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VOLUME 112, ISSUE 108 System looks to limit campus hikes BY ERIN GIBSON ASSISTANT STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR Campus-based tuition increases could be hard to come by in the spring if the sentiment among the UNC system’s governing body remains the same. The Board of Governors’ Budget and Finance Committee debated Thursday the prospect of trans planting the tuition burden back on the N.C. General Assembly and blocking campus T specifk increases. Board member Willie Gilchrist, Arafat’s death poses quandry Leader failed to groom a successor BY AMY THOMSON ASSISTANT STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR With the passing of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat ruthless murderer to some, freedom fighter to others the world community is waiting anxiously to see who will take the reins in one of the Middle East’s most embattled areas. The Associated Press reported that the 75-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner passed away in a French hospital after slipping into a coma for unknown reasons. His body was flown to Egypt for funeral services. But he also left behind cryp tic clues about his fortune and maintained control until the end of his life, failing to groom a successor and leaving open the potential for internal strife. Leader Yasser Arafat died Thursday morning in a French hospital. Most experts have said there are two choices for Arafat’s replace ment: Mahmoud Abbas and Ahmed Qureia. Abbas, the former prime min ister, will be in charge of the Palestine Liberation Organization, a promotion that will propel him toward Arafat’s position. Qureia is Arafat’s current prime minister. Both men are of Arafat’s gen eration. And like Arafat, they are considered moderates in the region and could be expected to rule much as he did. But Arafat, who fought for Palestinian statehood for more than 40 years, was a key public figure and a symbol of his people’s struggle. Abbas or Qureia could struggle to recreate that support. “They are weaker leaders politi cally than Arafat,” said Rafael Reuveny, a professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. “Arafat was a symbol of the A SLAP ON THE WRIST ’’-mffi V sg© Jap DTH/JUSTIN SMITH Graduate student Melinda Denton gets a wristband for the basketball lottery Thursday afternoon at Kenan Stadium. Today at noon, the number will be drawn in the Pit for the first ticket distribution, which begins at 7 a.m. Saturday morning and includes four games. ONLINE Club Nova aims to expand its jobs program Local students get grant to build hydrogen cars For these and more stories, visit www.dthonline.com. Serving the students and the University community since 1893 01ie laily 3ar Heel who proposed the resolution, said the block would be specific to in-state tuition, excluding any change in price for out-of-state students. The state’s funds which come from taxpayer’s dol lars would INSIDE BOG forms action plan in wake of NCSA scandal PAGE 3 go toward North Carolinians. N.C. House Co-speaker Richard Morgan, R-Moore, told the com mittee Thursday that the state’s struggle. He had credibility. He gave his life for the Palestinian lib eration movement. “(The Palestinian people) respected him, and from time to time, he was able to bring them under control.” Former U.S. Rep. SamGejdenson of Connecticut said Abbas and Qureia are the U.S. picks because they are relatively moderate. “No matter who it is, there’s going to be a struggle for that person to consolidate power,” he said. “Arafat had been in control of so much.” Anew generation of Palestinians that has grown up in annexed ter ritories along the Gaza Strip also could hold the key to power. “The second alternative (to Abbas and Qureia) is a group of young leaders that rose from within the West Bank and within the Gaza Strip,” said Jonathan Mendilow, a political science professor at Rider University. “They’re more realistic. They don’t owe anything to the Palestinian diaspora.... They owe to their constituencies.” Mendilow said there also is the possibility that Hamas, the militant Islamic organization, will come to power. Or, he said, nothing will hap pen at all, and anarchy will reign. “(Palestine will) have an insti tution and have society, but (the future leaders) don’t have the abilities of Arafat which weren’t organization. They were symbols he managed to create, an aura of governance,” he said. “There will be the striving of anew generation, but it will take time until they get into their own.” As for the future of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, much could depend on U.S. involve ment. American presidents his torically have more success bro kering peace deals in their second terms, and the newly re-elected President Bush is looking to con tinue that trend. Arafat’s death has been called SEE ARAFAT, PAGE 6 INSIDE LAST GOODBYE Students chronicle the life and death of a coffee shop PAGE 6 www.dthonline.com budget outlook is bleak at best. “It’s going to be bad,” he said. “We’re going to have to take a long-term look at where revenues are going to come from to fund our needs.” While Gilchrist’s resolution to look unfavorably on any campus based proposals ultimately failed, board member Peter Hans sug gested a strict set of guidelines for allowing campus-initiated increases. “There are two factors we need to consider: need and ability,” he “We are going to he walking in theirfoosteps. ... Hopefully we'll he up to the task.” Stephen rider, air force rotc cadet _ JJV * f> ‘ ' WMtoy. -Jgm DTH/JULIA LEBETKIN Calvin Grubbs (left) and David Coon, both members of the University's Army ROTC, roll up their color guard flags after participating in a campus Veteran's Day ceremony in Polk Place on Thursday afternoon. MOMENT OF SILENCE BY STEPHANIE NOVAK STAFF WRITER Military veterans gathered with students on the lawn in front of South Building on Thursday, united in their effort to com memorate those who have and continue to promote freedom. The Army ROTC, along with Carolina Troop Supporters and the Residence Hall Association, sponsored the event, which was held