(D|p alar fel
DKE fraternity first
to fund professorship
BY NATE HUBBARD
STAFF WRITER
The University’s chapter of
Delta Kappa Epsilon is working
to strengthen the long-standing
relationship between Greeks and
campus in a way no fraternity or
sorority has ever done before.
In a historic first for a Greek
organization, DKE alumni raised
$820,000 to fund a distinguished
professorship that began this
semester for David Reeve, a phi
losophy professor.
With the addition of contribu
tions from the state legislature, the
endowment sits at $1.2 million.
The Greek-sponsored professor
ship is “the first one that I’ve heard
of in the country,” said initial donor
Edward Baur, a DKE and UNC
alumnus.
“We think it is the first time
anywhere,” said Bernadette Gray-
Little, dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences.
Baur said often schools like
Harvard and Princeton are expect
ed to be leaders, but he hopes the
move will start a national trend.
“Well in this case Carolina is
going to be the model,” he said.
Baur got the campaign started
with a SIOO,OOO donation in 2000.
Lottery awaits director
Past experience,
leadership cited
BY LINDSEY NAYLOR
STAFF WRITER
Before the N.C. Education
Lottery begins providing the state
with revenue, a series of goals
must be realized, starting with the
appointment of an executive direc
tor.
The nine-member lottery com
mission, which met for the first
time earlier this month, will choose
a director who has, most impor
tantly, good managerial skills, said
Ferrel Guillory, director of the UNC
Program on Southern Politics,
Media and Public Life.
He said he expects the director
to be experienced in the state-spon
sored lottery industry, suggesting
that someone who has served as
the director for another state’s lot
tery might be hired.
The director will be responsible
for the general management and
execution of the lottery.
It is essential that a candidate be
“someone who understands poli
tics, but isn’t seen as out-and-out
partisan,” Guillory said.
Brent Pennington, managing
director for the Americas at QLot
Consulting, a lottery consulting
firm, said the director selection
process is highly sensitive. A
Death toll rises in Pakistan
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BALAKOT, Pakistan Pakistani
officials predicted Sunday that
many more thousands of dead
would be found in earthquake-rav
aged Kashmir as heavy rains in the
Himalayan region drenched home
less survivors in mud and misery.
The latest estimate would raise die
death toll from the magnitude-7.6
quake in the mountains of northern
Pakistan and India to at least 54,000
—a jump of more than 13,000 from
the official count of known dead.
A spokesman for the prime min
ister of the region warned that the
cold and wet could cause further
deaths among the 2 million or so
people believed to be homeless.
Government officials in
Islamabad said early Sunday that
39,422 people were confirmed
Adv. Tlx on Sale HARRY POTTER THE GOBLET
OF FIRE (PG-13) ★
ELIZABETHTOWN (PG-13) DIG (110 420) 710 945
THE FOG (PG-13) DIG (100 430)730 940
DOMINO (R) - ID REQ'D (120 400) 700 945
IN HER SHOES (PG-13) (105405)705 950
TWO FOR THE MONEY (R) - ID REQ'D (135 415) 720
955
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (R) -ID REQ'D (145 425)
Take 15/501 South towards Pittsboro
Exit Main St./Southem Village
ELIZABETHTOWN 1:30-4:15-7:15-9:45
WALLACE A GROMIT: CURSE OF THE WERE
RABBIT 3 100-3:05-5:05-7:10-9:20
IN HER SHOES B3S 1:154:10-700-9:40
SERENITY B3! 1:454:20-7:20-:45
Professor
David Reeve
has received
funding for a
distinguished
professorship
from DKE.
He since has donated another
SIOO,OOO.
Reeve teaches in the areas of
ancient Greek philosophy, ethics
and metaphysics.
He was nominated for the pro
fessorship by the University.
“He is an outstanding scholar
who is also a good classroom teach
er and cares about the students,”
Gray-Little said of Reeve. “It’s a
recognition of outstanding work.”
Baur said he is looking forward
to personally meeting Reeve at a
fraternity event in November.
“He sounds like an outstanding
recipient,” Baur said. “We wanted
a professor that was very popular
among undergraduates.”
Gray-Little said professorships
are an added attraction to keep
professors at the University.
