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VOLUME 112, ISSUE 111 Schools respond to budget cut A&T TO PAY STATE WITH TECH MONEY; ASU OFFICIALS DON’T EXPECT CRUNCH BY ALEXANDRA DODSON STAFF WRITER The N.C. General Assembly’s handing down of a 0.75 percent budget cut to all state agencies last week means the remain der of the UNC system’s fiscal year will have to be more frugal. The state will receive a return of $13.3 million from the 16 system universities. Campus serves as hub for growth Tries to ease woes of globalization BY CATHERINE ROBBS STAFF WRITER For many North Carolinians, the expected arrival of a Dell USA man ufacturing center in the Triad is rea son to rejoice: The center potentially could create I,soojobs by 2009. For the more than 24,000 unemployed North Carolinians whose jobs have been outsourced to foreign manufacturers since January 2001, the job openings are even more important. Yet those people can attribute the promise of new jobs to the very same source that has taken some of them away Dell thrives because of revenue from foreign markets and currently holds the industry record for worldwide shipments. This complex situation is just one example of the many convoluted aspects of glo balization in the South —a topic in which UNC, a pres tigious center for academic Miffing The third part of a five-part series exam ining the University's mission to become a leading international institution. •esearch with a mission of serving he state, is at the center of debate. “It’s the role and responsibil ty of the University to help the itate deal with changes that are jrobably inevitable,” said Niklaus iteiner, executive director of the Jniversity Center for International Studies. “These are wrenching, lard choices that have to be made, ind the University needs to be a •art of the conversation.” Under the guidance of the inter lational center, UNC faculty and dministrators in many disciplines re fostering research and com aunication regarding the growth f the global market. These efforts include funding esearch, hosting conferences and peakers, and encouraging faculty nd students to teach and study broad. “What we really want to do is be a ridge between the academic work eing done at the University and the eople in the field dealing with the ay-to-day issues,” Steiner said. To this end, UCIS and the Center >r the Study of the American outh will hold a conference this larch inviting scholars, politi ans and community leaders to iscusS the impact of globalization i the region. History Professor Harry Watson, irector of the Southern studies ;nter, said the University serves to isseminate information about how forth Carolina can reduce the nega ve consequences and increase the enefits of globalization. “We need to teach students, ncourage courses and offer as luch outreach to adult and lifelong samers as we can, so that the state an turn to us for information and isight about all the people dealing nth (globalization),” Watson said. Not everyone at UNC agrees on he best way to do that. Proponents of globalization with n the University argue that in the EE GLOBALIZATION, PAGE 4 INLINE County OKs easement on farmland Program aims to up youth health Downtown businesses win honors Serving the students and the University community since 1893 3lic lailu (Bar Herl * Individual schools will pay amounts ranging from less than $90,000 to $2.85 million. The cut, a nonrecurring reversion, will channel more money toward relief for the state’s hurricane victims. UNC-Chapel Hill officials said Monday that the University has not decided from where it will draw the $2.85 million it owes the state but that other system schools are “The challenge he’s faring is that there are so many organizations , and it is so hard to be visible.” erin davis, BSM PRESIDENT v 7*o llbl / ill DTH/JUSTIN SMITH While Student Body President Matt Calabria promised to reach out to campus groups during his campaign, he is now taking a toned-down attitude toward public appearances. Calabria's style has won praise from leaders but also has drawn the scorn of some, who say he isn't accessible. STUDENTS DIVIDED ON SBP’S OUTREACH BY GEORGIA CHERRY STAFF WRITER Matt Calabria promised to reach out to campus groups when he campaigned for the position of student body president last spring. Now, a little more than halfway through his term, Calabria has taken a toned-down attitude toward pub lic appearances, opting to engage in a more focused outreach program that might be silencing some student voices. Past student body presidents chose to meet with stu- dents on a large scale and often held regularly scheduled office hours in the Pit. But Calabria has concentrated on the more formal interactions he proposed in the Student Voice section in his campaign plat form. “Relying on office hours in the Pit was insufficient,” Calabria Patrons hit eateries for cause BY ZACH JEPSEN STAFF WRITER UNC sophomore Cason Dwyer and his friends were doing more than just chowing down at the Pita Pit on Tuesday night. The group joined hundreds of other local diners in aiding the efforts of Restaurants Sharing V/5 + V/5 Percent Day, an annual event in which participating busi nesses in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Durham and Raleigh contribute 10 percent of the day’s profits to help fight hunger in the Triangle area. Chapel Hill-Carrboro RSWP coordinator Irene Briggaman said Construction projects move along Senior center plans are under way For these stories, visit dthonline.com | www.dlhonline.com | digging in their pockets and making plans to provide the money. “We’re going to have to realign some costs,” said Akua Matherson, assistant vice chancellor for budget and planning at N.C. Agricultural & Technical State University. Matherson said N.C. A&T plans to cover the reversion expenses with money origi nally designated for new equipment and technology, such as additional wireless networking. “(The reversion) decreases the cash you have on hand to spend,” she said. Taking the money from technological expenses said. “We are now trying to solicit more student feedback through meeting with different