts finally pay off.
“It’s not our nature to shy away from a chal-
Measures of Excellence Draft Lacks Key Priorities
Officials cut diversity, contributions to state
By Lynne Shallcross
Staff Writer
Anew accountability study being
developed by University administration
to secure UNC’s roleaalas l a leading pub
lic university lacks a much-needed
emphasis on diversity, campus leaders
say.
An analysis of the measures of excel
lence by The Daily Tar Heel reveals
A president's hardest task is not to do what's right, but to know what's right.
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TEPPER TRIUMPHS
lenge,” Leamon said. “We played (last week) like it
was the last minute of the game."
But Leamon said the accomplishment of which
he is most proud is the strengthening of his friend
ship with Melton.
“We were friends before, but now we are best
friends," Leamon said. “This will define my senior
year and the rest of my life.”
The runners-up, Liz Manekin and Doug Sue, said
that despite the disappointment of not winning,
overall the campaign has been a good experience.
“Everyone really gave 150 percent," Manekin
said. “The best emotion right now is the relief that it
is over. I’d like to get back to normalcy.”
Sue said that he definitely will stay involved with
senior class issues but that he is not sure whether he
Senior Class President and
Vice President
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that a total of 23 points of measurement
were slashed in between the first and
second drafts, including four references
to measuring diversity, three to UNC’s
contributions to the state and a host of
other measures addressing other areas
of the University.
The measures - 46 in all - reflect the
administration’s priorities for improving
the University and have been in the
drafting process for the past few
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months.
Criteria for the measures include
financial accessibility for undergraduate
students, graduation rates, graduate and
professional admission scores, faculty
awards and prizes, public service,
endowment and competitive excellence
in athletics.
UNC Board of Trustees members
received a preview of the measures at
their meeting last month.
University officials say the third draft
of the measures, which was shown at
the meeting, included aspects UNC
Blowout
UNC dominates winless
N.C. A&T in 93-57 romp.
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Wednesday, February 19, 2003
RUNOFF ELECTIONS
By Jenny Immel and Rob Leichner / staff writers
Matt Tepper narrowly defeated Sang Shin on Tuesday
to win the student body president race with 56.6 percent
of the vote.
But from their embrace 30 minutes after the
announcement, it was hard to tell if Matt Tepper or Shin
was the victor.
The look of nervousness on
Matt Tepper’s face instantly
faded into one of shock and
amazement when Board of
Elections Chairman Brian
Fauver read the results in the
packed “Carolina Week" studio.
“It is an amazing feeling," Matt Tepper said. “It was a
really hectic campaign.”
After the announcement Matt Tepper said that he
planned to consider the other candidates’ platform ideas
for incorporation in his upcoming term.
“I’ll definitely have to sit down and look at all of them
and see which points fit into my platform,” he said.
His own platform is the first priority, Matt Tepper said,
especially establishing his proposed student wish list and
setting up bike pumps at the Student Union.
Although he said he does not yet have any specific
people in mind for his administration, he wants to follow
Student Body President Jen Daum’s lead and select a
diverse group.
“I want to make sure we pull from a large group of
people so we have a diverse voice, representative of the
entire student body," Matt Tepper said.
Finding the campaign and taking office will be a great
relief, Matt Tepper said. “Hopefully, I’ll have time to get
some schoolwork done ... before I get to work on my
platform,” he said.
Before he takes office in April, Matt Tepper said, he
plans to work with the current administration and to ask
for advice on selecting his administration and taking office.
“I’m sure I’ll be talking a lot with the Jen Daum adminis
tration, and they have a lot they can tell us,” he said.
Most of Matt Tepper’s supporters watched the announce
ment from 111 Carroll Hall after arriving too late to find a
seat in the crowded studio. Matt Tepper said his campaign
staff was instrumental in helping him win the election.
Matt Tepper said his sister, freshman Megan Tepper,
lifted a lot of the burden from his shoulders during the
campaign. Her support and campaigning in the residence
halls provided a great help, he said.
“She definitely helped out a whole lot,” Matt Tepper
will apply to be a marshal.
Manekin and Sue both said before the results
were announced that they would like to see parts of
their platform achieved. Manekin stressed the
importance of getting their proposed literacy pro
gram enacted, and Sue said he wanted to see a
stronger push for service projects.
Leamon also said he would like to see more
senior class service projects enacted regardless of
the election’s outcome, and Melton stressed the
importance of promoting diversity.
Leamon and Melton said that they will be open
to suggestions from their challengers but that they
have a large platform to work with. He said he
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already had data on - such as staff
turnover and student graduation rates -
instead of things it might begin to mea
sure.
As the only public university to be
conducting a study of this kind, UNC is
pitching itself as a pioneer in the area of
accountability. University officials hope
these measures will hold UNC to a
higher standard than other schools.
In the higher education arena, U.S.
News & World Report university rank-
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Sang Shin is hugged by Student Body President
Jen Daum after results are announced.
said. “She rallied the freshman class, and it was good to
have some familial support through this whole thing.”
Megan Tepper said that although she does not plan to
get into campus politics, her brother’s campaign will be
beneficial to the school. She said she is excited about his
plans to acquire more sports fields for the campus.
“I think he has some really great ideas that are really
new and will help the school a lot,” Megan Tepper said.
“It was hard to keep motivated through some of it, but it
was a lot of fun.”
Shin sat by as the results were read, clasping hands
with his supporters gathered around him, who had been
waiting more than an hour. “I’m not going to he,” he said
after the results were read. “I am very disappointed. We
were above qualified for the job.”
Shin, who had received endorsements from former
student body president candidates Nathan Cherry, Ben
Pickett and Dan Pickel, said that he and his campaign
staff had a busy week but that it was worth it.
Shin said that he congratulates Matt Tepper on a hard
fought campaign and that there is a chance he will work
with him next year.
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George Leamon and Doug Melton embrace after winning the
election for senior class president and vice president.
Democratic Hopefuls Battle
History in Presidential Race
By Bobby Whisnant Jr.
Staff Writer
American voters historically elect
governors to the White House - leav
ing three Democratic presidential
hopefuls who occupy seats in the U.S.
Senate struggling for support, say polit
ical pundits.
The senators - John Edwards from
North Carolina, John Kerry from
Massachusetts and Joseph Lieberman
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from Connecticut - will have to over
come a hardship last conquered by for
mer President Kennedy. Of the many
Democrats who are considering runs
for the White House, only one- for
mer Vermont Gov. Howard Dean - has
been in the governor’s office.
Experts say voters tend to elect gov
ernors to the presidency more than sen
ators because governors already have
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