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Senior Frances Ferris discusses
Monday creating positions on
Chapel Hill Town Council boards
specifically for UNC students.
UNC hires
Gutekunst
as defensive
coordinator
BY BRIAN MACPHERSON
SPORTS EDITOR
Asa defensive back and senior captain of a Duke
team playing for a share of the ACC title in 1965,
John Gutekunst led the Blue Devils to a 34-7 win
against North Carolina in the final game of his col
lege career.
After being named defensive coordinator of the Tkr
Heels by Coach John Bunting on Monday, though,
Gutekunst will have to re-evaluate his place in the
rivalry.
“I’m so old, I’m having a hard
time remembering back that far,”
Gutekunst joked.
“It was just a great rivalry, even
to the point that while I was on
campus, I heard the fight song
and my first reaction was to
glance up, and then I realized
where I was.”
Gutekunst, most recently the
secondary coach at South
Carolina, will be charged with
rejuvenating a defense that fin
ished 116th out of 117 Division I-A
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Veteran coach
John Gutekunst
was hired to
rejuvenate the
UNC defense.
teams in 2003.
The Tar Heels gave up an average of 505.25 yards
per game, including 425 yards in a 30-22 loss to Duke
on Nov. 22, UNC’s first loss to the Blue Devils since
1989.
Gutekunst has been a coach at the college level for
more than 35 years. He joined the staff at Duke after
he graduated, and he also has coached at Virginia
Tech, Minnesota, Wake Forest, Rutgers and Rhode
Island.
“John is one of the most well-respected defensive
minds in the game, and we are fortunate to add him
to our staff,” said UNC coach John Bunting in a state
ment.
“His resume speaks for itself, especially on the
defensive side of the ball.”
Bunting had two positions to fill after coaches Jim
Fleming and Dave Huxtable resigned from his staff
Depending on the identity of Bunting’s next hire,
Gutekunst could coach linebackers or defensive
backs, and the possibility exists that there could be
co-defensive coordinators.
“If it takes that to get the best person here, I’ve had
every title that there is, I think,” Gutekunst said. “I
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State spending toward
higher education dives
BY CHRIS COLETTA
SENIOR WRITER
States nationwide dealt their
public colleges and universities a
major blow this fiscal year in terms
of providing allocations, according
to a survey published this month.
The survey, conducted by the
Center for the Study of Education
Policy at Illinois State University,
states that in spending plans for
the 2003-04 fiscal year, state
appropriations for public schools
fell 2.2 percent to $60.3 billion.
The drop, which marks the first
national spending cut in 11 years,
represents more widespread
decreases than in the recession of
the early 19905, said James Palmer,
professor of higher education at
Illinois State, who conducted the
annual 50-state survey.
“As the economy goes down, the
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COMMITTEE WILL ADDRESS ROLE IN TOWN
BY SABA LEWKOWIC2
STAFF WRITER
Chapel Hill Town Council mem
bers decided Monday evening to
create a committee to examine
ways to increase student involve
ment in town government.
Town Council member Edith
Wiggins will create a charge for the
committee which will specify
members and include a mission
statement.
The decision was made in
response to a petition delivered in
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religious studies, buys a ticket to see Big
Fish on Monday night from Rafael
Goldberg just before showtime at the 77-year-old
Varsity Theatre on Franklin Street. The film’s
story is based on Chapel Hill author Daniel
Wallace’s book “Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic
competition for scarce resources
increases,” Palmer said, adding
that expenses such as health care
and K-12 education combined with
a weak economy to bring about
decreased allocations in 23 states.
That list includes North
Carolina, which saw preliminary
cuts of 0.1 percent this year and an
increase of 0.2 percent during the
past two years.
UNC-Chapel Hill had its appro
priations decreased by 1.6 percent,
and N.C. State University faces
reductions of 4.4 percent.
Jeff Davies, UNC-system vice
president for finance, said these
numbers as well as the national
figures predominantly have been
brought about by one factor: a
weak economy that only recently
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November by UNC Student Body
Secretary Frances Ferris.
Mike McSwain, who ran unsuc
cessfully for a seat on the council in
November’s election, addressed the
council. He said he supports the
creation of student seats on boards
because it would foster a stronger
connection between the town and
University students.
“Many of you became unwitting
role models to me,” McSwain said.
“Right now, there are over 20,000
other students who need you to be
SOMETHING FISHY
School’s racial clusters raise concerns
BY EMILY VASQUEZ
STAfF WRITER
Officials at Mary Scroggs
Elementary School are taking a
new approach when it comes to
racial equity among its students.
At Scroggs Elementary, the black
students are grouped together.
The school is 70 percent white.
