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New office manager
to aid student leaders
Recent graduate
third to take post
BY JENNY RUBY
ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR
Student government officials are
getting help in day-to-day activities
as the new office manager began
her duties Monday.
Tara Taylor, a recent graduate
from UNC’s School of Public Health,
was selected for the position from a
pool of three applicants after Justin
Meyers resigned three weeks ago.
“When I heard about the posi
tion I was very interested in it,”
Taylor said.
“It seemed like a good fit for me.
I was looking for something where
I would have a lot of contact with
people.”
Jon Curtis, assistant director for
student activities and organiza
tions, said Taylor’s familiarity with
UNC and willingness to commit to
the entire academic year which
will last until May 10 set her
apart from the others.
“She fits the mold for exactly
what we’re looking for,” said
Student Body President Seth
Dearmin.
“I’m really excited about Tara
being on board.”
As office manager, Taylor is
responsible for fielding myriad
questions relating to both student
government and other student
organizations.
HILLSBOROUGH
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and experience, saying she would
work to prevent Hillsborough from
becoming a “bedroom community.”
She called for a master plan for
development but has said she will
work to ensure that growth pro
tects the environment.
Newton, who failed to take a seat
on the board in the 2003 election,
ran a campaign centered around
more proactive leadership. He ran a
campaign based on being a voice for
the southern part of town, an area he
has said is not amply represented.
Gering said he was glad Paul
Newton had run as a challenger,
saying it was healthy for the demo
cratic process.
“It gives me the confidence and
satisfaction that I’ve been elected
to office because they’ve had a
choice,” he said.
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“Despite expectations, I’m not
chained to my desk,” Curtis said.
“When I step away, the office
manager fields questions in my
absence.”
Curtis said Taylor also will assist
him with the administrative task of
managing the 551 recognized stu
dent organizations.
“That’s a lot of paperwork to be
managed and overseen,” he said.
Daneen Furr, student body trea
surer, said Taylor will prove valu
able in the day-to-day tasks of stu
dent government.
“That helps us do our job more
effectively,” Furr said. “In turn, it
helps us give back to the student
body.”
In 2004, Student Congress allot
ted $13,000 in student fees to fund
the creation of the office manager
position.
And Furr said another $14,000
is set aside from the Union operat
ing fee.
“Ultimately it’s all student
fees,” she said. “That isn’t neces
sarily how much they get. That’s
just enough to cover half their
salary. Anything that doesn’t go
to them we just revert back into
student fees.”
Curtis said because funding
comes from a number of places,
the permanence of the position is
not guaranteed.
“It can be nipped in the bud in
a number of places,” Curtis said.
“Hopefully, we can continue to
build evidence that the position is
SPECIAL TAX
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that they use to shortchange our
children,” she said.
She added that she declined to
vote on the referendum because
she felt a vote either way would
have been an inaccurate represen
tation of her position.
“Do I want to drink hemlock or
strychnine?” she asked. “You know
what? Neither. Either way it would
hurt our school children.”
DIRTY SHIRT
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top of the dirty shirt while taking
a lengthy run before passing the
shirt off to Tuesday’s contestant,
sophomore Andy Blackmore.
Blackmore said that when
Wallace removed the shirt and
trash bag, he was steaming, and
the shirt was soaked in sweat.
“I plan to go for a little jog and
maybe try some Dumpster diving,”
critical to both the success of my
office and the success of the other
student organizations that are
housed in the suite.”
During last year’s student body
president elections, candidate
Tom Jensen called into question
the necessity of the office manager
alleging that it is inappropriate
for student fees to foot the bill.
But Dearmin said his admin
istration is in full support of the
position, noting the difficulty
experienced in recent weeks since
Meyers resigned.
“It’s just more work on every
one,” Dearmin said. “It’s a really
beneficial position to have.”
He said that although Taylor
just began, he is confident that she
quickly will learn the ins and outs
of the position.
“There’s an obvious learning
curve when you come into the
position,” Dearmin said. “She’s
got a really good grasp on the
University.”
And Taylor said she feels as
though she will be able to make a
transition into the position easily.
“This is only my second day, but
it seems like a really well-function
ing office,” she said.
“I can definitely tell that every
one is motivated to get a lot of proj
ects done for the students. I’m very
happy to be working there and very
excited about it.”
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County schools officials did not
define how the money would be
spent, saying rather that it would
be added to existing funding.
Schools have been strapped for
cash of late, as the district works
both to meet operating expenses
and to construct a third middle
school for the district, a project
that has seen massive budget over
runs and opening delays.
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Blackmore said. “I’m in it for the
long haul.”
Although Wynia is not certain
of future plans for the smelly shirt,
he said that with better planning
and more student involvement,
the contest could turn into a fund
raiser for charity.
“I’m hoping it’ll become a UNC
tradition.”
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DTH/BRANDON MAYNARD
ramit Patel (right), a senior, attends a vigil for earthquake relief in the Pit on
Tuesday evening. About 40 students attended the event, which marked the one
month anniversary of a 7-6-magnitude earthquake that hit Pakistan and India,
killing 80,000. With winter approaching, UNC students are collecting funds to aid the
3 million who are now homeless. Visit www.dailytarheel.com for the full story.
CITY SCHOOLS
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Hemminger was appointed
to her seat last December when
Valerie Foushee was elected to
the Orange County Board of
Commissioners.
Hemminger said she was “feel
ing very good” about the results.
She said she will be able to con
tribute more during this next term,
having spent much of the previous
months trying to familiarize her-
CONGRESS
FROM PAGE 3
looks bad for student government,
and it could be said that it taints
the legitimacy of the election.”
Some Congress members
expressed potential support for legis
lation that instead would add restric
tions to speech in the elections.
Committee members were unable
to reconcile their viewpoints. They
voted to report unfavorably upon
the bill to Congress, which will see
the bill Tuesday as a full body.
The committee meeting was cut
short because Rep. James Riley did
not attend due to illness. A num
ber of pieces of legislation on the
agenda were proposed by Riley, but
committee members chose not to
discuss them in his absence.
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self with the work required of a
school board member.
“I’m excited about another term
on the board,” she said “That will
be fun.”
Though he won’t get to experi
ence that this time around at
least Danner said he still was
glad he had a chance to run.
“I think for me it was a tremen
dous experience, getting to know
people and understanding the
community," he said.
He added that he would remain
One of these pieces of legislation
proposes an instant runoff system for
student body and Carolina Athletic
Association presidential elections.
When voting, students would
select a first and second choice for
those positions.
If no candidate receives a major
ity, the last place candidate’s second
choice votes will be distributed to
the other candidates.
The votes would be recounted,
and the process would continue
until a candidate receives a major
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an involved parent and school vol
unteer and would consider run
ning again next time.
All candidates agreed that this
campaign season had been a suc
cess. Through all of the forums and
campaigning, they said they’ve had
a great opportunity to get to know
each other.
Stuckey said the group became
“a little team.”
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ity of the vote.
Currently, if no candidate
receives a majority of the vote, one
more week of campaigning is held
for a runoff election.
Committee members also chose
not to hear Riley’s legislation that
creates a formal review of the
Student Constitution, the first sec
tion of the Code. They tabled the
pieces of legislation indefinitely.
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