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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2004
Women’s group
pulls radio funds
WUNC and Ipas
clash on editing
BY JENNIFER FAIR
STAFF WRITER
One word can make a difference.
Ipas, a global nonprofit organiza
tion that protects women’s health
and reproductive rights, announced
Friday that it is pulling its financial
support from WUNC-FM because
of the public radio station’s decision
last month to change the wording in
an Ipas announcement
According to the Ipas Web
site, the original wording of the
announcement was “Ipas, a Chapel
Hill-based nonprofit that protects
women’s reproductive health and
rights at home and abroad.”
WUNC decided to remove the
word “rights” from the announce
ment, citing broadcast procedures.
According to WUNC under
writing copy approval procedures,
announcements must not sound pro
motional or commercial in nature.
“We set broadcast regulations we
try to abide by,” said Joan Rose, gen
eral manager of WUNC. “We try to
comply with FCC regulations.”
Merrill Wolf, a spokeswoman for
Ipas, said the group did not sup
port the change because leaving
out “rights” would be an inaccurate
portrayal of its work.
“Reproductive health does not
fully express the full extent of what
we do,” she said.
But Rose stressed that the
underwriting process applied to
Ipas’ announcement was based on
routine procedures.
“We would have done this with
any organization,” she said. “The
fact that we didn’t work this out is
an exception to the rule.”
Rose added that negotiations
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are a daily part of business, but that
they broke down with Ipas after
the group took its announcement
off the air and then tried to put the
announcement back on with the
original wording.
Senior officials from both Ipas
and WUNC tried to compromise
but were unsuccessful.
Since February, Ipas had been
donating $1,680 per month to
WUNC in exchange for airing
its announcement 20 times per
month, Wolf said.
Ipas’ decision to pull its funding
was supported by 22 national groups,
including Population Connection,
the National Abortion Federation
and Planned Parenthood.
The organizations released a
statement declaring their outrage
at WUNC’s decision, saying the
rewording denies Ipas the oppor
tunity to describe its mission and
endangers the idea of free speech.
Wolf said Ipas thinks all those
who donate to the station should
be allowed to express their message
as they see fit.
Ipas will return its support to
the station if the word “rights” is
placed back in the announcement,
she added.
Rose said that the station works
with different organizations every
day and that compromises are
reached on “99 out of 100 cases.”
“We have lots of groups that take
positions, and we’re able to work it
out,” she said.
“This is an anomaly.”
Rose also said the news organiza
tion at WUNC has in no way been
affected by this controversy.
“The news and talk shows are
veiy much separate from this whole
discussion.”
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Library gamers top honors
BY OLIVIA WEBB
STAFF WRITER
The Chapel Hill Public Library
is the best in North Carolina.
The 2004 Hennen’s American
Public Libraries Rating Index
ranked the library tops in the state
with a score of 783 out ofl,ooo.
North Carolina’s libraries are
ranked 36th of the 50 states.
The rating index uses factors
such as circulation, staffing, col
lection and funding levels in its
annual evaluation of the nation’s
public libraries.
Robert Schreiner, head of the
Chapel Hill Public Library’s board
of trustees, said he is pleased with
the library’s rating.
“I believe I speak for the board
when I say that we are very excited
that the library that we believe in
and serve is recognized by a rating
organization,” he said.
Schreiner also added that he is
not surprised by the high mark.
“We know we have an excellent
staff and readership,” he said.
But there was some disagree
ment about what exactly the rank
ing meant for the library.
Mark Bayles, the library’s assis
tant director, said the index is nar
row in its scope.
“The HAPLR Index is the work
of one individual,” he said, refer
ring to author Thomas Hennen,
who compiles the index. “Libraries
across the nation put data in a data
base, but the statistical data that he
uses is his decision.”
Bayles added the library’s top
ranking in North Carolina probably
will not influence future funding
decisions.
But Bayles said the rating still has
value for the library.
“Overall, this ranking reflects
College systems spar over transfers
BY KEVIN CHANDLER
STAFF WRITER
In light of a recent study, there
is talk of revamping the UNC
system’s admissions process for
community college graduates who
cany associate’s degrees.
