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SENATORS
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executive leadership experience.
They said the three senators already
have their work cut out for them, as the
winner of the Democratic primary will
face popular incumbent President Bush,
former governor of Texas.
Wayne Parent, chairman of the
Department of Political Science at
Louisiana State University, said sena
tors’ involvement with the federal gov
ernment can cloud their presidential
platforms, leaving the door wide open
for criticism from other candidates.
“There’s so much negative that peo
ple can grab because they cast so many
votes on different issues,” he said.
“Governors don’t deal with national
issues, so they’re not as easy to cam
paign against. It’s always easier for gov
ernors. They’re running for an executive
position, and they are executives.”
Voters typically look for a candidate
who can take charge, said Gary Gregg,
director of the University of Louisville’s
McConnell Center for Political
Leadership.
“Americans want someone who’s
going to get things done,” he said.
“Governors are in charge and have
done this. It’s harder with senators
because they have to take a position on
what the president is taking a position
on. Governors can rest on issues until
they’re called out on it.”
Brandice Canes-Wrone, professor of
political science at Northwestern
University, said governors hold advan
tages in presidential races because of
their experience as executives and
because of Americans’ new desire for
candidates outside Washington, D.C.
“It used to be the case that before pri
maries, it benefited candidates to be a
Washington insider,” she said. “Now, it’s
not very appealing to Americans.”
Gregg also said it would be harder for
senators to run against an incumbent
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But Parent said senators can make
good presidents - if they get that far -
because they publicly address national
issues.
“JFK was a senator, and he was a
great president,” he said. “But (Kerry,
Edwards and Lieberman) will have trou
ble as candidates.”
Patrick Kenney, chairman of the
Department of Political Science at
Arizona State University, said that while
it’s easier for senators to run because
they have more time to travel and cam
paign, governors still bring more to the
table.
“The person that articulates some
thing different in their agenda will have
the edge and will generate the most
buzz,” he said.
But Peri Arnold, professor of political
science at the University of Notre
Dame, said people are starting to prefer
Washington outsiders.
“It’s almost as if we now value a can
didate’s ability to be as naive as they can
get,” he said. “Edwards is an interesting
case because he has no experience. Yet
he understands what Americans want,
because he’s launching a totally populist
campaign.”
The offices held by candidates are a
moot point compared to where they
hold these offices, said Abraham Davis,
professor of political science at
Morehouse College. “A senator from a
large state, like New York or California,
would do better than a governor from a
small state because they have bigger
name recognition,” Davis said. “But a
governor from New York or California
would do better than a small-state sen
ator because they deal with more
national issues like foreign trade policy.”
“In Atlanta, the name John Edwards
wouldn’t be significant, just as if I was
walking down the street and met some
one namedjohn Williams.”
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MEASURES
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ings serve as the primary barometer for
distinguishing college reputations. But
the University wants to create a ranking
of its own that focuses on issues impor
tant to UNC while also making com
parisons to other leading universities.
“We wish for the bar to be high
because we are focused on being the
leading public university,” Carter said.
“It addresses the old cliche, ‘What you
measure, you address.’”
But Carter added that the measures
are nowhere near being finished. “It’s a
work in progress, and it will probably
always be a work in progress.”
Diversity Disappears
The first draft began with 69 mea
sures, but the Office of the Provost,
along with the Board of Trustees, cut the
list down to 46 because of space con
straints and difficulties in measuring
some of the criteria.
“In any document, I don’t think you
can be entirely comprehensive,” said
trustee Rusty Carter.
Provost Robert Shelton explained
that some of the points were too difficult
to measure and that some were corre
lated highly enough with other measures
that they could be dropped from the list.
But when questioned as to why cer
tain crucial measures were consolidated
or dropped altogether, University offi
cials lacked a clear explanation.
In the first draft, specific measures of
the diversity of the student body, grad
uate and professional students, staff and
faculty were included. But by the second
draft, those measures were reduced to a
single sentence in the preamble.
Shelton seemed concerned that the
specific measures addressing diversity
were condensed to a single overarching
goal in the preamble and said they
might have to be added back.
SENIOR CLASS
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respects the other candidates and
enjoyed the healthy competition
“We are leaving (suggestions) open to
everyone,” Leamon said. “There are no
strings attached.”
Leamon and Melton prided them
selves on the originality of their cam
paign effort.
“We were creative and thought out
side of the box," Leamon said. “We
showed that you can stay out of the Pit.”
Leamon and Melton said they proved
their dedication to their class by camp
ing out in Polk Place, even through the
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“We seem to have jettisoned quanti
tative measures on diversity,” Shelton
said. “I cannot think of why we would
do that, but it is certainly not intention
al.”
Diversity has been a contentious
topic of debate on college campuses
lately as the U.S. Supreme Court pre
pares to hear a case challenging the
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and
race-based admissions policies in gener
al.
UNC officials have been outspoken
in their support for UM and have
stressed the need for diversity on college
campuses.
Although UNC
does not use
explicit affirmative
action policies in
its admissions
process, race is
taken into account.
The future of
affirmative action
and race-based
admissions in gen
eral is unclear.
