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Slip Daily Car HM Bataille plays balancing game Chancellor stint almost complete BY SAMUEL LAU STAFF WRITER Just one year ago, the N.C. School of the Arts and Chancellor Wade Hobgood were mired in financial controversy as state auditors found that the school had made a number of inappropriate payments. But since then, Hobgood has resigned, and interim chancellor Gretchen Bataille, who met with state auditors for an informal exit interview Oct. 28, said that the school’s audit is “absolutely clean.” The UNC-system Board of Governors also passed a set of rec ommendations Friday laying out a system of auditing and reporting to avoid firture problems. BOG member Brent Barringer said the financial troubles cen tered around Joseph Dickson, the vice chancellor of finance and administration, who resigned in July 2004, but that everything has been cleared up pretty well. “There was a certain amount of fallout, but most of the problems have been cured,” he said. Adds Bataille, “It’s a matter of saying, ‘Let’s go forward.'” Experts see chance for ‘X’ factor in 2008 Clinton still tops Democrat potentials BY SETH PEAVEY STAFF WRITER As Americans begin looking toward the 2008 presidential elec tion, a female presidency is becom ing more likely than ever before. With decisive Democratic victo ries in New Jersey and Virginia on Tuesday, the national parties are turning their attention toward the 2006 congressional elections and beyond to possibilities in the next presidential race. “We are definitely seeing a lot more discussion about a female president,” said Amaya Smith, a spokeswoman for the Democratic National Committee. More people claim to be willing to vote for a female candidate than ever before. I IdTERM ATTOMAL “ afcs-..:. Education ppf^y PWWIB‘I Pjjr tlovewbcr 14-18 ■ih m* !*fc* a* ■** BM, bbmEE^sbi Schedule of Events Biri JPk Monday, November 14 Wednesday, November 16 Thursday, November 17 Welcome to Carolina, Welcome to the Women’s Refugee Micro-Enterprise University Center for International Studies World: International Photo Contest Initiative Sponsored by Exploris Museum Student Research Symposium 12 p.m - 5 p.m. - Awards Reception 4 p.m. Featured Speaker and Panel Discussion 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. FPG Student Union, 1 p.m. -3 p.m. UCIS Conference Room, 223 E. Franklin St. Second Floor Lounge. FPG Student Union Room 3206 Carolina Passport to the World Fair Tuesday, November 15 l 1 a m ‘' 2 pm - Fnroißn I ct llrf : Ae Foreign Language and Area Studies Courtyard Outside FPG Student Union. Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship Information Session Fellowship Information Session 3:30 p.m. 2 p.m. UCIS Conference Room, 223 E. Franklin St. Friday, November 18 UCIS Conference Room, 223 E. Franklin St. Carolina for Kibera Information Session, Go Global - Get Your Passport Reception, and Photography Exhibit Carnavalito , An Evening of Latin Jazz 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. 7p.m. - 9 p.m. FPG Student Union UCIS Conference Room, 223 E. Franklin St. FPG Student Union, Caberet Theater. Room 3203. i ■■■■■■■■■■■* pail ssi I " b..lu.*ly critical that Mgr.iSgg sJSSsorL by the world stage. We must ijfMwLZ Associate Provost for be engaged internationally.” ST'"* International Affairs and -Chancellor James Moeser 0B HHH the University Center for f International Studies EMMiEb/ S IHi .S. I BBbi' ■HBMI For More information visit: international.unc.edu or www.ucls.unc.edu All Photos from the 200 4-2oos photo conted This forward progression will need to include finding a perma nent chancellor to replace Bataille, who still is serving as UNC-system senior vice president for academic affairs. NCSA Board of Trustees member Mary Braxton- Joseph said a search for a new chancel lor has not yet been launched, though Barringer thinks anew chancellor will start no later than July 1. Until that day comes, Bataille will continue bal ancing her two positions. Gretchen Bataille is serving many offices for the UNC system. “I don’t sleep,” she laughed. To help Bataille fulfill all of her responsibilities, her academic affairs assistant Lisa Adamson said she and Bataille’s assistant at the School of the Arts have access to the same calendar and work together to make sure Bataille gets where she needs to be. At the UNC-system office, Bataille still is involved with staff ing the BOG personnel and tenure “There has been a steady increase in the number of people who would vote for a female candidate,” said Kristin Goss, a professor of public policy studies at Duke University. Of possible 2008 presidential candidates, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D- N.Y., has been the most mentioned. “Hillary Clinton is certainly the leading candidate in the Democratic Party, but a lot of that has to do with name recognition,” said James Stimson, a political sci ence professor at UNC. He said that her position easily could change once other candi dates enter the race and that the predictions of analysts are almost always wrong, particularly this far in advance. But the Democrats might not committee, maintaining her liai son role with a consultant doing a major study on economic develop ment and keeping oversight of the UNC-system office in China. “But my first priority is that of chancellor,” she said, noting that most of her system responsibilities have been delegated to other mem bers of the academic affairs staff. Barringer said that it was rare for someone from general admin istration to serve as an interim chancellor, and that most of the time the position would be filled by someone on campus. “(NCSA) needed a more objec tive and outside leader for the year,” he said, and thus leaders looked toward Bataille. “It was very important for me to analyze how the issue of the audit had perhaps damaged the school in terms of levels of trust and open ness,” Bataille said. “My primary job is getting things on an even keel, being transparent about the budget and being open with the community and restoring confidence in the school.” Barringer, whose daughter is an eighth-grader in the school’s ballet program, said she is doing a good job in these respects. “All the reports I hear from par ents, alumni and students are very be the only party to field a