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6 MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2005 Group looks at legality of race-based awards BY SETH PEAVEY STAFF WRITER The College Board hopes to give universities more guidance in evaluating the constitutionality of their race-oriented financial aid programs. In 2003, the Supreme Court ruled against the University of Michigan’s point-based affirma tive action policy for undergradu ate admissions but in favor of the university’s affirmative action pol icy for law school admissions. But neither ruling addressed the subject of race as it relates to financial aid. The College Board will provide analysis of how these court rulings apply to the area of financial aid and will make recommendations this month that colleges can use to ensure the constitutionality of their scholarship programs. “I know a lot of our colleges were looking at their (financial aid) programs to make sure that they complied, but there weren’t a lot that had a correlation with the Michigan case,” said Cheryl Fall 2004 an J Spring 2005 PLi Beta Kappa Initiates David Christopher Allen - Computer Science Seth Alan Abel - Biology Elisabeth Anne Alsop - Spanish Andrea Kristin Anderson - Biology Amon Easterling Anderson - International Studies Omar Hafez Ayad - Philosophy Diana Brewer Bahnson - Political Science Justin R. Barbara - Biology/Psychology Shannon Fogarty Beddingfield - History Lisa S. Bevevino - Classics/English Eric K. Bilbrey - English/French Christine Lynn Bischoff - Music Justin H. Blank - Philosophy/Mathematics Sarah Anne Bobbe - International Studies Alexander Michael Bowling - History Joshua Blake Branscomb - Music Lindsey Edwards Britt - Computer Science Sydney M. Bufkin - English/American Studies Brian Christopher Bunker - Economics Nathaniel Michael Carle - Political Science/Peace, War and Defense Tempe Jeanette Arendell Carlton - Studio Art Sarah Elizabeth Carrington - International Studies Alison Leigh Carr - English/Biology Elizabeth Ross Carr - Psychology Kelly Nelson Carson - Political Science Lauren Brooke Casey - English Sara Elizabeth Charneskie - English Sulemon G. Chaudhry - Chemistry/Economics Christopher Jackson Childers - Exercise and Sport Science Jennifer Diane Christian - Classics Kelsey Erin Clark - Economics Richard R. Coble - English Jeffrey Bernard Collie - Mathematics James E. Covington - Peace, War and Defense Crystal Renee Cox - Chemistry Elizabeth Tyler Cox - English Kate Miriam Coxon - Psychology William Cato Cramer 111 - Political Science Tiffany Dawn Creegan - Spanish/Latin American Studies Kathryn M. Cunningham - Peace, War and Defense Emily E. Cupito • Public Policy/Economics Hannah Paeth Davis - Sociology/Psychology Elizabeth Ann Dear - Political Science/Dramatic Art Joseph Edward Decosimo - Psychology James Pritchard Dickens - Business Administration/Political Science Colin Patrick Dietch - Russian & East European Studies/French Leah Ruth Dunham - Women's Studies Mary H. Edens - Biology Benjamin Allan Ellis - Philosophy/Linguistics Jeremy E. Fiel - Chemistry Alyssa C. Fine - African Studies Heidi Suzanne Fisher - Music/Economics Jessica A. Fitts - History/Political Science Elizabeth Ashley Fleming - English Logan G. Foltz - Chemistry David Grant Forsythe - Physics/Mathematics Jeremy David Franklin - Biology Virginia A. Franks - Communication Studies Rebecca Ashton Freeman - Biochemistry Rebecca Lauren Frucht - Political Science Andrew M. Fuller • Political Science Laura Elizabeth Gibson - Physics/Computer Engineering Jeffrey W. Giertz - History/Political Science Mary Ellen Case Giess - Religion/Italian Joshua L. Glasser - Political Science/Public Policy Emily Renee Glover - French John David Graeber - English/Womens Studies David Michael Gray - History/Political Science Meghan Kathryn Greene - English Justin Ferrel Guillory - Political Science/History Rachael Emily Gurlitz - Philosophy Gabrielle Ann Haddock - Art History Charlotte Amanda Hagood - Chemistry Timur Warner Hammond - English Bo Han - Biology Rebecca Ruth Handy - Biology Patrick M. Hanna - Computer Science/Music Ronda Leigh Harding - English/Psychology Susan Elizabeth Hardy - English Fields, director of public affairs of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. “There were some scholarships, mainly at private institutions, that were investigated and changed,” Fields said. But most public col leges have not been affected. In the UNC system, there are no solely race-based financial aid scholarships, but diversity can be considered, said Rose Mary Stelma, director of student