4 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2006 HIGH FROM PAGE 1 with the Department of Athletics to overhaul the men’s basketball ticket distribution process, creat ing anew revenue source for the Homecoming concert and increas ing student support for UNC’s Olympic sports. With the election official she can make even more strides toward her goals. Specifically she said she wanted to get started on the Homecoming collaboration com mittee immediately. “Homecoming is the easiest thing to get rolling right now,” she said. High, this year’s CAA vice president, said she hopes to com bine her own new ideas with the work she already has done with departing CAA President Justin Johnson. “I completely back him on about everything he does,” she said in an interview last week. “It’s building on the accomplishments he has done.” After working with High in CAA for the past few years, Johnson said he does not anticipate any problems during the transition of power. “We’ve been working together with CAA for three years basi- THOMPSON FROM PAGE 1 He said rebuilding and strength ening RHA at the community level were priorities for his campaign. To accomplish this goal, Thompson pledges to recruit and support strong leaders in campus residence halls. He also wants to ensure that RHA provides guid ance for those leaders. “I think the best way is to get the governors in place before the end of the semester,” he said. Thompson said he plans to pair incoming governors with incum bents to ease the transition and to show them the ropes. But before he can begin tack ling the tasks of RHA president, Thompson said he needs a few days to recover from the campaign. “We’re probably going to try to calm down, relax a few days and really start the application pro cess,” he said. To ensure that RHA meets the needs of all its residents, Thompson pledges to strengthen ties with vari ous campus organizations. These groups include the Carolina Dinning Services, the Department of Public Safety and the Office of New Student in fur. MCAT classes starting soon! Study now for the last paper and pencil MCAT in August. Classes starting February 25th, 10 am Chapel Hill Center Enroll today! 1-800-KAP-TEST WMIM kaptest.com Illlllfl Test Prep and Admissions | 1 •MCAT is a registered irademark of the Association of American Medical Colieges.* ‘Conditions and teslrictions apply. For complete guarantee eligibility requirements, visit kaptest.com/Tisg. The Higher Seine Guarantee only applies to Kaplan courses taken and completed within the United States and Canada. Celebrating the arrival of Carolina’s first student xdTONJAMES HI Web scavenger hunt at alumni.unc.edu Pre-Game Pep Rally y 7 / 7 - Stroll around our Web site to answer ten questions. Entries Wednesday, February 75 I y IjQT must be submitted electronically by noon on Friday, February 17. 5:30 - 6:00p.m. If // ' / j B valid entries will have all the questions answered correctly. A Hinton James Dorm (outside...rain or shine) ' random drawing of valid entries will determine the winners. The a*" ' # J- p' " winners must be current Carolina students and will be announced ™ students are invited to stroll on down to V on alumni.unc.edu on Wednesday, February 22. South Campus prior to the UNCvs. Georgia Tech men's basketball game for a pep rally V KmtEUßg win one of th ese great prizes: with special guests. GAA student members V • Hinton James probably knew what he wanted to do when w en i°y ree food and giveaways. Just after f he graduated from Carolina. Do you? Stroll over to the 6 P m - march with us to the Dean Dome and Alumni Center for a complimentary Alumni Career Services c^eer Heels on to victory. package. Bp* • The professor always called on Hinton James. He was the jj|| only one in class for the first two weeks. You're lucky to have , classmates. We'll make sure you have books, too. You could B/ win a S2OO book credit at UNC Student Stores. _ __ . cally since she’s been a freshman,” Johnson said. “We work so closely with everything that’s going on with CAA.” Implementing some parts of her platform such as distribution changes will require cooperation with the athletics department, and steps already have been taken. CAA and ticket officials have been working together to explore online ticket distribution options for about a year. High said she thinks chances are good that the process will be computerized during her coming term. A more long-term goal for High is to create an endowment fund for the Homecoming concert. She said she has had some pre liminary conversations with the General Alumni Association about sponsoring this fund, but with her election victory she has more leverage to move forward with the process. High said balancing her vice president job with working on her goals for next year will be dif ficult, but she already has been playing the dual role during the campaign. “It’s part of the fun.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. Programs. Thompson pledges to use RHA resources to reach out to the com munity through a variety of service programs. This goal includes exploring the possibility of hosting the N.C. Association of Residence Halls conference at UNC. “Since we are the first public university the flagship univer sity of the state of North Carolina I feel like this should be some thing we are looking into hosting on our campus since we haven’t done it since 1999,” he had said earlier. Departing RHA President Chasity Wilson underscored the importance of solid managerial skills when holding the position. “I think time management is a big thing,” she said last week. “If you weren’t used to that you’d have a hard time.” Though Thompson ran unop posed, he said he was surprised and pleased by the results. “I was so surprised to receive as many votes as we did. It shows stu dents really care about what we’re doing here on campus.