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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2005
TUITION
FROM PAGE 1
schools consistently show UNC to
be on the low end of tuition for
both in- and out-of-state, and for
both undergraduate and graduate
programs. That is an accomplish
ment that we should all be proud
of as we strive to uphold our consti
tutional mandate to provide acces
sible higher education.
However, running a first-rate
university takes money, and money
lost from budget cuts and reduc
tions in grants and gifts must be
made up from another source.
Unfortunately for us, this often
takes the form of tuition hikes.
The necessity of an increase in
tuition is undeniable.
UNC is not competitive with our
peer institutions in paying teach
ing assistant stipends and we are
losing faculty to competing uni
versities that offer higher salaries.
Increasing TA stipends and fac
ulty salaries, along with reducing
the faculty-to-student ratio in the
classroom, are our highest pri
orities. More than that, they are
essential as a matter of maintain
ing our excellence.
AHEC
FROM PAGE 1
partnerships for the Northwest
AHEC.
Many health care specialties
require practitioners to take cur
rent classes in order to remain
certified. Bringing those courses
out into different regions relieves
much of the burden for local health
workers, particularly those in deep
ly rural areas of the state.
“I think there would be far fewer
practitioners out there, if not for
the AHEC system,” said Stephen
Willis, executive director of the
eastern region office. “That holds
true in any relatively underserved
area of the state.”
From hospitals and urgent care
clinics to nursing homes and pre
schools, health workers can contact
an AHEC office to arrange a formal
workshop or a community visit by
a faculty expert.
Having that service available
encourages health professionals to
take on jobs in more remote areas,
Willis said.
“I believe that it makes it much
easier for them to both take (those
jobs) and keep them,” he said. “To
feel like both living and practicing
in a rural area is viable.”
A priority is placed on bringing
experts into individual communities,
and not just to the regional centers
where AHEC offices are based.
Often UNC faculty members
can take advantage of the Medical
Air Operations program, based
at the Horace Williams airport in
Chapel Hill, to take flights directly
to the town or county hosting a
program.
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We cannot continue to lose our
educators they are truly the
University’s best asset.
There are many competing phi
losophies among members of the
task force, the Trustees and the
UNC-system Board of Governors
as to whether the burden of tuition
increases should fall more to in- or
out-of-state students.
These competing perspectives are
seen in arguing whether increases
should be closer between in- and
out-of-state students as a percent
age or a raw number. It is a hotly
debated topic every year, and every
year the result is slightly different.
Establishing a predictable stan
dard for increases is one of my
goals for this year’s tuition talks,
so that every student and every
family can have a better idea of the
bills they should expect.
As for the numbers, the current
breakdown of potential tuition
increases ranges from $l5O to SSOO
for in-state students and $l5O to
SI,OOO for out-of-state students.
But together we can and will
impact the increase that is ulti
mately chosen.
I will do everything in my power
to keep this tuition increase at the
Williams and move Med Air
operations to Raleigh-Durham
International Airport in order
to make way for construction
on UNC-CH’s satellitte campus
Carolina North have met with
strong criticism from many AHEC
officials.
Critics say it would cut down on
regional officials’ ability to recruit
busy faculty members.
Andrea Novak, administrator of
nursing and interdisciplinary con
tinuing education for the Southern
AHEC, said her region’s goal is to
have at least half of all training
programs conducted outside the
Fayetteville office.
“Our mission is to bring the
education to the health care pro
fessionals in their rural setting,”
she said.
The Southern region office con
ducts about 500 hours of continu
ing education courses each year to
serve nine counties, Novak said,
drawing on medical professionals
from across the country.
“We look for experts in the field,
wherever they may be.”
Giving and receiving
While six of the nine regional
AHEC offices are affiliated primar
ily with UNC-CH, the Southern
region is partnered most closely
with Duke University Medical
Center.
Other regions utilize Eastern
Carolina University and Wake
Forest University to fulfill most of
their needs, though UNC Hospitals
remains a key resource.
Beyond offering training and
on-site consultation, Perry said
UNC faculty members also staff
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minimum level that will cover our
needs.
And while this process plays out
during the next few months, I need
you to do something for me: Make
your opinions, ideas and sugges
tions heard. Take a few minutes
to review the data provided on the
Student Government web page,
www.unc.edu/studgov, and decide
what you think.
Write to the legislature, the
Chancellor and me. Come by the
Student Government Office, in
Union Suite 2501, and talk to me.
And come to the final task force
meeting, which will be held Oct.
