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2 THURSDAY, JANUARY 27,2005 Committees reject change in use of fees BY JOSEPH R. SCHWARTZ ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR While students often pay for both tuition and fees with the same check, this week members of two committees took a stand to ensure that there is a different standard for the two dues. Although tuition monies con tribute to a pool for the University to use at its discretion, leaders established that student fees must further benefit all students. Judith Wegner, chairwoman of the faculty, put proposals on the table at both the Student Fee Audit Committee meeting and Chancellor’s Committee on Student Fees. She called for a $l5O hike to student fees —a total later reduced to SSO that would ultimately fund Olympic sports and allow for an increase in merit based scholarships. John Adams, chairman of the chancellors’ committee, said that in the three year’s he’s been at UNC, he’s never seen or heard a similar propos al, noting its timing and nature. The Student Fee Advisory Committee, which works in tan dem with the chancellor’s commit tee, began examining increases to student fees in September and had last assembled in October. Wegner admitted that the request was different than what the committees typically examine. “I know this committee has usu ally looked at incremental chang es,” she said. “This, to me, really is a policy question that transcends the kind of thing you usually see.” In rejecting the proposal, mem bers of the committee defined stu dent fees as service-based dues. NOW OPEN! ©I AVEDAINSTITUTE I CHAPEI WILL AVEDA LIFESTYLE STORE body in touch, heart at peace. Come visit us at our new Aveda Lifestyle Store located at the Aveda Institute Chapel Hill. Let the healing sense of nature begin. > / 200 W. Franklin Street | 919.960.GR0W | www.avedachapelhill.com Tiie secret is eutP The secret to finding a great place to live is to decide NOW! Look at our properties and find your perfect house. 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Margaret Jablonski, vice chan cellor for student affairs, said she saw a need to increase funding for athletics and merit scholarships but said it shouldn’t come from student fees. “Both are valid ideas and needs, but I’m wondering why its a stu dent fee solution to a broader prob lem,” she said at the chancellor’s committee meeting Tuesday. Student fee increases should be held to a strict scrutiny and accessed for what they provide each individual student, and not the University overall, members said. “When you throw merit schol arships and other factors like that into the works, then that evalua tion is skewed,” Russell said. Members said they are worried that funding academic initiatives from student fees would open a Pandora’s box. “You can always make an argu ment of needs from a lot of differ ent areas,” Anderson said. “We would never hear the end of it.... You get into a really slippery slope.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. News Money would support various needs BY KATHERINE EVANS STAFF WRITER The Board of Trustees will vote today on the proposal of its Audit and Finance Committee to increase out-of-state tuition by SI,OOO and in-state tuition by $250. The increase 7.8 percent for undergraduate residents and 6.1 percent for undergraduate non residents would accrue a total of $8,476,463, excluding money paid to professional schools with school based tuition. It would fund priori ties established by the Tuition Task Force: need-based aid, faculty sala ries, teaching assistant salaries and boosting faculty positions. The recommendation followed controversy about an increased burden on out-of-state students. At Monday’s student tuition forum, members of the advisory Tuition Task Force advocated a $350 increase for residents and an SBOO increase for nonresidents. “I think out-of-state students are already disproportionately strained,” said Student Body President Matt Calabria. But in a memorandum sent to trustees, Chancellor James Moeser 31 troops die in Iraq copter crash THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. helicopter crashed in a desert sandstorm in the early morning darkness Wednesday, killing the 30 Marines and one Navy sailor aboard. Six other troops died in insurgent ambushes in the deadli est day for Americans since the Iraq war began nearly two years ago. Only days before Iraq’s crucial elections Sunday, militants set off at least eight car bombings that killed 13 people and injured 40 others, including 11 Americans. The guer rillas also carried out a string of attacks nationwide against schools that will serve as polling centers. In Washington, President Bush called on Iraqis to defy terrorism and go to the polls despite relent less insurgent attacks. He said it was a “very discouraging” day when the U.S. death toll for the war rose above 1,400. The CH-53E Super Stallion was carrying personnel from the Ist Marine Division on a security mission in support of the election c °me hear Speaker r„ rt , crane talk Jud * e Mitch b^ n 2r thodsof sh,n kand otter st udent organizations/ Monday, j anuary3 lst ■ .co sponsored by Your UNC Honor System • cited UNO’s commitment to low resident tuition and need to fund its top priorities. He recommended a $1,200 increase for nonresidents and a $250 increase for residents. This year, North Carolinians paid $3,205 in tuition, while out of-state students paid $16,303. Calabria said out-of-state under graduates paid almost S7OO more than the actual cost of their educa tion, while residents paid well under the cost, estimated at $15,626. Leaders agree, however, that an increase is necessary to fund the University’s demonstrated needs. After 40 percent of the new tuition revenue got set aside to cover need-based aid, the remain ing $5.1 million would be distrib uted to other priorities. “No one on aid will pay for the increase,” said John Ellison, a member of the Board of Trustees and Tuition Task Force. Calabria, underscoring the impor tance of salary increases for profes sors, said that before last year’s tuition increases, UNC lost two thirds of its professors to outside job offers. In the time since the increase, UNC retained two-thirds. when it went down about 1:20 a.m. near the town of Rutbah, about 220 miles