This means that in each grade
level, there are rarely more than
eight to 10 black students. Were
they divided equally among class
rooms, school officials fear some
students would be isolated racial
ly-
The only alternative in a school
with such disproportionate num
bers is to group or cluster these
students in packs of at least three
in certain classrooms.
“We do not segregate classes,”
said Scroggs Elementary Principal
Paula McCarthy, “Every classroom
has some diversity.”
Rather than distributing black,
their role models.”
Ferris also spoke to the council,
saying she hoped to join with coun
cil members in further exploring
what can be done to encourage
University students to involve
themselves in town affairs.
She emphasized that the plan
she originally presented was not
set in stone and that she is willing
to work with council members to
come up with the best possible
solution.
“I feel the council is very recep-
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is typically slow. Nationally the film is second at
the box office this week.
Hispanic, Asian or English as a
second language students evenly
throughout grade levels, Scroggs
officials say they are looking at the
situation from the perspective of
those minority students.
“Can you imagine walking into
a room and realizing there is no
one that looks like you?” asked
Lutashia Dove, a black teacher
whose third grade class includes a
“cluster” of black kids. Two of the
six classrooms in the third grade
have black students.
Dove said her students still have
a chance to interact with white,
Hispanic and Asian students in the
classroom. Also, students who are
in a classroom that does not have
black students might still meet
them on the playground or in the
cafeteria, she said.
But the practice has raised
some controversy. Carol Malloy, a
UNC-Chapel Hill professor in the
School of Education, said she dis-
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tive to the idea,” she said.
In the original petition, Ferris
proposed shortening term lengths
from three years to two years. She
argued that the current three-year
term length discourages students
from participating in town govern
ment because in order to serve a full
term, students would have to apply
by the end of their freshman year.
“The majority of freshmen are
not in a position to make this com
mitment, nor do they possess the
necessary experience or skills to
function as quality committee
members,” the petition states.
The petition adds that while stu-
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“Can you imagine walking into a room
and realizing there is no one that looks
like you?” lutashia grove, TEACHER
agreed with the practice but would
not comment further. Expressing
disapproval might jeopardize
UNC-CH’s relationship with the
school, where the University
places education students, she
explained.
Anona Smith, assistant dean of
student services at the College of
Education at N.C. State University,
said clustering or separating stu
dents potentially can lead to the
creation of achievement gaps.
On the contrary, McCarthy said,
the practice is intended specifical
ly to combat the alarming achieve
ment gap that has become charac
teristic of minority populations in
the area. Students in contact with
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dents might have the experience
and knowledge needed to hold
positions, many would not be able
to commit to a three-year term
because of academic obligations.
Support from council members
Bill Strom and Mark Kleinschmidt
should prove to be very helpful,
Ferris said. “If we have them on our
side, then I hope we can get them
to rally other council members.”
Strom said the committee itself
will be helpful in breaking down
barriers between students and town
government and “rolling out the wel-
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Worker
dispute
ends in
payment
SI7K settlement
ends 3-year suit
BY EMILY STEEL
ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR
The state has ended two con
tentious discrimination cases
involving former UNC employees
with out-of-court settlements
totalling $17,000.
The move marked the end of a
three-year battle and could spark
an increase in workplace griev
ances filed against UNC, the attor
ney in both cases said.
Former UNC computer con
sultant Bobbie Sanders lost her job
in February 2003. One month
later she filed a grievance in the
N.C. Office of Administrative
Hearings stating her dismissal was
a reaction to her involvement in a
previous discrimination case.
The original lawsuit came about
in June 2000 when Sanders
accused UNC officials of race and
sex discrimination after they did
not offer her a promotion and
hired a younger male for the posi
tion instead.
Sanders’ former supervisor
Peter Schledorn lost his job at the
same time and also filed a griev
ance in the administrative hear
ings office, stating that his layoff
was the result of participating as a
witness in Sanders’ earlier case.
University officials agreed Oct.
14 to a $15,000 settlement with
Sanders and a $2,000 settlement
with Schledorn, according to doc
uments The Daily Tar Heel recent
ly obtained from the N.C.
Department of Justice.
“I hope it means that they have
some misgivings as to the way this
particular job reduction was han
dled,” Schledorn said.
Sanders’ and Schledom’s layoffs
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others of their same race will feel
more comfortable in the learning
environment and, it is hoped, will
perform better.
Lorraine Foushee, a member of
the Parent Advocacy Committee at
Scroggs Elementary who is black,
said a lot of students like her son,
Devon, tend to feel intimidated by
the affluent, predominately white
neighborhood where the school is
located.
“I want my kids to be exposed to
other races and cultures,” Foushee
said. But, she said, some minority
parents see benefit in their chil
dren having contact with others of
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