financial aid at East Carolina University. Diversity includes factors such as race, ethnicity, religion, geogra phy and disability. Leslie Winner, UNC-system vice president for legal affairs, said the Michigan ruling has had relatively little impact in North Carolina. “There has never been a court case against the UNC system deal ing with financial aid policy,” she said. “We were already not taking race into account in admissions. And in financial aid there was (state) leg islation pre-dating the Michigan Katherine L. Harris - Psychology John Stuart Hartmann - Biology Maynard Sinclair Haslett - Music/Communication Studies Erin Lee Heagney - Mathematics Laura Katherine Hegyi - English Sarah M. Hench - International Studies/Political Science Keith Ann Henney - History Rachel Leigh Herbold - Economics/French Karl Robert Herrmann - Exercise and Sport Science Erin Elizabeth Hickey - Political Science Eric W. Hirsh - Physics/Music Michal Gayle Hobbs - Psychology Vanessa E. Holder - International Studies/Ecpqgpics Lauren Paige Holloway - fitngqtstlffir* George Keith Homewood - Psychology Barbie Jean Huelser - Philosophy/Psychology Brian K. Hunt - Public Policy Kathryn Leigh Idol - Biology Danielle Patrice Iredale - Psychology Emily Dawn Johnson - Women's Studies/Exercise & Sports Science Justin Michael Johnson - Biology Adrian M. Johnston - Economics/Philosophy Kristal Lynn Jones - International Studies Kimberly G. Kallianos - Anthropology/English Heidi Robyn Karp - Biology/Chemistry Alan B. Keesee - Economics Lyda Carol Kendrick - Public Policy Matthew David Kiefer - Dramatic Art Meredith Charlotte Kincaid - Music Jennifer H. Kling - English/Philosophy Daniel Nathan Kluttz - Music Andrew D. Knudsen - Political Science/Public Policy Gregory Stephen Knudsen - Economics Valerie Anne Koffman - Political Science/Psychology Erika Barnes Kranz - Philosophy Elizabeth Joy Kroboth - Sociology/Psychology Penelope Nicole Lazarou - Psychology Patricia G. Lee - Art History/Anthropology James P. Lefler - Public Policy Analysis Lori Ann Leslie - Biology/Chemistry Jena Louise Levin - Psychology Thurston Tyler Lindberg - English/Spanish Angela Marie Liu - Biology Luis M. Lluberas-Oliver - Peace, War and Defense/Economics Meredith Woodley Louis - English Nicholas Robert Love - Biology Justin Low - Art History/Studio Art Lara Ilona Markovits - Psychology Rowen Frances Marks - Physics/Music Sarah Renee Massagee - Interdisciplinary Studies Timothy James Matson - Anthropology/Interdisciplinary Lauren W. McAlee - Public Policy/Philosophy Greg Richard McCandless - Dramatic Art/Music David Marable McCarty, Jr. - Music John Nowlin McClain 111 - Political Science/English Evander Ray McCormick 111 - Environmental Studies Jenny Elizabeth McCraw - Philosophy Matthew Patrick McDowell - Business Administration/Political Science Graham David McLaughlin - Psychology/Management and Society Neepa Kurang Mehta - Business Administration/History Amy Lynn Merritt - English Paul J. Messino - English Katherine Wilcox Meyer - English/Philosophy Rachel Anne Meyer - Psychology John Christopher Miller - English/Psychology William Michael Miller - Biology Lauren Emily Mills - International Studies/Latin American Studies Michael Minder - Chemistry Satish K. Misra - Chemistry/Economics Mariam Missaghi - Political Science Jeanne Bagley Morris - International Studies/History Ainsley Elizabeth Morse - History/Political Science Charles Edward Murphy - Slavic Language/Interdisciplinary Studies Melanie Lynn Myers - Psychology Allan Douglas Nanney 111 - Biology/Spanish Reagan Allen North - Psychology James O'Connor - Philosophy Thomas J. O'Keefe - Economics Alison J. O'Leary - Psychology From Page Three ruling.” In 2002, the N.C. General Assembly consolidated all pub lic scholarship programs into a single fund, titled UNC Campus Scholarships. The legislation also required that all colleges in the UNC system submit their financial aid plans to the system’s Office of the President. “Each campus defines its own criteria,” Stelma said. “But all of those plans have to be reviewed and approved.” Legal counsels at the individual colleges in the system also review the financial aid plans before they are submitted, Stelma said. The College Board manual will not provide strict rules for these legal counsels to follow but instead will provide them with guidelines to aid them in their evaluations. “I think its a good idea,” Winner said. “But I don’t think it will have much of an impact.” Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. U nemployment inches downward THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON, D.C. - America’s employers, hit by high energy bills, turned more cautious in March and boosted hiring by just 110,000 jobs, the fewest in eight months. Still, that was enough to push the unemployment rate down. The newest jobs report, released Friday by the Labor Department, offered another mixed picture of the country’s hiring climate. The labor market has been one piece of the economy that has struggled the most to get back to full throttle after the 2001 recession. “America is not flicking on the hir ing switch,” said Richard Yamarone, economist at Argus Research Corp. “Right now businesses have to con tend with skyrocketing energy and commodity costs, but there is little they can do about that. The one big cost that they can control is labor. That is being done by tightening the hiring reins.” Nevertheless, the labor market was able to accommodate enough people to drop the unemployment rate from 5.4 percent to 5.2 per cent, matching January’s figure. Emily Rose O'Neill - Mathematics Jennifer Faye Orr - History David Wesley Parker II - Chemistry/International Studies Sara Maureen Peach - Environmental Studies Todd P. Peacock - Nutrition Erin R. Peiffer - Biology/Psychology Nathan Daniel Perez - Mathematical Decision Sciences Cara Ann Perinetti - Biology Bradley James Phillis - History/Music Steven T. Piantadosi - Mathematics/Linguistics Sarah Elizabeth Pickle - History/Economics Joseph Krieger Pickrell - Biology i Mariam R, i English/Economics a(|n |ifa . (a "? Molly S. Rankin- English OtWQfl'2 It '’•?• '? > Justin Mahhige Rao - Comparative Literature Nicholas J. Reid - Biology Julie Anna Robinson - Economics/Philosophy Rachel Elizabeth Rosenberg - Environmental Studies Jonathan R. Salahshour - Psychology/Spanish Matthew Edward Salesses - Biology/Chemistry Michael Daniel Scherger - Economics/Political Science Kathryn Lee Schoenbeck - English Leon Gawayne Scroggins 111 - Mathematical Decision Sciences Katherine Marie Sebastian - History/Chemistry Daniel C. Sevier - Computer Science John Joseph Sharkey, Jr. - Management and Society Tarah E. Shaver - Psychology/Spanish Sangeetha Shivaji - Psychology John Thomas Sim - English/Biology Meredith Hollon Skinner - Psychology Jennifer Lynn Smith - Political Science/Psychology RenOe Chivon Smith - Chemistry Jennings Randall Snider - Spanish Jared David Sokolsky - English Justin David Sosne - Political Science/Spanish Carter Yates Spears - Geography Jillian Leigh Spivey - English John Warren Steen, IV - English Michael P. Stella - Economics Laura Ellen Stephens - English Jessica Lynne Thompson Stone - Biology Katherine R. Stratton - Music/Dramatic Art Jourdan Elizabeth Stuart - Spanish Andrew J. Synn - English Justin Paul Tatham - Political Science/Peace, War and Defense Jacquelyn llene Terry - Sociology Susan Leigh Thompson - Art History/Political Science Lindsay Holt Thurman - Political Science Daniel David Tifft - Biology Matthew Sprigg Torell - International Studies/Political Science Rachel Elisabeth Townson - Psychology/Spanish Nora A.Tramm - Biology Stefanie M. Trotta - Spanish/Latin American Studies John Raymond Troutman - Mathematics Lee K. Turner-Dodge - Physics/Biology Joel Basile Varley - Philosophy/French Sarah Ellen Vartabedian - Physics Laura R.Vidales - Biology Joseph Bernard Walker - Communication Studies Matthew Hart Ward - Sociology/Political Science Ann Capps Warshaw - Psychology Amy Kathleen Way - International Studies Edward McClain Wellman - Psychology/Communication Studies Rebecca Elizabeth Werner - Pschology Lily Eileen West - Biology Theodore Francis Wiesner - Journalism and Mass Communication/Political Science Amy Williams - Biology Jordan Jennifer Williams - Biology Jeremy Miles Wilson - English Alan Glenn Woodruff - Biology Blake Andrew Wynia - Psychology Claire Summers Young - International Studies Emily Marie Zayatz - International Studies/Russian Language & Literature Crystal Anne Zeager - Mathematics/Music Brian Joseph Zeithaml - Biology Emily Ziemer -.Business Administration/English Ryan Michael Zimmerman - Political Science/Economics On Wall Street, stocks fell, partly reflecting investor jitters over oil prices, which surged to a recprd high Friday. Payroll growth, as measured by a survey of businesses, slowed in March. Job losses at factories and in the retail sector tempered gains in professional and business services, construction, education and health services and in other industries. March’s payroll gain of 110,000 was roughly half the number econo mists expected. That was down from February’s 243,000 new jobs. The seasonally