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BUNTING
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backer much hope of keeping his
job beyond the 2004 season.
Even fewer believed Bunting
capable of instilling faith in play
ers he hadn’t recruited. In the after
math of the loss to Duke in 2003,
offensive guard Jeb Terry and tail
back Jacque Lewis both declined
to offer public support to a coach
clearly on the ropes. Words of sup
port from Director of Athletics
Dick Baddour went unheard amid
the clamor for Bunting’s dismissal.
But a year passed, and the ax
never fell. The Tar Heels upset both
N.C. State and No. 3 Miami under
the Kenan Stadium lights, prompt
ing celebrations unimaginable only
weeks earlier, and after a victory
against Duke to clinch a bowl bid,
Bunting received a two-year con
tract extension.
If any of his players expected his
new job security to create a sense of
complacency, they didn’t yet know
Bunting. His fiery spirit still emerges
every time his team takes the field.
A disputed holding call against
Maryland on Saturday, for example,
prompted Bunting to scream aloud
FACULTY GAP
FROM PAGE 1
departments at UNC no excep
tion to the national trend.
Of the 37 tenure and tenure
track faculty members in the chem
istry department, five are women.
Almost four decades after the
women’s liberation movement
called for equality between the
sexes, many in the world of aca
demia still are pondering why more
change has not occurred.
Leaders of UNC’s science depart
ments are aware of the low female
representation among science fac
ulty members, and as a result the
University has implemented pro
grams to recruit more women.
Many faculty members say that
despite those conscious efforts,
administrators are not doing
enough to ensure that the situation
changes from the status quo.
“I think UNC has good inten
tions,” said Silvia Tomaskova, direc
tor of the University’s Women and
Science Program. “It’s my overall
impression that most chairs and
faculty want the issue to be solved,
but I don’t see any initiatives or
things coming forward that would
seriously change things.”
Issues of retention
A visible female presence in the
science departments would attract
more women scientists and foster
a stronger sense of community for
those already at UNC, said Laurie
McNeil, chairwoman of the depart
ment of physics and astronomy.
“Generally, the more women
you have in a department, the
more female-friendly and the more
human-friendly the department is,”
she said.
But a strong female presence
is not possible until more women
enter and stay in the field.
The University needs to shift its
focus from recruiting programs to
retention plans, Pisano said. Many
women enter science fields but few
make it up the ladder.
“You would have thought by now
that it would have corrected, but it
just hasn’t happened,” she said.
About one-quarter of the 1',386
tenured faculty members at UNC,
as of September 2004, are female.
Less than 40 percent of all female
faculty members who are tenured
or in the tenure track are full pro
fessors, as compared to the more
than 55 percent of male tenured or
tenure-track faculty members who
are full professors.
While the gender gap exists
among lower ranks, it is signifi
cantly smaller than the gap within
leadership positions.
And faculty say there are signs of
improvement across the board.
Officials attribute the changes to
some of UNC’s new policies, such
as those that provide employment
opportunities for spouses.
Many predict more women will
be in upper ranks within the next
few decades. As more women study
science, there will be more women
at the professional level, which will
increase their likelihood for leader
ship roles, said Bruce Carney, senior
associate dean for the sciences.
In the meantime, Pisano said,
University officials should do what
they can to attract and keep the
female scientists they have.
“It’s their job to try to retain
and support faculty members of
all types,” she said. “We probably
need people to actually be evalu
ated based on their ability to retain
all types of faculty.”
UNC should study why female
and minority faculty members leave,
Pisano said. To determine the source
of the problem, officials should inter
view successful scientists who decid
ed to leave, she added.
Improved benefits would help.
Top leaders in science depart
ments should encourage mentoring
across a diverse group, Pisano said.
Improved child-care options
also would encourage more female
faculty members to stay at UNC,
leaders say.
and fling his hat in disgust, his
admonition to the referees likely not
suitable for network television.
He still exudes the toughness
of the rugged linebacker he once
was, and he still has the ability to
intimidate elite athletes which
is why so many of them choose the
same word to describe him.
“Intense,” says Jesse Holley.
“Intense,” says Larry Edwards.
“Intense,” says Brian Chacos.
“Intense,” says Mahlon Carey.
“Intense,” says Matt Baker.
But his gruff demeanor can’t
hide the sense of humor with which
he elicits at least one media chuckle
at almost every press conference.
(“I can’t even tell you how good I
feel,” he said memorably after the
Tar Heels’ first win of the 2003 sea
son. “It would be X-rated.”)
