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“We will be looking at the new
proposal.”
According to this fiscal year’s
budget, University contracts
account for 42 percent of trans
portation revenues, or about $4.8
million.
“I’ve always supported the luxu
ry tax idea,” said Rep. Verla Insko,
D-Orange. “It’s hard for me to see
the impact the tax could have on
rising ticket prices.”
Council members also proposed
a short list of alternative fiscal
options —a “tax menu” that
would raise the motor vehicle reg
istration, sales and gasoline taxes
if passed.
Legislators agreed that the vehi
cle registration tax idea has a bet
ter chance of getting passed than
the sales and gasoline tax hikes.
The town levies the fee annu
ally on automobile owners, and
the proposal would raise annual
costs by sls.
The town of Carrboro has issued
a similar request. Both Chapel Hill
and Carrboro would direct the
extra funds to transportation.
Another request discussed
Friday came in light of the Feb. 25
attack on a University student on
Franklin Street
Council members have asked
that the legislatu re include sexual
orientation as a protected category
in the state’s hate-crimes law.
“There is mobilization on this
issue at the state level. A high per
centage of bias crimes are based on
sexual orientation. The hate crime
statute should definitely include
sexual orientation,” said council
member Mark Kleinschmidt.
Lawmakers showed support for
the plan but said they weren’t sure
that it could pass.
“We definitely support it, but we
don’t know if it will go far in the
General Assembly,” Kinnaird said.
Opposition to a proposed state
constitutional amendment that
would deny recognition of same
sex marriages was also a request of
council members.
The state already has a “defense
of marriage” act on the books that
bans same-sex marriages in the
state.
“There is strong opposition in
the community, and we hope you
hold firm on this request to kill
(the amendment),” Kleinschmidt
said.
Equality NC, a gay-rights group,
encourages any opponents of the
amendment to attend tonight’s
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council meeting to show support.
Council members also discussed
their endorsement of some of Gov.
Mike Easley’s 2005-07 budget
proposals.
One such proposal would pro
vide grants-in-aid of $1 million to
needy fire departments across the
state. Chapel Hill would receive
$221,000.
Foy said the area’s department
is underfunded by $500,000.
“The cost of our fire depart
ment is unaffordable, and we don’t
want the service to deteriorate,” he
said.
Chapel Hill Fire Chief Dan
Jones said the new funding would
allow the department to hire four
additional firefighters within a
year.
Another of Easley’s proposals
supported by the council aims to
increase statewide law-enforce
ment communications funding by
sls million.
Jones said local systems need
an upgrade. “We deal with an anti
quated radio system.”
Ellis Hankins, executive
director of the N.C. League of
Municipalities, said the upgrade
is feasible since law enforcement
communication is linked with fed
eral homeland security funding.
Other requests were mostly
identified as being less feasible
this session.
Council member Sally Greene
proposed a repeal of a state law
that denies collective bargaining
rights to public employees.
But delegates advised against
pushing the issue this year.
“You’ve got a hurdle that’s
going to take years to overcome,”
Kinnaird said.
Council member Jim Ward's
proposal to create a statewide keg
registration policy was discussed
but legislators said it would lack
the pull to pass through the assem
bly this year.
A repeal of the town’s authority
to operate traffic light cameras was
dismissed as a technical issue that
could be worked out later.
A range of other potential ini
tiatives were presented, including
regulation of electric personal vehi
cles, limiting involuntary annexa
tion rights by municipalities and
an adjustment in law enforcement
benefits programs.
The council will finalize its offi
cial legislative agenda tonight at
its business meeting, beginning at
7 p.m.
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FACULTY
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in Western Cultures minor that
would include two introductory
classes covering cultures from antiq
uity through the 20th century.
A student then would take three
additional courses, one of which
would be an advanced seminar
that would cover two broad catego
ries: “Literature and the Arts” and
“History/History of Ideas.”
Some faculty expressed concern
about the courses being offered.
Dominguez said he is disappoint
ed that the list of proposed authors
does not include writers of Spanish
influence, and Estroff said she is
surprised that some of the proposed
courses are now taught by faculty
opposed to the curriculum.
“These concerns need to be
addressed,” Dominguez said.
But Gray-Little said the minor is
a good step for the college.
“AD of the programs are consistent
with the goals of the college,” Gray-
Little said during the meeting.
Salaries and administrative
costs related to the minor would
cost SBBO,OOO for its first five years
—a little less than one-fifth of the
total $4,882,000 requested for the
entire program. Faculty members
said this is an acceptable amount.
“I think if you are going to
advance a curriculum, you at least
PASTRIES
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who you’re talking to, he said,
speaking of his own interview
with former first lady Rosalynn
Carter in 1979-
“She asked one very clever
question,” he said, “‘What will you
do for us?’
