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6 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2005 Finleys fees break bank for students As student groups mobilize campuswide in expectation of proposed tuition hikes there is a financial injustice nearly as egregious being carried out vir tually unnoticed by the students of this University. UNC Finley Golf Course will host the Lady Tar Heel Invitational this weekend where 18 of the nation’s finest women’s golf programs will take a crack at tackling one of the best collegiate courses in the country. No problem there. But when the course reopens for general use, the price gouging of students wanting to tee it up will continue. Golf is a game ill suited for those with a thin wallet. But for college students already raked over the coals with the costs of just attending class, shelling out big bucks for a campus-affiliated recreation activity isn’t just ludi crous it’s immoral. To properly gauge the assault on a UNC student-golfer’s pockets in relation to other colleges we should set some criteria. As any golfer knows, the cost to play a round of golf varies with the time of day and day of the week you want to play. Judging by the faces I see on the way to my 8 a.m. classes we can forget mornings and week days. So let’s assume the average college golfer plays their round on Saturday at noon. Oh yeah, and we’re walking, too. Let’s leave the golf cart to the Van Wilder’s and Billy Madison’s of the world. At Finley that round will cost a UNC student $47. While that includes a sl7 cart fee, they say you can walk if you want to. How nice of them you still have to pay the sl7. At 1:30 p.m., they take away the mandatory cart fee, so you can play for S3O still a crime to charge students. In September, Golf Digest ranked die top 15 college courses in the country. Finley was No. 14. If you want to play Saturday at noon at No. 7 Ohio State, it’ll set you back sl4 or $lB (they have two courses). Michigan’s third-ranked course costs $25 at any time. 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Cadets at the Air Force Academy play at America’s eighth-ranked course for sl2. Yeah, I know the old argument. “You can die for your country at 18 but you can’t play golf on their courses for free.” At least they still get on at a discounted rate. Because those who wish to play at Finley are usually required to take out a mortgage on their dorm room, students are forced to travel inconvenient distances to play inferior courses. While the costs of maintain ing one of the best courses in the country might justify higher greens fees, the burden of recoup ing those funds shouldn’t fall on current Tar Heels. Students can be a tremendous source of revenue for the golf course, but if the cost of playing at Finley remains the same, we may never make it out there. Contact Matt Estreich at estreich@email.unc.edu. Without Dearmin, farmers’ market moves forward BY JENNY RUBY ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EOITOR Campus officials are getting a little fresh with students. From 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Oct. 27, the plaza level of the Rams Head dining facility will be transformed into a farmers’ market where stu dents will be able to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables. The event, sponsored by the Center for Healthy Student Behaviors and Carolina Dining Services, is part of a push for pro moting healthy eating habits on campus. Consumers sour on SUVs as prices rise BY SETH PEAVEY STAFF WRITER American automobile compa nies have seen their truck and sport utility’ vehicle sales drop sharply as gas prices remain high. General Motor’s overall U.S. sales dropped 24 percent in September from the same period in 2004 while Ford’s were down 19 percent. “That is very definitely a signifi cant decrease,” said Ed Erickson, economics professor at N.C. State University. “By a large margin, this is a reflection of higher gas prices.” The nationwide gas price Monday was nearly $3 per gal lon, according to the Energy Information Administration. The overall sales decrease was pri marily the result of poor truck sales, which includes SUVs. GM’s and Ford’s truck sales were both down about 30 percent in September. “They are not making a profit,” said Steven Szakaly, an economist with the Center for Automotive Research. But he noted that Chrysler is an exception and said reduced inven tory from successful summer sales campaigns were a major factor in GM’s and Ford’s poor Sept, sales. This national trend is reflected at local dealerships. ‘You see SUVs and pickups being traded in for smaller vehicles,” said Mike Kemp-McCoy, general sales manager for Sanford Ford Lincoln Mercury Inc. He said that sales probably were off about 30 percent from last year “The idea of having an outdoor produce market that highlights fruits and vegetables is a way that is fun, and we can get our message out,” said Jen Ketterly, nutrition and fitness coordinator at the center. The farmers’ market will feature autumnal fruits and vegetables, such as apples, zucchini, squash, pumpkins, gourds and Indian corn. “This is also a fall showcase of the different types of produce that come into play this time of the year,” said Ed Sautro, Raleigh sales manager for Fresh Point, the News because of high gas prices, but that they likely will rebound later. Sales also were down at Bobby Murray Chevrolet Inc. in Raleigh. But sales manager Richard Cholerton said the depleted inven tory from the summer was the pri mary cause for the slump. “(Trucks and SUVs) are always going to be a good seller,” he said, adding that GM is working on more fuel-efficient vehicles. While dealerships remain opti mistic that sales wfll return to former levels, the price of oil might continue to depress the automobile market. “Sales for the big three are not likely to rebound if gas prices remain high,” Szakaly said. And even if gas prices do drift downward, there might be no turn ing back the clock. “I think we are seeing a perma nent change in the composition of the automobile fleet,” Erickson said. This is particularly troublesome news for the American automobile industry, where larger vehicles make up the majority of sales. International companies such as Toyota and Honda, which empha size smaller and more fuel-efficient vehicles, are better suited to capi talize on this changing demand, Erickson said. U.S. companies are at a serious disadvantage, he said. “I think they are going to be in trouble for the foreseeable future.” Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. University’s produce provider. Student Body President Seth Dearmin listed creating a weekly farmers’ market as one of his cam paign goals. Ketterly and Dearmin both said they were unaware the other had been considering the program. Dearmin said Tuesday that he had delegated responsibility of creating the program to one of his committees. Ketterly said she hopes to see the two groups work together in the future. Ira Simon, director of food ser- Student Health Service Division of Student Affairs The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations will conduct an accreditation survey of the UNC-CH Student Health Service on November 7th 8c Bth, 2005. The purpose of the survey will be to evaluate the organization’s compliance with nationally established Joint Commission standards. The survey results will be used to determine whether, and the conditions under which accreditation should be awarded the organization. Joint Commission standards deal with organizational quality of care issues and the safety of the environment in which care is provided. Anyone believing that he or she has pertinent and valid information about such matters may request a public information interview with the Joint Commission’s field representatives at the time of survey. Information presented at the interview will be carefully evaluated for relevance to the accreditation process. Requests for a public information interview must be made in writing and should be sent to the Joint Commission no later than five working days before the survey begins. The requests must also indicate the nature of the information to be provided at the interview. Such requests should be addressed to The Joint Commission will acknowledge such request in writing or by telephone and will inform the organization of the request for any interview. The organization will, in turn, notify the interviewee of the date, time, and place of the meeting. This notice is posted in accordance with the Joint Commission’s requirements and may not be removed before the survey is completed. Date Posted: October 3, 2005 Democrats look to beef up primary schedule for 2008 BY NICK ANDERSON STAFF WRITER Wanted: A small- to medium sized U.S. state with geographic and ethnic diversity. Applicants must be willing to host a parade of ambitious politicians, overworked campaign workers and an accom panying media circus. lowa and New Hampshire need not apply. That’s what Democrats are look ing for as the party moves to reform its presidential primary schedule in time for the 2008 election by allow ing more states to vote earlier. A commission discussing the change recommended last week the addition of at least two states to the traditional list of early voting states, which is currently limited to New Hampshire and lowa. The states that will be moved up in the calendar remain unan nounced, but early indications show that New Mexico and South Carolina are strong contenders. In presidential election cycles since 1980, New Hampshire’s pri mary and lowa’s caucuses have had a lock on the first contests to influ ence the Democratic Party’s presi dential nominee. “It makes sense to have more states involved in the earliest parts of the nominating process so that lowa and New Hampshire do not domi nate,” said Ferrel Guillory, director of UNC’s Program on Southern Politics, Media and Public Life. “It’s okay for lowa and New Hampshire to have a role and have a prominent role, but it has skewed the process for them to have an vices, said the event is the first of its kind and said he hopes to be able to learn more about student produce interests. “If there’s something that is very popular that we’re not showcasing in our Rams Head Market, we want to know,” he said. Dining service officials said they worked with Fresh Point to feature as many local North Carolina grow ers as possible. And Ketterly said dining services officials are working to provide the produce at a reduced price. Nutrition is one of the 28 focus THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL Public Notice Division of Accreditation Operations Office of Quality Monitoring Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations One Renaissance Boulevard Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181 or Faxed to 630-792-5636 or E-mailed to complaint@jcaho.org £ljp Hatty (Ear Hrri outsized role.” Rep. David Price, D-N.C., who is co-chairman of the party’s com mission considering the calendar changes, said the party is hoping to include states with greater eth nic, racial and geographic diversity than lowa and New Hampshire. “Should states have that domi nant of a role?” Price said, referring to one of the commission’s central questions. “Shouldn’t there be states included that are more rep resentative of the Democratic Party nationwide?” There also is an important ben efit to having early contests in smaller states, Price said. The primaries in lowa and New Hampshire allow candidates to practice “retail politics,” the pro cess of campaigning on a personal level, before they shift to a national campaign, he said. Dante Scala, a professor of poli tics at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire, pointed to the party’s history of representing all segments of society. “Democrats pride them selves on being a diverse party, and New Hampshire and lowa are not ethnically or regionally diverse.” South Carolina has greater racial diversity than lowa or New Hampshire and is situated in a dif ferent region of the country, Guillory said. “Adding two or three states would help provide a broader view of the field in the earliest stages of the process.” Contact the State W National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. areas of Healthy Campus 2010, a campaign that encourages students to lead healthy lifestyles. Ketterly also said she hopes the farmers’ market will increase the proportion of students who con sume the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables each day. “If it goes well, we’re going to have it again,” Ketterly said. “We want to continue to have it as a mainstay on campus. We want to sustain this idea.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.
