Hotly (Tar Hprf
BOARD EDITORIALS
STRIKING A BALANCE
The results of Tuesdays elections add anew element to the town-gown
relationship, but it is important that both groups strive for cooperation.
rTlhe University needs Chapel Hill, and Chapel
I Hill needs UNC. This all seems simple enough.
But the relationship between the groups at
times has been anything but simple.
At times it appears that neither party is willing to
admit that it “needs” its counterpart, not wanting to
appear needy and consequently lose leverage in the
escalating town-gown power struggle.
After Tuesdays elections, the Chapel Hill Town
Council now has two new members who can play
this power game.
The rookies, Cam Hill and Sally Greene, had no
problems on the campaign trail expressing their
anti-University sentiment when it came to the issues
of neighborhood preservation and campus develop
ment. In addition, re-elected council member Bill
Strom has in the past fought the University’s plan to
change its development plans.
Strom, Hill and Greene received the most votes in
last week’s election, which some residents and local
media acknowledged resulted from the support of
area neighborhood groups critical of University
development plans.
Clearly, incumbency was not the issue that drove
voters out in droves. Many Chapel Hill residents
wanted to be heard, and they thought they could be
represented duly by any candidate who will stand up
to the ever-expanding University.
Re-elected council member Jim Ward, interest
ingly enough, is the only moderate of the four victo
rious candidates in terms of UNC’s expansion.
During his last term, he voted for changes to the
University’s Development Plan that Strom opposed.
But he also showed a capacity for criticism, as he
strongly disapproved of UNC’s plans to widen South
Columbia Street.
While campaigning, Hill was the most vocal crit
ic of expansion plans. He went so far as to say, “The
biggest threats to neighborhoods in town come from
the University.”
Furthermore, he maintained, “Other university
towns have stood up to the schools that inhabit
them. It is time Chapel Hill did the same thing.”
But what sort of example have other college towns
set when dealing with similar circumstances?
When asked to clarify his comments about college
communities, Hill noted, “Cambridge has stood up
to Harvard. And to a lesser degree, the same goes for
New Haven, because Yale has shown some initiative.”
Though the situations aren’t identical, UNC cer
EDITORIAL NOTEBOOK
HOT AND BOTHERED
A combination of warmer temperatures and several heated campus
residence halls left man)’ students in a stick)’ situation last week.
I spent last year in South Campus with no air con
ditioning and I bated it. So when I signed up to
move into Lewis Residence Hall this year with
central air conditioning, I thought I would be escap
ing the heat.
To my surprise and the surprise of students in 10
residence halls located on Mid Campus and North
Campus, we found the heat turned on last week
while it was 80 degrees outside.
Rick Bradley, information and communications
manager for the Department of Housing and
Residential Education, told The Daily Tar Heel the
department made its decision to turn on the heat
after receiving several complaints from students and
parents about residence hall rooms being cold.
But housing officials should have consulted resi
dents about the decision earlier and in a more sys
tematic manner than they did.
Lewis resident Joseph Schafermeyer, a junior
biology major, said that this isn’t the first year hous
ing has turned on heating without contacting resi
dents.
“They do it every year,” Schafermeyer said Sunday,
suggesting that there should have been a survey of
some sort to get a better sense of residents’ overall
EDITORS' NOTE: The above editorials are the opinions of solely The Daily Tar Heel Editorial Board and were reached after open debate. The
board consists of eight board members, the assistant editorial page editor, the editorial page editor and the DTH editor. The 2003-04 DTH
editor decided not to vote on the board and not to write board editorials
übp Daily LTar Urol
PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS STAFF
representative, Kimberly Craven, Judy Pham,
Anna Stokes. Kia Thacker and Ada Wilson,
representatives.
Display Advertising: Kate Bmgham,
Melanie Brooks. Elizabeth Crutcher, Megan
Gilchrist, Annie Godwin. Matt Eagle, Andy
Lunnen, Shannon Plummer, Kelsey Scott and
EDITORIAL STAFF
Lindsay Freeman, David Lorimer, Leslie
Middleton, Katie Schwing. Erin Watson and
Rebecca Wilhelm.
Design: Daniel BeDen, Jessica Giroux,
Tiffany Ward, Amy Dombrower, Jennifer
Alliet, Brooke Moskovitz, Samantha Reimer,
Jenna Wooten, Laura Dmgeldem and Kate
Lord.