“I knew I was talking to a lady,
so I said I would make low-calorie
desserts with a lot of fresh fruit.
“If it were the president I
would have said ‘Lots of choco
late cake!’”
“So you see, I was ready for the
White House.”
Mesnier made his White House
debut with yogurt tarts, which
quickly became a Carter favorite.
Ronald Reagan became a choco
holic.
Ronald Reagan ate choco
late mousse, while George Bush
savored chocolate cream pie, and
his son prefers creme brulee,
Mesnier said.
Former first families can't
quite forget Mesnier’s culinary
creations.
He was called on to make
STUDIES IN WESTERN CULTURES
Administrators released a revised budget proposal for a proposed undergraduate curriculum, funded t
the John William Pope Foundation. The following breaks down the funding during the next five years.
Studies in Western Cultures Minor SBBO,OOO
First Year Seminars SBBO,OOO
Honors Foundations $920,000
Undergraduate Research $250,000
Study Abroad *B[BHBBBBBBHBfIBBBI $250,000
Fellowships in the Institute for Arts and Humanities $500,000
Distinguished Scholar in Residence $325,000
Distinguished Visiting Professor $450,000
Administration $427,000
Total Project Costs $4,882,000
SOURCE: COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
have to do it with adequate fund
ing,” Estroff said.
The proposal also calls for the
addition of 10 first-year seminars
at a cost of SBBO,OOO. Gray-Little
said the seminars are necessary
to accommodate growing student
demand. The draft also proposes
an “honors foundation” in Western
cultures —a four-course sequence
offered to freshmen and sopho
mores. The foundation would cost
$920,000 for its first five years.
The remainder of the proposal
outlines faculty fellowships, summer
research awards, study abroad schol
fruit cobblers for opening of
Clinton’s presidential library last
November.
“I tell you, nobody there knew
that George (W.) Bush was presi
dent,” he joked.
Nancy Reagan invited Mesnier
to her husband’s funeral last
June. He spoke more of her than
of anyone else.
She was “very demanding, very
fussy,” and molded him into the
pastry chef he is today, he said.
Mesnier recalled a time when
Nancy Reagan shot down idea
after idea of his for a dessert fit for
the Queen of the Netherlands.
“Even the president said,
‘Honey, leave the chef alone,’”
Mesnier said.
“She said, ‘Nevermind. It’s
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arships, a distinguished scholar in
residence and a distinguished visit
ing professor all supported by the
binding from the Pope Foundation.
Estroff said the plan leaves ques
tions unanswered, but that it is a step
toward bridging the gap between
faculty and administrators.
“I think it’s fortunate that the
document is out for review,” Estroff
said. “It’s good that the faculty at
least have a feeling that they know
what’s going on.”
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none of your business.’
“And that was it.”
Later, the first lady called and
suggested he make baskets of
sugar filled with six sugar tulips
each. He protested he had
no assistants and only two days
left.
Mesnier recalled that Nancy
Reagan cocked her head to the
side, saying, “Roland, you have
two days and two nights.”
“This is the life at the White
House. Even now when I see her
on TV,” he said, tilting his head in
imitation, “I get the chills.”
But Mesnier said he makes
sure he never loses sight of the
fun.
He tries to keep things simple,
forgoing cake flour and bread
MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2005
PETITION
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it has a different status than frater
nities and other groups,” Kinnaird
said to UNC officials.
Still, administrators expressed
satisfaction with the measures in
place and suggested that any push
for change be left to the next wave
of student officials.
To quell students’ concerns,
Christopher Payne associate
vice chancellor for student servic
es recounted the measures UNC
took last fall to ensure that stu
dents were aware of elections. The
University set up bulletin boards
and voter registration tables in the
lobbies of campus housing areas.
Administrators suggested that
UNC hold a one-day event in which
all groups would be allowed to visit
students’ rooms, but Calabria met
the proposal with little enthusiasm.
Near the end of the meeting,
Kinnaird expressed doubt that
anything will change.
“This is probably not going to
go through the legislature without
a legal challenge,” Kinnaird said.
Calabria also conceded that the
petition will not succeed.
“There’s not really anything we
can do about it.”
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flour for the all-purpose variety.
His favorite dessert is the
humble apple pie, which he said
he likes for its “American sim
plicity.”
Ray Porter of Chapel Hill
said it was the most enjoyable
class he’s ever had at A Southern
Season.
“A lot of desserts are challeng
ing, but he made it fun,” he said.
But maybe there is such a
thing as too much dessert.
At home, Mesnier tries to
stay away from pastry, because
he tastes enough on the job, he
said.
His choice fresh fruit.
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