VOLUME 112, ISSUE 139
Campuses file for tuition hikes
13 system schools aim to raise tuition
BY EMMA BURGIN
STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR
Thirteen of the 16 UNC-system
schools requested campus-based
tuition increases Monday, most of
which looked quite different from
those approved by the University’s
Board of TYustees.
UNC-Chapel Hill requested an
increase of S2OO for residents and
$950 for nonresidents by far
the most dramatic hike for out-of
staters. The next highest sum was
S6OO at UNC-Asheville.
Most schools including
Billy Bowers of the gospel group Blind Boys of
Alabama sings “Down By the Riverside” during a
performance at Hill Hall on Monday night. The
group, which has been performing for more than 60 years,
won Grammy Awards for best traditional soul gospel
Johnson gets YD
approval for CAA
BY JACKI SPIES
STAFF WRITER
Silence permeated the first
floor of Gardner Hall Monday as
the two candidates for president of
the Carolina Athletic Association
waited for the Young Democrats
to disclose the organization’s
endorsement.
After many minutes of suspense,
members of Young Democrats
announced their decision to sup
port Justin Johnson over Hayes
Holdemess, citing his experience,
innovation and initiative.
“I think the membership
was impressed with the expe
rience (Justin) had,” said Kris
Gould, co-president of the Young
Democrats.
Blakely Whilden, co-president
of Young Democrats, also said she
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Hayes Holdemess (left) and Justin Johnson, candidates for CAA president,
wait for endorsement results following Monday's Young Democrats' forum.
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Appalachian State, East Carolina,
Western Carolina and Winston-
Salem State universities fol
lowed N.C. State University’s lead in
approving S3OO increases for both
in-state and out-of-state students.
The only institutions not to
recommend a hike were the N.C.
School of the Arts and Elizabeth
City State University. N.C. Central
University is set to present its
tuition request package during its
Feb. 15 Board of TYustees meeting.
No BOG member or system
administrator was surprised by the
SOUL MAN
thought people at the forum were
more attracted to Justin’s experi
ence and ideas.
“(Justin) has talked to other
leaders within the Carolina
Athletic Association to start com
ing up with ideas to make changes,”
Whilden said.
Johnson has served as
Homecoming assistant chairman
and director of special projects for
the CAA during the past two years.
• “I am both the experienced can
didate and the reform candidate,”
Johnson said.
Throughout the meeting, can
didates focused on the difficulties
of the current ticket distribution
system as well as CAAs trying rela
tionship with student government
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schools’ requests.
“There are real needs out there,
and this is the vehicle that the cam
puses see available for addressing
these needs,” said Jeff Davies, the
system’s vice president for finance.
“The statutes allow the cam
puses to request the increases, and
they allow the board not to approve
them.”
The board followed Chairman
Brad Wilson’s lead last month in
speaking out against in-state hikes.
“These requests wi11... be the cases
that need to be made to the General
Assembly for their continued sup
port of the university,” Wilson said.
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Higher Ground. On their most recent album, the group
collaborated with Ben Harper, fusing rock with gospel. The
Blind Boys recently received the Helen Keller Achievement
Award, given by the American Foundation for the Blind.
Republicans throw vote to Jensen
BY JOSEPH R. SCHWARTZ
ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR
Members of the College
Republicans took a decisive and
controversial action Monday
night, setting aside political spar
ring and selecting a student body
president candidate from the
other side of the aisle.
After an hourlong forum and
a passionate debate, Tom Jensen,
who served as party affairs direc
tor for the Young Democrats and
organized November campaign
efforts, emerged as the College
Republicans’ endorsed candidate.
Jensen now stands as the first
student body president candidate
to receive endorsements from both
the College Republicans and Young
Democrats since 1996, when Aaron
Officials expect grant funds to dry up
Budget allocations might hurt UNC
BY KATHERINE EVANS
STAFF WRITER
University officials are preparing
for a possible squeeze in coming
years, as major sources of research
grant funding begin to taper off.
Although the number of awards
given to UNC professors has grown
by 7.5 percent from last year from
537 awards in 2003 to 577 in 2004
the availability of grants has
slowed considerably.
“I think we are going to have
some lean budget years ahead,”
Provost Robert Shelton said.
Shelton said that because more
of the federal budget is allocated to
defense and homeland security, less
money is going toward agencies that
will have to balance the revenue and
the needs of the entire state.”
But while the requests likely
won’t receive the board’s rubber
stamp, members are obligated by
state law to examine them.
“I hope that it’s an opportunity
for the schools to put on the table
what their needs are... even though
I believe the board will not approve
them,” said Jim Phillips, chairman
of the board’s Budget and Finance
Committee.
Under Phillips’ leadership, the
committee will take a first look at
the proposals during the board’s
meeting next week in Wilmington.
The board will take its final vote on
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Nelson was endorsed and went on
to win the election decisively.
Jensen said the combination of
the two endorsements is a signifi
cant gain for his campaign.