Editorial: Latrice Brockman, Daniel David,
Jeff Kim, Nico Pandi, Dave Seigel, Jeff Silver
and Colin Sutker. editorial board, Billy Ball,
Michael Davis, Nathan Denny. Mike Gorman
and Brian Millikin, columnists.
Features: India Autry. Caroline Lindsey, Kelly
Ochs, Ami Shah, Kirsten Valle, Jacqueline
Brill, Emily Batchelder, Linjun Shen and
Jordan Caswell
Graphics: Natalie Fish, Debbie Rosen, Rena
Chernotsky, Lizzy Moser, Khanh-Lien Nguyen
and Gabrielle Snow.
Online: Southey Blanton, Katherine
Christian, Heather O'Kelley, Jenny Bao,
Feilding Cage, Alex Hurst and Hsin-Ya Teng.
Photography: Sara Abrons, Kimberly
Craven, Joshua Greer and Joame Tobin, sen
ior photographers; Kristen Ashton, Gillian
Bolsover, Elspeth Callahan, John Dudley,
Beth Floyd, Kristin Goode, Leah Latella, Greq
Logan, Allison Money, Laura Morton, Rachel
Shockley, Gabi Trapenberg, Ashlie White, Liz
Winter, Alex Fine, Ashley Pitt, Andrew
Synowiez, Jessica Russell. Justin Smith, Kathy
Snupmg, Lauren Parker and Madonna Lee.
Projects Team: Jamie Dougher, Matt
Business and Advertising: Janet
Gallagher-Cassel, director/general manager
Chrissy Beck, director of marketing, Lisa
Reichle, business manager, Tiffany Flomo,
retail sales manager; Ellen Withrow, business
assistant
Customer Service: Amanda Taylor, senior
Assistant Editors: Philip McFee and
Michael Pucci, arts & entertainment Nick
Eberlem, Jenny Huang and Ryan Tuck, city;
Chris Coletta, copy; Orla Buckley, Randi
Demagistris and Nicole Neuman, design.
Kristin Becker. Kristen Williams, features',
Adam Shupe, online, Audrey Butler and
Lindsay Beth Ellison, graphics, Kate
Blackman and Garrett Hall, photography,
Michael Clarke, Jacob Karabel! ana Brandon
Parker, sports; Emma Burqm, Elliott Dube
and Laura Youngs, state I national, Jenny
Immel, Emily Steel and Nikki Werkmg, uni
versity.
Arts & Entertainment: Kemp Baldwin,
Diane Eikenberry, Tacque Kirksey, Brandon
Whiteside, Thomas Previte, Gerald Johnson,
Nicole Bobitski, Jeff Fowler, Leah Konen,
Garrett Mams, Rebecca Moore, Jacqueline
Randall, Tanner Slayden, Lauren Streib and
Jim Walsh
Cartoon: Selena Beckman-Harned, Fitz
Holladay, Andrew Johnson, Brittain Peck,
Danny Rosenblutt and Andrew Stevens.
City: Shannan Bowen. Susie Dickson, Emily
Vasauez, Ben Baldner, Jamila Boutnd,
Meghan Gambling, Erin Gibson, Chris
Glazner, Sarah Hancox, Laura Hirst, Caitlin
Johnson, Terrence Jordan, Sara Lewcowicz,
Lindsey Listrom, Chris McLaughlin, Jane
Novotny, Iris Lydia Padgett, Sarah Rabil and
Dan Schwmd.
Copy: Meghan Greene, Christina Rexrode,
Jordan Williams, Jennifer Dailey, Emily Fisher,
The editorials are approved by the majority of the editorial board, which is com
posed of the editor, editorial page editor, assistant editorial page editor and eight edito
rial writers. The Daiiy Tar Heel is published by the DTH Publishing Corp., a non-profit
North Carolina corporation, Monday-Friday, according to the University calendar. Callers
with questions about billing or display advertising should call 962-1163 between 8:30
a.m. and 5 p.m. Classified ads can be reached at 962-0252. Editorial questions should
be directed to 962-0245.
ISN #10709436
OFFICE: Suite 104 Carolina Union
CAMPUS MAIL ADDRESS: CB# 5210, Carolina Union iTWy
U.S. MAIL ADDRESS: P.0.80x 3257, W.mdS'
Chapel Hill, NC 27515-3257
tainly can learn from the past instead of repeating it.
