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VOLUME 114, ISSUE 63 Leaders ready to talk tuition BY ERIN ZUREICK UNIVERSITY EDITOR Tuition talks will kick off today when the campus body charged with examin ing hikes meets for the first time. The tuition advisory task force’s first meeting, which will be held at 12:15 p.m. in 105 South Building, will focus on providing members with the history and policy involved in tuition, said Provost Bernadette Gray-Little, co-chairwoman of the task force. “Over the course of the meeting, we’ll try to make sure people have familiar ity with the background,” she said. As the meetings progress the 14-member group, which advises P 1 ///g ESSRI. ■- Wot ||| V| __ £Bf w iff %/ Ml MJ-It I l. ck xn. r, r /. |. , , , , DTH/BRANDON SMITH Chuck Schutte or The Boys From Carolina creates a makeshift dobro strap using nylon rope and metal ties from the Bynum General Store. Store owner Jerry Partin has bands play in or outside of his store as part of a music series to benefit the business. Partin said that although the shows help, they aren't a cure. STORE SINGS THE BLUES BY TREVOR THORNTON STAFF WRITER Jerry Partin is what features,columnists would refer to as “the salt of the earth” greeting his store’s visitors with a smile, whether they’re there for foe music or foe canned goods. While his down-home venue with rustic charm has begun to attract foe best of area alt-country, acoustic and bluegrass artists, Partin has decided to hang it up. The decades-old Bynum General Store has been in Partin’s hands for 10 years, Almost iO miles south of Chapel ““ U.S. Hjghway 15-501 sits a ruined cotton mill, a tar-patched byway, a hot bed ONLINE A multimedia presentation featuring sights and sounds t „ from the store Local schools alter schedules BY RACHEL ULLRICH ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR This year high school students in Orange County had more to get used to than new teachers on their schedules. Both districts had completely new period systems with Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools short ening and adding classes and Orange County Schools moving to block scheduling. So far the reactions are mixed. City schools added a class to make a seven-period schedule —a slightly longer day than students have faced in the past. The move means that each class is five minutes shorter, lunch isn’t as long as it used to be and school is 15 minutes longer. announcement WE'RE HIRING Interested in joining the na tion's top college newspaper? Attend an interest meeting from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in Union 3203. Serving the students and the University community since 1893 01n> lath} ®ar Mecl Chancellor James Moeser on tuition policy, will delve into specifics such as where revenue from potential hikes would be best directed. When the group meets it will be with out long-range tuition guidelines from UNC-system President Erskine Bowles. Bowles’ proposal, which likely will set of local music and foe history of Partin’s entire life and family going back three generations. He is one of few residents left on Bynum Road who feel a connection with past generations. “I was bom and raised here,” he said. “When I was a kid there were five stores, a hot dog stand and a theater, and this is all that’s left. “That’s why I try to keep it open.” For foe past five-and-a-half years, he has been keeping his tin-roofed relic complete with a checkers table, an antique radio and wood floors that have been collecting 70 years worth of dust open with the revenue he brings in by putting on foe Bynum General Store Front Porch Music Series on Friday nights during foe warm months. But the series will end in late September, and Partin will close foe store soon after. Chapel Hill High principal Karla Eanes said the benefits to students make it well-worth the changes. Eanes stressed that students who normally focused on academic rigor now may also take a class to pursue their interests. “Maybe someone is really inter ested in ceramics but had to give that up for AP something,” Eanes said. “They have time for both now.” David Thaden, principal of East Chapel Hill High School, said enroll ment is up in academic electives. Thaden said that because the graduation requirements were not changed, students still can take six classes and use the extra period as a study hall. SEE SCHEDULING, PAGE 5 inside ON THE TRAIL Young Democrats stump for Heath Shuler, PAGE 6 DRINK UP Duke's policies are already in line with new state laws, PAGE 7 OFF THE BEATEN PATH Carrboro aims to build a connector road, PAGE 13 www.dailytarheel.com Provost Bernadette Gray-Little said the tuition task force's first meeting will key on past years. the maximum annual tuition increases that each of the system campuses can request in the next four years, likely will not be unveiled until October. The fifth and final meeting of the UNC task force is slated for Oct 18. Gray-Little said officials must work as though limits or guidelines will be imposed. “We might need to come up with different models,” she said. Student Body President James Allred, co-chairman of the task force, said the group already is attempting to improve tuition predictability —a step that is in sync with Bowles’ vision. Allred said UNC could look to peer institutions such as the University of What's nw CHy schools Moved from standard 6-period schedule to a 7-period schedule ► approved in November ► allows for 7 50-minute periods each day, giving students die opportunity to take one more class than in previous years Comity schools Moved from standard schedule to four period block schedule ► approved in January ► allows students to take four 90-minute classes per semester, which leaders say provides more focused instruction and learning arts I page 11 FAMOUS CRITTERS Community artist Clyde Jones sculpts creativity with wood and a chainsaw that's been everywhere from the Smithsonian to the Union Virginia when creating anew model. He said UVa. sets an upper and lower limit on hikes. An upper limit would assume that the legislature met none of the university’s need. A lower limit would assume that the full need was met The adoption of