adjusted overall civilian unemployment rate, which dropped to 5.2 percent in March, is based on a survey 0f60,000 house holds. It showed that 357,000 peo ple said they found employment last month, outpacing the number of people who couldn’t find work. Economists tend to put more stock, however, in the much broad er business survey of 400,000 work sites that is used to calculate the payroll figures. The two surveys often offer seemingly conflicting pictures of what is happening in the labor market. ©l|p lattg ©or NCAA FROM PAGE 3 he was expecting big crowds after Saturday’s win. Chapel Hill Sportswear Manager Holly Desmond said she is prepar ing her store by making sure it is well-stocked with T-shirts. John Lindo, owner of Tarheel Book Store, which also carries UNC memorabilia, said he thinks he could sell anything with the National Championship logo on it, from T-shirts and hats to staplers. “At this point the possibilities are endless for things with ‘National Championship’ on it,” he said. The Tar Heels play tonight against Illinois. The game is set to tip off at 9:21 p.m. Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. PLATFORM FROM PAGE 3 will allow him to target other plat form planks. “A huge part of what we’re try ing to do involves lobbying with people,” he said. “And when you have 10 organi zations that have similar interests, it makes perfect sense ... to help them come together to pool their resources.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. RAPE FROM PAGE 3 Haven program will provide more staff and faculty with training on handling rape crises, giving more students confidants after assaults. Several other resources are avail able for victims of sexual assault. Counseling and Psychological Services aids those who have been assaulted, and victims can file charges in the honor system if the perpetrator is a UNC student. Victims also can issue no contact orders if the assailant is a student so they don’t feel uncomfortable being confronted. If students think they are in immediate danger, a safe room is available for them on campus. And the University provides assistance in reporting rape to the Chapel Hill Police Department. Manning said the Office of the Dean of Students is willing to work with victims and give them time out of school to recuperate. “The process of healing from sex ual assault can be a very long pro cess,” she said. “It can take years.” To highlight the issue and UNC’s efforts at solutions, members of the White Ribbon Campaign will don indigo blue T-shirts Thursday as a symbol of their commitment to ending violence against women. Abrams is working with the cam paign to broaden its influence from UNC to Chapel Hill as a whole. “A good percent of offenders are men,” Abrams said. “We as a com munity have to step up and work to end them.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. ADMISSIONS FROM PAGE 3 Court ruled that the University, of Michigan-Ann Arbor could consid er race as a factor in admissions but that its point-based system, which awarded a set reward for being a minority, was unconstitutional. Still, at some state colleges and universities in Texas, the debate —and the racial imbalance are not prevalent. Chancellor Charles Matthews of the Texas State University System, of which UT-Austin is not a part, said the 10 percent law is not a problem for TSUS colleges. The campuses already are highly diverse, and most operate on an open enrollment system. “(Graduates in the top 10 per cent) are such a minor part of our freshman class,” Matthews said. ”We are glad to have those stu dents, so we are not opposed to the current top 10 percent rule at all.” To help alleviate these problems, Texas Sen. Royce West, a Dallas Democrat, wants to make the pro gram more systematic. Kelvin Bass, legislative aide to West, said West does not believe the 10 percent law is outdated. Instead, it should keep the race of applicants in mind while trying to increase diversity on campuses. West’s bill would limit the eligi bility of students in the top 10 per cent of their class by allowing only students who graduate from a high school that follows a state-recom mended curriculum the ability to apply under the law. Bass said West thinks a stan dardized way of calculating grade point averages also would nave a leveling effect” on the number of students admitted under the 10 percent law. “Everybody wants to go to UT,” he said. “This problem is only happen ing at UT-Austin, no other state school.” Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.
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