Two years ago, Cambridge, Mass., asked Harvard
University, the largest employer and landowner in
the city, to follow its wage ordinance. The city argued
that the ordinance would be virtually meaningless
unless Harvard did so, but the university ignored the
city’s request.
The result was a three-week sit-in by workers and
students that eventually forced mighty Harvard to
its knees.
Harvard’s prestigious partner, Yale University,
also has acted ignorantly in its town-gown relations.
Paul Bass of the New Haven Advocate asserts that
Yale has been guilty of “almost three centuries of
hostile, plantation-owner conduct against its host
city” due to its notion that “New Haven should be
thankful to have a... world-famous employer... and
therefore should let it do whatever it wants.”
Only recently has Yale tried to become a good
neighbor. Bass says it now realizes that New Haven is
“the fodder for the work Yale contributes to the world.”
UNC must learn from these examples and assume
the role of good citizen and gentle giant. The
University should not let its relationship with the
town reach the levels of that of Yale and Harvard.
Compromise is the key. Many Chapel Hill resi
dents fear Carolina North because they believe plans
for the mixed-use facility have not been made in
public. The University can help to ease tension sim
ply by keeping locals informed.
But compromise must be a resident responsibili
ty as well.
Records show that only 20 percent of registered
voters in Chapel Hill and Carrboro headed to the
polls in last week’s elections. Although it is impos
sible to predict whether the results would have been
swayed had more residents voted, it is safe to say the
turnout likely is not reflective of all viewpoints with
in the town.
It is important that the council work to balance
the needs and desires of all residents within the town
and not just the 20 percent who showed up to vote.
Ignoring the concerns of other residents would
result in one segment of the population setting the
agenda for the entire town —a major criticism of the
University’s dealings.
Compromise is the first step. The University and
the council ultimately must develop good relations.
There is no sense in finding quick compromise while
a volatile relationship simmers beneath the surface.
JEFF KIM
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER
feelings.
Bryan McKelvey, a freshman business major who
lives in Lewis, went further by suggesting that resi
dents should be compensated for having to deal with
the problem.
Althea Johnson, a freshman music major who
also lives in Lewis, said that since residents pay extra
for the climate control system that worked against
them, they should get their money back.
The housing department sent a brief e-mail to res
idents apologizing for the lack of communication,
partially justifying its decision to turn on the heat by
providing forecasts of upcoming cold weather.
But its decision-making has a direct impact on the
daily lives of residents.
They made our lives uncomfortable without noti
fying us. A more sincere form of apology is in order.
I’m paying for a climate control system that’s sup
posed to make my life happier.
I should have a say in whether the heat is turned
on or not.
READERS FORUM
Attention aspiring columnists, editorial
board members and cartoonists:
Are you interested in occupying your very
own soapbox once a week in the form of a week
ly column? In influencing the stances of The
Daily Tar Heel Editorial Board? In drawing edi
torial cartoons?
If so, your time has come. The DTH editorial
page now is hiring all positions for the spring
semester. We will be hiring three news analysis
columnists and two at-large columnists.
Positions as cartoonists and on the DTH
Editorial Board also are open.
Applications are available at the front desk of
the DTH office in Suite 104 of the Student
Union.
Applications are due in the DTH office by 5
p.m. Monday, Nov. 24. Decisions will be
announced on this page Monday, Dec. 1.
If you have any questions, please e-mail
Nathan Denny at ndenny@email.unc.edu.
Plans under way to create a task force
to oversee enhanced CAPS program
TO THE EDITOR:
We are writing to address concerns raised in
the recent editorial regarding increased student
fee funding for the Counseling and Psychological
Service Program.
The editorial noted the need for oversight
during this transition and the need to maintain
open lines of communication between students
and the administration of the CAPS program.
We are pleased to note that we are already in
the process working with CAPS Director John
Edgerly to create a CAPS task force that will be
charged with these very tasks.
This task force will comprise faculty, under-
Anne Tackabery, account executives
Advertising Production: Penny Persons,
manager, Kathryn Klein and Karen Stone,
assistants.
Classified Production: Cmdy Henley
Hanson, Suzanne Presto, Joe Rauch and
Lynne Shallcross.