“I think the fact that I received
both the Young Democrats’ and
College Republicans’ endorse
ments sends a strong message
that my candidacy is the best for
everyone at Carolina, regardless
of what they believe in,” he said.
Jordan Selleck, chairman of
College Republicans, said the
group ultimately selected Jensen
because members are taking his
word that he will advocate for
conservative students.
“We are putting our faith in
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promote research.
UNC gets the overwhelming
majority of its research grant money
more than S3OO million annu
ally from the Department of
Health and Human Services, mostly
under the umbrella of the National
Institutes of Health.
Now, officials are supplement
ing faculty research by applying for
funding from different agencies, like
the Department of Defense.
The NIH had $19.3 billion to
spend on research grants in 2004.
While the total appropriation of
S2B billion to the NIH in 2004 is an
increase from 2003, Tony Waldrop,
vice chancellor for research and
economic development, said the
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tuition in March in Chapel Hill.
But while in-state tuition is off
limits, the board has left the door
open for out-of-state increases.
“I’m a big believer in the fact that
out-of-state, students substantially
enhance the Carolina experience,”
said Phillips, a UNC-CH alum.
“I don’t want us to do anything
from a policy perspective to change
that. On the other hand, our consti
tutional obligation is to the people
of North Carolina.”
Phillips said board members
are concerned with the rapid rate
at which tuition has skyrocketed
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Iraqi elections
are mixed bag
BY MEGAN MCSWAIN
ASSISTANT STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR
Eight million Iraqis stained
their fingers with blue ink Sunday,
signaling their vote in the country’s
first democratic election in a half
century.
And experts say the Bush admin
istration is justified in dubbing the
event a resounding achievement.
“They are a success because
they were held,” said George W.
Grayson, professor of government
at the College of William and Mary.
“It was a major challenge just to
conduct the balloting in the con
text of guerilla warfare.”
Turnout topped expectations,
and the violence didn’t match pre
election fears, leading Washington
to declare Jan. 30 a banner day in
Iraqi history.
“The Iraqi people themselves
made this election a resounding
success,” President Bush said in
his Sunday address.
But experts also said the White
House is giving the elections too
much credit.
“The president is misleading the
country when he equates elections
with democracy,” Grayson said.
Elections themselves are only a
small part of democracy. Until there
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SBP candidate Tom Jensen speaks at the College Republicans' forum
Monday night while his competitors look on. The group endorsed Jensen.
increase doesn’t exceed inflation.
“The days of double-digit per
centage increases are over for a little
while,” Shelton said.
The National Science Foundation,
the second largest source of research
awards for UNC, received a budget
cut of more than SIOO million from
the federal government.
The downward trend is more of
a reflection of the federal economy
than of UNC faculty performance,
Waldrop said.
Bill Marzluff, executive associate
dean for research at the School of
Medicine, said the school does not
feel a sense of urgency, but he realiz
es that the drop-off in awards might
“make things potentially tighter.”
But Marzluff said the interdisci
plinary nature of research at UNC
and the pursuit of funding from
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TUITION INCREASES
These campus-intiated tuition increases were
due to the Board of Governors Monday.
ASU S3OO S3OO
ECU S3OO S3OO
ECSU NONE NONE
FSU S3OO S3OO
NCA&T $225 S3OO
NCCU
NCSA NONE NONE
NCSU S3OO S3OO
UNCA S3OO S6OO
UNC-CH S2OO $950
UNCC S3OO S3OO
UNCG S3OO S3OO
UNCP S2OO S2OO
UNCW $225 $225
WCU S3OO S3OO
WSSU S3OO S3OO
*To be determined February 15
SOURCE: UNC-CH OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
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are civil liberties, freedom from tor
ture and lawful ruling in the coun
try, Iraq will not be a democracy,
Grayson said. “I think Iraq has a
long way to go before these elements
of democracy will crystalize.”
The United States, once ruled by
the British government, is taking a
different path to democracy in Iraq,
said Richard Rubenstein, profes
sor of conflict resolution and public
affairs at George Mason University.
While the United States took the
first step toward its own freedom,
Rubenstein said Iraq is too depen
dent on U.S. control. “Democracy
at gunpoint just doesn’t work.”
Democracy also will have a diffi
cult time prevailing in Iraq because
the nationwide elections were held
in a strongly divided nation.
Three major groups control
the country religiously and politi
cally Kurds, Sunlti Muslims and
Shiite Muslims.
The Kurds, who make up about
25 percent of Iraq’s population, are
concentrated in the north and have
tried unsuccessfully to gain their
independence from Iraq. Violence
has not been as prominent in
Kurdish areas, leading to a high
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Provost
Robert
Shelton
predicts
lean budget
years for the
University.
private foundations and fund rais
ing could soften the blow. “It also
depends how good we are,” he said.
Faculty competitiveness is the
crux of the solution, as faculty across
the nation vie for the same, limited
grants. Many faculty members are
working to write more grant pro
posals, and Shelton said faculty will
just have to be clever in applying for
awards they know they can win.
SEE AWARDS, PAGE 4
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