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TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2004
PHARMACY
FROM PAGE 3
ages in pharmacists than many
other states in the nation, accord
ing to recent studies.
“Pharmacy students are in
incredible demand,” said Robert
Blouin, dean of the pharmacy
school. “There are a number of
markets that are attracted to hiring
pharmacists to serve in underser
viced areas.”
Federal programs, companies
and some hospitals offer loan
repayment programs to graduate
students who agree to work for
them for a certain amount of time,
said Tina Brock, director of stu
dent services at the pharmacy
school.
“It is completely under the com
pany’s discretion on what the stu
dents use the money for,” she said.
“Every student has different cir
cumstances.”
In addition to these benefits and
an average starting salary of about
$85,000 per year, pharmacy stu
dents have two student loan repay
ment programs. The programs
were created by the Pharmacy
Education Aid Act, which was
passed by Congress in December,
2003.
One program repays $35,000
for each year of education for a
pharmacist working at a facility
with a critical shortage.
The other offers the same pay
ment per year for a pharmacist
who serves as a faculty member at
a pharmacy school.
“Some students come out of
school with significant loan debt,
SIGNATURES
FROM PAGE 3
she said, ‘Oh sure, I’ve signed for
five of these,’” said candidate Matt
Liles.
While some candidates are con
fident about the signatures they
have, others still are soliciting to
guard against double counting.
Several candidates said they
plan to continue to collect names
until today’s 5 p.m. deadline.
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and the act gives them the oppor
tunity to receive assistance in pay
ing their loan debts as well as earn
ing a nice salary,” said Jill Nickols,
of the American Society of Health-
System Pharmacists’ New
Practitioners and Residents
Forum.
Hiition for professional stu
dents at UNC’s pharmacy school is
$5,930 for in-state students and
$22,315 for out-of state students.
Blouin said that a large number
of markets try to address students’
tuition burdens.
Arnica Bracy, a representative
from Eckerd Drugs, said the finan
cial perks companies offer new
employees depend on the demand
for pharmacists.
“The market drives financial
incentives for all of our areas based
on the need of that particular mar
ket,” she said.
Katherine Sherill, a first-year
graduate student in the pharmacy
school, said her mother works in a
hospital that offers pharmacists
sign on incentives.
“I know (companies) are offer
ing incentives to sway pharmacists
to go one way or the other,” she
said.
Smith, whose parents are both
pharmacists, said he first became
interested because of the oppor
tunities in the field and the
impact he could have on people
he saw.
“There are a lot more choices in
the industry now than when my
parents first started out.”
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Elections will check the petitions
for students who signed more than
once, and the results will be
released later this week.
Despite the added challenges of
this year’s campaign, candidates
said it has been beneficial.
“The competition for signatures
made the process harder, but I
liked it,” Liles said. “I went out and
met 800 different people.”
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From Page Three
Ballentine woos his party’s base
BY KAVITA PILLAI
STAFF WRITER
N.C. Senate Minority Leader
Patrick Ballantine spoke to the
Triangle West Republican Club on
Saturday, less than a week after the
official kickoff of his gubernatori
al campaign.
Speaking to a record turnout for
the club, Ballantine attempted to
distinguish himself from the other
GOP candidates hoping to defeat
Democratic Gov. Mike Easley in
the November election.
“You have to ask yourself Who
can win?’” he said. “‘Who can
defeat the incumbent Democrat?’
What sets me apart is experience.”
Ballantine, R-New Hanover,
said that Easley has not satisfied
his constituents and that he was
the only governor in the nation to
raise taxes three years in a row.
“People are ready for bold and
energetic new leadership,” he said.
“This governor is vulnerable.”
Ballantine said improving edu
cation will be a priority in his cam
paign.
“If we don’t want to be a third
rate state, we have to improve edu
cation,” he said. “I would pay good
teachers more, and I would get rid
of bad teachers.”
Ballantine criticized North
Carolina’s S3O billion budget and
ASG
FROM PAGE 3
meeting.
Any such increase would come
on top of tuition increases pro
posed by individual campuses,
assuming such proposals are
approved by the board.
The student body presidents sit
on the individual boards of
trustees at the 16 UNC-system
schools and have a role in deciding
where money from campus-initi
ated increases would go.
