VOLUME 112, ISSUE 39
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lIJ C-/ C—J THE 2003-2004 YEAR IN REVIEW
Serving the students and the University community since 1893
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University community
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Jr crossroads. Leaders were grap-
with innumerable ques
tions about the future of the
University and its relationship
with Chapel Hill, the state and,
increasingly, the world.
The challenges were many,
and often the solutions were
long in coming.
Many are still in the works.
UNC still is struggling with
how to expand to a 963-acre
satellite campus while main
taining an often-strained work
ing relationship with the town.
The University governing
board in January implemented
an unprecedented tuition phi
losophy that likely will increase
out-of-state tuition dramatical
ly over the next few years. Yet
UNC officials still are searching
for ways to boost faculty
salaries, while plugging holes
created by state budget cuts.
The UNC-system governing
board tabled talks of raising the
nonresident enrollment cap,
but debate on the issue is like
ly to re-emerge in the future.
The administration still must
work to address staff com
plaints, student leaders still
must craft changes to the
Student Code and the entire
campus community must
address concerns about aca
demic freedom.
The University must, and
will, forge ahead as it faces per
sistent challenges and those
that inevitably will emerge.
UNC certainly has done so
this academic year, and it has
done so during a dynamic time
in the wider community.
From the continued conflict
in Iraq and the presidential
primaries to the limping
national economy and the fight
for same-sex unions, the past
eight months have been trying
and, at times, inspiring.
Amid it all, the University
pushed forward continuing
long-standing initiatives and
achieving firsts.
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NORTH CAROLINA DEPLOYS THOUSANDS OF TROOPS OVERSEAS
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SEN. JOHN EDWARDS, D-N.C, MAKES A RUN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
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THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES A LANDMARK TUITION HIKE
FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2004