10, at 4 p.m. in 120 Vance Hall.
The decisions made at that meet
ing will shape the task force’s rec
ommendation to the chancellor,
who will then make his pitch to the
Thistees on Nov. 16 and Nov. 17.
We as students have the power
to shape the way this decision is
made, but that can’t be done with
out your active involvement.
The Daily Tar Heel will run
guest columns each Wednesday
for the rest of the semester.
Dearmin’s column mil run
thefirst of each month.
a number of specialty clinics in
more remote regions of the state.
Practitioners from Chapel Hill set
up temporary sites to dispense
specialized care not typically avail
able.
“In some cases, these are spe
cialties that are difficult to recruit
people to in the more rural and
underpopulated areas,” he said,
citing dermatology and pediat
rics as examples. “There just isn’t
enough patient volume to be able
to sustain a practice in some of
these disciplines.”
Perry called the clinics and edu
cation programs a kind of service
to communities throughout the
state, but made clear that UNC
receives much in return.
The University’s medical school
relies on AHEC to provide stu
dents with a truly comprehensive
education.
“On any given day, roughly half
to two-thirds of the students are
somewhere other than Chapel
Hill,” Perry said.
Experience gained through
AHEC postings can give students
an idea of how a real world, day
to-day medical practice functions,
he said.
Besides, Perry added, without
the ability to send medical students
throughout the state, there simply
wouldn’t be room for them all.
“We couldn’t operate our MD
degree program here without hav
ing something like AHEC to work
with,” he said. “We don’t have
enough capacity here in Chapel
Hill to do the training that would
be required.”
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RENAMINGS
FROM PAGE 1
and Nash halls, both slated for
demolition.
There are no plans to rebuild on
the site of Nash Hall, set to be tom
down in 2007. The hall named
after Frederick Nash, a UNC trust
ee from 1807 to 1857 is being
demolished as part of a utilities
project.
Bruce Runberg, associate vice
chancellor for facilities planning
and construction, said the build
ing’s name likely will be transferred
to another location.
Abernethy Hall is being torn
down as part of the Arts Common
Master Plan. The demolition date
COMMON
FROM PAGE 1
“It was actually an idea that one
of the committee members had to
bring him over the summer, not
for homecoming, just in general,”
she said.
“The selection process was
about up-and-coming artists and
we thought Common would be
great and could draw a large audi
ence.”
CAA President Justin Johnson
said the goal was to find an artist
with broad appeal.
“I wanted to bring in someone
that’s affordable with the budget
that we have and appeals to a lot
of people,” he said. “Common fit
that mold.”
CAA Vice President Rachel
High said they were looking for an
BOBCATS
FROM PAGE 1
All Anderson could do was
shake his head and laugh before
firing a sharp chest pass back to
his former college nemesis.
Unfortunately for Anderson,
May isn’t the only player whose
taunting he has to endure.
“Yeah, when we got our champi
onship rings (two weeks ago), we
threw them in Alan’s face a couple
times,” Felton said. “But we try not
to talk about it too much because
this is a different stage.”
It’s amazing how much has
changed for Felton and May in the
span of six months and 150 miles.
Gone are the historic Carolina
blue threads they donned for the
past three seasons in Chapel Hill.
Present are the black and orange
Bobcat uniforms, symbolic of a sec
ond-year expansion franchise with
no tradition of success behind it.
Gone are the comfy yet rowdy
confines of a Smith Center packed
with diehard Tar Heel fans. In its
place, anew arena populated by
a dwindling fan base that would
be hard-pressed to fill May and
Felton’s former playing ground.
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of Anderson— is the mystique of the
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*Naming keeps alive the legacy of the
past”
PAUL KAPP, CAMPUS HISTORIAN
has not been determined.
The building will remain at its
current location until funding is
secured for the second half of the
new music building.
Abernethy Hall is named
in honor of Eric Abernethy, a
University physician and veteran
of World War I.
Despite the changes, Runberg
maintains that the names always
receive the highest respect.
“There is always consideration
given to the name of a building
up-and-coming artist to perform.
“He’s been around in the shad
ows for a while and we saw the
potential for him to be a star on
his own and to catch that before
the rest of the nation does.”
Tickets for the performance
initially will be available only to
students with a One Card and will
cost sls.
“The price has fluctuated
depending on the artist that was
booked and we wanted to keep
prices as low as possible,” Benson
said. “We think that it’s a fair
price.”
High said the purpose of the
Homecoming concert is to make
it available to students first.
