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CAMPUS BRIEFS
UNC students awarded
Stone Center fellowships
Two UNC students were the
first recipients of funds from the
Eli T. Ullum Undergraduate
International Studies Fellowship
to study abroad. The funds were
administered by the Sonja Haynes
Stone Center for Black Culture
and History.
The recipients were sophomores
Christina Lee and Clayton Perry.
Lee, a sociology major with a
minor in French, will study this
fall in Bamako, Mali. Her pro
gram, “Gender and Development,”
is sponsored by the School for
International TVaining.
Perry, a political science and
sociology double major, will study
in Accra, Ghana, this fall. He is
participating in the Burch Field
Research Seminar titled
“Performance, Development and
the Legacy of Kwame Nkruhmah.”
The seminar will include two main
components: fieldwork interviews
and a public performance.
The fellowship, which was
established this year, gives $2,500
to students pursuing academic
research or study in an interna
tional setting.
NATIONAL BRIEFS
Commission suggests fund
to watch natural resources
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Citing
a dire need to protect ocean
resources from exploitation and
pollution, a presidential commis
sion is urging the creation of a fed
eral oceans trust fund from oil and
gas royalties.
The recommendation is one of
dozens in the commission’s nearly
500-page draft report, the first
such sweeping review of U.S.
ocean policy in 35 years.
The Ocean Policy Thist Fund
similar to the Highway Thist Fund
for transportation projects
would come from the annual $5
billion in bonus bid and royalty
payments made to the U.S.
Treasury for offshore oil and gas
drilling, and from “new uses of off
shore waters,” the commission said.
Up to $4 billion of that would
be fair game for the fund, along
with “any future rents from per
mitted uses” or “newer emerging
uses in federal waters,” the U.S.
Commission on Ocean Policy stat
ed in a report issued Tuesday. The
panel said that $1 billion intended
for land and water conservation,
national historic preservation and
coastal states would be unaffected.
Fewer full-time workers
to see cut in overtime pay
WASHINGTON, D.C. - With
an eye toward November’s elec
tion, the Bush administration is
revising its planned overhaul of
the nation’s overtime rules to
reduce the paychecks of far fewer
white-collar workers logging more
than 40 hours a week.
The plan, to be previewed
Tbesday by Labor Secretary Elaine
Chao, also would make more
white-collar, lower-income work
ers newly eligible for overtime,
said Republican officials, speaking
on the condition of anonymity.
Police, firefighters and emergency
medical technicians are identified
as jobs that will not lose overtime
eligibility.
Department spokesman Ed
Frank did not return multiple mes
sages seeking comment Monday.
The changes come at a time
when jobs and pocketbook issues
are among the top voter concerns.
President Bush has improved his
standing in polls on domestic
issues, but questions linger about
the strength of the labor market
and his plan to create jobs.
Witness in Oklahoma City
bomber case to testify
McALESTER, Okla. - The
prosecution’s star witness in the
Terry Nichols murder trial will be
allowed to testify about the alleged
conspiracy between Nichols and
Timothy McVeigh to bomb the
Oklahoma City federal building, a
judge ruled Tuesday.
Nichols’ attorneys had asked
the judge to prohibit conspiracy
testimony from witness Michael
Fortier because he wasn’t charged
as a conspirator.
Judge Steven Taylor said evi
dence in Nichols’ trial indicates
there was a conspiracy between
McVeigh and Nichols. He also said
that previous federal testimony
from Fortier indicates he was part
of that conspiracy.
Fortier, serving 12 years in
prison for knowing about the
bombing plot but not telling
authorities, was brought to the
courthouse under heavy security
Tuesday and was expected to testi
fy later in the day.
In a hearing after the jury was
sent home Monday, attorneys for
Nichols claimed that the prosecu
tion is withholding evidence that is
crucial to his defense.
From staff and wire reports.
Class officers rev up for final year
Early initiative to increase input
BY JENNY RUBY
STAFF WRITER
Recently elected senior class
officers are exploring new ways to
increase student awareness and
participation, especially in the
choice of next year’s
Commencement speaker.
Many of this year’s graduating
seniors voiced their frustration last
life
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Senior Katie Welch spent her four years at UNC accomplishing a list of priorities she set for herself as a freshman, such as completing a
business major and studying abroad in Australia. After graduation, Welch will move to Columbus, Ohio, to work at an accounting firm.
Senior s balancing act:
The foil college experience
Katie Welch accomplishes list of goals at UNC
BY JERMAINE CALDWELL
SENIOR WRITER
All business but all smiles, senior Katie
Welch bounces right up each step of Graham
Memorial Hall.