such a policy would allow UNC students to know their options ahead of time, Allred said. Another change is that student fees and tuition will be examined together. Gray-Little said the work of the tuition advisory task force and the chancellor’s committee on student fees eventually will be combined. “We’re going to be SEE TUITION, PAGE 5 IF YOU GO Time: 7:30 p.m. Date: Friday, Sept. 8,15, 22, 29 Location: Bynum General Store, 950 Bynum Road, Bynum Info: 542-3853 ate and former Bynum resident, Molly Parsons, who brought in area musicians with the same goal of pro ducing revenue for the struggling general store. “Molly didn’t let the ball drop,” Partin said. Since then Partin has had to do little asking to get artists to perform there. In fact most musicians ask him to play the outdoor venue, which is now famous among them for being a fun gig to play. SEE GENERAL STORE, PAGE 5 Students max out credit card woes BY MONIQUE NEWTON STAFF WRITER Junior Brooke Taylor spent her summer in Chapel Hill, juggling three jobs to pay off credit card debt from the past school year. With her four credit cards com bined, she stacked up SI,OOO in debt. “Normally I don’t let it get to more than $500,” Taylor said. “I think I just went out to eat too much and that kind of thing. It really adds up after a while if you’re not paying attention.” But Taylor isn’t the only one getting lost in the world of swipe and skedaddle. According to a study conduct ed by the Nellie Mae Corporation in 2004, 76 percent of all under graduates start off the school Bus stops set to give heads up BY KAYLA CARRICK ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR The lyrics “the wheels on the bus go round and round, all through the town” might soon get more specific, As early as today people taking foe bus will be able to know exartly when it will pull in for passenger pick-up. Real-time technology will allow people to look online or on electronic signs to see exactly where in town their bus is rolling. The town awarded a $980,000 contract to Nextßus Inc., a company based out of California, to make Chapel Hill Transit buses trackable with Global Positioning System satellite technology. An approximate arrival time for foe next bus will be accessible online through a link at chtransit.org. The Web site asks passengers questions including which bus route, line and starting point they are look ing for. The site then calculates foe next arrival time for foe bus and shows a link to a live map that displays all bus routes and each bus’s current location. Steve Spade, director of Chapel Hill Transit, said early last week that foe plan was for foe tool to be up and running today. Monday night he said the same tentative plan was still the case. “It’s still up in foe air,” he said. “Our current plan is to have this thing up and running Tuesday. If not then definitely sometime this week.” The time the system will be operating isn’t exact because of testing performed last week, Spade said. The technology predicts arrival times based on many things, one of which is history. The system need ed to operate for a few days so that foe computer could accumulate a history of the buses on the routes. “The longer we run foe service, the more accurate foe predictions are,” Spade said. “We wanted them to run a few days before we turn it live to the public. There may be some glitches where it’s a little off, but as time goes on it will better.” " Chapel Hill Transit is in the process of installing signs that will display when the next bus will roll in on a scrolling LED sign. Signs will pop up in the next couple weeks at 14 bus stops around town. “We’ve encountered some difficulties getting power to shelters with signs,” Spade said. “The ones we were able to get power to will have signs up this week.” SEE BUSES, PAGE 5 Where's the bus? The following bus stops eventually will have LED screens that show passengers when the next bus will arrive. ► South Columbia Street at Carrington Hall ► South Road at Student Stores ► South Columbia Street at Health Sciences Library ► South Road at Fetzer Gym ► East Franklin Street at Carolina Coffee Shop ► Manning Drive at West Drive ► NC-54 Park-and-Ride Lot ► Friday Center Park-and-Ride Lot ► Southern Village Park-and-Ride Lot ► Pittsboro Street at the Credit Union ► North Columbia Street at Rosemary Street ► West Franklin Street at Caribou Coffee ■ ► Jones Feny Road Park-and-Ride Lot ► Eubanks Road Park-and-Ride Lot “I figured after 10 years I can’t make it,” he said. The series began with an industrious University gradu- year with credit cards. But only 21 percent of these users pay off all their balances each month, the study shows. The average outstanding bal ance on undergraduate credit cards was $2,169. “They can forget that they came to school to get an education and decide they came to party and shop,” said James Smith, profes sor and economist in the Kenan- Flagler Business School. “If that’s what they do that’s a prescription for disaster, and there are a few students every year who end up declaring bankruptcy.” A 10-percent discount on her purchases lured Taylor into get ting two of her credit cards. Her charges, specifically food and gas, soon added up. this day in history SEPT. 5,2002... Michael Sells, author of controver sial summer reading book ‘'Ap proaching the Qur'an: The Early Revelations," speaks at UNC about Islam's role in acts of violence. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2006 “Sometimes I used my scholar ship money ... to help pay them off” she said. But moderation is key not only with expenses. The worst move students make is opening another credit card to pay off their original debt, Smith said. “You look up and have twice the amount of debt,” he said. “For the overwhelming major ity of students, one (credit card) is fine, two is questionable and three is highly questionable,” Smith said. But students don’t need to look far for credit and budgeting advice. Senior Rachel Toler is a part of Master Card’s “Are You Credit SEE CREDIT CARDS, PAGE 5 weather T-Storms W*” H 80, L 62 index police log 2 calendar ....1. 2 games OP*"* 0 " .....12 sports ..16
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