VOLUME 111, ISSUE 114
BOT delays vote on tuition hikes
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Trustee Nelson Schwab speaks about raising out-of
state tuition at the Board of Trustees meeting Thursday.
Possible
increase
worries
students
Nonresidents react
to BOT tuition talks
BY BRIAN HUDSON
STAFF WRITER
Many students are up in arms about
the UNC Board of Trustees’ discussion
on raising out-of-state tuition even
though trustees will not make anv deci
sion until their January meeting.
Kevin McCormick, a junior from
New York, said he is opposed staunch
ly to an out-of-state tuition increase.
“I just feel that they shouldn't raise it
because it would decrease the number
of out-of-state students that will want
to go here,” he said. “A lot of them might
shy away from UNC.”
During meetings this week, trustees
considered increasing the $14,803
tuition out-of-state students pay per
year. The proposed increases ranged
from $2,000 to SB,OOO.
The discussion was tabled until the
next BOT meeting, but many board
members expressed their desire
Thursday for an increase in out-of-state
tuition.
Student Body President Matt Tepper
was the only BOT member at the meet
ing to speak out against raising tuition.
He said a sudden increase would make
the school unattractive to both enrolled
and prospective out-of-state students.
“A big attraction to out-of-state stu
dents is the price,” he said in an inter
view after the meeting. “It’s affordable
and it’s great.” Tepper said the only way
to ensure a fair tuition increase is to
allow student participation. “In this next
process I’m going to push that there is as
much student input as possible.”
Arielle Pacer, a sophomore from
California, said an increase would lead
her to consider transferring schools.
“I came to UNC because it is a great
school at a great cost,” she said.
“(Raising tuition) would be an
increased burden on my family.”
Kelly McCrann, a sophomore from
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Adams, 83, leaves profound legacy
BY STEPHANIE M. HORVATH
SENIOR WRITER
E. Maynard Adams was concerned
with people first.
Though the Kenan professor emeri
tus of philosophy received a score of dis
tinguished honors and published
numerous books and articles, his fami
ly, friends and former students remem
ber him as a humanist and a mentor.
Adams died Monday of complica
tions from prostate cancer. He was 83.
Many of Adams’ former students
said they felt his influence long after
they left his classroom.
“His role in my life, his impact, was so
varied and profound that I came to think
of him as a second father,” said Seth
Holtzman, a former student and profes-
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BY BROOK R. CORWIN
UNIVERSITY EDITOR
The University’s governing board
delayed a vote to raise tuition and stu
dent fees Thursday, directing campus
officials to draft a more long-term pro
posal that emphasizes an out-of-state
tuition increase.
The move sends the University’s
Tuition Task Force back to the drawing
board just three months before the
UNC-system Board of Governors plans
to vote on campus tuition increases.
The UNC-Chapel Hill Board of
Trustees was expected to vote on a
proposal, crafted by the task force last
month, to raise tuition across the
board by S3OO each year for three
years.
But trustees strongly objected to
such an increase, advocating instead a
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use chalk to draw on the bricks in the Pit
on Thursday afternoon. Carolina Union
Activities Board sponsored and judged the
sidewalk painting contest. The winner of the
contest received a $25 gift certificate to Peppers
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Former UNC Professor E. Maynard
Adams died Monday at age 83.
sor of philosophy at Catawba College.
Adams taught at UNC from 1948
until his mandatory retirement in
1990, after which he continued to teach
undergraduate philosophy classes.
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percentage-based increase that would
raise tuition by a greater amount for
out-of-state students.
Talk of raising out-of-state student
tuition by at least $1,500 has sur
faced during debate on whether the
UNC system’s nonresident enroll
ment cap should be raised from 18
percent to 22 percent.
The BOG has tabled the cap issue,
but UNC-CH Chancellor James
Moeser has said he will continue to
push for the increase.
Given the University’s stance on the
out-of-state enrollment cap, trustees
advocated an increase that demon
strates concern for North Carolinians.