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. From Page One FLASHBACK ■■ fit ’IBBp ygSffijy-i -Lar - ' A jfi DTH/GALEN CLARKE |T tudent Body President Seth Dearmin waits for elec tion results to be announced Tuesday night. After brief interviews with Carolina Week he sits with Janie Hauser, a worker on Bernard Holloway’s campaign. The two joked that Hauser was Dearmin’s second Valentine. ANDERSON FROM PAGE 1 have such a voice, and it’s under utilized,” she said last week. One way she plans to make that voice louder is by reissuing the com prehensive survey of graduate and professional students —a task last completed 20 years ago. The survey would produce figures the GPSF could use to confront the University about graduate and pro fessional student issues, she said. “I’m really most excited about the survey,” she said Tuesday night. ay. A I DTH/BETH ELY GPSF candidate P.J. Lusk reacts to the election results Tuesday. Lusk, a first-year grad student, lost by almost 200 votes to Lauren Anderson. |Get Ready for Takeoff I I Dunk Contest Sponsored by CAA Rams Head Rec Center 5 P.M. Friday, February 17 th ■ Finalists compete at halftime of the UNC vs. UVA ■ men’s basketball game on March 1 5t Win Carolina apparel and basketball tickets B Foijriote information: blueheelso7@yahoo.com B “The results from that are going to provide a lot of leverage, but we’re not going to wait for those results. We’re going to move on graduate issues now.” Her platform included plans to increase communications between the graduate and professional stu dent body and the GPSF so that it can better fulfill its role. She promised that the GPSF will become more active and iden tifiable next year. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. SENIOR CUSS FROM PAGE 1 of Jonny and Barry,” he said. “Hopefully some of our things will catch on.” Petersen said she and Schmidt plan to arrange a meeting with Friedman and Turner for early today. The duo did not give any indication of intending to change their platform. A senior Web site and a senior cabana in the Pit are two main components in their plan to keep students updated on campus life. “We want to provide everything you need throughout the year,” Schmidt said ljjst week. A senior AOL Instant Messenger screen name, weekly e-mails, and Facebook profiles will be compli mentary pieces in their effort to keep seniors informed. The close friends both said they want senior year to feel somewhat like a vacation. Weiss and McDonald offer 12 platform areas. ALLRED FROM PAGE 1 Allred said he hopes to include Holloway and his campaign staff in his administration’s work. “I’m hoping to work with him personally” Allred said. Allred said his first course of action will be laying the founda tions of his administration to pre pare for his April inauguration. “Most of what we’ll be doing is direction-setting,” Allred said. In addition, Allred said he will meet with the Honor Court in the coming weeks to discuss plans to increase its diversity. Allred also said he will turn his attention toward implementing his more than 80 platform points. During the campaign, Holloway and his supporters called into ques tion the scope of Allred’s platform, but Allred insisted throughout that every component is feasible. “They can be done, and they will be done,” he said Tuesday. Allred said he talked about the planks of his platforms with University officials, who assured him that each of the initiatives could be carried out in a student body president’s one-year term. Much of Allred’s platform is geared toward ensuring student government’s actions have an impact on students’ everyday lives while at the same time reducing the government’s size. “When anything on campus gets easier, you’ll know that student government is responsible,” Allred MaiBOTCLE Chain We Know Bikes www.thebicyclechain.com ■ Sales, Service, Rentals ■ Certified Mechanics ■ Lifetime Free Maintenance ■ Trade In Program ■ Price Match Guarantee CHAPEL HILL: 210 W. Franklin St. (Formerly Franklin Street Cycles) 919-929-0213 Open 7 days a week cannondliale ’Wmi'MlMim vsaxnr tnsmswi , <3ZZZItt THRUEK Jm iailij (Ear MM Their campaign of “love” hits on athletics, social services, local dis counts and free Pepsi products. Their campaign influences student interaction “the love” among groups, Weiss said last week. “You want to love all parts of the year,” he added. The duo said they spoke with 25 business officials includ ing those of Buffalo Wild Wings, Jersey Mike’s and the Tarheel Book Store about providing special offers for seniors. Eleven of the businesses have committed. “We’ll be emphasizing our diver sity,” Weiss said after hearing the results. Both teams’ presidential candi dates promised, “It’s not over.” With regards to capitalizing on their 20-vote advantage against Weiss and McDonald, Petersen said, “We’re going to continue what we’re doing... and search hard for Jonny and Barry’s voice.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. said at a Jan. 30 forum. Allred said he wants to do this by overhauling campus services such as Student Health Service, academic advising and printing labs proposals that were pri mary talking points during the monthlong campaign. If Allred’s proposal is imple mented successfully, students can expect to see more nurse practi tioners and physicians assistants employed as’part of an overhaul of Student Health. Students also might notice more full-time advisers working in aca demic advising next year if Allred is successful. He said he believes relying less on part-time faculty advisers will result in better guid ance for students. Allred also heavily promoted his plan to make printing labs on cam pus more efficient. He proposes to install a One Card reader at print ers, which would allow students to print all requested jobs at once. Tuition was also a hot-button issue for this year’s campaign, which coincided with administrators’ dis cussion of next year’s tuition hikes. Allred plans to lobby adminis trators to make tuition “predict able and accountable” by requiring a report on how tuition increases are benefiting students. He also wants administrators to determine tuition changes years in advance to ensure students know the full cost of a UNC education. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.

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