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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2004
Congress to oppose hike
Might he passing
resolution today
BY IRIS PADGETT
STAFF WRITER
Student Congress might step
into the tuition debate today with
the passage of a resolution to
oppose a possible tuition increase
at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Last month, the UNC-CH
Board of TVustees approved a one
year, S3OO increase for in-state
students and a $1,500 increase for
out-of-state students. The propos
al goes before the UNC-system
Board of Governors this week.
Congress originally discussed
the idea of passing a resolution
against tuition increases during its
meeting last week, but members
instead chose to hold a special ses
sion tonight in order to ensure that
the resolution was representative
of all students’ concerns.
Congress Speaker Pro Tempore
Charles Anderson, who wrote the
resolution, said he is sure it will
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The resolution explains that stu
dents are opposed to recent tuition
increases because no attempt was
made to study the effects of an
increase on current students and
the lack of consideration of student
and faculty opinion.
“It will demonstrate a cohesive
and formal student opposition to
the increases and the method in
which they were proposed,”
Anderson said.
Anderson also wrote in the reso
lution that this year’s tuition
increase exceeds twice the percent
age students are told to expect on
UNC-CH’s financial aid Web site.
He said it is wrong to levy this
on current students who did not
have prior ability to plan for addi
tional funds.
Anderson also wrote that out
of-state students have been “alien
ated and jaded by the discounting
of them as valuable contributors to
the University.”
Student Body President Matt
Tepper said he is glad congress is
stepping into the debate.
“(The resolution)
will demonstrate
a cohesive formal
student opposition
to the increases.”
CHARLES ANDERSON, CONGRESS
He said if Congress served as
another strong voice, administra
tors might listen more in the future.
“Anything at this point would
help,” Tepper said.
The resolution most likely
would not make a significant dif
ference legally, Anderson said.
But he said the point of the res
olution is to make known specific
qualms students have about the
task of raising tuition so that the
process can be changed in the
future to include student input.
He said he hopes that the BOG
especially will take into considera
tion this “damage” to current stu
dents, but he admitted they prob
ably would not. *We felt that all
students opposed not only the
increase amounts, but how the
procedure was carried out.”
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‘Sisters’ to bridge cultures
Churches link Carrboro , Guanajuato
BY AYOFEMI KIRBY
STAFF WRITER
Asa way to better serve
Carrboro’s Hispanic community,
town leaders have found ways to
connect with the people of
Guanajuato, a province in central
Mexico that is the original home
of more than 900 Carrboro resi
dents.
Last week, a delegation from
Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas
Catholic Church in Guanajuato
visited Carrboro. They were greet
ed by local students, the Board of
Aldermen and their sister parish,
St. Thomas More Catholic Church.
Board of Aldermen member
John Herrera said the town is
looking for volunteers to travel to
Guanajuato in coming months.
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Cruz de Juventino Rosas first began
the relationship in December 2002
when St. Thomas leaders recog
nized the growing Hispanic com
munity and visited Guanajuato.
Ken Reeb, chairman of the sister
parish steering committee at St.
Thomas More, said church mem
bers were concerned with address
ing the needs of local immigrants.
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Reeb said the relationship start
ed from growth in the Hispanic
community at St. Thomas More.
“The church wanted to link the
two communities together formal
ly,” he said. “We are learning from
our sister parish on how we can
better reach out to these people.”
Since then, St. Thomas More
has been a leader in reaching out
to the town’s Hispanic immigrants.
Town officials are-now looking
to follow in the footsteps of the
church by formalizing a “sister
city” relationship with Guanajuato.
“For us as aldermen, we are very
interested in learning how to inte
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improving our social services,”
Herrera said. “We hope the rela
tionship will grow beyond the
Catholic Church and bridge gaps
to education, to health (and) to
government relationships.”
Herrera said he believes this will
Bush defends tax policies
in wake of rivals’ attacks
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - His
voice rising to a shout, President
Bush lashed out at Democratic
rivals who want to roll back his tax
cuts as he defended his economic
priorities Monday in a presidential
primary state where his record has
been criticized harshly.
“There are some in Washington
that are going to say, ‘Let’s not
make the tax cuts permanent.’ That
means he’s going to raise your
taxes,” Bush said at a factory.
“When you hear people say, “We’re
not going to make this permanent,’
that means tax increase.”
The Democrats running for
president say they would repeal all
or portions of Bush’s tax cuts, and
Bush seemed to step more force
fully into his re-election campaign
as he defended his tax policies.
Some of the cuts are to expire next
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grant immigrants access to better
education and healthcare and be
better prepared overall to function
in their new locations.
“People are here because of the
growing economy,” he said. “It is in
our best interest to learn from them
how to communicate effectively. It
would make the job much easier.”
The board also presented the
delegation with a copy of three res
olutions as a symbol of their efforts
to improve the lives of immigrants
on a local and national level.
The resolutions included state
ments to reform immigration laws
and public policy, to recognize the
Mexican Matricula Consular as a
form of identification for Mexican
immigrants and to repeal parts of
the USA PATRIOT Act.
As the nation depends more on
foreign labor, Herrera said he
believes such relationships allow
immigrants to gain more earnings,
thus contributing more to the
economy through taxes.
“We want to be a model as we
grow and change as a community.”
Herrera said.
“We hope the relationship con
tinues to grow.”
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at citydesk@unc.edu.
year, including those for married
couples, and Bush is asking that
Congress make them permanent.
It was Bush’s 15th trip to
Missouri and another case of the
president appearing in a state
recently visited by Democratic
presidential hopefuls. He went to
South Carolina on Thursday, two
days after tha.t state’s Democratic
primary; in late January, he visited
New Hampshire, two days after its
primary. Missouri’s primary was
last Tuesday.
The visit coincided with the
release of a White House report
predicting that the economy would
grow by 4 percent and create 2.6
million new jobs this year. If the
jobs forecast is realized, it would
mark the first year of the Bush
presidency with a net increase in
jobs. Since he took office, the coun
try has lost 2.2 million p ayroll jobs.