DKE’s professorship also pro
vides many benefits to the current
members of the fraternity, Baur
candidate must have an indus
try background to be considered
qualified.
But in such a small industry, it is
often difficult to accumulate expe
rience without forming business
relationships that might create an
appearance of bias or favoritism,
he added.
He said two primary vendors
ultimately compete for a limited
number of very large contracts in
the U.S. lottery industry.
Scientific Games Corp. and
GTECH Corp. hold most of the
contracts for running state lotter
ies in the United States.
“The field has narrowed and
therefore has become very cut
throat,” Pennington said.
When anew contract is on the
line, vendors do virtually every
thing within their power to swing
the bidding process in their favor,
he said.
“If one vendor sees (a candi
date) as having better relation
ships or experience with another
vendor, they may try to sabotage
the appointment,” he said.
This intense competition has
led to repeated hints of industry
scandal in other states, and North
Carolina might be no different.
Lottery commission member
Kevin Geddings, an experienced
political and business consultant,
recently was accused of having
inappropriate connections to
killed in all of Pakistan at least
26,422 dead in the Pakistani por
tion of Kashmir and another 13,000
in North West Frontier Province.
But later Sunday a spokesman
for the state government chief in
the Pakistani portion of Kashmir
said the death toll in that region
alone is believed to be “not less
than 40,000.” This would mean the
quake killed more than 53,000 in
Pakistan.
With another 1,350 deaths
reported in India’s part of Kashmir,
that brings the quake’s death toll to
more than 54,000.
ANNOUNCING LATER HOURS!
Now open till 11 pm!
Coupon good from 9pm-11 pm
A Chapel Hill Dining Tradition Since 1948
$5 Off Any Purchase From 9pm-l 1 pm
Valid through 10/20/05 • Offer not valid with any other promotions, or alcoholic beverages • Must present coupon
Open Daily 11:00am-l 1:00pm • 157 '/ 2 E Franklin Street • 919-942-5158
News
said.
“It sends a message to the active
members that the alumni are
involved,” he said.
DKE’s gift marks the beginning
of a trend at UNC. Two Greek
organizations have already begun
to establish professorships of their
own.
Phi Delta Theta is in the final
stages of establishing its profes
sorship, said fraternity president
David Mathews.
Mathews said Phi Delta Theta
decided to endow a professor
ship to honor Matthew Mason,
a beloved and recently deceased
employee.
The professorship is a way to
recognize Mason and give back to
the University at the same time.
“(Mason) was like a second
father to many of the brothers,”
Mathews said.
A sorority, Delta Delta Delta,
is also working on its own profes
sorship, according to a UNC press
release.
“I hope this challenge will be
taken up by other fraternities and
sororities,” Gray-Little said.
Contact the University Editor
at udesk@unc.edu.
“The field, has
narrowed and
therefore has
become very
cuthroat.”
BRENT PENNINGTON, DIRECTOR
Scientific Games.
The company also has ties to the
political director for House Speaker
Jim Black, D-Mecklenburg.
Meredith Norris was a paid con
sultant for Scientific Games while
serving on Black’s staff.
Geddings offered to recuse
himself from voting on vendor
selection for the state’s lottery, and
Norris is under investigation for
possibly failing to disclose lobby
ing activity.
Pennington said the director
selection process will be largely
about public perception because
the reality is that nearly everyone
in such a compact industry has
some degree of potential bias.
Guillory said the biggest priority
will be to establish a just process
resulting in a well-managed lot
tery.
“It’s important for the lottery
director to be seen as someone who
gives assurance to the people of the
state that the lottery will be man
aged fairly and properly,” he said.
The Associated Press
contributed to this article.
Contact the State & National
Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.
CREATE YOUR OWN UNIQUE, SCARY, SEYY, OR COMICAL -
aHAliavretN COSTUMES
H from our collection of gently-used clothing and "
|| accessories for men, women, and children.