“Sorry I’m late,” she says, sliding from the
sun into the shade, her soft blue eyes and
slender dimples serving to disarm as she
approaches. Promptness isn’t her strong
suit, but this isn’t for a lack of sticking to
scheduling; it’s quite the opposite.
Being early equates to waiting around.
And those are valuable minutes Welch could
manipulate into soaking in what she will
soon be without: Chapel Hill, time with her
twin brother, moments with friends and the
connection with UNC campus life.
Welch, a business major from Winston-
Salem, extracts as much as she can from
each day, each educational chance and every
experience. Throughout the past four years,
she says, UNC hasn’t disappointed as a
provider of such opportunities. Welch has
kept up her end of the bargain, too. This
equation makes for a college career she char
acterizes as an “effective four years.”
Secluded and shaded, Welch evaluates
the years gone by, her black cotton dress
Board vote makes
APS ouster official
County to run shelter after June 30
BY SHANNAN BOWEN
ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR
The Orange County Board of
Commissioners made it official
Tuesday that the county govern
ment will take control of the
Orange County Animal Shelter
when its contract with the Animal
Protection Society ends June 30.
The unanimous decision was
reached after a county-appointed
task force reviewed a report by the
Humane Society of the United
States on APS’s shelter manage
ment and made a recommenda
tion on future operations.
APS faces criticism for alleged
shelter mismanagement and fiscal
irresponsibility, along with law
suits filed by critics Elliot Cramer
and Judith Reitman.
But many board members and
residents also have concerns about
the future involvement of APS
with the shelter, along with ques
tions about the county manage
ment’s structure.
In addition to the county run
ning the shelter, the board will find
ways to transfer qualified APS staff
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fall with their inability to express an
opinion regarding the selection of a
Commencement speaker.
Senior class President Jovian
Irvin said members of next year’s
senior class will see increased
opportunities to give feedback on
issues that are important to them.
“We realize a lot of times you
don’t hear what’s going on,” Irvin
keeping her cool and comfortable.
“My best decision academically was, by
far, coming to Carolina,” she says without
doubt.
Four years ago, Welch’s list of academic
EXITCaro/ma
In 2001, Katie
Welch planned
to pursue
politics and
business.
ally not freaking out.
With unwavering optimism and dedica
tion, Welch was able to whisk her way
through college life, checking off the wish
es she set out to tackle and remembering all
along not to worry too much about life.
to the county shelter and to pur
chase equipment needed to begin
shelter operation.
According to initial cost esti
mates for the county-run opera
tion, APS would continue to pro
vide veterinary services, such as
spaying and neutering, at a cost of
$132,000 per year.
But APS President Ann
Petersen clarified that under a
county-run model, shelter animals
are owned by the county and could
not receive veterinarian services
through APS at a lower cost than it
offers the public.
Instead, she said, the county
would pay double the rate, or
$22,000 per month, for these serv
ices.
“It’s not that we don’t want to
help,” she said. “But state law pro
hibits us to cooperate.”
Petersen said it would not be
fair to offer its services to the coun
ty for a cheaper price than what
the public pays.
Cramer suggested that the
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said. “We want to make sure they
have as many opportunities to
voice their opinions as possible.”
Senior class officers created an
AOL Instant Messenger screen
name, “SeniorMarshalsOS,” to
increase communication between
seniors and the officers.
Seniors can use the screen name
to offer suggestions for the
Commencement speaker and to
find information about upcoming
events.
Welch knocked down desires like bowling
pins in an early frame-in the game of life,
picking up one exciting experience after
another.
Dabbling in D.C. politics was over and
done with by the end of her first college
summer. Next up was moving into the
Kappa Delta house. “I’m sure there’s not a
100-percent-perfect place to live,” Welch
offered in 2001. But she was confident
then.“ You really can’t go wrong.”
She makes a strikingly similar statement
three years later; it’s a parallel that shows
positivity always wins out for Welch.
“It’s living with 40 girls,” she says about
the house. “In all fairness, they’re 40 of your
best friends. Never a dull moment.”
Next up was Australia for academia down
under. Welch was not destined to leave UNC
without traveling outside the United States
for a slightly different kind of education.
So she traveled abroad, returning richer
and satisfied. “It was awesome. I loved it,”
she says. “It was really a refreshing experi
ence. The culture is real laid back.”
Her trip abroad was the first extended
period of time Welch remembers being away
from her twin brother, Kent, since birth.