They also will get a say in the
systemwide increase during a tele
conference Friday between student
leaders and system officials
attempting to reach a consensus on
the issue.
Overall, Ducote said, he had
wanted the council to reach a con
sensus Saturday so students could
go into this Friday’s meeting with a
single student stance. “We need to
walk into there with a unified mes
sage,” he said. “We’re going in
there, and we’re saying zero.”
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yourself, ../Who
can defeat the
incumbent!”
PATRICK BALLANTINE,
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR N.C. GOVERNOR
said he plans to cut wasteful gov
ernment spending without cutting
vital services. “We can’t have a can
didate who slashes and bums,” he
said.
Ballantine said he plans to bring
jobs to North Carolina by improv
ing the regulatory climate in the
state.
“Yes, we’re losing jobs to China
... but we’re also losing jobs to
South Carolina and Virginia,” he
said.
He also was openly unapolo
getic about voting for financial
incentives to lure industries to
North Carolina.
“The best incentive for busi
nesses in North Carolina is to
have lower taxes, a better regula
tory system, better community
colleges and better roads,” he said.
“We’re going to create thousands
of jobs.”
Ballantine said the GOP candi-
that the BOG take the board-initi
ated tuition increase out of the total
amount requested by individual
universities. N.C. State University
students, for example, would pay no
more than the S3OO-a-year increase
originally proposed by the school.
UNC-Charlotte Student Body
President Stefanos Arethas said he
was staunchly opposed to the sys
temwide tuition increase because
he won’t see tangible benefits on
his campus.
“We have made the raises on our
campus to try to meet the individ
ual needs,” he said. “I support the
(tuition increase initiated on) cam
pus because I wanted to get some
stuff on campus, but I’m not budg
ing on this across-the-board stuff.”
Many council members said
they voted in favor of campus-ini
tiated increases with hopes that
the BOG would not increase
tuition systemwide.
“You’re already doing campus
initiated tuition increases,” said
Jeffrey Allen, Fayetteville State
University student body president.
“You can’t put an across-the-board
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Gubernatorial candidate Patrick Ballantine (right) speaks Saturday to
Cecile Whitehurst after a speech to the Triangle West Republican Club.
date for governor needs to “reach
out and build the party.” He also
stressed the need for inclusiveness.
“(Our party) is about equal
opportunity for everyone,” he said.
Ballantine’s campaign began
Jan. 12 with a fly-around, visiting
Asheville, Charlotte, Raleigh,
Greenville, Wilmington and
Greensboro. He also released his
“The Chapel Hill Board of Trustees is so
far out in leftfield on this 0ne. ... The
only thing we can expect is for the BOG
to (vote against it)!’ Jonathan ducote , ASG PRESIDENT
tuition increase. You can’t put an
extra burden on students.”
Council members also said they
were concerned about UNC-
Chapel Hill’s talks about raising
tuition substantially for out-of
state students, gasping when
Rebekah Burford, UNC-CH stu
dent body vice president, spoke of
the $6,000 figure considered by
the BOT earlier this month.
They also expressed concern
about the proposal to raise nonres
ident tuition $1,500 a year for
three years. “The Chapel Hill
Board of Trustees is so far out in
left field on this one,” Ducote said.
ANDREWS
FROM PAGE 3
ipating in the dean’s council of
chairs for Arts and Sciences and
the provost’s search committee for
associate provosts, among other
positions at the University.
Andrews emphasized the value
of a liberal arts education and the
impact it should have on future
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first television advertisement fea
turing his 4-year-old daughter and
the slogan, “believe.”
“My ad is saying, ‘Believe in
North Carolina. Believe that we
can turn this state around,’”
Ballantine said.
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Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.
“The only thing we can expect is
for the BOG to (vote against it).”
Not only do students across the
system feel that the increase is
unfair for UNC-CH students,
council members also said they are
worried that if the University’s hike
is approved by the BOG other
schools might face similar increas
es in the future.
“This is all the beginning of the
mountain,” Ducote said. “And it
will roll down the hill to all 16 cam
puses.”
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Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.
Richman stressed the students’
ro)e in the selection process, and
he said their presence at the
forums is vital to making a proper
decision.
“I encourage students to come
out and ask the hard questions and
give us feedback,” he said. “If they
don’t, we won’t have their input.”
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at udesk@unc.edu.