V f Buy one piece of clothing, If Jk
f GET ONE FREE! Tues-Fri 10AM-6PM I
V fapal or I—r One coupon par pwion. J Sat 10 AM-4 PM
Club Nova promotes and provides opportunities for 967-6985
individuals with mental illness to lead meaningful and 103 C West Main St., Carrboro
productive lives of their choice in the community. WWW.clllbnovashop.orfl
RUNNING FOR RELIEF
**■* ■ '•* d * c '' TJPjHf T™.j ~ i ' r ~
L *|L ■HM
tudents run a five-kilometer race,
which started at the Ehringhaus
Fields, to raise money for Hurricane
Katrina relief efforts Saturday. The Club
Sports Council sponsored the event, rais
Professors look to extend ban
BY ELIZABETH DEORNELLAS
STAFF WRITER
A group of professors from across
the country want schools like UNC
to boycott athletic competition with
universities still using American
Indian mascots.
The NCAA ruled in August that
schools cannot display mascots
deemed “hostile or abusive” on the
basis of race, ethnicity or national
origin during NCAA championships
effective Feb. 1,2006.
The organization also supports
the practice of refusing to schedule
athletic competition with institu
tions that continue to use American
Indian mascots.
Stephen Kaufman, a professor at
the University of Illinois, is pushing
the issue by petitioning all Division
I schools to forgo scheduling athletic
events with universities that employ
American Indian mascots.
“Our position is that there is no
place for race-based mascots in col
lege athletics,” he said.
His petition includes signatures
from faculty at the University of
Illinois and the University of North
Dakota, two of the 18 colleges and
universities still using American
Indian mascots.
Thomas Hardy, executive direc
tor of university relations at the
University of Illinois, said the peti
tion is signed only by several dozen
of the 2,800 faculty members the
university employs.
“They are obviously exercising
their First Amendment rights,” he
said. “We are well aware of their dis
content on this issue.”
Kaufman said he and his support
ers have been fighting to retire the
university’s Fighting Illini mascot for
MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2005
ing $8,345 among the 692 registered run
ners. The race was not limited to students.
Organizers noted that part of the event’s suc
cess was in bringing different groups togeth
er. Visit dailytarheel.com for the full story.
15 years.
He said the student senate at the
University of Illinois repeatedly has
voted to retire the mascot. But it is
hard to rely on students to create
major change because the student
population changes every four years,
he added.
Kaufman said the university’s
board of trustees is studying the
issue, but he hasn’t seen any prog
ress.
“They’ve always been the obsta
cle,” he said. “They’ve taken sole pos
session of this issue.”
Hardy said the board has been
working since June 2004 to put
guidelines in place regarding the
university’s mascot. “The Board will
make decisions, as it always does,
that are in the best interest of the
University of Illinois.”
The University of Illinois will
appeal the NCAA regulation on the
grounds of self-determination and
autonomy, he said.
The university is defending its
right to regulate its own tradition, he
added, noting that the names “Illini”
and “Fighting Illini” have a 130-year
history and the Chief Illiniwek mas
cot has an 80-year history.
Get your year off
to a great start
with our affordable
Flexible
Memberships
I" flaftottei? 1
j HZHD [
J & wellness enter enter §
■ *589.00 value Offer ndi 10/31/05 ‘Some restrictions apply J
-969-8663 c ad/es
752 Martin Luther King |r. Blvd. fT ■ ■
(Historic Airport Rd.) fitness & wellness center
(Next to Foster's, / mile from campus)
DTH/NICK SCOn
Barbara Munson, a member of
Oneida Nation and chairwoman of
the “Indian” Mascot and Logo Task
Force for the Wisconsin Indian
Education Association, signed
Kaufmans petition.
She said the civil rights move
ment has shown racist displays such
as “blackface minstrels” to be politi
cally and socially unacceptable. Yet
she said similar images of American
Indians persist. “We need to grow up
as a culture and as a society.”
Kaufman said he believes uni
versities that use American Indian
mascots are violating the 1964 Civil
Rights Act, and federal agencies
could be obligated to withhold funds
from such universities.
He said he is trying to educate
students nationwide about the
importance of eliminating mascots
that are a “denigration of culture.”
“If even one group of students on
a campus like Carolina advocates
for this on their campus, it’s a major
statement that students and the
(NCAA) are not going to tolerate
this discrimination.”
Contact the State & National
Editor at stntdesk@une.edu.
7