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THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2006
Schools eye gender issues
BY STEPHEN MOORE
STAFF WRITER
Affirmative action, once believed
to be the racial equalizer for higher
education, is being used to give men
an edge in admissions at Kenyon
College, in Ohio.
Noting the trend of more female
than male applicants to colleges,
Jennifer Delahunty Britz, admis
sions dean at Kenyon, wrote last
week in a New York Times op-ed
piece that the university's applica
tion process is more lenient toward
male applicants.
With 13 of the 16 UNC-system
schools, including UNC-Chapel
Hill, enrolling more women than
men, such trends appear prevalent
in-state as well. UNC-CH’s fall 2005
enrollment was 42 percent male.
But just how great an impact
Kenyon’s example could play on
system schools can be found buried
deep within Title IX, the gender
oriented educational amendment
instituted in 1972.
The law denies public under
graduate schools and both public
and private graduate schools from
using gender to choose incom
ing students, said John Boger, a
UNC-CH law professor.
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However, private undergraduate
programs, such as Kenyon College
can use gender legally as a factor in
deciding who is admitted, he said.
And while a gender-based form
of affirmative action might not
appear on system campuses any
time soon, it remains a relevant
issue for other nearby schools.
Christoph Guttentag, dean of
undergraduate admissions at Duke
University, said admissions decisions
are tough ones, with factors apart
from gender weighing heavily.
“When we are considering simi
larly qualified applicants and we are
looking at any number of a dozen
or two dozen factors, we think it is
legitimate under those circumstanc
es to include gender in the mix.”
While gender can’t be a primary
focus of admission at N.C. State
University, it still is a factor in the
overall decision process, said Laura
McLean, senior associate director
of admissions.
“We do a wholistic review and
try to make as consistent and real
istic decision as we can based on
building a diverse freshman class.”
At the end of the day, every
university must decide what kind
of student is best for its future,
Gender on campus
Males are fast becoming the minorities
on campus, including 13 system schools.
| B Male [~| Female
0 UNC-Chapel Hill
42% Male
58% Female
16,278 total students
N.C. State
/ 58% Male
l 42% Female
20,546 total students
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l 48% Female
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l ■■ 53% Female
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Guttentag said.
“So what admissions is about
ultimately is creating a student
body that’s right for that institution
at that point of time.”
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3 honored for support to women on campus
BY CARRIE BERTOLOZZI
STAFF WRITER
University officials filled a vacant
award hole Tuesday.
The first University Awards for
the Advancement of Women were
awarded to three individuals for
their work in women’s issues.
The awards were created follow
ing the retirement of the Cornelia
Phillips Spencer Bell Award in
December 2004.
The Bell Award which was
retired after almost a year of pro
test was named for a white
supremacist who played a large role
in reopening the University after it
closed during Reconstruction.
While the award has been chris
tened with anew name, it still
honors people who have devoted
themselves to improving the envi
ronment for women at UNC, said
Jane Brown, chairwoman of the
woman’s award committee and a
former Bell Award recipient.
Members of the community were
nominated, and three recipients
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YMCA looks to increase space
BY NICOLE LUKOSIUS
STAFF WRITER
Keeping students busy in the
area could get easier if a Chapel Hill
community center gains approval
for anew after-school center.
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro
YMCA is in the process of develop
ing plans for an 1,800-square-foot
youth center that will offer a wide
variety of activities to cater to many
different age groups.
“We want to make this a real
community place where kids can
come and hang out and just have
fun,” said Maureen Dolan-Rosen,
chairwoman of the YMCA board
of directors.
The YMCA uses all of the space
it has at 980 Martin Luther King
Jr. Blvd., so anew center just for
youth would be an important addi
tion to the community, she said.
Having another building would
also allow the YMCA to extend its
business hours and to provide
more parking two perennial
issues.
Dolan-Rosen said the need
for expansion can be seen in the
YMCA’s “Middle School Madness”
program, which has been held a
few times this year. About 400
middle-schoolers have attended
each of the weekend events, in
Lecturer Jan
Boxill does
radio color
commentary
for women's
basketball
away games.
—one faculty member, one staff
member and one student —were
chosen by a committee appointed
by Chancellor James Moeser.
“I am very happy that the chan
cellor has chosen to acknowledge
women and the need to work to
improve the situation for women
with these awards,” Brown said.
Jan Boxill, the faculty recipient
of the award, is a radio announcer
for UNC women’s basketball games
and the director of the Parr Center
for Ethics.
“I participate in a lot of pro
grams, both on and off campus, to
encourage young women to take
advantage of resources, just as I
have done,” said Boxill, a philoso
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which children can go to dance
and play games.
But space is extremely limited
for such a large group.
To ensure the new center
focuses on youth needs, a design
committee has spoken with high
school students to incorporate
things they say they would enjoy,
Dolan-Rosen said.
Accordingly, the youth center
is scheduled to have a basketball
court, a rock-climbing facility,
pingpong tables, activity rooms
and classrooms.
“It is important for youth to be
able to express themselves,” said
Laura Wenzel, director of Pa’lante,
a local teen group for Latinos.
“You’re not going to get the kids’
interest by making a youth center
an extension of the school day.”
Lauren Radson, who works
at the Street Scene youth center
beneath the Franklin Street post
office, expressed similar senti
ments. Radson is the community
celebrations specialist and teen
center coordinator for Chapel
Hill.
“An effective youth center will
provide activities to cater to kids’ cre
ativity, wants and needs,” she said.
Wenzel added that it is also
important for the community to
Graduate
student Matt
Ezzell is a
founding
member of an
anti-violence
project.
phy professor. “In every way, I try
to help women succeed.”
Terri Houston, the staff mem
ber recipient of the award, is the
director of recruitment and multi
cultural programs in the Office of
Multicultural Affairs.
“The students love being able to
go talk with Terri,” Brown said.
Although the award focuses on
women’s issues, recipients are not
limited to women.
“We cannot have women fully
involved in this culture without the
support of men,” Brown said.
Matt Ezzell, the student recipi
ent of the award, is a graduate stu
dent in the sociology department
who was a founding member of the
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“ You’re not going to
get the kids’ interest
by making a youth
center an eoctension
of the school day ”
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be involved because effective pro
grams will not exist in isolation.
“We’re all working toward the
same goal,” she said.
Consultants are in the process
of completing a community assess
ment, which includes talking.to
residents about the desire and
need for a youth center as well as
the financial feasibility.
If the assessment goes well, an
extensive fundraising campaign
will be conducted, which could last
from 11 months to a year.
“People I’ve talked to seem to
be very supportive of the idea, and
we’ll break ground as soon as we
can,” Dolan-Rosen said.
“It’s an exciting thing for the
Y, and this would benefit the kids
greatly.”
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Recruitment
director Terri
Houston was
honored for
work with the
multicultural
affairs office.
Men’s Anti-Violence Leadership
Education Project.
“Matt Ezzell has been instrumen
tal in involving men in reducing vio
lence against women,” Brown said.
Moeser presented each recipient
with a framed certificate and a check
at the ceremony TUesday. Boxill and
Houston received a check for $5,000
each, and the Ezzell was given a
check for $2,500.
Brown said all three recipients
stand out in their service to women.
“These were all people who have
been working on important issues
relevant to women for many years.”
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