Bunting’s on-field persona also
hides a warmth often not found in
the coaching profession.
To counteract Baker’s struggles
with both with his efficiency and
his emotions midway through
the season, for example, Bunting
invited the quarterback to his home
for a steak dinner and a 1-on-l pep
talk. Baker responded with two of
his best games of the season 2ll
Victory Village Day Care Center
located at the Friday Center
now stands as the only child-care
facility for UNC faculty and stu
dents. It accommodates 120 chil
dren. Many students and faculty
members say they would prefer a
larger on-campus facility.
Small steps taken
Not everyone is complaining.
Barbara Harris, co-chairwoman
of the chancellor’s committee on
appointment, promotion and ten
ure, said UNC has been responsive
to female faculty members’ needs.
Harris said the committee made
two major recommendations fol
lowing its investigation, which
began in February 2001. Both
were implemented.
The committee suggested that
officials allow faculty members to
stop the tenure clock if necessary
so they can lengthen the time they
take to attain tenure.
“Essentially, this policy is a
means to allow faculty with major
responsibilities, not only for chil
dren, but say takingcare of an ill
parent or spouse, to be given extra
time to fulfill the requirements for
tenure,” Harris said.
The committee also recom
mended that faculty members with
infants be entitled to parental leave.
Faculty members can take up to a
semester of leave to care for a new
born or newly adopted child.
Even with this new option,
Tomaskova said, it is difficult for
scientists to take off a semester from
ongoing research projects. Most
scientists cannot afford to abandon
their research and the students who
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passing yards in a win against
Boston College and a career-high
335 yards against Maryland, includ
ing a game-tying drive in the final
two minutes of regulation.
And while several costly mistakes
ruined the Tar Heels’ opportunity
for a win against the Terrapins
—and, in all likelihood, a trip to a
bowl game this season the loss in
no way could be attributed to a lack
of desire on the part of the players.
A preponderance of the evidence
wins against Georgia Tech and
Miami a year ago and wins against
N.C. State and Virginia this year
clearly demonstrates that
Bunting’s players respond when
he most needs them to do so.
“Resilient,” says Quinton Person.
“Tough,” says Jarwarski Pollock.
“Passionate,” says Tommy Davis.
“Special,” says Khalif Mitchell.
“Awesome,” says Connor Barth.
If the Tar Heels somehow can find
a way to win their next two games
and earn an improbable bowl berth
for the second consecutive season,
the North Carolina faithful would be
hard-pressed to disagree.
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are working on the projects, even
temporarily, so they are hesitant to
take advantage of the new options.
Tomaskova suggests allowing
professors to take a teaching leave
but to continue their research on a
more limited basis. Post-doctoral
researchers could assist with some
of the professors’ responsibilities.
Looking ahead
Pisano said she became a radiolo
gist because she wanted to take care
of other women and their families.
The gender gap was not an influ
encing factor. “I got into the field
because of what mattered to me and
then realized I was sort of alone.”
Although she is used to being a
minority in her field, Pisano said the
need for change is not any less real.
“We really do need to diversify
the field in the upper ranks so we
can serve society better because
society is a diverse group of peo
ple,” she said.
Some leaders in the science field
are optimistic that will happen.
“I’m sure we will see more
department chairs with women
in the science fields in the future,”
Carney said.
But most say the University
needs to make the attraction and
retention of women in the science
departments a higher priority to be
able to see true progress.
“Being a professional scientist
and a science faculty member is
a wonderful way to run your life,”
McNeil said. “Why should men
have all the fun?”
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TUITION
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you that that will no longer be the
case, here nor in Raleigh,” he said.
The task force’s tuition proposal
also recommends more predict
ability as a central tenet of tuition
discussions, but it does not go so
far as to recommend a definitive
change to the process.
It is still unclear how trustees
will react to the task force’s findings.
Trustee Roger Perry said board
members have reserved discussion
REBUILDING
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at the time of the flood and has been
the town manager since 2002.
“FEMA and the state of North
Carolina did a fantastic job with us
here,” Knight said, referring to the
Federal Emergency Management
Agency.
“We had about 20 people from
FEMA down here at that time.”
Knight said individual FEMA
agents partnered with local officials
to assess the town’s needs and come
up with a plan to house displaced
families and to distribute aid.
Asked about his first task follow
ing the flood, Knight immediately
reached for a thick, plastic-bound
volume on the edge of his desk.