Sports: Jamie Agin and Aaron Fitt, senior
writers', Sarah McConnaghy, Carrie Sasser
and Rachel Soder, sports copy; Jeremy
Borden, Tyler Dancy, Gabrielle Deßosa, Mike
Martinez, Hunter Powell, Will Robinson,
Randy Wellington, Briana Gorman, David
Moses, Andy Wales, Alicia Jones and Mary
Duby.
State & National: Adjoa Adolfo, Alexandra
Dodson. Margaux Escutin, Alex Granados.
Kathryn Roebuck, Mason Rhodes, Kavita
Pillai, Jonathan Riehl, Lawrence Shaheen,
Alesia DiCosola, Dan Piergallim, Dora
Gonzalez. Lmhda Tran, Patricia Lapadula,
Shelley Mayo, Aaron Wallace, Bernard
Holloway and Scott Simonton.
University: Stephanie Horvath, senior
writer, W\\\ Arey, Laura Bost, Brian Hudson,
Caroline Kornegay, Mary McGuirt, Joe
Saunders, Arman Tolentmo, Elizabeth Black,
Kelli Borbet, Jonathan Carl, Megan Davis,
Joanna Housiadas, Torrye Jones, Daniel
Malloy, Greg Parker, Tim Price, Jenny Ruby.
Andrew Satten, Joseph Schwartz, Megan
Serow, Adam Zelsdorf, John Zhang and Mary
Beth Bardin.
Editorial Production: Stacy Wynn, manag
er.
Printing: Triangle Web.
Distribution: Triangle Circulation Services
Editorial Page
ON THE DAY’S NEWS
“Government and cooperation are in all things the laws of life;
anarchy and competition the laws of death.”
JOHN RUSKIN, ENGLISH ART CRITIC AND AUTHOR
EDITORIAL CARTOON
• CONSULTING WITH THE GWSSRDOTS •
UNIVERSITY
Schools, not lawmakers,
should decide cap debate
Newton’s Third Law of
Motion adequately sum
marizes my concerns with
raising the out-of-state enroll
ment cap.
That rule basically states that
for every action, there is an equal
and opposite reaction.
A modern, context-appropriate
revision of the law would read
something like this: “If you —as
an administrator at the flagship
institution in North Carolina’s
system of public universities
mess with the out-of-state enroll
ment cap, you just might provoke
the legislature to get involved.”
And that would be a mistake.
State legislators from Sen. Hugh
Webster, R-Caswell, to Sen. Fern
Shubert, R-Union, already are
chomping at the bit to give the
University a piece of their minds
—and, according to those legisla
tors, a piece of their constituen
cies’ minds too.
Those lawmakers allege that
North Carolinians are distressed
at the increasingly noticeable dis
connect between the University'
and the rest of the state. That dis
connect is underscored dramati
cally in critics’ eyes by attempts to
bring in more out-of-state stu
dents.
The critics all are presenting the
same arguments and are doing so
both emotionally and convincingly.
The People of the State are
“livid," Webster said. Other critics
point out that North Carolina’s
taxpayers provide for the universi
ty system and that to deny those
same taxpayers access to the
University would be a travesty.
Imagine the gall, still other
naysayers add, after N.C. residents
overwhelmingly approved the $3.1
billion higher education bond just
three years ago.
The arguments go on and on,
HR „ ~
NATHAN DENNY
UNDER THE WELL
and for the most part they cer
tainly have some validity.
It surely would be a horrible
thing to abandon the University’s
mission of serving the people of
the state.
The only thing worse would be
provoking those legislators to get
involved.
There’s a reason politicians del
egate the responsibility of manag
ing higher education to others.
It’s not their job.
When legislators are inclined
to get involved, it’s usually
because of knee-jerk reactions to
some controversy or another
stirred up at one of the universi
ties. It’s almost never a good
thing.
Take, for instance, this year’s
summer reading controversy. Or,
for that matter, any other summer
reading controversy.
Members of the N.C. General
Assembly, incensed that the
socialists and terrorists posing as
UNC-Chapel Hill faculty and
administrators are brainwashing
delicate 18-year-old kids from
Salisbury, repeatedly threaten
heightened legislative oversight.
When this happens, University
officials are quick to point out the
importance of academic freedom,
as well as the absolute necessity
that the General Assembly avoid
the temptation to micromanage
UNC-system campuses.