female candidate. “I think there are a lot of strong female leaders in the Republican Party,” said Danny Diaz, a spokes man for the Republican National Committee. He mentioned Rep. Deborah Pryce, R-Ohio, and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, as being well qualified, but said it is too early to speculate on whether they would seek the presidency. The field of presidential can didates likely will become clearer following the 2006 congressional elections, Goss said. She said the biggest hurdle facing female candidates is overcoming the perception that they are weak on issues of national security. “I think the first female president will be Republican,” she said, adding that conservatives traditionally are News “I am confident that the financial issues are behind us. The future of the school is... wonderful GRETCHEN BATAILLE, CHANCELLOR positive,” he said, adding that she has had to make a number of tough personnel decisions. “She has implemented a number of strategies that will be more ben eficial to the future chancellor than they will this year,” he said. “It really is a thankless job.” In regard to the future chancellor, Bataille said he or she should have a number of diverse qualities. “They need a combination of artistic interests, ability and appre ciation in varying areas combined with administration skills,” she said. Bataille said her replacement will be entering an environment of dedi cated faculty and students. “I am confident that the finan cial issues are behind us,” she said. “The future of the school is abso lutely wonderful.” Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. seen as being stronger on defense. She mentioned U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as a Republican woman who would be seen as qualified in that regard. The Republicans might have more to gain than Democrats by nominat ing a female candidate, given that a majority of women already vote Democratic, Stimson said. But when it comes to winning the 2008 primaries, a woman’s chance of winning a nomination will depend largely on her fundraising ability. “It’s fundraising that matters,” Stimson said. He added that the only candi dates with a serious chance of gain ing their party’s nomination would be those who had raised SSO mil lion by January 2008. Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2005 Groups complain of bias in the classroom Concerns about indoctrination BY LINDSEY NAYLOR STAFF WRITER A state-ordered panel in Pennsylvania on Wednesday gave members of the state legislature and academia the chance to discuss an alleged presence of political bias on public college campuses. The concerns in Pennsylvania reflect those held by others nation wide that state intervention might be necessary to ensure that professors of public universities do not reveal, or to any extent peddle, their personal doctrine to students. Sara Dogan, national campus director for Students for Academic Freedom, said states should adopt the set of guidelines proposed in 2003 by David Horowitz, presi dent of the Center for the Study of Popular Culture. The guidelines, which Horowitz named the Academic Bill of Rights, call for policies meant to foster intellectual diversity on campuses. She said the Colorado state leg islature signed a memorandum in accordance with the guidelines, and the Ohio legislature signed a similar resolution. “That’s what we’d really like to see in other states,” she said. Judith Wegner, chairwoman of the faculty at UNC, said support for the guidelines within the N.C. legislature had not warranted fur ther deliberation. “There had been an introduction of what has been described as an academic bill of rights which I think is kind of a misnomer,” she said. “When it was heard from here it basically went into committee and was never heard from again.” The issue came to a head in North Carolina in 2004 when UNC English lecturer Elyse Crystall sent an e-mail to her class criticizing a student for making anti-gay comments. A federal investigation found UNC to have handled the situation appropriately, but the debate sparked a bill in the General Assembly advo cating for the state to adopt its own academic bill of rights. The bill, proposed by Andrew Brock, R-Davie, failed. Wegner said Horowitz’s guide lines were introduced in the leg islature only to give members a chance to politic. “If the state is trying to inter vene in terms of trying to say what speech is good speech in the class room and what dialogue is good dialogue among professors, it’s unconstitutional,” she said. Wegner added that it is inappro priate to apply a political template to hiring processes in which univer sity administrations attempt to find the best thinkers and teachers. “It’s kind of ironic,” she said. “The nature of the policy itself brings politics into the college.” But Dogan said sometimes it is necessary to bring politics into play when cases arise such as those in Pennsylvania, in which universities have not taken the steps needed to ensure students’ academic free doms. “If there is discrimination due to political beliefs, then, yes, there should be discussion about it,” she said. “We’d much rather see the uni versities taking these steps.” Glenn Ricketts, public affairs director for the National Association of Scholars, said the president of NAS spoke at the Pennsylvania panel to bring attention to the lop sided ideology present on many public campuses, particularly within the humanities and social sciences. He said women’s studies pro grams provide examples of this lopsided ideology. “Many of them are upfront about trying to convert people,” he said. “How much academic work is being done as opposed to political advocacy?” Wegner said that most professors make a point of presenting multiple perspectives and that some critics tend to exaggerate and generalize sit uations in which bias is perceived. She said exposure to different ideas is at the core of a solid uni versity education and the develop ment of analytical thinking. “When people raise a chal lenge that says, ‘My political views are being trounced,’ I don’t know whether that just means you think something’s not worth analyzing more deeply that I’m trying to expose you to.” Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. 7
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