Both enrolled at UNC, but never fretted
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adventures to accomplish
bordered on a wish list
desires soon to be damp
ened realities of college.
As of March 2001, she
placed her priorities as
follows: political intern
ing in Washington, D.C.;
going Greek with the
greatest of ease; heading
to Australia for academ
ics abroad; beginning life
in the Kenan-Flagler
Business School; keeping
her courses fulfilling
rather than obligatory
and— oh, yeah gener-
Center marks 30 years of service
Reinforces duty
to fight violence
BY MEREDITH MILLER
STAFF WRITER
Citizens, volunteers and public
officials gathered at the Chapel
Hill Sheraton Hotel on Ttiesday
evening to commemorate the 30-
year anniversary of the Orange
County Rape Crisis Center.
Before the ceremony began,
guests sipped lemonade, sampled
appetizers and engaged in conver
sations while the Stephen Levitan
Trio played music in the back
ground.
This party atmosphere seemed
odd in light of the subject matter
that brought everyone together:
sexual violence.
Mary Cason, former Rape Crisis
Center board president and chair
woman of planning for the 30th
anniversary event, acknowledged
in her opening comments the dif
ficulty of celebrating such an
event.
“We do not and cannot cele
brate the need for this event, but
we can celebrate the people who
help us fulfill our duty,” she said.
Displays that revealed startling
statistics about violence against
women reminded guests of the
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 2004
“A lot of people use Instant
Messenger to read away messages
out of boredom or to find out
what’s going on,” Chief Marshal
David Ruskey said.
“This is a really easy, really con
venient way to solicit opinions.”
The screen name has been oper
ational for only a few weeks and
already has been viewed 1,172
times. Students have offered more
than 100 suggestions for next
year’s Commencement speaker,
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Ann Bajwa, right, who was sexually abused as a child, listens during the
30th anniversary celebration for the Orange County Rape Crisis Center.
center’s missions. Scrapbooks
documenting the center’s history
were also available for guests to
peruse.
“Thirty years is quite a mile
stone, not only to have been open
since 1974, but also to have grown
since then and maintain funding,”
said Vanessa Miller, a center vol
unteer, as she looked through the
collection of pictures on display.
At 6 p.m., everyone sat down for
speeches, including one by N.C.
Ruskey said.
“We’ve gotten a surprisingly
huge response in such a short
time,” he said. “We’re really excited
about that.
Irvin said that senior class offi
cials will also solicit input by send
ing fliers to off-campus apartment
complexes where students live.
This year, many students were
confused about the role of the sen-
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VCSA
hopeful
visits
campus
Harpsterfocuses
on student’views
BY ALICE DOLSON
STAFF WRITER
The University continued the
process of selecting a vice chancel
lor for student affairs Tuesday,
bringing the second of three final
ists to campus for a series of meet
ings and forums with administra
tors and student leaders.
Candidate George “Jody”
Harpster emphasized his relaxed
style and ability to communicate
well with students as well as his
experience.
“I’m a student-centered educa
tor. We need to listen to them
more and talk to them less,”
Harpster said at an open forum.
“We need to understand what
they’re going through.”
Harpster answered questions
during a Student Congress session
Tuesday and addressed student
concerns such as deferred rush,
the University’s Summer Reading
Program and academic freedom of
speech.
“The first thing I’d do is talk to
the students,” Harpster said of
being chosen for the position.
A UNC alumnus and former
acting director ofUniversity hous
ing, Harpster is the vice president
for student affairs at Shippensburg
University.
The position is similar to the
vice chancellor post at UNC but
also encompasses athletics and
food services within its jurisdiction.
Dean Bresciarii has served as
interim vice chancellor for student
affairs at UNC since Sue Kitchen
resigned in spring 2002.
Steve Maston, chairman of the
committee charged with finding a
new vice chancellor, said two
major things stood out in
Harpster’s resume and phone
interview. “He has very wide rang
ing experience in student affairs
that go back long in his career,”
Maston said. “We felt that he had
a real affinity for students.”
Harpster said that he would
rather talk about who he was and
what he stood for than to prescribe
anew plan for UNC after being
here only a day. “It seems to me to
be pretty presumptuous for me to
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Secretary of State Elaine Marshall.
“I am here to celebrate the deter
mination of the women and men of
this center,” she said before dis
cussing the frequency of violence
against women. Throughout her
speech, Marshall asked audience
members to mold their anger
about sexual violence into action.
“Don’t give up the fight,” she
said. Marshall also stressed the
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