“This (proposal) sends absolutely
the wrong message,” said Nelson
Schwab, chairman of the BOT’s
Finance Committee. “It’s not what we
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Pizza. Second prize was UNC gear, and third
prize was a surprise. As the sun came out again
and the temperatures rose into the upper 60s, a
relatively large number of students took part in
the event. Because of the high turnout, CUAB is
considering holding the contest again next week.
He was involved heavily on campus,
serving as faculty chairman from 1976-
79 and chairman of the Department of
Philosophy from 1960-65. He helped
establish UNC’s program in the
humanities and human values and the
curriculum in peace, war and defense.
In 1971 he won the Thomas
Jefferson Award, which the chancellor
awards annually to the faculty member
who best exemplifies Jefferson’s ideals.
An annual lecture in the humanities
and an endowed professorship also are
named in Adams’ honor.
“He’s clearly one of the major figures
in the history of the University in the
later part of the 20th century,” said
Glenn Blackburn, professor emeritus at
the University of Virgina’s College at
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tried to convey with the 82-18 discus
sions.”
Trustees said many members of the
public got the impression that UNC
CH wasn’t prioritizing the education
of North Carolinians during that dis
cussion, something the board has the
opportunity to reverse with a tuition
proposal favoring in-state students.
“We could be doing the out-of-state
community a favor by raising tuition,”
said Trustee Robert Winston. “That
could ultimately be one of the things
that gets us to the ultimate goal of rais
ing the cap.”
Matt Tepper, student body presi
dent and ex officio member of the
BOT, expressed concern that the BOG
or the N.C. General Assembly could
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Wise. Blackburn is writing a book
about Adams’ life.
Adams wrote or co-wrote 12 books
and more than 100 articles but did not
limit his work to the scholarly realm. He
wrote newspaper columns and books
for the general public, including his
1977 book “The Idea of America,” which
he discussed on North Carolina’s public
television network, now UNC-TV.
“What drew me to him was his
incredible ability to make philosophy
have a life, a heart,” Holtzman said.
While Adams enjoyed research,
often rising at 4 a.m. to work, he also
loved teaching.
Adams’ former students said his pas-
SEE ADAMS, PAGE 6
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Graham, 82,
dies after life
of dedication
N.C. mourns loss of former
agriculture commissioner
BY CLEVE R. WOOTSON JR.
STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR
Jim Graham, dubbed “the Sodfather” for the 36
years he spent leading the N.C. Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services, died Thursday
of pneumonia.
The former agriculture commissioner touched
farmers, political leaders and everyday people across
the state for most of his 82 years. His passing was
mourned from sweet potato fields to Capitol Hill.
“I was Jim Graham’s freshman adviser the first
day he came to North Carolina State (University) to
go to school, and I’ve known him every year of his
life since then,” said UNC-system President
Emeritus Bill Friday from his home Thursday. “He
is the textbook example of selfless commitment to
the public service. He was, in my view, a very great
man, and I have lost a very dear friend.”
Graham presided over the N.C. State Fair for
almost 40 years. “He... personally identified with all
of us at the North Carolina State Fair,” said Rep. Joe
Hackney, D-Chatham.
Graham announced in November 1999 that he
would leave office to spend time with his ailing wife,
SEE GRAHAM, PAGE 6
UNC gets piece
of music history
BY MICHAEL PUCCI
ASSISTANT ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
A good record collection is something carefully
cultivated over time compiling music that will be
listened to in the course of a lifetime.
It might take that long to get through all the
music in Eugene Earle’s collection.
The retired electrical engineer recently donated
60,000 78-rpm records to UNC’s Southern Folklife
Collection in Wilson Library’s manuscripts depart
ment.
Earle’s contribution, which also includes movie
posters, magazines and early versions of music
videos called “soundies,” almost doubles UNC’s exist
ing cache to 160,000 sound recordings, making it
the largest collection of folk music in the South.
Steven Weiss, sound and image librarian and head
of the collection, called it “a vast resource.” Only the
Library of Congress now houses a bigger collection.
“It’s one of the largest personal collections out
there documenting what we’re studying,” Weiss said.
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Eugene Earle recently donated 60,000 78-rpm
records to UNC's Southern Folklife Collection in
Wilson Library's manuscripts department.
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