VOLUME 113, ISSUE 136
Class
sign-up
process
to stay
Survey respondents
back current system
BY ROBBY MARSHALL
STAFF WRITER
Hopes of anew and improved class
registration process this spring won’t
be answered despite tentative plans to
update the system.
After extensive research efforts by
student government and the University
Registrar, the deadline for changing the
registration process has passed, and no
alterations were made.
“We’re going to keep it Saturday mom-
ings at 10 o’clock,”
said senior Warren
Cathcart, co-chair
man of the academic
affairs committee.
The committee set
up an online survey
for students in late
November after last
semester’s slow and
overloaded senior
registration process
sparked widespread
complaints.
But the survey
results showed stu-
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Registrar Alice
Poehls says
students want
changes that
can't be made.
dents would rather keep the current
system than implement other options
proposed by student government, said
Cathcart, who declined to reveal the
number of students who responded.
“For fall we are going to encounter the
same issues that we had in the past,” said
University Registrar Alice Poehls.
Poehls, who has not seen the results
of the survey, said it is disheartening to
come so close to making changes and
end up with nothing to show for it.
“(The students) want changes, but
they want it to be more sophisticated
than we can offer,” she said.
The University still is planning on get
ting anew system, but students cannot
expect any major technological change
until 2008 or 2009, Cathcart said.
The survey results proved that stu
dents are in favor of a merit-based reg
istration system, in which priority is
granted with regard to credit hours or
grade point average, Cathcart said.
He added that the survey was by no
means official.
SEE REGISTRATION, PAGE 4
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FACULTY, EMPLOYEES LACE UP BASKETBALL SHOES
BY BETHANY BLACK
STAFF WRITER
Imagine your professor in gym
shorts.
Starting this week, imagination might
not be necessary. The first game of this
season’s annual faculty and employee
intramural basketball league tipped off
Monday at 5 p.m.
Nine teams, composed of faculty and
staff from various University depart
ments, will compete weekly in Woollen
Gym for the next six weeks.
Although the league schedule coin
cides with the student intramural
schedule, one fundamental difference
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“Grad students speak up”
incorrectly stated who from
the Graduate and Professional
Student Federation served on
the tuition advisory task force.
President Mike Brady and
Ashley Brown, vice presi
dent of internal affairs, were
members. The Daily Thr Heel
apologizes for the error.
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exists.
Dustin Van Sloten, director of intra
mural and recreational sports, said the
majority of players who sign up genuinely
care about the game.
Students carry a variety of motivations,
Van Sloten said. While there are students
who play with intensity, many sign up for
the social aspect or to fit some exercise
into their busy schedules.
“Usually, employees have a strong
desire to play,” Van Sloten said.
The games are often more intense than
games involving students, he added.
Captains assemble teams of a mini
mum of five players. Some teams have
Showing signs of power
Candidates plan bold
statement via petitions
BY COLIN CAMPBELL
STAFF WRITER
According to the old adage, there is
power in numbers.
And in the race to become the next
student body president, the number of
signatures candidates collect to secure
a place on the ballot
can demonstrate the
power they are capa
ble of harnessing.
The two candi
dates, juniors James
Allred and Bernard
Holloway, must submit at least 800 stu
dents’ signatures to the UNC Board of
Elections by 5 p.m. today to appear on
the Feb. 14 ballot.
But both said they hope to flex their
political muscles and exceed the required
number.
Many candidates in the past have
exceeded the minimum requirement
SEE SBP RACE, PAGE 4
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as many as 10 to 12 members, said
Marty Pomerantz, director of campus
recreation.
Faculty and employees with a desire
to play can join a team as a free agent.
This option allows for crossover between
departments.
Jonathan Beever, the business office
assistant in the department of environ
mental sciences and engineering, is the
captain of a team made up of members
from various departments.
He learned about the league through
an e-mail listserv.
SEE HOOPS LEAGUE, PAGE 4
P
A STUDENT
ELECTIONS
2006
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Members of Bernard Holloway's student body
president campaign team tabulate signatures as
he and James Allred battle for the most names.
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MOVING ON UP
Karla Eanes works her first day
as principal of Chapel Hill High
School. She previously served
as an assistant principal
at the school.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2006
GRADUATE
STUDENTS:
Tell us how you feel.
Today is the last day
to take our graduate
student alma mater poll.
To participate in and
view results, visit:
www.dailytarheel.com
Student
leaders
switch
stances
UNC-system SBPs
push tuition hikes
BY ERIN FRANCE
ASSISTANT STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR
Student body presidents usually
view tuition increases as ominous,
but this year several are voting to have
students cut fatter checks.
Monday, Seth Dearmin told The
Daily Tar Heel that he will be among
them.
“I’m definitely in support of a
tuition increase,” said Seth Dearmin,
UNC-Chapel Hill student body presi
dent. “The simple matter is there are
limited resources.”
Several student body presidents
across the system already have voted
yay to increasing student fees and
tuition for the 2006-07 school year.
This is a drastic change from past
years, said Matt Calabria, UNC-
Chapel Hill’s 2004-05 student body
president.
“Last year, I think I was the only
student body president in favor of any
kind of student tuition increase,” he
said.
Student body presidents are the
most visible representatives because
of their membership on their school’s
board of trustees, the last board to
review tuition and fee proposals
SEE TUITION, PAGE 4
Education
from afar
sees spike
in numbers
Online courses fit
schedules to a T
BY LAURA PHELPS
STAFF WRITER
Skipping class is not a problem for
the many enrollees in UNC’s distance
learning programs.
These classes are becoming a
popular option for students whose
schedules do not allow for traditional
classroom methods, and with anew
UNC system president leading the
way, the emphasis on distance edu
cation is growing.
“For undergrads, distance edu
cation offers real flex-time conve
nience,” said Louise Spieler, assistant
dean for executive education and dis
tance education, in the UNC-Chapel
Hill School of Journalism and Mass
Communication.
“For working professionals, it
opens the Carolina learning experi-
SEE DISTANCE, PAGE 4
today in history
JAN. 24,1990...
The campus's first "dry rush"
begins, making UNC one of
the last universities to ban
alcohol at fraternity rush
functions.
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