“This right here,” he said, hold
ing the book aloft. “Putting togeth
er a strategic plan with FEMA.”
That kind of rapid intervention
did not happen along much of the
Gulf Coast following this season’s
massive storms, when the federal
government —and FEMA specifi
cally came under sharp criticism
for its response.
The difference, Evans said, is
entirely a question of scale.
“What we did pales in compari
son to what they’re doing in the
Gulf states,” he said.
Knight, too, acknowledged that
the concentration of federal and
state resources seen in Princeville
could not be repeated for the small
communities of Louisiana and
Mississippi.
Not only are there dozens of
towns facing devastation as severe
as Princeville’s in 1999, but Gulf
communities risk being overshad
owed by a much larger and equally
wrecked neighbor.
“When you’ve got a place like
New Orleans, which is a big major
city, and then you’ve got small
towns with some 800 people living
there, you’re not going to get the
attention,” Knight said. “You just
have to hope that you can ride on
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2005
for today. Administrators generally
are open to the idea of predictabil
ity, but many are concerned that
locking in tuition might paint the
University into a comer.
An unexpected tuition hike
might be the best option if, for
example, there is a sudden drop
in federal funding dollars.
“But I think in the absence of
extenuating circumstances like that,
predictability is a good concept,”
Perry said.
As tough as it is to predict the
trustees’ reaction, it’s more unclear
the coattails of New Orleans.”
'They done good by us'
Even with the influx of aid and
reconstruction money, Princeville’s
recovery has come at a measured
pace. Immediately after the flood,
most town residents were staying
either in emergency shelters or with
friends in neighboring communi
ties. The majority eventually ended
up in FEMA trailer parks scattered
around Edgecombe County.
“Some were in there as short as
six months,” Knight said. “Others
were there as long as two and a
half years.”
Evans said county officials
ended aid administration in June
2003. While Princeville residents
received a variety of state and
federal supports administered
through the county, the town did
not participate in the standard
flood recovery program.
Any flooded house purchased
through the federal buyout would
have been demolished and the land
left permanently as open space.
“It’s to move houses out of
flood-prone areas,” Evans said.
“The government doesn’t want
to have to come back and buy out
that property a second time.”
Princeville’s situation was simi
lar to that now faced by many Gulf
Coast towns that saw widespread
flooding. Participation in the buy
out would mean no rebuilding.
“It pretty much would have
done away with the town, because
the whole town was flooded,”
Evans said.
So instead, Princeville residents
were given a combination of state
and federal aid to rebuild. Any
house with more than $35,000
in damage was demolished and
replaced, Knight said.
“Right now, the people are liv
ing in better houses than they lived
in before the flood,” he said. “Every
house over here has heating and
air conditioning, and that wasn’t
how the Board of Governors will
react to notions of predictability.
This spring the Board of
Governors refused to consider a
proposal to raise the campus’s ath
letic fee during a two-year period,
instead opting for a smaller, one
year increase.
“I think you’ve got to worry
more about getting it out of the
Board of Governors than getting
it out of us,” Perry said.
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the case before.”
A drive through town reveals
whole streets of smart-looking
new houses, often with red brick
foundations and vinyl siding on
sites where older, wooden houses
once stood.
“They done good by us,” said
Margaret Hyman, a Princeville
resident who lives in a state-sub
sidized apartment complex built in
2002. “It’s better now than before.
We got things we ain’t never had."
Partly because of the rich
rebuilding package offered by state
and federal officials, Princeville
has had little trouble attracting the
vast majority of its residents back
to town. But that could be another
front where Gulf communities face
a tougher challenge.
While many Princeville residents
stayed with friends or relatives near
by during the town’s reconstruction,
the much wider devastation along
the Gulf makes it harder for dis
placed families to remain close to
their original communities.
“They can’t just move next
door,” Evans said. “I’m not sure if
they quite understand how long
it’s really going to take to rebuild.
It’s not impossible, but it’s going to
take a long time.”
And in the long run, rebuilding
will hinge as much on econom
ics as it does on aid programs.
Like Princeville, much of the Gulf
region already was suffering from
rates of poverty and unemploy
ment above the national average.
Knight said he has been able to
leverage the town’s situation to win
grants for a number of development
projects but added that the well of
binding dries up over time.
“A town in disaster is only as
good as the next disaster,” he said.
“The first three or four years, we
could get grants like it was going
out of style.
“But that’s old news now.”
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