The study, conducted by MGT
of America Inc., was commissioned
by a systemwide task force on col
laboration between the system and
the state’s community colleges. It
recommends that the N.C. General
Assembly require the UNC system
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library was ranked No. 1 in North Carolina by the 2004 Hennen's American Public Libraries Rating Index.
the interest of the community
in this library,” Bayles said. “It is
something that Chapel Hill and
Orange County residents have the
right to be proud of.”
Evelyn Daniel, a long-time
professor and former dean at the
University’s School of Information
and Library Science, explained
what a good library means for the
surrounding community.
“A good library indicates a level
of culture and intellectual life,” she
said. “It is a mark of the level of
education in a community.”
She also said libraries are evolv
to enroll all graduates from one of
the state’s community colleges at
one of its 16 schools.
While most parties agree that
admitting more community college
graduates into the UNC system
would have a positive impact, some
are skeptical about involving the leg
islature in the admissions process.
“The admissions process is a very
complicated process,” said Mark
Fleming, a lobbyist for the UNC
system. “Each campus has its own
standards and requirements.”
ing to meet the needs of a wider
demographic, citing electronic and
bilingual services as two important
areas that are changing the role of
libraries.
Schreiner explained that the
Chapel Hill Public Library is a
heavily used library because the
Chapel Hill area has a “reading
public.”
The Chapel Hill Town Council
honored the library’s ranking at its
meeting Monday.
Bayles said that although the
ranking said the library is the best
in the state, more improvements
Fleming added that as it stands
right now, every qualified applicant
from a community college who car
ries an associate’s degree has a place
at one of the system schools.
“The community college stu
dents are an important part of our
student mix.”
Martin Lancaster, president
of the N.C. Community College
System, said he is supportive of the
study’s recommendation.
“It bothers me that there are still
students who can’t find admission to
a state-supported university,” he said.
“(Graduates) are well prepared when
they leave community college.”
Lancaster said community col
lege graduates who are not admit
ted to a system school are forced to
attend a private college at a greater
cost to them and their families.
But Fleming said he is wor
ried that legislatively mandating
admission of these graduates might
threaten the system’s academic
independence.
The report states that the num
ber of community college gradu
ates transferring to UNC schools
CORRECTIONS
■ Due to a reporting error, the
Nov. 22 story “Congress to consider
Code changes” states that Student
Congress is considering changes to
the Student Code. It is actually con
sidering changes to the Instrument
of Student Governance.
Also, potential changes were
brought to Congress’ attention by
Dave Gilbert not Student Attorney
General Carolina Chavez.
■ Due to a reporting error, a Nov.
22 photo caption erroneously identi
fies UNC women’s basketball player
Nikita Bell as Camille Little.
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Chris Coletta at ccoletta@email.unc.edu.
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still can be made using funds from
bonds authorized by voters last
November.
“Last year, the citizens of Chapel
Hill passed a bond referendum
that will enable us to double the
size of the library to meet the
needs of the community and pro
vide more space for the collection,”
he said.
Voters approved a library
facilities bond for $500,000 in
November 2003.
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increased 27 percent during the past
four years. The number peaked in
2003 at more than 6,800 students.
The study made the recommen
dation upon the basis that qualified
associate’s degree holders often
have trouble finding a place within
the university system.
UNC-Chapel Hill has enrolled
more than 100 community college
graduates each year during the
past two years. In 2003, UNC-CH
had 505 applications from com
munity college graduates, and the
University admitted 159 of them.
In fall 2004, UNC-CH admitted
185 students from community col
leges in comparison with 650 from
other colleges and universities.
Addison Bell, member of the
UNC-system Board of Governors,
said the legislature’s involvement
would simply mandate what he
thinks already is a regular practice.
“Some of the 16 universities
already admit students with a two
year degree automatically” he said.
“UNC-Charlotte already does that.
I suppose the legislation would
codify the practice.”
The debate will hang in the air
until state legislators return in
January to Raleigh. Fleming said
the issue will certainly be dis
cussed in further detail during the
legislature’s long session.
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