student organizations.” Many student leaders have expressed appreciation for Calabria’s efforts to talk about student government’s activities and listen to students’ concerns. “He has done his side of the she worked hard this year to spread the word about the program, talk ing to newspapers and distributing about 15,000 fliers through local church congregations. The goal was to inform the community of a chance to eat at a restaurant and contribute to a charily at the same time, she said. Dwyer said he heard about the program through his church, the Newman Catholic Student Center. “I think it’s good for the busi nesses to give back,” he said. Briggaman said the program, now in its 16th year, had a record number of 255 Triangle restau will be the most “painless” cut possible, she said. Matherson said the school’s loss of more than $500,000 will not affect financial aid or next year’s tuition costs because the university does not want students to bear responsibility for the reversion. But at Appalachian State University, which will be returning more than $250,000 to the state, administrators are not having to make cuts from programs or services at all. SEE CUTS, PAGE 4 bargain and fulfilled his campaign promises to my knowledge,” said Jordan Selleck, chairman of the UNC College Republicans. Black Student Movement President Erin Davis said that Calabria has been to one of the group’s executive board meetings and that a member of student government’s minority affairs committee comes at least twice a month. “He is definitely making an attempt to reach out,” Davis said. “I think that the challenge he’s facing is that there are so many organizations, and it is so hard to be visible to all of them.” Although Calabria has con tacted and met extensively with various student groups including Sangam, Dance Marathon and the Asian Students Association —some student demographics still see Calabria as a stranger. rants participating this year. “My goal is to see everybody sign up,” she said. “It makes such good sense.” She said she hopes the program will collect $45,000 this year. Freshman Pooja Gupta, din ing at Aladdin’s Grill & Catering, raised her thumbs in approval of the idea of eating for charity. University sophomore Brendan Kereiakes said that while the pro gram is a great idea, it could be done more often. “I think they could easily do it once a semester,” he said. SEE RSWP, PAGE 4 INSIDE THE ADAMS FAMILY Local leaders gather to celebrate purchase, dedication of large tract of land alongside Bolin Creek PAGE 2 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2004 Although both the Panhellenic Council and Interfraternity Council presidents said they have great communication with Calabria, individual lead ers such as Caroline Mozingo, president of Alpha Chi Omega sorority, does not share the same relationship. “Unfortunately, I couldn’t tell you an instance when Calabria has worked with our individual system,” Mozingo said. “He came by our house during his cam paign, but nothing has really been seen around here since then.” Danielle Wilson, a student intern for Campus Crusade for Christ, expressed similar sen timents. She said she has not noticed Calabria or any other student government representa tives at Campus Crusade meet ings. SEE CALABRIA, PAGE 4 I 1. DTH/WHITNEY SHEFTE Freshman Carrie Stroud sips her drink while eating with friends Tuesday at Carrboro's Armadillo Grill, one of many restaurants involved with RSWP. WEATHER TODAY Mostly sunny, H 65, L 44 THURSDAY Partly cloudy, H 69, L 50 FRIDAY Partly cloudy, H 74, L 53 Review efforts tripup officials Overhaul to Code dominates work BY LIZZIE STEWART STAFF WRITER The months-long effort to over haul the Student Code has put a strain on the normal operations of the Student Congress commit tee charged with the job. But members of the Rules and Judiciary Commitee say their work, which often includes spending tedious hours poring over the docu ment’s minutiae, is still important. Tuesday’s committee meeting was no exception, as members debated for almost an hour on just one amendment. It was emblematic of the entire process, with members spending an extraordinary amount of time debating specific wording and tweaking particular phrases. “Our meetings are long because we’ve had thoughtful debate,” said Rep. Luke Farley, who became chairman of the committee this semester after having never served on it before. “We can either process and review a huge quantity of legislation and just turn it out like it was in an assembly line or something, or we can take the time to talk about it and produce quality legislation.” While the Code revisions will not completely restructure student government and might not spark widespread debate among students, Congress members emphasized that the changes are still important. Representatives continued dis course Tuesday on possible revisions to Title VI, the section of the Code that regulates student elections. Although clerical corrections to the Code might seem menial in comparison to divisive issues such as a recent debate on the definition of negative campaigning they are nonetheless necessary in order to make the Code acces sible to those who are required to understand it, members said. Because a committee indepen dent of Congress recommended changes to the Code, many com mittee members often have been forced to debate proposed changes without fully understanding the context of the changes. “In the future, we need to have Congress members informed and ready to form opinions on what they introduced,” said Rep. James Riley. “Debate isn’t really possible if you don’t have two sides.” Because the Code hasn’t been extensively overhauled in 10 years, there is a high volume of legisla tion passing across the committee’s table, Farley said. “I would suggest to the next R and J chair, ‘Save yourself the headache of doing this once every 10 years and do it once every year.’” Solicitor General Matt Liles, who led the independent com mittee that embarked on the revi sions during the summer, said that SEE REVISIONS, PAGE 4 ’■ *3l-, t
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