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FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2005
Construction progressing quickly
BY DON CAMPBELL
STAFF WRITER
The large-scale campus con
struction portion of the University’s
master plan is moving ahead of
schedule.
By 2008, more than 53 percent of
the construction in square footage
will be finished, said Bruce Runberg,
associate vice chancellor for facilities
planning and construction.
The Building and Grounds
Committee of the University’s gov
erning board will see a progress
report on the plan Monday.
“Implementation of the master
plan has gone much faster than
anyone had expected, especially the
early years,” Runberg said.
“The average University would
update every 10 years, but our case
has been so quick that we took a
look at it and said we need to re
evaluate everything now, rather
than waiting.”
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The campus master plan, pro
posed as a 40 to 50-year process,
is a large-scale update and devel
opment project for the University.
It has been developing since 1998
and was approved in March 2001
by the Board of Trustees.
Trustee Roger Perry, chairman of
the committee, said he is delighted
with the progress.
“I think things are moving
incredibly quickly considering all
that has been done,” he said. “This
is something that will always be a
work in progress, but the majority
of the buildings should be done in
three to four years.”
The Rams Head Center, the
Sonja Haynes Stone Center for
Black Culture and History, the
new Student Union and the second
phase of certain residence halls are
among the completed projects.
The master plan also includes
additions and renovations to a
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number of buildings on campus.
Classrooms in buildings including
Peabody Hall, Alumni Hall, Fetzer
Gym, Phillips Hall and Hill Hall
have seen repairs under the plan.
Despite the long-term need
for development, Perry said he
understands that the current con
struction can be frustrating for
students.
I know the campus is torn up
right now, but the overall campus
plan is so promising,” he said. “In
the long term, it’ll be a far better
campus more pedestrian-friend
ly, more user-friendly and more
efficient.”
Bob Winston, vice chairman of
the committee, recognized that
current students are inconve
nienced by the construction but
emphasized the long-term benefits
of progress and change.
“It will absolutely be a positive
development,” Winston said. “We
understand that it’s hard for stu
dents right now to walk though all
the construction sites, but in the
long run it’s absolutely necessary,
and it’ll be worth it.”
Winston said the plan is well
on its way towards achieving the
University’s vision.
“I feel very good about the pace
we’ve been going at,” he said, “k,
think it’s reasonable. We’re trying
to move at a pretty aggressive clip,
but we don’t want to get too far
ahead of ourselves.”
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Community colleges face
SIB.B million of slashing
BY STEPHEN MOORE
STAFF WRITER
For the fifth straight year, the
N.C. General Assembly is asking
the state’s community colleges to
swallow a budget cut.
Members of the legislature’s
joint appropriations subcommit
tee on education asked the system
Monday to trim 2 percent to 2.5
percent, or about SIB.B million,
from its budget.
Kennon Briggs, vice president
for business and finance for the
N.C. Community College System,
said that he initially expected
a budget cut of 4 percent, or
$29.4 million, but that legisla
tors knocked that number down
considerably.
“The committee is going to take
a look at options,” Briggs said.
“The Senate will begin debating
on how to take the SIB.B million
out.”
But even with the smaller cuts,
community college leaders are
scrambling to find areas that could
be trimmed.
Briggs said that about 350 full
time positions might disappear
causing a domino effect among
the students who can no longer
take their classes.
“Every faculty member is
equivalent to 100 students,”
■ A Chapel Hill High School
student who was charged Jan.
21 with assaulting a girl while
at school has been arrested and
charged eight more times in con
nection with two more victims,
Chapel Hill police reports state.
According to reports, Mario
La-Chad Burgess, 17, of 205 N.C.
54 West, was charged with second
degree sexual offense, attempted
second degree sexual offense and
second degree kidnapping, all felo
nies, related to an assault on a female
student in August and September.
He was also charged with
attempted second degree sexual
offense, false imprisonment and
second degree kidnapping all
felonies —and sexual battery and
indecent exposure both mis
demeanors for three incidents
Briggs said.
“This could affect around 3,500
students.”
The reductions also could mean
fewer class sections, larger class
sizes and an end to the estab
lishment of any new programs,
said Jarrett Chandler, senior vice
president of Rowan-Cabarrus
Community College.
He added that budget cuts are
hard to swallow, especially in a sys
tem that is always growing.
“Obviously you try to trim back
to the lean,” Chandler said. “Any
cuts will affect us.”
Frank Sells, president of Surry
Community College, said the bud
get cuts have kept his college from
getting programs and faculty it
thought necessary.
“I can name a couple of times
within the last three years we did
not employ instructors because
of the budget, did not start pro
grams because of the budget,”
Sells said.
Stephen Scott, president of Wake
Technical Community College, said
his college might be losing between
15 and 30 professors.
“Our salary schedules are not
competitive within the market
place,” Scott said.
“Other educational institutes
have higher salaries than we do.”
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in the late fall and early winter
involving another victim, police
spokeswoman Jane Cousins said.
The attempted assaults occurred
in a boys’ locker room, a bathroom,
a classroom and a hallway, Cousins
said. Burgess knew all the involved
girls, Cousins said.
Two of the three victims report
ed assaults Jan. 19, and the other
came forward Feb. 4, she said.
Burgess was released on a writ
ten promise to appear at the first
opportunity Wednesday in Orange
County District Criminal Court in
Hillsborough.
■ A Garner man was arrested at
1:10 p.m. Wednesday and charged
with breaking and entering, lar
ceny, possession of stolen goods,
financial card theft and financial
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The programs and people who
are affected ultimately will depend
on what the General Assembly cuts
and doesn’t cut.
Briggs added that the numbers
changed as the committee consid
ered community colleges propor
tionally with the UNC system and
public schools.
He noted that community col
leges are overwhelmingly the
smallest of the three groups,
using the least amount of state
funds.
“It wouldn’t make a lot of sense
to take the most from the least,”
Briggs said.
But after the community college
system accepts the cut, the system
will be reimbursed $7.9 million for
enrollment growth.
Sells said he hopes the legis
lature will come to a decision to
minimize the money taken from
community colleges.
“At this point we are going to
be optimistic enough that our leg
islature has all the options before
them, and the survival and sus
tainability of community colleges
in this state will be important
enough that they will look else
where for money.”
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identity fraud, all felonies, related
to an August residential break-in,
Carrboro police reports state.
According to reports, Mark
Timothy Griffiths, 33, of 806
Lawndale St., Apt. 4, came to
police with his lawyer to be served
on warrants.
The Aug. 22 incident resulted in
the theft of a guitar, a digital cam
era, a camcorder, several camera
cases, a video and a credit card,
reports state.
Victims of the larceny report
ed charges on the card that they
did not make as early as Aug. 24,
reports state.
Griffiths was released on a
written promise to appear at
the first opportunity in Orange
County District Criminal Court
in Hillsborough.