This divide is immensely
important. Whether the issue is
graduate, graduate and professional students,
and CAPS administrators and will help ensure
that the new revenue sources are used to maxi
mum efficacy for students.
Additionally, it is our goal that this committee
eventually will be transitioned into a standing
advisory committee for the program. Finally, it
should be noted that Dr. Edgerly and Dean
Bresciani. interim vice chancellor for student
affairs, are very supportive of this effort and are
highly committed to soliciting and considering
student input.
The authors of the editorial were correct in
suggesting that student government leaders
need to follow through during the implementa
tion of the increased student fee for CAPS.
However, in light of the broad range of sup
port on campus and the support structures
already being formed, we strongly feel that these
efforts will result in a greatly enhanced CAPS
program that will represent one of the most pos
itive achievements of our respective administra
tions.
Dan Herman
President
Graduate and Pro fession Student Federation
Matt Tepper
Student Body President
TO SUBMIT A LETTER: The Daily Tar Heel welcomes
reader comments. Letters to the editor should be no
longer than 300 words and must be typed, double
spaced, dated and signed by no more than two people.
Students should include their year, major and phone
number. Faculty and staff should include their title,
department and phone number. The DTH reserves the
right to edit letters for space, clarity and vulgarity.
Publication is not guaranteed. Bring letters to the DTH
office at Suite 104, Carolina Union, mail them to P.O.
Box 3257, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 or e-mail them to edit
desk@unc.edu.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2003
By David Horsey, Tribune Media Services
“There’s a reason
politicians delegate
... higher education
to others. It’s not
their job.”
academic freedom or overhead
receipts, it is imperative that leg
islators stay out of the business of
administering higher education.
It’s just not their forte.
By pursuing the misguided
goal of raising the cap on out-of
state students, system officials are
putting that separation at risk.
UNC-CH is most directly in
danger of provoking legislators to
get involved.
An alternate proposal by UNC
system Board of Governors mem
bers Addison Bell and Peter
Keber could hold individual cam
pus leaders accountable for push
ing to raise the cap.
The proposal would allow cam
puses to seek permission to lift
the cap on out-of-state students,
enabling the BOG to make such
decisions on an individual basis.
At UNC-CH, one of the only
universities likely to take advan
tage of raising the cap, this would
mean that University administra
tors would be forced to take a
stand on their own without the
protection of the rest of the sys
tem.
The BOG will discuss the issue
at its Friday meeting, and mem
bers definitely will be cognizant of
the pressure coming from legisla
tors, many of whom are eager to
put the UNC system in its place.
Don’t tempt them.
Contact Nathan Denny
at ndenny@email.unc.edu.
Established 1893
110 years of editorialfreedom
Übr Daily (Tar Hrrl
www.dailytarheei.com
ELYSE ASHBURN
EDITOR. 962-4086
OFFICE HOURS 2:15-3:15 PM MON., WED.
DANIEL THIGPEN
MANAGING EDITOR, 962-0750
JENNIFER SAMUELS
PROJECTS MANAGING EDITOR. 962-0750
APRIL BETHEA
EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR. 962-0750
BROOK R. CORWIN
UNIVERSITY EDITOR. 962-0372
KATHRYN GRIM
CITY EDITOR. 962-4209
CLEVE R. WOOTSON JR.
STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR. 962-4103
BRIAN MACPHERSON
SPORTS EDITOR. 962^710
MICHELLE JARBOE
FEATURES EDITOR, 962-4214
NICK PARKER
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR. 962-4214
ALEX OBREGON
COPY EDITOR. 962-4103
BRIAN CASSELLA
PHOTO EDITOR. 962-0750
MICHELLE KUTTNER
DESIGN EDITOR. 962-0750
MICHAELA IDHAMMAR
GRAPHICS EDITOR. 962-0750
KRISTEN OLIVER
ONLINE EDITOR, 962-0750
BEN COUCH
SPORTSATURDAY EDITOR. 962-4710
JOHN FRANK
PROJECTS TEAM LEADER. 962-0246
ERIC GAUTSCHI
OMBUDSMAN
If you have any concerns or comments
about our coverage, please contact Ombudsman Erk
Gautschi at gautschiOemail unc.edu or 918-1311
9