west of Baghdad, the military said. The crash occurred during severe weather, but its cause was still under investigation, said Army Gen. John Abizaid, chief of U.S. Central Command. An Accuweather map showed sandstorms Wednesday in the western region of Iraq near the Jordanian border where the crash took place. A search and rescue team was at the site. The victims were 30 Marines and one sailor, said Lt. Gen. John Sattler, the top Marine commander in Iraq the most American service members to die in a single incident since the March 2003 invasion of Iraq. The deadliest previous incident for U.S. troops was also a helicop ter crash: a November 2004 colli sion of two Black Hawk helicopters that killed 17- Before Wednesday’s bloodshed, the most Americans killed in one day came on the inva sion’s third day March 23, 2003 2005-06 TUITION INCREASES A Board of Trustees committee decided Wednesday to promote hikes of J 250 for in-state students and SI,OOO for nonresidents. This is a breakdown of the potential gains and the funds' possible use. Undergraduate Resident $250 7.8% $3,036,600 Nonresident SI,OOO 6.1% $2,726,100 Total $5,762,700 Graduate/Professional Resident $250 73% $1,334,438 Nonresident SI,OOO 6.0% $2,427,000 Total $3,761,438 Grand Total $9,524,138 Total Excluding School-Based Tuition $8,476,463 Student Aid (40 percent of the total) i $3,390,585 Other Priorities (60 percent) $5,085,878 SOURCE: OFFICE OF THE PROVOST DTH/MARY JANE KATZ “In order to attract and attain top-notch faculty we need those monies,” Calabria said. He also said the minimum sti pend for teaching assistants $5,500 per semester is far below that of UNC’s peers. Calabria cited unavailability of listed courses and crowded intro ductory classes as reasons for boost ing the faculty-student ratio. A recent elasticity study states that though the University can be more flexible with resident tuition, when 28 troops were killed during the U.S. military’s drive to take Baghdad and topple Saddam Hussein. The U.S. military has not seen such a high loss of life in one day in 15 years since an explosion ripped through a gun turret on the USS lowa during a training exer cise in the Caribbean in April 1989, killing 47 sailors. Iraqi security forces and civil ians have borne the brunt of vio lence in Iraq, with bombings often killing scores of people at a time. More than 180 people were killed on March 2, 2004, during a string of suicide attacks at Shiite shrines in Karbala and Baghdad. Violence has only increased ahead of Sunday’s election, which will create a 275-member National Assembly and regional legislatures. Sunni Muslim extremists have threatened to sabotage the elec tion, and many Sunni clerics have called for a boycott because of the presence of U.S. and other foreign troops. (Ttjp Satlg (Ear lirri costs in general can increase safely at a rate proportional to that o(f UNC’s competitors. Jerry Lucido, vice provost for enrollment management, pointed to the study when he outlined the need for increases. “I hope they increase tuition at levels that keep Carolina afford able for students and their families without compromising quality." Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. POLICE LOG ■ Chapel Hill police arrested a Pittsboro man at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday and charged him with one misdemeanor count of carry ing a concealed weapon, reports state. According to reports, Charlie “Roto Rooter” Williams, 41, was arrested on West Cameron Avenue after he was found carrying a knife. Police spokeswoman Jane Cousins said police found Williams with the knife after an elderly woman contacted police at about 2 a.m. about a man knocking on her door. Williams is scheduled to appear March 7 in Orange County District Court in Hillsborough. ■ Carrboro police arrested a Hillsborough man at 2:40 a.m. Wednesday and charged him with one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence and one mis demeanor count of failure to report an accident, police reports state. According to reports, William Scott McCall, 29, was traveling on Hillsborbugh Road toward N.(S 8 6 when he lost control of his vehicle and ran onto the sidewalk. r: j<*. He traveled across N.C. 86 and struck a state road sign before coming to rest in a hay field. Reports state that Williams was discovered by an Orange County sheriff’s deputy, who then contact ed Carrboro police about Williams possibly being intoxicated. Williams was arrested and taken to Chapel Hill police headquarters for an blood-alcohol test, reports state. Williams refused to take the Intoxilyzer test, reports state. He was released on a written promise to appear March 8 in Orange County District Criminal Court in Hillsborough. ■ Chapel Hill police arrest ed a Durham man at 1:15 a.m. Wednesday and charged him with one misdemeanor count of pos session of marijuana, one misde meanor count of driving with a provisional license and one misde meanor count of speeding, police reports state. ; 'f!vM9n6J According to reports, David Uribe Alvarez, 19, was stopped driving 55 mph in a 35 mph zone on Raleigh Road near the Friday Center. Police smelled a slight odor of alcohol on his breath and gave him a field sobriety test that he performed poorly on. Alvarez submitted to an Intoxilyzer test and recorded a .05. Police also found a small alu minum package in plain view that contained 4 grams of marijuana, reports state. Alvarez was cited and released into his mother’s custody. He is scheduled to appear March 8 in Orange County District Criminal Court in Hillsborough. CORRECTIONS ■ Due to an editing error, a headline on the Jan. 26 article “Proposal sees 2nd rejection in 2 days” states that a $l5O increase in fees was set to go before the Board of Trustees on Wednesday. As the story states, the proposed increase was reduced Tuesday to SSO. To report corrections, contact Managing Editor Chris Coletta at ccoletta@email.unc.edu. ia% (Ear fel P.O. Box 3257, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 Michelle Jartxoe, Editor, 962-4086 Advertising & Business, 962-1163 News, Features, Sports, 962-0245 One copy per person; additional copies may be purchased at The Dally Tar Heel for $.25 each. O 2005 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved
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