in honor of Veterans Day. At the foot of South Building, a helmet and rifle memo rial honored soldiers who have given the ultimate sac rifice. Students representing all three branches of UNO ROTC programs Army, Navy and Air Force were in formation. Speakers included Lt. Col. Bruce Anderson, who delivered the invo cation, and Cadet Major William Krebs of the Army ROTC. Sam Holliday, a retired veter an who served in the Korean and Vietnam wars, was the special guest speaker. He spoke about the history of Veterans Day and the end of the World War I, which then was con sidered the war to end all wars. “Unfortunately, realists have been proven right,” Holliday said. Holliday spoke both to the vet erans in attendance and to current cadets about a “warrior culture.” Csf' said. Budget and Finance Chairman Jim Phillips recognized that there is a strong sense of desire among members to end these hikes. The board froze system wide tuition increases last year but approved campus-initiated increases of $250 at N.C. State and UNC-Chapel Hill and $225 at 13 other schools. “I hoped this would be the year we put on the breaks,” said board member Hannah Gage. BOG member William Burns “Warriors respect traditional roles, rules and standards... (They) stress and seek a harder right than an easier wrong,” he said. The elements of soldiers’ every day lives seem heroic to average people, he said. He then asked the cadets present if they would accept the warrior culture. Air Force cadet Stephen Rider recognized the challenge. “We are going to be walking in their footsteps, and hopefully, we’ll be up to the task,” he said. Operation Freedom, a non profit organization advocating equal rights for sexual minorities in the military, also attended the SPORTS GREAT EXPECTATIONS For the rundown on Tar Heel basketball, see the DTH's annual special section INSIDE said he thinks the board should tell campuses it will be tough to get additional aid, but not impos sible. He said the board still should hear proposals, just not let schools come with outrageous requests. But BOG Chairman Brad Wilson said he doesn’t think there is a clear-cut way to determine which proposals express the most need, because each university would be able to present a viable argument. SEE TUITION, PAGE 6 ceremony but held its own second annual “Silent but Visible” event. “It’s a very serious time for peo ple to worry about coming out,” said Anissa Litwin, a first-year stu dent in the School of Pharmacy. Veterans also attended, includ ing Henry Patterson, who was in World War II on D-Day, and Lt. Col. Jim N. Putman, who recently returned from Iraq. Patterson related an experience he had during the war. He said when a big storm postponed D- Day, he remembered seeing some soldiers sick and freezing. Putman, who works for the U.S. Army Raleigh Recruiting Battalion, has spent 14 years in the Middle East and served as an Arabic linguist. “The ROTC department put on a great ceremony honoring those that have served their country in one capacity or another,” he said. He added that people in the military generally are motivated by a higher calling and patriotic duty, not money. He also said soldiers put their life on the line to bring freedom to other countries. “I’ll die tomorrow for your right to speak out,” he said. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. WHITHER TODAY T-storms, H 63, L 50 SATURDAY Partly cloudy, H 58, L 31 SUNDAY Sunny, H 56, L 31 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2004 Group presents 3 tuition schemes Lobbies for S3OO and SBOO hikes BY CATHERINE ROBBS STAFF WRITER Thition at the University would see moderate increases under a pro posal finalized Thursday night by the TUition Task Force —but many steps still remain in the process. After months of consideration, the task force developed three rec ommendations for the UNC Board of Triistees that call for raising in state tuition by $250 to $350 and out-of-state tuition by SBOO to SI2OO. If the plan were approved, it could generate more than $lO million in revenue to go toward the task force’s four stated priori ties. Under the task force’s guide lines, 40 percent of the funds would be devoted to student aid, with the remaining money equally divided among increasing teaching assistants’ salaries, improving the faculty-student ratio and increas ing faculty salaries. “After funding need-based aid, all these priorities are used direct ly in affecting the classroom expe rience for students,” said Provost Robert Shelton, co-chairman of the task force. The committee’s recommenda tions reflect a desire to provide for the University's needs coupled with an understanding of the effects increases have on appli cants and enrollees. “We took all of our circum stances into account when mak ing these decisions,” said Student Body President Matt Calabria. “We had to consider the Board of Trustees, the (UNC-system) Board of Governors and the General Assembly, as well as mar- SEE TASK FORCE, PAGE 6 Choice of Gonzales may affect DOJ’s path BY KAVITA PILLAI ASSISTANT STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR The nomination of Alberto Gonzales to the position of attor ney general three days after John Ashcroft publicly resigned has left some speculating about the direction the Department of Justice will take during the next four years. Experts had said President Bush likely would choose Ashcroft’s suc cessor from within his personal circle —and Gonzales, who served as counsel to the president during his first term and sec retary of state of Texas during part of Bush’s governorship, fits the bill per fectly. “I think it’s a choice that was very personal for the presi dent because he Nominee Alberto Gonzales has worked closely with Bush. has a very close relationship with Gonzales,” said William Banks, a professor of law at Syracuse University. “It was probably pretty well orchestrated.” Ashcroft faced sharp criticism during his tenure as attorney general, and some say he clashed with other members of the Bush administration. “Ashcroft has ’really been a polarizing figure in this adminis- SEE GONZALES, PAGE 6
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