“We wish for the bar
to be high because we
are focused on being the
leading public university.”
Rusty Carter
UNC Trustee
“I don’t know what wifi happen (with
the case), but it won’t change our com
mitment (to diversity),” Shelton said.
And despite the removal of diversity
from the measures, he added, “I think
this is one of those areas that you don’t
know how you’re doing unless you keep
track of it”
Executive Associate Provost
Bernadette Gray-Little said the diversity
component was moved to the preamble
of the measures of excellence to stand as
a general theme instead of mentioning it
multiple times in the report. “By putting
it there, we were trying to be more eco
nomical in the statement,” she said.
But it is unclear whether the overar
ching philosophical goals in the pream
ble will be measured equally with the
rest of the criteria.
“The idea was to have it as an over
arching goal, but I think we need to put
ice storm.
They also attribute their success to
keeping a small staff during the cam
paigning process. Although fewer mem
bers on their staff meant more stress for
Leamon and Melton, they said, the
senior class was aware of their added
workload and their dedication.
But both thought the things that most
set them apart from their opponents
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in specific ways to measure it in the met
rics,” Gray-Little said upon further ques
tioning. “We may need to put it back in
those metrics as it was before.”
Campus leaders say that diversity not
only deseWes equal weight with other
measures such as financial accessibility,
endowment and athletic performance
but that it is one of the most important
criteria.
“Is diversity important? Absolutely,”
said Terri Houston, director of on-cam
pus recruitment and support programs
for the Office for Minority Affairs.
“Should it be measured? Absolutely.
Diversity is an
important part of
everything. It
should be an
important part of
the fabric of all the
University does.”
Faculty Council
Chairwoman Sue
Estroff said she
would like to hear
the rationale
behind the changes that were made.
“I’m sure that my colleagues and 1 will
have some concerns if the changes mean
there’s less of a commitment and less
interest (in diversity).”
Contributions to the State
Diversity was not the only compo
nent of UNC’s measures that saw signif
icant modification. Certain elements
measuring UNC’s contributions to the
state also were eliminated between
drafts.
Shelton said it would be difficult to
get comparable data from other univer
sities on this topic.
But the three measures that were cut
from the section of the University’s con
tributions to the state - the number of
programs serving the state, the percent
age of UNC graduates who work in the
state and the percentage of the state’s
work force that was trained at UNC -
were the realistic ideas in their platform.
“We offered tangible ideas, not just
hypothetical ideas, in our platform, and
this was reflected in the vote,” Leamon
said. “Everything
in the platform is
able to be
achieved.”
They also noted
their visits with
Chancellor James
Moeser and former
N.C. Gov. Jim
Hunt as steps not
ordinarily taken by
senior class officer
“We were creative and
thought outside of the box.
We showed that you can
stay out of the Pit. ”
George Leamon
Senior Class President-elect
candidates.
“My father always said, ‘lf you’re
going to do something, do it right,’”
Leamon said. “Doug and I did this
right.”
Melton said he was relieved that the
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“I am going to seriously consider it
because I have a lot of respect for Matt
and I still want to help out the
University in some way,” he said.
The victory celebration started out
side the studio, and Matt Tepper said it
was going to proceed uptown.
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definitely can be measured, said Lynn
Williford, director of the Office of
Institutional Research.
“It’s not that we don’t measure it
now; it’s that we don’t compile the
data,” Williford said. “Data do exist. It
just may take some effort to pull it
together in a format so that it addresses
the measures.”
Williford also said that although the
University has no exchange agreements,
UNC could contact other schools to
share similar data.
In addition to noting the difficulty of
obtaining the data, University officials
said there was a space strain to contend
with.
“We were under tremendous pressure
to reduce the number of measures,”
Shelton said.
BOT Vice Chairman Stick Williams
said showing what UNC contributes to
the state, whether through programs that
serve the state or UNC graduates who
enter the N.C. work force, is vitally
important considering the University’s
heavy reliance on the state budget.
When asked why the measures no
longer include three of those contribu
tions, Williams was at a loss for words.
“You got me on the spot here,” he
said. “We might want to add back some
of those things.”
Williams said he hopes the University
does not rush to finish the measures.
“The principal intent is to get it right,”
he said.
And if the slight confusion about
what got eliminated from the list and
why is any indicator, the University still
has some refining to do.
Williams admitted that among other
things, University officials might need to
take another look at the diversity com
ponent of the measures.
“You kind of raised my antenna a lit
tle bit.”
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process was over, adding that the most
difficult part was balancing his academ
ic load with the campaign.
Leamon said he would like to get the
marshal selection
under way, pick a
graduation speak
er and put class
gift ideas in
motion as soon as
possible.
Melton, who
said he had a test
this morning, had
no plans for cele
bration.
Leamon also said he probably would
relax and spend time with his running
mate.
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While Matt Tepper planned to go out,
Shin said he was headed home to thank
those who helped on his campaign. “I’m
going to go home and sleep it off,” he said.
Matt Tepper said that by today, it will
be time to get to work. “I have a long list
of things to accomplish, so I am sure I
will be very busy in the next year.”
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