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Mix of old, new greets commissioners
BY TED STRONG
STAFF WRITER
Incumbent Moses Carey Jr. and
newcomer Valerie Foushee were
sworn in to the Orange County
Board of Commissioners on
Monday night.
This is Carey’s sixth term on the
board. “It’s always unique each
time,” he said, as he stepped for
ward to be sworn in once again.
Foushee was quiet as she prepared
to be sworn in for her first term.
Chief Orange County District
Court Judge Joe Buckner admin
istered the oath to both commis
sioners.
Carey stood alone, and Foushee
was joined by her husband, Stan,
and son, Terrence, during the cer
emony.
After the oaths were taken, the
board elected Carey as chairman.
“Let me thank my colleagues for
giving me the opportunity to serve
you as your chair,” Carey said.
Former Chairman Barry Jacobs
was elected as vice chairman,
replacing Margaret Brown, who
lost her bid for re-election in the
July primaries.
“It’ll be fun being able to contin
ue to serve, but with Moses show
ing up with a load of work over
there,” Jacobs said.
Carey said he is excited to serve
with the new commissioners.
“I’m optimistic that the new
board will address the needs of
the county as the old board did,”
he said.
Carey said he hopes to use his
experience on the commissioners
for a more thorough understand-
NCCU provost steps down amid complaints
BY NATALIE HAMMEL
STAFF WRITER
After months of criticism from
faculty, N.C. Central University
announced that its chief academic
officer has abandoned her post.
Chancellor James Ammons
told faculty members at a meet
ing Thursday that Provost Lucy
Reuben will leave the university.
While there is no interim provost
yet, Ammons told the Faculty Senate
that a national search for a replace
ment will begin immediately.
He would not comment on the
provost’s departure at press time.
Ammons did state in a press
release from the public relations
office that he wanted to inform
faculty of the decision but that he
could not provide details! * '
“We have some issues that we
need to address in that division,”
he stated. “Our utmost concern is
that our faculty have time to focus
on teaching, research and public
service, our core mission.”
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Chief Orange County District Court Judge Joe Buckner (right) swears in Valerie Foushee as a member of the
Orange County Board of Commissioners on Monday night. She is flanked by her son, Terrence, and husband, Stan.
ing of issues facing the county.
“I think (my experience) brings a
historical perspective,” Carey said.
“It also brings a deep knowledge
of what the needs of the commu
nity have been in the past and why
they’re likely to be in the future.”
He also said his positions on
issues have changed little during
his 20-year tenure on the board.
“They haven’t changed signifi
cantly because my goal is always
to meet the needs of the residents
of Orange County,” Carey said.
“We continuously address many
Reuben faced complaints about
her oversight of academic pro
grams and faculty hiring.
John Clamp, a biology professor
at N.C. Central, said Reuben’s lead
ership was not always problematic
but often was disorganized and
characterized by a lack of commu
nication. He cited faculty hiring
problems, contract delays, contro
versial tenure denials, disputable
departmental dismissals and a fail
ure to deal with budgetary issues
in a timely manner.
“You could not count on busi
ness actually being done,” Clamp
said. “It was a chaotic type of
operation.”-
Clamp Reuben’s departure
created polarization within the
normally cohesive faculty, which
will be a challenge for the next
provost to repair.
When the chancellor announced
Reuben’s departure, Clamp said,
discussion became heated, and
Ammons had to call for the crowd
important issues and that won’t
change, either.”
Foushee, who is moving from
the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board
of Education to the commission
ers, said her current role is to learn
about her new office, not to take
strong positions.
“My first obligation is to learn
so that I can be effective,” Foushee
said. “I don’t come on making any
assumptions.”
Carey expressed a willingness to
help her with her new role.
“I’ll do anything she needs me
to tone down emotions.
Some faculty members did not
want to publicize the university’s
issues with the provost, he said.
“There’s always people that
are going to think that having a
controversy is risky, but it doesn’t
mean that you just bury the issue
and don’t worry about it. You have
to take care of business.”
Achamyeleh Debela, chairman
of the Faculty Senate, said he
hopes this change will benefit the
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to do,” he said.
Foushee served on the school
board for seven years and said she
was proud of her service.
“I thought the board worked
hard to get the best educational
opportunities available,” she said.
Foushee said she expects her
new constituents to get in touch
with her the way her old ones did
by phone or e-mail.
“I’m very accessible,” she said.
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university. “What has taken place
is a process. ... The chancellor
acted upon his finding for what he
thought would be the betterment
of the university.
“I’m hoping that we will now
come together to make sure that this
will not happen again and work in a
fashion that would allow the devel
opment of the university to go on.”
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2004
Elections to face
new regulations
Petition, meeting dates pushed hack
BY ELIZABETH BLACK
STAFF WRITER
The very day that students step
back into classes next semester, the
campus Board of Elections will be
in full swing, regulating this year's
student election season.
After a highly contentious race
for student body president last
year, the board already has imple
mented several changes to the
campaign process.
Two of the board’s adjustments
include changing the date for the
mandatory candidates’ meeting
and the deadline for submitting
petitions.
The mandatory candidates’ meet
ing, originally planned for Jan. 11, has
been moved to Jan. 13. All petitions
for potential candidates are due by 5
p.m. Jan. 20, rather than Jan. 18.
The dates for these two meetings
are laid out in the Student Code
but were altered for this year’s elec
tion because of the late start of the
spring semester.
“The way the semester was laid
out conflicted with these dead
lines,” said Luke Farley, chairman
of Student Congress’ Rules and
Judiciary Committee. “I think they
made the right move.”
The elections board also will
use a system to check for duplicate
names on candidates’ petitions and
to ensure that each name belongs
to a UNC student.
“We’ve never been able to test
that,” said Walker Rutherfurd,
chairman of the board.
According to the Student Code,
students can sign only one petition.
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dent candidates submitted a total
0f9,000 student signatures.
The new system requires each
campaign team to create a spread
sheet that includes students’ names
and PID numbers, as well as the
page number corresponding to the
paper version of the petition.
In the past, candidates have
been on their honor not to dupli
cate names, because checking
each name is an impossible task,
Rutherfurd said.
While Student Congress has yet to
officially include the new system in
the Student Code, the Code still per
mits the action, said Heather Sidden,
vice chairwoman of the elections
board, who will serve as chairwoman
of the board in the spring.
“There’s a provision in the Student
Code that the Board of Elections can
ask for any information regarding
the petitions,” Sidden said. “Walker
and I will still be able to do it without
Congress enacting change.”
She said that with this system
already used successfully in this
year’s Homecoming election the
Board of Elections should be able to
authenticate candidates’ petitions
the same day they are received.
Board members also are making
efforts to increase their presence
on campus during the election by
holding weekly meetings with cam
paign staffs.
“They’ll have a forum to talk
with us and ask questions without
tracking us down,” Sidden said.
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