“If tickets don’t sell out to the
students they go on sale to the
public on the 24th,” High said.
Benson said he hopes a name
pair’s title run to national glory.
Remaining are the incredibly
high expectations this duo was
burdened with when they, along
with new Minnesota Timberwolves
guard Rashad McCants, enrolled
at UNC in 2002.
Fans now are calling for Felton
and May to apply the same saving
grace that helped resurrect the once
diminishing Tar Heel basketball pro
gram to the inexperienced Bobcats.
“I don’t feel any pressure at
all,” May says. “The only thing me
and Ray put on ourselves is to go
out and perform everyday to the
best of our abilities. I don’t think
it’s any pressure to play up to or
exceed our own expectations.
“Some people’s expectations may
not be realistic, but we know as long
as we get better every day and give
the fans what they want, which is
playing quality basketball night in
and night out, then we’ll be fine.”
In the NBA summer league at the
Rocky Mountain Revue in Utah, the
chemistry that Felton and May have
built together was on full display.
While Felton directed the offen
sive traffic with 13.2 points and 5.2
assists in five games, May domi
nated in the paint. The six-foot
nine forward averaged 17.3 points
and 9.2 rebounds, including three
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which is demolished and great
attempts are made to ensure that
the name is used in other places,”
he said.
Kapp expressed the histori
cal importance of naming and
stressed the need not to lose the
names of buildings with their
demolition.
“Naming keeps alive the legacy
of the past.”
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“The perfect word
would be that we
are ecstatic that he
is coming ”
JONATHON BENSON, cuab director
like Common will draw more atten
tion toward Homecoming week
and create excitement on campus.
“The show should be really high
quality and high energy,” High
said.
“We’re trying to do something
that is different from last year. His
music really appeals to a wide audi
ence.”
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double-doubles on his way to being
named the league’s MVP and shar
ing Revue all-tournament team
honors with Felton.
But May is quick to put his show
ing into perspective, as he has yet
to taste the total NBA experience.!
“Things are moving fairly
quickly and well so far, but I don’t
want to get too overconfident with
my summer league performance
because I wasn’t playing against
everyday NBA competition,” May
says. “But the transition so far has
been pretty much an even keel.”
Felton agrees with his teammate
and quickly has seen the advantag
es of playing alongside May again.
“It feels good to have Sean here,”
Felton says. “It’s good for me because
I’m the point guard and I have a guy
on the court where if I pass him the
ball, I know he can score.”
And May isn’t the only player
who is familiar with Felton. Former
UNC forward Jason Capel recently
signed with the Bobcats in hopes of
finally making an NBA roster after
graduating in 2002.
“I know how they play and they
know how I play,” Capel says. “The
fact that we all played at Carolina,
it does a lot They’re going to bring
more fans out to the arena and be
more recognized in the community.
The biggest thing is people know us
and we know each other and it makes
for a better working environment”
But while Capel is fairly familiar
with the NBA atmosphere, May and
Felton remain wet behind the ears.
And they’ve got a coach in Bemie
Bickerstaff who is not afraid to tell
them just that, as he showed when
discussing Felton’s performance at
camp Tuesday.
“He was okay, but he was one of
those bricklayers that we had out
there also,” Bickerstaff said. “But
in terms of basketball intelligence,
he’s very good.”
With every player possessing an
accomplished college basketball
background and the subsequent
ability to step into a major role, it is
essential for a player to have a high
learning curve if he wants to make
a name for himself in the league.
“The thing with the NBA, they
teach you and they let you play,”
May says. “With college, it’s all
about teaching, and it can get
dragged on. With the NBA, you
have more freedom, so practice
goes a little smoother, but you’ve
got to pick up things real quickly.”
The learning curves of the UNC
twosome will be tested early. May is
recovering from arthroscopic sur
gery to remove damaged cartilage
from his right knee and slowly is
working his way into full practice.
Meanwhile, Felton, who most like
ly will serve as backup for incumbent
point guard Brevin Knight, quickly
must grasp anew offense with the
start of the regular season looming
less than a month away.
Add to this the hoopla already
surrounding the second arrival of
these local players and it might
appear that Felton and May are
being set up for failure.
But heeding the simple advice of
a highly touted player who knows
all about the microscope created
by an NCAA championship and
being highly drafted just might be
the simple recipe for success.
“I just ignored all the distractions
and hype,” says Bobcat forward.
Okafor, a former star and national
champion at Connecticut. “They
both are good players who have alot
of potential for success in this league,
so I’m not worried about them and
neither should anybody else.”
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